BEHIND in Classic Quotes

1  There were footsteps behind her, going by.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2

2  Behind him came George, and behind George, Lennie.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2

3  Lennie went behind the tree and brought out a litter of dried leaves and twigs.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

4  He lay back on his bunk and crossed his arms behind his head and stared at the ceiling.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

5  Old Candy, the swamper, came in and went to his bunk, and behind him struggled his old dog.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

6  They had walked in single file down the path, and even in the open one stayed behind the other.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

7  The curls, tiny little sausages, were spread on the hay behind her head, and her lips were parted.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 5

8  Crooks stared at Lennie, and he reached behind him and took down the spectacles and adjusted them over his pink ears and stared again.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 4

9  He reached in his side pocket and brought out Carlson's Luger; he snapped off the safety, and the hand and gun lay on the ground behind Lennie's back.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6

10  When a little bird skittered over the dry leaves behind him, his head jerked up and he strained toward the sound with eyes and ears until he saw the bird, and then he dropped his head and drank again.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 6