Of Mice and Men useful quotations

Of Mice and Men useful quotationsYou need to learn some quotes to use in the exam. Oten these quotes are only one word or short phrases so they will be easy to remember and will impress the examiner. Remember, always put speech marks around your quotations; e.g. Crooks is described as a proud, aloof man, which suggests that he keeps his distance and likes to retain some personal dignity and privacy.Chapter 1:

George restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined

Lennie is Georges opposite, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws

George Thats all you ever can remember is them rabbits.Calls Lennie a crazy bastard and a good boy.God, youre a lots of troubleI could get a long so easy and so nice if I didnt have you on my tail. Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They dont belong no place...With us it aint like that. We got a future.Lennie Becausebecause I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you.An live off the fatta the lan.George You aint gonna get in no trouble, because if you do, I wont let you tend the rabbits.Chapter 2:

Boss On his head was a soiled brown Stetson hat, and he wore high-heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a labouring man.

What stake you got in this guy?

Curley His glance was at once calculating and pugnacious angry little manCandy says Curley is pretty handy He hates big guys Curleys pants is full of ants.Lennie looks to George for instructionGeorge Lennies strong and quick and Lennie dont know no rules.Candy on Curleys wife shes got the eye a tartMany characters refer to Crooks as Stable Buck and nigger rather than by his name.

G - Hide in the brush by the river.

Curleys wife She had full, rouged lips and wide-spaced eyes, heavily made upLennie calls her purty and George calls her poison and jail-bait

Slim he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen the prince of the ranch

George on Lennie, to Slim We kinda look after each other. Hell of a nice fella, but he aint bright.

Chapter 3:Slim calls Lennie a cuckoo Guy dont need no sense to be a nice fella. Hes jes like a kid.Slims opinions were law

Slim I wisht somebodyd shoot me if I get old an a cripple.

Crooks face is lined with pain

DREAM (p. 60 61) George - wed have our own place where we belonged and not sleep in no bunk-house Itd be our own, an nobody could can usThis thing they had never really believed in was coming true.

Candy I ought to of shot that dog myself.

Carlson on Curley god-damn punkFIGHT (p. 66 67) George says Get him, Lennie Curley flopping like a fish on a line (same simile used for Curleys wife when she is killed)

Chapter 4:

Crooks is a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs

had accumulated more possessions than he could carry on his back

I cant play because Im black. They say I stink.This is just a nigger talkin, an a busted-back nigger. So it dont mean nothing, see?

A guy needs somebodyA guy goes nuts if he aint got nobody.

Just like heaven. Everbody wants a little piece of lan

It was difficult for Crooks to conceal his pleasure with anger

Id come an lend a hand.

You got no rights comin in a coloured mans room.

Curleys wife on Crooks I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it aint even funny.

Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no ego nothing to arouse either like or dislike.

Curleys wife on Curleys hand He got it comin to him

Chapter 5:Now I wont get to tend the rabbits He rocked himself back and forth in his sorrow (like a child)

Curleys wife I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.

I could made somethin of myselfMaybe I will yet.

Coulda been in the movies.

I dont like Curley. He aint a nice fella.

On Lennie Jus like a big baby.

Her body flopped like a fish

He pawed up the hay.

George We cant let im get away. Why, the poor bastardd starveMaybe theyll lock im up an be nice to im.

Lennie never done it in meanness.

Candy You god-damn tramp you lousy tart

Chapter 6:

George tells Lennie about the dream, just before he shoots Lennie Lennie giggled with happiness

George Everbody gonna be nice to you. Aint gonna be no more trouble. Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor steal from em. (HEAVEN / UTOPIA)

On killing Lennie I just done it.

Slim - You hadda, George.