"I tol’ you an’ tol’ you," she said. "I tol’ you, ‘Min’ George because he’s such a nice fella an’ good to you.’ But you don’t never take no care. You do bad things."

I di’n’t forget, you bet, God damn. Hide in the brush an’ wait for George.

“Lennie!” he said sharply. “Lennie, for God’ sakes don’t drink so much.”

“Listen, Small!” Lennie raised his head. “What can you do?”