Of Mice And Men Quotes About Dreams

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Of Mice And Men Quotes About Dreams

If you’re a fan of John Steinbeck’s classic novel, “Of Mice and Men”, you’ll know that dreams play a major role in the story. From George and Lennie’s shared dream of owning a farm to the various characters’ hopes and aspirations, dreams are an integral part of the book’s themes. Here are some of the top quotes about dreams from “Of Mice and Men”.

  1. “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that’s why.” – Lennie
  2. “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us.” – George
  3. “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.” – George
  4. “I remember about the rabbits, George.” – Lennie
  5. “We could live offa the fatta the lan’.” – Lennie
  6. “Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.” – Slim
  7. “Some day 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 and” – Candy
  8. “Why can’t I talk to you? I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” – Curley’s wife
  9. “I remember when I was a little kid on my old man’s chicken ranch. Had two brothers. They was always near me, always there.” – Crooks
  10. “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.” – Crooks
  11. “I tell ya, I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” – Crooks
  12. “Somedayโ€” 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.” – George
  13. “I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we’d never do her.” – George
  14. “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.” – Crooks
  15. “We’d just go to her. We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would.” – George
  16. “I remember about the rabbits, George.” – Lennie
  17. “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.” – George
  18. “But he never got nothing to lend.” – George
  19. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” – Candy
  20. “I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.” – Curley’s wife
  21. “I never seen no piece of jail bait worse than her.” – George
  22. “I could retire with ease.” – Candy
  23. “I seen hunderds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. 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.” – Crooks
  24. “I tell you, I tell you a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” – Crooks
  25. “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ on the ranches, with their bindles on their back an’ that same damn thing in their heads. Hunderds of them. 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. Everybody 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
  26. “Everybody wants a little piece of lan’, he said, or a cow or a hog or a chicken. Sometimes they want to get away from everybody. . . . Everybody wants a little something, he said to himself, and everybody is afraid of losing what they’ve got.” – George
  27. “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.” – George
  28. “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.” – Crooks
  29. “Sure, ya see, the stable buck’s a nigger.” – Curley
  30. “An’ live off the fatta the lan’.” – Lennie
  31. “Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.” – Slim
  32. “I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” – Crooks
  33. “We’d just go to her. We wouldn’t ask nobody if we could. Jus’ say, ‘We’ll go to her,’ an’ we would.” – George
  34. “I could get along so easy and so nice if I didn’t have you on my tail. I could live so easy and maybe have a girl.” – George
  35. “An’ that’s the thing I want ya to know.” – Lennie
  36. “I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn’t ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.” – Candy
  37. “I could retire with ease.” – Candy
  38. “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.” – Slim
  39. “I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” – Curley
  40. “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” – Curley’s wife
  41. “It ain’t no lie. We’re gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an’ live on the fatta the lan’.” – Lennie
  42. “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.” – George
  43. “I tell you, I tell you a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” – Crooks
  44. “I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.” – Curley’s wife
  45. “I remember when I was a little kid on my old man’s chicken ranch. Had two brothers. They was always near me, always there.” – Crooks
  46. “I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy.” – Slim
  47. “I could get you strung up on a tree so easy it ain’t even funny.” – Curley
  48. “I could retire with ease.” – Candy
  49. “I never get to talk to nobody. I get awful lonely.” – Curley’s wife
  50. “It ain’t no lie. We’re gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an’ live on the fatta the lan’.” – Lennie
  51. “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.” – George
  52. “I tell you, I tell you a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” – Crooks
  53. “I ain’t got no relatives nor nothing.” – Curley’s wife
  54. “I remember when I was a little kid on my old man’s chicken ranch. Had two brothers. They was always near me, always there.” – Crooks
  55. “I never seen one guy take so much trouble
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