George is Lennie's mentor. Consequently he looks up to him in Of Mice and Men. What is a quote that shows this?

Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men features specific examples of how Lennie looks up to George. 

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  to look up to (idiom): to perceive someone as worthy of respect and admiration

Lennie's imitation of George is one way that shows how Lennie looks up to--admires and respects--George. Lennie needs George because George shows Lennie how to act and behave. In the first chapter, Lennie imitates George when both of them lay down after walking...

Chapter 1 in Of Mice and Men features specific examples of how Lennie looks up to George. 

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  to look up to (idiom): to perceive someone as worthy of respect and admiration

Lennie's imitation of George is one way that shows how Lennie looks up to--admires and respects--George. Lennie needs George because George shows Lennie how to act and behave. In the first chapter, Lennie imitates George when both of them lay down after walking into the brush:  "George lay back on the sand and crossed his hands under his head, and Lennie imitated him, raising his head to see whether he was doing it right." Steinbeck is deliberate in his narration.  He says that Lennie imitates George to make sure he was "doing it right."  Lennie recognizes that George represents the way to behave.  In doing so, Lennie illustrates that he looks up to George through imitating him.

Another way that Lennie illustrates that he looks up to--admires and respects--George is by following the directives that George gives him.  In Chapter 1, George tells Lennie how to act when both men get to the ranch in terms of remaining silent:  "Lennie droned to himself softly, 'I ain't gonna say nothin'...  I ain't gonna say nothin'... I ain't gonna say nothin'..."  When Lennie repeats George's instructions to himself, it shows how Lennie looks up to George because he displays a sincere desire to want to follow George's orders.  Both through imitation and compliance, Lennie shows how much he looks up to George.