I need specific, cited quotes from Of Mice And Men that describes the hands of Lennie, George, Curley, Carlson, and Candy.

With elements of Naturalism, Of Mice and
Men portrays men in a struggle for survival against the forces of alienation
and disenfranchisement wrought by the Great Depression. Since it has often been said
that much can be told about people by their hands, as well as their eyes, it is an
interesting exploration of character that examines these hands as representative of
these desperate characters. 

Lennie
Small

Portrayed in zoomorphic descriptions,
Lennie best illustrates what Steinbeck himself described as "the inarticulate and
powerful yearning of all men."  When he and George arrive in the clearing of Chapter 1,
after flinging himself down and drinking water with his mouth from a green pool,
Lennie

dabbled
his big paw in the water and wiggled his
fingers...

Also, Lennie "held
his closed hand" to hide the mouse that he has crushed a mouse with his fingers as he
has petted it in his pocket. In Chapter 3 he has been petting the pups so much that
George warns him he will kill them.  George says, "...he [Slim] told' you not to pet the
pups so much."  When George tells Lennie to give him the pups, Lennie holds "his hands
out pleadingly."

These scenes foreshadow the petting of
Curley's wife's hair in Chapter 5.  Interestingly, Steinbeck uses the first descriptive
word for Lennie's hands from Chapter 1 when Lennie is frightened.  In Chapter 3 during
the confrontation with Curley, Lennie "covered his face with his huge paws," but when
George puts out his hands and grabs Slim, saying, "Wait a minute" and tells Lennie to
let Curley "have it," Lennie "took his hands away from his face."  Then, again, in
Chapter 5, after Lennie accidentally kills Curley's wife, he "pawed up the hay" trying
to cover her.

George
Milton

Very little is mentioned about
George's hands as he is more cerebral than the other men.  When George points to
Lennie,         "[H]e indicated Lennie with his thumb."  As he plays cards with Slim in
the bunkhouse, George metaphorically uses his hands as he "lays out his solitaire
hand."

It is not until the end of Chapter 5 that there is a
focus upon George's hands which yet are ruled by his mind.  As he brings the gun to
Lennie's head:

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 [T]he hand shook violently, but his face set and
his hand steadied.

Later,
when the other men arrive at the scene, George "looked steadily at his right hand that
had held the
gun."

Curley

In
at least three instances, Curley is referred to as "handy" (Chapters 2 and 3).   In
Chapter 2, "his hands closed into  fists" when he enters the bunkhouse; he is mocked for
having his other hand in a "'Glove fulla vaseline,' George said disgustedly."  When he
fights with Lennie, his hand is crushed:  "Looks to me like ever' bone in his han' is
bust." Ironically, Slim uses the word hand when he bends down to
talk to Curley,

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"You got your senses in hand enought to
listen?...I think you got your han' caught in a
machine."

Carlson

Almost
no mention of Carlson's hands are made.  He cleans his Luger, but the word
hand(s) is not used.  Instead, he points to Candy's dog with his feet, and
his "footsteps are heard."  One mention of hands regarding Carlson is figurative as
he warns Curley about his wife, "You gonna have something on your
hands."

Perhaps, you may wish to examine other characters
and how their hands are described.  One such character is Slim, whose hands are "large
and lean" and "delicate."  When there is conflict, Slim "subdues one hand over the
other." (Chapter 3)