"Curley's like a lot of little guys. He

hates big guys."

"We could live offa the fatta the

lan'."

“Carl's right, Candy. That dog ain't no good to himself. I

wisht somebody'd shoot me if I got old an' a cripple.”

"I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an'

he gets sick."

"Guys nearly crazy with loneliness

for land, but ... a blackjack game

took what it takes."

“Why can't I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get

awful lonely.”

“I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd

never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to

thinking maybe we would.”

"Ain't gonna be no more trouble.

Nobody gonna hurt nobody nor

steal from 'em."

“No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now.

That's a thing I want ya to know.”

"Never you mind," said Slim. "A guy got to sometimes."

“We got a future.”