Of Mice and Men Quotes

“His ear heard more than was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:understanding thought speech

“You jus' stand there and don't say nothing. If he finds out what a crazy bastard you are, we won't get no job, but if he sees ya work before he hears ya talk, we're set.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:work

“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:loneliness people

“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. They come to a ranch an’ work up a stake and then they go inta town and blow their stake, and the first thing you know...”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:loneliness

“We could live offa the fatta the lan’.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:living

“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:silence

“Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:intelligence kindness

“Trouble with mice is you always kill ’em.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:killing

“They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ’em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ’em ever gets it. Just like heaven.”

― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men

topic:heaven

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