Search results
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. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go.
- George and Lennie's Farm
“Maybe if I give you guys my money, you’ll let me hoe in the...
- Lennie's Puppy
“It’s bad enough like it is.” He put the pup under his coat,...
- Character List
Dressed in fancy, feathered red shoes, she represents the...
- George and Lennie's Farm
In the novella Steinbeck romanticizes and idealizes male friendships. 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.
Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world Get all the details, meaning, context, and even a pretentious factor for good measure.
- John Steinbeck
- 1937
- “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.” ― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men.
- “I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's. why.” ― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men.
- “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.”
- “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.”
Quote 1. "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 they're poundin' their tail on some other ranch. 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. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future.
“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.” […] Lennie broke in. “ But not us! An’ why? Because...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.”
