Status Updates From 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. Then gradually time awakened again and moved sluggishly on.”

“Everybody wants a little bit of land, not much. Jus’ som’thin’ that was his. Somethin’ he could live in and there couldn’t nobody throw him off of it. I never had none.”

“They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an’ every damn one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it. Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I read plenty of books out here. Nobody ever gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. It’s just in their head.”

A friend recommended this book and she lent me her copy.

I barely made it to this page… and I’m already not a fan. 🤪

It’s a skip for me—there’s just too much language and innuendo for my taste. 🙃 👋

"'Ain't many guys travel around together,' he mused. 'I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.'"