| 单词 | thanks |
| 例句 | Another item for that list: Byrd not being available to drive Axel to the sanctuary tomorrow thanks to her other priorities. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “You’re sure? Could he have recently—oh, I see; okay, thanks. No, I have it under control.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z I had a blanket wrapped around me, and when it was my turn, I offered to share it with Dad, but he said no thanks. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Gryffindor House, meanwhile, largely thanks to their spectacular performance in the Quidditch Cup, had won the House championship for the third year running. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Residents of upscale Hope Valley also wrote C.P. with their thanks—sometimes enclosing a check to support “your important work.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “I just,” she says, “wanted to say thanks.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A few weeks after it is shipped, he receives a letter from Mr. Barris, offering his sincere thanks and marveling at the ingenuity of it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She still felt rumpled and panicked, and thanks to the bacon, her stomach was growling. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "Henry, 1 want to . . . uh, well, thanks a lot, Henry, you and your father, too, for carrying me home that night." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z The dueling between the two sisters went on and on, from one side of the creek and, thanks to Vonetta, back over to the other side of the creek. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Well,” Ivan said, reaching his hand out to shake hers again, “thanks for teaching me something new!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z If school pride makes us gangs, I’m neutral thanks to my dad. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I laughed, "So what? I'm neither a criminal nor a politician, brother. So you picked the wrong man. But thanks again for the coffee and cheese cake—brother." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad always invites me to come, too, but I say, “No, thanks.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The cuts from scratching mosquito bites I got over the summer were now fading thanks to the cocoa butter Mama made me rub on my legs at night. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah, thanks for that, by the way. Your parents are amazing. That was really fun.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Come here. Let me look at you closely. My eyes are not as good as they used to be, thanks to these miserable cataracts,” Teresita said, her skeletal fingers waving us in, urging us closer. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Although I guess I have to do them now, so maybe no thanks?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z At the table, they sat for a moment in uneasy silence, and Atticus asked Reverend Moorehead to return thanks. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Outside the three dorm buildings was a large gym, built by Warner Bros, as thanks for use of the Death House and other prison sites in its gangster movies of the 1930s. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Many, many, many thanks!” they always said, when they saw food coming. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z I can’t imagine the day my brothers would do such a thing, thanks to my parents, who never gave the boys even the slightest hint that they had any power over the girls. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z She took the RC with gloved hands, removed the cap, and with a small smile of thanks, drank a sip. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z For the first time, humans would be able to witness a cosmic collision–and witness it very well thanks to the new Hubble space telescope. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and it's all thanks to your excellent driving. If you'd missed that pothole, she never would have ended up in my arms.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She thanks me profusely while dusting them off, and then adjusts them across her nose, and a minute later we’re sitting back at the table. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Already the load of thanks in the future was weighing her down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So he would now be inside his own separate copy of this room, probably with a team of Halliday scholars whispering suggestions in his ear, thanks to his hacked immersion rig. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I said good night and thanks, and we hugged—a guy hug, okay? with the patting on the back and stuff—and Joey slipped into his room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “For the record, I hate softball. But, um, thanks for that other bit.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "No need for help. But thanks for stopping by. Maybe in a couple of months." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z And thanks—believe me, I could use the luck. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “How delightful it is to be able to help others, isn’t it? That was always one of my dreams, to have the power of giving freely, and thanks to you, the dream has come true.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks, nothing at all, just take her and go.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks—I have to get some studying done. But I’ll be glad to come back for you.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have my thanks, Lord Snow. For the half-blind horse, the salt cod, the free air. For y hope.” t Their breath mingled, a white mist in the air. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I placed my hands together in a prayer position and bowed at him, our way of saying thanks in Shona. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z ‘That was true then. But those days are over, thanks to Hera’s scheming.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “And thanks for last night. You get in trouble?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I backed out of Starbucks, nodding thanks, and I backed into this old dude. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But thanks to Hall’s phenomenal success rate he had no trouble filling the roster for this, his eighth expedition to Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Moss pulled out his old phone, which had a new screen thanks to a friend of Martin’s but still wouldn’t catch a signal. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had his tip money from Wednesday night, more than usual, thanks to 12B, but that wasn’t very much. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Thus, thanks to her commercial vision, which had led her to create a different atmosphere in every available corner, the Hotel Christopher Columbus had become the paradise of lost souls and furtive lovers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t either. Maybe it’s all part of the same thing. No thanks, no more. I can smell your supper’s nearly ready. I’ll step along.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z For this he thanks his parents, and their parents, and the parents of their parents. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stop stammering his thanks, sounding just like Professor Quirrell. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Jinjoo didn’t know what he had thrown, but she bowed in thanks. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z "Then the honest men of the city owe Timett a debt of gratitude. I shall see that he has the king's thanks." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “No, thanks, I think I can figure it out,” said Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve got a nice couch to sit on—which, thanks to Lenny, is perfectly centered in the room—cheese puffs to eat, and a great game to watch. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “No thanks. I only like food I can play with.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Harry — thanks,” George muttered, while Fred nodded fervently at his side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s run downstairs and give thanks to Mercer. Then we can come up here again and right away name her; she needs a name. And maybe you can find some rope to tether her.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z So the Russian undid the snags one by one, and the scarecrow danced off into the night again without a word of thanks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “For this accept my heartfelt thanks,” he writes his brother. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, nothing, nothing, Nancy, thanks. Can’t stay too long, really. Just wanted to come over and see if there’s any way I could get in touch with Joe.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By January 1996, thanks in no small part to Fischer’s concerted lobbying, the magazine made a firm commitment to send me to Everest—probably, Wetzler indicated, as a member of Fischer’s expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, in the USSR—which, thanks to the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, wasn't under attack—young women across the nation were continuing their state-sponsored flight training and flight instruction as though nothing had changed. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “I got a lecture this morning, thanks to you,” I tell him. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “I’ve spent the last few seconds thinking this over a bit more, and I’m gonna have to pass on your offer. I think I’d rather find the egg on my own, thanks.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Inside was an impressive sum of cash and a brief note: Perhaps you will find it convenient to receive a portion of your salary prior to going shopping— with thanks for your service & c., The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Some fell on their knees and offered thanks to God. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I venture, “thanks for, uh, sharing—” I start walking away. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Are you not grateful for this opportunity? Do you not wish to give me your thanks and allegiance?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He watched Javier wordlessly as he called his mother, and Moss sent out a silent thanks to the universe, to whomever might be listening. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Tell them thanks, but I’m not in the rocket business anymore.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks, I said I’d meet Dean,” said Ginny, though Harry could not help noticing that she did not sound very enthusiastic. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But even as she gave thanks, she knew that the rain was not enough. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z You, though... several of my best are locked up in the queen’s dungeons thanks to that lying tongue of yours, and I doubt that you can even cook.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, none for me, thanks,” I say and reach in my bag. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z We eat a mishmash of our remaining food—canned peaches, crackers, and snails—leaving one can of salmon for Tigris as meager thanks for all she’s done. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z But tonight Momma’s voice is slow and serious, and after she gives thanks for the food, she says something that makes my eyes pop open. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Queen Daenerys has a large one, and no thanks to you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The roofs seemed undamaged from the snow—thanks, perhaps, to Luke Stevens. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z He paused, and when Rishi muttered a faint “thanks,” he powered forward. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “No thanks, mister. I don’t give up that easy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Kyle and his teammates, along with all the other Library Olympians, were allowed to sleep in the next morning, because thanks to the surprise poolside contest, there would be only one game played that day. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z In reality, thanks to Ellsberg’s network, the Pentagon Papers were too widely dispersed to get back. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z We take Rose home and she thanks us properly and says she had a real good time. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I could not pay you. I hoped that perhaps my thanks in the form of a meal...” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Let us give thanks for the life that was…” Daddy’s voice choked. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I know, Julio. They say that he was bitten before he was shot. They also say that he was—thanks,” she said as I placed her plate on the table and sat down. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “What we have here, my good comrades in arms,” said Jess grandly, “is stage one of our anti-battering-ram scheme, thanks to my small offspring here who found the hornets’ nest.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The May-Johnson Bill would meet its legislative doom thanks to opposition from the scientists and public skepticism about military control, energized by public missteps such as the destruction of the Japanese cyclotrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I was hungry thanks to my adventure the night before, and all I wanted was rice for some reason, but Mama was already dishing up our breakfast of steaming grits. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It’s no thanks to me, but we’re officially on our way to the section tournament. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z So here we are, trapped thanks to me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z By the late 1960s, a few things had changed in the South, thanks to some key leaders. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The birds, once down to zero in the East, were gradually making a comeback, thanks largely to a falconer, Heinz Meng. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z ‘No, thanks. I just want to rest here and get my wind again.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z They’d been working hard all day and this was their thanks? The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora had complained to Hollister about living on Fillmore Street near the Fillmore, which stuck in Emily’s brain thanks to her brother. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but no thanks. Now report or get out.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “All my best wishes and many thanks,” 1 said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I felt the way Fern must have felt when she found her doll baby, Miss Patty Cake, all blacked-up thanks to Vonetta’s Magic Marker. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z That speech turned an equivocal, a provisional victory on the field of battle—thanks to the alchemic power of Lincoln’s words—into a turning point in the history of American liberty. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I think of Ms. Raz and the way she grumbled those first words of thanks when we started taking food to her. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Seems like I’m always thanking you, Herb. But thanks.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wow! Tell them thanks! Do you want to have breakfast with us?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “No, I didn’t. Thanks, D—I mean, thanks, Arthur.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “We should give thanks that they didn’t kill all of us.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Thanks, but no thanks, I say in my head. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z From the ground in the dark, they could hear the grateful shouts of thanks in return. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z It was a lot harder than it looked but after a while I got pretty good thanks to all the expert marksmen hanging around disguised as milkmaids. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of thanking God he thanks Gogol, the Russian writer who had saved his life, when Patty enters the waiting room. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They were master astronomers and timekeepers, which meant that they had to use advanced math, thanks to the wandering nature of the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “My Datsun”—Mum offered some braised celery to Aunt Alice, who made a No thanks gesture—“passed its MOT with flying colors last week.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You could go over the bridge and circle back,” I said, a tactic I knew about thanks to The Price of Dawn. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. Keeps me awake. Did you have something you wanted to see me about?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The man was still singing his thanks as Olanna took a banana from the table and left the kitchen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Mr. Borden, thanks so much for your help. I really appreciate it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Only a leg and some ribs, no thanks to you,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Perry squeezes his knees, asks the detectives for aspirin, thanks Duntz for giving him one, chews it, and resumes talking. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dad? If you sent this here for me—thanks. If you didn’t...well, thanks anyway.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I manage to get a B or better in all my classes—even Ms. Rucker’s, where I’ve climbed up to eighty-two percent, thanks to Rosa. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Mrs. Peck thanks a long list of people—some who aren’t even here, but she says their names anyway. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The windows of Fielding’s office were dark, thanks to the black plastic. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z As I dumped and washed out the chamber pot, I gave thanks. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll keep it like this, thanks. He tried to sit up, but the pain was terrible. He heard a familiar clicking noise nearby. “I don’t want a photo of this, Colin,” he said loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We found out that this was all the Captain knew; so with thanks we came away. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Number Three, thanks for the show,” Webb says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “Come with? No, thanks. I kinda wanna see the other poets,” I say. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z And my family—my family thanks you too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When I mumbled my thanks, she was so absorbed in her task that she acknowledged my departure only by staring at her hands with a deeper frown. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Even the Muslim world, with its Eastern traditions, was heavily contaminated by the teachings of Aristotle, thanks to the conquests of Alexander the Great. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Again, many thanks for all of your love and kindness. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the other hand, human population densities were gradually rising throughout the late Pleistocene anyway, thanks to improvements in human technology for collecting and processing wild foods. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z And thanks to a talent-competition show called American Idol, she gets hooked on country music. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Jackson gives Katherine a smile of thanks and an ugly feeling rises up in me, part jealousy and part shame and part anger at myself for getting just a tad bit hysterical. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z "No thanks, Judge. I prefer my good old Scotch." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She and I might be interacting under false pretenses right now—it’s a kick to the uterus every time she thanks me for being “so cool about this”—but I’ll certainly take that over nothing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z With Public Allies thriving, and its longevity all but assured thanks to multiyear federal grants and foundation support, I felt that I could now step away in good faith. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But I know he saw the thanks in my eyes. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Coffee is served and the husbands drink theirs, but most of the women keep rapt attention on Hilly. “... thanks to Boone Hardware... let us not forget Ben Franklin’s dime store...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I joined him in the truck and looked back with thanks at my brothers, who leaned against the door, smiling at our victory. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z And we give thanks for those dear and far away and for the great miracle which has brought us to each other once again. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z A mile faster than usual, thanks to those songs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z So I nodded my thanks to the blind Christ and threw my backpack over one shoulder. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Our captain thanks them politely, seemingly bearing no grudges or anger, and the pirates wish us luck and wave good-bye as we sail on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Two fish in one basket, all thanks to her. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z I would never tell anyone, but my mind sometimes wanders when Mama is giving thanks for our food/life/health/family, etc. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “If it happens again, and if it’s real, the boy’s father will know he owes you thanks. He won’t hurt you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z We all express thanks to our server, who offers a courteous nod before she departs. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z With hearty thanks and best wishes, I remain “‘Your grateful friend and humble servant, ‘JAMES LAURENCE’.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a man of many interests, thanks very much,” Joe said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Frank had lost everything thanks to a war. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z The Frenchmen gave courteous thanks, complimented Turner on his French, then bent over the table to pack the empty bottles and glasses into the canvas bag. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Yes. Everyone will know their names, thanks to you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Cabot smiled at her, nodded his thanks, and waited for the elevator doors to open. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z You can get very close; thanks to laser cooling, physicists can chill atoms to a few millionths of a degree above the ultimate coldness. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Chicago’s water teemed with bacteria, thanks mainly to the Chicago River. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The assembled creatures passed on a vote of thanks to Matthias for his resourcefulness and bravery. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah, thanks. She did like it. And we talked about it too. A little bit. I think we’ll talk more. She said we would.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But now, all thanks to me, she’s about to throw everything away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z No thanks, I demurred, I already have an accountant in Chicago. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Remora had complained to Hollister about living on Fillmore Street near the Fillmore, which stuck in Emily’s brain thanks to her brother. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When Master Croak, the son, reached suitable age, he dismissed his trustees with curt thanks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Some of her wild hair, curly again thanks to the humidity in the air, was brushing his shoulder in spite of her careful posture, as if it had a life of its own. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Tater is done for this episode. He can head home. Good work today, guys. And thanks for not chasing any trains, Fred.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Just before he gets into the car, Boy21 turns around and says, “I wish you and I could travel through the cosmos together, Finley. You have that calming presence. Happy birthday to me—and thanks.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z For dinner we have the leftovers from the meal I cooked yesterday, and again, nobody thanks me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I would tell them “No, thanks,” to please just tell me where was I supposed to sit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The fruit flies were more out of control than ever, thanks to the lemonade the boys had dribbled on the countertop. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z I wrote back, thanks, with a smiley face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “They hang around every night. I get a lot of people in here, thanks to them. Say, you want to look at a water bed?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She turned an angry face toward the men suspended in the tree and said loudly, “No thanks to these hooligans!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Once it had lost the head start that it had enjoyed thanks to its locally available concentration of domesticable wild plants and animals, the Fertile Crescent possessed no further compelling geographic advantages. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks for signing me up with Madame Rubenstein,” I tell her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z And thanks for wishing me good luck for the game. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Although I accepted her thanks graciously and felt good about it in the moment, I had trouble sleeping that night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now, thanks to the educational seminars and emergency care provided by the clinic’s volunteer staff, that mortality rate has been cut to less than one death per 30,000 trekkers. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z When he was done, I recited the second blessing and the prayer that thanks God when a serious accident has been avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z CBS, especially, had earned a reputation for reliability thanks to its reports on the European conflict. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Tessie never stopped complaining about the lack of closet space and the impractical layout, but gradually, thanks to a touch of claustrophobia, she grew to appreciate Middlesex’s glass walls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I put my hand on top of my dad’s and told him thanks. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z Ridgeway told the man what lay ahead of him and gave his thanks. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “I mean ... a drink for you and your brothers. A fine barrel of fallow white? To show my thanks. I let him stay because his stories were interesting, at first.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m feeling really quite jolly, thanks to the wine and the tedious contents of Tom’s computer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Ashima thanks her, sinking gratefully into the seat, pushing the bags protectively behind her legs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Despite the fears the darkness woke in him, he gave thanks for it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I told her thanks, and that we were going to do everything to follow the rules and give her the respect she deserves.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The teller thanks us for our donation and doesn’t seem surprised by it; Deckers are always throwing their money around. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I do, but for some reason I say, “No, thanks.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z I said a quick prayer of thanks to the singing woman for her help. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And, thanks to her, I was sure there would be a next time. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He shipped his items in boxes sealed with apple labels, thanks to the interested cooperation of certain customs inspectors. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks, man. You can skip me this time around.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He was the butt of cartoonists, thanks to whose constant mockery he became a popular figure and delivered a landslide vote for the conservatives in every election. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t want to be responsible, but I feel good when Ma thanks me. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z When the prayer was ended, the thanks repeated and the goodnights said, Rachel saw her guests to the door. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “But thanks, man. I really appreciate the offer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z They said farewell to Nob and Bob, and took leave of Mr. Butterbur with many thanks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “My thanks, ser,” she said, as blood and grease ran down her chin. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He draws with confidence, thanks to the drafting course he is taking this term. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The farmers loved her bees, thanks to all the pollinating they did, how they made the watermelons redder and the cucumbers bigger. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny wizard in a nightcap at the rear of the bus muttered, “Not now, thanks, I’m pickling some slugs” and rolled over in his sleep. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Calculating the date of Easter was no mean feat, thanks to a clash of calendars. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I gave thanks that she could not hear my thoughts. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z She left it hanging in the air, and then said, “Hey, speaking of tomorrow, as thanks for your hard work and dedication on this remarkable evening, I would like to give you a small gift.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z "I didn't get around to saying thanks for taking care of my mother," he says, sober in a way I've never seen him. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. Maybe we could do something afterward?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The three-minute convention persists thanks in no small part to attention spans and radio playlist imperatives. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “This all happened,” Captain Smith says loudly, “thanks to Captain Ratcliffe and his ridiculous idea of a gentlemen’s path.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Instead I finish it in three gulps and tell her thanks. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z I was helped out of my comfortable chair and made a little speech of thanks. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was about to say No, thanks, when he put a huge paw on my shoulder and steered me deeper into the showroom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The two of us have always been tight, in part thanks to an unwavering and somewhat inexplicable allegiance he seemed to feel for his baby sister right from the start. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It’s only eighty-five degrees and we live a block from the ocean. But thanks.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I could’ve broken her back, but scraped my knee to save her, and this is my thanks? Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z And thanks at least in part to those technologies, we’re seeing the tentative spread of democratic institutions in areas that have lived for years under dictatorships or near-dictatorships. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z When I help him with French, he thanks me a thousand times. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Mother,” Lillian said, her eyes shining, “thanks for everything. The year was wonderful.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, thanks, but I can't leave my car here. My mom would kill me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks,” I muttered, and he grinned for a second, before sighing and biting his nails. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The Haitian church it rich, thanks to the poor, in a country that is poor because of the rich. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “And get caught by Uncle Andrew and have our rings taken away before we’ve had any fun. No thanks.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z The fire had begun near the corner of De Koven and Jefferson and quickly fanned out thanks to increasingly gusty winds. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z These have been his lifelong enemies; thanks to them he no longer holds office. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I had more money than I was used to having, since, thanks to Charlie, I hadn’t had to pay for a car. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She turned and looked expectantly at Ron, who cleared his throat and said in a thick voice, “Yeah...thanks, Dobby.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Then I lean back inside and I whisper, "Call you later. And thanks." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Was it not a word, thanks to Pascal, irretrievably associated with religious polemics of the sort that the members of the Royal Society were determined to avoid? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I'm not sure how to use them, so I said, “No thanks” and prized my trainers off the usual way. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” Chess said, and Emma was glad that he spoke for both of them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z But I was able to coexist with it, thanks to Suzanne. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I hand Andrecito back his dump truck, whisper thanks, then collect our dishes, letting their clatter fill the silence, and head toward the kitchen without a word. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, I didn’t, but thanks for reminding me. I’m just gonna...close my eyes.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Now, I must go find my Aloine and offer her my earnest thanks. How do I look?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Radio programmes analysed the merits of different interpretations of the same pieces, while there were always new reasons to hear, say, Mozart afresh, thanks to the selling point of newly researched performance techniques. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z After all, the more he accepted, the more he would be obliged to offer, and he was already in well over his head, thanks anyway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When I get to the bottom, I kick the sand out of sheer frustration, and thanks to a gust of wind, some of it flies right into my eyes. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z No, I don’t think I will, thanks, said the other voice, a little more firmly . . . no, I don’t really want to. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I felt silly and wrong calling a grown person Brother So-and-So or Sister Such-and-Such, but thanks to Cecile, we now had brothers and sisters we had never before laid eyes on. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Jack thanks April for her help as he opens the door for me, and Mom waves hello from the front of the car. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z This time the correct equations fell out, partly thanks to the help of Kreisel, who had come over to Cambridge to spend a weekend with Francis. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z People are all over him like he’s a celebrity, thanks in part to the two stitches in his lip. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z From the living room we heard the low tone of the deputy’s voice, politely saying, “No, thanks. Really, I’m ' fine.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Just before his army physical, he ate a fistful of candy bars; thanks to the consequent soaring blood sugar, he failed the physical. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z Tree-ear nodded his thanks and stepped away, but the woman spoke again, quietly. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I’m sure that my baby-soft features have hardened over the years, thanks to her. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks. And I’ll get that ramp finished this weekend. I just need to make one more trip to the lumberyard.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “If anybody asks, you might tell them that this arrest was made possible, in part, thanks to the fine public education offered at Riverview Middle School.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yes,” said Neville, “I’m fine, thanks. Just reading this book Professor Moody lent me. He held up the book: Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean. “ Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I glance up, just with a smile and thanks. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z At last some guard would speak to her, would mention the cold, and Wealtheow would smile and nod her thanks and go back in. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z His frustration at the meagerness of his thanks was like the small but constant whine of a gnat in his thoughts. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I was no longer hungry, thanks to the stack of pancakes I’d eaten at IHOP, so I headed straight to my tree. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Now, thanks to me, the old woman was free. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “Oh man, thanks, Mom!” he said, as convincingly as he could. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Ah, no thanks.That puny Celtic whine.You people love your alcohol. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jay always makes apple cinnamon pancakes on Christmas, and today is no different thanks to the bag of flour from our community center box. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z But Shasta sulked and said No thanks, and that he wasn't hungry. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z I just said, “Wow, thanks, Renee!” while every other guy in the class looked at me like I had a big target painted on my forehead. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “My thanks to you, Silent Sam. You are truly a great pathfinder.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We say sure, of course, you bet, and he says thanks. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “This may sound kind of absurd, but”—Tamika leaned in, her face hard and serious—“when things were really awful with my uncle, I survived thanks to my flower.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Jethro nodded his thanks briefly; he did not wish to attract the attention of the others at the table to the favor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Leibniz’s calculus had the same power as Newton's, and thanks to its notation, even a bit more. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “So we can give thanks this priest didn’t accuse us of stealing and send us to a policeman?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z And thanks to some good luck and timing—thanks to Tilly, and God, too—I had pulled Benjamin DiAngelo from one side to the other. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I give thanks at Thanksgiving because my mother finally goes to work and my father orders pizza. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z We visited a set of converted buses where local artists were doing art therapy with displaced children who, despite their losses and thanks to the adults around them, still bubbled with hope. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I tumbled words over one another, trying to express some of the thanks I felt for all of their actions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z That was on my list of things to wish on thanks to Fulton Banner, a crazy old man who lived next door to us in Raleigh. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “We will give four baskets, and one for thanks,” said a voice behind Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “O.K. Bye-bye. And I really had a great time with you tonight. I mean that seriously. You have a wonderful personality. And thanks tons for being so understanding,” she said, leaving the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “This punishment will be brutal, my dear, but your mortal flesh will bear it, because it must. Take comfort that in reaffirming His order we give Him thanks.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Close to six feet tall—okay, five ten and a half—with good, straight teeth thanks to some expensive dental work. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Okay, thanks, Roofie,” he says and reaches over and hugs me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Welcome, Warrior, and many thanks for all you have brought us,” said Vikus formally. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I want to break down in tears of joy and relief and thanks, but we don’t have time for that, so I hug her and whisper a shukria in her ear. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “And thanks for comparing me to a dog. That was brilliant.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The faithful filled churches, giving thanks and imploring their creator to allow this one to be the war to truly end all wars. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Van Houten took a swig of the whiskey and then leaned forward to offer it to my dad, who said, “Um, no thanks.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Even so, thanks to Mendeleyev’s invention, chemistry was now on a firm footing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Geographically, I am at the dinner table, Dad. And metaphysically, I’m just fine. You know—just a rough day at school thanks to small-town living.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, thanks so much for having us over. Grace has really been looking forward to it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “He’s had nary a word of human feelin’ fer what happened to that little girl, nary a word of thanks that Matt saved his worthless boy from his neighbors. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a small clamor of questions, comments, pleas, and thanks from children who had remained still as stones throughout the story. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She and her family often came to this very spot to send prayers of thanks for her life to the holy greyhound. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z We end up winning the game by a single run, all thanks to heavy-hitting Hennessey, who bats Laury in but gets tagged out trying to make her single into a double. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z “Ama here got some powder to wake you up,” he said, speaking very quietly, and Lyra turned to the girl, seeing her for the first time, and put her hand on Ama’s shoulder in thanks. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In Tyrosh he should be able to curse the gods, call a man a cheat, and order up an ale, thanks to a sellsword he had once known at the Rock. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z All I could say was, “Me and Ma gives our thanks to you and the posse for the trouble y’all went through to get these, Sheriff Jackson.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z When I finished all he said was, “Great, thanks,” and then turned to my parents and asked if I’d “been to see anyone.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mr. Spencer’s face flooded with gratitude as he murmured his thanks once more. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Thanks—thanks for saving his life,” stammered Ear as he checked Eye for wounds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The block always smells like fried chicken thanks to Frenchy’s Fried ’n’ Such, which is the diner to end all diners. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z When my father says thanks, it’s just a word. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “We owe you, Jake. Both of the Shaffer brothers are now behind bars for that bank robbery in California thanks to your brilliant work.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “And Chino, thanks for taking Victor, all right?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Kim thanks the former father for his kind words and for finding us a new family. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks. Being on the force, I gotta make a impression. I gotta always be on the lookout for people, too.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I think I’ll walk around a little till he comes.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the woman in the green demon mask pulled my benefactor away before I could give him any word of thanks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Still, she knew it was more polished than she’d hoped it would be at this point, thanks to the talent show money. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I knew, thanks to her, this meant Best Friends Forever. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t live nearby, and no, I don’t come here often. Just passing through. And thanks, I’m glad it’s all right with you.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve learned a bit about evolution thanks to the books and newspapers Jackson smuggles me, and the comparison doesn't sit well. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z A guy couldn’t cavort with women, and thanks to the ban on cabaret dancing, he couldn’t even watch women cavorting by themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He had seen, thanks to my carefulness, that it was empty and had not recently been lived in. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Hugo just sat on the rug, cross-legged, saying, “I'm fine here, Aunt Helena, thanks” when Mum told me off for not bringing enough chairs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z These images were now rapidly available thanks to wirephoto services, which had debuted in Life in the month that Pollard, Howard, and Smith formed their partnership. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to say, No thanks, wrong door, just looking for the bathroom. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z They wanted to drag me out with them but I said no thanks. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z There were no cracks on the screen, thanks to the heavy-duty phone case that his father insisted on buying. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z But if we look at England in 1658, the year Cromwell dies, facts are now newly established in the language, thanks not to the friends of Hobbes, but to Pascal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z As if in thanks, the sturdy trees had protected their house and fields from the brunt of the cyclone. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Temp and Tick gave polite nods of thanks for theirs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tell them I said thanks, but no thanks.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z When she saw it with her own eyes, Catelyn reined up her horse and bowed her head in thanks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I babbled incoherent thanks to God and collapsed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Billy said, “Hello,” to her, and she asked him if he wanted some candy, and he said, “No, thanks.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. Alice, did we really...,” he whispered, unable to say any more. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The adults all started talking and saying thanks and how wonderful it all was. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z The Paqo gently revolved the arm in the other direction, and we sang our thanks to the gods for allowing us to help the boy. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z "My thanks, Septa Mordane. I would talk to my daughters alone, if you would be so kind." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I’m off to bed. By the way, I hope you didn’t mention what happened last night to your mother.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Britain’s waving his hand in front of my face, and I send a silent prayer of thanks to the universe for his inebriation. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” I say in English, and settle next to Baba, who’s got a plateful of fried eggs sprinkled with pepper. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z "Tell them, Tyrion. Tell them and make them believe. That is all the thanks I need." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It was not about thanks, she knew that, it was not about rewards. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He expressed his thanks; raised himself on his toes to even them out in too cramped a space, dropped back upon his feet, and said, “Now the big contest.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z My parents went up for the ceremony in the Juilliard chapel, which, I gathered, was stark in word and dress, but rich in Bach and Mozart, thanks to Caroline’s school friends. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, thanks. Have you ever been in therapy before?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z She followed her parents into the house, which shone and gleamed and had the vague air of a mausoleum, thanks to all the marble. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Of course, thanks to the magical economics of supersizing, it cost only thirty cents more than the sixteen- ounce “small.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “However,” she said, “this is too great a thanks. More payment than is appropriate for any help I’ve given you. I would end up in your debt.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As she’d expected, no one paid much attention—except Lexie, who briefly closed her eyes and whispered a silent thanks to whatever deity had made this happen. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They took the money with thanks, and he happily surrendered it, but the special warmth was no longer present. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, no one is homeless, or cops to it anyway, thanks usually to a working husband or boyfriend. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z You say thanks a lot in a hospital. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Before I could figure out another nice way to say “thanks but no thanks,” someone knocked on our door. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "We have a long day before us, and no sleep to face it on, thanks to Lord Snow." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I did know that, but thanks for those observations, Anna.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z They gathered their weapons and equipment and loaded their vehicles with speed and precision, thanks to months of practice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “This is where me, y’all’s daddy and uncle, and just about every other kid in town learned how to shoot, thanks to your old granddaddy here.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z But, thanks to Shawn Crow, never, ever Permian football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Totally. And thanks for coming to talk to me. You’re the first person who’s talked to me for more than a few seconds in a whole week.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The headmaster joined me onstage to thank me and suggested to the students that they offer their own thanks with a song. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Her hand shoots out and she catches it without even turning around, then winks at me in thanks over her shoulder. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I whispered a prayer of thanks before I managed a few last minutes of studying for my exam. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And thanks for the great gifts,” I added, and then ran off to get ready. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z As a matter of fact, a man walked into a tree in front of our house and knocked out a tooth, thanks to Mother’s stretch pants. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "It wasn't your fault. Anyway, thanks for bringing Watchmen. I'm glad I got to read it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I think he means to say thanks, but it almost seems like he doesn’t know how. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z For some stupid reason, I wanted to say thanks to her, like she'd lifted the curse or cast some love spell over Annie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z So, he said “thanks” and hugged me again. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z After all had been seated, toasts were made, thanks were given and returned, and then the feasting began. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I didn’t want to impose, I don’t know if the Persian understood or not when I shook my head and smiled, meaning “No, thanks.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He and Cuddy offered quick thanks and rushed back to St. Vincent Street. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There was cool buttermilk yet, thanks to Violet, and I poured some in a tin cup. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Without looking for thanks or praise, he quietly added his earnings to the pig, which we named Oz. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Oh," said Bill, sucking the drumstick, "how should we know? We should not question. Our stay on earth is not for long. Let us rejoice and believe and give thanks." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z In the office Ted thanks me for my “concern” and says he’s taken my advice about Holly and sent her home. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, thanks,’ he said, ‘I knew you’d understand, the police are here about Bunny, you see, and they want to ask some questions.’ The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The doorman was a good whistler, thanks to his chipped front tooth. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Such critics also pointed out that, thanks to the commercialization of Everest, the once hallowed peak has now even been dragged into the swamp of American jurisprudence. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z I guess I chickened out, afraid that to offer words of thanks for the pig and the mushrooms and the forests and the garden would come off sounding corny. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Start giving thanks for what you do have.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z ‘We’ll be leaving in the morning. Just wanted to tell you thanks.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z We were somewhere on the Upper East Side—way out of our school district—and we'd gotten here in no time, thanks to Ishtar taking a few illegal shortcuts, including one across a playground. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Even so, city life was comfortable and pleasant, thanks to the wide streets, parks, gardens, and extensive system of canals. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “I can walk, thanks,” said Harry irritably, jerking his arm out of the Auror’s grip. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks, Chris! Now I’m going to totally mess up my solo at the spring concert. And it’s totally going to be your fault!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Of what? I don’t want a foul scar right across my head, thanks. I don’t think getting your head cut open makes you that special, myself.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z And it lasted forever, three or four hours at least, which confused me because white church was only like an hour—in and out, thanks for coming. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Her essay—thanks to Pearl—was good, her SAT scores were strong, her GPA was over 4.0 thanks to her AP classes, and she could already picture herself on Yale’s campus. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I said a prayer of thanks when, at after-noon’s end, I found it still there. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the past few days, I have heard a lot about the prom, and thanks to those twenty-four-hour film places, I have seen what everyone looked like. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z But as I murmured my words of thanks to the clam and dropped it into the bucket, I felt a sudden streak of pain in my knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The approaching silhouette was string-bean slim and taller than most, thanks to the stovepipe hat propped crookedly on his head. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Well, thanks to the Freedom Writers, I got to go to the nation’s capital. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I move over to Miss Skeeter, but she wrinkle her nose up at me and say, “No, thanks,” cause she don’t eat no eggs. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The Ministry’s Time-Turners—thanks to Croaker—were always a little vanilla for him. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Ten thousand throats roared out their thanks; then twenty thousand; then all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And thanks to ReelTok’s giant community of followers, I’m reviled all around the world. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was this sound then, thanks to Rue, that sent the orchard workers of District 11 home each night. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z When we get out, we barely say thanks for the ride, barely say good-bye to any of them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z In the battle between the British and French fleets in Chesapeake Bay, thanks to Washington’s agents, the French may have been reading Admiral Graves’s flag signals. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z X looked up and over at him, and said, with great effort, “Thanks. Tell her thanks for me.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “No thanks. I should go. I guess my friend isn’t coming.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z And thanks for nothing, he wanted to add. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is just our little way of saying thanks to the Corps for all it has done to us. You have the candles, Karen?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll have a gin and tonic, thanks,” it says, and there’s Henry in the flesh, sidled up next to him at the bar, looking a little tousled in a soft gray button-down and jeans. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know who you are. You’re the one responsible for the end of the world. So, you know, thanks.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “No, thanks....I may practice a few steps in the room.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Aurora knew the letter A before she even turned two, thanks to Easy Cheese letters. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He received these marks of gratitude with distaste, cutting short my thanks to order me out of the room. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z As they walked into the steam room, Frank thought of his grandmother, his mom, and his cursed childhood, thanks to Juno and her piece of firewood. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "It is both a time for repentance and a time for thanks," intones the mayor. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z In the 1920s that all changed, thanks to an American astronomer named Edwin Hubble. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Foods that humans cannot digest in their natural forms—such as wheat, rice and potatoes—became staples of our diet thanks to cooking. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By fall, though, Barack’s stock had begun to rise in part thanks to the publication of The Audacity of Hope and a slew of media opportunities afforded by the book tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Catelyn said a silent prayer of thanks to the seven faces of god as she went to the window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Kaz leaned in so that no one else could hear it when he said, “My Wraith would counsel mercy. But thanks to you, she’s not here to plead your case.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I understood everything when she explained it, and got hundreds on a social studies quiz and a science lab thanks to her. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so moved that I could hardly express my thanks. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Using her good hand, the woman grasped Matty’s hands with a warm gesture of thanks as she turned away. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z But the British, thanks to Bancroft, knew what was going on. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, thanks to the white reaper, Wayne Robbins alone could keep up with the task. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Then—thanks to the kid in the sound booth—her music begins to play. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Which was ridiculous, because he was sure there were about a thousand other nights they could both name that would probably have ranked much higher than this one, thanks to the Aberzombies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Errol opened one bleary eye, gave a feeble hoot of thanks, and began to gulp some water. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “If you talk to him,” Cole said, “tell him thanks again for the knife. I’ll carve something special.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z And much of that was thanks to cells from one woman, “an unsung heroine of medicine.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It probably had something to do with the horror show hook-up with Faith and the intensity of Howie’s visit, but mostly it was thanks to Pastor Ted. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And it was all thanks to her trusty plants. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Despite the lack of such biological instincts, during the foraging era, hundreds of strangers were able to cooperate thanks to their shared myths. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I woke early, having slept soundly and dreamlessly thanks to my gratuitous drug use. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Well, they just—thanks, Aunt Heidi”—I uncap the Vitamin Water and inhale it—“asked me to wait in the hall while the team talks things over.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Please offer my warmest thanks to Rahim Khan sahib for carrying it to you. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I’m going to have lunch with Brandy and Tressa.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z My ears stretched practically to the top of my head, and I opened my mouth to utter a humble thanks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I hand one back to her, and she thanks me under her breath. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z "The poison has left my system, thanks to the leeches." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Today, thanks to automation, it takes five jobs. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z As they saw it, the city had taken a step back from the brink of catastrophe, thanks to its enlightened leaders. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z The idea that one might dissect a chigger was also ridiculous in 1610—but, thanks to the microscope, that too would soon be possible. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z She and her mom were just fine by themselves, thanks for asking. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But there's plenty of gravel around thanks to the crumbling cement of the chimney and building trim, so the birds on our roof are doing okay. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Salad. Seriously. Does anybody actually like it? Multicolored Styrofoam. No thanks. I’m a burger girl.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Marcos spent two weeks assembling the contents according to an instruction manual written in English, which he was able to decipher thanks to his invincible imagination and a small dictionary. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe thanks are owed to you too. My understanding is that you helped Ekon procure my daraja. You brought her to me.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Dari blushed and mumbled a thanks, and Twig stared up at Mr. Neely in shock, because I don’t think she’s used to praise from a teacher. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s a tribe of horses crossing a freeway, making it to the other side thanks to their sheer number. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The foyer is cool thanks to the marble and the sounds of girls outside practicing their remedial drills drifts in through the open windows. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Water-wheels were known to the ancient Greeks and Romans but were far from common; thanks to an early medieval proto-industrial Revolution, they quickly became widespread around the end of the first millennium CE. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Wow...thanks for your honesty...I guess," Gregory said. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, great, thanks,” he said, fighting to keep his voice casual as he stood up to let her in. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The Aristotelian wall was crumbling, thanks to the influence of the Muslims and the Hindus, and by the 1400s even the staunchest European supporters of Aristotelianism had their doubts. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If I still had the will to live, it was thanks to Richard Parker. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z A doorman asked if he needed help with his luggage, but Armpit told him no thanks, showing that his backpack was all he had. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “But thanks for getting us in here. I would’ve never played the Decker card myself.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was the first time some of my own people were saying a public thanks to us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Griphook grunted thanks, and Bill left, closing the door upon them all. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “A heaven full of spicy flavors that stick to your clothes and make you sneeze? No, thanks!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Somkit bowed his thanks, then took the supplies and raised his eyebrows at Pong, a sign to follow him out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “With our great thanks. After all, Fayge and I will be returning here for the wedding night and she will see them then.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Pass me those keys and I’ll handle the rest of those prison cells for you. And thanks!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks for telling me,” said Fadi, trying to turn back to the computer. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t—for a long time—but thanks to this—“escapade”—I know what you got in there. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z On the back were written the words With many thanks. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dropped a quota, thanks to Pima, who had had the sense to run for her when she heard that her missing crewboy was down in the shallows instead of up in the ship. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z "Well," said Mr. Samsa, "now we can give thanks to God." The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Last year, she won a scholarship to Manhattan's Academy of Theater Arts, thanks to a brilliant audition and a raving recommendation from her Ridgeford High drama teacher. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “You don't owe me an apology. But thanks for listening. It’s kind of weird saying that story out loud.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She responded like someone who instead of saying thanks when being served by a waiter only lowers her eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I longed to speak, but could summon only words of paltry thanks and pale affection, so I left them unsaid. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But thanks to the caravan’s threave hawks, they knew exactly where the thing was. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Tell her thanks. And now I wish I had gotten extra gummy bears.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t thank me, but I hadn’t expected thanks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ma lowers her head and thanks the woman and walks away with her food, Geak trailing behind her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no need for thanks. This is wrong. Everything about this place is wrong.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who doesn’t belong, Queen Hera. So next time, thanks .. . but no thanks.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Other times, thanks come in a small gesture: a smile, a firm handshake before they move on. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Yes. Everyone will know their names, thanks to you.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks . . .” Outside, Snuffy seated himself on the porch, smoking a cigarette and tugging luxuriously on his beer while O. J. Martinez counted and recounted his newspapers. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The most likely answer is the very thing that makes the debate possible: Homo sapiens conquered the world thanks above all to its unique language. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes. I’m a seventh grader at Riverview Middle School—that’s a public school, a school maintained at public expense, so I want to say thanks to the public.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z On one hand, he didn’t want to give away the bonus his team had received thanks to the other team’s penalty. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I was less furious at God these days, thanks to Dad’s recovery. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I just propped up Annabeth so she wouldn’t fall off, covered her in the Golden Fleece that we’d been through so much to get, and said a silent prayer of thanks. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Instinctively, he touched his clothes and found—to his surprise—that they were perfectly dry, and that, in fact, the place where he’d slept had remained entirely dry thanks to the leaf overhead. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Great. He can be so hard to shop for. Well, thanks for letting me sit a spell,” Coach West says, gathering her bags together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Our deepest thanks for your care and shelter. Please accept my most sincere hopes that we may meet again under healthier circumstances.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had already seen a lot of their marriage, thanks to time-travel, knew that it was going to be at least bearable all the way. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She turns and climbs down before I can manage to say thanks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, thanks to Revere and Dawes, church bells rang and muskets fired—warning signals from the Patriot network that the British were coming. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z They had to, thanks to an angry river. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Only this time, thanks to those eye drops, every page is filled with words and pictures. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z She arose, and bowing her stiff, lofty bow, she went away, stopping for neither thanks nor applause. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Back at the youth hostel, she wrote a sincere letter of thanks to Patti Sokoloff on an old-fashioned piece of airmail paper and posted it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I said a prayer of thanks and paged through them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When she gets back to the table with it, he says thanks, and I’m almost disappointed that he does. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z He was too polite to say it—that he may already be my accountant, or rather my accountant’s accountant, thanks to the explosion in the outsourcing of tax preparation. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Old music, thanks to repetition and familiarity gained through broadcasting and recording, and because there was, unsurprisingly, much more of it, was more comforting and pleasing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “And never a word of thanks,” said Henry irritably. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I told each of them thanks, but no thanks. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “He personally oversaw the burial. He said a prayer at their grave. It’ll be a token of thanks for his decency.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Then, muttering thanks to the Goddess Kwan Yin, she flung her weary self into the armchair to seek solace in the uninterrupted enjoyment of the last inning. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z An occasional tear rolls down Lainie Burgess’s cheek but she greets each mourner with a smile and thanks them for attending. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He steps closer, murmuring, “I’m just trying to say thanks, Jerome. You helped me out a lot. Good friends share. You can bring it back tomorrow.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z “This has nothing to do with Luce, all right? She’s gone and it’s no thanks to the way she lived her life. I wish you wouldn’t idolize her so much.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z This is the only occasion on which della Porta thanks a named individual. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Ivy gave her the pillow to use however she needed, but she barely looked at Ivy, mumbling a thanks. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z People speak with the help of lungs, throats, voice boxes, tongues, and lips, thanks to an intricate symphony of sound and breath and movement. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “We’ll try to make it, thanks. There’s so much to be done. My men are waiting for me back at the rocket and--” He stopped. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miss Fairfax’s compliments and thanks, but is quite unequal to any exercise.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mother, perfectly satisfied, thanks to you all, and so happy that I can’t talk about it,” with a look that was far better than words. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z No gym, thanks to a magic note from Dr. Parker. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z "No, thanks," said Miss Baker to the four cocktails just in from the pantry, "I'm absolutely in training." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z One night, I fell asleep in the necessary and woke with a fervent prayer of thanks that I had not fallen in. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll have some more, thanks, if you don’t mind,” Bunny said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In the end, Hillary Clinton won nearly three million more votes than her opponent, but Trump had captured the Electoral College thanks to fewer than eighty thousand votes spread across Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z In fact, Fern gave thanks to Mr. Lucas for making our roof sturdy so we could all be underneath it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z I know exactly who I am and what I'm capable of thanks to the movie Sparkle and I made together. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I think . . . she said slowly, “I think I prefer the water to the thanks.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But that land was taken during the war and isn't even in India now, thanks to Partition. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He nodded and the girl smiled at what Minli imagined was the buffalo boy’s enthusiastic thanks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “Many thanks, Archivist, but I don’t wish to cause a stir.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Take this as a token of my thanks.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Er — no, thanks, Colin,” said Harry, who wasn’t in the mood to have a lot of people staring avidly at the scar on his forehead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I send her more thanks for the day. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She thanks me a few times more, but the best words I hear all day come to me right when I think it’s over. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Mom is oblivious as she thanks the restaurant workers and scoops the pizza boxes into her arms. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We arrived in Long Island just after Clarisse, thanks to the centaurs’ travel powers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “Many thanks for giving to us a help,” Hisao greeted him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But their music lives on, thanks in great part to Iranians everywhere. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Nuah. He goes to my school, a junior, new here. By the way, thanks for sending Farooq over. I was swamped at the table. Maybe girls started coming because of him.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “They are no different from any other strays—I mean, children. They will follow anyone who feeds them and is kind. Many thanks for the clothes,” she added. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z His face was stem as he sent the men away with thanks. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “But,” he added, “you will of course wish to have your humble respects delivered to them, with your grateful thanks for their kindness to you while you have been here.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It doesn’t take long for me to feel drenched in the armpit region thanks to the heat, even at this hour. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I told them I’d rather walk, thanks, and backed out of the apartment, smiling, practically delirious, my face burning under the collective gaze of cool, curious solicitude. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Still clutching the burning shingle, I made my way up the ladder to the top of the cistern, whispering a breathless thanks to whoever had left it open to the sky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And so, thanks to Uri, in a cellar beneath a barbershop somewhere in Warsaw, Poland, in autumn of the year nineteen thirty-nine, I was born, you might say. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z My fury might have been squashed thanks to Dad’s skills of fixing Fig’s DVD with some glass cleaner, cloth, and toothpaste, but the damage was done. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Oh, thanks. Just something Joe made,” I said, shoveling a forkful of pancake into my mouth and hoping she wouldn’t ask any follow-up questions. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “I am the last word of your lives well lived. Give thanks. And thus farewell.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Part of it is thanks to my medicine, I think. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z For the infinite had already begun to gnaw at the roots of Western thought, thanks to Zeno of Elea, a philosopher reckoned by his contemporaries to be the most annoying man in the West. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Might I buy you a drink as a token of my thanks, Miss Martin?” he asks, after slipping the notebook into his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I pocket the cash and tell Rock thanks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Also, thanks to my little math mini-drama, both parents were looking right at me and even asking me questions about my life. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z We all hear it thanks to the clear-as-a-bell acoustics in here. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I could not but give thanks for the trill of emotion in his voice, which spake so sincerely of his regard and affection. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “All right, guys, thanks for watching! Gotta double-check my afternoon and evening meds now. You know how anal I am. I hope everyone has a great week. Bye!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “I want to send thanks to him—one way or the other.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "It has become a leading issue, thanks to you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was April in Zimbabwe, but all this good food felt like Christmas—all thanks to my new friend in America. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Right, well, thanks for walking me,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z “Peace my child,” said the woman, “for I am no witch. She has been vanquished, thanks to you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z They would accept a cup of tea with a quiet nod of thanks, and maybe smile and maybe make a joke. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1998 two physicists from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem showed that even a spinning or charged black hole—with a nice, ring-shaped singularity—will kill an astronaut, thanks to mass inflation. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t think so. But thanks anyway.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z This wasn’t the first time Uncle Holt had taken my side; I resolved to polish his shoes for him that very night in thanks for it. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “They’re the largest military force the government has now, and, thanks to dear old Dad, the most organized.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z On one of Tonya’s missions, she and her aircrew were saved “more thanks to the weather” than anything else. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z By definition, a point is a zero—thanks to the concept of dimension. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “The General bought more than I needed in the house. There was nowhere to put this one,” Aunty Uju said, a general statement made to nobody in particular, a way of shrugging off thanks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Maybe she knew I wasn’t being entirely honest, but she said thanks, anyway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I pass my exams. I go to university. I learn it all. I turn into Miss Dingle. No thanks.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z But thanks to what was happening, money no longer counted for anything. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “And thanks for telling your dad about me. About my family.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z His arm was wrapped in yarrow and mud, thanks to Jacob’s quick work. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z But thanks to the strikes, there was a positive outcome for the labor movement as well. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z During all that time, however, Washington constantly received information about British activities in New York, thanks to Patriot spy networks in New York City and on Long Island. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z My job is not, however, as genteel as it at first appears, thanks to the sheer volume of clothing in motion. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sure,” Toby said, “that’ll be great. And thanks again for the great present. I sure wish we had something for you.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It got stronger as time went on, thanks to the investigations of Copernicus’s successors. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Well, anyway, I’m glad, thanks for...I guess I’ve got to go now. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z No thanks to Atheists, but to the Royal Society and College of Physicians; to the Boyle’s and Newton’s, the Sydenham’s and Ratcliff’s. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In the meantime, thanks to the money Moshe and I had hidden away, we would survive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. I don’t need that. But thanks anyway.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Say thanks for the divorce paper. Then say I got my own divorce a year before he got it. Only I forgot,” she concluded lamely. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z So Molly moves her mouth muscles into a smile, picks up her plate, thanks Dina for dinner. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Um...thanks,” Ivy said, but she decided right then to keep her guard up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That machine, now turning out radioisotopes and bombarding tumors with neutrons in the Crocker Lab, was the most exquisitely engineered cyclotron in the world, thanks to Brobeck’s painstaking oversight. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He edged away, bobbing his thanks, and went on as fast as he dared up the other side of the field and through the hedgerow. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z As I continued to tread water with only one arm, I gave thanks for Dad’s swim training. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "He won't stop fighting . . . And thanks for getting rid of his knife." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z As April was getting ready to go, she said, “Well, good-bye, and thanks again, Profes—I mean Dr. Huddleston. My grandmother says your name is Dr. Julian Huddleston. Are you really a doctor?” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how to save money, thanks to my long starvation in Mississippi. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II could cover vast distances pretty quickly, thanks to its magical engine, but Leo figured the Romans had magic travel methods of their own. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “So, what may I help you find today, ma’am? We have murder mysteries, romance novels, how-to makeup books, how-to hair books,” she pauses, jerks out a smile, “rose gardening, home decorating—” “I’m just browsing, thanks.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z No thanks, we have soccer obligations, you answer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z "You are to hold this until it is needed," the Old Man told us, and then slapped his book shut and walked away, ignoring our words of thanks. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z I shook hands with them, said my thanks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks, pal,” said Scruffy, beating the water in front of him with both paws. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z It was around the same time that the piano’s close relative the organ also mastered the art of volume control, thanks to a device called a ‘ratchet swell pedal’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z They had spent the previous four weeks taking it in turns to don the Invisibility Cloak and spy on the official entrance to the Ministry, which Ron, thanks to Mr. Weasley, had known since childhood. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At this moment, she is probably lying in a ditch thanks to him. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He said, “It’s hard to imagine I’d thank a man for insults and for shaking me out like a rug. But I’m grateful. It’s a hurty thanks, but it’s thanks.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was writing from the privacy of my bedroom, using a secret identity, but thanks to the Internet, the story of what was happening in Swat was there for the whole world to see. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Mam says, Ah, no, thanks, we couldn’t take your supper from you. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She thanks him for the dinner, says she’s had a great time. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z January gives them her thanks as the elevator doors shut. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, no thanks, ma’am. I mostly wear the same thing every day so I can think about other stuff.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Arthur and I kiss very quickly while everyone is saying bye and Team Seuss thanks us one last time before leaving. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Um, thanks. So why did Billy pay you to come here?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It soon grew, thanks to Harvey's stubborn determination, into the largest and most expensive espionage operation ever launched by the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I try not to meet her eyes in case she decides it would be fun to turn me into stone, Medusa-style, but Mama just waves thanks and keeps on driving. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z But, thanks to these translations and the printing press, Galen’s work was disseminated more widely than ever before over the next ten years or so. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z And thanks to this system, zero finally appeared in the East, in the Fertile Crescent of present-day Iraq. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “So I shall take the intention for the deed. You may be many other things, Taran of Caer Dallben, but I see you are no coward. I offer you my thanks,” he added, bowing deeply. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, no, thanks, really. There’s enough light...and Asta can be an owl.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Don’t be sorry, just don’t pass out. And thanks.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z No thanks, I say, then stand up to leave, but she gives me a look that tells me she’s not finished with me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z That really there ain’t much to give thanks for at all. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The rate of spread of key developments is especially well understood for Europe, thanks to the many archaeologists at work there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I said, following the Eagle into his kitchen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to get everyone in trouble. But thanks for all your help in there. You were amazing.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Like? Gosh! This is my lucky day. Well, gee, thanks, Miss....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He took me shopping and we bought a calf-length black leather jacket, which would look ridiculous today but at the time, thanks to Neo, was very cool. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But it was easier here with a heater in every room and plenty of fuel thanks to the free gas from the oil companies. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He accepted a glass of eggnog from Mr. Weasley with a word of thanks, looking slightly more cheerful. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but no thanks. I can handle myself just fine.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Thank you. I’m not really that ludicrous, but thanks anyway for saying so. See? That’s how it works.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I knew my family was among the roaring fans, and I hoped they could tell I was smiling at them, sending them my thanks for lifting me up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “No, it’s okay, Mr. Bagman,” said Harry, suppressing a smile, “I think I can find the castle on my own, thanks.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "My thanks to all of you," the fat boy said gravely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Italian fashion dominated the reign of King Henry II of France, thanks to his wife, Catherine de Medici, whose role in the arts of sixteenth-century France is hard to exaggerate. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And it was all thanks to the Case of the Disappearing Hairball. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Tell her I said thanks, the next time you stop at home to breast-feed and pick up your allowance.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I get out of the car as quickly as I can, and mumble “thanks” as I go—but she doesn’t drive away. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z An old crow cawed her thanks and flapped ahead with two smaller crows following after her, joining the rest as we started to walk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He is numbly drunk through it all, thanks to the open bar her parents have sprung for. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “A lot of us could have lost our jobs over excavating the park, but she protected us all. Every man out there that night kept his job thanks to her.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She took it with a natural gesture, as if she had been prepared for that homage, and then she uncovered her face and gave her thanks with a smile. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z "Thanks, but no thanks,” I'd tell Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan when Mum invited them in, "I was just doing my job.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “You mean head-shrinker,” I replied, “and thanks a lot. It’s great to have such supportive friends.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Washington, DC, where she’ll spend three days meeting her senators and the members of the Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, thanks to Olivia. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The answer is ice, not fire, thanks to the power of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Via picked it up, said, “Okay, thanks,” and then hung up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Especially to Mr. McCabe. I mean, thanks for offering, Max, I really appreciate it. But I know you think it’s just bullying, and it’s not.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Um, no thanks, Mrs. Walton. You better head home. Before the sun goes down.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But I didn’t care, because I figured it all out, thanks to Miss Cowper’s County Literacy Unit. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Rumors circulated about Mark Antony’s inability to think for himself thanks to Cleopatra’s power over him. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z The militiamen took him to an American outpost, where, thanks to an order from Arnold, “Mr. Anderson” was expected. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It was from 1658 onwards, and thanks to Christiaan Huygens, that ordinary people began to have access to accurate timepieces, instead of estimating the time of day by the position of the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “You could’ve just told him you weren’t interested. Like, thanks, but no thanks?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z "Uh...great, thanks for asking," the man replies with a chuckle. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He finally caved in around three this afternoon when Beth convinced him that Thanksgiving is about giving thanks for the freedom of all living things, and that includes the turkeys. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Afterward, wanting to give thanks for my safe return, I took Goodwife Peregrine’s pouch from around my neck, and removed my mother’s cross of lead. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Someone returned her pencil to her desktop, but Emily was too mortified to move or say thanks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. Mom said I could invite the family next door to our cookout, and she’s waiting to hear if they’re coming.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I said, even though my glass was empty and my back teeth were packed with chewed nuts. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z “Oh — right — thanks a lot,” said Harry, who could not think what else to say. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I say a prayer of thanks to the god of synesthesia for both the experience and for making the experience fade away. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z My father extends his hands to my mother and my brother, and they extend their hands to him and me, and my father gives thanks to God for food and work and friends and family. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z She can afford it, thanks to her husband's life insurance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z When the sun rises tomorrow, it’ll be thanks to the paper chain. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks,” I said dryly, half flattered he thought I was capable of that level of scheming. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I mean, thanks. I appreciate the kind words. But I feel like Erin needs me now. I wish there was something I could do for her.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “As thanks for my bravery, Zeus has cut my probation at that miserable camp in half. I now have only fifty years left instead of one hundred.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z "Just thanks. The fireworks would have gone off in my face if you hadn't pulled the box toward you. Here, I brought your tapestry bag; I didn't look at your notes or clues, honest." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z A tiny part of me knew it was Buzz’s way of saying thanks for all the checkbook magic I did. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As I shuffled over to put on my jersey, I brushed past Kim, mumbling “thanks a lot.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The host thanks me for coming, and as the lights dim, I wonder, yet again, what good all these sound bites actually do. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Your friends will hopefully know a bit more about Bosnia thanks to you. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I had a perfect plan, thanks to her confession, and I had to get it down on paper before I forgot it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z When he heard her tap on the window, he offered up a bashful thanks to the gods. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I pull out my chain and put the little cross in my mouth, but I can’t come up with the words for a simple prayer of thanks. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The reality was that Wagner could only have a theatre built for him and his own pieces put on there thanks to the generosity of the very people he had previously so detested. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Yes, most of us will live forever, but some of us, thanks to the Scythedom, will not. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The green was opulent; and I almost fell upon my knees with thanks. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I thought about saying thanks, but I just kept my mouth shut and my eyes down. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He also held out his hand for me to shake, then gave me a special thanks for telling him that his daughter was doing well and was happy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z "Hi, Ms. Raz. Everything's good, thanks," I say, trying to keep my voice even and casual as I move up the stairs. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but no thanks. I know how to read people just fine.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Yeah, thanks, Eleanor thought, wringing out her jeans over the toilet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Even though I’d still rather be watching TV on the couch than going to Sunday school, I don’t dread my Arabic class anymore—thanks to my uncles patient lessons. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “I think I can tell who the wrong sort are for myself, thanks,” he said coolly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She thanks God for giving her strength to get through the day’s travails. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of weird, but it—Well, thanks. I actually really like reading, you know.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Using this sort of carpet to cover the rational numbers has some very odd consequences, as Cantor soon showed, thanks to his seating chart. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” I said, and breezed past them through the kitchen and into the garage. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z "Go home, hero, with our thanks and blessings." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z All anybody’s talking about is how we’re going to be up to our butts in paper links thanks to a kid named Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I mumble thanks for the advice, feeling like I’ve just been stripped naked by the crazed enforcer of some ancient sumptuary law: No chatting for you, girl. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "My thanks," Ned said as he ripped off his riding gloves and tucked them into his belt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Tell the People's Republic of China we said thanks," Teddy added. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, thanks for letting us know,” she said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The Lowell Observatory, as you will recall, was a bit of an oddity thanks to Percival Lowell’s obsession with Martian canals, which in the 1910s made it, in every sense, an outpost of astronomical endeavor. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z And, thanks to an unfortunate headline in the latest printing of the county’s newspaper, Otto was not going to take it lying down. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z He was stronger than ever—and had endless stamina, all thanks to his Bokator training. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z He looked better today, thanks to the magical healing of ambrosia and nectar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Told that it was, he said: “Well, thanks.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z "It was about our faith, ma'am. We're Catholic, thanks mostly to the French part of us. Even one of the most violent, bloody antireligious revolutions in history couldn't keep the French away from the Church." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The other Phoenix Riders scatter, thanks to my warning. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And thanks to this message, as well as others sent from Berlin that week, Elizebeth had advance notice that RED was about to start using an Enigma machine. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I nodded thanks and took a deep breath. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But the preacher doesn’t hear them, most likely thanks to his advanced age and his single-minded focus on the stretch of material covering her bosoms. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I whispered a prayer of thanks, then went back inside, turned out the lights, and crawled into bed. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “No ma’am, after the thanks they’ve given us for looking after ’em, nobody in Maycomb feels much inclined to help ’em when they get in trouble now. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Milo accepted the gift with thanks and the little group walked to the car, still parked at the edge of the square. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Are we? Do you know how many soldiers and supplies I’ve lost thanks to those rebels?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Now, thanks to careful restoration, Jesus again looks down upon his congregation with kind, loving eyes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You showed me who I was inside. For that, you have my thanks. I’ve pierced it into my skin so I’ll never forget it.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Stella swooped a long, joyous circle, hooting her thanks and excitement, and then took off into the cloud-strewn skies. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A thin silver chain peeks out from the collar of his undershirt and his lips are red with artificial dye, thanks to his endless supply of red suckers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Who knows if he even has a soul left thanks to you?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Tab would have had a fit, but Bridge just shook out her sore arms and said thanks. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z But finally, after the inside of his mouth had turned to sandpaper, he said, “No thanks, Charles. We’re just gonna, you know, read.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham was always telling him to give God thanks who had seen fit to make him so good an artisan—not to take it out in lording it over the other boys. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d learned a thing or two about hinges thanks to Margo, and I realized why we hadn’t had any luck pulling on all those doors: they opened in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t give thanks for a person who wasn’t even supposed to be at the table. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But worst of all, O God, you let him die, let Coach Murphy die, let Dave die, without my thanks, my thanks, my thanks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Abuela stands next to him and thanks God that we are all here together for another year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks again, Jimmy,” Milla says, and she walks shakily to the kitchen. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z So to hear him calling the hogs, as Dad always said, and not be in much pain thanks to the medicine Grandma had given him, was good. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z With affection and deepest thanks, Your own, Penny Penelope had just finished signing her name to the letter and was about to start on one to Dr. Westminster when the nursery door creaked open. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z I shivered at the sight and gave thanks for a roof over my head. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “Now, thanks to those two neglectful men, their Nemesi are doomed to wage war against each other until the end of time, growing angrier and angrier with each passing year!” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Okay, thanks for your help,” I say, preparing to leave. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Leo got back on his feet, thanks to a little nectar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Gives thanks for the meager breakfast, for living to eat another morning meal. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “Don't mind if I do, Michael, thanks. Here's looking at you, kid! So Helena, I see your mobile pagoda hasn't gone up to the great Oriental junkyard in the sky yet?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z So, thanks to Mrs. Kurtz’s facilitation, I had scored my second smoking-hot-girl date on just my second day of eleventh grade. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I mean, I know it’s your job, but you’re really good at it. So, thanks.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You know you’re always welcome. And thanks for taking care of Moss.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “If I want a girl, there’s plenty of live ones, thanks.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well,” my dreadful smile stretching across my face, “thanks most awfully once again, it’s been so ripping...” using words I had never used before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Mamaji studied in Paris for two years, thanks to the colonial administration. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Tom, thanks for telling me. Poor man. Well, maybe it’s better this way. He was a mad dog. Would you like a glass of lemonade? Or some beer?” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. Just looking for someone,” he says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “My thanks,” said the dwarf as he rubbed his wrists, but the knight only laughed and said, “Save your gratitude for someone who deserves it, Imp. You will not like this next bit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The Mellower sniffed his thanks and immediately cheered up. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He said thanks, and I thought he would leave, but he hung back. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Many thanks are owed to the above mentioned for their roles in what has been, for the past few years now, an obsession and a second life that I never expected to live. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Silversmith, printmaker, businessman, and patriot, Revere has acquired heroic status thanks to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s long poem about his legendary midnight ride, and Copley’s painting has become virtually an American icon. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1944, he was captured by the Gestapo, but he escaped prison, thanks to his metalworking experience, which taught him how to make keys. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Tally checked the charge; more than half remained thanks to her slow speed and the bright sun now overhead. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The Professor shook April’s hand, and he smiled ever so slightly when she said, “I came to say thanks a lot for saving my life.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just my thanks. Ziggy is everything to me. The thought of losing him forever...” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “Sounds fun. By the way, thanks for showing me the Hideout. And, um, for letting me into your friend group. I was really nervous my first day at the bus stop.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I nodded thanks and waved off the oranges. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z His wife asked if he wanted a drink, the agent replied, “No thanks, 1 had one at lunch with Bud Gleason, and 1 think in a minute I’d like to do a little diving myself.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks to you, we now have federal investigators poking their noses in our business,” Khan Sahib said. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Alma would say thanks, would show a slight expression of guilt, and would kiss her grandmother on the cheek. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z On the other hand, it’s thanks to his vlog and website that news of our paper chain spread so far and wide. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “And thanks to you two for looking after your mate,” Coach M said to Joey and Seanie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Smokies hunted, but they were like the rangers, killing only species that didn’t belong in this part of the world or that had gotten out of control thanks to the Rusties’ meddling. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “My thanks. Please escort me to your lord commander.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “What she means is thanks for helping us out,” Seven says, even though that’s not what I meant. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z "We have expressed our thanks to you many times. And you have our admiration too. But George, you will now have to master another great job. You must become an actor." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z With Ivy wearing the most beautiful dress shed ever seen, thanks to Robin. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It is my thanks to him for giving it at least one day more. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Incredibly, Powell, thanks to the little package he showed as a prop, had still not created suspicion about his true intentions. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks for the coffee, boy. Did me a lot of good. A lot of good.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go on to your next task, friend, I’ll see this done. Many thanks for the lesson.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Hazel remembered what Phineas had said in Portland—how he had had a shortcut back from death, thanks to Gaea. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z As a result, the vast majority of horses’ sleeping is done standing, which they can do thanks to ligaments that lock their leg joints in the extended position. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "You have my thanks, Mother," he said, his relief obvious beneath the formality. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I put both hands up and say, “No thanks.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I can make it from here, thanks,” I whisper as I slip out of his arms back into the water. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z No matter how I calculated it, you can be sure I said a prayer of thanks that it was all paid for. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, thanks!” he said, and suddenly realized how hungry he was, and ate them up in a moment. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z The promised letter of thanks from Mr. Collins arrived on Tuesday, addressed to their father, and written with all the solemnity of gratitude which a twelvemonth’s abode in the family might have prompted. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Yeah, thanks for the heads-up on that,” Tori said, pocketing her phone. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She accepted it with fulsome thanks; it was lovely to behold, and all that burnished copper would flash prettily in the sun, though if actual battle threatened, she would sooner be clad in steel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I felt my father’s strong arms carrying me out, and my last glimpse was that of my mother and Ultima kneeling obediently at the foot of the Virgin, praying their thanks. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Why did I need used clothing when they were happy to give me a weekly allowance and when, thanks to finally having a Social Security number, I was making my own money? Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Softly, she said, “By the way, thanks for coming to this thing.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Even though mathematicians knew that calculus was deeply flawed—thanks to the mathematics of zero and infinity—they quickly embraced the new mathematical tools. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z She asked April if she wanted to go along to meet Elizabeth, but April said, “No thanks.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He handed the pair of sandals to Tree-ear, who bowed his thanks and bent to put them on immediately. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I tell Mama thanks and start taking out the notebooks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Gregor was now shut off from his mother, who was perhaps near death, thanks to him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z She did all of this without a word of thanks or praise from the man himself. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But before you do, I give you this in thanks for bringing her back to us. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When I got my window open, I came back for my groceries, but before I could say thanks and good-bye, she started out onto the fire escape after me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Isabella giggles and I rub my itchy hands together and say, “No, thanks.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, that’s much easier, thanks, Ron,” said Luna, and she began hacking at their bindings again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “A world of thanks for your benevolence, Agha sahib.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The rector from the nearby hamlet of Berwick came looking for an apprentice and, thanks to Mistress MacGregor's praise, settled on me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Ivy’s fingertips tingled and her breath came fast and hard, but she pushed June’s thanks out of her mind and went to work. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z That day, he realized sadly, was probably further in the future than ever, thanks to the vandals at the pancake- house construction site. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I said, not caring at all for the way Andrews's eyes barely gave Sohrab a glance, or the way he didn’t look at me when he spoke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Millard, visible thanks to the coat and boots he wore, went to the boy. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z And thanks for helping my mom give Terri and Anna a chance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Anyway, thanks for helping my camp while I was gone. You did an awesome job.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Only later Wing went to divinity school, thanks to China Mary, and Luke went to the county jail for selling stolen car stereos. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Sapiens were more proficient hunters and gatherers—thanks to better technology and superior social skills—so they multiplied and spread. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I like épée,” I said to the coach politely. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “And you think I should help you...why? For your efforts just now? You have my thanks, but my support?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It make our day much better than walking. We have our many thanks to you.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “I guess I should have told you thanks for saving my life, huh? Is it too late to tell you that?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the trip, the group gave me some money, to help me and to say thanks. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z They’re five minutes early, thanks to Jack, who hustled her out the door. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z My wrist is killing me, so I have to stop writing now, but thanks for hearing me out. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Up came the smiling head and extremely longneck of a life-size Apatosaurus—what everybody used to call a Brontosaurus, thanks to The Flintstones. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z My mom thanks him effusively, going on and on about how he shouldn’t have and congratulating his parents on raising such a wonderful son. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “Okay. And thanks for the dance, Megan. I had a lot of fun.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In every way a young boy could, I said “thanks.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom wasn’t interested in any such arrangement, but thanks to her job she did have money to pay rent. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “It’s not. “Moose”—he turns to me—“thanks for bringing this to our attention. But I need to talk to your mom for a minute alone.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z But hold that thought, please, and bear it in mind when I tell you that there wasn’t a day in the Appalachian woods when I didn’t give passing thanks for what there was. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z So thanks for being my sperm donor, Pop. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm beginning to see that crops on Mars are extremely prolific, thanks to the billions of dollars' worth of life support equipment around me. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. Well, look, I don’t need any help right now. But thanks again. Besides, shouldn’t you be getting sleep for training? When’s your next fight?” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “No need for thanks. Going to the city?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Look, thanks for coming by and talking to me.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z “My whole circulatory system thanks you,” Matt said. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z He would overcome them: his band had grown large, and for the treasures Hrothgar could afford now to give them in sign of his thanks, his warriors became hornets. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, when there are only twenty minutes left, he makes us number off one-two and we break up into teams for an abbreviated game, thanks to what he calls “unfortunate events.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I nodded my thanks to the big ugly kapo and hurried away before he changed his mind and killed me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “My grandfather said to give you this. That’s all the cash he has right now. He said to tell you thanks. He’d come out himself, but he doesn’t want to leave her.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” I said, and I slid it out of the fridge. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “I think her name is Irene. Please tell her thanks for me.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The family owned no more than ten objects—two pots, three bowls, a hoe, a cow, some chickens—and a good five of them were regularly lost, thanks to her father. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Jesse almost never formally said thanks, but his gratitude was clear. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Loeffler, who didn’t have any chores for me, thanks anyway, not today. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z He didn't sound dreamy at all, but I smiled anyway and said thanks. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z But my stubborn heart answered, “No. No, thanks.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Barack was the right person for this moment in history, for a job that was never going to be easy but that had grown, thanks to the financial crisis, exponentially more difficult. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “People got hurt. Soheil? It could have ended much, much worse for him. Actions have consequences, and now we’re all about to face them, thanks to the stunt you and your friends pulled.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “The rest of you sit tight. I’ll send another Executive to monitor your quiz—which, thanks to this cheater, you’ll all have to start over from the beginning.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She dumbly nodded her thanks and wandered on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Yeah, thanks to my dad, the verbomaniac, I have to read his dictionary of weird words. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry, he’ll fall asleep in a few hours. And thanks for watching him.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z "None, and now, thanks to our Führer, I will soon know even fewer." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z “El Jefe has been very generous to you girls. It would be nice if you composed a letter of thanks for his leniency.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Her children are alive, at least, and that is thanks to me. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But the infighting had taken such a nasty turn during the fever—thanks largely to Rush’s aggressive personality—that he was forced to defend himself on his own. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He waved his thanks to the lady at the desk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was all thanks to Cap Anderson. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks. Really. I mean, I have no idea what I did or what’s going on here, but thanks.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The cold, cottony light of a winter storm was something he gave thanks for after living without windows for seventy-seven days. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Her cape, Seven realized, her breath coming in fits and starts, was poison-proof thanks to Thorn. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “He’s not easy to like, but...thanks for being kind to him.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z My stomach twists as Mama explains that the people who attacked the mosque were a bunch of teenagers, seniors in high school from Sheboygan who were eventually caught, thanks to an anonymous tip. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z He had been conceived and born during the difficult crossing of the mountains, before the founding of Macondo, and his parents gave thanks to heaven when they saw he had no animal features. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but no thanks,” she says, and tries to stride away with sufficient indignation—but Sydney grabs her arm. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z After we left the classroom, I said: “Dude, thanks for doing that.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But he now had a couple of new features: a bridge of pearly-white front teeth, and also a dashing scar on his face, thanks to Idiptu. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m fasting,” he told Kaup’a’ta, when he offered him the blue cornmeal “but thanks anyway.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z To stay, both of us, in the infirmary, where, thanks to my doctor, he could enter as either a patient or a medic. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The armbands might make people remember, but it also seems like it might make people angry, and that’s sure to be trouble, so I tell Hana, “No thanks.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Lyra had stopped crying, thanks to the biscuit, and was dozing in Alice’s arms. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Enjoy your summit with the English delegation,” she tells him flatly, and Alex sends up a vague prayer of thanks for staff NDAs. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z By the time Molly peels herself off the ground, looking only half-conscious thanks to Edward, my heart is pounding so hard I can feel it in my fingertips. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Only to discover that thanks to Herr Braun, I am now on the night shift. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Right, thanks,” Will said, and turned to go. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “No need. I know the sort o’ thanks you have in mind.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z At least he was saying thanks the right way, the way we always did after a meal. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Mary Elizabeth just smiled, and said thanks, and then stopped looking at me in the eye. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z The broad overinvestment in fiber cable is a gift that keeps on giving, thanks to the unique nature of fiber optics. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z My mom said, “Do you want the chicken if I wipe off the sauce?” and he said, “No, thanks.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z "I'm good and rested, thanks to you and Haymitch. Besides, who knows how long this will last?" he says. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Jo’s funny hat deserved a vote of thanks, for it was of general utility. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II sailed down the Adriatic, a beautiful glittering expanse of blue; but Hazel couldn’t appreciate it, thanks to the constant rolling of the ship. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The doors opened, and Wanda waved at the driver and shouted a thanks. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z In the propaganda reports, we now give thanks to Pol Pot, our savior and liberator, and not to the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fetch her down here. Tell her I would like to give her my thanks personally for her valor at the lecture.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z So I simply nodded, muttered “thanks,” then turned around and, as calmly as possible, walked outside. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Then Mr. Allen offered Mrs. Chatham some coffee and banana bread, but she said, “No thanks, I really must be going now.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s very hot in here. 11TH JUROR: Do you want some water? 9TH juror: NO, thanks. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel kind of bad for yelling at her, so I say, “Don’t worry about it. And thanks for sharing your snack—with all of us!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z The IMF no longer has any trace of her in their records, but their secure channels worked well from the start, and that was thanks to her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z By two o’clock in the morning, most likely thanks to a combination of rainy weather and people getting tired, the city was quieting down. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Based on the philosopher Nietzsche’s treatise of the same name, its opening, ‘Sunrise’, is now legendary thanks to Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He could not speak but prayed that the emissary understood his silent thanks. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She took them and said thanks, and she was gone. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But I wanted to let you know, and to say thanks to you and Dad for letting me go stay with Annie this weekend. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My father told me to say thanks, sir. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “You may convey my thanks to him. I am pleased that he has come through the plague days. Tell him I look forward to examining his goods.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Ivy could offer her thanks too, June slammed the door shut, cutting them off from Dr. Somerset. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z When I found her a new pair of tennis shoes with rosy laces, she actually wrapped her arms around my waist and hugged me, like she could squeeze the thanks into me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A sculpture of a man’s head sat in front of the expansive windows, and thanks to the small illustration on the cover of the short story collection Hollister had given Emily, she recognized it immediately. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z So, Diary, thanks for still being a friend. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z We held hands while she said, “I would personally like to offer up thanks to every living body in Aurora County, Mississippi, for having the good sense not to die in the past four days.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I said, “I have to go.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z She stopped swimming, thanks in part to an injured shoulder. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It squeaked by for years without a food catastrophe thanks to subsidies from Moscow. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z "Yes, I have, Brother Tarp. And thanks for the portrait of Douglass." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a warm June afternoon, but Annabeth accepted the cup with thanks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He thanks everyone for coming, and they leave. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I hear one of the teachers say, as we walk out into the hallway, “Some thanks we get for throwing them a pep rally.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I sometimes say no thanks, so they don’t think I’m a “mooch.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Either guilt or embarrassment forced me to my feet, and she mumbled her thanks and pushed in beside Jane and Guylinda, who woke just long enough to marginally scoot over for her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He dips his head, so he doesn’t see that some people at the table aren’t in the mood to give thanks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Many a loud prayer rose from my chaste pink lips, some of thanks, some of supplication. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “No need to. It’s gone, thanks to you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I would rather have died than owe him a thing. And thanks to you, we owe him our daughter.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “And, guys, really, thanks again for doing this. It’s good karma to do good. It’s a mitzvah, you know?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Not as fast as Akimi, but thanks to his big brother Mike the Jock, he was used to running wind sprints. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z "My thanks, Lord Petyr, but I will be taking Lord Stark's former quarters in the Tower of the Hand." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He translated fully to each group of creatures the Abbot’s message, in turn construing back to the Father Abbot their grateful thanks with pledges of help and loyalty to Redwall Abbey. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z My hands are getting involved in the soliloquy thanks to Guillermo’s tutelage. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z We live, thanks to the reach of our technologies, in perhaps the most argumentative age of any in history. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I lean over to whisper in his ear: "I'm telling them the truth. It's not right for you to take the blame. But thanks, Martin. It meant the world to me." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Thanks, but no thanks. So did Maya. Well, she actually said, ‘She gave Joaquin to strangers.’” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “I got it okay,” I said, “but thanks, though.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z Washington newspapers call him the war’s ultimate villain and note that any “kindly feeling” toward the South or its sympathizers has disappeared, thanks to his actions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “I — well, like I say, I’ve taken a liking to you. Just thought I’d offer . “Well, thanks,” said Harry, “but I think I’m nearly there with the egg . . . couple more days should crack it.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Farming had also become a tougher business in Malawi, thanks to the policies of a new president. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I made a note of these corrections, and wrote a letter of thanks to the colonel. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “You didn’t, but thanks for having my back.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “I think. Just stuffed up. Man, thanks so much for the food. I think I actually feel normal again.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He crouches beside our collection bucket; he murmurs a few words of thanks to the clam, for feeding his family. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z She thought about the statues in New York City during the Titan War, which had come to life thanks to Daedalus’s command sequence twenty-three. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z "I had thought the president sincerely wanted to change his policies and improve relations," he complained, adding, "Now, thanks to the U-2, the honeymoon was over." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Okay, thanks. Thanks a lot for telling me, Tats. I’m just getting worried, that’s all.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He thanks General Grant and the army for their struggle, and promises to have a national day of celebration very soon, with a great parade through Washington. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I reply “We’re on our way to the graveyard.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “Uh...thanks, but no. I’m sure you need this for some sort of merit badge, but I’m not a damsel in distress.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Nobody, thanks to your preacher friend. He shook them up just enough. They strung up our scarecrows. We got a bad beating, that’s all. But we have to go.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z And you say, ‘I’m really not, but thanks anyway for saying so.’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He raised his head and saw in her eyes that she heard his thanks even though he could not speak the words. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Today is Thanksgiving—a day for families to come together and give thanks, my cousins tell me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Dee thanks me as he hands me ten dollars in change. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Everything feels different now, thanks to an heirloom Porsche that I destroyed. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I’m just going to eat some cereal.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He was a stout man, thanks to Eliza’s cooking, and the heart of all gossip and tall tales in the coffeehouse. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Do you know what it feels like, leaving the principal’s office knowing you’re going to put a piece of something back, and the principal just said thanks? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m fine, thanks for asking,” Chubs said. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The woman with the baby drops to the stones to give thanks for their safe passage. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He was no longer in pain thanks to proper medication. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “Yeah, thanks. Not too strong, though. I’m not a drinking man.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z No thanks, Grace started to reply, then looked at the letters and deleted them. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He motioned to Benjamin, but Benjamin shook his head, saying he liked his fingers attached, thanks anyway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks. I hear Octavian might get elected praetor, assuming the camp survives that long.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “We’re all getting free juice, thanks to your father,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z But here he was, his eyes alight, talking about carrying people to safety, how his arrival at any given house or overpass was met with cheers and thanks. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Abbey took a Coke, but I said no thanks. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "I want no courtesies either," Mormont said, "so thank me no thanks. Honor the steel with deeds, not words." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “He did? They approved that? Okay, thanks for the heads-up.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Just meet me on the track next year. That’ll be thanks enough.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” I said, and looked up to see night quickly closing in. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Amply did I render thanks to Mrs. Platt for the beneficence of her entertainment of my master. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Pong started to thank him before deciding that he didn’t owe those slimeballs thanks for anything. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As if encouraged, I look up from my feathers and let the audience see my tragic smile of thanks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Look, thanks for coming, but I don’t need to talk about anything.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But when she tried to engage him in conversation he seemed uninterested, taking my hand and backing away, his gestures saying, “Thanks, but no thanks.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I was so, so nervous, but she was so, so awesome and lovely and everyone buy her music, please and thanks. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z My frizz had shrunk at least two inches, thanks to the humid air. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The page I liked best was the one that said, “This is our house at Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a holiday when we give thanks and eat turkey.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z I hear Sabeen say, “Thank you. I thank you. My mother thanks you.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He handed it down and moved off, followed by a chorus of thanks and good-nights. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew exactly which direction I was going thanks to the GPS map displayed on the screen that popped out of the armrest of my airline seat. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z She wishes the punishment were more brutal, even though it’s pretty bad already and, thanks to Seth Greggory, about to get worse. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It’s mostly dirt now thanks to the cars that people have parked there, like the one Aunt Pooh and her homeboy, Scrap, sit on. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Well, naturally he is not in my color category, but even if I were a Congolese girl I’m afraid I’d have to say thanks but no thanks on Anatole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If there’s one thing I know how to read in a voice, thanks to Jude, it’s jealousy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The Ayemenem temple wasn’t one of them, but these days, thanks to its geography, things had changed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It means thanks, it means admiration, it means good-bye to someone you love. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He honestly thought he was doing his girls a favor, and it confused him when the thanks never came. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The whole class is looking at Clohessy because he’s the biggest and the toughest and if he says thanks I’ll say thanks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Sire, we must go at once to the grove of the pines and give thanks for our victory.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z She nodded her thanks, calm as ever, as if the tumultuous events of the past few days had never happened. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Plant die. People live. Hunter ask animal before kill it. Then give thanks. Animal die so village live.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Another stretch on The Beast and then, thanks to the tips of Beast Riders who have been here before, like a miracle here I am now. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Tears stream out of my eyes as I whisper thanks to the gods that the soldier has blindfolded Pa. He is spared from having to see the executions of many others. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I ain’t seen the tinkerer since the day of my whipping, and I owe him a hearty thanks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z But thanks to Ishtar, I'd felt, briefly, what it was like to have that inhuman power. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z But thanks to the odd mathematical and philosophical properties of zero, it would clash with the fundamental philosophy of the West. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z His weight, thanks to a glandular disorder and 50-pound tumors, swung from a comparatively petite 400 pounds to 540 pounds, packed mostly in a monstrous quaking belly that won him the nickname “Ten Ton” Irwin. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z To all these people I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We were protected again, thanks to the Fleece, sealed inside our magical borders. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “We can buy more beads, and you can try to make a go of Rukku’s necklace business, like you’d wanted. After all, it’s thanks to you and her that we’ve still got any money left.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z "The war would be over as soon as this matter with Poland is settled, and now, thanks to our Führer, it is." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z It was not intentional—I only meant to express my thanks—but I have elicited something dangerous. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, anyway,” I told her, “thanks for picking me up.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “That will be all. Everyone, let us offer our thanks to the good thespians from Leeds.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “Yes, and get taken up for burglars! No thanks.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Let us all give thanks for one another,” he said. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Before I realize what I’m doing, I put my hand on his arm, a tiny spontaneous gesture of thanks that startles both of us. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Thanks for coming. Both of you, thanks for being so nice,” she said. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z A priest stands at the podium and thanks everyone for coming. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Thanks to God, maybe. No thanks to books!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘No, thanks. All I want is the sundae and the beer. Both plenty cold.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “No, thanks. I’m just going to hang with my roomie today.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Oh, so so, I guess, thanks. I don’t suppose Joe is around, that 1 might talk to him?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned to Big Ma and said, “No thanks to anyone under this roof.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z On stage a few minutes later, Leslie Groves handed Oppenheimer a scroll— a certificate of thanks from the government to Oppenheimer and the Los Alamos staff. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked him how he was, and he said, “Much better, thanks.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Father said a grace of thanks that felt like it went on forever and then he carved the enormous bird. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Construction of the Mines Building had gone smoothly, thanks to a winter that by Chicago standards had been mercifully benign. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Then he delivered an opening prayer, giving thanks to God for the gathering as the crowd stood quietly in head-lowered reverence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z There was a hungry old wolf after Violet but thanks to her orneriness and my dead aim, I still have fresh milk every morning. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The temple wasn’t too dark inside, thanks to a hole in the top where a family of birds had built a nest. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Kamen had struggled to remake his career, survived a suicide attempt, and finally succeeded in gaining a high-level faculty appointment at Washington University in St. Louis, thanks to Arthur Compton, its chancellor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Ellis doesn’t say much except, “Skip the cheese for me, please,” and “Orange juice, thanks.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Let’s go there and buy a candle to give thanks to God.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I replied, and politely stood there while she chattered on. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I nod my thanks, wondering at the strangeness of the last few minutes, and go. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I knew how to say “little help” and “thanks.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z This is thanks to visiting New York with my mother, who is a college professor and writer. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After the Cyclops disintegrated—and stayed disintegrated, thanks to Death—Percy leaped off his hellhound and slashed wildly through the other monsters. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z No thanks to you, she wanted to say. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Herr Thiessen thanks her, moving out of line and off to the side, inspecting the card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z "I might have killed every man of you and given your women to my soldiers for their pleasure, but instead I protected you. Is this the thanks you offer?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He whispered the news to me, gave me a big kiss, and left to say prayers of thanks. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Now, thanks to my wants, Dad was dead and the only thing Mom was in love with came out of a needle. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “This is my thanks for unbinding your curse?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When she brings me back a shell of water, I take it with a silent nod of thanks, knowing how much she would despise the pity in my voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I tell him, and try to get away, but he grabs me, and says it’s a family event. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You are defending the freedom of Americans and of the South Vietnamese. Your acts of heroism and courage are celebrations of life, and all America thanks you.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I just wanted to say thanks again for having me here. And how much I like your mom and dad.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I caught the animal, gave thanks for it, and I killed it as quickly as possible.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Hold your thanks until I finish talking. I, Sammy Wertzberger, have set us up with a date in Charleston with two good-looking college girls.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll be just fine thanks to all you have taught me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z God knows, I even care about you, and you give me little enough reason and no thanks.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, thanks. We really need a job,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He lit a cigarette, offering one to Joe, who said “No thanks, 1 got my own.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She took it with a nod of thanks. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, thanks,” she replied, and shook her head at me just like my mom does. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He accepted the gifts with thanks and invited us in for a drink of sweet tea. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z When she had finished she waited, as though for a reply, and I remember blushing scarlet, stammering some sort of thanks in return, and dropping both my gloves in my confusion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z For now, I walk across the lawn and say, “Bye, Tommy, thanks for coming out,” and I’m satisfied with just one thing. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z The crowd had settled some, and soldiers were lining up in orderly fashion, thanks to their barking officers. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z His handwriting has gotten way better, thanks to Grace. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z A sculpture of a man’s head sat in front of the expansive windows, and thanks to the small illustration on the cover of the short story collection Hollister had given Emily, she recognized it immediately. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He also had three state titles and—thanks to an expensive club team Luke couldn’t afford—a shiny new junior national championship. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Who would want to take two at once? Lovely idea, but no thanks.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z And then he said, “I hope thou wilt remember to give thanks, my son, to Him who has given thee this treasure, and to pray for guidance in the future.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even my pin now. Mockingjays are all the rage in the Capitol, thanks to you. Are you sure you don’t want it back?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z And thanks for hanging out for part two. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Well,” I say as Fiona’s driving out of the parking space, “thanks for taking me.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “It’s a special remembrance for our own Lady of Chains. We reenact her story. Plus we give thanks for the honey crop. The Daughters of Mary come. It’s our favorite two days of the year.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z You could be giving thanks for your two remarkable recoveries.You could be saying the rosary.You could be reading The Little Messenger of the Sacred Heart that’s beside your beds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought maybe this was his way of saying thanks. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Not just yet, thanks. But I was hoping it would be cool with you if I missed gym for a few days while I learned the ropes.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Say thanks to your father,” my mother said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Six thousand men in the City Watch, thanks to Cersei, but only a quarter of them could be relied upon. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Tell your granny thanks, Hiram,” she said before she went back inside the house. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z It could be theirs forever, thanks to the rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If we survived any time at all, it was thanks to him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks for him—oh, no—only smackings by great lords! Not even a small munching for helping find a piggy!” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He fell on his knees in thanks when he found out the score. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We passed a place where prisoners were shot over the pits they had dug for themselves, and I said a silent prayer of thanks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “No thanks,” I say, barely opening my mouth to get the words out. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And thanks to my poor eating habits, his hideous face would eventually resemble the craters of the moon. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z But she took Deydey’s gift with a tender thanks, knowing how much he delighted in choosing the presents, and how rarely he praised. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z When she had straightened the bed to his liking the big Greek inclined his head so deliberately that the gesture seemed one of benediction rather than a simple nod of thanks. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Ned believed not a word of that, but he kept his voice polite as he said, "You have my thanks as well, Lord Bae-lish." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Thanks. Thank you. Thank you. Oh, thanks, really, thanks.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Atik picked up Uma and the baby, put them on the sled and, calling his grateful thanks to Miyax, took off. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama gets out of the car and thanks him. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z In a few years, without effort, simply by luck, he had accumulated one of the largest fortunes in the swamp thanks to the supernatural proliferation of his animals. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z And thanks be to God that I was. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “No. No thanks. Is there anywhere around here I could rent a car? My car died, back down the road a way.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z It is my thanks to him for not ending it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z But thanks in great part to the deft political maneuverings of Aaron Burr, all twelve of New York’s electoral votes went to Jefferson. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z "My thanks to the people of District Eleven," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But instead of being rightfully proud, everybody just feels like suckers, thanks to Link. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z ‘You’ve come so far. You’re not the same girl I brought to Camp Jupiter. Your power with the Mist, your confidence -’ ‘It’s all thanks to you.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z No matter what your outlook, it is always better to believe in God, thanks to the magic of zero and infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Stella stopped and watched, then looked to the heavens and gave a simple prayer of thanks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I gave him my mother’s note and he said thanks and he hoped that my mother liked the orchid. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I have not got scurvy yet, anyway, thanks to France’s infinite supply of prison cabbage. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Reverend Price,” the man said, “please offer with us a word of thanks for this feast.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Um, thanks for taking me today,” I say to Grace as she turns in to Field of Dreams, the sports complex where we have all our practices and games. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “I’m sure you’d be satisfied with only my heartfelt thanks”—El Patron chuckled as the doctors tried to hide their disappointment—“but you’ll be even more satisfied with these one-million-dollar checks.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell him I said thanks. I know he means well.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Dad had jumbled my internal clock, thanks to our late-night marathon of Doctor Who—my favorite episodes with the brilliant and brave Martha Jones. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z He cut me loose, though, explaining that, thanks to the damage to the gym, we students had “suffered enough.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I answered, “Yeah. Yeah, thanks. I want to. That’s something I really want to do. You just tell me when.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The dude behind the cash was totally eavesdropping on our conversation, and besides, the intimate theme of the discussion was making me uncomfortable, so I said a quick thanks and catch-you-later. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Someone returned her pencil to her desktop, but Emily was too mortified to move or say thanks. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Okay, I get off work at six. Applebee’s. Might have to multitask, though, because I’m trying to finish a story—don’t take it personally okay he’s calling I have to go thanks love you bye.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “And miss the opportunity to see Indiana? No thanks.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Because our treasure trove was sure to grow, thanks to you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It almost worked, thanks to the undeniably holy powers of a hot guy with a skateboard. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well, she can think what she wants. But thanks for sticking up for me.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z That night my prayers were full of thanks. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Shamed, we offered him our thanks and apologies. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Hush, Lina. Let’s say our prayers and give thanks for that wonderful meal. Let’s pray that your father is just as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I know I’m probably the last person you want to talk to, but thanks anyway.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “Pretty well, thanks to Aunt March, who lets Esther talk to me as often as I like,” replied Amy, with a grateful look, which caused the old lady to smile affably. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The widow's son, after closing his gaping mouth, nodded his thanks, climbed on the horse's back, and galloped into the water. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I want to give my thanks to the tributes of District Eleven,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z "My thanks. I shall think of you whenever I wear it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Even dead it looked like a regal hawk, cracked and shattered, but with a beauty still inherent thanks to the feral grace of its lines. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Now thanks be to Him who guided us aright,” said Brother Luke devoutly, blessing himself. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Even fully stocked, we were short now thanks to Katz’s dumping a bottle. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z It helped them in Europe as well, thanks to Japan’s ambassador in Berlin, who used Purple to relay Hitler’s detailed war plans to Tokyo. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z 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 But thanks to tree-blindness, it’s common to slip up and type The bridge to the islands are crowded. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “Thanks, thanks a lot, it’s a—you sound—I’m glad to hear your—” “Stop stuttering, I’m paying for this. Who’re you rooming with?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z There was the faint glug of wine being poured, a tinkle of decanter on glass rim, a murmur of thanks, and then Sir Charles seated himself on the sofa, inches away from Will. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I allow to get thanks—” he paused and flushed as he looked up at the editor. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, I got to have a different life in Dauntless, a different name. I got to be Four, thanks to my initiation instructor. He gave me the name.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Your father and I, we were on our way to church to give many thanks to God for all our blessings, but I had to subtract some for my nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, thanks for your help,” she said finally, and turned and walked to the path. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Minerva thanks him, but doesn’t really give him the time of day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He muttered thanks but sarcastically, as if he resented our help. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Most of these have now left most of us, thanks to antibiotics, plumbing, civilization, and money, but we remember. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay,” I say, and in thanks, she kisses my bare shoulder. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z In addition to new playground equipment, they planned to add tennis courts, and thanks to community input, they had decided to dedicate the courts to her father. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z His eyes said thanks, but his lips could not yet speak; too many other words and thoughts were crowded in his mind that evening. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I gave a silent prayer of thanks that I didn’t seem to be lousy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I plugged it into my laptop, and she just mumbled, “That’s better, thanks; I’m really close here.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z But now, thanks to Rae, cold-shouldering queen of thieves, I’m staring at a painful reminder of everything I wanted to forget. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z |
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