“You ain't worth a greased lack pin to ram you into hell.”
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 6, p. 101
Quotes from work
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men is a play adapted from John Steinbeck's 1937 novel of the same name. The play, which predates the Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Awards, earned the 1938 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play.
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 2, p. 29
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 4, p. 72
George; "buck" here means to work at lifting and throwing the sacks of barley
Of Mice and Men (1937)
“I seen too many guys with land in their head. They never get none under their hand.”
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 4, p. 75
“Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It's just in their head.”
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 4, p. 74
Context: 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. 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. It's just in their head.
“A powerful, big-stomached man came into the bunkhouse.”
Source: Of Mice and Men (1937), Ch. 2, p. 35
