Of Mice and Men Quotes Flashcards
“Maybe ______ in the whole ____ _____ is scared of each other.” ______
“Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” - Slim
“I got ____ to ____ after __, and you got me to ___ ____ you, and that’s why.” _____
“I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” Lennie
“A guy needs _______ to be ___ him. A guy goes ___ if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no ______ who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a ____ gets too _____ an’ he gets ___.” _____
“A guy needs somebody―to be near him. A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” Crooks
“Guy don’t need no ____ to be a ___ ____. Seems to me sometimes it jus’ ____ the other way _____. Take a real ____ guy and he ain’t hardly ever a ____ fella.” ____
“Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus’ works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.” Slim
“Just like _____. _____wants a little piece of ___’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to ____, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their ____. They’re all the time _____ about it, but it’s jus’ in their ____.” _____
“Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head. They’re all the time talkin’ about it, but it’s jus’ in their head.” Crooks
“We ____ what we __, and we don’t ___ whether you ____ it or not.” ____
“We know what we got, and we don’t care whether you know it or not.” Candy
“I can still ___ the _____, George? I didn’t mean no ___, George.” _____
“I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn’t mean no harm, George.” Lennie
“Ain’t many ___ _____ around together,” he mused. “I don’t know ___. Maybe _______ in the ____ damn ____ is scared of each other.” ____
“Ain’t many guys travel around together,” he mused. “I don’t know why. Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” Slim
‘Guys like us, that ____ on _____, are the ______ guys in the world. They got no ____. They don’t belong __ _____. They come to a ranch an’ work up a ____, and the first thing you know they’re ______’ their tail on some other _____. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” _____
‘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 the first thing you know they’re poundin’ their tail on some other ranch. They ain’t got nothing to look ahead to.” George
“I ought to of ___ that ___ myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no ______ ____ my dog.” _____
“I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” Candy
“I ain’t got no ____. I seen the guys that go around on the _____ ____. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no ___. After a long time they get ____. They get wantin’ to ____ all the time. . . ‘Course Lennie’s a God damn ______ most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a ___ an’ you can’t get ___ of him.” _____
“I ain’t got no people. I seen the guys that go around on the ranches alone. That ain’t no good. They don’t have no fun. After a long time they get mean. They get wantin’ to fight all the time. . . ‘Course Lennie’s a God damn nuisance most of the time, but you get used to goin’ around with a guy an’ you can’t get rid of him.” george
“Well, I never ____ one __ take so much _____ for another guy. I just like to know what your _____ is.” _____
“Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.” The boss
“I seen it over an’ over—a ___ talkin’ to another guy and it don’t make no ______ if he don’t ___ or understand. The thing is, they’re talkin’, or they’re ____’ still not talkin’. It don’t make no difference, no difference. […] George can tell you ____ things, and it don’t matter. It’s just the talking. It’s just bein’ with _____ guy. That’s all.” ____
“I seen it over an’ over—a guy talkin’ to another guy and it don’t make no difference if he don’t hear or understand. The thing is, they’re talkin’, or they’re settin’ still not talkin’. It don’t make no difference, no difference. […] George can tell you screwy things, and it don’t matter. It’s just the talking. It’s just bein’ with another guy. That’s all.” Crooks
