Of Mice and Men Quotes
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Source: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
"The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."
"I remember about the rabbits, George."
"The hell with the rabbits. That's all you can ever remember is them rabbits."
Context
Chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men, and Lennie's obsession with rabbits is already coming through.
Lennie loves to pet soft things, and we can tell right off the bat that it's a major problem for the odd couple of Lennie and George. See, Lennie likes to pet things a little too hard and a little too long—an activity that keeps resulting in dead rabbits.
Where you've heard it
There's no one quite like Lennie—which is a good thing for those rabbits.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
Lennie and George couldn't be pretentious if they tried.