If I write about that, and talk about it out loud to Djo, maybe he will hear, and maybe just the sound of a voice will draw him back. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d talk about the shows we’d watched, rehashing the plots, recalling the dialogue until all our memories were polished smooth and false. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I told you what was going on with me, and I thought you’d talk to me about your stuff, too.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The women talk over her and all I can think is Don't worry, Donna. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They talked about whose daughter had run off with whose son, who’d had babies, who had died, the price of groceries, the hot weather, the rickety buses between San Juan and Santurce. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Wonder if I should go to him and apologize so we could keep talking on our walks back from school like we used to. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“All you ever said was, ‘Ignore it, Vera,’ and now you think this creep from last night is worth talking about? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But that’s not all, she thought, astonished at herself, that doesn’t tell what it was like, even if I wanted to tell; why am I talking? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

You dont know what goes on I says, you dont hear the talk that I hear and you can just bet I shut them up too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We drank and watched the trains go by and talked about nothing: television and work and where he went to school, just like normal people. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about, okay? I’m not an idiot.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They had talked several times but Ben was not important enough for them to become friends or for Philip to engage Ben in a truly serious conversation. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, she had totally creeped me out with her boyfriend talk. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We got a lot to talk about and not much time, as usual, so gather round and keep the heckling to a minimum.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No one to say good night to, no one to sit and talk to—no one. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not talking to you,” Ma said, taking her anger out on me. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Hey, you probably don’t want to talk about this right now, but you have given me zero details on your date.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We were talking one afternoon at school and I asked, “Can I get your phone number? Maybe I can call you and we can talk at home sometime.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I think it’s always really limp, when guys can’t talk to girls they went out with. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know guys don’t really like talking about this stuff as much, right?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We have a class together, but she hardly ever talks.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Park's dad kept talking, one hand on his truck, the other on the back of his neck, like he was in pain. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You can talk to her about it,” he finally said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have money—that’s correct. I’m a pauper and I work my fingers to the bone. The baishakunin lied to you. I’m sorry for that, but—” “Don’t talk to me, please,” said Fujiko. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All my talk about honesty and getting stuff off your chest, and I’m not being straight with him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why are you talking like that? What’s with the double negatives?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She went out and gave my father a good talking to, shaking her finger at him across a row of tomatoless tomato plants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just wait a second, will you? Let’s just talk this out. We shouldn’t part as enemies. We’re all on the same side here.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I still don’t think that talking to a therapist will change anything. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

At some point Lyra and the others became aware that there was some kind of subdued emergency going on, because the adults were hurrying to and fro or standing in anxious groups talking urgently. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s it! We need the Ares cabin. I can talk to Clarisse. I know I can convince her to help us.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I was in the guest room talking to the renter.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But Nali was talking about the ceremony like it was the one and only thing that was going to cure Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"You're very smart. You know exactly how to talk to this woman. I know that. So why did you call me?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he could talk to her now, he wouldn’t have to kidnap the stupid dog. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But as long as you drive the cars and behave ” “—and don’t talk so other officers can hear,” Manera finished. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He turned back to me and started talking again. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

At Ritchie’s, I keep reliving it while the others deal and talk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know what I mean. People not really talking to us anymore because we don’t go to the Jovenes meetings and all.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Francis wanted to talk to Dorothy Hodgkin, the best of the English crystallographers, while I welcomed the opportunity to see Oxford for the first time. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Bought us some new school clothes or something,” Velia added, slowing down to talk to us. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Be quiet. Now you’re trying too hard. It was going better for you when you weren’t talking.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

While the men talked in heated whispers in the kitchen, Stella and Dr. Hawkins’s son, Anthony, sat outside on the front steps. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I know you didn't realize you were talking to an expert. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Mom paces as she talks, flails her arms for emphasis as if Dad can see her, clenching her cell phone like it’s a kitchen sponge after a messy spaghetti dinner. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It was noisier than ever before, talk, talk, talk, friends sharing the news, overblown laughter, strong-lunged farmers bellowing their wares. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hack astronomer, who is constantly on talk shows and whose name you would probably recognize, played himself in a cameo role. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m that much closer to talking to the cops. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And finally, today, we have reached a point in work flow that machines are talking to other machines over the Internet using standardized protocols, with no humans involved at all. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He waited to talk until I’d said, “And then Ben called me and I left for that party.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Olive holds up her finger and opens her mouth to talk. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Sweet Mary Anne? You’ll have to introduce me,” Ben said, attacking his steak and talking with his mouth full. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked about how his sister overreacted to just about everything anyone said to her and about how his mother did the same thing. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Link spun again, and while he kissed this other girl, really hardly at all, Calista was still talking to Quendy, saying, in this really mean voice, “And don’t let anyone tell you you look stupid.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

During lunch breaks he would often give impromptu lectures; he loaned me books to read, recommended people for me to talk to, meetings for me to attend. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It says here he was arrested after he was overheard talking about the Death Eaters’ secret plans in a pub.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

We talked about the signs we had seen; Bones even said he had talked to people from a ship from space. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What was your day like?” she asked, wanting to turn their talk elsewhere. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘But if you don’t mind I’d really rather not talk about it yet. What about the rings?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like to talk about that stuff. But I do talk to Delsie all the time. Did she tell you about Darwin, the crab that I threw back into the water?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

On the way to the cafeteria five people stopped me to talk about the game and about nine or ten people waved to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She knew James was mad, but he wouldn’t even talk to her? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had been careless, talked too much, said something weird. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Here she was talking with a ghost as normal as talking to anyone else, except this ghost seemed to be enjoying the conversation as much as Ophie did. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You’d sit on the porch, and you wouldn’t be able to talk, but somehow you always felt welcome,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I often talk about being from here, but something I don’t often talk about is how I ended up here.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But this Headmaster we were talking about wasn’t just tickling you when he took out his cane to deliver a flogging. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

For months, we didn’t talk much as we worked side by side in the kitchen. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Claire is locked in her office, talking on the phone with a client. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There was just no talking the guy out of it,” Gallien remembers. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Jackie’s last day in Colby, she and Bertha sat together at the sewing machine in my room and talked about boys and clothes and movie stars while they worked on a zipper. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“He never talked about all that to me,” was all I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m a little talked out. To be honest with you,” she said; “Zooey’s been at me all morning.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The benches are always packed with people talking about their ailments. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most of all, he talks about leaving Cambodia and going to America. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two women were fanning themselves and watching Hannah put down some dough, all talking casually about one thing and another, and had gotten around, when Sula passed by, to the problems of child rearing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Very soon now. Did you already know about it? He’s been talking about it, building up to it, for—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you talking about Marcus? Because he’s Divergent. Genetic damage had nothing to do with it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Especially when you consider we used to talk all the time. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He spoke in the old-fashioned talk, and said with a full voice: “Sir, grant mercy of your great travail that ye have had this day for me and for my Queen.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds pretty crazy, a boy talking to a boat, but I always talked to that boat, ever since I was little. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I never heard Baba talk about Ankara, but then I never listened when he talked of where we would go in Turkey. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Properly placed, the fragments of talk ran like this: “Did you hear about that girl?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This boy talked back to my husband,” the wife says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The rush of having Dorian look only at her, talk only to her, treat her as if she were his equal and more hadn’t yet worn off. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But his brain? That is probably rather soft? He means well: but you shrug your shoulders to hear him talk?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If he were here, he would just sit with me, and not talk or ask anything. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I was really nervous about talking with the parents,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t allowed to talk to the kids who weren’t in the gifted program, or maybe they weren’t allowed to talk to us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

No talk about how he should protect himself if something had gone wrong. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s crazy sick,” the woman said, talking to Jule’s back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Kasim tries to talk to me, but I can only keep my eyes on Imani, who has pressed herself against the car door trying to be as far away from Dray as possible. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They talked together in low voices, as if they had been parted for a long while. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m also talking on company time, so I got to leave the stockroom, but best of luck with your search and tell Dylan I said bye!” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

A teacher wanting to talk to you after class is never a good thing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

When we finally started to talk about making a trip to visit the ruins of the camp, something would inevitably get in the way of our plans. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

A family speaking another language talk among themselves. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

But amidst his talk I gathered at last that Frodo had left Hobbiton less than a week before, and that a black horseman had come to the Hill the same evening. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know! I don’t want to know! What good is it to believe in peace and talk about peace if you only want to live the same old ways?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

As they were passing a funeral parlor, Santa stopped to talk to one of the mourners standing out on the sidewalk. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came to tell you. I was out in the town and I heard them talking in a cafe.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At Gibbs Elementary School, the Monday morning before Christmas, all the students in grades one through six were excited with talk of the Christmas play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s talk about your nose for a while.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not at the airport! I’m in a weird horror-movie B&B, where the dolls talk.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Everybody was talking to everybody else: Where will you live? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Mom, were going to talk to Deacon Draper,” Brandon said once church service ended. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had asked Pedrito to talk to our son, but you know how the men are. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of them message or talk on their phones. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

They talk all at once, in a languid, amused way, and groan when it’s their turn to clear the table, while Mummie says “Now girls,” but without conviction. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They look at each other and smile and talk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t offer to talk about him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It was embarrassing, I suppose, but it was also a precious secret, like a magic trick, where if I tried to explain it, or even talk about it, the thrill and mystery would be gone. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strange machine, built years before, to talk to a ghost. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wished she would come outside and talk to me and make me feel like things were normal, good. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell that she didn’t want to talk about them. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when he forgave her and came back—the hours they’d spend just talking, just telling each other everything... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We went to the pizza place and talked about who could have taken Jimmy’s two-dollar bills. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

She said to Jeremy: “Thank you very much. I will go and talk to the owl if you will take me. It’s a great favor.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They took off their hats and talked to Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like all forty plus people in the restaurant quit talking at the same time. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She started talking to Dad about something that happened at work, and I stopped paying attention. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I guess Mr. Ware knew what he was talking about—there really are supernatural beings in the world. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, talking with Moniba and my friends at home makes me more homesick. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But there was too much nonsense in Lily’s words, and my brain hates a mystery the way dogs hate cats, so before I can talk myself out of it I’m descending the stairs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Odell never talked much, but he was friendly and fiercely loyal to Collins, and from the time he met Bobby he’d felt a deep affection for the young boy. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So far we’d only gone to the Bahamas once, Florida, and Montreal—but my parents are always talking about taking us to Europe someday. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Everything on this planet talks to each other,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Since I was not talking to Granny, there was no one in the world for me to ask this question of. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to watch cartoons, but she keeps talking. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Pollard had no business being out of bed at all, but he had talked his doctors into letting him attend the race on the condition that two of them, plus a nurse, go with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you talking about something like...like the Bonding?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We would talk about art, perhaps, or yoga, or our husbands. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that Craig doesn’t really listen to her when she talks. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The young man talks to the shouting man in Turkish. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was to look at the islands dappled across the horizon; other times to talk about the jetty and how boats might have used it in days gone by. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Your mother,” said Yan Chang, as if talking to herself, “is too good for this family.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re talking spaghetti and meatballs, baked ziti, or gluten-free vegan lasagna. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He was in the Golden Country, or he was sitting among enormous, glorious, sunlit ruins, with his mother, with Julia, with O’Brien—not doing anything, merely sitting in the sun, talking of peaceful things. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But we all knew what he meant: Why couldn’t I talk to a girl that wasn’t brain-damaged? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And he talked about how cold it was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

We put in our drink order, and Wells jumps right into the forced small talk. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"I just looked for you at your house; your mother said you rode off in this direction. I need to talk to you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So, I started talking a mile a minute about how we saw a movie and how my sister taught me how to drive on the highways and how we went to McDonald’s. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

While we were at Granny’s, Judy talked about Robert Laurence so much, David threatened to start charging her a nickel every time she said his name. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. My mother called around nine; I couldn’t talk to her. Told her I was writing a paper.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the only one talking about their day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Don't let's ever talk about it. Please don't let's ever talk about it." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Especially when she talked about the cursed lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Dante made talking and living and feeling seem like all those things were perfectly natural. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I start toward—well, I don’t know where I’m going, but it’s away from Nita, the pretty girl who talks to my boyfriend when I’m not there. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"And another thing. We can't have everybody talking at once. Well have to have 'Hands up' like at school." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

We play Madden while we talk, which means I can focus on running up the score on his raggedy Eagles squad and not on being embarrassed about answering questions. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Why? After all these years, were going to talk about it now?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

We never talked about the fire that had killed my family. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Papa sat at his desk, calmly talking with a few soldiers. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We finished two whole chickens and part of a third, and drank a flagon of wine, talking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

After the race, Coach West comes over to talk to me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

We agreed that we’d come down next Saturday to get started, once Rose had talked to her gran. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Callie turns her back on me, and she’s talking to another guy within a minute, which is good on her since he actually follows her out of the train when we come to her stop. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Over the telephone late that night, Riddle and Swope talked it out. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Federio always followed Mrs. O’Brien, and Mrs. O’Brien always followed Mrs. Callaway in talking and pushing and even in buying an apple. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it loud enough for Genie and Ernie to hear it, but soft enough to make it seem like she was talking to herself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You know what I’m talking about,” she said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He talks directly into my ear since the music and cheers are so loud. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes. American. You will please talk American. It is a delightful language.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I remember the conversation we had in the meadows a few weeks ago—how he talked about missing Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And that was how Miss Kenton and I talked for the next two hours or so, there in the pool of grey light while the rain continued to fall steadily on the square outside. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over mugs of coffee and a plate of Pepperidge Farm cookies, the Wrights seemed almost eager to talk about Warren. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was so excited and talking so fast that they teased me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would just stand around and smile and talk and drink punch and eat sandwiches, and then I would make some excuse and get away early. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

My life seemed too sad for me to talk to anyone. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

My mother and father were talking and I sat there, trying to listen to their conversation but not really listening at all, just thinking about things. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He doesn't know for sure that we've seen him; he might not even be talking to us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Janis was so easy to talk to, having so much to say herself; any awkwardness she smoothed over with accounts of all kinds of Chinese-student affairs. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The senator waved again, cleared his throat—somebody handed him up a glass of water, which he sipped—and then he started to talk. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

When you talk, Esteban, Holly said, it’s like I can see everything you say. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You think I need someone to talk to?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You mean. . . . You talking about what I said that night, when I said I wanted to do a lot of things?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you say something in Mr. Harrison’s office? You let Mrs. Kluck talk to my mother like that, in front of everyone.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Max stopped talking, staring straight ahead, and I stepped out of line and stood in the traffic of the sidewalk. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

During one long halt Bluebell had overheard him talking with Hazel, Fiver and Blackberry, and later had told Pipkin that it sounded for all the world as though Bigwig were being reassured. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I just...wanted you to know I’m here for you. If you do want to talk about something.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

"I'm not supposed to talk about it, right?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Walk straight up to him and slap him in the face so he'll be forced to talk about something else. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Can you talk or would you rather wait?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We talk about the President, what Bush is doing when the cameras aren’t around, how JFK got assassinated, what they did to Mike Tyson, and how William Kennedy Smith got off. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t talk much, and that was fine by me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I asked her what she was talking about. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Cut that out. Stop it. Enough!' In the background, William sits upright in the water and quacks. “I’m talking to you, too, duck!” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

You could talk about a mighty boar which had nearly slashed you last winter, but he only stared at you with his distant eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you have to talk to them!” he finally said. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, Maxim, someone was talking about it the other day. ‘I suppose we shall be having some sort of celebration for the bride, shan’t we, Mr. Crawley?’ he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We never had much time to talk and I just liked to be with him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seems like half the class, Mr. Griffiths stops talking and hands out stacks of papers for us to pass around. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

There really wasn't any way to talk about my experiences without seeming to belittle his, so I decided not to talk about Poland and the war. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone stopped talking as I stood there at the open door. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Mom, I need to talk to you,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His color had deepened with whisky and vehemence, and perhaps at being able to talk to someone with a little likeness of experience. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab Layla’s arm to pull her away, but she keeps talking. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But the truth is that some dudes you can talk to and some you can’t. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The soldiers didn’t move much or even talk. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were obviously meant as a place where small groups could meet and talk without disturbing the perfect quiet of the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The clerk scooted around the counter to talk us up about the bike. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was no air left in this place, and the person next to me was pressing close, close....Someone in front of me was standing up, and they were talking, too, they were all talking. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He walked straight up to the coach, who was on the sideline talking to Dolly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He no longer talked to the children though; a phase of innocence had passed, which would never be recaptured. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finished talking, Professor Steinberg eyed me for a moment, then said, “Tell me about your education. Where did you attend school?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Wearied by all they had gone through, the sodden rabbits crouched without talking, incapable of any feeling but a dull relief and without even the energy to wonder what was going to happen next. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It dawned on Leo that the guy had been talking to himself. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gramps never talked to me about surfing, but sometimes he'd make comments about the waves that showed he knew a lot about the water. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“We need to have a little talk,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lem never stopped talking while the leg was set. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. Why don’t we talk in my office?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I spoke real slow for her to understand that we were talking about love, love among us women. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did. He told me to talk to you about it.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was another neighbor, Dandelion, who had now brought the talk back to the Threarah and his indifference to Fiver’s fear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few hours, Uncle Jos sent Charles a message saying that he was going to the Mount to talk to the doctor directly. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else who wouldn’t talk to him, then. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I heard Miss Hilly and Miss Leefolt talking about it plenty. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I — er — I heard you and Mrs. Weasley talking last night. I couldn’t help hearing,” Harry added quickly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Tell you what. After I’m dead, you talk. And I’ll listen.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Tyler, can we talk later? I have to get to class.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Papa,” she said, “I must talk to you. Come and sit down.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

In that same year, in August, in October, in November, the slaves in the quarter and the masters in the Big Houses began to talk about another story. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was my own pet lunatic—the most pronounced of his type that I had ever met with—talking elemental philosophy, and with the manner of a polished gentleman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

We’ve talked openly about it, and I can’t say I really miss it, but some of the girls are ready to scream, they want a man so. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even understand why it’s called that—small talk—when it fills up so much space. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“You know you can talk about it with me. Or I hope you know.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t really talked about it since then, and not because he hadn’t asked. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That man who was just in here. He was talking about Washington Irving.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

They talked a little, probably about me, and left the way we’d come in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about that right now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We started talking every day and he’d sit with me and wait for my bus. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I wish you’d just relax. Dr. Finn only wants to talk to you.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“That one wasn’t so good. The teacher called on me and I couldn’t talk.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Carla spied them in the playground, looking through the chain link fence and talking about the cars parked on the sidewalk. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

At that moment the Gallivespians, too, were talking about the knife. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A group of people stand around my unfinished house laughing and talking, holding old-fashioned bottles of root beer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you don’t believe that a king would talk to someone like me, a shepherd,” he said, wanting to end the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I understood the talk, an officer could “mistakenly” deadlock the cell of an intransigent inmate just long enough to make him miss his morning or afternoon recreation. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She talks bad about the soup but she drinks it.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Rosa Parks and Sandra Bland talk with each other under southern trees. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The city’s taverns buzzed with talk of the strange, killing fever, as did the street markets and shops. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, quite lovely. There are only a few things we should talk about. But, first! Where is our astronaut hiding?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You could,” she said, “but maybe you want to talk first, to prepare yourself.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

No running indoors, no talking back, don’t eat too much. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe they would talk to him the way they must have talked to their father. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister did not start talking among nonfamily until a year after I started, but she was neat while I was messy, my hair tangled and dusty. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, my moms still trying to talk to me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Out of the weeping and the shouting and the wild talk, I learned that no one had died in the fire. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all talked about S’meggs, then Twig talked about velocity and Dari talked about angles. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When he called home to talk to his mother, no one answered. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Howard hoped to talk Belmont officials into another match, but they wanted no part of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was another story, about the upcoming trial of a straight man who killed a gay man after the latter had gone on a TV talk show and said he had a crush on him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We made small talk in the large waiting room of the Ferry Building, which had more or less escaped the fire, though they had had to rebuild parts of it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should have told me about Turner’s place. I would have talked to him, worked something out. Who’s been getting groceries for you?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course Little Miss Perfect stayed to talk to the fine ladies. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Pa looks at me and Ma like we’re supposed to know what he’s talking about. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

For some time they had been silent, moving restlessly about; but now they were sitting in a circle, and they were talking. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

As the years passed, the need of talking intimately with a woman who was close to him became an obsession. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't dwell on it long because the very next paragraph talked about clothes, my favorite subject. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I cleared my throat, then talked for an hour. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But we had no real opportunity for any long talk. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If she got nasty, he would talk to Mr. Dalton about her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is the first time for me, hearing Freak really talk, and right away I know one thing: When he's talking, you can't take your eyes off of him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

One side waves a white flag, and the generals come out and talk. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, Deborah and I talked many times as we both struggled to make sense of the attacks, and Deborah tried to accept the idea that the conference had been canceled. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

For a long time no one moved or talked. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a while, that kind of talk brought Queen Marie a lot of business. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The night after he talked to my moms I couldn’t sleep. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if I were talking to a statue. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I agreed with him that he couldn’t have done anything else, but I told him I wished he could somehow get around to talking about it with his father. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Alfred Loomis was brought into the talks; after hosting the British delegation for a week at Tower House, he pressed Bush to make radar a priority of the NDRC. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

You talked about your third-grade teacher, and sleepovers at your house, and the time she cut your hair when you were eleven and it actually looked kind of amazing. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Searcy talked till dinnertime, said not a word all through dinner, and then went back to talking as quick as he’d swallowed down the last bite. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard for me to listen as they talked about prom, and about how Lacey was feuding with Becca or whatever. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Judy noticed right away that the principal was not comfortable talking about this stuff. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even know what she was talking about anymore. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He believed that Max knew how he felt, and once more before he died he wanted to talk with him and feel with as much keenness as possible what his living and dying meant. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t like lying, but there ain’t no way I’m talking to her about much of anything. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He paid Tante Heleen for information—stock tips, political pillow talk, anything the Menagerie’s clients blabbed about when drunk or giddy on bliss. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“People are reading it as we speak, which means people are talking about it and visiting, and reposting, and the day has just started! Write Like a Girl is a hit!” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

One of the men talks for a long time at incredibly slow speed. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Rose was always so exact in how she talked. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

As she ate, the man and the nurse talked quietly at another table, and when she had finished, the nurse brought her a glass of warm milk and took the tray away. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It is true the event was still a month or so away, but then it had always been our habit to talk over such events from an early stage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every time we went down to the bodega to get a donut, Calista always ended up talking to Hugo forever. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy stops talking eventually and looks at me, her brow furrowed. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And they say you stopped talking soon after the loss of your friend, is that right?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My father didn’t like to talk, except to my mother. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Why’s he talking about dropping out of school?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was certain that the Object would never talk to me again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“She wouldn’t talk to me for weeks. Remember, Mama? For an entire month she’d leave me these little notes. It was ridiculous.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He seemed like he could be gay, but no one I knew talked about it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

All she wants to talk about is herself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mr Harry Smith smiled a little shyly, but went on: 'I'm not talking politics. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but what I’m talking about is hunting. Starting as a young teenager, he was a really good hunter.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Heron Man just sits there and talks and talks.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered what she and Zoe were talking about in the front of the truck. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely. It’s a certain cult of the Hasidics: the Jewish Acid-Heads. There’s like a part of their holy writings that tells them it’s the way to talk to God. But he took it too far.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he’s talking about segregation, when Black people were kept separate from Whites. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Despite my optimism about the secret talks, it was a difficult time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t know how to even talk about it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Now it was possible to talk without shouting but I’d had about six vodka tonics and I couldn’t think of a thing to say to her, I couldn’t even remember her name. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mother said the time went faster if we talked about things that made us happy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I've been told since I was old enough to walk that I'm not supposed to talk to strangers, and yet here I am. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s in the back if you want to talk, okay?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Bran wanted to talk to him, but he did not know what to say. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I knew she wasn’t talking about her outfit, and I felt uncomfortable telling her she looked pretty, in case it might be interpreted as something more. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at Cletus to see if all this talk of illness and deterioration affected him the way it did me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The papers were always talking about the debt owed to society. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“This is my daughter, not my wife. Here, talk to Mary Anne, Cecil.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because it doesn’t really matter how well your guardians try to prepare you: all the talks, videos, discussions, warnings, none of that can really bring it home. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway through this corridor three white men stood talking together and blocked the way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"And your blood will be in the sea, if you sail the way you talk," she told him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should wait for Kainene to visit so she can talk to your father instead, nne?” her mother said, dabbing at her eyes again. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s impossible to critique CJ’s work because it’s always mangled, glued together like this. I mean, we’re talking serious Humpty Dumpty every time.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m talking to you, son,” his father said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get a chance to talk to you, since I missed church this weekend. I can’t believe you played me on Friday. You didn’t need to rush outta there like that.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I rush out to talk to her, but she flies down to her room and closes her door. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

We didn’t talk about Ben or what had happened. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason stood near the fire, talking to Colonel and Mrs. Dent, and appeared as merry as any of them. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s your problem. The one I’m talking about was on Montgomery, not Broadway. By the Transamerica building—that old steel-and-concrete pyramid.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sarah had cornered me once and said, “What you let her talk to you like that for? She can’t get away with it with nobody else.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She's wearing the green sweater and red corduroy pants she wore that first day I talked to her in the listening room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When scientists and engineers talk about how high or low a sound is, they talk about its frequency2 . Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

German townspeople watched them but would not talk to Jewish survivors gather outside the infirmary barracks in Ebensee on the day after liberation. them. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Shh .. . don’t talk so loud. It is a crime to speak against the Angkar. If the soldiers hear you they will take you away and kill you.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She frames my face with her hands, talking about, “Thank the Lord. He spared your life. Hallelujah!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Frank studied Hazel and Leo carefully, as if trying to read what they’d been talking about. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Now we must not talk about this anymore.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talk for a while about which teachers are still at St. Francis and how things have changed. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You don’t let me talk to any women again, of any size, at least until we get out of the Confederacy. These guys have all got guns down here. You promise?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, I didn’t want anyone to see me talking to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Tally hadn’t realized it at the time, but that had been an important conversation for Shay, the first time she had talked about wanting to stay ugly. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once we got to his fields, Grampa parked the truck and turned me loose while he talked with the workers and looked over the crops. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I watch her face as I keep talking. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

"They see you, boy. They hear you talking. That rustling, that's them talking back." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Shamblers don’t talk. Stop being a muttonhead and let me in.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I couldn't bring myself to talk about the letters. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Later, with his top domestic advisor John Ehrlichman, Nixon talked about taking stronger action. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was wondering with a bit of a tremble what all this talking about eating people was leading up to. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked with some—casual conversations here and there. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided it was time to talk to Danielle and find out for myself. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"Let's talk about that tomorrow. Today was a lot for us, and I feel almost like I'm walking around in my sleep, scared this is just a dream." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But the danger to me personally...the danger to me personally still walked and talked and sometimes sat with Alice in her cabin in the evening as she nursed Hagar. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I talked to him a little before, when they were doing the bandages or whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t talk much, but when he did, people tended to listen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough hearing all the talk about vegetables when he’d eaten lunch. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I thought to myself, everything Barack had been talking about for all those years really was possible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She’s talking to me the way she talks to strangers—with her nice voice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They talk about who has left the neighborhood, or the latest school or health clinic to explode. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

May she go to the devil with her chattering talk. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It ended with two of the Zeno-lovers talking her down in the back of the room along with Ms. Steck promising that the class wouldn’t hurt her GPA. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

What did he think I wanted to talk about? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Give them a few figures, Mr. Foster,” said the Director, who was tired of talking. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day Fannie talked to Black Valley miners and their families, telling the women they deserved to live like Americans: have bathtubs, indoor plumbing, and sanitary homes with curtains on the windows. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

They were talking though, and I had lost the thread of conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I scribbled Okay on my own notebook and then turned to a blank page as Dr. Hyde started talking about Sufism, the mystical sect of Islam. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I kind of expect her to ask me what I’m talking about, but she doesn’t. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he was talking to me this way, it wasn’t because I was condemned to die; the way he saw it, we were all condemned to die. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“We had one class together,” she says, “but we didn’t talk much.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I did not know how lonely I had been until I had Rontu to talk to. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucy, he didn’t want to just talk or kiss, he wanted much more. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘The marriage bed was sacred. If there was any place you could talk to Juno . He took a deep breath and called, ‘Juno!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But, he continued, talking to her had forced him to change his view. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She then disappeared into the cabin, and Deydey spent the day chopping wood, hauling water, hunting, and talking to Old Tallow, who had come near in grim worry. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

"What is it? And why y'all talking about it like it's..." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sure—and I could throw her down and punch her in the face and make her talk to me. But I won’t.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This the boy never talked to a Negro before?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

That could only mean he had been talking in a language I knew, either German or Romanian. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wonder what she would say if I told her that an hour ago I was being talked off the ledge of the bell tower. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country. I have suspected it some time, but I am now convinced.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She has not stopped talking about Kareem and his proper Indian manners since I got home. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But Wang Lung, although he saw this and he heard the talk and felt their anger with a strange unease, desired nothing but his land under his feet again. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was so much noise and laughter that late at night I'd start talking to my cousins without even thinking. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“We had a long talk about Freud, Freudians, psychology, psychoanalysis, and God.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s because I grew up and realized you probably weren’t talking to Obama every night.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She talked about structural supports and facades and stuff, and I tried to listen. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well then, let’s just give them a couple minutes to simmer and get their talking over with.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Jack, let’s talk at home,” his mom said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rall laughed and started talking about the Christmas party he was planning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I certainly felt like talking to her on the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

While I stood there trying to decipher the person’s handwriting, I was suddenly conscious of Ruth and Tommy standing behind me, not talking, waiting almost like children to be told which way to go. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s like to talk my ear off enough as it is without you egging her on. Now, let me get one last look at you before we head to Daffodil Manor.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were talking about the lesson, Harry thought, as though it had been some sort of spectacular show, but he hadn’t found it very entertaining — and nor, it seemed, had Hermione. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

At first she's a glimpse, caught her going between the van and the front door, talking to the beards. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Want to talk without watchful ears listening to judge me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll talk to your mother. I think playing in the yard would be fine.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wild, and he's talking so fast that little bits of spit are flying around. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was talk of amending the constitution to take this apathy into account. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivanito shouts at the sky, talking to a million people at once. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if they did, I thought, I knew it would be easy enough to talk Joey into making a run for it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You never saw so many phonies in all your life, everybody smoking their ears off and talking about the play so that everybody could hear and know how sharp they were. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of, there’s something else we need to talk about.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He wondered why they were talking about an event that had ended years before. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

‘This is Leo we’re talking about. He might come back any minute. Then we can take turns strangling him.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I always let you talk me into things. It’s not your fault.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“The Game of the Century” has been talked about, analyzed, and admired for more than fifty years, and it will probably be a part of the canon of chess for many years to come. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This questioning on the part of the prisoner was too much for the major, and he stomped out of the room, saying, “Mandela, you talk to him.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He couldn’t talk,” she said, starting the car. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? You owed me something?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I turn around, walk back to the library, and talk to the librarian. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you’ll be able to talk to him. You went to bed so early last night. I was a little worried.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

We didn’t go out for almost a week, but when I saw Captain Stewart talking to Gearhart I figured something was up. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, Lelia decided to talk to her; I would have to interpret. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord Commander, wights are monstrous, unnatural creatures. Abominations before the eyes ofthe gods. You ... you cannot mean to try to talk with them?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“So we must climb the logs for the privilege of speaking with you? How about we talk from down here?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

How long had it been since they last talked? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn't any use trying to talk my way out of it, so I pulled my heavy green woolen coat with the hood that Grandma had made for me off the rack. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With the sweep in California, recent victories in Poughkeepsie, and now talk even of future victories in the Olympics, any Seattleite could suddenly stick out his chest and crow a bit. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Is it Guenever I am talking about or is it not? Glory be to God for evermore!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Byrd nods, and Emmett no longer wants to talk drinks; all he cares about now is pasta. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

And, again, he saw himself in a green park talking to an old man, a very old man, and the wind from the park was cold, too. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t have a trache tube in his mouth anymore that keeps him from talking. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hear him the way she must: this is not what people are supposed to talk about at the dinner table. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chasca and I spent much of this time talking and sharing secrets, knowing that this would be our last chance to be sisters. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Proud of you, V. Maybe it’s time we talk about getting you a car of your own.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Although Father hasn’t noticed I’m not talking to him, as far as I can tell. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Leo. What kind of decoy are we talking about?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We watch her as she talks to Captain Smith. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

As they emerged from the woods, Dicey saw the boy and the girl who had talked to her on the beach. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He started down the basement stairs but froze when he heard Mom talking. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“In that hospital they don’t bury the dead, they keep them in rooms and talk to them.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

One man went mad, tearing at his hair, talking nonstop of chickens and the chicken car. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She put her arm through his, and did most of the talking, if not all of it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he spoke again, he sounded like he was talking more to himself than to Joseph. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Thassit. But you want to keep your nose out of that sort of thing. There’s some things it’s dangerous to talk about.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Blount’s tongue was so heavy with drink and he talked at such a violent pace that the sounds were all shaken up together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hoped he would give her one of his long talks about something like the history of China, and she would half listen as always, while cheering him up. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Although they couldn’t talk in my terms, they had a language of their own that was easy to understand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we’re done, Mrs. Morris asks us to talk about the painting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"We were talking about the prince," Sansa said, her voice soft as a kiss. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the international front, Oliver held talks with the governments of Great Britain and the Soviet Union, and in January 1987 met with the U.S. secretary of state, George Shultz, in Washington. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too much information, too much talk. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it was more that he couldn’t tell her what was wrong, or even if anything was wrong—he couldn’t really talk to anybody about it because nobody understood what he meant. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me why you moved to Calypso. You hardly talk about your family, and when you do, it’s all horrible.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I knew what he was talking about, anyway.Still, Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen her a million times since we split, but this is my first chance to talk to her with nobody else around. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Abby Standridge. My mom’s the mayor. I’m not bragging. Just telling you before you hear it from someone else. Small town—everybody talks.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Not like that at all. Mr. Ray came over and we just sat up talking for a while. I think he was having a tough day.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered the humiliating talk with the Red Successors, the terrible accusations of the da-zi-bao. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So why does everyone make such a big hairy deal about me not talking? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he says, “did Ms. Oliverio talk to you guys about Rachel Carson?” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He would never not want to talk to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Morgan managed to talk directly to Cornwallis and to convince him that Lafayette had enough boats to cross the river in pursuit of the British. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I needed to stay calm . . . but he was trying to talk himself into leaving me, and the panic fluttered in my lungs, trying to get out. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

By the time I reached Schindler's office, I was so afraid I scarcely heard him as he attempted to calm me with small talk. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

We talked a little more about Laura’s problems—in particular about a certain nursing sister who seemed to have it in for her. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, it wasn’t all sweet talk with her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When I don’t say anything, she starts talking about our project. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

We all waited, urging him to talk, but his face was happy and we knew that he brought good news. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could pretend I had suddenly become mute so I wouldn’t be able to talk to her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She answers curtly that she doesn’t have anything to talk about. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“But I talked to Sahil, and he said not to worry. Apparently, he’s going to make sure it gets cleaned up in the editing process or something.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Anyway, so long as the project consisted of talk, it did not seem quite real to her. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That boy's working. You can talk to him later, outside." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? You’ve been crying for two days.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the true spirit of the Annex, I should talk to you about food. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Adults can never just talk to me without the distraction of some activity keeping them firmly in their own world. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She talks about working so much and not spending enough time with us. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Becky began to talk of leaving for her uncle’s house in Jersey. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Help yourself, keep your eyes on the food, eat and don’t talk. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Luke stared at Coach O for a second before he understood he was talking about the match with Lowry. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She’s making a beef dish, stirring the pot while talking nonstop in a friendly Pakistani accent. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“But I do think you need someone to talk to. I probably could use someone too. Someone who knows about these things.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knew he could get lost within his thoughts too easily, and he wondered if he should talk to his therapist about it next month. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I talk loud, trying to show her how happy I am to see her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“He never talked about it much,” Jack told me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Hush, you imbecile! You have no idea what you’re talking about.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

George got up from the spot where she had been flopped on the couch for the last hour, barely noticing the talking dogs and superhero kids who flashed by on the television screen. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I went outside, before I had breakfast or anything, back by those stumps I was talking about. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was silent for a moment; then he cleared his throat and began to talk about Daito. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Look. You can talk to me if you want. I can tell you what you need to know about—you know—sex, or whatever the problem is.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Customers in the laundromat talk about "green cards" and "papers" that give them permission to stay in the United States. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I made myself stop talking and bit down nervous laughter. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I often overhear them talking about her beautiful face when they think she cannot hear. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bobby Fischer,” he’d whisper conspiratorially as if he were just talking to one person, not tens of thousands. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Skelton appeared on the cover of Look magazine in a silver astronaut’s flight suit in 1960, it was the first time that people began talking publicly about women astronauts. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we take a tour of the hotel and we can talk? Does that sound good? Charlie, do you want to see the big pool?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but I didn't understand what she was talking about. Did any of you?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure, it works for the Amity. But what happens when not everyone wants to strum banjos and grow crops? What happens when someone does something terrible and talking about it can’t solve the problem?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not detention, Nicholas. I just want to talk.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she found it too difficult and painful to talk about her lost daughter. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's impossible this afternoon. Various----" We talked like that for a while and then abruptly we weren't talking any longer. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maxim was talking, and I listened him, but his words meant nothing to me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We’re talking about fully grown teenagers being taught this way, for generations. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But like I already owned up to, lots of things were coming together to make me want to talk and not pay too much mind to who it was I was talking to. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But then Dad got right down to business, talking about how they all had to play their part and pitch in. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They all liked him and came over to talk between trips. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be annoying, but I feel like I have to talk to her, and I’m tired of waiting. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had no idea now what her teacher had been talking about. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My husband would talk to me and not go, though I said for him to return to the battlefield. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not for a while. Last time we saw each other was a few years ago. Maybe longer. He wanted to talk to Darma, but she became very upset at him.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, they just—thanks, Aunt Heidi”—I uncap the Vitamin Water and inhale it—“asked me to wait in the hall while the team talks things over.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

At Girls' Lodge, he heard, the girls talked long into the evening, retelling their own tales to each other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But mostly she talks about Ted and her feeling of hurt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could grow flowers in the garden and talk to songbirds and walk on the beach under perfect blue skies. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Hey ... come on, man. Let’s just go out there and talk about this. Misty, tell him.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Outside of group functions, they rarely talked to each other at school. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad put one in the crib so they could hear me crying, and sometimes, instead of coming to the crib, Dad would just talk into it, which would help me get to sleep. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Chuck continued talking, taking a completely unexpected turn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was called Old Lady and chided for moving and talking like winter’s molasses. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another day she played a cassette of people talking in her language — a farewell present, she told Eliot, that her family had made for her. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Take a few minutes to try to solve this on your own. Then we’ll talk about it in a bit.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Listening to all the talk about our being heroes and heroines made me proud of Mama and Grandma and all of us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, Chino, like I was telling you . . .” Sapo quieted down and I let out a deep sigh because I wanted to talk about something else. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Webb got up to talk to the teacher. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“When you first came and I began making those marks, you were in perhaps your second year—already on two legs and able to talk.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It was nice to talk to someone who wasn’t her immediate family, or a goat. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

All the grownies had their plates and were sitting at the tables talking about horses or whatever. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To hear Teller talk, it was only because of his personal efforts that there was any program at all. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I'd like to just walk along and talk with her, but there are other people on the sidewalks, too much else to deal with. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went into the living room and Pops was watching a talk show. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

We do, and as we begin to glow, I can see people pointing at us and chattering, and I know that, once, again, we’ll be the talk of the opening ceremonies. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Growing organic food was a way to live their principles and not just talk about them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Leticia didn’t talk to me much after that; she mostly talked to the other kids at the table. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The only difference is on the ride home, Ma's all high off Jesus and now ready to talk about what I'm normally doing great at, even though not so great this week. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Something had come between Adah and me for the worse, since the day she was supposed to have been followed by that lion, which the whole village was still talking about. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked like a machine gun and had about as much charm. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first I didn’t even realize he was talking to me but then Ducky pushed my arm and I woke up. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When he was fed, Brother Luke, who had talked quietly the while, fetched water in a basin, washed him, and in other ways made him comfortable. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

We’re mostly talking about cute boys in our class, and only here and there studying for our exam on the ancient Incan empire. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. Once I knew what they were up to, I stayed at my place in Kennebunk. Your mother and I hardly talked during that period.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

"And at several locations. So you’re talking a lot of money. Certainly more than our budget would allow." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The less I talk, the more it seems like what I say is important. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I want to talk to my lawyer! This can't be legal!" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Hazelwurst had wanted to talk to everyone, so here we were. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could talk to him if you like,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Then he’s talking to Tyler and pointing at me, like he’s saying something about me, and Tyler, he sneaks me a look that says, just you wait, lobster boy, just you wait. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once I listened to him give a talk on HIV to a class at the Harvard School of Public Health, and he mentioned the Haitian phrase “looking for life, destroying life.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In January, after winter break, Coach Mustilli told me he wanted to talk to me in his office after I finished leading warmups. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When he talked to the Washington Post reporters, he was careful not to discuss the more dramatic aspects of the operation. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Boys and girls, I came up here to talk to you about Mr. Terupt,” she said from the front of the room. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“In our first meeting, she told me she hated this doctor because she never took the time to talk to her and never asked about her other symptoms,” Burkin said. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then he and old Sally started talking about a lot of people they both knew. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well. I might be. I wish my mother were here sometimes. It would be nice to have another dragon to talk to.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“The people talk right now. They say, look! Roza and Finn! Together! Maybe they go kiss! Maybe they get married!” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I am talking about the sin against society of which you are guilty.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they were in the office, Richard sat and listened to them talk. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But people don’t have a right to talk against the President, do they? That’s going too far!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The talk was more likely to be about becoming a postman or working on a farm. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank isn’t talking about Ray; he’s talking to Byrd and Dr. Martin and George. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Nok, your father and I have been talking, and we think it could be good for you to stay here in Tanaburi for the rest of the school year.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I held up the book I was reading so he could see what I was talking about. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Lily looked over her shoulder as she talked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Becca was going to talk about the art, which I would've loved to talk about since I was the one who had been doing so much research on it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Harry was talking loud and he kept laughing without any reason. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She did love the library, partly because she loved the books there but also because it was nice to talk to Ube. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk to him. What’s he going to tell me, that he’s sorry? That doesn’t do me any good. How is that going to change my life?” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I heard some girls talking. Apparently, Ruby wanted to go to Edie’s Halloween party. For reasons beyond human comprehension, she wants to be friends with that little brat.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Are you talking about the water, or you and Daphne?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"You get the table, brother. Over there near the wall where we can talk in peace. I'll get the coffee." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy started talking slow, having a hard time getting the words out, “My...ma named...me Samuel...but most...folks...calls me...Sammy.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But we went on talking, and when we finished he said, “Well, let me give you a call in a week or so.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we never talked about Fang being gay. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to sit here and drink my water, and they just get to talk about me behind my back. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He did not want to talk of these things, or even think of them. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Paula had said to Ifemelu that evening after her talk, her cheeks flushed from the excitement and relief of having done well. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Call you Gogol Dada. I don’t remember our ever talking, really.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really want to talk about him.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fact about de thing is, they tickles me wid they talk.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And, at the moment, it was hard for me to talk calmly about what he had done to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when my talk was over, I did what was instinctive. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

While he was talking, I tried to picture in my mind what had happened and felt all over again how scared they must have been. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

A thin man who looks young enough to be a college student leans against a desk talking in a loud, nasal voice. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

And I know he’s not talking about the war and I hope he’s not talking about Edmond and me, so I say What? like I don’t have a clue what he’s talking about. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joey from the pizza parlor and the guys he worked with there and the customers who made small talk and left small tips. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Frankie caught a glimpse of Tad talking to someone on the other side of the debris that jammed the doorway as he helped Cas reach the bottom. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Colonel, we got grievances. The men elected me to talk for ’em.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the pep talk,” I told him. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t take cognac with the men, as her hands are full holding the captain’s file folder and gloves and hat during all the small talk. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Stacy ignores us and starts talking about how boring her computer elective is, and then everyone starts talking about their electives and how fun or awful they are. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

While we were talking, though, things were getting a little heated over by the corner. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What does that mean, Lili? Don’t talk to me in parables. Talk to me honestly.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Simpson was in our hooch, talking about squirrel hunting outside of Petersburg, Virginia, and Monaco was getting on his case. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, senora,” I say, absorbed in watching her chin jiggle as she talks. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still talk of this today, even when the baboons have lost the ability to sing and the tune of this song has been forgotten. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to talk, but he did not like the note of intense eagerness in the man’s voice. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning Pa gathered us around for what was usually a Pa and Delphine talk. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He talked very rapidly, and I could see he was tense. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were talking every day now, ever since the bullet, ever since the new hole in the gate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about this,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby, do you remember the statue that talked to you?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

My grandfather is now almost completely recovered from the strokes he had back in ’89, and has a much easier time talking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He begins to talk, still standing at the window, looking into the night. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks right at me and talks slowly, just like I asked. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I assumed you’d talked it over and decided to end it.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m about to avert my eyes when I remember my talk with Sandra this morning. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

People eat, leaning over their food together, seldom talking. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I talked to her too. He said he was going out for cigarettes, but that was an hour ago. You did see him? You haven’t talked to him?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Three days before the play, Tiny and I are talking again as we wait for precalc to start, but there's nothing inside our words. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“But you and Papa had talked about this, right? Before his father came to your father.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As he usually does when people are talking about him, Charlie has been keeping his head down, staring at his shoelaces. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We are talking about a different breed of being,” said Bill. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But what differed was that talk was no longer sufficient, and the idea of taking action went from a wish to a reality. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I know that you’re not supposed to talk to a teacher outside of school activities. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in the mood to talk, so I let his call roll to vidmail, then watched as Shoto recorded his message. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He’d learned to talk to his brain as if it were a person, and there were times when he couldn’t accept that it was a part of his body. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had been utterly terrified to find a portrait talking to him, though this had been nothing to how he felt when a self-proclaimed wizard had bounced out of the fireplace and shaken his hand. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I have talked to her little more than I have to Lily in the past few days. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And Evan was like her: He was good at talking with people. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Dicey was so comfortable that she would have been glad to talk all night. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one talks for the rest of the ride. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I thought maybe I saw him. My dad talked to a guy with two big suitcases in the elevator this morning. But he was wearing a fish hat. It was yellow.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

We talked Spanish and the critic knew a little French. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He talks around the toothpick he’s been gnawing on. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually when people talk about sports, I don’t have anything to say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They start talking about photography—like Mom knows anything about photography!—and it doesn’t take long before she starts telling him how she used to model. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The only person he ever talked to was the field boss, Mr. Irwin, a red-faced man who wore dark green coveralls. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘What is he talking about?’ the Queen said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We ain’t talked about that for a month. How come you think of it all of a sudden?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A wire looped around a hinge sawed steadily, but the women were talking so loudly they couldn’t hear it. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

My father always talked to new horses in this way, in a steady calming litany. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We even decided to talk to the FBI about some of what we had learned. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Matthew,” protested Rachel timidly, “what is there to ponder? We are the only family she has. Let us talk about it later. Now Katherine is tired, and your work has been delayed already.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When the sky was overcast, however, the tundra was black and she would stay inside, light her candle, and talk to Kapu and Tornait. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can you really be so blind, she wanted to say We don’t talk anymore, you boss me around, you keep to yourself, you’re not interested in my garden. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not good at talking to old people either, to be honest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just how bad I felt when they were looking at me like I wasn’t nothing was just how good I felt when Miss Meade was talking to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I talked to your father,” her mom continued, and Hazel’s eyes snapped to the long gouge she’d made in the table when she was seven and wanted to play Excalibur. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

And after talking to Hollis, it was decided: he could stay. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you talking about? We just got here. We're still setting up!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I remember when I was eight and my mom was about to give birth to Jeffrey, my grandfather gave me a big pep talk on the way to the hospital. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

June wore these cute dresses with leggings and talked a lot in class. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She moved her hand like it was a mouth, talking. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

We did lots of talking about whether or not Miss Love could train him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“The conversation,” observed Archimedes, “arose out of whether birds could talk.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First you talk about how Bhai Jaan is like a father to you and how you are worried he won’t be happy here. And now you tell me not to get ready for him?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I asked him about how he buys whatever he buys, and he began to talk. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Emily’s lecture that day was typical of what I’m talking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard talk Your Grace was going to take a husband,” he said, “but no one told me it was me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Danny was not to see me, talk to me, listen to me, be found within four feet of me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next, Mother; who held a prominent position at the De-partment of Justice, talked about her feelings. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Run there, ask for milk, pay for it, and run right back. Don’t talk to anyone.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra wasn’t sure if she would even believe herself, but she started talking, tentatively at first and gradually with more confidence. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Darley and Batson met with a group of seminarians, individually, and asked each one to prepare a short, extemporaneous talk on a given biblical theme, then walk over to a nearby building to present it. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wouldn't talk there—took me back to his apartment. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody else is spilling their guts and you’re talking in private. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Listen, Mac, I says...that’s just how I talked to him; judge or no judge. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she thought I was going to talk about the newspaper article or say something revolutionary. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And my sisters will not stop talking unless you specifically ask them to. They’re going to want to know everything about you. But you don’t have to tell them. They’re just nosy.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t talk about your parents flying around outer space in a rocket ship. You don’t talk about leaving the planet. And you stopped wearing crazy costumes.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m here now. I need to talk to you.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There is talking around me, I hear words, but the words don’t make sense. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

My mom glares at me because clearly I’ve done something horrible to warrant having to hide in the bathroom to talk about it. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You have come again with your university talk, Ifeoma,” she said, mildly, and then looked away to signal that the conversation was over. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sure enough, there was the spotter plane that we’d all talked about in Vern’s study, the one that was going to locate the sharks for the fisherman to tag. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

At an average New York screening I once tapped the shoulder of the man in front of me, interrupting his spot review to ask if he planned on talking through the entire movie. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Could you two stop talking like I’m not even here?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I could hear them talking about all the burglaries in the neighborhood. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We sat alone to eat and talk, to be sisters together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I talk to Dad for about five minutes, but I'm not thinking about what's he's saying. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How wonderful the smile of God as he talks to a boy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, he turned and walked away, leaving Thomas to wonder why in the world a Gathering was needed just to talk about him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When we talk about Atlantic slavery, we must describe sugar Hell; and yet that is only part of the story. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

A natural extrovert, he would leave the hotel as soon as we arrived and hit the streets, learning by seeing and talking to people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his speeches, Farmer liked to talk about “the nation of humanity,” as opposed to developed or undeveloped nations. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“He’s not my friend. He’s someone I like to antagonize all the time, and one time I talked to him about something real.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When I come back in the living room the news lady is talking about the Virginia Dare shooter. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, that was just talk. I was just—just—spinning yarns. Sumatra’s fine. Pretty country. Real pretty.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to measure all his talking and stops in that same interval, so if they ran a clip of him on the news they’d be pressed to play the whole thing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no answer, so we sat without talking as our swing rocked gently in the late August breeze. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Old Lord Crow, him with the talking bird, he gave Craster a crossbow worth a hundred rabbits." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But if they veered off the path, they’d find me talking to a phantom. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He thought perhaps she was dozing off; it had to be why she was not talking about somebody’s ghastly dress or the unimaginative hors d’oeuvres that had been served. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You might be thinking, “What kind of twelve-year-old talks like that?” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Darling, is this why you’re so upset? Don’t listen to her, she’s talking absolute rubbish. I didn’t hit her. I’ve never laid a hand on her in my life. Not like that.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one talked, but we’d sit together and listen to the repeat of that same broadcast. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Here’s the question: what were we just talking about?” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking—” “Come on, Julio, don’t take me for a fool.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m going outside to clean up some branches. You talk to her. She’s smarter than you think.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I swear, many’s the day I regret she talked me out of killing her. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked to him softly, then kissed the top of his nose and told him what a good dog he was. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was talking to Barbara Walters—I mean, as if he were some kind of huge celebrity. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“And you will not to talk to me like that to my face.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

So, as much as she wanted to talk to him about the wheat, she didn’t want to trouble him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you try to talk the guy down at least?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“How he gonna talk about me while I’m standing right behind him?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The two spend days exploring together and talking, getting to know each other away from the rest of the family, becoming more than brothers. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The Asian kids in my school back in Stockton barely even talked. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t talk much with the other boys. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He isn’t? Jackson, when’s the last time you had a talk with a vice principal? When’s the last time you got a tardy?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

All the men stopped talking to look at him. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’d been tempted once or twice to talk it over with The Goober. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After some polite small talk, Evan told me that he was quitting pot and needed to find someone to bequeath his beloved pipe to. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Cletus stopped talking long enough to take a few gulps of his coffee, and while he drank, Ob and me had our eyes glued to him like a bomb set to explode. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though I had avoided talking about it, my mind went to the long chain from manure to grass to cow to grubs to chicken to eggs. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to talk to you about the concert tickets.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

At the quarry, our talk was rarely interrupted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dyedka waved his hand at her and continued talking to Mama. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dad was clearly getting annoyed by all of Ernie’s back talk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Suddenly people started using the word ecology and talking about cleaning up the planet. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I want to talk. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Because each time I talked to her, I’d have to say good-bye. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The mother did not understand all that psychology talk, but she knew when she was being criticized. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe he needed someone to talk to, and Ivy knew what it was like to have a tornado mess up her house and even her family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But she made a point of staring back at me blankly, like she didn’t have the faintest what I was talking about. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just saying their name made his mouth feel funny, and he paused and waited until he could talk again. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Boo ignored her question and continued talking to himself. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was flicked on the screen near the end of his talk. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

All the while she was talking, she was busy doing things for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fern mistook the chickens clamoring about her for their need to talk, so whatever she had to say about the new baby she said to the chickens. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I tossed it back in the sand, picturing Mong sitting there with his shaved head, drinking his bottle of whiskey, talking all crazy about true love. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He talked in a huge circle, he probably had a million words in his vocabulary and he had to use them all before he started over again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was obviously no big deal for her. And that makes me think you’ve been messing with me. That she’s given that talk before.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Like most humans, he didn’t like talking to clones, but he also didn’t want to anger El Patron. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t even get to talk to her,” I say. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m more of a “yes, people exist, but that doesn’t mean I need to talk to them” person. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go somewhere and talk. I’ll give you the full story. The accident that killed my family and the stupid thing I did last night. No more secrets.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It’s dead weird talking to her in English. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“So, you talked to Brandy? She and her family staying for the summer as usual?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He continues not to talk much, and is much more solemn than formerly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I’ve been caught stealing, or telling a lie; or as if I’ve heard other people talking about me, saying bad things about me, behind my back. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In geology class, the teacher, Mr. Dodge, was talking about the petrified wood forests near George, Washington, on the Columbia River, and how it was pretty amazing that wood could turn into rock. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since she and James stopped talking, she was kind of excited for school tomorrow. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If Tally saw him again, she would just talk herself out of this. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In a world in which women’s roles were still highly traditional, Marcela’s trip was the talk of the town, prompting the San Francisco Examiner to feature daily reports on her exploits in the jungle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Student organizations would hear about it and talk to school officials about bringing the exhibit to campus. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We used to do everything together, talk about everything. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I was only nine years old when I was molested, but it took me another nine years to talk about it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She talked the Waldorf-Astoria into letting her house him in a luxury suite, posed for reporters with “Blooey” and a banana on the Waldorf’s plush settee, then carried him home as a pet. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least I think they are—Mom doesn’t usually talk about them unless she’s complaining, but that’s normal, so I just assume everything is normal with my brothers, too. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” I said, “we’ll continue. Parks, please return this mirror. We want to talk about the Italian Renaissance. James, you haven’t said one word since you told me that I look frightening. Speak now.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what was worse was that everyone—everyone—was talking about the video. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

During those fifteen minutes before the next worship service, church folk would talk with one another, admire the babies, purposefully compliment and encourage the youth, and visit the restrooms. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But he sure seemed straight when he was taking pictures of me in church and when he was talking to me outside the studio yesterday too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Once in the middle of one of our interviews, when we had been talking about something else, Malcolm X suddenly asked me, “Do you know Ossie Davis?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to talk to you honestly, Bigger. I see no way out of this but a plea of guilty. We can ask for mercy, for life in prison. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And now here the spirit was, once more, just when Ophie was talking to the dead regularly. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When Nat got there he found Mr. Derby talking to a tall, sturdy man with bold, black eyes—Captain Henry Prince. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recall one sermon in which he talked about the three Wise Men from the East who followed a star until it led them to Bethlehem. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The credits on the talk show begin to roll and El wipes a few stray tears from her cheek. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maya wasn’t sure who she was talking to at this point, Jessica or Joaquin, but she knew they both needed to hear it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

"It's been four years for us and we still haven't moved. They don't give promotions to Indians. Your husband is just like mine—all talk and no money in the bank." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have talked back to her or taken drugs or drunk beer from paper bags like the other teenagers. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the convicts aren’t allowed to talk, but how could some 300 men not make more sound? Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why everyone is distracted with TV shows and no one likes to talk about it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After going over the supplies, she’d say, “Now, let me talk you through it.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And for the record, Otis Bottom’s father has a job you could talk about: he’s a doctor, which explains why his house is not on the same side of town as The Dump. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I could have the refrigerator open ten seconds and here she comes talking about, “Close that door before you spoil the food!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“People aren’t talking. I think this might be the secretest election we ever had. People just won’t put out an opinion.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d start talking about denial in their horrible, even voices like they knew they were right all along. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As he’s talking, Roger is forcefully twisting a loose string off his gym shorts. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

In this case, the primary task was considered to be the talking—that was the top-down goal—while the driving was secondary. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ann, too, was used to racist talk, especially coming from C.P., but, like Austin, she was shocked by the Klansman’s hateful vulgarity that night. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me talk to her first,” I lie to Supreme. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he talked like a linthead and sometimes like a professor. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to talk about anybody’s death, not my own near experience that everyone keeps asking about. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And then Mother said, “I think you should go now,” but she was talking to Father, not me. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And her mom had a sister she talked often with on the phone, but it had been years since they saw her. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“We were talking about Oslo and how he was so cute when he was a baby,” she said. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

What I did, I started talking, sort of out loud, to Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

—You had counselors who would talk to black students and see their point of view and help them out? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two more men joined them and soon there was a small knot of them standing in the doorway, talking and pointing at the paper. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was reading this book, Ida B, and in it the girl finally talks a little about her secret and it helps her out.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“This is the place where I get my supplies. Let me do all the talking, okay?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“And talking loop theory is better than going into pointless hysterics.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Malvolio made her way down to the hardwood floor and listened to her “academic ambassadors” talk to the press. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Is this a committee? I just wanted to talk to Ruby for a minute.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was also my reward for making excellent grades and not talking to others about our mistreatment by the white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And he sat in his manger and talked to him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feynman’s mind flashed back to his talk with Oppenheimer. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We haven’t shared any more kisses, but we still talk about everything. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The man talking to the woman at table number three spilled his beer on her lap. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

My mother would listen sometimes as my father and I talked about Bernardo. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘Little micies is always talking to each other and I is hearing them as loud as my own voice.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s what I heard too,” Lyra said, with no idea what he was talking about. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made jokes to Ray about the trip, the way you might talk about the weather before you’ve decided if you’re friends with somebody or not. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see anything, but that doesn’t mean much. Bob, which giants are we talking about? Which Titans?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The captain talked as if he were bored; it was all a formality, something he had done too many times and could do in his sleep. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m supposed to replace the filter and put new coffee and water in, but for talking about Khalil Mr. Lewis gets coffee made from day-old grounds. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Every night, when the stores close and the moon washes the world with milky light, Stella and I talk. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I talked to your mama,” she said, sprinkling flour on the board, “and she talked to your daddy. I done my part. If you can think of something else, you go right ahead.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They talked standing by the tarmac, and shortly after the man returned to the building, a tall fair-haired man walked out. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, we know now. I’m just thankful I was around when the ructions started. Atticus couldn’t talk to you the way I’m talking—” “Why not, sir?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It’s the same voice that has led us in countless drills, and everyone stops talking. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Don’t hardly talk much at all, in fact. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was one more giant problem I had to talk to God about. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To tell a woman not to talk too much was like telling Jesse James not to carry a gun, or telling a hen not to cackle. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sneaking around with him but not talking about it. And then you dig up them yams not even ripe yet!” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what you talking about. You’re not talking about coloreds are you?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I saw her when she got off the bus. I was just talking to her for a little while.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was nice to hear his mother use the word “respect” when talking about him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I have not talked to Danny in so long,” he said quietly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Ahead of me, people would be talking and laughing their heads off, and then they’d see me and stop talking. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I have a hard time talking to you, you’re so pretty,” he finally says. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We broke apart and took turns taking center stage, each of us performing a different combination of moves; but our performances were fluid—they talked to each other. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Then they can figure out how to get me home—I'll be their problem. Maybe that'll give me more time to talk to them about everything." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They were in family groups and couples, talking loudly. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want to.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night, I didn’t have to remember to be Shannon; I talked and laughed without pretending at all. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Big Ma was still talking about the nice white man who didn’t have me arrested, whipped, or strung up. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Yeah ... I really, really don't want to talk about it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The photograph flickered onto the screen at the end of a long talk, and Wilkins showed little, if any, excitement about the fuzzy image. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Leave him alone, he’s talking with his girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Cut this tea party talk and get down to business!” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to talk about how it went, because she’s not sure how it went. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We talk for a while about art because she used to paint when she was younger. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“How . . . did you talk to me inside my mind?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Usually, Luke would just let him talk until he lost interest. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I guess Eddie saw it as an opening, because he just kept talking about how nobody wants to be in here. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the thought of Sally talking about what had happened with Liz, so when it was time for lunch, I didn’t leave Mr. Harding’s classroom. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were talking, trying to decide if they should tell me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Roy remembered the time he and his father had a talk about fighting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to the last page, all Park wanted to do was sit and talk about it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about this right now.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It was when I got back into that familiar snow feeling that I began to want to talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sort of knew what he was talking about. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They talk about water levels, the dryness of the forest, how the fish are biting. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was more like listening to circus music than to talk. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not interested, and Longstreet, who loved to talk tactics and strategy, let it go. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I need to talk to you,” she said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He believed every one of them was talking about his burn—pitying him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The how-tos were what we called the three ways to talk so I could understand: face me, don’t cover your mouth, and speak clearly. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

All the announcers were talking about the remarkable insect who was delighting throngs in the Times Square subway station. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But talking back gets you nowhere,” he said. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“You’re too busy talking about spinach and garlic to say something. Do something. Anything.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We burst through the tall front doors of Snowberger’s into too much noise and too many people coming and going, all talking at once. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I knew our time was limited, and I needed to talk to the First Lady. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He sat up and said, “OK. Look. Christopher. I’m sorry. Let’s leave it for tonight, OK? I’m going to go downstairs and you get some sleep and we’ll talk in the morning.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She expected me to move in with her without even talking to me about it first! Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After passing some pieces of chicken and a glass of water through the window, he took up his usual role of talking Thomas’s ear off. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"Need an escort? The talk is, the streets are dangerous." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he talks, I leave my hand in the air and think, What ifl went there and stood on that point? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I never had the chance to. I never had a minute to talk to her about it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I overheard her talking to August one night on the back porch as I was coming across the yard to go to the bathroom in the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we just not talk about it? Please?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He finally let me go, whispering: “I want to talk to you sometime.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he talks—a rare thing—even his speech. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

He talked with her about her foot and asked, when they walked through the town or in the fields, if she were tired. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me go. What are you talking about?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The professor keeps talking and I keep dreaming and I begin to write a letter to the founder. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Because the letter sounds like her talking? We know it’s not. She’s in the hospital and, besides, she would never harm a Vermeer.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

While I'm talking, I glance at the door of the listening room. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the podium, the poet had been introduced and was waiting for the white-haired woman in the first row to finish talking. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He will think I am making fun of his eyes like when I got curly hair and Ju Mi was laughing, laughing so much she could not talk. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some of you may know the cheerleader I’ve been talking about, but I’m not saying her name. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He never found it easy to talk with girls. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I notice that he’s usually talking with Leo, one of the Doctorita’s students, a lanky, friendly guy. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, right. Look, what’s the harm of just talking to the guy, 105?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was going to be gone soon, I had to talk to Naomi I told him I had to go find a friend. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you have difficulty talking about your feelings?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For the first time in years she thought that she would like to talk to her father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

All the talk takes it real, takes it deep. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get to my classes early and don’t talk to anyone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody was supposed to talk about it, but everyone had been whispering about it for days. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother was the only one she felt remotely comfortable talking to. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Archie wanted to discuss the Eocene skull he was holding, but all the others could talk about was the game. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

But Lovey did talk about her grandma, Ms. Brown, telling me stories about how she raised her. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But that’s not my fault! He didn’t have it on him. I might have been able to talk to the guy about it if the Sundance Kid hadn’t shot him.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As the official business winds down, I glue my eyes to Judith and pull her aside the minute she's not talking to anyone else. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just talking about all that delicious food made my stomach rumble, but it was fun to dream. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

It felt a little weird helping Hazel make a portrait of Calypso - as if he were talking to a police artist: Yes, officer, that’s the girl who stole my heart! Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Not to put you on the spot, but my mom’s been talking about making you a homecoming mum, and I wanted to make sure that wouldn’t be awkward or anything.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to talk about it anymore. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

So, before we broke up into teams for a little touch sevens, I asked Coach M if I could talk to him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I always thought that was odd, because on the two occasions when I’ve spoken to his mum she sounded so pleased to be talking to me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She probably wouldn’t have recognized their value, but she might have talked about them to her mother or to Hattie. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To be fair. I didn’t talk to any girls. I still don’t, really. You should hear my mother go on about it.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One of the guards noticed them talking then and slashed at Besa with his whip. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought sometimes we might want to talk without everyone hearing us. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jurors ate dinner at the Amity Harbor Hotel and talked of other matters. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I think she understood that I did not want to talk about it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I was gonna say that I was glad I can talk to you because it’s...well, it’s almost like his death brought us closer.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they sat on the couch Momma and Dad quit talking like nobody was around and got real careful about what they said. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were talking about some cute boy who had looked at one of them. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All up and down the ward people were talking to each other, but I was not interested in what they were saying. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He shuffled along kicking them into a pile and when he had an armful he stooped and gathered them up and called the boy and the boy answered and talked him back to the bridge. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Barack wanted to talk about work, though more often than not he avoided it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He moved the oxygen mask to the side so he could talk. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Dicey told her how Maybeth had talked to Stewart and sung with him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone at every table is talking about the circus—those who can talk, that is. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to stay with Papa for a while. Keep on talking or doing whatever you were doing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she says, “Now what do you say we stop talking and get moving? Ready to get out of bed?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Never before had any of them dared to talk to him like that. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nixon was convinced he could force concessions from the Communists in the Paris peace talks with heavy bombing in Cambodia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

There were no cars in the parking lot, but a dozen or more men and women were hanging around outside of their rooms, smoking, talking, fighting. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wish I could just talk to you and not write in this card. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I never got to assess what kind of impact my talk with Tommy had had, because it was the very next day the news broke. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This. This isn’t normal. Guys like you don’t talk to girls like me.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want Mom to talk about them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The whole time we talked I could hear the people upstairs moving around. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even understand what she was talking about. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She almost wished she hadn’t been so convincing when she talked to Melanie the night before about how they didn’t want anybody else butting into their friendship. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoops, sorry,” the man talking to the ticket guy said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They talk loudly, jabbering away to each other in American. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They talked about what would become of the house, of the city. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She had just come from a house in which men sat in a lit kitchen talking in loud excited voices, only to meet an identical scene at home. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them are talking, but at least they aren’t fighting. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He nods to himself, even though I’m already done talking, like he’s hearing a spirit whispering in his ear. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I sent him to go talk to the judges,” says Ainsley. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not letting you stay. I talked to your headmaster this morning.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And I talk too much in my sleep. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And once we started talking the way all those teachers said we were supposed to, know what happened?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In a low voice that quivered as he talked, he said, “Billy, I’m sorry about all this. Truly sorry. I can’t help but feel that in a way it was my fault.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t talked much about her marriage, and he hadn’t pressed her on it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"All this talk isn't moving things forward. We need a plan, no matter how desperate." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I was just trying to talk Paige into coming to the tea I’m going to give for the senior officers’ wives in December, Virge. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitti was back in the room by now, listening to them talk English and nodding her head. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have rounds to make and people to talk to, but I’m trying to help you. I’m here with you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I am? How does a section man talk, may I ask?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Even Polgar and Spassky, both World Champions, understand what I’m talking about,” he said to no one in particular, becoming more strident as he went on. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I loved the curve of his jaw, the hole in his T-shirt, the notes he wrote me, the way his mind worked, the way he moved his hands when he talked. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk to anyone. Just greet them and then shut your mouth.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the next rehearsal, Charles asked Sadie about a scene, and Shawn saw them talking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Are we talking about the same Big Dub?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Russ. He’s just talking about outer space to keep people at arm’s length.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So it’s true, then? I overheard my dad talking to the chief about you going to Blackstone to meet with Moreau.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to talk about how much of a loser I feel like. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

There was talk among the young men, angry, growling talk. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He was already planning where he would go after high school; he was already talking about the places he would live, and the reservation wasn’t one of them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know that’s hard to imagine, since I’m usually super friendly and love to talk and laugh. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Legalistic debates over federal versus state sovereignty were just the most accessible handles to grab, the safest and most politically suitable ways to talk about alternative national visions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Walk for five blocks listening to people talk. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad looked at the hole in the wall and then at the little crater in the windowpane and talked quietly about what it would take to fix the damage. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She talked her way to the door, through the vestibule, and into the box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got down to Carl’s Curio Shop he was talking to a girl who smelled like the toilet in a men’s room. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he was going to be able to see and talk to them way into his adult years. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you even know what I'm talking about,” he said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We talked about the Foundation of Hope Ministries, and he asked if I saw myself doing more humanitarian work in the future. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Could we talk about the fat woman at the circus and she had hair all over her chin?” begged Isidor Feinberg, reminiscently. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

I still liked those guys, but somehow I felt more comfortable talking to Annie even though she was a girl. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Usually Dad likes talking about nature and stuff. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I say his name a lot, even though I’m obviously talking to him, because it’s just cool, seriously—Mateo. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Percy couldn’t believe he was talking about the end of the world with a loaf of Wonder bread in his hand. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brook says you can talk her anytime because her door is always open, I tell Mrs. Johnson. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cool to meet up with you and talk. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But its silly for me to go to his office and lay down on the couch to talk because I rite it down in the progress reports anyway and he could read it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sonny, you and I have got to sit down and talk.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, but your father and I talked it over.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“But it’s the cars they’ll go home talking about,” said Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He talked about his time in Midland and his wife Barbara’s “world record as the mother that watched the most Little League games.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the worst of it. I—I don’t like to talk about my family. I didn’t want you to know. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have said anything.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Back in his private room, Stalin told his foreign secretary, “We’ll have to have a talk with Kurchatov today about speeding up our work.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Harry had talked about so many things lately. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We keep walking and not talking until we get to a giant concrete and glass monstrosity of a building. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But as it turned out, she was busting to talk. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“People sub out O for zero when they talk sometimes, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about it,” Sticky said, opening the wardrobe with trembling fingers. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter. I wasted my time reading that paper. I didn’t know what the hell it was talking about most of the time.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I see Dad through the glass wall, still talking to the secretary, and I sit down on the padded bench outside the door until he’s finished. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother: “We don’t care who you know, Jack. We have to get Melinda to talk.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

She was glad that neither Chess nor Finn said, “What are you talking about?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

As my mother talked to herself more and more, she gradually became less responsive to us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while I was talking, the idea of actually losing Peeta hit me again and I realized how much I don't want him to die. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

All his life his schoolmasters, his radio, his leaders talked to him about the future. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They owned leather jackets, had girlfriends, and talked about things like Malcolm X and “soul power.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Spending the winter here has its advantages, and I’m not talking about the free off-season parking in Provincetown. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He said not to wait too long, he needed to talk to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Alex Morales, who had never missed a day of school, who had never talked back to a teacher, let alone a priest, had just defied the headmaster. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to talk to my teammates and have to tell them that I’d done so poorly that I didn’t even make it out of the first pool. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I inhabit this building because of Mr. Isidore. The special who had the spider; you talked briefly to him outside.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even she laughed as she talked; her words meant nothing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even those who had laughed at all the talk about the King began to think there might be some truth in it. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

As an implicit rule, we do not talk about our family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By noon the talks weren't finished, but Father was in no shape to continue his listening campaign. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In fact, now that the subsequent fruits of those visits have become well documented, there seems little reason not to reveal that I am talking of Lord Halifax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

All the Remember When stories in the paper had folks talking about the way Manifest used to be. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Trying to keep Malcolm X talking, I mined the woman theme for all it was worth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have preferred to say, So be it, but instead he walked away and called over his shoulder, “I’ll talk to them.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I paid no attention; it was just more Chinese- fighting talk. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were all talking about her—and in a kindly way. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I inhaled deeply, thinking about what Gran and I had talked about yesterday, about not being afraid and having faith. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He asked about Dad and about Gran—as if talking about something could make it better. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“I was talking to you. I was right behind you, and you ignored me.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They don’t hear me because they are too busy talking about Mickalene and where she went to school and where she lived in Portland. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They hung around together in gateways and at the corners of buildings, leaning lovingly on their weapons as they talked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I force myself to talk past the lump in my throat. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mom asks about our “Wander Indiana” project, and for the rest of breakfast, Finch and I talk about some of the places we’ve been so far, and some of the places we’re planning to go. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They’re talking about Worm and some other boys I don’t care nothing about. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Will they torture me if I don’t talk? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Which gave him an excuse to walk right past me and talk to Dolores, who was fifteen and pretty and still didn't look pregnant. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you dare talk to my mother like that, Potter!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Radar and I followed him, talking as we went past the band room, where freshmen and sophomores were sitting and chatting amid a slew of instrument cases. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You know what, Robert?” my brother Michael said when we were talking about it at home one day. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Prior to the campaign, the ANC was more talk than action. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If roaches talked, and bats played ball games, then probably there was a cow jumping a moon somewhere, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He and Coach are talking hoops and smiling so I park Pop next to them. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And listening to Taylor Swift,” Bianca adds, talking around her thumb. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

On long fishing days, Captain Ahab is someone to talk to. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

We talked longer there about the sad state of the oceans, when suddenly he stopped and looked at the feather on the mast. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

You see, I do know what I’m talking about. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never had a “pep talk” like this. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t have talked over the noise of the motor without screaming at one another, so Dicey didn’t try. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

From somewhere I could hear the murmurs of Bear’s talk, as well as Widow Daventry’s. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I walked into the living room, Mom was sitting on the couch, talking to Dad, her knitting bag next to her. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When he talks, he speaks about power and peace, and he gets the church all excited. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really understand half the junk he was saying, but it sure did feel good to be talked to like that! The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I’m sorry I ignored your texts. I was freaking out. Maybe we could talk about all of this later, after dinner?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And, Mama, Nico and I talked about it, and he wants to help me with the music lessons for kids. And with recording a song. Is that okay?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had no idea who he was talking to. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They kept talking—apparently, the ideal level of pleat-fatness is a conversational topic to which hours can be devoted—but I stopped listening as I waited in the Pizza Hut line. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Did this mean I might never talk to my mother again? It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we could avoid talking about entrails, too.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go inside and take some medicine and talk about it. And who is he anyway?” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eugenia had met them at a coffee shop that morning so they could talk about the press conference. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Peers into the courtyard where knots of people eat and talk in the blue smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dad never talked to us about his work. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“But I heard a man talking,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two older brothers and Wilse Graham talked as they splashed in the cold water, and Jethro could sense the pleasure they felt in seeing one another again after the lapse of several years. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three Domishmen were with him, talking, but they broke off when the queen appeared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even the parts that are hard to talk about or even think about. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I get up to go to the bathroom, I hear her downstairs, talking on the phone in low tones, probably to Dad, who left early for work. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She told him about the brown bowl on the library desk—about the New Year’s night she and Neeley had talked on the roof. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom said, “When you ask them prisoners, they never talk about slavery. But, Lawrence, how do you explain that? What else is the war about?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s going to take care of him overnight? One of the “Darling,” my mom said slowly, “I need to talk to you about something. What you did today was wrong.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

From that moment on he did not talk much. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone around me was smiling, introducing themselves to friends of friends, talking about the big game last night, wearing their newly purchased red and white sweatshirts. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but do you know why you’re here to talk to me?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They sit in the back seat—my brother no longer gets carsick—and talk in pig Latin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see Grover and Juniper at the beach, holding hands and talking. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

There is talk of an honor ceremony but I’m too busy fighting for the Führer to accept honors. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if she’s talking about the candles or the dinner, but it’s a win either way. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Ms. Rochambeau has stopped talking and is looking like she’s waiting for me to say something. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Then why you—” I stop talking when Sneaky reaches in his bag and pulls out a video game case. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You never talked that way before,” said the mother. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked a moment to the judge in low voices and then each went back to his seat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I guess I’m wondering if you want to help me talk to Abby.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Can’t joke it away Can’t even talk to each other except maybe in whispers, all hush-hush, and that just revs up the willies. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I started it a couple days ago, after you quit talking to everyone.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Of course this left the children with nothing to talk about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

More important, I’d be able to talk to my wife again without hiding anything between parentheses. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For example, he is a natural athlete, but doesn’t go around talking sports all the time or thinking it is the end of the world if his team doesn’t win. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my turn to talk on top of her words now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the way you humans talk about the abstract one. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“No you don’t. You don’t want to go to sleep so soon. You want me to talk to you a little. You know how your baby loves to talk. Listen.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I got to talk to Miss Penn myself. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You tell her what we talked about? Sharing a path? God’s plan? The conviction you’ve been feeling in your heart?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he keep talking about that kid's story? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I got a little light gig I’m trying to build into something and she talking like a stone lame. Maybe she wants me to deal.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You are so ... I don’t know. Other guys would be all braggy about it. You’re just so real. So down-to-earth. I feel like a big phony whenever I talk to you.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

We’ve talked a lot about what my grandmother’s family must have gone through. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Who knows who I would be or what I would talk about if I’d been raised in the Capitol? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

"There's talk, you know, of guerrillas in the mountains." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

There the difficulty was getting the couples to talk openly about their class baggage. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then—I don’t know, I must’ve blacked out, because the next thing I knew my back was against a wall, in an entirely different place, and a strange girl was talking to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It made her happy to imagine “a long vacation in that dream island I'm always talking about!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to him about her so badly that I was glad the conversation would be one way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seem to do nothing all day but sit up here and talk. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“One bag, Celia. One! For all four of us. Don’t talk to me about it again.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The crowd continued talking as the captain approached the body, then turned to one of the guards watching him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Deb and I used to talk about books. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But now, with me around the lab always wanting to talk about genes, Francis no longer kept his thoughts about DNA in a back recess of his brain. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“But other people,” he said, “I don’t hear them talking about revolts. Nobody else wants to make a pillbox.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here she was in the midst of it, hating it, scared of it, and again she thought of Sula as though they were still friends and talked things over. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Long after the moon had risen, they sat together, talking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They can sit, stand, talk, shake a stick at a drunk man, reach around their backs to fetch forth a baby to nurse, all without dropping their piled-high bundles upon bundles. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gather my things quickly, hoping to avoid talking to anyone, especially Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom says David’ll never learn to talk right if we keep letting him borrow words, but his face is so full of please? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are reenactors. They come here and play the part of soldiers. They talk to the tourists.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

She stayed outside and played with Little Arliss and the pup till her grandpa finally wound up his talking and tobacco spitting and got ready to leave. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally we came upon other rats, and a few times we talked with them, but not for long. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We talked the entire day, and at the end, Moses said to me, “Nelson, I will not promise you anything, but raise the issue again in committee, and we will see what happens.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We began eating nourishing meals, and my mother talked about getting some new furniture. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night he had been talking about places he had been—about Texas and Oklahoma and the Carolinas. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Between first and second period, a group of girls comes in talking about me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Something about not being able to talk always gave someone the giggles, but tonight it’s not hard to stay quiet, and for sure I don’t feel like giggling. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

So he used me to make phone calls and to talk to the landlady and to buy things in stores where you had to use English. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We used to talk about your homework, and we don’t do that anymore. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jeremy never loses,” she says, so proudly that she could be talking about herself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who he was talking to, but no one responded. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But when we arrived, she no longer talked about them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Arya didn't know that she even wanted to talk to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When the fathers wanted to talk outside, they sat on the curb in front of Mr. Kanagawa’s apartment. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Taryn watches me warily as I talk with the leader of the mock war, Fand, a pixie girl with skin the blue of flower petals. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He struggled to control himself; then he heard Britten talking. “. . . got to get hold of that Jan.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you’re always talking about how I dress and how I hate speaking Spanish?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I have heard them abroad in the schoolyard talking about First Communion day, the happiest day of your life. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They loved being there as part of the exhibit, talking to the children about the chimps, their behavior, and their food. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He bought a rig and drove around, meeting the earlier comers, talking of soil and water, climate and crops, prices and facilities. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“At any rate, my affairs are the talk of the cafés.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you pay any mind to such talk.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Reginald and I talked all night about the Lansing years, about our family. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned to the drawing room, a clergyman was talking about the hardships being suffered by children in Berlin. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last place we expected to find Sonny Bono was in our sixth-grade health film talking about the dangers of drugs. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I think she really goes for me the way she always laughs a little when she talks to me and says I’m such a card. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We have no choice. We have to take the risk of talking to newspaper people. Who is going to feed us and put a roof over our heads if I don’t get my job back?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I’m, uh, going to go talk to the instructor guy—Max,” he hurried to add, “about reassigning us.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know about him. He sure doesn’t talk to me. Nobody talks to me, Anatole.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like I liked Bud Searcy a lot better than I ever had before, even if he did talk too much and spit tobacco juice all over the place. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they refused to fly unless they were able to talk to each other in the air. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Sohrab and I sat out in the garden talking as the evening chill descended on us. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mother had always said, “If you can even talk to a white person without lowering your eyes you’re really doing something.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She used to make me wear earplugs at night so I wouldn’t hear her in the next room, talking dirty to tricks in other time zones. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The women in the room are whispering, almost talking, so great is their excitement. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, if I'm being honest, I don't really remember talking to Momly about anything. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

As late as Shakespeare’s time, scientists talked about the revolution of orbs of different proportions and discussed the heavenly music that reverberated throughout the cosmos. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was just good to talk to another person even if she was using me to get a load off her chest. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

So talking to the other people in our street was brave. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It started after I had my jaw surgery, when I couldn’t talk because my mouth was wired shut. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Right. Now do you mind? Why talk about something you can’t do anything about?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t the faintest idea what he and Danny had been talking about. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The muffled talking is Mom and Ellis in Mom’s room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And you needn’t talk—anyway. I heard you for several hours on end last Saturday week. Goodness, I thought you’d never stop—you kept me awake all night.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

He talked about the beauty and wealth of Africa. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather hesitated—not only did he not know the man but also because it was too cold for small talk. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

O’Brien talked to her now and again when he saw her on the street, and started writing down everything she said, trying to piece together enough information to determine her true age. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I come by on Saturday? To talk some more?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I chuckled because it was weird to talk to myself, even though I wasn’t really; I was talking to her—my mother—which was weird too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Gay whispered, “Why don’t you talk about that with your therapist?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t talk to strangers or go on side trips?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just fixes me with the kind of glance that invites me to keep on talking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I got to the ’partment, Biddy was talking into her tape with door closed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The friends broke open the wine and cut the cake as they settled into a comfortable evening together, playing games and talking. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right. Let’s talk to Ladybird. I’m sure she’ll clear everything up. We can talk to her back at the compound.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’d had enough of being talked down to, being made to look like a fool, like a madwoman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told everybody that Sula had pushed him, and talked so strongly about it she was forced to abide by the advice of her friends and take him to the county hospital. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I suppose I’ll have a talk with the head editor.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It made me uncomfortable, the way Digger talked to J.T. sometimes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I tried to talk but couldn’t, so I tried to trace letters on my hand, thinking I could spell out a question. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Once Darryl was out of earshot, Jimmy said, “Go wait in the car. Once they’re gone, come back in. We need to talk.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

After a while a new announcer started talking. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There was a hint of mist, now that the air was cooler, and the frogs talked comfortably. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I haven’t talked to the other minority kids about it—Dana, Andrew, maybe even Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then they got to talking about books, and to Jo’s delight, she found that Laurie loved them as well as she did, and had read even more than herself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom tried to talk but couldn’t because she was laughing so hard. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’re kind of skinny, but I can tell by the way you talk and the way you act that you haven’t been out on the road for very long. You still look young.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

He kept on talking about how careful he was going to be and what he was going to do to anybody who tried to take the camera from him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I visited his home on Second Avenue we often talked about the state of black tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The parents noticed that their children were talking less, and that rather than speaking to one another in the language of people, they were beginning to use grunts. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I’m not even sure the two of them talked much down there. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Sit down, talk with people with brains I respect, all of us want same thing, do some brainstorming.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing Mr. Blocker did was to ask us to talk about one interesting thing that happened to us during the summer. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever seen a dog bury a bone, or a spotted green chipmunk rooting for a lost acorn, you will know what I’m talking about. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“What’re you talking about? Why wouldn’t your family leave the house?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go have a talk with him? I’ve got to pick up your sister from her piano lesson.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

During dinner everyone is careful not to talk about Bobby the missing person—or the cops, or jail time—so there's nothing to do but chat and try to be happy. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a very good question,” he muttered, so quietly that I wondered if he was talking to himself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wondered what they would do if they didn’t have black and white problems to talk about. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that meant we weren’t going to talk about it anymore. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But nine times out of ten it was just some grown-up who wanted to talk to Mom or Dad. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He says he needs some time and can’t talk and hangs up. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After talking hard times a while, Mr. Nolly asked questions about the Pierce, and then politely inquired as to Grandpa’s business. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We talked for a while longer about whether or not I was going to study writing or just be like everyone else who wanted to be a writer and become a teacher instead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She and Blaine had not talked about marriage, but the ground beneath her feet felt firm. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The Zimbabwean proverb, “If you can walk, you can dance; if you can talk, you can sing,” is quite apropos here. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, say, I know who you are. He’s the one Walter was talking about,” she says to Nell. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

An elderly and civil woman waited on me while another woman talked to him some distance away. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only snap back to full attention when you finish talking, at which point they say “Uh-huh” or “Yeah, really” and fake their way back to the moment. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will let me talk with her and assist her work, but she turns to stone when I ply her with food. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Most of the black Lackses I talked to over the years referred to Benjamin Lacks as “old white granddaddy,” though some still called him “Massuh Ben,” as their parents had. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

That talk with Tommy beside the pond: I think of it now as a kind of marker between the two eras. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was one of about five guys all standing around playing chess and talking trash. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He liked to sit back and watch the actors talking and walking about on the screen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They wanted to talk to Miss Trotter, although neither could settle on what they’d call her—Aunt Miss Trotter or Great Miss Trotter. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Farmer suddenly looked so exhausted from the alcohol and his talking that he seemed on the verge of falling asleep. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“If you really, really don't want to talk about it,” I said, “we don't have to talk about it. But if you want to talk about it even a little bit, I’m happy to listen.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hear men talking, up above my head. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dori talks to me. You talk to me. Archie talks to me. My family talks to me. Cinnamon talks to me. Senor Saguaro talks to me. I talk to me.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

When I sensed that I had the ears of the spies, I would talk and act high and crazy. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had talked to her not with his voice, but with his ears, eyes, and lips; and he had even commended her with a wag of his tail. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julian’s dad came over and had a talk with my dad. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I sit in this house for hours and I can’t even talk.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Sorry. Just talking to myself. The fumes are getting to me, I guess." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’d better go see if we can talk her into it, hadn’t we?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She talked about going away. Running away with someone called David.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I have come to talk to you. Can you understand me?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound drowned out everything else, the walls were insulation for the next few hours, there was no need to talk or think. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She grabbed the phone from Branwell and talked to the emergency operator herself. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jeanine’s so smart you can see it even before she says anything. Like ... a walking, talking computer.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I just don’t want to talk about it.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He’s probably got a longer list of names than any of us.”We all nod, because what do we know, and Addie says she’ll talk to him right after lunch. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We better find her an attorney before she talks to the detectives,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But all the talking is drowned out by sirens. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Matter of fact, my wife heard some of them talking once. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave talking, man. Deliver the Queen and remove yer body quickly from this court” Lancelot pulled himself together with a sort of final care. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, once, shortly after lunch, I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway, and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was praying Vince wouldn’t grow impatient waiting for me and leave, or, worse yet, allow himself to be talked into spending the evening with one of the other girls. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We often fall asleep before she goes up but there are nights we hear them talking, grunting, moaning. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So why do I know that this afternoon, unless I manage to talk myself out of it, I’ll go back to Mrs. Janssen’s? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And Lark wants to go for a walk down the driveway, and play Pokémon, and talk about Braviary’s release, which he missed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I can’t talk right now,” he hissed, his droopy eyes flashing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She knew why I was there, and had plenty to say on the subject, but seemed utterly exhausted at the idea of talking to me, yet another white person wanting something from the family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

My throat got all choked up like it does a lot when we talk about Mummy. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If I tell him me and Tyler aren’t talking, does that mean he’s going to try and talk to me? A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, Errol and Clem. They always on me too. They say my overalls is country, and the way I talk. Today he punched me when I told him to leave me alone.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He wouldn't talk to me, except to order me around or humiliate me in some way. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“How can you talk to him? He’s in jail.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk about it like that,” he says in a growl. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, she’d tell me not to talk back and virtually ignore me for two days. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The Coral Queen had just closed and the passengers were filing off, laughing and talking loudly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Not so I could eavesdrop on people’s conversations to see if they were talking about me—although that would be pretty cool. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“We just talked. He was heading out of town after one too many fights with his dad.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I can go anywhere in the world and I know that no one is going to talk to me or touch me or ask me a question. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had done enough talking and learning and hoping to be transported home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't mean to argue! I was just talking to myself!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But I don’t say a word, so she keeps talking. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He started talking a lot about his hypothetical new bird book, and whenever the subject came up I did my best to encourage him and sound interested. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I watched him wade through a sea of GIs, stopping now and again to talk to one of them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were too worried to talk, so all Doha could do was keep them company. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He and my dad used to talk about football and he gave us discounts for years. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And from that overlook, I would talk to my brother. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have a talk with this boy, Uncle. He’ll be by more often—even if I have to drag him into the store.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you all hadn’t sold us, we wouldn’t be talking about any of this,” the gravelly-voiced African-American girl said, in a lowered tone that was, nonetheless, audible. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’m probably talking too fast and getting too excited, since I can feel my heart thumping. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Mareth was the only one he felt like talking to, anyway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Everyone in Ms. G’s class is talking about their college application essay that was due today. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the whole month before break, all Jayce could talk about was how his dad was going to come and take him to the mountains. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“If there’s anyway I can help you—if you just feel like talking to somebody. .. .” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He went on to talk of the evening feed in the sunset and of early morning in the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked him as soon as I recalled the incident. He said that his mother had always been very quiet. Apparently your grandpa did enough talking for both of them.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

No one is in much of a mood to talk after the Director’s threats this afternoon. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

All of us banging drums or buckets or whatever we could find and then shaking hands and smiling and talking. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Dubonnet’s a union rabble-rouser. I don’t want you talking to him anymore. I’m a company man, and that makes you a company boy, understand?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the woman I was talking to looked up: her face got lopsided, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quite often I sat with these men and listened to their talk and now and then asked questions. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The Elves, sir. We had some talk last night; and they seemed to know you were going away, so I didn’t see the use of denying it. Wonderful folk, Elves, sir! Wonderful!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She took her finger off the talk button and looked at me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She asks venomously, “What are you talking about?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The way Mrs. Russo talks to crybaby kids who fall down on the playground. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking about? A poacher? And what do you mean, ‘capture a book’?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I really don’t want to talk to anyone right now, especially about school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” Mama said, “a little talk makes things all right.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The sphinx talks only in puzzles and riddles, and is violent when given the wrong answer. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so glad to finally talk to you!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At night, we were able to talk with them through the barred door. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he wanted to go to bed and she wanted to talk.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

All they want to do is “hang out” and “talk” at recess. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“When using your Sprint PCS phone in the car, focus on driving, not talking, and use your handsfree kit,” the document read. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes. It’s tiring to answer the same kinds of questions over and over. I get sick of talking about my cousin, about food, about my mom.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Listen, honey,” he said, not liking the way he was talking to her, but afraid of telling her outright. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To me, there’s no point in talking about things that might have been. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie thought about Mama, refusing to even talk about what happened in Georgia, telling everyone that her husband was gone when they asked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Nobody moved, or talked, or did much of anything. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Does this mean I won’t ever see her again or talk with her on the phone? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel nodded, though she didn’t know what he was talking about. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Russ doesn’t say anything else, which makes me think that it was really hard for him to talk about his parents. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you were out there long enough. What did Father want to talk about?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Go home to your church girl. Go home and ask her about her aunt Vera. And, Chino, don’t talk to me cuz you got leprosy, ma man.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t talk about sports or bad movies or loading the dishwasher properly or weird jazz. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Some of the other guys were talking about it, but most of them were talking low or ignoring it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, everybody in town would be talking about it for years to come. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He asked the Englishman to take a look at Rantz—to talk to him, to try to figure him out, and, if possible, to fix him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He keeps biting his nails as he talks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in the back of his brain, where it was fuzzy with memories, Joaquin remembered Maya saying that she talked a lot when she was nervous. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now this one when he came talked of the land and of the harvest and of the summer drought which would this year divide the harvest by three. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to drive in and talk to Will,” said Tom. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked away and without moving asked me if I wasn’t talking that way out of extreme despair. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

After school, alone in her simulated classroom, she would talk like them, dress like them, and assign herself homework she would never complete. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I guess she could tell I was confused, because she kept talking. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want to talk about basketball,” I say. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, it was no time before he was toddling around, and talking, and doing little errands. So kind and polite. A perfect joy. And you say he has a beard?” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah. It's good to talk to you too." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sympathetic orderly talked to me, understanding that I wanted to be spared nothing. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was from a book in the Rikers library that “really meant a lot to me,” he said, though he didn’t like to talk about it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I am,” I muttered, angry that I was sitting beside a human being to whom I could not talk, angry with myself for coming to her, hating my wild and restless loneliness. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. My dad used to talk to him,” she answered, shrugging. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then he said, We could be talking in class if we wanted to be talking. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Let me guess. It’s about a tree that can talk.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“He talked to me this morning,” said Sierra. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

He always talks to you as if he's informing you that you have terminal cancer—which is actually a big part of his job, so it makes sense. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I wait for my parents to ask about the garden or talk about Eleanor, to call her by name today of all days. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

After a long, uncomfortable wait, Ulbrickson emerged from his office and began to talk. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t talk to anyone here any more than I have to. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

His fellow drinkers were talking about dragons now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me. Or if you can’t talk, give me a sign.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“But you gotta give me a little more to work with. So talk.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

She just talked about music, and told me about some concerts she’d been to, a few years before. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a door, yeah,” I say, standing on tiptoes to talk over Muqtada’s shoulder. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This is a most unfortunate affair, and will probably be much talked of. But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

She just talked a lot, even and especially when she had nothing interesting or important to say. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

But he was too weak to drive, so he sat there behind the wheel of the car, staring at the garage wall, and he began to talk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They also talked to cabinet members, their wives, and the Garfields' friends. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She talked in comparisons, she spoke in riddles. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I ignore them and talk to Natalie in a sweet calm voice, as if she were a baby too. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had been talking about that place ever since George had brought the two-foot rat snake to school to show Mr. Landers—because they were studying reptiles! I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, you forgot. You always forget, an’ I got to talk you out of it.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

May would be the first out, standing in the living room and talking to the distressed bat: “Poor little feller. Must be scared to death. You never meant to come into this old trailer....” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was talking to Grams, she had to be. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It must be hard to talk about these things. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

James and Richard come down the ladder, talking the whole way. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Over dinner, we usually talked about what was happening at school. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Not until I called to ask him if we were ever going to talk again. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Why was it so hard to talk here? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had been talking to too many people, my friends, everybody it seems, except Ted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not talk except on matters of business, but Biff would stand watching her with his face puzzled. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

His face had softened as he heard Redemption talk about killing him. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He smiled hopefully, and I glanced over at Twig, because she was the one who usually started talking in awkward situations, but she’d turned pink and was busying herself by picking apart a marshmallow. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I turn around so I don’t have to stare at Frank while I talk. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

We had few forms of entertainment, so we made a game of talking. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

They all talk excitedly about what tomorrow’s tryout might be. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But they were all nice enough and it seemed that everyone wanted to talk to me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leroy, this here’s moving too fast! You got to be careful. That’s a lot of money you talking ’bout to buy your family, and money can make folks do some crazy things.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“What’s he began, not sure how to ask it. “How . . . did you talk to me inside my mind?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I have to talk to you about something.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I've never considered myself an across-the-board apologist for the French, but there's a lot to be said for an entire population that never, under any circumstances, talks during the picture. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was from an upstanding, wealthy family; he had much to talk about, and he had a promising future. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I said something, if we all ended up in trouble, then J.T. and Digger might never, ever talk to me again. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Look, I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m not going to let Tyson get fried.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

And before I could even think what she was talking about, I said, “It isn’t true, Mama, it isn’t true.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is not the place to talk about serious things. Come to my house on Sunday, when you don’t have work. We can talk there. Here is my address...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If he can’t talk like a human being, how do you expect him to take pictures?” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though everyone in the house had been talking nonstop, it had mostly been to government agents, not to one another, and their own curiosities had yet to be satisfied. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to talk to him about anything. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s why he was sad that afternoon when we talked about On the Road. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She talked about the benefits of using women in the space program. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She was right there, but they didn’t even notice she was alive She was scared about what they said and I heard her talking to my mama about it. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t talk like that in this house,” Mrs. Merritt said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Can I come in for a bit? To talk?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wants to storm the school, but I talk her out of it. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We can talk about it later,” the doctor said wearily. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

And to Matilda she said, "You've got a nerve talking to your father like that. Now keep your nasty mouth shut so we can all watch this programme in peace." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were a kindly couple, and I got the sense that Peggy in particular spends a lot of her time talking people into not quitting. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want him to come at all. We — we can’t even talk to each other!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold your thanks until I finish talking. I, Sammy Wertzberger, have set us up with a date in Charleston with two good-looking college girls.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in no time at all, hundreds upon hundreds of pairs of feet could be heard passing the tent, their owners talking excitedly, laughing, joking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I also had features in women’s publications like Glamour, Refinery29, and Allure, where I was able to talk about my own self-confidence and beauty ideals. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

There was even talk of shipping old Man o’ War all the way from Kentucky to accompany his son and grandson to the post. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He talked and talked and talked and she just sat there, mute, staring at him, but he could tell that she was listening. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I bet your mama would talk to you about it when we get back to Zmeyreka.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

There was one girl named Chantelle who tried to talk to me, but she spoke so fast, I could hardly understand her. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

When Harry walked in there was a sudden hush, and then everybody started talking loudly at once. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But he needed Dasch to talk and give them the whereabouts of the other men. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Hey, no big deal. Who cares anyway? The point is, you were on television. You’ll probably be getting calls from the talk shows any day now.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

He imagined long talks with Lydia in which they both discussed classes and new friends. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

No clue how Ms. Albright talked so many guys into auditioning this year. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

They then have study hall together, and he spends all of it stroking her and talking to her about the movie they saw last night. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He was talking about my mum and dad dying.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sam found Frodo and his friends by the fire talking to old Tom Cotton, while an admiring crowd of Bywater folk stood round and stared. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The patio swings around the house to a private nook where they like to sit talking, and that nook is directly beside my bedroom window. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

A guy with headphones comes out and talks to the audience about when to clap and when to be quiet. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him not to talk to me, ever, as a general rule. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anya had meant to get him talking as a distraction, but now she listened, completely enthralled. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Boys like to scare one another with stories after dark. They talk about vampires and the chupacabras. It’s natural, but sometimes it gets out of hand.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Blink and I, well, it’s a long story, but I—” “Stop talking, Joseph. You still have a fever.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Huddled on the dock, they draped arms over one another’s shoulders and talked through their race plan, speaking softly but with more assurance, accelerating their advance along the rough road from boyhood to manhood. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Since then I’ve begun to feel that the moonlight walks, balcony talks, and daily adventures were something more to him than fun. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knows it’s back talk but I says, ‘Please, ma’am, caint I see my mama for just a minute?’ Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I tell you that you talk foolishly, woman,” Mr. Rodriguez said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We were talking last night, and one of us got that idea and it sounded reasonable.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She headed straight for the living room and started talking to Fang, who was sitting on the couch looking all staggered by the home invasion. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, Michael has a habit of talking too much. All I can tell you, Luke, is the Lord works in mysterious ways.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to talk about that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to think, and I didn’t want to talk to Grampa any longer, so I said good night and went upstairs to my room. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I would bring them oats and rub them down and always talked to the horse when I was working with him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we conversed with each other, we talked only about the war movies and how impressed we were with the way either the lieutenant, the corporal, or one of us had killed someone. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I dunno. He always talked about other girls, not me. It’s weird though. I thought I was over my crush, but sometimes I don’t know.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“If I wanted to talk about it, I would!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Small talk of husbands, children, lives back home, or the ever-present war rose above the thunder and hum of the giant laundry boilers and dryers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re the jerk around here. You wouldn’t even talk to me yesterday and you expect me to just follow you around or something?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But I’d thought it was a small conflict, like the Boston Massacre, which Dad talked about a lot, in which half a dozen people had been martyred by a tyrannical government. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“He talked to it gentle,” the story went, “like a woman talkin’ to a young ’un.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was weird, but I realized I liked talking to Bianca. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Over his shoulder, Fabian the Weasel says, “Don’t talk to the prisoners.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Often I tried to talk to him, tried in simple words to convey to him some of my ideas, and he would listen in sullen silence. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her family—Jonas among them—had talked about the possible reasons for rule- breaking, and the need for understanding and patience, until Lily’s fist had relaxed and her anger was gone. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, we talked a lot. She showed me the computer. She—she wanted me to go to the rally, but I was too scared.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

A gathering murmur, people in their yards talking across the fences, coalesced outside. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A new defensiveness had begun to creep into Blaine’s tone when they talked about his friends, perhaps because he sensed her discomfort with them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looks around a bit nervously, as if getting caught even talking to me would make it worse for him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Soon they were talking on the phone every night. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I noticed more and more that Timothy always changed the subject when we began to talk about my eyes. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t talk to me about the money Mama owes, or the awful things people say to you in the street sometimes.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“We talked about making up a secret language. Want to do that now?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Dyedka had it from before, when there were dragons, back when I was a baby. He talks about them sometimes.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I take a shallow breath and look at the painting, instead of at the class, while I talk. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Don kept talking, his voice too larded in bonhomie, her dislike clawing at her throat. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When she comes to pick me up, she talks to Grandpa and asks to take him to the doctor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Every ounce of strength in me was invested in listening for the code word mixed in among their talk, which might as well have been Glaswegian for all I could make out! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Some of the inmates had been leaning against their bars, talking; they stopped when I came into view. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll make a list of what we used, and we can go buy some this week. Remember, no telling Mom what we talked about.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Though we talked quietly, the waitress heard, and her high chortle was quickly muffled in the kitchen. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No talking. Let’s go,” said one of the guards. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I wonder if I’m making the whole thing up and if someone were looking down from above they’d see me alone all day, talking and laughing by myself in the middle of a forest. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Theo gave me one of those looks, the ones parents give their kid when the kid is talking about something they don’t understand. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

"There's talk at work about giving me a promotion," Baba says. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At her old school they were just “going” or “going with,” but at that point it wasn’t something people actually did, just talked about a lot. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A long line of peasants like Anya waited at the windowed building’s huge doors, nervously tugging at shirts or hats, holding long scrolls of paper, or talking in hushed voices to a person beside them. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hang the tumulus! What tumulus? What am I supposed to be talking about7” “Stupidity,” said Arthur. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or even saying that maybe he should find a way to talk to them, him being the one with a phone and a car and a life of his own. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She don’t like me talking to her friends when she ain’t around, never has. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Can we talk to you outside?” the Colonel asked. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We talked for a few more minutes, and I asked him if he ever got to watch basketball in prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not even going to talk to Miss Trotter,” Vonetta said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

They talk about the finances, a subject that has agitated Vincent for so long. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He didn’t much care for talking about religion with his mother. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Really—how hard could it be for him to just swing around, smile, and talk? The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Shephard says they had a big library meeting a few days ago and they talked about what to do with the room. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

She reached behind the pantry curtains and began to rearrange the jars of peaches and apricots on the shelves, and he knew she was finished talking to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The corporal patted him on the head and continued talking. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“But what I wanted to talk to you about was what I found yesterday. It’s this.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By reading the papers, talking to Rab and Uncle Lome, listening to the leaders of opposition about Boston, he quickly became well informed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and Frank talked for a few minutes about the storm, the flood, how Frank had expected it but then hadn’t expected it at all. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Many also stopped to talk to me, as it was one of the few times during the shift when they had unfettered access. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now let's skip the small talk and get back to your story. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Bree had no intention of letting all that crowd know that he could talk, and stood looking just as stupid as a horse can. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

We sat with the Gypsies on fine, handwoven carpets, talking and eating stew by the shimmering light of twin campfires. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to go after your happiness. Don’t let anyone talk you out of it.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel suspected that Strawberry’s talking had the real purpose of preventing his own questions. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come back for dinner or soon afterward. We need to talk.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Harry had to think for a moment before he realized what Ron was talking about. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I heard Bud Searcy’s talk to Mama when they rode up, but I was hurting too bad even to roll over and look out the door. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, it took some talking, but she finally got Little Arliss’s mind off hitting me with a rock. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go to Bess and talk to her, but I knew no words to say to her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I’m not s’posed to talk to you at all unless I’m persuading you to join the league.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She just says, Hey, you, and I’m expected to know she’s talking to me, because who else would she be talking to? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She leapt to her feet and hurried to the fire, where a number of people were sitting and drinking and talking and occasionally stirring a big pot of stew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Tommy, sit your butt down. What are you bloody talking about?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Today a woman was talking about eating green vegetables and doing extracurricular activities to build a resume. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I want more than anything to sit across from the Plutos and talk about nothing, but the next best thing to break me out of this mood is a bike ride. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And you had little kids watching you—were you trying to show the Greystone kids that it’s okay to talk to strangers?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He was drinking corn whiskey with Martin in the barn loft one night—the boy wouldn’t say where he got the jug—when they started talking about the women of Randall. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And I am talking about both black and white. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harrison was black and so was I; I would ignore the warning of the white man and talk face to face with a boy of my own color. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish we could find that notebook Gus was talking about.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

My parents keep making all of these decisions without talking to me, like my opinion doesn’t matter. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Dad stops to talk to someone at a long table selling T-shirts with the community center logo on them, and I hear snips of the conversation: “lots of kids,” “lovely night,” “the pharmacy is good.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This fish you dream about. Let’s talk about that. It’s always the same fish, isn’t it?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to talk to him about art. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He just stares at me like he’s only just noticed me, even though we’ve been talking for at least five minutes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My third thought was just an echo of my first thought, that pressing charges was a bad idea, but there was no point in trying to talk my mother out of it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“So”—he frowned—“when you’re talking to me at night, you look totally different.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Witches. There’s one witch lady who wants to talk to you. When we get clear of the cloud, we’ll get our bearings and then we can sit and have a yam.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There are too many distractions, and so I talk over the noise to Ryan, but he’s more interested in sneaking his hand up my shirt. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Since he had begun to show up regularly at Hobie’s, he had found a minor addiction to the small talk among the regulars who drifted in after the grill opened after seven in the morning. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to. There will be time for talking.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t want to talk about this, Ari, but I think—” “I don’t want to know what you think, Mom. I just don’t want to talk.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He could see almost the entire city from where he sat, including the plaza where he had talked with the old man. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That man had a way with words. He could talk a dog off of a meat truck.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Nobody needed to know that she hadn’t talked to Janie since that ill-fated day back at school, that Janie hadn’t so much as texted her since Grace had punched Max’s friend in the face. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I resolved then and there not to speak again until I could find Moshe and talk to him privately. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody I spoke with or watched on local television or heard on the radio talked of anything else. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's our last resort. Chantal's been trying to get her courage up to talk to Martin about it, but I don't think she really wants to ask him." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finally her voice shot back, There’s nothing for your American wife and me to talk about. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, neither of us talks too much; I guess no one wants to snitch. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Finally, Suitcase marched over and bellowed at us in English, a language in which he was not expert: “You talk too much, but you work too few!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I said hi and tried not to be suspicious or mad, and after Dad went off toward the vineyards, we sat and talked about chickens for a while. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They had begun to talk to each other with more freedom and intimacy. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He had talked himself hoarse, but he could remember the expressions on the man’s face better than anything that was said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Spoon told me. But that’s not what I want to talk to you about.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

On our way to the door, we ran into Mrs. Terry, who was talking to a lady in a fancy hat with flowers on it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what he was talking about, but whatever had hit him must have passed, because the color came back into his face. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Don’t talk to Mom and Dad about me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yup. Went missing day before yesterday. Just disappeared. That whole side of the state is talking about it.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She had never talked about God so much. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s talking about the news, about the things they’re saying about her. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily studied the book on her lap, as if the beetle on the cover might start talking and give them the answer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The doctor said she’d probably never be able to talk again. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it means I had a chance to talk to an old boy I met last time, a gold miner called Jake Petersen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because you need a friend that you can talk to and trust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just wondering, then, why’d you keep talking to him?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I liked that he felt safe talking about his dad to me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There were about forty men and women, all in white coats and identity tags, sitting and talking animatedly over their lunches. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He told me he’d heard talk that “they” were planning to come and castrate me, that the date had been set. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, too, they talked of engaging in active rebellion against the Party, but with no notion of how to take the first step. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of that week I’d be exhausted, and would be grateful to the first person to talk to me about something meaningful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When I talked about cattle, it was like “What are you talking about?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He don’t talk to us like he used to. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to talk to him in my mind. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He had known more about me than he wanted to talk about. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton’s beginning to talk to him. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know what you’re talking about,” Thomas said slowly, shocked at how steady his voice sounded. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Such a dog-lover talks baby talk to mature and thoughtful animals, and attributes his own sloppy characteristics to them until the dog becomes in his mind an alter ego. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he touched her he couldn’t talk to her, if he loved her he couldn’t leave, if he spoke he couldn’t listen, if he fought he couldn’t win. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pull my eyes away from her because talking about Prism—especially to Mom—is still too raw. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

For all I know, Saint Rene no longer exists and I’m just talking to nothing. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I liked talking to you,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What are we talking about again?” he asks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We sat down on some folding chairs and talked for nearly an hour. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Morrison doesn’t respond, so I just keep talking. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, I talked to Berry and told her what happened. She’s been all over the internet, checking to see if anything has been posted—you know, some live footage or something.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He spent some time talking to the sentries and learning how they were organized. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her total intellectual association was the Bible, except the talk of Samuel and her children, and to them she did not listen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And weirder still for him to talk with me this way, as he might to Nicasia or Locke. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“We wandered for about half an hour, talking.Then he heard something and told me to wait for him. He headed off toward the farmhouse and was gone for a long while.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I heard the talk in town. That they’ve been treating you like a rabbit child.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I suppose I can talk with Mrs. Brook. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to talk to her, to finally unburden my heart of some of the things I’d been fretting about. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Though we drank a fair amount of burgundy, the conversation never got animated and I felt that Pauling would rather talk to me, clearly an unfinished member of the younger generation, than to Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Almost instinctively she looked to me and Tommy for support, which was probably a mistake, because Tommy said: “To be honest, I don’t know what you’re all talking about. What rules are these?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I been talking, Ralph, and you just stood there like-" Softly, looking at Piggy and not seeing him, Ralph spoke to himself. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then she turns around and yells into the quiet house, “Mom! Lucy’s grandma wants to talk to you.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got so desperate that I started trying to talk to her using hand signals. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Amá says it’s best not to talk to them if it can be avoided. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We were just talking about how I’ve decimated my reputation and killed my own political career.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of?—What do you deserve?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

When we finally got around the last comer and could see the door and folks going in it seemed like a bubble busted and people started laughing and talking. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was talking to me like a big sister would talk to a little sister. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But when he talks about it now he says the place was burying him. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"I'm only talking to cute girls today," I answer, and smile. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Their lips moved and they pointed their black fingers at the paper and shook their heads as they talked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finch: If you don’t want to talk on Facebook, I can just come over. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You talk about your work to him, but you never feel he’s giving you anything back.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about our favorite things to do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A week later, Oppenheimer was back in Washington to continue his talks with top officials. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I talked Father out of it,” said Harry. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

For a while they walked and talked, rejoicing for a brief space in peace and rest under the morning high up in the windy circles of the City. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And a week or so later, I wasn’t actually eavesdropping or anything, I was just passing by, really, when I heard my parents talking in their room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But she had heard the talk in the yards,- a direwolf dead in the snow, a broken antler in its throat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was there, it was right there on the wall of his office during all our talks last year! If he wanted me to have it, why didn’t he just give it to me then?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

As the coach talked, Jason studied Leo with concern. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I warned you about talking those African words,” Polly reminded the girl. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She usually tries to talk to him first. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But it is not as fast as talking. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

A witness had overheard Hale talking to Grammer before the murders, murmuring something about being ready for “that Indian deal.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Now,” he said in a final way, “I hope that nobody in this house ever talks to me about money again.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I think my mom is really talking to me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papa told us before we left to keep our heads down, not to talk to anyone no matter who they were. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

People talk about private schools but I don’t know exactly what they are. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talk about their parts, sometimes even ad-libbing lines that are not in the script. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mother said Dad was wasting his time, that nobody could talk Tyler out of anything once his mind was made up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The woman is standing next to Mom, talking about me. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you tell someone when you could talk?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He knows he talks too much, hopeless at moderating his feelings, which he usually hides under ten layers of charm, but he ultimately doesn’t care what Henry thinks of him, so he doesn’t bother. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He may have interpreted it as evidence of her stubbornness, her willfulness, her utter disregard of all his warnings, and so made a threat which would put a stop to this crazy talk about freedom. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That I traded them in for just the idea of talking. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I never talked to her after the talent show, and there were two full weeks of us sitting next to each other in English, her looking at me and me looking anywhere else. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Mostly he talked about “values,” the most important buzzword to be added to the lexicon of American politics in the 1988 election. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stop talking about her daddy,” I said. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we finish, he gives me his card and says he wants to talk to me about a big lighting job he's bidding on at the new shopping complex. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, but it’s what I’ve been saying. You don’t listen when people talk to you.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She speaks to them, sounding the way she does when talking over the fence to a neighbor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Strangers who overheard Mom talking at the bank. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to be able to go on with Phoebe’s story, because when I was talking about Phoebe, I wasn’t thinking about much else. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

And people will visit us, and envy us, and talk about us; they’ll say we are the luckiest, happiest, handsomest couple in all England. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

As long as I’m healthy and happy and don’t talk back too much, they’re satisfied. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But while she was talking to me, she was looking at Colin, and her expression was funny, as if her stomach might be floating too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“None of the articles I found talked about her.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

‘Map? I is never hearing these words before. Is this Air Force bean talking slushbungle?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kiley has been talking and I am tuning in as he says, “I’m sorry, but there’s nothing I can do about it.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I just didn’t know no other way but to bring you back with us. I know it ain’t very happy for you here, but ... well... anyway, you have a good talk with Tuck?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia sounds shocked, like she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She’d talked herself and Mini out of trouble, and gotten them new weapons. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Without talking about it, she and Rishi began to make their way to the sliding back door. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Which means that a murder victim is usually killed by someone known to them and fairies are made out of paper and you can’t talk to someone who is dead. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The editor was often a visitor, spending hours talking to Matt, staying overnight now and then, and testing Jethro’s progress in the book on English usage. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Members of the crew began to talk about the future, of what they would do when they returned home. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

But Auntie never scolded him, and she never let Robert or Josiah talk to him either. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need your best friend when you’ve got your future wife around, so I’ll just talk to you again in a couple weeks when this is over.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I already know about the luncheon from Don Walter talk- ing about it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s lawyer talk—like a swimming pool with no fence around it; little kids come by and fall in.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stop talking altogether, too nervous to speak. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“You really frightened me, talking that way. Are you sure you’re all right?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Before the word spreads. Before the people know. Before the people talk. Before they come for me with pitchforks and torches.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ankle sprains are very common in soccer, she says, talking fast like she’s in a hurry to show you the x-rays on her iPad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was nothing else to do but talk to him. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t really want to talk about it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He talked about you, Lord almighty, right up till the very end. He’d be so pleased to know you had come.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I keep thinking I’ll be able to talk to him about them one day. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Plus, God isn’t the one we need to be talking to. We need to talk to the chief of police, the mayor, and the governor. They’re the ones with the power to make change.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As David and I were talking, I remembered reading in newspapers about cases of black people mysteriously hanging themselves while under police custody. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first George didn’t understand that Phoebe was talking about the mummy. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s helping, I promise,” I say, wanting to talk about anything other than this. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘It’s okay. Point is ... I don’t like talking about my dad either. But sometimes,’ he said, looking her in the eyes, ‘you have to.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

After he left, Jinjoo admonished her sister about talking too much. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wish she hadn't talked about it—maybe speaking it made it true. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And when my mother didn’t speak, Lucas started to talk about this new drill he had come up with for dribbling around cones and then going to a lay-up. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything, because there’s no reason to talk to people who are just waiting to pounce on your flaws and put their fingers in the holes. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t mind sounding like her if I could talk. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I want to tell him about your talk with the river spirit.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed deeply, as if she had already had to talk to Hornet too often about her silly parents. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere Robin looked, there were students, walking about or talking on street corners. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t want to talk about girls or getting high. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Belén tries to get me to talk to boys from her school, but I’m never interested in any of them. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And I tell him that if he wants to talk to me again, he can call the number here, and don’t be alarmed if someone answers “Joe’s Pub.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I could imagine them now, talking excitedly, laughing in the little kitchen. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the castle, the guards remained loitering about, talking amongst themselves. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

While we eat, I tell them about you, about the way you're always looking in the mirror and I don’t know what to talk to you about. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her body language made it pretty clear she didn’t want to talk. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Some people were only able to gape at her, but many talked and those that did found her warmer and gentler than she had ever been before. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can talk to the bird keeper,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And I want to know about his talking devices, the supercool computers that help him talk and do really hard math problems, like finding black holes in space. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Over at the edge of the clearing, Grover was talking to Juniper. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was too tired to lick it, so I put it on my dresser as he turned to talk to my mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t talk about it ever,” I said. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why does everyone on Cape Cod talk to strangers?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I can barely drive to new places alone, or talk to strangers, or walk into art galleries without someone practically holding my hand. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My nonstop talking and constant questions seemed to drive my mom crazy, but it didn’t bother them at all: they loved that about me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe not. Maybe I talk to lawyer instead.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know what he was talking about. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was the only one in my house who never minded if I didn’t answer back, which made me want to talk more. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And talk about him while we finish crying. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Hype invited me on his show to talk about it.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Why don’t you quit moping at every word I say and talk to me?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ever since I could remember, I had heard Dr. Bright and others speak of London in tones usually reserved for talk of the Heavenly City. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether he should try to talk to Kaira when he got back to the hotel, or wait a day, or maybe just fly back to Austin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You talk to me about what your father did to your face,” I told him, “and I’ll tell you what me and Jermaine argued about.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“No? How about this: You talk to her—talk some sense into her—or you’re going to watch while Jake Edwards beats some sense into her!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, I’ll help you find enough eggs to satisfy the cook, and then we will talk together.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she begun to cry again, talking about how her own flesh and blood rose up to curse her. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I described our stay-away of 1961 as a last resort after the government showed no signs of taking any steps to either talk with us or meet our demands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you don't like the road you're talking, start paving another one. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

What I’m fixing to do is talk to Judd Travers straight and tell him I’m not going to give Shiloh back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z