Of Mice and Men

As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.

You’re all scared of each other, that's what. Ever’ one of you’s scared the rest is goin’ to get something on you.

Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Som’thin’ he could live on and there couldn’t nobody throw him off of it.

Books ain’t good. A guy needs somebody - to be near him. […] A guy goes nuts if he ain’t got nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell ya […], I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.