Steinbeck

"A guy needs somebody-to be near him." He whined, "A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you. I tell ya," he cried, "I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick..."

John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men

"A guy sets alone out here at night maybe readin' books or thinkin' or stuff like that. Sometimes he gets thinkin' , an' he got nothin' to tell him what's so an' what ain't so. Maybe if he sees somethin' , he don't know wether it's right or not. He can't turn to some other guy and ast him if he sees it too. He can't tell. He got nothing to measure by. I seen things out here. I wasn't drunk. I don't know if I was asleep. If some guy was with me, he could tell me I was asleep, an' then it would be all right. But I jus' don't know..."

John Steinbeck. 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..."

John Steinbeck. Of Mice and Men