“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'.”

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

“If on'y they didn' tell me I got to get off, why, I'd prob'y be in California right now a-eatin' grapes an a-pickin' an orange when I wanted. But them sons-a-bitches says I got to get off-an', Jesus Christ, a man can't, when he's tol' to!”

“Not now John, we've gotta get on.S'cusi dove il bar?Gotta get on.Σε παρακαλώ, πού είναι το μπαρ?Not now John, we've gotta get on.S'il vous plait ou est le bar?Gotta get on, gotta get on.Oy, where's the fucking bar John!Not now John, we've gotta get on.Gotta get on, gotta get on.Hammer! Hammer! Hammer! Hammer! Hammer!”

“I have lost all sense of home, having moved about so much. It means to me now--only that place where the books are kept.”

“Defeat is a momentary thing. A defeat doesn't last. We were defeated and now we attack. Defeat means nothing. Can't you understand that? Do you know what they are whispering behind doors?”