Of Mice and Men Quotes
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Source: Of Mice and Men
Author: John Steinbeck
"Because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you"
"With us it ain't like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don't have to sit in no bar room blowin' in our jack jus' because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us."
Lennie broke in. "But not us! An' why? Because… because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why." He laughed delightedly. "Go on now, George!"
Context
Chapter 1 of Of Mice and Men, and we're already feeling all the friendship feels.
These guys aren't dancing improbably around a poolside (or swashbuckling around France), but it still sounds a lot like "All for One." Lennie may not be quite holding up his end of the bargain, but he still understands that friendship means sticking together.
No matter what happens throughout the book, George and Lennie will have each other.
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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.
There's nothing pretentious about friendship.