And who was telling her mother it was going to be okay? Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was talking to a group of kids—at least two girls and one guy—telling them that he would see them later. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were talking to you, telling you what they’ve been doing lately and how much they miss you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“To keep him from telling me who I was. It was you who said I was a thief and proclaimed me a wolf’s head so that any man might kill me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Are they taunting me now, showing me what naked Caribs look like, telling me I was wrong not to believe them? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Ginny had enough problems without him telling her she was wrong. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me no one came forward with this? Not one witness?” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Charlie goes home from school and he gets a spanking because he took the tissue paper and ribbon out of his mother’s drawer without telling her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Child," said the Voice, "I am telling you your story, not hers. I tell no-one any story but his own." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling it, Tab! So they trick her. They put a mirror up in a tree and pretend it’s the moon. She sees it shining through the branches. So she eats.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It must be working because Dad is not telling me to stop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what he was telling her at all; maybe the ghost was just repeating his wife’s name, Sing, and Pilate didn’t know it because she never knew her mother’s name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The article speculated that the stewards’ “secret investigation” may have revealed “the identity of the race figure who gave Woolf his orders,” but that the officials were not telling the public. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Hello, there," I began, and when he turned toward the crowd and whistled I didn't know whether he was telling me to do the same or signalling to someone else. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked through the front door, weighing the cost of telling versus not telling, when I was saved from making a decision by Mother calling me into the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

We think they are telling us something true about ourselves, something other people can see even if we don’t. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the doddering old war veterans who sat along the gallery in front of the cotton gin and spat their tobacco and bored everybody with the same stories they’d been telling for decades. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Years from now, our descendants will be telling stories about the hero Frank Zhang, their great-, great-, great She poked him in the belly for old times’ sake. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths, the way people cooperate can be altered by changing the myths—by telling different stories. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where I want to start telling is the day I left Pencey Prep. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I waited until I thought the coast was really clear, and then one Sunday, without telling anyone, I got up hours before dawn and took off for the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe he was telling me to stop eating. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me how to do my job?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I was eight months old when my parents took me to America. I keep telling my mom that she should have gone earlier and had me there!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He held out his own arm and flipped his hand up, like a policeman telling someone to halt. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But he felt himself flush, telling the lie. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Here was my own dad, telling me he was sorry I’d been born. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Celia began telling me about when she and Rafael and her boys had come here from Panamá, fifteen years ago, after the invasion. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “I’m telling! That cake was for Sunday.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You were there, Jeremie? Is this true? How can you be keeping secrets from me when I am telling you my entire life?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Out in Lexington they are telling us, “Pick off the officers first, then the sergeants.” Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego’s deadpan delivery was so good that I didn’t know whether he was telling the truth, and I busted up laughing at the image of grumpy cats in ugly sweaters. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And we all knew she was telling the truth. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s not me telling you about a new restaurant with great food, and you telling a friend and that friend telling a friend. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, but the thing that’s been holding me back from telling him everything is not the fear of what he’d do with it, it’s not the fear of judgement, it’s Scott. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you. People are being killed,” Papa said in a flat voice, as if he were telling us to go to sleep. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She has been different ever since Jaja was locked up, since she went about telling people that she killed Papa, that she put the poison in his tea. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

His was the lone voice telling me to just go for it, to erase the worries and go toward whatever I thought would make me happy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

For a minute I consider telling him more, but I don't think I have the words yet, for everything going through my brain. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No telling. There are so many people being moved around, one station at a time. It’s hard to get messages through. The railroad is God’s work, but maddening to manage.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t make heads nor tails out of how Pa knowed not to say nothing ’bout me telling and how Mr. Leroy knowed that that was what I was worrying ’bout! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"I despise the Nazis. I hate the way they bully people. I hate the way they lie to us. And I hate them telling me what to think." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Because every story I’m telling leaves so many unanswered questions. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Or,” said Haley, “maybe these clues are telling us we need to go out and find the four books we haven’t found yet. We should split up. I’ll go back to the four hundreds room.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She dreamed that her mother was at home, scolding her in the morning, telling her to get to school on time. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He put his head down, telling himself he would keep watch. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just being a good guy by telling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she says, “We are so not telling my mom.” she announces. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The woman was reluctant to say much at first, but soon she couldn’t stop telling the tale of her husband’s life. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When I finished telling her, she sang an Ayorthaian mourning song. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to know this. I’m telling you,” he said, his hand out. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“These folks are desperate. There’s no telling what they might do.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain my servitude without telling about the curse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Here she was telling me more than I could remember, understand, picture. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles wrote to his cousin Fox telling him about the birth of their last child. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Momma, when you were telling me about Black Lives Matter being like a bone, were you saying that Black people are broken?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As people walked out of the tunnel, I imagined he was somewhere in the back of the plane, telling the flight attendants stories, making everyone laugh, and us wait. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I start telling them all the things they must remember to do, now that I will not be there to do them for them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Her shoes killed her. I keep telling them, but they don’t listen. Poorly made shoes will torture your feet, inhibit your progress. Then you will stop.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The old woman had nattered at him for ten years, telling her endless stories, but now she gaped at him as if he were some stranger. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not allowed to go in there,” I said, telling the truth at last. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t shy about telling us where society was going wrong. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet she made you come down here as a punishment for telling me too much.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The old man in the courtyard had been telling the truth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I really am sorry. It’s just that I m so completely stunned by all you’re telling me that I don’t even realize what I’m saying. I’m really very grateful to you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m tired of people telling me to take it easy or to let things go because I’m just creating drama to get attention.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I remember telling my friends about the baby, and how June hugged me to make me feel better. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“What are you saying? Are you telling me you will not go?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he was telling the truth or not He looked pure African. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom was always teaching us new things, telling us stories that we repeated to one another until we knew them by heart. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she understands, sir, about not telling her your dream and about the delay in bringing her over.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

And again I’d hear Bigger Thomas, far away and long ago, telling some white man who was trying to impose upon him: “I’ll kill you and go to hell and pay for it.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In later years, she told the story of the flight many times—always with a shiver in the telling and a sense of wonder at her own survival. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s no telling how far down it goes,” the captain says, the left side of his mustache twitching like the tail of a rat. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You never get in trouble for telling the truth,” I said, parroting Mrs. Merritt. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She forced herself to walk toward it, even though every nerve in her body was telling her to run away from this place. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

"The wildling woman could give Old Nan lessons in telling tales, I think," he said when Bran was done. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whenever Harry passed Quirrell these days he gave him an encouraging sort of smile, and Ron had started telling people off for laughing at Quirrell’s stutter. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling the truth? What sort of a bird?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to explain to Maddy what constellations were, telling her they were stars connected in the sky to make pictures. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The problem of olfactory sensing shares some of the current puzzles and confusions of immunology, apart from the business of telling self from non-self. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guess this is life’s way of telling me I should have gone to the team party after all. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If we prepared our kids academically as we prepared them for winning the state championship, there is no telling where we would be now,” said former school board member Vickie Gomez with typical bluntness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

For once he actually wanted the police to pay attention to him, and they were telling him to buzz off. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was afraid he was going to go out into the bitter cold, that telling her his past had now forced him to punish himself in some way. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He lay upon the ground telling himself that he had to get up. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know, it sounded weird to me too, especially because of all the movies I’ve watched telling me about how there isn’t sound in space. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then telling himself he must at least pretend to be brave, he went inside. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He frightened her, telling her about the chemicals that were sprayed on crops, the chemicals fed to chickens to make them grow quickly, and the chemicals used to give fruits perfect skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The trick was telling one from the other, parting the sheep from the goats. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And if that’s true, why isn’t he telling me the truth? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Is there any harm in telling his name? Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’m so close to making a move, or at least telling her how I feel, but for some reason the moment never feels right. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I spend the rest of the day telling others—everyone—what they’re doing wrong. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I agree that William was telling all of us — you most of all — that his mind is made up. Whether you like it or not, Kit, William is going to come courting.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what I get for opening my big mouth and telling him how I feel. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chiswyck was seated by the fire with a horn of ale to hand, telling one of his funny stories. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

How could I look any other way when telling the truth? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even with all of that “don’t telling,” Miss Trotter was egging Vonetta on to tell. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I start to put the booklet back, telling myself I’m not writing a book about Southern legislation, this is a waste of my time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"That's the treasure box you were telling me about," I say as I start to understand. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I had made a hurried but diligent search which I finally abandoned, telling myself I’d be back for it later. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Things were bad enough—no way he’d make it worse by telling people about voices in his head. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Did something happen to him, Amir agha? Something he’s not telling me?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I did not want to return to school for the second semester, but I couldn’t imagine telling my parents such a thing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“There is an opportunity in San Francisco this summer I’m interested in. Do you remember me telling you about it, Mamma?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I recalled him telling me one time, “When you don’t know which way to turn, son, try something. Don’t jest do nothin’.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I did not think he would appreciate my telling him the reason right there and then. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The ache of his fever, and the weight of his own body, is telling his brain that the staircase might as well be Mt. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was always telling her what she could and couldn’t do, howling over the price and necklines of her outfits, telling her to go to bed, to get up, to speak, to keep silent. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dill wasn’t as good with the jokes as Lydia, so Travis felt safer telling him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“But thank you for telling me and thank you for coming today.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

"I can't think why I am telling you all this," she said, embarrassed. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

As I worked my way through graduate school studying writing, I became fixated on the idea of someday telling Henrietta’s story. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The mystery intensified a few days later when he got another call, this one from Air Force General Uzal Ent, telling him to report right away to Ent’s office in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to her turnoff, Anya had just finished telling Kin about how Lena had helped her kill Sigurd. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I was only telling him not to worry, that it doesn’t hurt.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Grote doesn’t believe in government telling him what to do. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Re: telling Philip, sounds like a great plan. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As she had suspected, he was more interested in telling his own story than in hearing theirs. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My phone vibrates noisily next to me and I look over, but it’s just a notification from her app, telling me it’s time to take my nighttime meds and set up my G-tube feeding. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When we landed on the topic of Jewish involvement in the civil rights movement, I wound up telling her about this Be Like Martin experiment. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

How could he possibly know they were telling the truth? Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just telling Sonny,” he said, “I think someday there will be a trophy in here for the Big Creek Missile Agency.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were interested in me, too, because my name was Jackson—like the Southern general—but then I ruined it by telling them I was from New York. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m just telling you how it happened every time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Half the women who consulted him had nothing the matter with them but boredom, but they wouldn't thank you for telling them so! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

‘Bless the old hobbit! I love him more than ever. I hope we get a chance of telling him about it!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Would she regret not telling Ben it was too cold to go out in the kayak? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Lili quickly robbed Little Guy of the honor of telling his father the news. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

He delivered the news as if, perversely, it pleased him to be telling this. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

You probably already know what I’m telling you, but maybe you don’t. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were telling him to believe in himself. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once I finish telling you this, I plan on trying on my cap and gown and pretending I am walking down the aisle like I will be tomorrow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Once, briefly. It wasn't exactly an enlightening conversation. Mind telling me more?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need the two of you telling me. Anyway, just wait until you have a Care. You’ll see it isn’t so easy.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As I listen, it starts to hit me, what Aibileen is telling me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“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

I tried telling Mrs. Mears that pigs are social, intelligent creatures. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She pictured herself handing him a towel as he shaved, telling him when he nicked himself. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Meaning to the way your flesh connects to the earth, telling gravity to hold you and everyone else down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He flattered her, telling her that she was losing weight and looking younger. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And once they have survived, watch out—there’s no telling where they can go! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of telling him to go screw himself, I said okay. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was savoring the sound of Muthu’s snores rising and falling in concert with yours, after telling you our bedtime tale, when I heard Arul sneaking out of his tent. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was as if he was telling me not to just stay at my level and drive a $200 “bucket,” when I could shoot for driving a Mercedes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I was going to tell you. I am telling you. I just did.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had the sheriff’s office on the phone—the Garden City sheriff—and he was telling him that there was ‘something radically wrong over at the Clutter place.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Dad kept telling her the same lie I kept telling Dri, that everything was going to be okay. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very well, if we are to have a telling, let’s make it a proper one.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him the movie was immoral, that he shouldn’t be seeing such things, but—still being Shannon—I said nothing, just smiled when he asked if I’d like to get ice cream. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I’m panting, so I take a minute to rest, telling myself I’m almost halfway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If he knew what had happened, he wasn’t telling me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Bobby kept telling his mother that he wanted to go to Russia to try his hand against the best players in the world. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton pushed back, too, telling a reporter at the end of August, “I consider that his chances of recovery are better at present than they have ever been since he received the injury.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

For two months I’d been telling people that Harris had walked off the edge of the South Col to his death, when he hadn’t done that at all. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I forgot! But this proves Malfoy’s a Death Eater, how else could he be in contact with Greyback and telling him what to do?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The boy was frightened of telling his father what had happened, and so he went out into the hills to look for another bird which was exactly the same as the bird which had escaped. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

No telling about the white man and his newspaper in the airport. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A girl who saves her life by telling a cruel sultan a bunch of stories? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Clara glanced at her stepsister out of the corner of her eye and said, “That’s quite something — for you to be telling me that.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she was finished telling and was tense in the circle of his arms, she waited to see what he would say. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She was at the door telling our guests good-bye as they left. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t mentioned Miss Lilian, my brother and I would still be telling tales about the old days, amusing ourselves while the rain fell and the wind blew. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But a day or two after the trip to Arles, a few days after Theo’s letter telling of his exhaustion, Vincent had a severe breakdown. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

So he joked around with the children, telling them monstrous tales, making himself into an evil, scary being. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“No. I think you’re very good at telling scary stories, though. I still have goose bumps, see?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“They’re telling me the same stuff. I think...I think this moat must be the border of Night’s territory. If we get across, we should be okay. We’ll have to jump.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It rang four times, and then I heard my mom’s breezy voice telling me to leave a message. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Tyrion knew enough to understand that she was telling him to take the dwarf girl up to her rooms, give her wine, and find some clothes for her to wear. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Do you know how many white strangers show up on Indian reservations every year and start telling Indians how much they love them? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, they were all safely down, and James was excitedly telling his story to a group of flabbergasted officials. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Noodles couldn't believe I was telling my father the truth, when I could have easily just said that Doris knew. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But a few evenings later, when several of us were sitting around a fire in the farmhouse, Ruth began telling us about the sort of office she’d ideally work in, and I immediately recognised it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, Jackson,” said S.Q.’s voice, “it was probably a mouse.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley wasn't sure if the bus driver meant for him to be careful going down the steps, or if he was telling him to be careful at Camp Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I know I’ve told Magdalena, but somehow telling Minerva is different. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep telling her I’m fine, but my stomach feels gurgly, and I woke up, like, a billion times last night. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I imagine telling her about the volcano I made, and eat- ing popcorn and dressing up and pretending to be famous singers together. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And for one compact second, for no real reason, I considered telling him about the boy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re old enough, and since we are telling it, we will tell it all.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t go dreaming about a big white flower he’d put on my wrist, and him telling my father he’d bring me home by nine o’clock. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

A lipstick in the ugliest shade of coral, which she smeared all over her mouth, puckering her lips and prancing around my room, telling me to kiss her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m looking forward to seeing Rachel and telling her about the positive changes I’m making in my life. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Of course, he couldn’t think of telling Mrs. Pontellier all about it, she being a woman and not comprehending such things. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

I specifically remember not telling her because I didn’t want her to say, once again, that finding out who this person was wasn’t important. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

What I’m saying is, except for Uncle Herm always telling the story of how I got my name, it’s like it never happened. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Food, glorious food. I can’t believe I’m telling you this, but I wish I could unbutton my pants.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I feel stupid telling a bunch of PhDs that they don’t know what they’re looking at, but the fact is they don’t. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He knows this sounds funny, especially when he keeps telling Byrd not to treat him like a baby, but there’s a big difference between being a baby and being all the way grown up. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Gerda caught up with me and started telling me about the cattle cars that the people were squeezed into. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, maybe Crystal isn’t the only one who can make a big deal phone call, because all I’d have to do is call that DCF person and start telling them stuff.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’s imitating Squints from the scene in The Sandlot when he’s telling the Legend of the Beast story. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

When he was telling me the news about Hailsham, Roger had made a remark, saying he supposed it wouldn’t make so much difference to the likes of us any more. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent much of the lunch telling him my story, and he spent the remaining time selling me on Hopkins. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

My father waited until she was gone before telling me he wanted to call the trip off. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The discomfort of her telling, the discomfort of me listening. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was telling me this land was in his heart. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I refused, telling him that he had led the organization in exile far better than I ever could have. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had explained away Harry’s long absences at Hogwarts over the last three years by telling everyone that he went to St. Brutus’s Secure Center for Incurably Criminal Boys. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for telling me that, Jupes. It means a lot to me.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

You watched her blindfold Zoe, who sat obediently on your kitchen floor while Vinny quietly cut a slice from a banana, giggling and telling you to shush. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was right there in prison that I made up my mind to devote the rest of my life to telling the white man about himself—or die. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph’s father is always telling them not to hit so hard, all they need to do is press a bit. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Kabuo had finished telling his story on the witness stand, Alvin Hooks rose and stood before him insistently working on a hangnail. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Antidotes were on hand in case mistakes were made—and as Brullo began going through the tables, telling the Champions to drink, he handed them out frequently. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

While we were recuperating, Dad spent considerable time with us, but minimized our discomforts, and kept telling us we were just looking for sympathy. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’s telling me to go out there and be myself and talk to people. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Something about Miss Lucy telling you it was all right not to be creative.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it was something small and that in the long run, it’s nothing, but I can’t help but wonder what else she’s not telling me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I remember the social worker telling my grandparents and Aunt Diane that this was a positive step. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no way, truly, of telling. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I was telling him about our names,” Candy says. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For one thing—as he’d been telling his wife all week—the European powers would never let the Turks enter the city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel like telling him I heard about it from Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I remember Grandpa telling me about how bad it was. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I think I can trust Willis Hurd to be telling the truth over a boy who can’t even keep his own mouth clean,” said Reverend Buckminster, and took his presence out of the room. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I see here where the head of the FBI is angry at Faubus for telling lies about the FBI holding those schoolgirls in custody.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he was at your house looking at the futon you were selling when the crime happened. I’m here to find out if he’s telling the truth. If he really is innocent.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What is it now? Perhaps you think Pm lying? Pm telling you, once and for all: nothing will happen to you! Nothing! You just like to wallow in your despair, you fools!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She starts telling him about the baby goshawk and how I won’t keep her after all the trouble she has gone to. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

King Hrothgar was stirred by the telling of such brave deeds. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind telling me if any of those watches in the window are right?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this time she was telling the truth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still, teachers dismissed this fact, instead telling the students that the thirty-three gold medals proved that the Aryan race and the National Socialist ideology were superior. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m only trying to help. It isn’t my fault they’re going to disappear him, is it? I shouldn’t even be telling you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I justified this by telling myself that, if I wrote a really good hymn, Granny might forgive me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually, I adored telling these stories and hearing them told. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“But mostly it was telling her she could do just about anything if she tried hard enough.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I called after her, telling her to wait, to give me a chance to shoot the bull. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, mister, you’ll get your stuff, all except the earring. The bird got that. Okay. Of course I can remember what you telling me. I ain’t drunk!” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been telling me he’s sorry for nearly nine months. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I keep telling him not to hold his breath. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You done played hell now. Time Miss Quentin get done telling on you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come this close to telling them the truth when Rowan had delivered him to Abel in the ruins of the Burned Tower, but at the last instant he had held his tongue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She didn't think she could start telling Park the whole, ugly truth overnight. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She was always telling me stories, giving me lessons, Bible lessons especially. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was one thing when someone was telling her stories about some weird old professors, or even her own family members. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

George had been talking about American life and telling stories since we’d left the airport, but I couldn’t concentrate on his words. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I remembered him jacklegging my fish, I remembered him telling confusing tales to the new-free folks, I remembered him thinking ’bout making me travel with that conjurer, Sir Charles. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I tried telling her I didn’t take it to bed on purpose, that I must’ve woken up in the middle of the night to get it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then she told them of her own first vain effort at running away, evoking the memory of that miserable life she had led as a child, reliving it for a moment in the telling. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my first time here since telling her. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We’re telling blacks that we can fix some of our problems ourselves, that we don’t have to wait to be accepted into the white mainstream to have our day come.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

And it’s telling her the things I’m too afraid to say out loud. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My stomach was churning, because I was really planning on telling him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After saying he believed in me all year, now he was telling me I was destined to get kicked out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“She gave it to me after I got divorced. I guess my mother’s telling me I’m still worth something.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s telling us to get ready to go to the hospital. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For months, Mom had been telling me about rumors that Finkle workers would be laid off. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning at breakfast I was telling the Jordans when one of the servants came in with a note and gave it to my father. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know that telling me is gossip, honey. If Ronan needs help, I may be able to do something.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As they left, I heard him telling her that it was very serious. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Until then, we keep telling each other not to lose heart. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"And I'm telling you that it isn't right." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She kept telling me she was fine, that even her doctor said so. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

His grandmother had taught Doreen to cook when she was young, telling her only daughter that men didn’t care about school, only a woman who could cook, clean, and keep her mouth shut. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They didn’t really make eye contact, and after ten minutes of saying we were sorry and telling them we were there if they needed us, we went back home. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yet the thought of going into Mexico without telling Mamá where we were going or why made me feel awful. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Desdemona recalled her mother telling stories about strange infants born in the village. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hooked my feet around the legs of the chair, locked my hands together underneath the table, and began telling them the plan Mr. Penney and I discussed. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I remembered my mother telling me something about caravans when I was a puppy. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The way Agent Fiona fussed at him, he had to be telling the truth. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mister Brekker, I want you to think for a moment about what I’m telling you. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As if through dark glass I could see him lying flat in his circle of sandbags, silent and scared, listening, telling himself it was all a trick of the dark. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the noise woke Tony up, but when he arrived at Mary’s bedroom door asking what was going on, she snapped her fingers and hushed him, telling him to go back to bed. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I cannot speak of it without feeling somehow contaminated by the mere telling of it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“For telling your father you were about to get yourself tossed into jail?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In the garden one evening, I found myself telling Areida about Mother. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them, Louisiana was telling Mrs. Sylvester that her parents were gone. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He had a habit at meals of telling things he’d heard at the store or read in the paper. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Roman was there while we were lining up, and he kept telling everyone, “My name is Roman, and my brother is the one that threw the boy out the window.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept telling you to hush, Luster said. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never given the police any trouble, and when that black spy soldier had tried to tip me, I had waved it away, telling him I was just doing him a favor. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it’s quiet enough to talk again, Mom thankfully starts telling a story about dealing with a room mix-up at the hotel. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She could show up at Aibileen’s, start telling me all about serving the Senator and his wife. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And then Helena is shaking me, telling me that the cathedral bells have rung. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’m amazed that he's not telling me to get to the point. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mullet Fingers had been wise not to reveal it; not knowing had saved Roy from telling another lie. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever Dad starts telling that story, my mother goes out to stack the dishes or fold the laundry. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother telling Nora about the last message that I found—You don’t have to worry about me anymore—since she’s made it clear she’d rather focus on other things. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Any moment, he was telling himself, Sophie would be discovered and eaten. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only when she started in on Cecile did my sisters feel bad for telling all that they told. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Again and again Ron and Hermione made him recount what he’d seen, until he was heartily sick of telling them and sick of the long, circular conversations that followed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She’s always telling Dad this, but she used to say it different. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I know immediately that he is telling the truth. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t just thanking him for the rabbit but also for telling me things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

People didn’t like you for telling the truth. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson was telling us not to kill the civilians. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know, thought Meggie, why not a story about telling lies? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She did not have to lie to her old friends about Blaine, but she did, telling them she was in a serious relationship and he would join her in Lagos soon. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We could not understand that he was telling us we must look at him to pay attention. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once he glimpsed a moving shadow near an alleyway and sped faster, telling himself forcefully that it was a cat. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I reckon it’ll be worth it, just to see Bigwig telling bedtime stories to a mole.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But none of the girls are allowed calls from their families for another week. You’ll receive a schedule in the mail telling you when you may call.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Some way, I had to start telling the white man about himself to his face. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, he’s sort of friendly and interested, as if he’s listening while you’re telling him something he wants to know about. There’s nothing really wrong about him. It’s her....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders is telling me to tell her the whole truth. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Charles Warring is reporting, telling me that sixty American soldiers have been killed in Vietnam. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay. So I’m clean. So I’m looking forward to it. I just got through telling you I don’t want to hide no more. . . “It’s a secret, ain’t it? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this angry response, he writes softer letters, focused on the art, telling Theo of his progress with his watercolors and sketches. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t doing this no more. You making this too personal. I don’t care about telling white people how it feel.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I keep telling her that I will never get pregnant like my cousin Vanessa, but it doesn’t matter to her. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Running through the glass doors of Petersen’s, I forget that I was going to be cool about telling my mom that I’m class president. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Celia trapped him into that marriage, telling him she was pregnant. I guess she was a compulsive liar even back then.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There is no telling how far we will travel to the arena that has been prepared for this year's Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Pollard went right ahead and lied to reporters, telling them the barn strategy was to concede the lead to War Admiral and then try to run him down in the homestretch. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop said on top of Grandma telling Dad to wash up. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had already thrown the grenade before telling myself to throw it. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the aborted landing, the plane’s Ground Proximity Warning System went off no fewer than fifteen times, telling the captain that he was bringing in the plane too low. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Not before?—not tonight or tomorrow morning or tomorrow noon or night? or the day after morning or noon? Can’t you see yourself, without my telling you, what an eternity it is?” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stepping away to widen the space between Uma and me, I concentrate on the rhythm of the music, the thump of feet, the jangle of silver, and the story the twelve of us are telling. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I remember my mother telling me about the Hsus’ trip to China three years ago. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All she said was that she was in love and that he was amazing, and she kept telling me how happy she was. That’s all I remember.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m only telling you this so you can understand, so you can have more compassion.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

His hug was strong and tight, and I knew it was his way of telling me that he’d had a wonderful time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’ll give me a chance to finish telling you my tears.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I spoke to a great crowd at Yankee Stadium, telling them that an unbreakable umbilical cord connected black South Africans and black Americans, for we were together children of Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t be mad at her for not telling him about Pet, though, in that case. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She’s always telling me to acknowledge my support systems; to reach out to them, and express gratitude to them. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Major Shannon wrote a letter saying they spoke fluent Navajo and insisting they should immediately be made sergeants and given the job of telling the Navajo code talkers what to do. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all started telling stories, then, of how fine and wonderful a thing it was to be a ghoul, of all the things they had crunched up and swallowed down with their powerful teeth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And why he stopped me from telling Director Van Helsing about how Maria’s tech magic is capable of shutting down the Bureau’s shields. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself not to think about the wrist, and I kept thinking about it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, most telling of all: “No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Instead, it was Annie—jawing at Tyler Simpson, who was red in the face and telling his friends to shut up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s true! He’s telling the truth! He didn’t start it! It was Henry!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘You was telling me they has no soldiers in the back garden,’ the BFG whispered. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They should have been in my office that day with those two newlyweds looking at me as though I were telling them something nobody’d ever heard of before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pearl was the last one out, telling the Reverend how much she enjoyed his sermon, how sad she was at having to miss his afternoon teachings. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For decades I’ve heard old coots like you talk about carrying water for elephants and I’m telling you now, it never happened.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Who’s teasing? I’m telling him the truth. He ain’t going to have it. Neither one of ’em going to have it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is that Scheherazade was telling her stories to a king in the language they both spoke as babies. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He must be telling her about my injury, asking her if it’s safe to keep me out here alone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Even the boring Witness songs sound good to me, the words telling us how God wants us to behave, what he wants us to do, Be glad you nations with his people! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

She would take a bite, then stare at the slice as if it was talking to her, telling her how delicious it was. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The body is telling me there is only one way to fix this, only one way to end the pain, only one way to feel better. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It was telling us about these things all the time,” said Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I felt like shaking him and telling him to quit feeling so sorry for himself, but tonight I didn’t care how David Hull felt. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t that what Mom’s ghost is telling me by breaking everything I make? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes briefly, telling me its battery is dying. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she asked, “Do you mind telling me when you first started seeing Vivian?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You're too stupid. But I don't mind telling young Mike here about it seeing he'll be joining me in the business one day." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t need you telling us how to build a shelter.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I gently dabbed on the salve, telling her about Mr. Underhill. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And isn’t this what the man in the Money Matters workshop was telling us when he was explaining how it is that some are rich and some are poor? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They are simply telling the truth about their experience, in their own way, in their own voice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So are you telling me to grow up?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi begins, as if he’s telling me a bedtime story, “you’re going to look back on all this and think, I really was a strong and brave girl.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I rubbed a telling tear off the corner of my left eye with the heel of my hand and looked away. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He probably knows everything, and he's not telling. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Moss agreed, telling his mom that he loved her, then hung up. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Let us continue. What was it you were telling me?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how much time I had, how long Grandma would wait before finally telling my parents about my communication with Marcus. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

We’re in Paris, eating dinner in a nice restaurant, and my father is telling a story. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There she is. That’s the one I was telling you about.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

How could I justify turning to my teacher and telling him he was insane? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel ready now? To finish what you were telling me before?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am telling it for our priest here. It is very informative. He is a priest; he will appreciate it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If you think I’m telling tall tales, get chummy with some white cop who works in a Black Belt district and ask him for the lowdown. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was telling her that her editorial had been correct— truthful. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I thought about telling Mama that the teacher wanted to see her, but I didn’t get up the nerve. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I watched her trying to think what Diego would say about me telling a girl my business like that. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He thought of Wednesday’s comment and smiled, despite himself: Shadow had heard too many people telling each other not to repress their feelings, to let their emotions out, let the pain go. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

"All I did was tell the truth, and you have sentenced me to die, just for telling the truth. My time is now but your time will come!" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling what Coyote had done to him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they neared the village, Will was telling Mary what he had learned about dæmons and ghosts. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He says the hardest part of telling a story is finding the beginning. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He imitated Libby’s southern accent, called her Honey Chile and You-All, and outdid himself telling stories and jokes. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone kept telling me this is where the best musicians played.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to lead my life the way I want to lead it without you or anybody else telling me what I need to do. That’s pretty clear, isn’t it?” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry. Taking your notebook and keeping it from you, writing you all those notes without telling you who I was, that was wrong. Really, really wrong, and I’m so, so sorry.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m no good at telling stories. My brother was. But not as good as you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then again, I couldn’t believe Mama had spent her time with me telling me how to behave. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And Hilly’s is behind a podium telling sixty-five women that three cans apiece isn’t enough to feed all those PSCAs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She concluded by telling Judge Willmore: “Please send a message to people everywhere that texting and driving are dangerous and the effects can be both heartbreaking and devastating.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My knuckle still smarted from socking Ellis Carter in the jaw while he had been telling the truth. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I doubt that very much,” I said, “but I have no way of telling.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he granted asylum by the embassy or was he caught and locked up in La Fortaleza as my premonitions keep telling me? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He picks up the instrument and opens it to find an exquisite system of cogs and wheels turning inside, resulting in a mechanical device that is capable of telling time. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She lay in wait for the wayfarers along the roads to the city and whomever she seized she put a riddle to, telling him if he could answer it, she would let him go. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few details in the files seemed telling. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“No, wait. You’re telling me that I started with an old lawn mower and I now have...what do I have?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I’m telling it to move and enter her mouth, but it won’t listen to me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That leaves Garrett completely speechless, and before any of us can keep his little fiction balloon from popping, the soldier leans in, looks down at Garrett, and says, “Mind telling me what that is?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Because in Kelanna, if they didn’t keep telling your story after you died, you might as well never have lived at all. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He’s rapping about keeping your head up, and Daddy glances at me as he raps along, like he’s telling me the same thing Tupac is. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I remembered Mrs. Chavez telling me about her mother moving from one island to another and how she had later come to the United States. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m just telling you how it sometimes ... it feels.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been telling how in 1963, I was trying to cope with the white newspaper, radio, and television reporters who were determined to defeat Mr. Muhammad’s teachings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me a white girl had to get killed for you to finally pay attention?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Saunders is giving us twenty pages of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves to read by tomorrow and telling us she’s been easy on us so far, but things are about to heat up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Which pain will be least endurable? The physical, or the mental anguish of having freedom offered if the truth is told, then telling it and being thought a liar.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling what they would do next. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like what she was telling me was real important, but the trees were so green, and I could smell the grass near my face. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember David telling me that when I was a baby, he would rock the cradle if I was crying. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I was so proud, I felt like telling everyone around that that lady up on stage was my momma, but I also thanked my stars they didn’t sing that dang donut song. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

In the newspaper, I read how even the President a the United States telling Mayor Thompson he need to do better. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Dad is telling Mam up in Italy she should never beg like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But when we got outside, the three of us huddled as though we belonged together in order to keep folks who might be watching from telling on us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He started to get on Joeys case, telling him to stop standing around doing nothing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice inside my head kept telling me, They missed you this time, Carolyn. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, as exhausted almost by the telling as she had been when she reached the top of the cliff that long-ago dawn, she described the terrible trade she had made. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Thim bullets I was telling ye about, now: the brains didn’t be much good wid-out they were taken in single combat It was the virtue of them.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So if I stick around, and you tell me this big secret, what’s to stop me from going out and telling everyone?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see it that way—I was just telling my story in the hopes that it would help people understand my experience. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s no use telling them about the marmalade for they’ll only scream again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

James Shoun, David’s brother, was equally adamant, telling the prosecutor, “He never did say who blew him up.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I’m telling you, it’s all anyone can talk about. Everyone thinks you’re becoming a scythe to take revenge on the school!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"The captain was just telling me that our voyage is almost at an end," she said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was telling himself what a rotten excuse for a father he was for not treating me better, but I doubted it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, no wonder Mom has been telling me I've been going through a “funky stage” since I was ten. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Dear Mother, I was made quite sad by your letter telling of my sister Agnes’s death. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

When the heralds had finished telling of each hero's deeds, he rose. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you think he’ll get angry at me because I came without telling him?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m only telling you for the book, you understand. Ain’t nobody sharing no heartfelt secrets here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I remember Ms. Saintima telling us many weeks ago that writing poetry could begin with something as simple as coming up with some words to describe your feelings. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She was a horrible cook and never would have stood for some white lady telling her what to do all day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And besides, what harm could it do, just telling the man what the ghost had told her? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If he’s telling the truth, then the more of this I listen to, the more danger I’m in. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If a person weighted herself down before jumping, as Imogen had written she planned to do, there was no telling how long it might take before a body was found. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe dinner tomorrow instead. I can take you to the seafood spot I was telling you about.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

How I had tricked her into telling me what I needed to know to rob those houses. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on that Smith Corona I quickly discovered that telling the truth wasn’t nearly as much fun as making things up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now Scoob’s uncomfortable again and he’s just figured out why: Ever since they were at the church, she’s been telling him stuff she normally wouldn’t. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Evil smell draws out evil fever,” she says, as if telling me a lesson everyone knows. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You telling me. What kind of reasoning is that?” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Rachel Dare, you’re telling me Annabeth is in Tartarus, yet she’s found a way to send this message. She wants me to bring this statue from the ancient lands to your camp.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I was just telling Sergeant Mueller about you. I’m almost done here.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The tsar wants the dragon brought to him, but you’re telling me the dragon is good. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He comes over to this country running for his life and before he can even take a big breath he’s telling us how to run the show. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about waking up Bri and Julie and telling them to go with him, but decided it wouldn’t be worth the chaos. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Everyone thinks you’re dead. I had to be sure you were coming back before I started telling everyone where you were.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She tells him she’d found his number in the phone book, though he doesn’t remember telling her his last name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you this, because I think it’s important for you to know something of Chester’s background before I relate to you the story of the events following the arrival of Bunnicula into our home. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only words I knew were bad ones, bad in the sense of telling me that I was bad. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, I’m telling you how the INS works, Amir,” Omar said, touching my arm. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Try telling that to anyone who has heard his mother scream, “Here come the king bats!” followed by the poisonous fluttering of wings. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for me to make out what Gen says next because her mouth is full of food, but I gather that she’s telling me what Virgil’s face looks like. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No use telling her when she wouldn’t believe you. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep telling Gram that when Freak is in the hospital for his tests I shouldn't have to go to school, because we're like a team, but she won't buy it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m telling you. Believe it or not, I don’t care.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So the telling goes, the young doctor of Isfahan was summoned to the palace of a great pasha. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They started descending from the Col with Athans directly in front of Beck, telling him where to place his feet. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As he looks back, he says: “I continued to believe what I was telling him was everything I knew and everything I remembered.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He could quote Browning or Tennyson or Shakespeare at the drop of a hat, and the quote was always apt and telling, never pretentious or affected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I had planned on telling whatever lies were necessary to get the information I wanted from the witness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He made a point of telling her so. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

From our distance we couldn’t make out any telling details, other than that the fire seemed to grow. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But then again, what if he was telling the truth? Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a long-distance call for you,” he continued in the tone of the judge performing the disagreeable duty of telling the defendant his right. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am telling you that escape or checking out is a common response to emotional trauma and anxiety, like the kind Sparrow experiences in social situations, like school.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some days, they would finish early and sit around telling stories. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his reports to the superintendent, Shin found himself telling a wonderfully liberating lie. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Virgil wasn’t great with numbers in the first place, and he certainly wasn’t great at telling time, with or without a clock. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“But you are telling me, Susan, that the ‘Society for Humanity’ is right; and that Mankind has lost its own say in its future.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling Sohrab that I had made the team. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Meliagrance began telling him, wildly, gesticulating, seizing with excitement upon a fresh person to tell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s kind of what Mom said, but I just wanted to make sure she wasn’t just telling me that so I wouldn’t bug her about the costume. You’re taking me trick-or- treating, right?” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they distracted the soldiers, tricked them into turning and chasing them, the decoys. If that hadn’t happened, I wouldn’t be telling you this story.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me in case I forgot?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t planning on telling the teachers about any of what had happened, but they found out anyway. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I keep going, like telling this story will undo all the times that my family has told it the wrong way. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Diego had been telling us about life in Colorado to kill time while we waited to buy the bracelets that would let us on every ride at the fair. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And instead of telling anyone, he did his research in advance and waited for her to get caught. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was hoping they weren’t upset with her for what had happened in the night, for cutting herself on the canvas and not telling them, for having a creature shock them out of sleep. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How he lit up when he realized I was gay too, even though I was in the middle of telling him about my breakup. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Jacob was just telling me some local stories,” I volunteered. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If it is not overstepping myself, I would greatly appreciate your telling me if you find being a nun very satisfactory, in a spiritual way, of course. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

On one of those trips I heard Shawn telling Charles about his guns, and on another, about all the ways he could kill a man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whether she was fierce or friendly, Serafina had no way of telling; but she had to wake Mary up without startling her, and there was a spell for that. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I was so focused on telling myself to breathe that I didn’t notice Patrick saying my name at first. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Andrew doesn’t think Dr. Zinchenko was telling us the truth,” suggested Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I won’t waste my breath telling you how wrong it is to disappear and reappear as you do,” the gentleman fairy told Lucinda. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The authorities would be telling them that we were not participating in the strike, that we were gorging ourselves on gourmet meals. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t feel like telling her about any of it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I think, um, you just got hit by the trolley car, sir. You’re—” She bit her lip, but then realized there was no point in not telling him the truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I want to know what he’s telling them. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We were lucky to get our uncle back from there and luckier to have him almost back to his old self, although Uncle D had long ago stopped telling us make-believe stories. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It’s also worth saying that most books are a little bit of a lie—even when the story they’re telling is true. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you every single thing that went on has been twisted and turned in here. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that’s what I was doing too, because Coach kept telling us to leave everything else at the door, but I was thinking about it the other way around. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He tried to make small talk, telling the jockey that Bing.Crosby’s hit “Pennies from Heaven” was written in that den by earlier tenants. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a conversational tone, like somebody picking up a story that had been interrupted in the telling, she told her brother something quite different from what she told the policemen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I’m not telling you something, it’s for a reason. Just because you trust me, it doesn’t mean I have to automatically trust you. Trust doesn’t work like that.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was no point in telling her that Olanna had told him they would send him to university when he finished secondary school. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The principal starts breaking up the crowd, telling everyone to move along or come to his office. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Until now she had been telling herself that the phone might have been out of service, but this day she checked with the phone company. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I click accept, telling myself I’m doing this only to check her pictures to see if Jeremy’s in them. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“The only thing these men are guilty of is their lack of taste. Before you two showed up, I was telling Mr. Whitby about Victor’s murder.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I know I’m betraying Coach by telling Erin, and I feel guilty about that, but I just can’t keep it in any longer. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly they were in debates where he scored a telling point over his enemy or whatever you call them. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time he is telling me he loves me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There are six hundred things I’m not telling you,” Jule said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I thought of telling the waitresses about the cook, but I could not get up enough nerve. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one in Marshall would believe I was telling the truth even if I told them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two lines of singers behind them were doing much the same, searching about like someone should be telling them how to react. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I appreciate you for telling me this story,” she said. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t cry anymore and my mother wouldn’t be in the bed day and night and Dad would be telling me Cuchulain stories and I wouldn’t want Mrs. Leibowitz to be my mother anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Apparently, she didn’t bother telling him that she was feeling sick. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The capture of Richmond by Union troops would be a powerful symbolic victory, telling everyone that the end of the Confederacy was near. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me of your dreams,” the Paqo said, and I knew he was done telling me of how to reach Beyond. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about taking advantage of the good will I’d engendered and telling her about the job situation, but I didn’t want to spoil her evening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that there’s any way in holy hell I’m telling my parents about the alcohol. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Henry and Esme are always calling themselves optimists and telling Olive to not be such a pessimist. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And then I’m in front of the judge, who’s telling me my sentence. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her note—telling me to come immediately to her chambers when I am strong enough—is tucked into my dress. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One telling in particular has stayed with me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So many of the kids in the coming-out videos talk about how telling someone you trust gives you confidence and that you feel relieved and free, but I didn’t realize just how much. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

There’s a director in charge, telling everyone what to do. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I remembered crying and crying and telling him that I loved him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You telling me you’re not seeing a plot here, Jackson?” says the birthmark, not backing down and raising his own rifle. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was always looking at me and telling the other kids he was my boyfriend. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I see a father coming home early, surprising everyone with rock candy sticks from the market, telling heroic stories from the hospital every night before bed. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hear her whisper to him, telling him what happened, what I saw. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I miss telling her about what I’m reading, what I’m thinking, asking her about work, listening to her carry on about Aunt Joan and whatever drama she’s gotten into. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could not keep from telling him my worries. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t even know if she was telling the truth.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But there’s something about telling other people what to ignore that just doesn’t work for me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Always I went on talking, telling my stories. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to give up conventional biochemistry, which I believed incapable of telling us how genes work. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“But first I have to know you know I'm telling you them for your own good.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The pilot's voice crackles through the intercom, telling us that the plane is now fully boarded. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My dad starts telling a story in English, and everyone is laughing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I did not want to upset you. But I could not keep it to myself any longer. So I am telling you now.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

George toyed with telling Mom about the plan, but she remembered Mom’s words: one step at a time. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

No telling what it might take to get back in his good graces. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She was a hugger, and whenever you did something good in her class, it ended up with her pulling you close and telling you just how good you were. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“No, Kevin. I had a reason for not telling you about the coffee.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, you know the rule. No antenna at all outside the cell. I could just take it if I wanted. I’m not taking it. I’m just telling you to bring it in.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept telling me that I couldn’t see my boyfriend ever again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Safe times, his father smiling and telling stories about people who had made big scores. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is my mom telling me Daddy left us to go to heaven. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they’re swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

We were snug and comfortable in our workroom, teaching one another stitches, trading gossip, telling one another our plans. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I keep telling you, forget about him. I know where I cut him. It's a miracle he hasn't bled to death yet. At any rate, he's in no shape to raid us," says Cato. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

More important, Feral wasn’t afraid of her, which would have to be more fun than draping herself over a half-paralyzed ghost and telling him what to do every few seconds. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t sound the least bit ashamed to be telling me this. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“You can start by telling me your name,” the officer said, tapping his fountain pen against the desk. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought of telling him about binary numbers and the Glass Castle and Venus and all the things that made my dad special and completely different from his dad, but I knew Billy wouldn’t understand. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When I first found this out at a rehearsal, the other drummer, Brian, was telling me what to call all the different people: Who’s that? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured his buddies must have been razzing him at work, maybe telling him they’d seen me out with another guy or something. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma said, Were you telling jokes to that priest in the confession box? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"The king went to Baelor's to get the High Septon's blessing. Now he's walking the walls with the Hand, telling the men to be brave, lifting their spirits as it were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother telling her about me getting jumped. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Him telling me what to do and so forth, and stuff about what it was like when he was my age. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, thanks for telling me,” said Fadi, trying to turn back to the computer. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I remember you telling Audrey you wanted to go this summer.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I sprint down the hallway, ignoring someone far behind me telling me to slow down. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She could only remember the people crowded around, telling her how tough and how brave she was. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Weren’t you telling me how great it looked just the other day?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

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 feel the universe is telling me something. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

About a week after telling her cousins she thought something was wrong, at the age of twenty-nine, Henrietta turned up pregnant with Joe, her fifth child. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself: My mother is dead in the cart. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I realized that I was talking to myself, suddenly aware of the fact that maybe someday some other big sister out there would be telling her little brother about the great unsolved Angel Family Murders. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I had some pretty evil thoughts about telling Charlie's real secret—about the pervert in the white Chrysler—but I reminded myself that the high road is paved with positivity. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They would think that he knew more than he was telling if he did not talk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

What he’s telling us, his level smile implies, is for our own good. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She crooks her finger, telling me to come outside. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Then, finally, Craig said there was no point telling her anything at all. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I consider telling my brother, asking him for help. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This time, try to imagine that those invisible hands you were telling me about are actually knives. Cut through the haze.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me these chickens lay exploding eggs?I” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh shut up,” I bellowed back, getting a little high myself, but still rather furious about her telling me I made most of the garbage. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe that weird delivery guy was telling the truth. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, telling my parents was easily the weirdest, most horrible thing about having a girlfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

What if the meanest grown-up in Key West was also the only one telling the truth? Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just stating a fact. I’m disabled. You’re disabled. Everyone at that stupid support group is disabled. I’m just telling it like it is.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t get back in bed,” warned Kendra, “I’m telling Grandpa in the morning.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished his darts, he’d made a decision: He wasn’t telling the Boss about the pirates. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, on August 15, Emperor Hirohito spoke over the radio to the Japanese people, telling them that Japan was surrendering. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thee seemed different somehow. Is it like paradise, the way he says? Sometimes I mistrust he’s just telling tales to an old woman.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I keep telling myself this while I’m trying to get egg yolk out of my hair, while I’m crawling around on the floor picking up spoons and upturned bowls. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why is a book on warfare starting out by telling us what war is not? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The Princess spoke to her in her own language, telling her to open the valises and help the gentlemen in their search. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been telling everyone that your people know the director personally.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I can't protect you if you don't start telling me the truth." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I keep telling myself this is a good thing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mrs. G was at the entrance, handing out the programs and telling kids where to go. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I really hope you’re the one who ordered the nude model, because the last house I went to let me strip down to my underwear before telling me they weren’t.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They accused him of telling paranoid lies and of stealing paintings from the National Museum to hang in his mistress’s bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hushed and confused, Sheed said, “I think he’s telling the truth.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Moss woke that night in a terrible sweat, his mother cradling him, shushing him and telling him that everything was going to be all right. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When Char sees him, she starts talking real proper, all up in his face, telling him how she likes his braids. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now I understand why Keav kept wrapping the scarf around my head, telling me to keep my head down, to not peer above the truck’s sides. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just start by telling us whatever your boy told you,” he said to my father. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

At one point, Walter intervened in the matter and I was very short with him, telling him it was none of his business. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He likes hearing stories as much as I like telling them. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was our signal for my telling Mom if I really wanted to leave. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He shot away without telling me where the tank room was. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She comforted me by telling me that I had kicks so high that even a Rockette would envy them. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Dude, YOU'RE telling ME to keep it in perspective? Jesus Christ, Tiny. I just wanted to know she had a boyfriend." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

She rolled her eyes and laughed before telling me the baby was a week late already, but she didn’t mind, she loved being pregnant. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Soon a small group of people at Hopkins began meeting unofficially, without telling Wyche or Speed, to discuss what the university might do to honor Henrietta and the Lacks family. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I had to admit, you couldn’t get more honest than Beth Ann telling her English teacher that she hated symbols and English and idiot journals. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I get dressed, telling myself I won’t answer the phone when he calls. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was very pleased to see how handsome and strong he was and the father lost no time in telling the young man that he should marry his daughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

She’s alone, they kept telling themselves, and surely she danced in no one’s arms, yet somehow that seemed to matter less and less. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Hatred made her freeze, in spite of the mild air wafting around her, telling her that the world was a good, safe place. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From now on Resa would be telling Silvertongue all the wonderful stories that drove away loneliness and homesickness and fear again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Neither do you. You know a medicated version of him who’s got you fooled—who had himself fooled until now. I’m telling you, he’s going to pop.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to think of telling a story. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She kept telling herself it was a dragon but then telling herself there was no way it was a dragon, and back and forth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Following the triple victories in California, he had taken to telling Seattle that he would sweep the regatta in Poughkeepsie this year, winning all three events. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I listened for the voice in my head telling me not to kiss her, but it had gone silent. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“We’d like to tell you about Jesus Christ,” they announced, and he thought to himself, “I was born in Jerusalem, right down the road from Bethlehem, and they think they’re just now telling me?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But I tell you that I wasn’t there. All this that I am telling you was told to me by that friar I was telling you of, like I tdl you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the burrow behind him he could hear Bluebell, who was apparently telling the does a story. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes scan the plastic flowers near the sink, the faded wallpaper that Tía keeps telling her to take down, the wall clock shaped like a stopwatch, the teeny ants zigzagging near the leaky faucet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They laughed like this, at each other’s reflection in the mirror, their eyes tearing, and the moment was so natural, so effortless, that suddenly Mariam started telling her about Jalil, and Nana, and the jinn. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I asked McGonagall how the champions are chosen but she wasn’t telling,” said George bitterly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Jack was telling me you saw the gal in the movie you suppose to drive around. Did you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

No telling what might happen to a city boy around here this time of night. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Reta retired early with her husband, telling each of us that she’d arranged for our dinners and beds with the innkeeper. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Could she have found another way out without telling him? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She began telling other people that I didn’t deserve it, and that I only got in because of my race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Akira said, “If something is a secret, why are you telling us?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I’d put off asking anyone until it was too late, telling myself it didn’t matter because true rocket scientists didn’t have time for such things. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He introduced himself to the man, telling him he was a councilman. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Haven’t I just been and finished telling you? Are you slow-witted? I’m so sorry for you. It’s terrible to be dull and stupid. What’s your name?” she went on. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

She sighed, and in a cracked voice, said, “This is no time ... for telling stories ” “Tell me one true thing. I will know' one true thing. Tell me what you sat on.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My dad shot a film in Venice once. I remember him telling me there were dogs everywhere. Venetians love dogs.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I keep telling Simon to learn guitar. His sister used to play.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The girl is talking on her cell phone, saying, “I’m telling you, forget it. Vanessa holds a grudge forever. Forever!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was the buzz of static, then the announcer telling everyone that the firefighters were making progress. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tell me that you want to be part of the revolution, or else don’t bother telling me anything at all. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Esme turns the car off and then holds up one finger, telling to me to stay put. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

What was he thinking, giving some stranger at the fence my address and telling him there are Jews in my apartment? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We’d have some extra money if you took the hardware store job. You can still job search while you work there. Lisa’s been telling me that Jeff can use the extra help.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t on our minds, we kept telling each other. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was telling me about school, how she too was working on her gen­eral education classes, at Ohlone Junior College in Fremont. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dad kept telling me to hurry up and get dressed, which just stressed me out even more, and suddenly I started crying. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It took a concerted effort to keep from telling Yusef to go away, that this was obviously a bad time for small talk, that he clearly had no idea how to read social cues— A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling you how to do your job,” said Mr. Jacobs with a sigh. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We are safe, we can get down to it, this telling of bad truths which are not entirely true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is the problem with telling people “no”—I always feel bad about it immediately afterward. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But when telling Augustus Waters, I painted the rosiest possible picture, embellishing the miraculousness of the miracle. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I told him it was the ad, telling where to order my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was telling the truth: We did have to press on. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She did look rather like a little angel, Johnny thought—just as people were always telling Cilia on the street—and so graceful. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man’s clothes are tattered and so dirty there’s no telling what color they were originally. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I left Leper telling his story into the wind. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel very safe with you,” I confessed, mesmerized into telling the truth again. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Son, read the Book of Revelations and pray to God!” she had kept telling Shorty, visiting him, and once me, while we awaited our sentencing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d better stop telling me to come to your office then!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know why, but she could feel sweat running down her dress, even though it was a cool day, as if her body knew something it wasn’t telling her mind. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set them up, telling myself that nothing matters but getting into CSA and I can hang out with Jude for the rest of the summer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“And why I’m telling you to get out of the castle while you can.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Finally he decided that he would run away from home without telling anybody, and go out into the world and look for Margalo. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

There had been a short note from Diana telling her not to worry—that she had found a place in a seamstress’s shop. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much that he minded telling Leslie that he was afraid to go; it was that he minded being afraid. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Huh? Oh, um, no,” I said, because I had forgotten to give it back to her and didn’t want her to think I’d had it all this time without telling her. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And the most telling of all—they’d won Insomnia Con with their stupid frat boy drinking game idea. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She was given a microphone and she spoke into it, telling the congregation what she’d told the reverend, that she had been investigating Islam, and that—The preacher cut her off. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I moved relentlessly over the evening, back and forth, straining to remember exact words, telling inflections, any subtle insults or kindnesses I might’ve missed, and my mind—quite willingly—supplied various distortions. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They ran out, as had her mother, and sang the same song that her mother had sung, telling her to go away because she smelled so bad. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

When I’m done telling, he looks as sick as me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone at the party was telling me you’re so thin,” she adds. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Grandma put her hands on Mother’s shoulders and said, “Perhaps the boy was telling the truth. Who’s to say that he can’t be one of God’s good white people?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quendy came back from the bathroom and said, “Omigod! Like big thanks to everyone for not telling me that my lesion is like meg completely spreading.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then it is me, telling my story for the first time. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Rocky would be telling them, Everything’s going to be all right. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t stand her telling me what to do. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I was telling him about how I wanted to get a real cat someday. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She feels ashamed enough without telling the whole world and wait till her own mother hears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so, Simon may kill me for telling you this.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Harry shouted again, but the others needed no telling: They all scattered, and not a second too soon, for next moment the creature’s vast foot had fallen exactly where they had been standing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was easier than telling the real story. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So we took our time getting back, him telling me how glad he was that he’d been able to give the woman what she deserved. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you this because it will take me some time and I’m asking you to be patient. Boys are not patient creatures, as a rule.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I also know that the British aren’t going to be the rulers anymore and I guess we don’t like British people telling us what to do. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But if it’s a story, even in my head, I must be telling it to someone. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she named the good entries, sometimes telling whole long passages she knew by heart. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He used that "like a man" all the time to trick me into telling on myself, but it was okay, because I did believe that a man stands up and admits what he's done. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I look over at Sneaky, and I hope he hears what I’m telling him, even though I don’t say a thing. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

All Mr. Big Bucks Ballard did was sit around his big office wearing his nice white shirt and silk tie and telling everyone else what to do, he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Dad kept telling me to go right down to the city and make sure he published nothing, not even a made-up story. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The man is a disgrace. Have you heard it all, sir? What they have been telling you? Ask the aides, sir, or General Gordon, or Johnson.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re always telling me to stick up for myself. What was I supposed to do?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Miss Nsia said, “Private Williams been telling me about him and you in the fires. How you tie the bandage for that man.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It’s a lie that Donna is telling herself, too. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said what’s the use telling a lot of stuff that never happened. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been practicing for next month when Michael and I visit my mom,” he says, giving me a look that clearly is telling me this is no big deal. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He had bought a house in the suburbs without even telling Tommy’s mom. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Where do I begin telling strangers about a place whose smell is on my skin and whose memory is always in my head? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But I’m telling you, Coach ain’t playing,” Shannon said, flinging his bag up on his shoulder. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She better get to work soon, telling people it’s not our town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Tayo talked to the corporal almost incessantly, walking behind him with his end of the blanket stretcher, telling him that it wasn’t much farther now, and all down hill from there. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But, even as I thought of it, I knew they would not be able to know when I was telling the truth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said after a while, “it’s kids’ stuff, but I always thought my obituary would be in all the newspapers, that I’d have a story worth telling. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Without telling the others why, Mary looked out to the distant sea, scanning the horizon for white sails. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And I try telling her it will be much better for me to watch silly Snapchat videos than to watch the news and see protests getting uglier and uglier. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the table, Percy was telling his father all about his report on cauldron bottoms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dante kept telling the story about the man on the bus and the aliens in Roswell and how some had escaped to El Paso and were planning on taking over the transportation system. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was the perfect lighting for telling secrets and talking about things you would never talk about in the daylight. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If you’d given me a room full of sober Indians, crying and laughing and telling stories about my sister, then I would have gladly stayed and joined them in the ceremony. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered a boy at the Home telling her about learning to float. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I was interested to hear, he was telling them things I had told him months earlier: You can change the outcome; there are prospects and opportunities. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then holds up the eel, which makes the letter J, telling him it’s still alive. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Nor could he credit what his brain was telling him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I remembered him telling me how much he admired and trusted his father, and I couldn’t understand it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There’d be little villages with streams going through them, white monuments on hillsides, old churches beside fields; if she was telling us about a coastal place, there’d be beaches crowded with people, cliffs with seagulls. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like he’s telling me the sky is yellow. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t seen him since, though Mother got a hurried call every few weeks telling her he was fine, that he was welding or driving rigs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I confine myself to telling him a few amusing things. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of that counselor telling me I was the house in the woods with no doors or windows. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And me telling him I didn’t want to go to the dance anymore with him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling everyone in town to stop their sinning, or drown and die. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least, not without her being with us, telling us how to work it.... The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She looks away and I wonder if it's because I'm telling her things she can't relate to. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But telling Wambui what happened was not satisfying enough; she longed for other listeners, and she longed to hear the stories of others. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But Spoony was telling me yesterday that most times, they don’t.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I keep telling you, Trista. I don't know," Bit replied as a school bus rumbled by. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

It was a story that grew in the telling in one of those little towns where there’s always time to ponder all the different kinds of truth. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

His character was a Maine man telling of a moose hunt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus door opened with a hissing psst, like it was telling a secret. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They were telling each other something that neither could yet articulate. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’s telling me to be quiet and to get going inside. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

If we wanted to play outside, our moms usually took us to the park, but even then, they were always worried, telling us to keep our eyes open and pay attention to our surroundings. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I tried, but she told me ... ” “I know you tried. I’m telling you to try again.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they reached the last of the countries in Africa, Rohin said he wanted to watch cartoons, telling Miranda to watch them with him. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Without telling my story in plain language, I didn’t know how to ask the next bit, so I just followed the pencil where it led. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I'm telling you trade secrets," the father said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She talked right over Carlton, telling me about their relatives who’d farmed the Lacks Plantation, and their relation to Ben and Albert Lacks. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“So, everybody relax a bit while I take attendance, and then when we’re finished with that, I’ll start telling you about all the fun stuff we’re going to be doing this year—in English.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She should be telling me why she loved me the minute she laid eyes on me—“You were special, I just knew it”—and how she has never stopped. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Although Mary Miller tried to explain that I would never live with my mother again, she had avoided telling me that I would never see her either. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling tales and you can’t tell me what to do.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

A pair of gray high-tops dangle by their laces from the utility line in front of the house, telling everybody who can decipher the code that drugs are sold here. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In what seemed even to me a doomed and Pyrrhic gesture, I switched to English literature without telling my parents. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hated telling her I was only going into the sixth grade when she was going into the eighth grade. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

People are always telling him he’s the “spitting image” of Dad, which is kinda nasty, but whatever. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“What makes you think Grandpa’s telling the truth this time?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They were about the same in other towns, but the Salinas Row has a pertinence to this telling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He was telling,” Adam said patiently, and he had to control his breath, for a little fear had begun to press up against his stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Old Yeller, lying ’way off out there in the hills, about to die if he didn’t get help, and Mama telling me I couldn’t walk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They talked excitedly, telling •Ladybird everything that had happened to them since the crash, about how they, Miss Teen Dreams, had risen above and survived. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Werfel kept watch while Spurge, crackling with magical fire and hovering above the ground, sent a signal back to Dwelholm telling them he had arrived at the meeting spot. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“For not telling you that I was tempering. I know what happened last year was partly my fault.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Max crouches in front of them with his hand out, telling them to be quiet. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The simple answer is because I am telling the story from Maddie’s point of view, and it would be awkward to introduce another viewpoint character at this point. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I told him, “I remember my father telling me that people felt really bad about the president being killed.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s very good. But he’s worried now that he’s doing that very thing—spying on people and telling me.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie looked up at me while I was telling him everything, and I swear he understood. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I am also thinking how weird it is he is telling me all this, him being a grown-up man and all and me just a kid. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He took off without telling anyone, so afraid of what Mom and Dad would do. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Stop telling me what to do! You’re not the prince of me!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My parents are always introducing me to strangers and telling me we’re related. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was like telling everyone at dorm about a really successful trick, but much better, because she really had survived a life-or-death situation. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

People were always telling me that if I was robbed, I should hand over my money rather than risk being killed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She thought it undignified and irresponsible, this old married man telling her stories; it was like showing her his unclean underwear. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But having to admit that her daughter was only telling the truth did not make things any easier. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Discourse is a strange work because it is both autobiography and philosophy; Descartes teaches us how to think by telling us the steps he went through in learning how to think. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I’m in the science lab hallway, and several people, in fact, are asking me why I’m jumping up and down, and I’m not telling them.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Even sharing what he knows about you with others is not as bad as knowing something and not telling you he knows. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mia looked down at Izzy’s anxious face and could not tell whether lying or telling the truth would hurt her more. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would forfeit the money and stay away without telling him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s always telling us that having a real conversation is the best way to learn a foreign language. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In telling me about that part with me standing by her bed? Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had once overheard Big Ma telling Pa he need not worry about her remarrying. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

‘T thought you were telling me about some newlyweds.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It’s a system in which our brain reaches conclusions without immediately telling us that it’s reaching conclusions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to eat it all right then and there, but there was no telling how much farther we would have to walk. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Time you stop telling me who to be, how to live. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry did not need telling twice; he and Hermione both hurried off; Hagrid’s and Filch’s raised voices echoed behind them as they ran. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sabrina is always telling us girls that we need to work on making eye contact with people. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s always telling me I have all the time in the world to do things.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

In fact, I overheard her telling my mom that sometimes there is more than one kid affected in the same family. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saidu said after he was done telling us the story one night in an abandoned village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Pa Anozie nudged a pinch of snuff up his nostrils before he began telling the story. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

While my mouth is stuffed with bologna and bread, Caleb comes over and starts telling me how good I look. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Raymie didn’t know if her father had crept down the hallway with his shoes in his hand, but he had certainly left without telling her good-bye. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I think about Webb telling me to be authentic during our catch in center field. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Slipping the letter out, she read haltingly, telling herself after each paragraph she would stop. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bunny’s jailhouse jokes had for some reason unsettled me, though I remembered him telling an awful lot of jokes like that, back in the fall. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I understand all you’ve been telling me. How will it make a good impression for me if you signed Washington Irving’s name instead of my own?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She is sitting in her room thinking of a story now I’m telling you the story she is thinking. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m telling you, it’s the same. There’s bathtubs and refrigerators and rugs and TVs and beds . . .” Grayson was wagging his head. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, we received an official notice from the school telling us that they had withdrawn their invitation to re-enroll in the fall. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t usually make a habit of telling them where I’m going.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

They would file around the table, presenting their deficiencies, telling of their addictions, their cheating hearts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Vega had just sent me another message, telling me he had got some new boots for Christmas. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

For a while, they eats and I eat and we are all genial; them asking me questions and me telling them stories as to how I’m a honest Dutchman new come from the Antilles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Keep telling yourself that, and maybe it will come true. But if it ever gets over to the high school, you’d better pray that no one knows I'm your sister.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Before the altar, which was laden with offerings for the ancestors, Grandfather sat, telling stories to the very old and the very young. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Foreign gunboats hadn’t done this before, my father said, and there was no telling what might happen now. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And I open my Noise as loud as it’ll go so that both he and Viola can see I’m telling the truth. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I suppose if he knew we were telling you this...” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tell them what I’m telling you: I’m not the messenger at all. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She went back to her father and delighted him by telling him what had happened. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s watching me, telling me silently to defend myself. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Seven wasn’t sure what the significance of his hat going missing was, but she did remember Valley telling them not to lose any items to the cuco. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t leave the farm without telling Mom or Dad, and they haven’t been in very good moods lately, and the street in front of the farm is a highway. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Or at least only telling half the truth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He figured this close escape from death was God’s way of telling him, “Shuttlesworth! I am with you for the duration of this!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Noah had a knack for telling a story, and all of us laughed, even the two of us who already knew the details. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your cousin was just telling me how she’s in from Seattle.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The anonymity of it all was telling, I thought. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, babies don’t look much like anything but babies but I’m telling you, you look like him. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

To add to our bewilderment, our mother called us to her one day and cautioned us against telling anyone that “uncle” ever visited us, that people were looking for “uncle.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I signed it and asked him for two telegraph forms, and wrote a message to the Hotel Montoya, telling them to forward all mail and telegrams for me to this address. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

That was what everybody kept telling him back when he had wanted to quit. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was as though she were telling them they had done wrong to approach this human animal, and should now stay away from her. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the universe telling me to stop putting this off. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me what you needed . . .’’His voice is softer, he’s calming down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know what the song is but it seems to be telling them all: Don't you dare give up now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The school board has cut his supply budget, telling him to make do with the stuff left over from last year. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don’t think that’s a very polite question under normal circumstances, but I heard a guy telling someone else something about “before old Miss Taylor died,” and he gave me a funny look. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They keep going places without me and telling me small lies. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In later years, I would tease her about this early allegiance, telling her that had she not met me, she would have married a leader of the NEUM. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the Gestapo beat Helmuth for two days, telling him that they knew he didn’t work alone. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Someone else might have just thought I was lying, or not remembering—but he accepted that I was telling the truth and went from there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps with some man in her living room, telling him about Graham Greene. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It made her feel bad for telling Jaqen to kill him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was telling the soldiers that Else was diseased. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Something pops into Jus’s head: Manny pushing open the passenger door of the Range Rover and telling him to get in. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I don’t bother telling Mom she should have said something in private instead of in front of the whole office. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Miranda sat in her cubicle and listened as Laxmi kept telling her cousin that there were better men in the world, just waiting to come out of the woodwork. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The teachers were still telling everyone to be quiet while the microphone was set up, and a loud screech from the amplifiers pierced the room. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

If I tell Ma and Dad everything except about the deer, that’s lying by omission, Ma says: not telling the whole truth. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It never hurt us” Theodora was telling the doctor, across the noise of the pounding. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no telling what some nuts would say to an old man whose grandson might testify on the wrong side of a local murder trial. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He writes home telling Ma and Pa how hard he's working to learn his craft. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He kept telling me if I didn't like the Disciples, then I didn't like Jesus and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She remembers the way one could hear the bell throughout the day, telling time. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes’m,” the boy replied, sounding as if he wasn’t sure why his mother was telling him all this now. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You guys have done end runs around the crew every time something goes wrong. You didn't tell them Watney was still alive; now you're not telling them there's a way to save him." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I think of naming, far less telling, every feat of that rugged man, Odysseus, but here is something that he dared to do 260 at Troy, where you Akhaians endured the war. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Bertha telling me to be careful and don’t stick my fingers through the chicken wire and stuff like that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m just telling you what I saw,” he said. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I fancied it was telling her what it saw. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I said when I got back I would be telling something about him and about myself and the greater circumstance of our new friendship. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

"So in exchange for a lifetime of staying out of your business, let me nose in just this once. What are you not telling me?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t stand the thought of telling Bertha about my day. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Steeped in new moods and ideas, I bought a ream of paper and tried to write; but nothing would come, or what did come was flat beyond telling. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And no, I’m still not telling you how either, so just stop wondering. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The grouchy woman began screaming, telling us we were imbeciles, that we were all going to die, so why didn’t we eat well until then? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And telling myself that bringing Sohrab here had been the right thing to do. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry managed to shake Neville off at the Fat Lady by telling him the password, then pretending he’d left his vampire essay in the library and doubling back. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Dad sat on the sofa the whole time, laughing and telling Mom that he was doing her a favor because trees were pagan symbols of worship. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it or meaning to, I had jump-started his search for a life outside Idaho by telling him he could probably find a job anywhere. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t telling myself to PUSH, or to go FASTER. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There were two dogs who came up to him, telling him they had not been fed. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no use telling him that they didn't have a phone. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Got some nerve, telling me how to cook my food.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Which was fine—Maya wasn’t about to start telling someone what they should do with their body or whatever—but being next to someone that perfect made Maya just want to be messier, dirtier, louder. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then he leaned his chair back against the cabin wall and went on telling what all was going on around in the settlement. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she says, “Son, I don’t believe it. But I trust you. I trust what you’re telling me.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed into telling a story so I wouldn’t have to think about what Carmen had said anymore. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Or the hospital cafeteria-line serving woman sitting there on her day off with a cat fur around her neck, telling the proprietor she was a “dietitian”—both of them knowing she was lying. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She built castles with Maybeth, decorating them with bits of shell and colored stones, telling stories about princesses and giants. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought about telling them of his own single, haunting detail. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I know. She reminds me of it all the time. She's always telling me how hard she works and that I’m ungrateful.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I need to find out if Dylan was telling the truth about the stuff he told me last night. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He had trouble telling one classmate from another. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Seems you were telling the truth. Jumped to a conclusion." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rainie started telling me how stingy and crooked my grandfather was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night in the attic, she was crying softly and telling me something about Isaac. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I keep telling you not to hide that mop back there. Can’t nobody get at it.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"You should have stopped right after telling me I was beautiful," the girl says. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me my relationship with my girlfriend isn’t going to last...in front of my girlfriend. Like she wasn’t standing right there. Which she was.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

That’s when I realized that sometimes adults lied because it was easier than telling the truth. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to lie to her, but at the same time I couldn’t risk telling her too much. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"You keep telling me I'm doing things you already tried, but unless you already found her, I need to see everything with my own eyes. Now, take me to the back door." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nita left a note under my pillow, telling me to meet her last night. And I did.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then Uncle spent about twenty minutes telling us about the time when he was young and he and a friend decided to practice target shooting with some cans. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at Mrs. Devi, amazed at the telling of this story, which was so much like my story. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

By the time she’s done telling us about all the pets she brought with her—three dogs, five cats, two chickens, and a hamster—lunch is over. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I was thinking to myself, Why is she telling me this? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they would sit all afternoon in her parlor, playing cards and telling indecent jokes, and making the air foul with whisky and smoke. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Malia sits next to me and starts telling me about something funny that happened at school. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Unlike in New York, here I can see his name floating over his head, telling me that his name is Jiro Yamada. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had to choose twixt going back and telling her no one could help or getting to Buxton quick as I could ’cause maybe, maybe, something could get done. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mack hadn’t been back to the shop but a funny thing happened, people were calling him and telling him he had to do something to help Kitty. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if she’s actually telling me I have to, and I sure don’t want to. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But Dad hadn't even bothered telling me to go to Chariots of Fire on my own. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dandy said, “Why are you telling me this?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Scout here has just been telling me you’re quite the baseball player. He says you’re a lot more coordinated than you look.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, Jones replied, telling Cox about what he had learned about the assassination from the Union soldiers. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if this was why her dad and granddad always liked telling stories. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

We’re genetically promiscuous—we mate with anyone we choose—and we don’t take kindly to scientists telling us who to reproduce with. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I say, “you know how Grammy says that you don’t go off telling people other people’s business, acting like it’s yours just because you know about it? You let people tell their own stories?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I realize what everyone has been telling me all along. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And he recalled Eilonwy’s words in his blackest despair, the girl’s voice telling him that nothing could take away what he had done. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She shook her finger and frowned, telling him he should have been smarter, especially since he was a doctor and all. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Something was telling me to answer him but I still wanted to get a better look. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everything surrounding me becomes blurry and I do not hear Keav telling me to move my legs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I passed a little girl on the stairs smacking a child even smaller than herself, telling it to stop crying. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Roosevelt’s canoe was in sight, he shouted frantically for Roosevelt, telling him he wanted to surrender and climb on board the canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

I could get in a lot a trouble telling her these little stories, especially with Mister Leefolt. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He could think of nothing better, and feared the silence that might come down, and the awkwardness that would be a prelude to her telling him that it had been nice to meet up again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“When we heard Dumbledore was collecting you in person, we thought he might be telling you something or showing you something to do with the prophecy,” said Ron eagerly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Above the wind, sometimes he could hear Harley cussing out the burro, telling it what he would do if he had a gun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And she was always telling Cilia that she needn’t jump so fast when the bell rang for her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am telling the story, so I can tell my version. Wait for your turn.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He looked around at Father as if telling him to get back on the wagon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell your mother that we found the Glasgow Empire press clippings we were telling her about. She seemed very interested when Miriam mentioned them to her.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. I’m telling you the truth,” I piled another lie upon the first one. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my head I can see a vision of the future, like a story I am telling myself, a clear, shining narrative to contrast with the chaos around me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Also, Antinous sounded confident that he could detect the Argo II. Hazel’s magic seemed to be obscuring the ship so far, but there was no telling how long that would last. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The ancestors were telling her something was wrong, or perhaps they merely wanted her to stop putting off her trip to Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept telling me it was just like dancing, and to remember the whoosh part of my dance. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

By the early afternoon, Jenny was telling Fred he was a “good boy. Such a good, good boy.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Telling my aunt Tuti not to get hysterical is like telling her, “Please, I want you to totally freak out right now.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“He thought you were a man too—and that you were trying to hurt Mama and me. Mama says she was telling him not to shoot you, and then you were gone.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

A message from Jimmy had arrived, telling him to hurry up. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He is telling his side of the story. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“When I was babysitting in undergrad, one day I heard myself telling the kid I was babysitting, ‘You’re such a trouper!’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Simon, I was just telling Nick about what happened in rehearsal yesterday.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, however, he was telling other correspondents quite the opposite. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him how close I had been to capturing that trout, but I hated to admit defeat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It happened so long ago, sometimes it feels like I’m just telling someone else’s story. Another person’s life that I've memorized.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I glanced up the path, which did look steep and rather rough. i'm telling you, sir, you'll be sorry if you don't take a walk up there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I know that Kim’s telling me this to try to keep me alive. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth that I was having a hard time telling myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That way of telling the story can only be done once. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was that Maddie’s way of telling me I was just as important to her as the rest of them? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They could be old, I tried telling myself, throwing Betty’s door open. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

As our conversations grew more relaxed, Link began telling me about his parents. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m about to shut off the television, but then Caesar is telling us to stay tuned for the other big event of the evening. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he had talked to Théoden, telling him about his home and the doings of the Shire-folk, or listening in turn to tales of the Mark and its mighty men of old. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Regardless of what I’d been telling myself, I knew she was the real reason I’d gone through with this lunatic plan. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Just come out — prototype —” a square-jawed wizard was telling his companion. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And with all the new hair styles that the kids are coming up with, there’s no telling what he’s planning to do with his hair next week. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the lady was pretty much screaming, “It’s over! It’s over!” and kept telling him to go home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was high, cold, and clear: There was no telling from where it came; it seemed to issue from the walls themselves. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Collected in hopes of telling what Marilyn always calls the “real” story of what happened. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

On their journey from Winterfell to the Wall, Bran and his companions had made the miles shorter by talking and telling tales, but it was different here. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I thought of waking them to tell them myself. I thought of telling you and letting you have the responsibility. But I saw their dæmons, and I knew that would be best.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even those who survived its perils warned others against going, calling it suicidal, and telling them to expect nothing less than catastrophe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I keep on telling him about his clothes, but he won't listen.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked as if she was telling me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t believe her, but she told him the story in enough detail that he became convinced she was telling the truth. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact,” he said, sitting forward keenly, as if this was a story worth telling, “she asked me to come and look at her panties.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They asked me, “Are you sure you don’t want to eat?” and I kept telling them, “No, it’s fine.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now a man who has probably spent no more than a week in Jamaica is telling me that everything will be irie. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard Ron’s dad telling his mum. Mr. Weasley works for the Ministry of Magic.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

When I closed the door to my room for possibly the last time and walked into the kitchen, I saw my mother telling Atal again that we couldn’t take the chicks. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I spend all my time enthusiastically telling her about my dual projects. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

At first I glared at Amil, but he was only telling the truth. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He probably knows what they were wearing and what they had for breakfast and now he’s telling Dotty O’Neill it was the three Marys. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it's slower music, the Five Stairsteps telling us things are going to get easier, or the Hollies singing, He ain't heavy, he's my brother So on we go . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But you said you didn't go in there, and I'm telling you, somebody was in my room.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Tai is a strange chick, I’m telling you. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

As they approached, Colin could hear the woman telling a story. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He and Minho packed their backpacks with more supplies than usual; there was no telling how long they’d be out there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Then they were all clapping, yelping their praises, telling me how proud I'd made them all. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then his wife had said to him, “Hush now, that’s not the sort of thing to be telling the gentleman.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“My dad wants you to sign a statement telling what you saw when you worked on the Coral Queen. You know, about Mr. Muleman making them empty the dirty holding tank into the water.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They loved telling the story of that day they found me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If ye go without telling me, I shall follow.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Papa Legba will appear at the same corner again, telling me to come back and make another turn, or enter that house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I did not know how to answer her, being startled by her forwardness and unversed in the telling of lies. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He started by telling her about the morning of the accident, how his mom had gotten him out of bed because he’d slept through his alarm. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

This time, though, it seemed he was telling the truth. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The windows and door were locked, and Mami had warned the night before that I was not to leave the apartment without telling her. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No, I wasn’t asking. I was telling you, Mr. Ray. He was drunk.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

American Blacks are not telling you that you are to blame. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His wife has written to him from the little home in Poland where she lives, telling him that she has saved up enough money to pay for the fare and is coming to see him. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was telling you, they had just lifted me from the floor, my performance and subsequent pratfall the sources of a great feeling of camaraderie. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling a servant to bring her a drink. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought he might already have heard—I’d started telling officer friends—and I expected stony silence. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was he telling me that he had taken art from the Nazis? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Moss looked to Rawiya, who nodded, letting him know she was cool telling the story. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

On one college break he returned home wearing a Lacoste shirt, telling the Warden that he couldn’t wear clothes that weren’t “preppy.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Only three months, and listen to you,” she says, telling him that after twenty years in America, she still cannot bring herself to refer to Pemberton Road as home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was telling a whopper, and I wondered why. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

My parents believed in telling a person bad news in public so they couldn’t make a scene. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I finish telling my story, Max is quiet. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He paused, and she knew he was contemplating how she might use the information against him, weighing the risk of telling her the truth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

In Saint Louis, we didn't feel the white people were smothering us, circling all around, telling us what to do. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And not telling me till now that he'd been there when my daddy went in that lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“And you have been here telling knock-knock jokes to the whole building!” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All I can linger on is the thought of Zero hidden behind his insufferable mask, frustratingly opaque, telling me what to do. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard, telling myself not to cry, don't you dare cry. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wondered whether he was just telling me what he thought I wanted to hear—though there was no reason for him to lie. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And when he told me what it was, he said that he was only telling me because I’d probably figure it out the minute I walked into his house. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“What would Meg say to this?” thought Jo, as she was marched away, while her eyes danced with fun as she imagined herself telling the story at home. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, his dad came down and dragged Gus back upstairs, and in the entryway, beneath an Encouragement telling me that Friends Are Forever, I knelt to kiss him good night. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“We are telling you all the stuff that happened before we set the fire,” says Johnny, still loud. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth but shut it again, just like Rani did before telling me her story. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He finished telling her about how it might take him a few days to complete the journey, and then said, “Are you mad? Please don’t be mad.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I told her, but there was no way of telling if she remembered us or not. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time I listened my father was telling Aiyi about his life since he last saw her. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was Coach's way of telling me that I better stop acting up in school. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself that she was safe and that she would return to me once she’d had the baby, maybe sooner. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I always had trouble telling his sisters apart, because they were triplets and they looked alike. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you were being tortured by Martians and the only thing that could save you was telling them my favorite color, you would die on the spot. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling you my combination,” I said, even though I knew my chances of seeing my history book were fading. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dylan looks so hurt by this accusation that I can’t help wondering if I made a mistake telling him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I could tell by Vera’s hesitation in telling her husband those horrible things that it was Bodega who was really talking, through her. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It sounded really exciting, and as he was telling me, I got mad all over again that Mr. Tushman had made me miss it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot harder than you think. Plus, I’m breaking the rules right now by telling all of you.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind telling you it cost a fortune. I found it in a dear little shop in the Village.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What are you telling him, Didu?" she asks, looking up at her grandfather's picture. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m ready to start telling myself a story about the pretzel-eating queen when Ms. Rochambeau takes a seat in the front row of student desks. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I used to try telling my mom it was a vegetable, but she kept saying tomatoes are a fruit, so it would be more like a jelly.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Gram and Gramps to get in a fight over Gloria, so I was happy to continue telling Phoebe’s story. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When Jerrie and Janey met with Vice President Johnson, he gave the women five minutes to speak before telling them that there was nothing he could do. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

When I had first started telling Phoebe's story, Gram and Gramps sat quietly and listened. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I see the futures. There are a thousand endings to every story, and only by the telling does the ending become clear.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

This time it was Captain Dressier from the fire department telling me what a superb effort I had made. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

She’d used up the last of her life telling her story, and with Harye gone, she was ready to join her crew. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Instead, he lied, telling him that his brother was still running a barbershop. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She stopped for no oath, no formalities, but flung herself upon Mr. Justice Dana, telling over again Cilia’s story. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

My body won’t cooperate with what I’m telling it to do. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As much as Ophie loathed the responsibility of the bed linens, she kept telling herself it would be worth it to see how proud Mama was of her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You can't tell the truth without talking, so I'm telling her the whole story, trying to make it funny, trying to make it grander than any MDC concert could ever be. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

When I’d finally told Nan about being called Donut Hole, instead of talking to my teacher or telling me to stand up for myself, she’d packed. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

That was the way he figured it would be for his son, Michael, until the federal government stuck its fat nose in and started telling everybody what to do whether they liked it or not. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might be a very good liar, but / know when he’s telling the truth. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they sailed, Frank kept her spirits up by telling her silly jokes— Why did the Minotaur cross the road? The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Experience!” my dad cried, telling my mom and me the story. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There was the buzz of static, then the announcer telling everyone that the firefighters were making progress. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed like there was something he wasn’t telling us. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He ran to her, telling her not to worry, it was Dr. Philobosian from across the street. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I tell him I love him, too, and he grins at me, ruffling my hair, before telling me I should get inside before I’m late, and that he’ll see me after school. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

They told stories about famous peculiars and about Miss Peregrine in the strange, exciting, early days of her loop, and eventually they came around to telling their own stories. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He peered over at my father, who shrugged and said, “He seems to be telling the truth.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There was no telling when they were coming into this neighborhood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Those are closets for telling the priests your sins. You go in there and kneel down and tell all the sins you committed during the past week.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t take in what I read, which didn’t matter since I knew it by heart and was reading merely to shut up the interior voice that kept telling me, It has all gone wrong. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph could hear himself telling this story to some lost soul in a diner. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I don’t have a choice, so like my mom and Lee Lee keep telling me, I start speaking. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And six months after that—three years ago—when my mother had both her legs chopped off, which, I'm telling you, would've left the whole stupid cabinet empty. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She understood what her parents were telling her, but she didn’t see why they had to come all the way to New York City to show it. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“But I’d be wary of telling the full tale here. Stories are powerful magic. You’ll find that out soon enough. Best only summarize.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Isn't it rotten? There isn't any use my telling you I love you." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I bring pizza and salad back to my room for dinner, telling myself that anything tastes better when acquired at some risk to life and limb, like venison fresh from the hunt. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reluctantly agreed to testify, telling the grand jury what she knew of Ellsberg’s activities. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Okay, so sometimes technology did come in handy, but he wouldn’t be telling Foaly that. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The problem was, strange things often happened around Harry and it was just no good telling the Dursleys he didn’t make them happen. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My blood cries out that it belongs to her, and struggles to return to her, and I hear her words in my mind as I run, telling me to be brave. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Only I know it isn’t pain, because I know this look of his and what it is, is he’s telling you how disappointed he is in you. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

My beloved king turned to me and said, “You’re telling me not to be proud?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I walk slow around him fluffing his pillows, pressing cool cloths over his forehead telling him the stories that come to me again and again. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I keep telling you she’s not coming to dinner,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worse yet, what if she had passed away and nobody had bothered telling us? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was, I could feel it looking back at me through them, telling me I wasn’t alone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Any time you see colors like that, run. I’m telling you,” she said, “nothing good can come from that.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I stayed on the bed all morning, telling the fierce little bundle of feathers in my hand that there was deer meat in store for her if she would just wait with me. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But no one has the skill of telling time by the sky here. Maybe one day we’ll run into someone who does. Then we won’t have to rely on these things no more.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A letter was dispatched telling the Fellowship Office in Washington that he enthusiastically endorsed my change in plans. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She was irritated by his comment about an intelligent person because it was, it had to be, about his wife, and she wanted to ask why he was telling her that. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The bullets, he said, would probably just rattle against the plates and fall off, but there were gaps between the plates and there was no telling how heavy the firing might be. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the cafeteria, where a shrinking slice of my consciousness still resided, Daisy was telling Mychal that his averaging project shouldn’t be about people named Mychal but about imprisoned men who’d later been exonerated. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And there’s no telling how the Bureau would react if they found out. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t telling about something—using words, English or Japan­ese—already something of an invention? Isn’t just looking upon this world already something of an invention?” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t breathe as she clutched the gun tighter in her sweat-slick hands and altered her stance to point it at Z, who was leaning over Tad, telling him everything was going to be okay. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Mate and I could keep the house entertained for hours, telling and retelling the horrors until the sting was out of them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was the boys out there, who were in fact black, telling her she was “pretty for a dark-skin girl.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bet Dad’s telling him about that trout at the lake,” I said to my mom. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Glóin began then to talk of the works of his people, telling Frodo about their great labours in Dale and under the Mountain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I looked up, expecting Quinn to be puzzled at those last lines about something left behind, but he had fallen asleep as I was telling him that story, which was all right with me. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“For...I don’t know, for not telling you it was Beaumont?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He was probably telling my mom his life story. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was going to start by telling you that Raizel is investigating a lead down in the Stockyards.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And since most parents would agree that education lies at the core of a child’s formation, it would make sense to begin by examining a telling set of school data. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I will be telling my—you will not just speak to me however you want. We’ll see about this store of yours.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like it when she told me to relax on the phone the other day, and I don’t like her telling me now, but I don’t say anything. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I look down at the fists my hands have formed without my even telling them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He began telling Arthur half the truth: how he was ashamed and had lost his miracles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t waste one minute telling everybody that my name was Charlie Reese and please welcome me to their church family. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Hmm. Still, you don’t need to be telling folks that part. Now, don’t chip nothing.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A number hovers over each stall, telling me how many people are currently considering purchases at that vendor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I didn't have any intention of telling them, but keeping it from them also felt weirdly dishonest. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I hope it’s okay that I’m telling you this. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Papa telling me to mind my mouth. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I wrote Mr. Browne a long email telling him the whole story.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“She needed to hear that. Thank you for telling her.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Definitely! I’ve been telling your dad you have a future as an illustrator.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I told myself that evening what I had been telling my clients for years. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It began with the beginning of time, telling the entire story of the people over countless centuries. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to shout to be heard but the words were as calm as someone telling the time. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just Big Ma telling Pa to say grace. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He began telling Julia of something that had happened, or rather had failed to happen, on another sweltering summer afternoon, eleven years ago. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

"There is room in the beginning class for freshmen and sophomores," she's telling Sunny. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

James had wanted her to stop playing the game, and Emily couldn’t bear the possibility of someone telling her that being forced to stop was for the best. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“So, I guess you got the letter my daddy sent telling y’all I was coming.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t get to the news tonight. Carter disrupted things while they were still telling stories. That’s something, I suppose. They’ll be back tomorrow night. It’ll give me something to do.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling him I went to a pub, but that would be stupid—that’s verifiable. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What else did you think I'd be telling them?" asked the Prince with a rather angry look. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Without telling them where or what, of course.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“I’m telling you to be careful around Joseph Brook,” said Mr. Canton. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I look around my table, and everyone seems completely fascinated as Ms. Smith introduces the book, telling us about Fitzgerald’s life and asking us for a definition of materialism. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Why the hell were they telling me this when I just got myself into such a mess? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Wow. You made that! Is this the thing you were telling me about before? Art?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to start telling people the way it is.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Because I’d known how going to see Mamá would turn out, I left Mr. Gee’s without feeling one bit of remorse over not telling her what was going on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As I was carrying the tray I came to one fellow who was in the middle of telling a story. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mom came to pick me up, David raced around Melissa’s kitchen, opening doors, looking for their cellar, even when Mom kept telling him this was a trailer and trailers don’t have cellars. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t bother telling her that I had come to that same conclusion just about a half hour ago. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No telling what sort of lies he's made up. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

So if he’s telling me the truth, and my mother really was willing to die for this information to become public ... Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet I still felt as if I were telling myself a story. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter visited her every day, but Moon Orchid kept telling her, “Don’t come see me because the Mexican ghosts will follow you to my new hiding place. They’re watching your house.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an overall atmosphere of nervousness and intrigue, of children telling tales upon others, of children being deprived of food to punish them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at the ground too, because I'm basically telling Max that her adventure is at its end. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“This ain’t new. They love to make us the villains for telling the truth.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Michael wakes and lets out a loud cry, the Hannons are banging on the wall next door, Mam is telling Dad he’s a disgrace and why doesn’t he get out of the house altogether. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone got amnesty by telling on everyone else until we were all one big rotten family of cowards. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of her telling me I hung the moon even when I didn’t deserve it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Let me try and finish. I’ve been delaying telling this story for a long time.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jinjoo’s mother would sometimes show the rings to Jinjoo and her sister, telling them they were theirs as soon as they got married. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Dad leaves me a note telling what to get ready for dinner so that we can eat as soon as he gets home. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when Miss Franny was telling a story, she would have a fit. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t know how to explain that without telling her everything. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

If people weren’t interested in buying the petrol, the kids would sometimes snap at them, telling them to drink it: “Kunywa ayo!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Why, I’m telling you things I haven’t thought about since then!” he would exclaim. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have been telling all the women that for years.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Emma’s teachers were always telling her she had a scientific mind, but science only helped when you had enough data to come up with a good hypothesis. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was sitting cross-legged, and I put my fist in my cheek and just sat there, telling the bottle with my eyes to keep on going while it spun. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she’s telling me she can hear something in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me. I think my butt has icicles,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Everyone laughs. I found myself telling my colleagues at the university that I was going camping this summer.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The song starts with the band’s lead singer, Chris Cornell, telling us that everything he's feared has come to life. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Before I get back into bed, I say a quick prayer like I promised, Thank you, God, for not telling Uhmma about the lie. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘That’s exactly what I am telling you!’ cried the Air Force man. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You,” replied Powell, never looking up, “are telling me something I don’t know.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

When I floated up and out of my body that first time, I understood what Doc had been telling me this entire time: Rootwork is a connection to my ancestors, my traditions, and my heritage. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m not always a skeptic, but the odds of them telling the truth are practically nonexistent. I mean, that’s like saying Tim could be your brother.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The children had erected an amateur tent over their heads, out of the plaids, and under this they were lying close together, telling a story. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was telling the pure truth, I knew, and I didn’t have any answers for either of us. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not the way you obviously love Stanford, Jule. Anyway, she left Vassar without even telling us, and it was a month before she even got in touch. We were so worried.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“There is a magnetic field between the anchors and the citadel,” Mouzaive, the natural philosopher, was telling Kether, artist of siege engines, in the guildhall dining room. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the signs on the turnpike started telling us we were coming to Charleston, Cletus became so fidgety that at first I thought we’d better find a filling station, and fast. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What the hell y’all thinking, leaving the house without telling nobody?” he yells. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but we have no way of telling which is the sixty-third.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The walk felt long, but I kept telling my lungs to shut up, that they were strong, that they could do this. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And so inside his memory, which was not a memory at all but a story he was telling himself, Beto ran for the hiding place. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“First, I’m sorry again about not telling you sooner. Second, I want to tell Dee everything so she can come with us next weekend. Is that okay with you guys?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hear his telling of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t seem quite so confident when you were telling Harry it was a sheep,” said Hermione coolly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

A couple of girls thought it was her birthday, and she had thanked them and unwrapped the presents without telling them she wouldn’t be fourteen for eight more months. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I kept my sister with me, protecting her without telling her why. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Number Two and a Half, if Miss Hilly told Miss Celia how I got back at her for telling those lies that I’m a thief. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I think Dylan was telling the truth about the letter,” says Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

My mother was telling me to fight, a thing that she had never done before. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am telling you the truth, Headmistress," she said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he stopped making things up because those things were not true either and the telling made him feel bad. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Happily, now we knew that this was not true, and so we had lunch, telling each other that a structure this pretty just had to exist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

"Thanks for not telling on me," I say. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You used us abominably ill,” answered Mrs. Hurst, “running away without telling us that you were coming out.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Lucky Girl said something in return that Nailer couldn’t make out but sounded like she wasn’t much interested in Pima telling her what to do. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was Margaret, telling me that she would come pick me up if I would call. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

And while I’m telling her the story, I’m popping my neck and snapping my fingers. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Back in Paducah,” she is telling the driver, “there’s this deaf man who’s got a camera. He just goes up and down the river, taking pictures. He takes the darndest things.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He could even imitate him telling some of his jokes, while I remembered his eyes were turned down at the outside corners and deep brown like springtime mud. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I think she was telling me, I know you’ve run away—everybody gets the urge to do that sometime—but sooner or later you'll want to go home. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep telling yourself that,” says the dice-eyed skull, “but when you wake up with a few less toes, you’ll know it’s been tasting you.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

HARRY: You told me to be honest with him, but actually I needed to be honest with myself, trust what my heart was telling me . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

While the grown-ups sit at the table, telling jokes and laughing, I go back to the baby’s room to spy on Rosa, listening to her breathe and let out little sighs as she dreams. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“You’re telling me,” I say, digging my fingers into the cold sand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Father tightened his hand on my shoulder and he put his finger to his lips, telling me I was to be silent. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the protozoan, not yet as famous as he should be, who seems to be telling us everything about everything, all at once. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

No good could have come from telling her his feelings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m not sure. You told me to watch for any rise in my temperature and I’m telling you I’m up six tenths of a degree.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I was telling him Cinderella, and I forgot it was dinner-time.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She has been telling me since I was six years old that I need to sit up straight, talk more, make friends, do something with my hair. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment I considered not telling Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They keep telling me I don't have enough experience. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some thought that he was making a strong effort to counteract the truth about America that I was telling every chance I got. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gran and Gramps stare at her, lapping up what she’s telling them. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had long since come to the conclusion that her brand of fortune- telling was really no more than lucky guesswork and a spooky manner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

So he’d left a message telling her that he hoped she would always be true to herself and live the life she wanted to live. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I ask, but really telling because I want her to know I know a little something. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

There were secrets never to be said in front of the ghosts, immigration secrets whose telling could get us sent back to China. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loved telling me the history of Rastafarianism. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Harry watched him looking around for Percy, who had been prowling between the sleeping bags, telling people off for talking. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I remembered Branwell telling me something, so I asked, “Didn’t he ask if he could skip the tennis lessons and go home early?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Willem brings me my shoes, telling me over and over again that I don't need to leave yet. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The way it goes when people are talking and telling. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be telling me next that Luster’s not quite ready to eat yet. Quentin knows when meals are served in this house. Hurry up with it, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he must’ve had a good reason for not telling you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was as if he were telling her to move on. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Was this Shay’s way of telling her to take a right? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I have to convince myself that this isn’t a pointless life, even though the body is telling me it is. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He start telling us what we gone discuss today. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“And thanks for telling your dad about me. About my family.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Rather proof that I'm telling the truth, isn't it?" And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He had this thing about telling the truth. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, we spend the time telling Ma about our lives. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I simply didn’t want to have to go through hour after hour of somebody telling me what to do. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

One of the squires interrupted the bawdy story he'd been telling to make room at the table for their lord's brother. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I will lose heart for the telling if you don’t wake up, Djo. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Shay! People have been talking about you and Tyler online! Like you two are—” Before Isabella can finish telling me what people have said about me and Tyler, he appears out of nowhere. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They started telling me stories about the community. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And as for telling whoppers, there probably never was your like. You tell some mean stories about dragons.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was hollering at Needles, telling him to relax while he got more and more worked up himself. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I imagined some old woman telling my mother on me up in heaven, shaking her head and wagging her finger. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The more I thought about it,” Bloom recalled, “the more I enjoyed the prospect of telling Mike De Young that no less a sum could compensate me for my sacrifice in leaving San Francisco.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I found myself this morning telling myself what had happened last night; the reverse of a bad dream, as a matter of fact, where you keep telling yourself that it didn't really happen.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

In case you haven’t noticed, that’s how it always is with adults—just when someone starts telling the interesting stuff, someone else shuts him up. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

As I make my way through the crowd, I suddenly see an alert telling me that Ren is in the room. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thirty- six years old and I can still hear my mama telling me, It ain’t nobody’s business. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You could start by telling us your real name.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meant Paul’s friends telling him what I was doing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The Dursleys had received a very angry letter from Harry’s headmistress telling them Harry had been climbing school buildings. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

They try to get friendly with the migrants, telling them they have already done the train ride. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her with her begging forgiveness for not buying me and telling me I’d have been a good slave for her. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was frying hamburgers on the stove when she said to Daddy, “States do have rights, you know Those politicians in Washington can’t be telling us how to run our schools.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course he's given you away, who else could? The man starts telling lies the moment he opens his mouth." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s not some big mystery! The boy’s telling us we’re about to be attacked. Here. In Thirteen.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Rocco kept telling me it would help to see Adele, to ease my way back into the family after several months of sporadic messages. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He sent a note to Longstreet telling him that the Union infantry had arrived in force. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because telling Miss Val about turning pro meant I was truly closing the door on being a Bruin. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Just say it’s okay and I’ll do the whole thing tomorrow morning. Do you understand what I’m telling you? I’m whispering now, ain’t I?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you to wield that strength. Sure, enjoy it, but don’t let it wear off without using it.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Telling him not to cheat is like telling him not to breathe. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Instead, Dasch lied again, telling them he was a salesman for an importer and exporter of goods that had secretly benefited Nazi Germany. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She had been so strange that day, telling me I didn’t ever have to come to Morning Glory Cottage if I didn’t want to. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She hustled them into the canalboat and they floated up the canal under the evening stars, Tom lying on his back, his eyes closed; asleep or not, there was no telling. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be telling this story. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not lies exactly, but—” “Fictions, whoppers, paradiddles—whatever terminology you like. When did you realize Abraham was telling you the truth?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s what the dream was telling me about not having a voice. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That Hickock’s got a sense of humor. They was telling me how, about an hour ago, one of the guards says to him, ‘This must be the longest night of your life.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She should be telling me about signs, about how black crows are freedom birds, symbols for slaves flying back to Africa. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he’s telling me this. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m telling you now, that dude better not step to my girl. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was no telling what was happening outside. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

TV shows and movies and books always have angry librarians following loud kids up and down, telling them to hush, but our school librarian doesn’t care a single lick. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

A man with a big red nose is telling the jokes and two younger men are laughing at them. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth of a story depends on who is telling it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shasta had so enjoyed his dinner and all the things Tumnus had been telling him that when he was left alone his thoughts took a different turn. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He could not see very well now, and he knew that it was the disaster which kept telling him to go directly and get something for his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember telling this to my mom, and she explained that some kids might feel “uncomfortable” around Auggie because of the way he looks. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I started telling him how he was wrong, but he cut me off. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

His jowls shaking with emotion, the imam had spent ten minutes telling people not to come to the mosque wearing smelly socks or after eating garlic because that disturbed the prayers of people around them. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“What did you expect? Special treatment? He’s lost his mind, I’m telling you! He doesn’t recognize people anymore! What did you think?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t handle having some hostile clerk telling me I was making mountains out of molehills. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was enough to let him know he was really in the backwoods of Virginia, an area the signs kept telling him was the Blue Ridge Mountains. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Noodle's high will dampen the memory of how enraged and hurt he is, and maybe Brick won't press the issue in the light of day...but these are just things I'm telling myself. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hazel had a bad feeling that the goddess was telling the truth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Was anything more annoying than big kids and adults telling little kids they weren’t old enough to know something? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“The radar patrol,” Ignatius was telling Darlene, “is obviously rather foolproof. It seems that the cabdriver and I were making small dots on their screen all the way from Baton Rouge.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling in the fog how far the fall would be on either side, but it looked awfully steep, and we were after all a mile up in the clouds. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a head teacher telling you you have to leave, it’s more that everybody in the rest of society acts like you don’t exist. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling how far the rungs extended. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It's just like those suitcases I was telling you about, in a way. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, sir, I believe that they are out.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She did no harm other than leaving without telling you,” Mohammad says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I barely understood what he was telling me, but the inflection of his voice soothed me. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t believed me when I tried telling her about La Llorona anyway. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What am I going to do without him telling me how dangerous it is to open canned food the wrong way?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I was just telling Epler here that your people would be already gone. All the farmers talk, talk, talk of this fever.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He projected an air of confidence, telling an interviewer, “I hope they try something, because we are looking for a fight.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She said, ‘That’s what I’m telling you. It was a present.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve never been so happy for shop to be over, and I zoom out of class without even telling Yolanda goodbye. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I kept telling myself I would tell Noah and Dad. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Even the person who’s telling you not to care so much about looking great: Saint Sarah. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

They just suspected that he had been moving his bowels and not telling anyone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But they played this game sometimes, telling us that they’d take us away from Mom if we didn’t act right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had made her great mistake with Richard in not telling him that she was going to have a child. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They had saved me before, guiding my movements on a dozen bucking horses, telling me when to cling to the saddle and when to pitch myself clear of pounding hooves. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for telling me. I hope Suze knows what a good guy you are.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Can we really trust Natalie? Did Mom tell Ms. Morales anything she’s not telling us? Has Ms. Morales heard anything new from Mom besides those stupid automatic texts?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He thought about going back to Suttung’s hall and once he was there telling his brother that he had helped bring a powerful magician up Hnitbjorg, had even helped him to get inside the mountain. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

This time, it didn’t seem to matter to them that Annabeth was telling the truth. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

As she’s all too fond of telling us, we are raising savages with all our new theories about talking, not spanking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t all that thrilling, but Annabeth kept telling us interesting facts about how the Arch was built, and Grover kept passing me jelly beans, so I was okay. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

James had wanted her to stop playing the game, and Emily couldn’t bear the possibility of someone telling her that being forced to stop was for the best. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It has to be your mother. You’ll understand when you learn the truth. She always planned on telling you about her, Edie. She didn’t want to keep it a secret forever.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And he kept telling us what the kids thought. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was telling him about receiving the recruiting letters from colleges, talking about how I knew I could make it to the pros. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

From this point on, the girls are soliloquizing — telling their secrets to the audience. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I have to do this every night while you’re down at Yale scoring telling points and getting drunk with those girls.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To us, being polite is way more important than telling the truth. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Very much so,” Benton said, telling his second real lie. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He remembers, as if from a million miles away, telling Henry once not to overthink this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I took the apple slice and put it in my back pocket and kept on wondering why she didn’t finish telling me about the carving. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without telling him why, she says, “I don’t want you here anymore.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

By telling the comrade sister my parents are dead, I have put a marker on Ma’s grave. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been telling Doha all about Seoul and what it was like in the biggest city in Korea. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He must have the fun of telling it. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I tried telling this to Johnny, who seems to be hard of hearing. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mom and dad were always telling him he needed to grow up. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

My mother warned me to stop, telling me that bees made honey, that it was not good to kill things that made food, that I would eventually be stung. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is quite skilled at manipulation. Did you not once lie to people yourself, telling them only what they wished to hear?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was Lily telling me to wake up. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It was all very well, the alethiometer telling her to be truthful, but she knew what would happen if she told the whole truth. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, that’s not a normal girl!” said Ron, leaning sideways so he could keep a clear view of her. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was the first time in weeks that I could recall him telling a story like this. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had met so many white faces that would have violendy disapproved of my taking the examination that I could not have risked telling Mr. Hoffman the truth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went straight back down the burned-up hill and marched all the way home, without even telling Mother I was leaving. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody—well, there was no question of her telling Moody. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And my mom said, “Then we’d go to heaven telling people about the truth and saving their souls.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English major. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Marcus saw you stay behind after the whipping. He and Zak are telling everyone that you thought the punishment was too harsh.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’d never been thanked, let along hugged, after telling a lie. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He enclosed notes to Sirius, telling him that nothing out of the ordinary had happened, and that they were still waiting for an answer from Percy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had thought of telling him about the rash too, as a mitigating circumstance, but decide that our relationship is not at a point where I want to be discussing my body. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari made the introductions, telling him briefly of their adventures on the journey and their desire to stay there as a place of refuge. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s how people live, Milt”—Michael Antoniou again, still kindly, gently—“by telling stories. What’s the first thing a kid says when he learns how to talk? Tell me a story.’ Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I was inches away from a clean getaway, until I made the mistake of telling my principal that I was planning to leave. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he is gone, I have to keep telling myself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Either that woman’s a diviner or she’s got relatives in the fairy kingdom she isn’t telling me about.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

One day Sam sent two girls home from practice, telling them they had gained weight and not to come back until they lost ten pounds. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of all the students in the town six thousand feet below us who love him, who hardly ever hear a kind word, who only have him telling them that they’re worth anything. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After telling them his life story, he was given some money so he could travel to his family in Speyer. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I tell him I did because there’s no use telling him anything else. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to sing to them because Anne Frank is my hero and the song would have tied in perfectly, but the thought of telling anyone scared me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s no telling where her mind might be when the police get here. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want him to see me taking the gun out of the house. Christ, then he would have knowed I wasn’t telling the truth.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benji couldn’t imagine telling his parents that he hadn’t gotten a spot. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time, it was completely my idea, and I planned on telling her so. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

They had seemed dull and forgettable then, but Ophie yearned for one more dinner of beans and fatback with corn bread, Daddy telling stories of the rail yard as they ate. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I put on my jacket and left the house without telling anyone where I was going. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But instead of telling Erna that her son was back in town, he told her that his wife, Lucille, was sick. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The overseer listened respectfully and then began telling us to go, not to disturb the men, although for so long he had been glad of many watchers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He heard Rameel laughing with a small family inside their hut as he showed them pictures of his church and of his family, telling them stories and singing them songs. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now Gartler was essentially telling the audience that all those years researchers thought they were creating a library of human tissues, they’d probably just been growing and regrowing HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She sulks and turns away from us while I finish telling my story to Trub. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She sent messages to Nox and Pelor, not explaining why, but just telling them to stay in their chambers that night and not open the door for anyone. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know whether they were telling me to kill the hairless boy, which I didn’t want to do; or him to kill me! Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not telling you this because I’m upset that you broke in.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like by smiling I was telling you I didn’t care that you were gone. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He kept telling me how amazing she was, what a clear, expansive way she had of seeing the world. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I got so tired of telling them the same boring story about being born without arms that I started making stuff up. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You washed dishes right on this train! I was just telling some of the fellows you were in my car here. We all follow you!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The “slippery table” was only telling me part of the story. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet sat with his back against a tree and out in the open there was a party, sounds of joy: George Pickett was telling a story. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was surprised at herself for telling them that, but she had to try. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Ethan says he doesn’t care about a present, and he’s telling the truth. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He put them down on Mike’s table, telling him to start passing them around the class. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m telling all this because even though it wasn’t an emir’s palace or anything, it was still fine. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember me telling you we are practicing nonverbal spells, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s no telling how far she has to go or how fast she will be able to.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my way of telling her that even though I haven’t experienced so many things, I have managed to have a life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It was nothing? How can you say that? You're not telling me everything. They don’t transfer people to the hospital in Holguin for no reason.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was a warning signal, and it was telling her now that something dreadful was going to happen. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to think if telling Peeta could give him any possible advantage over me, but I don't see how. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

None of this will stop me from telling much of my version of the history of science in terms of the people involved, including Newton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“They’re telling me it’s the end of the world if I don’t stop whatever is going to happen.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Privately, Johnston was even more forceful, telling friends that to continue fighting under such circumstances would be “criminal.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He heard pain in his mother’s voice, and he felt bad for telling her that part of Mullet Fingers’ story. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we prepared them half as hard academically, there is no telling where we would be.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now Charlie noticed that every single button had a tiny printed label beside it telling you which room you would be taken to if you pressed it. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hours rolled on, and the children passed them by telling stories. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Every cell in Felix’s body was telling him to pull the plug. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He muttered something about telling Mommy and quickly strapped on his helmet. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He left, telling Kathy that someone would come to fix it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I count steps to take my mind off my imagination telling me someone is right behind. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The whole thing was my idea. Sara kept telling me no, but I didn’t listen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But for now his mother is distracted, laughing at a story a friend is telling her, unaware of her son’s absence. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said it fondly, like a man telling of a great party he’d attended. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was so busy telling me about her happy life that she didn’t even ask me what it was like living in Colby with hillbilly kids who eat squirrel. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling me that because he was disqualified, I won?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I remember that man now, but seek no revenge in this telling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Señora Oralia let out another hearty guffaw and shook her head as if she couldn’t believe what she was telling us. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I want to know your friends' names and what you do after school and all the things you haven't been telling me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then you go to your aunt’s house and you’re supposed to know all about dampers.There’s no use telling her this is the first time you ever lit a fire in a range. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ma took to telling me about hidden blessings, saying I should be thankful Doc Kelly had come to town to tend to his dying father. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I saw the Paqo’s lips moving, telling of what he saw in the runner’s future. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I wished for it,” I whisper, telling her what’s been tearing me up for hours. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

In countless ways, he cheered her on, telling her that “I adore, adore, adore You!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Has she,” asked the Doctor, with a smile, “has she been associating of late with a circle of pseudo-intellectual women—super-spiritual superior beings? My wife has been telling me about them.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

That night she excused herself early after telling her husband that she was going to take a tranquilizer to be sure of falling asleep. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not playing, By, you better get busy or I’m telling Dad.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he held back on telling the members of his Klavern about his plan to go public, C.P. did convince several other men to join him in regularly harassing black protesters. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, I get it. I’m just messing with you. I think the same thing sometimes. Like Daddy had to leave without telling us anything to protect us.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s no telling when our first round will be.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling what she would end up with on her head. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was quick He wondered who was telling tales and if there was more than one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Right after you were born, us telling her how grateful we were, but it was returned.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It had to be centuries old, if she was telling me the truth. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

On the morning of Sunday, October 31, Petra overheard her dad telling her mom that he just wasn’t up for Halloween. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin is smooth and her eyes light up when she’s telling a story. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I kept telling them I wanted to explore it. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

"So you telling me, there's no boy around here you like?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I was desperate to tell Leah about all this stuff and how totally great it was to have no grown-ups around telling you what to do all the time. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Joey laughed again, like he didn’t believe I was telling him the truth. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then I remember Haymitch telling me to do exactly what the stylists tell me to do. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Bod said, “You can’t arrest me for not telling you my name or address.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She was on the very verge of telling her mother her secret, but, luckily for her, her mother was already rushing from the room, her hands over her ears. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Axel wants to run straight down there, demand to be seen and told the truths that they are telling each other, but he isn’t Aunt Nancy. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He very kindly made me up a sleeping draught, which he gave to me, telling me that it would do me no harm, as it was very mild.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Dennis also brought some soda mixers and two dozen glasses he got from his mother by telling her I was having a birthday party and they were needed for the lemonade. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

My mother also had the letters that she wrote back to him, telling him how much she loved him and how she hoped that they would be together soon. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A few weeks later he got a letter from Golde telling him to stop being a pain and sign the form. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not like the others, which were made up of a whole bunch of different boxes, each one telling more of the story. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If there are any more, it could cause a cascading failure in the grid—and with so many electrical workers AWOL, there’s no telling when such a thing would be resolved. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m telling you. I’ll give you credit to Lee and to Father.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he was telling me that I would recognize what had happened to him, and when I thought about lighting Vivian’s cigarettes, I knew that I did. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were the first six people to refuse Tehlu’s choice of the path, and he cursed them to wander the corners—” “Are you telling this story, Jacob Walker?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Says the only Jew in Chicago incapable of telling a good joke.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Except for telling her I was sorry about the bosom stories I made up, which didn’t count since Aunt Loma wasn’t mad, I had never apologized to anybody in my life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He strutted up and down before them, telling them how they must never look the highborn in the eye, nor speak until spoken to, nor get in his lordship's way. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m only telling you this because I love you,” he said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I really do. Please get some rest. Thank you for telling me all of this.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Jiichan was telling them about some Australian occupation troops in Hiroshima, that maybe they could hire Papa as an interpreter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I saw him leaning close, talking the way he talks to men—not telling, talking.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They have children, and the woman is covering their eyes and shooing them away, telling them to get on back in there and don’t come out, whatever you do, not till she says so. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s what you imagine I might be like when I’m not telling you a story, but we’re sitting together in silence. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt remained polite, even though he knew the policeman wasn’t telling him everything about the green rag. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no telling their children they were sick and that was why they didn’t want to tickle. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

So as we sat around the campfire later Uncle talked while Auntie nodded as if he were telling fascinating stories. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

You remember that feeling of cold, freezing rain down your back I was telling you about? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A tall officer was on the right side, in front of one of the metal detectors, telling each student what process they were to follow. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But he didn’t say anything about telling you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking there was something she wasn’t telling me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She holds out an old floppy hat and walks around the room, telling us to pick a name. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Consequently, it followed logically that telling lies and defecting from duty could not be sins. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It is my way of telling her I don’t need a lecture right now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The computer was telling him he was on the right track. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I know by telling the truth, people will look down on me. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

This could be a really good thing, but there’s a voice inside of me—most likely my father’s paranoid voice—telling me to be careful. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We can do anything we want now, even though we aren’t going to school. In fact, we can do anything we feel like because we don’t have any schoolteacher telling us what to do!” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Anna's telling Darnell about tiger cubs, and poachers, and village women who work with her NGO to protect the shrinking habitat. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There is a small restaurant in my neighborhood that I love and that I’ve been telling my friends about for six months. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They prepared us by telling us that we would be moving at the end of the school year. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was what the clue was telling them to do. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Also, we wanted Saidu to rest, even though he kept telling us that he was fine. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He waves a pointing finger at the boy, as though he is accusing the boy of something, or maybe punishing him, telling him what he must do. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were speaking matter-of-factly, as if telling me how to take the bus. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh Minny—” “Because you don’t even give me the courtesy a telling your husband I’m working here. Because you in this house twenty- four hours a day driving me insane.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He remembered how Tayo had sat staring at the wall, not saying anything all afternoon while the rest of them had been laughing and drinking beer and telling Army stories. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

All morning my mother had been scolding me, telling me to keep still, warning me that I must make no noise. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was telling him about the wonders of Harlem when I noticed he was shaking. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Always telling her she the most beautiful girl in the world. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom’s been telling people I came out here to celebrate graduating. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not a very good liar, and my mom is really, really good at telling when people aren’t telling the truth. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered Mr. Jeffries, my art teacher, telling us about an art festival in a town called Fountain Hills that was happening next weekend. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the 1970s, Goldman got involved with a group of mathematicians who were very interested in developing statistical rules for telling apart things like subatomic particles. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, he was one hundred fifty-three and zero. No losses.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“He’s been looking dreadful for days; I’ve been telling him to get a move on.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He listened to the conversation around him, the joking, the needling, the telling and retelling. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That night I wrote five letters to God, telling Him about my anger and lack of faith. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“But don’t ever throw anything else of mine out again without telling me!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moody knew from her voice that she was telling the truth, but it brought him little comfort. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Radar, ever the brilliant tactician, has banked an extra thirty minutes without telling us. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

From somewhere above us the O'Jays are singing, telling people all over the world to join hands and start a love train. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was telling me about his dreams and stuff. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“She ain’t gone want you and Miss Leefolt to get identified either, Aibileen, cause then people gone be just one step away. I’m telling you, Miss Hilly is the best protection we got.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His mother was almost as excited about his date as he was, even though he kept telling her it wasn’t a date. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

That Sunday evening Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wired President Kennedy from Atlanta, telling him he was going to Birmingham to plead with blacks to remain nonviolent. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I think about Cordelia telling me to do them, not in her scornful voice, in her kind one. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If it does go somewhere, if it does lead out of Ember, he’ll be telling the whole city pretty soon. He’ll be a hero.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In some tellings it was harrows, but in others it was a rock. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But the philosophers themselves disliked this penchant for telling tales and insisted upon their own, much plainer history. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was telling them too much, and not the right things. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, I couldn’t have made the painting come alive! You don’t remember the last time? It takes blood, Aloe, the work does always take blood before something like that could happen.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They waited in vain for his telling but not long for the knowing. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And telling that story made me smile, but it hurt so much. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Grandma is always telling me never to worry about boys and to spend my time worrying about myself instead. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I told you it was. I was telling the truth.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

As I chew, I try to pay attention to Tigris telling us how she acquired it, but the main thing I absorb is that fur underwear is a valuable trading item at the moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

But if she was telling the truth, she was giving us answers we needed to pay attention to, even if we didn’t understand them right now. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Or are you telling me I shouldn’t trust you either?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lexie and Moody, meanwhile, came home to a message on the answering machine telling them the case was over. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I rolled that word around in my head for a while and then, in the chemical way that these things happen, it just popped out: My God, he’s telling me the world is flat! The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

He’s been getting a real kick out of the stories I’ve been telling him about her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Twelve hours ago I received the phone call telling me I’m going to die today, and I’m more alive now than I was then. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then it seemed all the Jackboots were telling the people how bad they smelled. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He thought about taking the boy up on his offer, figuring that maybe he was telling the truth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

They stood silent, reluctant to make the final parting, and only slowly became aware that Tom was wishing them farewell, and telling them to have good heart and to ride on till dark without halting. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Some Marines know what to buy. Your father has some difficulty in telling the difference between treasure and garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One week later, however, Ron was telling a thrilling tale of kidnap in which he struggled single-handedly against fifty heavily armed merpeople who had to beat him into submission before tying him up. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Indeed so much did Tom know, and so cunning was his questioning, that Frodo found himself telling him more about Bilbo and his own hopes and fears than he had told before even to Gandalf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She misses the sound of his sulky, high-pitched little-boy voice, telling her that he is hungry, or tired, or needs to go to the bathroom. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear Diana Ross telling Sammy Davis Jr. something about five Jacksons and the lead singer, whose name was Michael. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Percy could be heard telling the other prefects, “My brother, you know! My youngest brother! Got past McGonagall’s giant chess set!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

First my Word and my miracles had gone, and now, on the night I am telling you about this was gone too. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

No use telling them to hand the money over. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to prove anything. I’m telling the truth.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They sat up late telling stories, and by the time Taisin rolled into her blankets by the fire, she was so tired she fell asleep immediately. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When Dad wasn’t telling us about all the amazing things he had already done, he was telling us about the wondrous things he was going to do. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wagged a finger at him in affectionate warning, telling him to be a good boy. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was telling everyone a funny story as they walked down Amesfort Avenue. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

When she was satisfied with his skills, she’d sent him south, telling him that if he survived the journey, he might find a new home and regain his memory. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kamara, the director of the center, gave a few remarks, and then boys started telling Bra Spider and monster stories and performing tribal dances. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wrote: “The opinion of an expert that texting or using a cell phone is distracting or even dangerous is nothing other than telling the jury that such activity is either negligent or criminally negligent.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A portion of the colored were runaways, although there was no telling how many, for obvious reasons. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Big Jerome was telling Bennie some story about getting picked up by the cops on Marcy Avenue. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I can just hear the schoolteacher now, telling everyone in the village.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spoil my good mood by telling no teacher where to get off today. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Hideo’s mother frowns in confusion, telling him that she was sure there was something. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gentleman was just telling us, Doctor,' Mrs Smith said, 'he knows Mr Churchill.' is that so? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to stop Hooper from telling him anything else, his mind was working and working terrifyingly, on everything he had said, as he sat in the darkness. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

So she merely implies it—perhaps by telling you about the much bigger, nicer, newer house down the block that has sat unsold for six months. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

For all I knew he might be telling me gibberish on purpose. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely,” she shook her head slightly, telling me, No. “You left before you could finish your last one. I was terribly disappointed that I missed the end. Distraught, in fact.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If they told, no telling what would happen—already the countryside teemed with jeeps and foreigners and curious expeditions. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At least that’s what I kept telling myself, in a vain attempt to stave off the epic loneliness I now felt. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I remember my mother telling me about having to haul buckets of water to the workers in the fields. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but not this one. Something’s not right, I’m telling you.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Robert might not care a fig for Tyrion Lannister, but it would touch on his pride, and there was no telling what the queen might do. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d tried telling that to Thomas after I’d accidentally destroyed his favorite video game, but that hadn’t kept him from not talking to me for an entire week. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

If I breathe too loudly, there’s no telling what the darkness will do to me or to Violet or to anyone I love. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t like to think about it, but that’s the Lord telling you something.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There were times in the telling when Katie had to use words which were considered dirty but she used them bravely and unflinchingly because she knew no other words. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He must be telling the girl about the house,” I said. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Months later, Boynton accused him of lying, telling a medical journal that "neither the President nor Mrs. Garfield ever asked him to take charge of the case." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When a man loses his money, he may have trouble telling them apart.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“But I couldn’t find anything online about it. Do you think he’s telling the truth?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Right when he was telling us about how Curron Outlaw was the king of the false start last year, our waitress returned to the table with our food. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“No. Pretty angry with me, but for all the right reasons. Not telling him about the rebel plot and whatnot.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

In another way she was angry at these young men for taking over their lives, for telling them when and where to eat, for leaving her out of the conversation with James. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to know what you mean, playing out of school and telling your grandmother lies and forging her name on your report and worrying her sick. What do you mean by it?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t break the law but no telling if the sheriff would come out to bring us in or something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would somebody mind telling me just what is going on?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for not telling the guys about my fight with Erin at her party,” Drew said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Really? So you automatically assumed I had something to do with the bombing, but you aren’t racist like they are? Fine. You can keep telling yourself that.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I began telling her about the hot sauce, and by the time we reached the cottage, I had revealed more to her in two hours than I had to Mary Fernandez in two years. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“All I’m telling you is that Veronica never said she didn’t want this guy’s money.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"I keep telling Jim he needs to wash his knives," said Mr. Pike, who owned the general store. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Are these,” he said to Count Olaf, “those wealthy children you were telling me about?” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

They are sitting in the cool darkness under the anacahuita tree in the front yard, in the rockers, telling stories, drinking guanabana juice. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The officer knew, as a rule, when people were telling the truth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was also eager to write Miss Charlotte Mortimer a letter, telling her the excellent news. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It may be that this strange night-existence is telling on me; but would that that were all! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She had a feeling that her father would have liked Nathan—taking him fishing and telling him tall tales. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

After they finished with the face, they started talking all over each other, telling me they’d been worried, they hadn’t known where I was, they’d been scared to death. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Luke and Toby spent more time talking to the boys—telling them to sit down or not to throw ice—than talking to each other. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As I watched the elaborate movements of her hands, the tide of my thoughts took me to a particular telling of a story I had heard many times as a boy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But Fezzik was a Turkish boy, and people claim the fruit bat from Indonesia is the biggest in the world; try telling that to a Turk sometime. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she ever going to get tired of telling that story?” she asked. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Jaja said that when he looked through the keyhole, Papa was holding Yewande’s hand and praying, telling her to repeat “none of those who trust in Him shall be left desolate.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I go home to Kenya during the school vacations, and I spend two or three weeks with her, telling her what I’m doing and finding out from her about life at home. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, I’m waiting for another phone call to arrive at my place, telling me to get over to Edgar Street again, pronto. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Adam was on the point of defending himself and then he said, “I’ll remember. Thanks for telling me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What I’m telling you is you’ll have lots of opportunities to hook up with nutty girls in college, but you’ll regret it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Once, when the two of us were the first out on the blacktop, I even tried apologizing for not telling her about the scorecard. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She knew every sound the house made, and this was a new one, and it wasn’t the house making it; this was just the house telling her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Rhodes is near the doors, telling everybody to come inside in an orderly fashion. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wright surprise us all one day by telling my mama that her and Massa was gonna take me and Missy up north for the summer. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I seemed to recall my grandfather telling me that one picked a rabbit up by its neck with one’s teeth. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You could make it up to me by telling Mom you’re craving carne asada. She also always serves really boring meals when we have kids here, and that bugs me, too.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

‘She was telling her father to stop doing something. I don’t know what it was, but it gave her nightmares.’ Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Everybody keeps telling me to sleep,” I grumbled. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

People telling him that he couldn’t understand what it was really like to be black because his daddy was white. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She’s probably telling her that she stopped by only to drop off the gift, that she has another obligation. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I feel like telling her that I’m wondering the same darn thing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t signed up for this, and I soon grew tired of it, but I kept telling myself it would all be worth it when he turned into a magnificent butterfly. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The first five minutes is me and E.J. moaning and telling Mom, “Oh my goodness, this is so good,” and “Mmm. Yes, yes.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was some version, I imagine, of what this woman did all day long and with practiced efficiency, telling seniors where they did and didn’t belong. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Some people were telling him to stay in the race, that War Admiral was training so badly that Seabiscuit, bad form and all, could lick him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys howled their delight; they crowded around me, telling me that I had fought with two bullies. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls looked at each other and nodded in agreement that Toby was telling the truth. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting worn down by telling it over and over, but I plodded through it, the detective prodding me with questions: When did you find the drill? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

So Dad made Brian give Ginger the comic book, telling him it was the gentlemanly thing to do. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It's like there’s something he’s not telling me.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I know that Suesetta is waiting for me and there’s no telling how long it will take for all of these dishes to get washed, dried, and put away. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was driven finally into telling her that he would lay hands upon her if she did not stop talking. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a split second, I think he’s telling the truth, that our recipe is so bad, it could kill someone. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t this the same guy who’d been telling me to avoid my destiny my whole life? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Can Hideo come after me now, by simply telling the police to arrest me? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask her what she expected me to do when telling the truth was going to get me 10 years. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about telling her about the phone call, but I was too embarrassed to repeat the man’s words. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I get a lot of letters from kids—any age from about five years old and up—telling me they want to work with animals when they grow up. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Then this morning I heard Hilly’s telling everybody the book’s not even about Jackson. Who knows why.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You were the one who kept telling me the book was dangerous!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, there’s nothing to find in there,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Oh, the wicked liar, oh, the shameless untruths she was telling! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She just keeps telling him things that she kept hidden before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Looking down into her eyes, I couldn’t help telling her I was sorry. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I’m a little upset that Fina didn’t ask me before telling Ms. Singh, but also grateful that she was trying so hard to protect me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Doctor Warren was standing on the guardhouse steps, telling Miss Lyte that her father must be allowed to finish the night out on the bed the soldiers had made up for him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No wonder Emery is always telling me Francis is her soul’s muse. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

On the inside of my closet door, I wrote an epic poem to the new owners telling them the house would always belong to me: Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You were just showing off, telling Sister Mukumbu how you and your sisters weren’t coming to the rally, like you’re in charge.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I said, like I’d just remembered: “By the way, what was that you were saying earlier on? About Miss Lucy telling you something?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They tried everything: telling jokes, country and western songs, a ventriloquist act with a lovable fuzzy sidekick, photo ops with terminally ill children. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Most times, Mami was around, telling me the rules: you weren't supposed to give away gifts you received. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The psychologist stared, “Help? By telling me this is a dream? By trying to push me into schizophrenia?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Those were the days,” she would murmur, telling Ophie stories that sounded like nightmares even to her young ears. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And don’t go telling me that’s not true, I’m not that stupid. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, telling my feet to get moving again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Started telling me how I shouldn’t worry, because Sister got him totally rehabilitated. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you I don’t believe you. You hate these people. I can tell by the way you talk about them. Whatever you intend to do, I think it’s far worse than stealing some serum.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Then in 1969 he got a letter from the city of New York telling him to move out of his house in Brooklyn. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday mornings in this year of grace 1965, imagine the “Christian conscience” of congregations guarded by deacons barring the door to black would-be worshipers, telling them “You can’t enter this House of God!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan never let up, even as he was telling dirty jokes to Calvin. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

They had sent Harry a toothpick and a note telling him to find out whether he’d be able to stay at Hogwarts for the summer vacation, too. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, telling him in the pressure of her fingers that she wanted him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, late at night, Charlie would just start talking, telling me stories about how things were before I was born—memories of him and our older brother, Ty'ree, and my mama and daddy together. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I always feel better with Grandma on my side, even when she’s telling God what to do. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I need to keep telling our story to the world until everyone listens. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She began telling me my life’s story, with such accuracy, from childhood all the way to the present, that all I could do was gasp. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Baroness was telling several visitors how pleased she was to have such distinguished guests. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“We were in the same group when we were out looking for Ziggy, and I was telling him more about you and Malia. It turns out his wife used to teach piano. She’s retired now.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I hear Cook’s voice, telling the story of the Resistance spy who came before me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone wants me to talk, but telling my friends what Mom and Dad told me would make it real. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could learn to ignore the gnawing in the pit of my stomach telling me it wasn’t enough. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

She’d pace round the room, searching through closets and drawers, telling me stories of her life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah! I can hear my toes telling each other what a fine fellow I am to bring them here!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I have a feeling this is one of those stories she’s going to be telling forever, the kind that gets bigger and crazier the more time goes on. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I trusted Timothy, and kept telling myself that he wouldn’t harm me, but it was the whole mysterious jumbi thing that was frightening. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quite often it was tedious, and I’m not telling you the half of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Here was my mother telling me her life. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z