--- title: "8 Lennie Quotes by 3 authors" description: "Browse 8 Lennie quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Lennie sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-steinbeck-71_guy_guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-th_569651.jpg" --- > [Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-the-loneliest-guys-in-the-world/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-steinbeck-71_guy_guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-th_569651.jpg) > [Lennie begged, "Le's do it now. Le's get that place now." "Sure right now. I gotta. We gotta.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/lennie-begged-le-s-do-it-now-le-s-get-that-place-now-sure-right-now-i/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/john-steinbeck-71_lennie_lennie-begged-le-s-do-it-now-le-s-get-th_1104238.jpg) > [But then I think about my sister and what a shell-less turtle she was and how she wanted me to be one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/but-then-i-think-about-my-sister-and-what-a-shell-less-turtle-she-was/) [Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7dc/jandy-nelson-1913_feel_but-then-i-think-about-my-sister-and-wha_1172966.jpg) > [ \[Lennie meets Joe - he works out that she was named after John Lennon\] I nod. "Mom was a hippie." This is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/lennie-meets-joe-he-works-out-that-she-was-named-after-john-lennon-i/) [Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/184/jandy-nelson-1913_birth_lennie-meets-joe-he-works-out-that-she-w_1625792.jpg) > [My grandmother thinks it's really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what'll be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/my-grandmother-thinks-it-s-really-funny-to-put-all-sorts-of-things-in/) [Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/jandy-nelson-1913_bags_my-grandmother-thinks-it-s-really-funny_1797573.png) > [Years ago, I was crashed in gram’s garden and Big asked me what I was doing. I told him I was looking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jandy-nelson/years-ago-i-was-crashed-in-gram-s-garden-and-big-asked-me-what-i-was/) [Jandy Nelson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jandy-nelson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/023/jandy-nelson-1913_bigs_years-ago-i-was-crashed-in-gram-s-garden_2421116.jpg) > [And Lennie Tristano I like a lot, I still like him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mose-allison/and-lennie-tristano-i-like-a-lot-i-still-like-him/) [Mose Allison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mose-allison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mose-allison-11837_lennie_and-lennie-tristano-i-like-a-lot-i-still_2577313.jpg) > [Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/lennie-said-quietly-it-ain-t-no-lie-we-re-gonna-do-it-gonna-get-a/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/john-steinbeck-71_lennie_lennie-said-quietly-it-ain-t-no-lie-we-r_2841345.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lennie/#itemlist", "name": "Lennie Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Steinbeck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-the-loneliest-guys-in-the-world/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-steinbeck-71_guy_guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-th_569651.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-steinbeck-71_guy_guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-th_569651.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/john-steinbeck-71_guy_guys-like-us-that-work-on-ranches-are-th_569651.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world” — John Steinbeck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Lennie begged, \"Le's do it now. 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