| A | B |
| Lennie | Why do you got to get killed? You ain't so little as mice . I didn't bounce you hard" |
| Curley | “Don’t shoot ‘im?...He got Carlson’s gun. ‘Course we’ll shoot ‘im!” |
| Slim | “He’s a nice fella…Guy don’t need no sense to be a nice fella. Seems to me sometimes it jus’ works the other way around. Take a real smart guy and he ain’t hardly ever a nice fella.” |
| Candy | “I got it figured out. We can make some money on them rabbits if we go about it right.” |
| George | “God a’mighty, if I was alone, I could live so easy. I could go get a job and work and no trouble." |
| Curley's wife | "Aw, nuts! What kinda harm am I doin' you? Seems like none of them care how I gotta live." |
| Carlson | “You tried to throw a scare into Slim an’ you couldn’t make it stick. Slim throwed a scare inta you. You’re yella as a frog belly.” |
| the boss | “Well, I never seen one guy take so much trouble for another guy. I just like to know what your interest is.” |