WATER in Classic Quotes

1  George stared morosely at the water.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

2  A dove's wings whistled over the water.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

3  "I ain't sure it's good water," he said.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

4  They's a place for alfalfa and plenty water to flood it.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

5  His head still dripped water from the scrubbing and dousing.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2

6  Slim hurried out, and in a moment returned with a tin cup of water.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

7  So we sit in a irrigation ditch under water all the rest of that day.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

8  My girls is clean, she says, an there ain't no water in my whisky, she says.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 3

9  From the washroom nearby came the sound of running water and rattling basins.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 2

10  You never oughtta drink water when it ain't running, Lennie, " he said hopelessly.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

11  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

12  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

13  He threw a scoop of water into his face and rubbed it about with his hand, under his chin and around the back of his neck.

Of Mice and Men By John Steinbeck
Context   In CHAPTER 1

14  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.

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Context   In CHAPTER 1

15  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

16  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

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