Quotes (prompt) Flashcards by James Sudlow

George

“You gonna…

Lennie

be sick like you was last night”

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George

“Jesus Christ…

Lennie

…you’re a crazy bastard

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George

“alone…

Lonliness

I could live so easy”

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George

“Ok. Someday -

American dream

we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs”

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George

“Guys like us…

Lonliness

that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world

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George

“Red and blue…

Dreams, Lennie

and green rabbits Lennie. Millions of ‘em”

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George

“George was…

Anger

working up a slow anger”

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George

“Jesus, what…

a tramp”

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George

Words on Curlies Wife

Bitch
Poison
Jailbait
Rat-trap

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George

“I’ve beat

Lennie, Anger

…the hell outa him”

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George

George carefully

Loneliness

built his line of solitaire cards

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George

“This thing…

American Dream

they never really believed in was coming true”

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George

“I want you…

Lennie

to stay with me here”

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George

“No Lennie…

Lennie, Anger

I ain’t mad. I never been mad. and i ain’ now. That’s a thing I want ya to know”

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George

“George let…

After Lennies death

himself be helped to his feet”

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Curley

Curley stepped

Power

gingerly close to him

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Curley

His glance was

Appearance

at once both calculating and pugnacious

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Curley

He’s a

Power

lightweight and he’s handy

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Curley

He hates..

Power

big guys. He’s alla time picking scraps with big guys

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Curley

Won’t ever…

Power

get canned ‘cause his old man’s the boss

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Curley

“Any you guys..

seen my wife?”

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Curley

“He ain’t

Appearance

a nice fella” (CW)

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Curley

“I’m gonna shoot

Power, anger

the guts out of that big bastard myself even if I only got one hand. I’m gonna get him”

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Lennie

a huge man,

Appearance

shapeless of face with large, pale eyes

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# Lennie the way | Appearance

a bear drags his paws

# Lennie Lennie | Companionship

(...)imitated George exactly

# Lennie "I got you | Companionship

to look after me, and you got me to look after you"

# Lennie "live off the | American Dream

fatta the lan'"

# Lennie Strong as | Power

a bull

# Lennie There ain't no more | Power

harm in him than a kid neither except he's so strong

# Lennie Lennie covered | Disability

his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror

# Lennie his closed fist | Power

was lost in Lennies big hand

# Lennie Lennie smiled | Disability

helplessly in an attempt to make friends

# Lennie Suddenly Lennie's eyes | Anger

, centred and grew quiet, and mad

# Lennie Why do you | Disability

got to get killed

# Lennie Then Lennie grew | Anger

angry (with CW)

# Lennie I done | Disability

a bad thing

# Carlson A powerful | Appearance

big stomached man

# Carlson I can smell | (candys dog)

that dog a mile away. Got no teeth, damn near blind, can't eat.

# Carlson "Shoot him | (Candy's dog)

right in the back of the head"...."he'd never know what hit him"

# Carlson "Why'n't | CW

you tell her to stay the hell home where she belongs"

# Carlson "You're yella | (Curley,power)

as a frog belly."..."you come for me, an' I'll kick your god damn head off"

# CW Both men glanced up | Appearane

for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off

# CW She had.. | Appearance

* full rouged lips * heavily made up * Her fingernails were red

# CW (When lennie looks at her) | Appearance

She bridled a little

# CW She put her hands | Appearance

behind her back and leaned against the door frame so that her body was thrown forward

# CW "they left | (Finding Lennie and Candy and Crooks in barn)

all the weak ones here"

# CW "I could get you | Racism

strung up on a tree so easy it ain't even funny"

# CW "I tell you.. | Dreams

I aint used to livin like this. I coulda made something of myself"

# CW The meanness.. | After death

and the plannings and the discontent and the ache for attention were all gone from her face

# The Boss He wore | Appearance

high heeled boots and spurs to prove he was not a laboring man

# The Boss "what stake | Lennie and George

you got in this guy? You takin' his pay away from him?"

# Whit His sloping shoulders | Appearance

are bent forward and he walked heavily on his heels, as though he carried the invisible grain bag

# Whit Whit found | The magazine

the place again but he did not surrender his hold on it

# Slim "I drowned | Power

four of them right off" (LuLus puppies)

# Slim Slim sighed, "well | After CW death

I guess we got to go get him"

# Slim "Maybe ever'body | Loneliness

in the whole damn world is scared of each other"

# Slims "Never you mind", | After Lennies death

said Slim, "A guy got to sometimes"

# Crooks "The boss | Said by Candy

gives him hell when he's mad"

# Crooks a tattered | Possesions

dictionary and a mauled copy of the California civil code for 1905

# Crooks a small electric globe | Light, his room

threw a meager yellow light

# Crooks he stiffened | When Lennie enters

and a scowl came on his face

# Crooks Crooks scowled, | When Lennie enters

but Lennies disarming smile defeated him

# Crooks why ain't you wanted?" | The Bunkhouse

- "Cause I'm Black"

# Crooks Crooks face lighted | Cruelty

with pleasure in his torture

# Crooks "Guys don't come.. | Loneliness

into a coloured man's room very much"

# Crooks "Nobody never | Dreams

gets to heaven and nobody gets no land"

# Crooks "A guy | Loneliness

goes nuts if he ain't got nobody"

# Candy "I've had him | His dog

since he was a pup"

# Candy "I ain't much good | Dreams

but I could cook and tend the chickens"

# Candy " I shouldn't have | His dog

let no stranger shoot my dog"

# Candy Candy joined | Curley

the attack with joy. "Glove fulla vaseline" he said disgustedly

# Candy "You God damn.. | Said to CW's body

tramp" he said viciously