Of mice and men quotes

Crooks

“light with pleasure in his torture”

Slim to Curley

“the dirty little rat”

Candy about Curley’s wife

“a tart”

Lennie

“bleated with terror”

George shooting Lennie

“the hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied”

George about Lennie

“I ain’t sayin’ he bright, he ain’t but he’s hell of a good worker”

Curley refering to Lennie

“I’m gonna get ‘im” “I’ll shoot ‘im in the guts”

Slim

the prince of the ranch”

Carlson

“look down at the old dog”

Curley

“looked threateningly about the room”

Curley

“calculating and pugnacious”

George

“I ain’t so bright either, or I wouldn’t be buckin’ barley”

George about Lennie. To protect him.

“Hell of a nice fella, but he ain’t bright”

Slim

“calm eyes”

Slim

“godlike eyes”

Crooks

“he fell slowly to rubbing his back”

Crooks

“This is just a n\*\*\* talkin’, an’ a busted-back n\*\*\*\*\*”

Crooks

“I tell ya a guy gets to lonely an’ gets sick”

Crooks

“A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody”

Crooks

“proud aloof man”

Crooks

“mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905”

Curley’s wife to Crooks

“I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny”

Lennie

“paws” “like a terrier”

Crooks to Lennie

“crazy as a wedge”

George to Lennie

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the word”

Curley

“hands closed into fists”

Curley

“flopping like a fish on a line”

Slim about Lennie

“like a kid”

Slim

“opinions were law”

Slim

“invited confidence without demanding it”

Curley’s wife

“body flopped like a fish”

Candy to Curley’s wife’s dead body

“God damn tramp” “lousy tart”

Curley’s wife

“I get awful lonely”

Curley’s wife about Curley

“i don’t like Curley” “Swell guy, ain’t he”

Curley’s wife to Crooks, Lennie and Candy

“talkin’ to a bunch of bindlestiffs - a n\*\*\*\*\* an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep” “left of the weak ones”

George about Curley’s wife

“tramp” “bitch” “poison” “rat trap” “jailbait”

Curley’s wife

“coulda been in the movies”

Crooks

“retired into the terrible protective dignity of a n\*\*\*\*”

Crooks

“seemed to grow smaller” “reduced himself to nothing.” “There was no personality, no ego”

Curley’s wife

“Spends all his time sayin’ what he’s gonna do to guys he don’t like, and he don’t like nobody”