“"Well, that glove's fulla vaseline."
"Vaseline? What the hell for?"
Well, I tell ya what — Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife."”

Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 2, p. 29

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American writer 1902–1968

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“"Well, that glove's fulla vaseline.""Vaseline? What the hell for?"Well, I tell ya what — Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife."”

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“"Well, that glove's fulla vaseline."
"Vaseline? What the hell for?"
Well, I tell ya what — Curley says he's keepin' that hand soft for his wife."”