Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

“You said I was your cousin, George.” “Well, that was a lie. An’ I’m damn glad it was. If I was a relative of yours I’d shoot myself.”

“You was pokin’ your big ears into our business,” George said. “I don’t like nobody to get nosey.”

I’ve beat the hell outta him, and he coulda bust every bone in my body jus’ with his han’s, but he never lifted a finger against me.”