“And I get to tend the rabbits…Lennie giggled with happiness.”

“I can still tend the rabbits, George? I didn't mean no harm, George.”

“Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.”

“Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.”

“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.”

“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.”

“What the hell kind of bed you giving us, anyways? We don't want no pants rabbits.”