POOL in Classic Quotes

1  Lennie continued to snort into the pool.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

2  The little snake slid in among the reeds at the pool's side.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

3  And row on row of tiny wind waves flowed up the pool's green surface.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

4  George knelt beside the pool and drank from his hand with quick scoops.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

5  But by the pool among the mottled sycamores, a pleasant shade had fallen.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

6  A water snake slipped along on the pool, its head held up like a little periscope.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

7  George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

8  Another little water snake swam up the pool, turning its periscope head from side to side.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

9  Overhead the leaves whisked again and little puffs of willow cotton blew down and landed on the pool's surface.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

10  For a moment the place was lifeless, and then two men emerged from the path and came into the opening by the green pool.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

11  The water is warm too, for it has slipped twinkling over the yellow sands in the sunlight before reaching the narrow pool.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

12  George stood up and threw the mouse as far as he could into the darkening brush, and then he stepped to the pool and washed his hands.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

13  A big carp rose to the surface of the pool, gulped air and then sank mysteriously into the dark water again, leaving widening rings on the water.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

14  His huge companion dropped his blankets and flung himself down and drank from the surface of the green pool; drank with long gulps, snorting into the water like a horse.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

15  Lennie dabbled his big paw in the water and wiggled his fingers so the water arose in little splashes; rings widened across the pool to the other side and came back again.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

16  A water snake glided smoothly up the pool, twisting its periscope head from side to side; and it swam the length of the pool and came to the legs of a motionless heron that stood in the shallows.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

17  There is a path through the willows and among the sycamores, a path beaten hard by boys coming down from the ranches to swim in the deep pool, and beaten hard by tramps who come wearily down from the highway in the evening to jungle-up near water.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1