So, my year 11, I promised I would choose my own top 20 quotes and here they are. PLEASE post your own suggestions if you think we should swap any.

1. Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water…
2. “An’ live off the fatta the lan'” (Lennie & George)
3. “…the stable buck’s a nigger” (Candy)
4. “Curley’s like a lot of little guys. He hates big guys.” (Candy)
5. “Well I think Curley’s married….a tart.” (Candy)
6. ….for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off.
7. Her voice had a nasal brittle quality.
8. ….he moved with a majesty only achieved by royalty and master craftsmen
9. … his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought.
10. George’s voice was taking on the tone of confession.
11. …California civil code for 1905.
12. Crooks was a proud, aloof man. He kept his distance and demanded that other people keep theirs.
13. Crooks’ face lighted with pleasure in his torture.
14. “A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody…. a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.” (Crooks)
15. “… a bunch of bindle stiffs – a nigger an’ a dum-dum and a lousy ol’ sheep-” (Curley’s wife)
16. Crooks had reduced himself to nothing.
17. …her body flopped like a fish.
18. She was very pretty and simple, and her face was sweet and young.
19. “You hadda, George. I swear you hadda.” (Slim)
20. “Now what the hell ya suppose is eatin’ them two guys.” (Carlson)