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Of Mice and Men quotes

John Steinbeck

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“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
“Trouble with mice is you always kill ’em.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
“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
“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
“Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you”
“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
“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
“We could live offa the fatta the lan’.” John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
“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

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