It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

I frequently had difficult conversations with clients who were struggling and despairing over their situations—over the things they'd done, or had been done to them, that had led them to painful moments. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So it stands to reason that the first thing I fell in love with in Itfe was a black man. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There on the beach it had been the one thing that had held her back when Nat had offered her a chance to escape. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“One of the first things I put on my personal, augmented reality view was an unobstructed night sky,” Hideo says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn't easy, since there were lots of other Jewish kids doing exactly the same thing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

It’s fun to compare Cairo to Lahore and realize how so many things are similar. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Just so many things to do around here.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother says that is a good thing, making people laugh. A noble thing, and honorable. My brother says ... he ...” The tears fell then, rolling down her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

How I wish I could be first and get the whole thing out of the way! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She felt new to herself—not an obscene thing that made ghosts recoil, but a poem. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Nine thirty. Nine twenty-nine. Nine twenty-eight. Adina ran to the control panel embedded in a long desk beneath the TV screen. “There has to be some way to turn this thing off, right? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Except this happiness is a real thing everyone can see. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I have a thing about wedding dresses, you know? Ever since I was a bitty girl.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why not frighten them ? Creature, I could tell you things . He rolled his eyes up under the heavy lids and made a noise, “Glaagh.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though some have taken this tiny probability as an argument for “creation science,” the only thing it clearly indicates is that monkeys seldom write great plays. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are whispers about terrible things happening in Poland, about low-flying planes that shoot women and children, about German soldiers who machine-gun Poles and Jews over mass graves. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had typed a couple of things the night before, so all I had to do was push a button. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I understand only one thing: She is lying to me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how many things you can do at once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I was lucid—things were clear—but my tongue wouldn’t fit around the words. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now the first thing you’ll need is some bright objects,” he said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagined packing her things, somehow buying a ticket, and going back to Lagos. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is a different book, back to front, and you can learn new things from it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did the only thing he could and threw himself flat on the ground, burying his face in the grass. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The thing that made Frank nervous was the floor. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"Tell me the bad thing you dreamed," Bran said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

For Noah, it signifies one thing: death of the spirit. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That’s been on the TV too: raids at night, secret hoards of Jewish things dragged out from under beds, torahs, talliths, Magen Davids. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve hammered a nail into the bed every morning since she died! It’s the first thing I do after waking! Eight thousand six hundred twenty-nine nails!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was aware only of what a strange thing it was to be male. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t let your Pap tell you ’bout the things the cap’n done to Mr. Tanner’s slaves, but believe me, that man ain’t human. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

For the Aristotelian philosophy of nature could not be adapted to incorporate this peculiar anomaly; if there could be such a thing as a new star, then the whole system was founded on false premises. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

At six he would let the gathered court know about the current status of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever the scuttling thing was, it had to be here somewhere. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was hard: but what can a body do? I thought more o’ th’ childer nor of mysel: poor things! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead of running upstairs and telling Mr. and Mrs. Little about the accident, Snowbell did a very curious thing. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

None of his friends' parents were still together, and in every case, that seemed like the number one thing that had gone wrong with his friends' lives. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Even the kids who have no idea what he’s talking about snicker, because it doesn’t matter if they don’t get it—the only thing that matters is that GLaDOS doesn’t get it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It makes things easy for me, Obinze would say, before he slowly began to unzip it. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“A trust thing? You showed me his picture. You think he won’t show people your picture?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But if you say one thing about her or me . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

So few people I met in those years had even heard of it, and those who had knew so little about it, sometimes I imagined I had made the whole thing up, dreamed it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slid behind him, next to Ernie Hupfer, who was looking out the window like it was the most important thing in the whole wide world. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Church was something we looked forward to, a happy thing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mistress used to be kept in a minor house or apartment of her own, and now they’ve amalgamated things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Echo made things worse by running among them, tripping and tackling as many as she could. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Even when you say things you don’t mean.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only thing he’d noticed was that that big cat who sometimes prowled through the station had seemed to be busier than usual last night. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a total idiot to think this movie could mean good things for Maddie’s and my friendship. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He arranged the kitchen in a certain way, and he made sure we put things back in their designated places. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It breathes for us, and it does another thing for our pleasure. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the first things done in Hobbiton, before even the removal of the new mill, was the clearing of the Hill and Bag End, and the restoration of Bagshot Row. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps—what was likeliest of all—the thing had simply happened because purges and vaporizations were a necessary part of the mechanics of government. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

From all he’d seen, mean people scared the easiest when things weren’t in their control. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, that puts a whole new outlook on things, doesn’t it?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the square thing from her and finally realize that it’s a battery-powered record player. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And after she had thought all these things, Tessie thought about the Object, about my close friendship with the Object. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“No, she lives far away,” the boy said vaguely, “but she knows a lot of things.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ll crack down for a time, and then things will get easier again. It’s always the same. We just have to keep our heads down.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Turning pro in advance of Rio was the sure thing. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The guidance counselor is late today, so I sit invisible in the red plastic chair while the secretary brings a PTA volunteer up to warp speed on the Petrakis thing. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing I recognize is the feet, decked in a familiar pair of white old-lady shoes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I'll tell you one thing, it made me feel a little weird, but whoever invented track got the whole gun means go thing right. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Mom was trying to be really nice because when I get like this, she is the one that tries real hard to keep things calm. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not Dauntless hands, which should be thick and tough and ready to break things. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It would be a dreadful thing to tell anyone about it, for it would destroy some fragile structure of truth. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Baba talked about things like boys and sex for about an hour. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I could write a lot about things like that—things I had to figure out when I first realized that I was alone and going to be alone, maybe for the rest of my life. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A job, eh? Making things in your forge?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Stupid mistake —it’s usually the last thing 1 do before I shut down my computer, no matter what I’ve been looking at. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, they probably mean where Eastern Parkway hits Atlantic Avenue, though,” Jerome said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the great burrow, however, things happened differently. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a thought came to him—vile, barbaric, but the one thing that might allow him to return to Hellgate with peace in his heart even if he didn’t have a tongue in his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Lots of things we didn’t know,” mutters Jay. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

To Matty, it was sometimes a way of making things easier, more comfortable, more convenient. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave everything from the past behind, even the good things, so I gave Maureen my geode. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when you’re talking to people, they say some things that are so strange that you don’t know how to continue the conversation. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What will I do then, when all my hopes of making things better are in the same basket marked ART SCHOOL? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The thing is,” whispered Hermione through the dark, “we could have achieved that with Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They rolled their jackets like him when that was the thing, wore combs in their hair when he did. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Mama wasn’t one for pretty things that didn’t have a good use. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

How the hell am I going to survive a 3200-kilometer trip in this thing? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But those patients had one thing going for them that Henrietta didn’t: They were alive. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We make eye contact, and by the look on his face, I can tell he’s thinking the same thing I am: What the heck are we doing here? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He had a complicated brain and there were things going on back there from time to time that he only dimly understood, so he relied on his instincts, but he was learning all the time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not made the journey through time that makes all things bearable. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“That is not me” is the first thing I said. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Then we can build a fire on the beach and eat and sleep. We need rest. First thing tomorrow we’ll figure out how to get further south.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

There is one thing I am horribly, disgustingly afraid of. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So what happened between us that changed things? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Actually the worst thing that happened to me had nothing to do with the revolution. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You push things too far, sometimes, Ryan Dean. Just your luck.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is a far from sufficient definition, to be sure, since human beings make many things other than works of art. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to help my grandmomma and do other little things to help keep me busy so I won’t have to be out there in the street—because it ain’t nice out there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to ask because...well, it’s not just a white thing, if that makes sense. I’ve had people who weren’t black say creepy things to me, and I gotta protect myself.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She said so many things to me, and she knew that she was leaving, so all of those things were nothing but lies. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hear other things, too—the snap of what might be bones, a whimper, a howl. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Never never never touch my things, ” he said. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had plenty of other things to think about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And embryogenesis attempts to capture the future: How does a single cell create a living thing that will eventually acquire its particular form? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sizwe was the leader of his crew, the guy who got everyone together and got things moving. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was a large number of things to be bought for the cocktail party, and she also hoped to find a smart, new dress. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame you. I would be too. It’s hard to give people things—I guess it’s harder to be given things, though. Seems silly, doesn’t it? Want some coffee?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That a good thing or a bad thing?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She spent far too long in the bathroom in the mornings for one thing, and didn’t seem to mind if Bruno was left out-side, hopping from foot to foot, desperate to go. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘Let us shut out the night!' she said. ‘For you are still afraid, perhaps, of mist and tree-shadows and deep water, and untame things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It is another thing. You cannot know about it unless you have it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“To find out how much they knew about each of us! You would have done the same thing.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

They wanted things to proceed on schedule and were clearly ready to move to the next stage to prepare for the execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’d never do any of those things if she went back. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

How many times a minute are you going to look inside that old thing? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No—I cannot call them gifts; but they are things that I have valued very much.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Hilly never has had a problem with going through other people’s things. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Catherine bought the things she needed for the baby, up in the town. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then she did that gross thing where she licked her thumb and was about to rub some dirt off my cheek, but I leaped away from her. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the thing was, only one person could give the gift, and it wasn’t the great-grandson, not on his fastest day alive. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“How the hell should I know why crazy people do things like this?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She trained her feet and hands to know the shapes of things and her mind to sense when she neared an edge and must back away lest she fall. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The surprising thing is,” said Violet, “when he flunked out of charm school, it was because he couldn’t learn the minuet.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want us you to remember some important things, because if you forget these, you really won't be the Max I've worked so hard to become. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s just such a cowardly thing to have done. That’s why he left, you know. Because he was afraid.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Byrd seems downright pleased with the whole thing. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

For one thing, he knew a little more than Pastor Tom about Naomi’s reservations. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Because a sister can’t just ask a guy out like it’s some normal thing, girls have gone to great lengths to make sure that their Sadie Hawkins proposition is the most elaborate. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The worst thing about it is that I’m already in out-patient rehab two days a week, but I just have to make things worse by doing drugs more and more, harder and harder. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Davis was the closest thing to a proper celebrity I’d ever encountered. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

For one thing, the universe is somewhat lumpy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Oftentimes, I heard Mama and even Gran say they could feel things. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We’d been having pep rallies all week in anticipation of the homecoming game—it was a football thing, I think—and I’d been skipping them. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Many things took more energy than he liked to acknowledge. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Potter and Bertha still dominate things, as if stature mattered even in death. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings for second period, I slowly get my things together so he has time to catch me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Still, in the hierarchy of things, a poem seemed much more important than a potty that played music when a toilet-training toddler went in its bowl. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger could do that sort of thing to you, if you weren’t careful. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looming things that move with the current, swinging all together like a flock of ducks set down on a pond, beaks to the wind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well ... I haven’t seen Deedee s in a while, so my guess is that someone started carrying the poor thing back there.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Hanako thought about how she sometimes did the wrong thing when she didn’t think her parents would find out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If only. But we do have the next best thing....” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My mother has terrific taste in some things. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. You did a nice thing. I shouldn’t have blown up at you like that.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I may have given you some interesting things, like this—” She held up her crooked hands. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I concentrated on that, too: learning what I could about the things right in front of me, like lobstering and shepherding and the constellations riding the night sky. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And had they loved and hated similar loves and hates, and done similar silly things when silly things were done? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Filming is the way I see things. Really see them. I can capture what is important to me at a particular moment. That way, I keep it forever.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Hearing them say things meant to draw me back until I’m out of earshot. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s only one thing for it,” he said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow hating the ship made it easier to be angrier and hate other things. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gee, Mama, you take all the fun out of things—like not objecting to my black lace pants last year. Well, throw the cigarettes away.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“On the Net? Am I one of the neighbors that you find things out about?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Across America, that combination of words was new and significant, although it meant different things to different people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“An invitation will accomplish the same thing. Power tastes best when sweetened by courtesy. You had best learn that if you ever hope to rule.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“An unlimited budget does have a way of making things better.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing he loves more than basketball is betting. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The only thing cool was Fred’s confidence that he looked cool. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It wasn't a smart thing to do, but she was outraged by their prodding. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

How could he be expected to control things? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were so many of us who would have to live with things done and things left undone that day. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I will want to hold on to things when you die. I will want to hold on to you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But what I don't understand is how I done the worse thing a man can do in his own family and 'stead of things gittin' bad, they got better. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Splendid,” her father said, and she said nothing else because it was best if things were simply left at splendid. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had to take action and do things to stay sane. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I know. Just add that to the list of stupid things she’s done this year. What does she say about him?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The one thing he didn’t do, interestingly enough, was discover the comet that bears his name. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And all this because you are such a natural American, first thing and last, if something other in between. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the nest tossed like so many other things out of place. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It's a good thing I have Starry in my corner. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing he ever did, though, was give these sex talks and all, late at night when there was a bunch of guys in his room. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Habit is the explanation of why we seem to forget things so quickly. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then my mother could be happy for each new thing I did, without it being another thing Natalie couldn’t do. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birdie liked people, liked when they did embarrassing things like talk too much when they were nervous, or act shy because they didn’t know how to hide it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But the one thing I’m sure about is this: the thought of Blue not seeing the play is kind of devastating. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think of it as an ending; just a pause button till you read the next great thing.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You said that thing about watching kids play.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So, you don’t know what that thing was?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn’t happen, and the other thing that surprised him was that the fire wasn’t noisy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I see these things as scenarios, to be played through and discarded, perhaps simultaneously. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We got to get you outa those wet things. Everything off, let’s go.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

These three things he always said with the same vague, fumbling signs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They dressed nicely and bought things they did not need. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the best things anyone has ever given me,” she says softly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Something strange happened. At least, I think it did. It might have been the tracker jacker venom making me imagine things," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The same thing that happened with Gottman: those people with the clipboards were really good at making predictions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s hard for us to understand why things like this happen, and I think you’re doing a remarkable job of handling a very rough situation. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First thing I’m gonna make is some real banana pudding,” Mama says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Now I know what I’ve been suspecting: as far as this thing is concerned, she is powerless. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was impossible and undeniable, and heading their way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The pig was already dead—Calista said the zookeepers probably put him in frozen, like a giant pig pop—and that was a good thing for him, I bet, because he was getting swallowed. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the most special thing in his life,” his brother told him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment, the things the Vanderbeeker household were NOT seemed more pronounced than usual. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“All those bits of paper you see out there stuck between the stones are things May has written down—all the heavy feelings she carries around. It seems like the only thing that helps her.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! I was demented, dreaming of wild, impossible things, recalling men who had set their wives free, we have heard of such things.” The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe I started thinking that because all of my other cards were things that Bran and I had between us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he talked about other things, like financial goals and fund-raising, and stuff that was so boring I couldn’t wait for him to stop. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Marigold picked her way down the stairs, her arms piled so high with shirts and pants and things for her father that she practically tumbled to her death three times. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She says the most awful things like she isn’t sure God exists. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish we could zip these things right over our heads,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This thing between us is a roller coaster. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

For among all the changes in his life, one thing stayed the same. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I think the only thing we can do now is give him what he’s wanted all this time: peace.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He just plucked up another bean flower and held it up to the sky, examining it in the African light like a doctor with an X-ray, looking for the secret thing gone wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

People think it’s funny when a dumb person can’t do things the same way they can. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only things that are the same are that he’s white, and his eyes are bright green. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But, the Greeks said to each other, such things really do happen when people are frenzied with drink. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The roof was gone up too, and things were falling down, pieces of flaming wood and bits of straw and hay. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The Hound does all these things, if that is your question." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Another thing I can’t stand is having them talk about me in front of outsiders, telling them how I cried or how sensibly I’m behaving. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Sprawled on the floor, she heard things slide loose and break. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I love everybody in my family, but my baby is the most important thing to me right now. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled away early, because it made me feel a litde too good, and I didn’t want to get accustomed to that kind of thing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the woman in the Catholic Book Store had not cashed my traveler’s check, I might have been reduced to the same thing. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is such a stupid thing to fall asleep talking. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same thing happened with the Automobile Blue Book, the tourist’s bible in the early days of the automobile. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she made the best with what she got or was she sorry because she couldn’t be all the things she wanted to be. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why would the coachman do such a thing?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The barrier between the individual sound of each letter and the whole meaning of the word was removed and the printed word meant a thing at one quick glance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

These and other inanimate things she saw and experienced. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanging out with Twig after school had never been a problem before, but since this summer, things have been different. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Why, that hunting lady couldn’t see a thing but she shot one n’em grapes so fast and true that it caught Jimmy square in the middle of his forehead! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Partly because it’s the right thing to do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying, if it was me, and I knew it would change things at our school, I would release the video in a heartbeat.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Letting total strangers drive one’s car around all day was a hard thing to ask, but nearly two hundred people turned over their keys to the boycott. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing that could possibly have made Mr. Nossik look more like Hitler at that moment would have been a toothbrush swath of black hair on his upper lip. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I sit back and cross my arms, biting my tongue on the hundred things I want to say in response. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But I could feel that things were getting better, even if it was slow. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t many things Jam knew about Pet, but she knew she would be safe with it, no matter what unseen monsters remained veiled in Lucille. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, ugh. But still, the question is, do you like how things are going with your mom or do you want to try something else?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I feel trapped beneath all the things that make me think less of myself. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how to tell Hudson that I want to throw away a box of things that used to mean everything to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I asked if this was about the thing with Anna, seeing her on Blenheim Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came into Elizabeth’s mind, filling her mind: All things work together for good to them that love the Lord. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The silliest things, but they gave me some comfort. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I've got in my head the Easy-Bake Oven Joe got for his birthday when he was six, I think it was, and how much he loved that thing. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

That ended up being the best thing ’bout the whole ferry ride. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

You always got to look at things the way they is, not the way you wish ’em to be.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The last thing he wanted to know was that his father was nearby and making no effort to reach out to him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"So you see," said Ralph, "we need hunters to get us meat. And another thing." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I told you I’d be here first thing in the morning.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just the whole death thing, and the fact that I would have to be around sad people all the time. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He sometimes called Matt by another name, and he was confused about other things, too. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘No birds here. There are snakeses, wormses, things in the pools. Lots of things, lots of nasty things. No birds,’ he ended sadly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

James was going to be an engineer, and build things. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She fidgets, which really doesn't help things, seemingly as aware as I of the closeness of our bodies. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

So Minerva said I was too young to be told some things. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pack your things up in the quilt, Ophelia, and then lie down and get some rest. We’re going to start living at Daffodil Manor tomorrow.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I will use my own needles, thank you very much. Good honest bone. None of your nasty jagged iron things, stabbing you like little slivers of hate.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take many miles to see his favorite thing to talk about was how smart he was and how he was better’n anybody else. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

All things, it is said, are duly recorded—all things of importance, that is. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this whole thing about Jack retrieving the glove and not telling anybody, then hiding it beneath a floorboard in his and JonJon’s shared childhood bedroom? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“There are, indeed, many strange things about this Easter day. But I doubt that I can help you, for I do not understand the meaning of it all.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

We got sent to bed without supper because my parents said hitting someone was the worst thing you could do. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But to a cow, a fresh pasture is like a salad bar, with lots of different things to eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

They were the only thing that made her feel better, and even they didn’t really help. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

All my life, up to that time, she had been doing things for me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay. I need to tweak the formula. Maybe lose the Dr Pepper flavoring. That might’ve thrown things off. Or not. It’s a possibility. Sort of. I should’ve written the formula down somewhere....” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

We sang camp songs about the gods and ate s’mores and joked around, and the funny thing was, I didn’t feel that anyone was staring at me anymore. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who lived here said those things: provincial, self-satisfied, boring. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I say other—chicken nipple—things. I’m glad when it’s just chicken nipple. Chicken nipple. Sometimes I say ‘barbecue’ or ‘pirate ship’ or ‘I love bubble baths’ and some—chicken nipple—other things. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She knew, like all of us, that the woods were where you went to do things you didn’t want other folks to know about. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took the piece she offered and practically swallowed the whole thing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s such a thing as principle” was all Fezzik would answer, and he opened the door that led to the fourth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, carefully, the boys approached the scene of suspended destruction, where things that were crushed, thrown, or knocked over took their sweet time hitting the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It scared her to think of some dangerous thing building inside her, something that could kill her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Look how he says kind, polite things, how the old greetings, “Honor,” “Respect,” come naturally to him even here at La Gloria. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some day, his mind said, that boy would know what things were in the books and what things were not. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Papa came home on his last day at the hospital, he only said one thing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His long fingers brushed the thing’s black, featureless body. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"All nature o' things. I can do sums, too." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

But that seemed to be the only thing he was having a hard time with. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Good thing is, apples don’t hurt as much as lacrosse balls. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t bother with it. Forget it. That’s the best thing you can do. Go back wherever you came from. Don’t even think about it.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And with that, she dared the bravest thing she’d ever done: she looked right into his eyes. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was that first saving laugh, the best thing any of them had heard since before the death of Neewo, that made him proud. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

You don’t think that things really happen overnight, but this one did. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, the same thing she said when we pulled her out of the Box, about things changing. Other stuff about the Creators and how ‘it all has to end.’ The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Mama would’ve roasted us a big turkey, even if she had to go out to some remote woods and kill the dang thing herself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Now the thing to do,” he went on, “is to try to forget it and go on being a man.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come-into-my-castle was a game for highborn children, one meant to teach them courtesy, heraldry, and a thing or two about their lord father’s friends and foes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess they couldn’t live down here without at least a little electricity. How else would this thing work?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He had heard odd things about this place, and lions didn’t bother him, and who cared about gorillas; they were nothing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing standing in his way was .. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I had expected her to call and reassure me and tell me things like, “I’m only going to be gone for a little while—just until I feel better.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

By now, true morning light was seeping through its arched windows, reminding him of the time, but he just couldn’t make himself return to his room to pack his things, not yet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I believe all these things to be true, but still. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“To be sure, so it is. But they live very comfortably. They have no indoors man, else they do not want for any thing; and Mrs. Martin talks of taking a boy another year.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Nobody took this seriously, and they laughed at the young man when he said such things. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I might have questioned God, I suppose, about how He could have allowed such a thing to happen, except that it didn’t just happen. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s the best thing I ever saw in my whole life,” she said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pam and I have a thing where we always see every Marvel movie the first Saturday it’s in theaters. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In some ways, that’s always been one of the nicest things about her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m too weak for surprises” were the last sounds he got out before he fainted from fatigue and brandy and no food and bad sleep and lots of other things, none of them nutritious. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He did the marquee thing with his hands: “Hot Seat Uncovers Faculty Hoax!” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“Sparrow, you don’t speak nearly enough to be a drama queen. And the only thing that ever made you feel alive was gone, so it makes sense that you didn’t feel very alive.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The skin was just a taunt, just one more thing she would never have. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’d never have had to do anything to try to fix all those things that had gone wrong. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She is a tiny little thing, but she’s all heart, and she is very thorough with her work. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m just going to say one thing right out,” she said breathlessly as she arrived in the doorway. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Wolachu,” he said to me, tapping his lip with his long forefinger, “that Golden Rule and those other things that Jesus Christ said people needed to live by?” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to perceive what this was, a woman who clung to an old and dying man because of what last thing she might get from him. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I ask Rae, slamming a lid back on my dad box and trying to refocus things. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He thought of the jungle, the things he’d done—the things he hadn't done. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

There’s probably a religious motif, though in the foreground something more immediate: money, the release of others jailed in some sinkhole for doing more or less the same thing these men are doing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some things—vultures, for example—made them rub their faces and watch the sky uneasily. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure, you know. The thing just coming out the way it want so.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Stupid thing to do, really, said the voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This oil was the only thing needed to perform the ritual, that and the holy authority resting in my father’s misshapen hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He said, “I wish no such thing. I have watched over your education with affection and benevolence.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

This was exactly the kind of thing they wouldn’t want him doing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Miss Whitlaw did not want to impose upon her neighbors again and ask them to watch their things. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First thing I’m doing on Monday is meeting with Principal Jenkins. He has to accommodate us. He must.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I mean, this thing was so big its body barely fit through the tunnel. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe this surgery wasn’t the worst thing after all. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Hannah looks uncomfortable, too, but not because she doesn’t want to think about dead things, the way I don’t. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I guess things work out like that sometimes. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in dreams we do things we could never do in everyday life. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished making his sandwich, he put away the things in the refrigerator and stopped crying and wiped his eyes and saw me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished with the thing, it lay there limp on the ground all shiny blue and red, covered with a slick white film. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flournoy said he and his wife would come, but most folks either acted like they didn’t hear the invite or else huffed out of the store without buying a thing. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’d placed her things inside the tin box and buried it out there late one night by flashlight, too scared to leave them hanging around in my room, even in the back of a drawer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the American flag. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have one of those windup cars with twisty wheels that when it bumps into things can change direction and bump into something else over and over. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disaster is one thing, and a riot is another, but the total disintegration of society? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How you talk. The whole thing was that I wanted to get him away from someone else.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mark sixteen eighteen. They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing; it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover “Bravo.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I started thinking of all the things I had to do this afternoon. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every living thing had its place in this field of energies. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I trap monsters in mirrors! I know a lot of things! Now hop to!” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Bottom line—the only thing I care about is how much my education will cost. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It meant I was a youthful thing and unimportant, and that there was no need to include me in the conversation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The box was sealed shut, and I had to unfold the entire thing to read all the detailed instructions printed on the inside. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It won’t happen again, Coach. I promise. Now, don’t we have other things to discuss?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was silent at first and then, hips thrashing, her hands tight around his back, she called out the same thing she said every time. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She always warns me about getting into cars and things like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He glanced back apprehensively, half expecting to find the limp white things crawling after him in sightless pursuit or snaking up through the treetops in a writhing and ungovernable mutative mass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The worst thing that happens is always the one thing you thought would never, ever happen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the important thing is that for today, they are granted, jointly, the guardianship, which is on track to not be temporary, of a person named Willow Chance. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This thing they had never really believed in was coming true. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wouldn’t we continue to tally things up in our head? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the polite thing to do, after all.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Yessum,” I said, “and it’s sure a good thing that Old Yeller was along to keep him fought off.” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bags are the same ones Ben handed Javier and me to place the few precious things we were taking with us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was a lean, starved, haggard thing, all bones and tight-drawn sallow skin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I remember pretending to know things and like things I didn’t just because I wanted them to like me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But now, he wore things like a T-shirt, shabby-looking trousers, and sneakers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was seeking Brahman, Atman, I wished to destroy myself, to get away from myself, in order to find in the unknown innermost, the nucleus of all things, Atman, Life, the Divine, the Absolute. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, people can’t “think of doing that on the front end” unless they know their tissues might be valuable to researchers in the first place. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She sobbed out, “Dearest! You are my dearest, my darling, my dear one. A baby, a little baby, when I left you. More than marvelous is this thing that has come to me.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what could I do to change things? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It’s weird that the thing with Henry could make him understand this huge part of himself, but it does. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But we don’t talk about things like home and family. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that would be a good thing, right?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Liyana had had a hard time sewing the thing so the hen's legs could poke out where they needed to. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked to Citra and to their mother, thinking the same thing they were all thinking. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“He’s got him a bad cough, that boy. Well, maybe he’ll feel a little better after he reads that thing Ignatius give me to give him. Ignatius says it’s inspirational literature.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That seems simple enough, but it misses out on all the things that crisscrossed it, like the eagles, and the secrets, and Ray’s injuries. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Said something didn’t agree with his stomach, so maybe the thing that didn’t agree with his gut was...what happened to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Tragic mulatto. What a stupid thing to call somebody! Somebody called you that?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course!” said Jane, thinking that was the safest thing to say, but not knowing in the least whom they were to pay their respects to. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know every single thing that transpired with her darling girl. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A brooch, indeed? Yes, that might be more interesting. Just the thing, perhaps. You should have mentioned it sooner.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Governor Wallace was one of the state’s most vocal proponents of segregation, and the way things were going, it seemed that nothing and no one would be able to prevail against him. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s the thing: Jokes is one of those ironic names. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was a lot more about the big part that Dorothea was about to get—not the same one as she’d written about last time, which hadn’t really been her type of thing, anyway. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delaware women liked to flap their gums, that was another thing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The things in the walls, and the many things beneath my feet, which I have always had a weird fascination for. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Your father,” Darma says, her tone lighter than before, “is too impatient. He wants things to come quickly and easily. You cannot farm that way. He thinks money will solve all problems. It will not.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

There are things to say to him, and Natasha doesn’t know where, doesn’t know how to begin. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

No good place for me to hide things in this room—Etienne knows where all the hiding places are. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Barrett says it’s important to make sure that when we describe things in a piece of writing, we appeal to all of the five senses: sight, smell, sound, taste, and touch. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Mummy, things are very busy at work now.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the room knew that Mrs. Larkin had said the wrong thing. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how your body knows things before you do. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“The first thing he’s going to do is clean my ship,” said the pilot. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were different than most of their neighbors in appearance, in the foods they ate, the things they loved. But they were willing to accept and share with others.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“The least thing tires me these days. I don’t seem to have the energy I once had. My age, I guess.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I am satisfied that Lucy’s body is not in that coffin; but that only proves one thing.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

At first she made things just for her family—dresses for Lou’s sister, Rosemary, wedding gowns for cousins and nieces. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I hurry to where The Beast will stop, a thing I have learned from listening to talk in the tiendita. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I thought of was the IOI access codes. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a squat-legged beast that couldn't have weighed less than four hundred pounds, the thing could run. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s like babies need us one hundred percent of the time, so everything we do feels like the right thing, somehow,” he says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They began to prefer old music over new; this was, in many ways, not such a good thing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I don't mean he wasn't witty or anything--he was--but sometimes it gets on your nerves when somebody's always saying things like "So you and Pencey are no longer one." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’d say if he’s trying to make things safer, he’s already failed.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With a jet engine there is no torque, so your feet are not nearly as busy and you can concentrate on other things. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Next thing I know she’ll be cooking for you. You know she can cook, don’t you?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh well, we’ll just have to live with them. But one thing’s for sure: My parents didn’t get away.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s a triangular cubicle, if such a thing is possible. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I was a wild thing then,” Gramps said, “and I didn’t stand still for any girl, I can tell you that.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Your mother gave you two things I never had: a father and a grandfather.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I'm still toward the top of the Ramp, but the whole thing is only 45 kilometers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking to salvage one shining thing from the mire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She is like us. The only régime she believe in is God’s régime. She says she wants to write things down for posterity.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“My father is sick, and I worry about taking care of him as things get worse.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But there was one in particular that struck me more than the others, and the funny thing is, I’m not really sure why. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, there were things in Bernard which he hated. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a problem? You're the one acting so weird. A terrible thing is happening to me, and you don’t even care.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I stared at the backs of the two officers and thought about the things Mom had told me about people who go to jail, about how some of them were never the same afterward. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I felt the weight and immensity of things impossible to explain to the druggist. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An apple,” she said, and he gave her one, an old dried thing, small and withered. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In social studies class, she had learned that it was a good thing for warriors to be left-handed. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a simple thing: just two standing poles with a bar between them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stated that if a man in his position “doesn’t know about such things, then he is not fit to be the head of government.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things got rough for them, they could borrow against their families’ credit or write a letter home. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Is the real problem here the genius thing or the Katherine thing?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A friend thing, almost like a love thing. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Last thing I am going to do is throw it back. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The Mellower certainly knew how to put things. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It allowed you to hold two things in your head at the same time—that butt-slapping was funny, and also that it wasn’t. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Every day had been filled with things like this. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, Coach was standing in front of me, telling me to pick my head up and look at him, and asking me what happened on Saturday. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She needed new ones, but, like so many things in her life, new shoes were expensive and would have to wait. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I can’t lie; the whole Rocket ReStore thing did help me and Angel. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“Die Engel-kinder!” cried the poor things as they ate and warmed their purple hands at the comfortable blaze. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the thing is, jumping off cliffs is kinda my thing. That’s the choice. I love him, with all that, because of all that. On purpose. I love him on purpose.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But a whole sea full of monsters—how could you hide something like that? Wouldn’t the mortals notice weird things happening ... like, ships getting eaten and stuff?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to find it so I could quote it word for word but Mum said it had probably been thrown out because our house is too small to hoard things. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wooden watchtower was the tallest thing this side of the mountains, rising twenty feet above the biggest sentinels and soldier pines in the surrounding woods. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

They said that if enslaved Negroes enjoyed all the good things of life that their masters said they did, there would be no runaway slaves. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Long enough to show me two things, Viji. That he still loves us. But love doesn’t stop him from living and moving forward, because that’s how life moves.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He talks a bit about high school being a time of feeling things out, and after that I kinda block him out for a while because the spotlight is just so hot. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He figured that if things got bad through no fault of your own, then God should stand up and do something about it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The thing that strikes me most about my encounter with him was his voice. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she had decided to go up in the nonexistent thing she seemed to have had no idea whatever that she would survive it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Serafina shrank back; obviously the sailor in the launch hadn’t heard the latest state of things. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood looking down at the fresh thing, helpless and only half alive. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered myself beyond the stage of street-fighting, and one of the worst things I could do upon returning to the community was to engage in a brawl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed about the events that happened and how things were going to be when I got home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She was dropping things and eating food that belonged to the newly married couple and started in to worrying everybody that the deweys needed a bath and she was going to give it to them. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The acid thing? PD doesn’t want to let that information out just yet.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

The thing he missed the most was his friends. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The little things that form the bigger picture. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He tells Olivia all of the things Annabelle hasn’t—how her knee pain has grown so that even prolonged spans of sitting hurt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

On her right, Coach Hedge shouted from the back of his steed, Guido, ‘Those are onagers, kid! Those things can kick higher than Bruce Lee!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“You really hate talking about serious things, don’t you?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mopane worms are literally the cheapest thing that only the poorest of poor people eat. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I finally said yes, and the three of us trudged down the path to the creek, with ferns tickling our legs and Wishbone sniffing at every little thing along the way. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If a single thing went wrong—the rental truck broke down, the apartment wasn’t available, a job didn’t materialize swiftly—Jesse and Eric didn’t even have enough money to get back to Idaho. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re all wondering what kind of things you tell stories about.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point my companions got angry and told me to shut up and listen while they explained some things to me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I stop talking to you for a few days and all sorts of stuff happens. The most exciting thing for me was dinner with my dad at Michelangelo’s.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"And you love Mister Monday?" said Tristran, seizing on the only thing in all this he was certain he had understood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Lorena is shaking me and telling me to wake up, that we have to leave because someone called the cops. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Right now we have to get out of sight. None of this matters if they bag us while we’re gabbing in broad daylight. I’ll go out again tonight, check things out.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time his smiles were confused or scared or a combination of any number of other things. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

These were the six things the dwarfs gathered: For firstly, the footsteps of a cat. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Some romantic evening, huh? No more bad things until the morning.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Overinvestment is not necessarily a bad thing—provided that it is eventually corrected. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want a tell her these things, but she gone hear em and I want her to hear em from me first. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. But they’ll follow if the course of things doesn’t change. And uprisings have been known to lead to revolution.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the time school started in August, Nan and I had done a heaping handful of hard things. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“A thing doesn’t have to be difficult if you give it some thought and apply a little elementary physics.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papa had left me to look after things while he was gone, and I wasn’t about to let two mad bulls tear up everything we had. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of us, he said, retain an appreciation for the old things. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were too many things he didn’t know. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s my own character flaw. I just like to finish things.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And another thing is that Mr. X doesn’t talk.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Ihadmy first experiences in opening the eyes of my brainwashed black brethren to some troths about the black race. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We knew that the blowing-up party was inside to carry out its part of the task, but we did not know how things were going.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know if it was helping Jack, but it gave her some distraction from the things churning inside her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was one of those things where you're "dating" but you don't ever go anywhere outside of school. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They ran their fingers over the books as if the things were goofered, hopping with magic. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“This whole thing is about to come down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Throughout the whole thing I was just lying there, scared out of my mind. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was in English a week later when possibly the strangest thing of all happened. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know things didn’t end well between them. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They never would have let things get this bad. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And before she talks to that person she keeps a checklist of all the things on her journey that have changed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

If you do things like this to a human being, he or she goes crazy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

By-and-by we find all the things which Jonathan have note in that wonderful diary of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In spite of family efforts to keep certain things dark, he had reason to believe certain things were well known, even among the—ah—lower classes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But one thing she wouldn’t do was give up. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to reread this thing for the hundredth time today.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She moved our things out of storage into a plywood cabin on the piney outskirts of town, which she rented on the strength of a tiny legacy from Grandfather Wharton. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, too, when things got too terrible, Johnny had had a way of pulling himself together for a little while to get them over the bad places. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Derek had watched all of this with intense interest, writing in his notebook from time to time, underlining things, nodding. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

As we made the sign of the cross, I looked up to seek out Jaja’s face, to see if he, too, was bewildered that Aunty Ifeoma and her family prayed for, of all things, laughter. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, an architect. Athena expects her children to create things, not just tear them down, like a certain god of earthquakes I could mention.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He watched the things that were said to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“And flying things got treasure! Flying things—angels—crystal treasure!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Looks like Kelsey’s got quite the thing for you, my man. She was on you like fleas on a dog.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just about to ask you the same thing.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The neatest thing in the whole room is a locked suitcase. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

If she did ordinary things, they became enigmatic. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He would say these things right out loud and the administration wouldn’t do anything. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But none of that stuff says a thing about her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The greenish glow and the light from the two wands were the only things that broke the otherwise velvety blackness, though their rays did not penetrate as far as Harry would have expected. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Her lips began to tremble, and there wasn't a thing she could do about it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to screw up a huge weapon. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The most important thing is love. Not losing that,” she says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Her face was sad and her eyes were dull, and for all her perfect curves and symmetrical features the only thing that sparkled about her were the jewels in her necklace. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“The whole thing’s a mistake. It's the wrong...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I think it’s great that I could be improving on these things without noticing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

That there’s such a thing as crickets, these little bugs that hide in bushes at night and make crazy sounds together, who knows why. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe we’re all thinking the same thing, hearing the same laugh. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He was recording the beat-down because watching fights online is his thing, but now he’s staring at his phone like he’s scared a call is coming for him too. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

This neighborhood is wealthy, the kind of place people would notice unusual things like girls climbing out windows. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I admire her for the nice things she did for Anne Frank. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even with a mommet and a hot fire for energy, I didn’t know if I could make it through the scales to hurt the thing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no such thing as just one. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

They talked about inconsequential, safe things for about fifteen minutes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only thing to do is to get hold of my small revolver, and that too before anyone arrives. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, tell me one more thing. What happened last night on the Williamsburg Bridge?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“That thing looks like it’s ready to fall apart.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I scuffed down the brick path a ways and thought about how some things had changed forever that morning my parents found Amanda in her crib, not breathing. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Besides, there would be an awful lot of things I couldn’t easily explain about the last few days. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Valley might hate me for it, but I told my parents about her dad. He’s done awful things to her in secret, and Valley shouldn’t have to go through that alone.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But grass isn’t the only thing that they smoke. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I love it here. I want things to go back to how they were before. Before we had to be nice to him.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

At a leisurely stroll, this thing could outdistance us easily. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Somehow I managed to find my way out of the crowd without hitting anyone or throwing a thing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The older one got an even bigger smile on his face and waved real hard at everybody, die little shrunk-up version of him smiled and did the same thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s not on fire. He’s burning oil,” Maddie said, because she knows these things. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Right now? Oh, Liyana. He’s curious about us? He wants to know how we do things? He likes our food?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of seeing Denna was the only thing that had the potential to raise my spirits a little. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The kiss was arousing in the way that unknown things are arousing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Why, a biologist might ask, were living things categorized in this manner? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It’s heavier than you’d think a thing made of words could be. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

That afternoon the wind picked up a little and I noticed some­thing about the lifeboat: despite its weight, it floated lightly on the water, no doubt because it was carrying less than its capacity. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Shaped it himself, that year he worked with me. Last thing he ever made in this shop. Left it here as a memento.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The presence of peers is one of the things that raises the emotional stakes, making it more likely that teens will seek out risk and short-term reward without pausing to consider the consequences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Do you mean the-?" "No, not it ... I mean . . . what makes things break up like they do?" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

You can see things that we cannot, you can see connections and possibilities and alternatives that are invisible to us, just as sraf was invisible to you. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas was so excited to hear this news he temporarily forgot how awful things had become. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I guess everyone is thinking the same thing, but Quang-ha is always the one who gives the unspoken a voice. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This is what I wrote: This precept means that we should be remembered for the things we do. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Papa was hopeless with larger-scale construction projects and big repairs, so Uncle Arthur usually did those things for him. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I should put this thing away. If it’s really causing the weather, maybe taking it below deck will help...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“And I like the dead best of all. They are simple things, and they talk to me with respect. The living look at me with revulsion.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I always been tolt they ain’t the same as us, they don’t feel things like white people do, they don’t love their kids the same, they don’t love nothing but ducking work and sleeping. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I told that ridiculous tutor we were focusing on the wrong things. When I see Daddy, I’m demanding a new one.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The important thing, Nixon decided, was to avoid disaster in Vietnam until after the presidential election in November. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe because I’m here and she’s not, and the whole thing—every big or small moment I’ve lived since last April—feels like cheating in some way. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It made him forget about his tattoo and all those things he’d done wrong. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The only thing I can truly be angry with her for is being gone, and that’s certainly not her fault. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Good thing you have a grandma to help you. I bet she’s the best swing pusher in the world.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The only time stuff didn’t blow around when she was near was when she’d squeeze my arms and tell me things over and over and over and over. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“If my aunt doesn’t want the ring, the right thing to do is to give it back to the man who bought it for her.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I could not resist her, I was like a dumb thing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And, honestly, the whole thing was starting to freak me out. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I feel a lot of things, but I don't feel brave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” said Milo, not understanding why each one said the same thing in a slightly different way, “wouldn’t it be simpler to use just one? It would certainly make more sense.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin tried to mimic Maya’s indignance, the way she had spit out the word like a swear, like it was the worst thing in the world to not know your family. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Deep lines etched his face. — things we can’t control,’ he was saying. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I think he wanted to remember the things he had done and that in a way, it was all that he had in his life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Nothing really interested him—least of all the things that should have. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know I didn’t have any plans about getting up or getting out or getting on with things. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Matt,” JoJo said, “I don’t know if you should tell me what I want to hear or what I need to hear. Or is there any possibility they can be the same thing?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If there are no worse things ahead than the Old Forest, I shall be lucky,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But then his uncle’s wife was a foolish woman, fat and lazy, and forever clamoring for sweet food and for this sort of thing and that and for new shoes bought in the town. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But as I sat there thinking these things, it occurred to me that a person couldn’t stay all locked up in the house like Phoebe and her mother had tried to do at first. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he texted his friends and his mom back, he felt a little proud to tell them he was able to chop wood and haul water—things they couldn’t do. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing I heard was someone pecking at a typewriter and then the little bell dinging when whoever was typing reached the end of a line. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the thing was, he wasn’t very good with people. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes things happen that are beyond our control, Melody. You did everything right.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I guess the one thing that’s weird for me is dressing like a girl. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Then in this city out of which something new was always springing at him, Wang Lung saw another new thing he did not understand. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

The heat dried the thinner things rapidly, however, and within an hour the sails, towels, and two blankets were dry and folded and stored back in the boat in dry bags or drawers. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I chafed at the delays, but held my peace, trusting that if I showed myself to be responsible and meticulously careful, he would eventually relax and things would return to normal. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah...I’m sure...I’m sure we can figure things out with Drew,” she said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One thing I did know from hard experience: a master's promise to a prentice is likely to be redeemed only at the last Lammas, as they say—which is to say never. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Things about their fathers and their fathers’ fathers, things about justice and honor and lawful revenge—their throats swollen, their eyes rolling like a newborn colt’s, sweat running down their shoulders. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When questioned, he said, “Some things we are better off not knowing.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The only pleasant thing about cleaning one’s bailie was that this was the one moment in those early days when we could have a whispered word with our colleagues. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing was, Natalie had sounded a little like she was just arguing with her mom. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her face was a reflection of many things; a sum of many transfiguring, even violent events. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"She wouldn't like it. That isn't the sort of thing she likes. She likes a lot of people around." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I bet I missed a lot of things. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It would certainly make things easier on the rest of us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“The only thing commoner here than plain-looking middle-aged ladies are flocks of pigeons. And you want to search all of London for one flock in particular?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Uh-oh,” I say, because I know this is not a good thing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

The bad old ways were still alive and well in Rachel’s brain, and anything that flaunted that order was a terrible thing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The first thing she said when she met me: “Oh, you turned out short.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Soon or late, some enemy would march on King's Landing, and die last thing he wanted was willing traitors within the city walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone was super nice and caring, of course, but they all said the same thing so much, it started to get annoying: “If there’s anything you need, Aven, don’t be afraid to ask.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“The important thing is to keep them pledging,” he explained to his cohorts. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It ain’t an easy thing, but I got to forget about Dad on the TV couch and concentrate on my own stuff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But there are other things that I wished for even harder than I did for this bike, and I know I won’t get them, no matter what. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And trust me, there are times when the last thing you want to hear is the truth. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now, there’s a red-headed woodpecker making the thing swing, and cardinals dot the forest scrub with red coats, waiting until the bigger birds have their fill. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I have just the thing for that,” Mr. Gonzalez said and went into the little office storeroom to get, Ignatius imagined, some type of medicine. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to phone him and say, Mr. Pignati, we didn’t mean things to work out like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

How could he bring back some metaphor thing he didn’t really understand? Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The whole thing had felt strange and creepy, so why hadn’t I just walked out of the room? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t go back to where we came from. I’ve seen it, remembered awful, awful things. Burned land, a disease—something called the Flare. It was horrible—way worse than we have it here.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they concentrated on making sure the person they had shared their long lives with had cheerful company and the necessary things for the night. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it’s a wrong thing to hurt somebody’s feelings. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In myths they don’t spend time describing things like cities. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It is hardly the sort of thing I like to see happen in this house.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I gathered up my things and sat down with needle and thread to sew my travelsack back together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thinking of the dead, I began to think about how quickly things pass by in this world. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’re other things to read than print,” she said, “and the Princess of Hammersmith is displeased with you and is thinking seriously of going home.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I set down my bag on the thin bed of grass and tossed some change in the coin thing and dialed my moms. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

That I can't explain how things are with Gale because I don't know myself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Eventually I stopped shopping at Gigante because it drove me crazy to see all the things we couldn't afford to buy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Finally, she said, “So that’s a good thing, right? Him promising to behave.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

And the funny thing was he found time to think of all this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He turns and sprints back up to his apartment, and I follow, thinking about how turning someone else’s doorknob is such a small thing but also such a creepy thing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A lot of things ended up going his way because I’d get bored with the fight and give in. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The thing’s body had to be thicker than her arm, rings of black covering its golden scales. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t get you this thing so you could take pictures of me.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing is that Alice wore white stick deodorant with a strapless dress, and it showed. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Papa, who always took care of us, and who always knew what to do to put things right. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw a couple of disturbing things up there, Georges. Very disturbing.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I can cook some things,” I tell them, “though at my previous residence I was expected to make stew out of squirrels and raccoons, and I’d rather not do that again.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It was the thing, above all, that drew us together,” he said quietly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Same things have been happening all over the Kingdom,” said the gray-bearded man. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the war of sun and dryness against living things, life has its secrets of survival. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a good time to set our minds on other things. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

After all, the only thing he’d done was dance me slow and put his arm around me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because it seemed like it should be a good thing, that I didn’t have that long-word-x reading disorder, that my brain didn’t mix up letters and numbers on the page. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You should know better than to say a thing like that.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

There are some things I need to explain. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You know, boy, sometimes it’s best to leave things be.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I hate to admit all the things I don’t know, but Freddie’s been sharp enough to see through my bluffs so far. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know until we left how much we took those things for granted. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

In the time line of our world, things have gone somewhat more slowly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He and I have one thing in common: we like to dress up, which makes everyone laugh. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“But the fake sword isn’t the only thing in that vault, is it?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My verbal IQ was measured, and lots of other things, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A person whom one has loved seems altogether too significant a thing to simply vanish altogether from the world. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They looked so happy dancing, like dancing was the best thing in the world. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Maria Isabel is enraged; they are sullying one of the few things she has—her honor. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t get me up either, and from a bad dream I woke with a start, knowing things were wrong, knowing I had missed something vitally important. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or...things she shouldn't dare to dream about. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And this feeling of real true purpose for them was so strong that he knew exactly how each thing should be with them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Over and over. They be making me remember everythings. Me old songs, they just be there natural. But now they be stuffing new things into me and this poor head hurts horrid.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hold on, man. You gotta see this other thing I taught her just a minute ago.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” he said, “but I wish I could calm down about these things.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She asked, “Do you think things are going to be different?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have some of my students who know more about gangs, guns, and sex than I do, because they have observed things. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like that little whale had opened up all these things they wanted to say to each other. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I’m not even sure why I said it, but it just seemed like the right thing to do. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He shrugged, looking infuriatingly blase about the whole thing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The first step to seeing is seeing that there are things you do not see, it said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

See what I’m talking about with the whole getting the wrong idea thing? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She threw her hands over her mouth and let out a little squeak like she had just said the most exciting thing of all time. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The whole thing fluttered in the stiff ocean breeze like a giant kite, though the board’s magnets kept it from blowing away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, nothing much, nothing much. Just out and around, you know. Just out and around, checking on things.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reminded myself that the one thing Jenny Flick couldn’t buy, no matter what she used as currency, was a ticket to drive on the high road next to people like me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You told me that a thousand times. If there’s one thing I know, it’s where the stupid book is supposed to be.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The last thing Aru saw before she touched the second key symbol on her mehndi map were some new words on the boulder. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That to me remained the greatest of all amazements–how scientists work things out. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I guess we were all secretly waiting for some super-important call to straighten things out. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“You driving me crazy hanging around this house twenty-five hours a day. Get. Go chop down that poor mimosa tree you hate so much,” I say, because Mister Johnny never did chop that thing down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He sought, charitable in his happiness, to include them in the thing that had happened. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And there’s no room left to agonize over it, nothing left to do but say the thing he’s known all along. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so difficult for her in the end: it was more a confidence thing, and with us there for support, she seemed to lose her fear of the fence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he kept himself to a small space, but seemed to make big, amazing things happen, like jump roping over his own arm. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Before he did, though, he wanted to know what I thought of the whole thing. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

That was the nicest thing he said all evening. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

This morning I was constantly interrupted, and as a result I haven’t been able to finish a single thing I’ve begun. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, what is that? Looks like a cat puked on that salad. Get your things.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Alex is more interested in the things harder to sniff out. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was the nicest thing she could imagine. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

In New York they tried to work things out for the sake of the apartment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the dark fills with spies who are paid to hear things and report them down at Security. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expression of delight on her face was a very bad thing to see. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh. That’s interesting. I’d like to have a look at it someday. How things fit together—I love looking at that.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I noticed several weird things about the surfboarding cat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Only someone very close would be tempted to say such a thing—only a person who knows who I am. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let me tell you, it is not a good thing for a boy from Camillo Junior High to play a fairy. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“My dear, do not give way to such gloomy thoughts. Let us hope for better things. Let us flatter ourselves that I may be the survivor.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

My hand reached toward him involuntarily; quickly, though, I dropped it to the table, fearing that my touch would only make things worse. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Everybody has a different way of dealing with these things,” my aunt replied. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You think we could?” asked Summer, her eyes doing that little dancing thing they did when she was super-happy. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Within reason, I’ll not bother you to pick things up in here, so long as you treat the rest of the house with respect.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Except this: ‘What with one thing and another, three years passed.’ The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’d played basketball and baseball and done the Cub Scout thing, tried the Boy Scout thing—but I always kept my distance from the other boys. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We talked about sports and exercise, we talked about books, we talked about his family, we talked about music, we talked about all the things he wanted to do when he grew up. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

For a minute, I couldn’t remember what your voice sounded like when you said those things, and I was really sad. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It’s interesting to me that this is the thing she’s hung up on. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And,” he began, “the truck driver said the last thing he saw was the man gyrating wildly with his arms and legs pumping up and down as if he was on the dance floor.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But Styx, not having a mom of his own and all, was never one to pick up on these things. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then in their cipher language James wrote Now! and many things happened at once: Emily threw her water at Mr. Remora, getting the American Revolution books wet in the process. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In a mere 20 million years, the continent was covered with ice, and the environment had become too hostile for most living things. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

There are so many questions, so many things she longs to discuss despite her father’s constant nagging about not concerning herself with her opponent. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Really well, I think. She hasn’t opened up yet about much, but at least she seems comfortable around me. I can’t imagine the terror that poor thing was going through after she was left behind.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

No one would remember that terrible things had once been done. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bud answered for his friend: “The point is, Bertha, to stop things before they really get started.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told her the whole thing, even the weird picture of Luke as a child. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Somehow it was easier to say things under cover of darkness. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Happy to hear things are looking up in DC. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

"An actual incision is not necessary. It's the same thing if you just spit on your hand." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, now that the matter had been brought to his attention, he would send a man out there that day to fix things up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

As though to assure me that I had said the right thing, the girl gave me a look of pity, then took my hand and led me out to the cookhouse. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

—And finally, the thing that gets me the most kidding, I try to “walk” for half an hour every day. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odd thing is when Father was around she never gardened at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was so heavy and awkward in her skinny arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It was in Sweden, and they’d been perfecting this thing for half a decade. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Thirty minutes after settling down for the night, wind-driven debris from the fire ignited the dry grass nearby, forcing them to abandon their things and retreat farther north. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘You remember when you first began to read the newspapers and think about the things you read?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A mouthful of lies; things not worth thinking about or standing still for. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always treated me as an equal, but I could see he was trying to decide whether to protect me from this thing or to share it with me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The plume in his hat is the only thing about him that is not stiff. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on a thing called sled. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

From the age of ten I’d check the Daily Prophet first thing every morning—certain some sort of tragedy would have befallen it—certain I wouldn’t get to go. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She had a funny looking thing in her hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

As things emerged in outline and filled with colour, hope increased until it was like a song in my heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that way she could hold on to it as a living thing and not have it become something called a memory. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized how much that familiarity was worth, and felt that in bidding my job, I’d done a smart thing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they’re for homecoming, they’re made in school colors and the ribbons usually have glitter letters that spell out different things, like you and your boyfriend’s names or your school mascot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Zack said that if it rains on a really important day, then good things are ahead. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Now we must make our plans about the other things.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here I am thinking of two things: One is Benny Kilmartin because that’s the last time I saw the pink in the air. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I swore him to secrecy. It's not the sort of thing I wanted getting around.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The only time during school hours I had crossed the boys’ yard was when a flatbed truck with a giant thing covered with canvas and tied down with ropes had parked across the street. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get on that thing tonight. My hair was done today.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You will say bad things about the fruit when the problem is your teeth. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth already figured out the one thing that would make Biddy feel better. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He had got a good price for the cattle and had negotiated for most of the other things he wanted to bring back to Redding. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia and Sander tried to cheer me, but the only thing that might have done the trick was to hear that the queen had changed her mind and would have the Lord Admiral's men instead. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our society still had a long way to go, of course, but in the early days of September 1963, I felt a genuine hope about the future—about things improving between the races in Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving Pax hadn’t been the right thing to do. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Gabriel looked at Cabot Searcy and, for a moment, thought of the many things he could say to him to shatter his delusions. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to unsay all the things he had said about her—even unsay the things Leslie had said. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I did. The whole thing. Your part too.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're all drifting and things are going rotten. At home there was always a grownup. Please, sir; please, miss; and then you got an answer. How I wish!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I see us holding hands, getting older through the years, even raising kids in a nice neighborhood where they won’t have to worry about the things we had to worry about. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here at Manderley a new day was starting, the things of the garden were not concerned with our troubles. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t understand why, if the state was willing to give us packages of meat, sacks of potatoes and fruit, and cans of all kinds of things, our mother obviously hated to accept. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were a couple of old things that belonged to Mr. Donnelly. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I put it on the top bunk for you. Can’t get up there myself, I’m afraid—when I tried the whole thing swayed like a ship at sea.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Both man and boy seemed to be in tacit agreement that the attack at the bridge was a closed incident, a thing for which they felt a solid indifference. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing Gaea needed was a willing sacrifice—a soul to be consumed for Alcyoneus to awaken. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I do not remember doing any such thing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

These birds fly back and forth across the world, seeking news and bringing Odin all the knowledge of things. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The first thing I noticed,” remembered Edward Teller, “was that we were all going to be locked up together for better or for worse.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing’s rigged so that everything that can go wrong for you does. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Not just a chess genius but a genius in other things as well.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I felt hungry and nervy and sick and jealous and sluggy and shamed and many things. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The only thing he knew for certain was that the law forbade the Trunchbull to hit him with the riding-crop that she kept smacking against her thigh. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rules were for the classroom, where teachers would say things like Participation is part of your grade. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

But there’s part of me, the part that doesn’t believe in God or true love, that really wants him to prove me wrong about not believing in those things. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then, at the part where Pa was supposed to pat me on the head for saying the right thing, Miss Marva Hendrix said, “Why can’t Vonetta be in charge of saving?” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

With rising fear, Nailer realized that it was one thing to speculate idly about jumping a train, another to watch freight cars hurtle past. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was I didn’t see nothing in Ice that I didn’t see in me or Pops. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been staring into their stomachs while I sit at my desk and they tell me the things that are wrong with me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A strange thing happened to her mind then. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And no one had to do a thing about it after the SIM got to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I’m going to win the thing,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, Maddy is putting on a white apron with the bright pink sweet Stephanie’s logo plastered on the front. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t miss a thing, do you? Even at ten years old.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, the only thing black people could control was their own behavior. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That thing I said to you—it was unforgivable, and I can’t ask you to forget it but I can hope we move past it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

At first I couldn’t see a thing except the pitch-black sky as I slowly cartwheeled away from the Agena, but then the Gemini swung around into view. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His household was the world, and he’d finished making up his mind about things. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I did the whole thing in Norwegian instead of Hebrew, they’d never know the difference. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Stella could hear the clanking of its bell and the sound of it bumping into things. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Local commerce was robust—too robust in some cases: a sign reading please wash at home awaited customers of a Norfolk Laundromat enjoying too much of a good thing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I wonder who been sleepin on that old thing,” the intense woman with the spiritual bent, who was to be the leader of the choir, said. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact was—though neither of us was about to point it out—that none of us, ever, gave typed things to Julian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Eh, already forgot that whole thing,” she said, flicking her hand at me. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Shantavia was friends with the black girls but sat with us; she had always done her own thing. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There was another awkward pause before Sir David said, rather uncertainly: 'We English have often had a different way of looking at such things from the French, Mr Lewis.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There ain’t no such thing as virgin birth,” Florence said looking down at the decapitated doll. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes, of course. Just be careful. Traffic's terrible this time of day. And the rain will make things worse, especially on the turnpike." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The hard part was keeping the thing on a straight line. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Flying a modern jet aircraft does not require a great deal of strength, for one thing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s painful just to write these things and I’m sure it’s painful to read them. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

From Malcolm X himself, I had seen, or heard, a few unusual things which had caused me some little private wonder and speculation, and then, with nothing to hang them onto, I had dismissed them. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. I’m sorry that 1 yelled last night, that things got a bit . . . overheated. I do feel sorry for you, Rachel, I really do, but this has just got to stop.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First thing tomorrow, were going for a run. Even if it’s raining. You can tear your clothes off if you feel like it, and we’ll jump in the hot tub when we’7re done.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Did the woman who was with me come for her things?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, a lot of the things that we try to measure are awfully subtle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew, the camera people were filming her in scuba gear, flipping backward off the side of the boat. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

One thing we can say about talent is that it must not be confused with aptitude. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed that the man occasionally directed the boy to fetch things for him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He asked her to draw things in the living room: the sofa, the director's chairs, the television, the telephone. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

It fascinates me to see the Youns courting girls in public, for in the Khmer culture these things are done in secret. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staggering back under the weight of the thing, Ged gave a short, hoarse scream. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing interesting was another one of those odd signs that read World In Catastrophe—Killzone Experiment Department. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The first thing that struck the senses was the intense cold. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good people sometimes get caught in bad things.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

This of all things her family understood, and afterward they drew together staunchly around her. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about it, then said: “It’s always good to know these things.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fen was full of evil things that feared the light. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had happened again: the thing that he thought of now as “seeing beyond.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

When one of the maids, a skinny little thing, brought their supper Fenoglio hid the written sheets he had kept beneath the covers of his bed. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was crucial that Dell look professional, which was one of the hardest things for him to do. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Tally shook her head, wanting to say that Shay had already taught her how to hoverboard, the coolest thing she’d ever learned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Momma keeps finding things for me to do. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now,” Matty told the frog, “don’t be scared. I’m going to spread you out a bit and then carefully cut that dead leg away. It’s the best thing for you.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

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

Scattered here and again amongst this jungle growth I would recognise shrubs that had been land-marks in our time, things of culture and of grace, hydrangeas whose blue heads had been famous. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They do things pretty nice in Sacramento,” and Horace told how they did things in Sacramento as they rode along. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that broke our silence on the walk home was Carmen chewing gum. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One measly container in the grand scheme of things won’t be missed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She’d start moving around our apartment real quick, picking things up and putting them back in the exact same spot “Filth!” she’d say about the hat. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me one thing more. What did the Lady Coulter promise me when she was here?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I do. I don’t want to be worried about such things. Father says I needn’t, it’s too soon and I’d rather not.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so dim that I could only discern the shapes of things. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We were each given several large cardboard boxes in which to pack our things. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Two Deckers on one bus? Do you have a death wish? Mateo, those odds are insane. That thing could topple over.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In that brief moment, Velutha looked up and saw things that he hadn’t seen before. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I was twelve, things got so bad, we’d be nervous every day when we came home. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that wasn’t blue was her hair—which was the red-brown of cinnamon—and the whites of her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And the thing is, I'm actually considering doubling down on the awkward factor and turning this mess into a coming out thing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It’s just that things are not as definite as Nemur believed. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. King pointed to the drinking fountains and said, “See these signs? They shouldn’t be here. These are the things we’re trying to change.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she waves it away like it’s the least important thing to be thinking about right now. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Mary Toy had gone home with Cudn Temp the day before. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Your mother was a pretty young thing, wasn’t she?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I'm OCD,” “I’m depressed,” “I’m a cutter,” they say, like these are the things that define them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My sister is still mad at me, but my dad said I did the right thing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He was a slow, tottering little thing, but Roz was rarely in a hurry, and together they loved meandering along the forest paths and around the banks of the pond. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

‘We shall break a good many things yet, and not ask you to answer,’ said Pippin. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Seanie, always uncoordinated with things like that, scooted over to give me space between him and his date. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He slumped against the wall, muttered some­thing under his breath, and crossed his mutilated foot over the good one. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Killing my vibe, first thing in the morning.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Esperanza had always been good with his own anxiety and depression over the years, but he knew this was the one big thing she never seemed to get. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Queen muttered to herself, “Take him away from me? No way! What I need to do is bring that child here with me and Gerald. Poor little thing needs some lovin’.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Letting this thing between us breathe and bloom. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Not smart, maybe, about fixing things or growing things, but smart in a way Jesse had never known real live people to be. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

That was one thing that I did before every invasion. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I meant to say is that when I was a girl in Blundermeecen, I sat on this sofa and spoke with my grandmother about inconsequential things well into the gloom of the evening. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

These are all things he needs to sleep now, and they are all in his bedroom. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The only thing that made him pause were the rumpled clothes Toby had worn just a few days ago. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

"I know things, sweet lady. That is the nature of my ser-vice." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And as he cut himself adrift, both from them and simultaneously from that other world he had known before them, he marveled: What an awful thing the truth is, and how comforting is a lie. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

It might so easily have been you, I shall worry all the time, I shall never be able to trust you to do things by yourself, unless you promise me.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In Clara’s view, the best thing for one’s health was to keep one’s hands busy, so she kept her daughter’s illnesses in line by making her work. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are lots of valuable things down here. We could become millionaires,” said Rita cheerfully. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

And both his mom and his dad come to all the things that happen at school. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As far as I could see, she had not a single thing in her life to look forward to. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is this how things will be for me from now on? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hitting him was the most honest thing I’ve done in a long time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When we think of the past it’s the beautiful things we pick out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A Messenger? Snakes and dogs, I’ll—” He cut himself off, and for a few moments went absolutely silent, as if trying to decide just what horrible thing to do to Sticky. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best thing that could possibly happen. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Was it a gang thing?” my father whispered. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was familiar; he had seen things like that when he was a little boy sleeping five in a room. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was, he had been told, one of the three things God most hated: murder, divorce, and waste. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Aru stumbled back as the shadow thing limped out of the lamp. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sang like a river of fire flowed in him, like music was the only beautiful thing he owned. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, I like the way you think. They sent me because I excel at messing things up.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

And I tell myself that in real life, things get messed up, and sometimes they stay that way. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we bring the kite down later, though, David sees a groundhog, and next thing you know he’s after it—the groundhog zigzagging this way and that, David yelling like crazy. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was no longer crying, but I could see the truth of things in her eyes. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s not the same exact thing, but it feels pretty close to me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Jessica, I need to tell you some things that even adults have a hard time understanding, but I need you to try, okay?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

For if Haitians could claim their freedom and be recognized by America, why couldn’t slaves within the United States do the same thing? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Let us not forget them, Lord Snow, or else what's that big thing for?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You take things too seriously, Chaplain,” Colonel Cathcart told him bluntly with an air of adult objectivity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“We were left out when it comes to smelling things,” he says. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the best thing, if you were young and had just got to the City. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Herons have one thing in their favor: they are excellent hunters and are total opportunists. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

They made a lot of noise putting the bramble thing in and I’ve got an idea it wasn’t working properly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wisp of a thing though she was, her crow-black hair gave her away. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of thing that shouldn’t be involved in no sort of game. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“You have seen things that defy belief, have you not?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Such things did not help him bring in a crop or keep a scrap of cloth on his children’s backs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents don’t really get it when I’m sarcastic. It complicates things.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She looks at the welts on my arms and the first thing she says to me is, “Now, let’s see what we can do about these tears.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It seemed the best thing was just to come right out and say it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I understood him as saying she had stolen the seat, although it seemed an odd thing to steal. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

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

They dug in their heels and drove the heavy thing sideways. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The possession he craved was a transient thing, like the scent of a fresh-cut hyacinth. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t like to check things, I like to jam it all under the airplane seat. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Prosperous, conventional, more like the things and people Hagar seemed to admire. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went ahead and said the forbidden things and did them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were intended for better things. A mansion. Servants. Pretty clothes.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seems like she’s not sure what to do, which is an odd thing to see. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

But the one thing that’s right is that outside of work, our worlds do not intersect. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Such tiny things! I thought you were mice,” said Tyr’s grandmother, and when she spoke it sounded like a crowd of people shouting. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t want me to go through the things she went through when she skipped grades. She was always excluded from groups, people made fun of her....” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The suspect then chooses between doing things the hard way and doing things the easy way, and the scene ends with either gunfire or the gentlemanly application of handcuffs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s no such thing as a perfect name. I think that human beings should be allowed to name themselves when they turn eighteen,” he adds. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And hope is like love ... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In a way, it’s nice to know there are Greek gods out there, because you have somebody to blame when things go wrong. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Carla, you don’t have to—” “Shush, listen to me. I’ve been thinking this over. I could see this new thing was weighing down on you, but I know you’re going to be all right.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stops crying and I don’t have any good things left to say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t any need for a thing like that!” she said triumphantly. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

Her short brown hair is the only thing that makes her look different from other moms at Poplar Springs Middle. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of things I was afraid of—but not guys like him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“She told you, didn’t she? About the arranged marriage thing?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying that at all. It’s just that you should be careful about things like this.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“In the end, I was embarrassed that I’d fallen apart in front of anyone who knew me. That isn’t my thing.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

People are screaming and things are breaking, glass shattering. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Something I was beginning to learn about Miss Sadie was that whatever she said could mean more than one thing at a time. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

When it hit him that this, this bizarre truck that contained everything a person needs to live, this thing was now G’ma’s house? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mack hadn’t been back to the shop but a funny thing happened, people were calling him and telling him he had to do something to help Kitty. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides never leaving their things lying around, and always making their beds, they put rice on for supper and chopped vegetables. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trueba would not listen to this sort of thing: it smacked, he said, of Communism. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that by introducing me to all these great things, Mary Elizabeth gained a “superior position” that she wouldn’t need if she was confident about herself. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But during the war the Roxbury “wire” had carried a lot about things I was doing in Harlem, and now the New York name magic was on me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself to think of anything but the one thing that I'm actually always thinking about. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Miss Janna. Because when we just do things without a why, we become husks. Easily crumpled, no fruit inside.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Now, the interesting thing about this story to me was that Uncle seemed a little disappointed that his friend hadn’t “made off.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “He says things are not ready.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hear “Mrs. Walton grew some balls,” and “She ain’t playing around with us no more,” among other things. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

What a thing to acknowledge in your heart! Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The capitulation of France is only weeks past, and already he has seen things he did not dream he would see in six lifetimes. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But other folks saw glory in such things. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“There's just one more thing I want to discuss with Fenoglio, and then we’ll go home and forget about the book. Happy now?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everyone continued to hear terrible sounds: things being dragged across the room, banging and hammering, and low guttural noises, interspersed by periods of quiet. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Instantly he cried, “I choose to take your place, Father. That is the only thing I want. Just for a day, a single day, let me have your car to drive.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Asgard, at his high seat, Odin sat, and his ravens, Huginn and Muninn, whispered to him of the things they had seen and heard as they had wandered the world. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a person even needs to be told such a thing? I mean, didn’t I have a mama?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Once we get on the road, things will be different. You'll get smarter, every mile we put between us and this place." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

A fresh start gives us the chance to reflect on the past, weigh the things we've done, and apply what we’ve learned from those things to the future. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I guess if I can forgive Mom and Sam for all the things they do, it’s a whole lot easier to forgive other people for the real small stuff. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I thought Bill and I were going to talk about the book, but we ended up talking about “things.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing I knew it was six-thirty, and the crew was coming back in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

First thing in the morning, when the doors reopened, she needed to search through the Dewey decimal rooms to find a clue that would tell her exactly how and where the bandits had crawled in. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

This is the only good thing I’ve heard about the book and I want her to tell me more. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘I am not a man to do things by halves.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Not in all my years here. And we’ve both seen some strange things in our time.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

How can a thing that’s made of wood and sunk in the water feel so heavy? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s as if the house has been stripped of all those little things that made it a home. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other thing that made me doubtful about all this had to do with the actual description given by Chrissie and Rodney: their picture of a woman working in a nice glass-fronted office. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to a doll’s shop, where they had things which were the right size for him, and outfitted himself completely, with new luggage, suits, shirts, and accessories. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The whole thing had taken less than five minutes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure,” Stella told her, thinking what a strange thing that was for the first grader to draw for the contest. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Thomas helped as the Builders gathered every loose item they could find and piled them in the gaps, nailing things together as best they could. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I avoided her eyes when she asked how I could do such a thing to her. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

They stripped off Lavender’s canteens and ammo, all the heavy things, and Rat Kiley said the obvious, the guy’s dead, and Mitchell Sanders used his radio to report one U.S. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing she could do to protect herself, and so she did the only sensible thing left and began to cut off a big, meaty hind leg from the kudu. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of things that had to go exactly right is overwhelming. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine. But it’s usually all about her. As long as things go her way, she’s supportive. When they don’t, like you and Conner being friends, she gets mad.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It had scarred over, but the stretched skin felt like it was still working at keeping things together. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And what I’m left looking at in its place is a terrible thing. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

When I wake up this morning, I find the coolest thing on my bed! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Coach has to believe he’s doing the right thing because he doesn’t know what else to do. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would she do a thing like that?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

One thing’s for sure: they had to be rich to move into that house. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

By said, “second thing you gotta learn is how to keep your balance in a high wind. You gotta be good at this so you don’t get blowed into no polar bear dens.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To shake, you silly thing. Not to bite off.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

And each time he saw again the look on the man’s face—first the glimmer of recognition, then, caught off guard, the other thing, the ripple—he felt a queasiness in his gut. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He weighed every word, especially those that had to do with the way he felt about things. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jairo pulled away from the curb, I noticed two things. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

This was my first inkling that things might not go as calmly as I had imagined. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really liked the reverse hunter thing—where the deer go out and shoot the rednecks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from their blinding brightness, there was another odd thing about Milton’s home movies: like Hitchcock, he always appeared in them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We want to count in the grand scale of things. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We feel somehow inferior and left out of things by all the marvelous sensory technology in the creatures around us. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only thing we had in common. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then came the most frightening thing of all. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Do your thing and let’s get out of here,” I say. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, this evening, as he came out from among the ash trees to talk to Captain Chervil, the General was feeling seriously concerned about several things. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, that fool was doing a full-blown concert in the barbershop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Just because it was not the sort of thing he had ever done before, or would be expected to do, Kingshaw knew that he would be taken seriously. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

When she returns hot and fatigued from a day of shopping, the first thing she does, following Chinese culture, is to take off her sandals and leave them at the door. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little girls fell in love right away and things got put back together. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t think that’s the funniest thing you ever heard of?” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

On the way home, I thought about those pretty things I had wanted to touch. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For one thing, she was not a student. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many things Rowan missed about being Faraday’s apprentice. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“There was a big black thing,” said Harry, pointing uncertainly into the gap. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She never had to learn things in a distorted way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was nothing else here that he wanted to take with him— no, there was one thing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

"But was it opened, sir? Someone might have gone into my things . . ." "Oh, no, nothing like that. Please forget the question . . . And tell me, please, what are your plans after graduation?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It takes me two hours to talk Momma into this thing. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

We gathered our things, left our tea cooling in our mugs, turned off the lights, and marched out of the health center. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“These are rabbits we’re going to meet. You know them as well as you know us. Let it be the right thing that I’m doing.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am determined to stay out of trouble, so I don’t say one mean thing to them all day. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I thought of my family, of all the things I still wanted to do in this world. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might not have been with lafamilia, but things hadn’t been that desperate in June, and there would have been somebody trustworthy who’d have agreed to take her and protect her. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and added, “I’ll tell you one thing, thank the Lord for old friends.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now it’s this big heavy thing rattling around in there—all mushy and gray and, I don’t know, brainlike. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Just try to imagine how difficult it would have been to create states, or churches, or legal systems if we could speak only about things that really exist, such as rivers, trees and lions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, feeling oddly guilty as she thought about that and other things, she gave Lane’s arm a special little pressure of simulated affection. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because she didn’t want her mom saying bad things about her friend, not then. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

That was the honest thing to do, from the way I see it anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are happy to hear about the things I’ve been reading. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I definitely can’t say anything now because it would really make things worse. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

In general, things differ from one another, but people who disagree differ with each other. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole thing changed from a little walking and stretching to a mathematical dilemma. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We ended up beating them pretty badly, though, 42-12, and the coolest thing was that Coach M said he wasn’t going to let anyone wear Kevin’s number for the rest of the season. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That would be the honest thing to do. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you do things for the right reasons and sometimes for the wrong ones and sometimes it’s impossible to tell the difference. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But how can they hope to do such a thing?” asked a stooped man with long white hair, his voice quavering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That used to be the only thing that consoled me, after she died. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’m naked from the waist down, but no one notices these things here. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of him, each of Eldred’s six heirs are said to have some animal characteristic, a thing that is not unusual in Faerie but is unusual among the trooping Gentry of the Courts. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hundreds would die, but not the thing they died for. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

God’s body, who measured things in leagues these days? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Here she could arrange things, clean things, line things up in neat rows. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She dropped the whole thing; its head came off in the box. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I have the same thing in my brood,” said Samuel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, the first thing I noticed was the smell, thick and sweet, like something sprayed out of a can. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We pretty much agreed that this whole thing was so messed up! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Some of the things that made the biggest impression were the things that were almost normal but not quite. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no, Pellinore. Not a pig. Get pigs out of your head right away. This thing makes a noise like hounds.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel swallows, tries to remember what it felt like to be brave enough to say the things he needed to say before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She does the same thing with me and Charlie—watching us but not really watching. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then he had come to his senses—after nine days God gave him the power to tell her this thing could not be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I apologize for interrupting your schedule,” Hideo says, as if my answer were the most natural thing in the world, “but are you willing to skip work today and come to Tokyo?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Which is Latin and it means No more things should be presumed to exist than are absolutely necessary. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

This whole thing feels like the world has flipped upside down and I’m dangling, just trying to hold on. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Why do men do things like that? Why do they have to hurt people?” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The ghoul in the attic howled and dropped pipes whenever he felt things were getting too quiet, and small explosions from Fred and George’s bedroom were considered perfectly normal. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing wrong with my brain was my brain. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like pounding on the door and yelling, "Hey, this is a listening room, sister. You can tap on that thing anywhere, so beat it!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was just before Axel and Byrd had made the plan to fly to Frank’s open truck bed when he wanted to get away from annoying things, scary things, unwanted things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Pride welled up inside me, and for the first time, I knew that working for integration was the right thing for me to be doing. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now there was only one thing to do: overcome the river, and she had no intention of giving up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the car plunged, Milton only had time to be astonished by the way things had turned out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“How did you manage to get hold of all these things?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Holy cow. Grill. Juice bar. Enormo-screen TV. Pineapple. This thing has everything.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Knots are interesting things,” Ben said as he worked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

There were so many things to see in the woods that I forgot that dark was coming. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thing was, I needed the people in the World to be okay, and to be the same as when I left them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was beginning to see there were bigger things in life than proving up on a claim. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Turning the wheel, working the pedals—these things should have been second nature. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Just for a while, honey, until things settle down.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, the first thing Mama did was unroll the reed mats for the roof of the shelter, then the blankets, then take out new paddles and the cooking pot. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was the way of things, Mia thought to herself, but how hard it was. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Except that there were no secrets between us then and it was mostly things we already knew. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The idea was you were buried with all your favorite things and in a thousand years a relative would dig you up and sift through your rotted remains and stuff. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I would cover my head up because I didn’t want to hear the awful things they were saying about us. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

This was one thing he didn’t want her advice on. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If they did I’d be on the first thing smoking back to Flint. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I remember what the thing was,” Valley gasped from the floor. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He carefully oudined the evolution of the ANC’s policy, putting things simply and clearly, and his former positions as teacher and chief imparted an added gravity and authority to his words. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you know what it is—early hours of the morning—everything very still—the thing had a sinister look—like a detective story. All nonsense, really.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some people are into this kind of thing.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I have memories, of course, of all kinds of escapes. People fleeing from terrible things throughout history. But every situation is individual. There is no memory of one like this.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to be teaching you all a thing or two when my ship arrives,” she says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Just let me know when I need to focus on the thing with a hand the size of a car.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

And then he'd spill the beans about the terrible thing she was about to do. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

After my slow and undistinguished start, I managed to get the hang of things, and accelerated my program, completing the junior certificate in two years instead of the usual three. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

These things have pointed the way my heart has been seeking all along. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me try one more thing. Look over there, to the bookcase. Do you see the very top row of books, the ones behind the table, on the top shelf?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I can think of a few things,” I said. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I need to be an expressionless wall that things just bounce off of, like Silas. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He still wants the same thing he wanted more than a year ago. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Melanie suggested that the procession needed palm branches and flower petals and that sort of thing; and of course everyone thought of the trash bin behind the florist shop. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day before yesterday I was still an unkempt beggar; yesterday I already kissed Kamala and soon I will be a merchant and have money and all those things which you value.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were saying those mean things,” Nathan said, squeezing the small piece of turquoise. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Though it wasn’t exactly prophecy, Horace was right about one thing: nobody recognized me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

That “I’m sorry” seemed the right way to handle things. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s a good thing I was already smiling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

But then, in 1970s America, a strange thing happened. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Some thing was down there in the shadows, the same thing that had taken my father, and it would destroy me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Carlos never seemed to run out of ideas for things to do with plankton. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do—the very last thing—was push him out a door where she couldn’t follow. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was not the sort to fear such things. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That was a terrible thing to think, but it was true. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rocks and bricks in this bridge felt like they were one of the original things anybody had built in New York City. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Hilly chats, throwing things our way like, “Stuart, Skeeter here lives on a plantation just north of town. Didn’t the Senator grow up on a peanut farm?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“How are things at school these days, Izzy?” she asks me tonight. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The thing that finally drove them from Lorimer Street was stark raw sex. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that adventure was a tiring thing. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"I . . . he . . . Jon, I didn't want to ... he asked ... I mean ... I think he knew, he sees things no one else sees . . ." "He's blind," Jon pointed out forcefully, disgusted. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re trying to get me to tell you things about my life,” I said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

There were so many challenges, like how finding them was one thing but keeping more from forming was another. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Math first thing in the morning, then science and gym, lunch and health, and finally, reading, language arts, and social studies in Mr. Larson's room. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The closest I ever got was one day when he was escorted down from the mess hall after an argument with the disputatious Officer Colon, who was always stirring things up. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I wasn’t sure Chiron could do anything about it. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

That’s why suddenly all the things I’d been preparing in my head just went, and I spoke to her honestly and simply, almost as I might have done years ago to a guardian. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no brick wall there now—just darkness, a night-black underground darkness that seemed as if things in it might be moving. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He must have realized that I thought he was white, because the first thing he whispered was, “I’m a Coloured warder from Bloemfontein.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed he thought he was doing the right thing, even if his right thing might be the wrong thing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“There were some things you had to know, I suppose, but I feel I’ve done you a disservice by involving you this far.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I tried to enter school that day, I ended up experiencing the worst thing I’ve ever gone through.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know the first thing about women.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If he hadn’t increased by a very significant one the number of things I’d be losing today. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

All things in her are flux and anticipation. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her hands and knees, the woman started gathering the things that come out from her bag, scooping ’em in toward her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Of all the things he promised, none have come true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the months passed, the letters from Amy became the most important thing in Julie’s life and the house in San Francisco grew more real than the house in Barrow. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would see how things stood at the end of the summer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The tastiest thing Theon found to eat was an onion pie. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They were all shapes and sizes, mottled with dust and filled with gelatinous-looking things suspended in cloudy fluid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Almost a year. I saw the whole thing. Every single day. I can imagine what it looks like on the inside. I’ll just draw you a picture if you want.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I know things about Jason—who, I have to keep reminding myself, doesn’t exist. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He showed me things I had never seen, cruelties and horrors all committed in the name of the Authority, all designed to destroy the joys and the truthfulness of life. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never had to raise her voice; she had a certain expression that communicated things well enough. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we drove on through the yellow country, Scheer told me other interesting things. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Now, weeks later, after more articles, he felt a part of things. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I said those things at the theater. I didn’t mean any of it.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And I said that, yes, it was exactly the sort of thing. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall all miss your — er — highly individual way of running things, Albus, and only hope that your successor will manage to prevent any — ah — killins.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

But what Helen noticed most of all was something else, a small thing — that Old Chao did not monitor Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry about the adrenaline ebbing out of my body, leaving me to face the mad thing I have done. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All around me are the cherubim, seraphim, continually crying “Holy, holy, holy,” the angels, archangels, that sort of thing. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In America the quirk was that people were things. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It came with never having had much, she knew, the inability to let go of things, even things that were useless. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One thing that irks the hell out of me about Hailey? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was getting hard to keep all the things I didn’t know inside me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Only two things worth mentioning happened once I was home. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And when he touched her, he didn't seem to care about any of those things. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But the only thing in there was a bunch of Nan’s unused yarn, cushioning some commemorative plates. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The others all walked around Dragonwings while Father explained things between bites of meat dumpling, trying to convert the jargon of aeronauts into common speech. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him mumble, “There are some things I just can’t learn.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, marrying a poet was one thing, but fathering a son who preferred burying his face in poetry books to hunting... well, that wasn’t how Baba had envisioned it, I suppose. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were so many things I wanted to tell her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And that, to me, is the only reason to leave home in the first place—to buy things. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was another thing to remind him that she was that girl. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“It must be very disagreeable to sleep in a tent, and eat all sorts of bad-tasting things, and drink out of a tin mug,” sighed Amy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Max moves the mouse like it’s a living thing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“You asked for words and I brought them. I suppose the next thing you’ll want me to fetch is a dictionary.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The one thing my uncle never mastered was my hair. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The most exciting thing either of us does is nap. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I been practicing a smash dance with it. The bird’s very smart. You oughta hear that thing talk.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as the two boys watched from their covert looking post, the thing that held their fascination the longest was the fact that they had advanced to within striking distance of a police car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t make me sad, because we did things that meant love. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He knew she was great at not snitching; she had already proven that with the whole dead bird thing, which Grandma and Grandpop still had no clue about. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

‘You see, there’s just two things nowadays,’ he said. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Which of those things had Dad kept for when I had kids? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then there's some specialized training, where the sprinters would break off and do their own thing, the mid-distance runners would do the same, and the distance runners, well...they just run all practice. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“He’s had a rough first day on the job, and Jax still has a lot to learn, but I trust him and I’ll need his help to set things right.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m pulled back into this game, to my friends, and to Kasim when he says, “How many times I gotta tell you not to worry about them? They’re doing their thing.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Position, except in the highest ranks, was a thing of the past. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even then he does not feel fully alone with her, half waiting for someone to knock on the door and tell them how to go about things. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The store was full of things to look at. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

People didn’t realize that the aids thing had only just begun. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unlike the long-limbed, long­ bodied animals of the south that are cooled by dis­pensing heat on extended surfaces, all live things in the Arctic tend toward compactness, to conserve heat. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was this some kind of joke or did things balance so that if one went too far in one direction an automatic slide moved on the scale and the balance was re-established? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Diaries are secret books. You put your deepest thoughts and most private feelings in them, things you don’t want anyone else to know.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I say “too many” because having a lot of friends during war can be a painful thing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We see that, and nothing—not a single thing—brings us more joy. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“This is my one thing,” I said, holding up the bag. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, it was a dumb thing to worry about, but it didn’t hurt to be careful. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a very “big sister” thing to do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The thing we were planning for had changed.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Considering the importance of what he had found, Becquerel did a very strange thing: he turned the matter over to a graduate student for investigation. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“The bird only keeps good things about the future to herself, but you can bet we hear all the brown- trouser bits.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This made things more and more uncomfortable for the humans until at last Bree said, "And now, Tarkheena, tell us your story. And don't hurry it—I'm feeling comfortable now." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

"The thing is, though, I have to get going now. I have quite a bit of equipment at the gym I have to get to take home with me. I really do." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Sleep, my darling. Your grandmama needs to learn some things. Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Tad grabbed one end as Z grabbed the other and grunted as they tipped the thing over. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The locals began to realize how many horrible things happened to people who bought those good-luck charms or got paid with Queen Marie’s treasure. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You should sit. There are things that I must needs tell you—” She did not want to sit. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You and I could have been such friends. Perhaps even more than friends. How close we nearly came, you and I! We really shouldn’t let such a little thing spoil a beautiful possibility.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

For one thing, the relationship between Lawrence and Oppenheimer had become seriously frayed. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe this was the wrong thing to do. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing that would be different would be you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But then Mark saw the worst thing of all. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say so to Leader, but he thought that later, when he gathered his traveling things, he would probably find a different place for the envelope. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Snapping is easy when you’re already brittle from the worst possible thing happening. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t know,” he persisted, still smiling, and still looking at Elizabeth, “tell me folks do things up North they wouldn’t think about doing down home.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I will not sugarcoat things: I have been a scoundrel. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I thought things were looking up for me when Tariq went down. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They might or might not have counted themselves happy, though; happiness as they conceived it then was a thing attained, a grand state, involving a fiefdom to survey from the plump comfort of their dotage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that changed is that he calls me Space Boy twice as often, which only toughens my resolve not to press the button. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It was the grossest thing I’d ever heard, and I didn’t believe it for a second. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The people who created the petroglyphs, I thought, must have done about the same thing. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if she made light of it, they might consider drunkenness a natural thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Arya, what did you think to do with this . . . Needle? Who did you hope to skewer? Your sister? Septa Mordane? Do you know the first thing about sword fighting?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As long as I return them before the end of the day, things should be fine. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were wide with terror; he didn’t say a thing. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I suppose I shall have to get you new school clothes. Remind me, dear, or else I’ll forget,” and she went back to typing things on the computer screen. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t know, it’s just the way people do things. They expect it. They get a gift, they expect to know where it came from.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

A toothpick, inserted into a standard keyhole and snapped off flush, is a marvelous thing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then I cemented the whole thing together with four words: “What do I care?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She just likes to do the thing that is called her work, and she gets a deal of satisfaction in accomplishing the thing at hand. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When they reached Jerusalem, after passing the usual daily things—vegetable carts, sheep, stores, family vineyards propped on poles—the taxi turned sharply onto a gray industrial-looking street. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, start on the right side and let’s do the same thing: bring the line all the way down to the beak. Don’t look at the paper. That’s it.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I hear lots of people saying all sorts of things. If he comes back, shall I tell him I’ve seen you and you don’t know him?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When he touched it to the edge a bright red seam crawled up the side, then licked suddenly over the whole thing; the words were illumined for a moment before they curled and darkened. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They have agreed to keep things simple this year. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said that while a lot of great music came from the eighties, there were a lot of not-so-great things too, like Ronald Reagan and Day-Glo fashion. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Why is it that we pay for those things without blinking but won’t pay an extra dollar for a dozen organic eggs? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to listen, so I figured the best thing to do was to give him my lunch and get him out of there. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And why should it be this way, that the very job which might make it possible for me to do some of the things which she expected of me required that I leave her? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at several familiar things, one at a time: a striped green mango lying in the grass; my own hand; our dining table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, Mama, why? Why do they have to...to...say things and then stick a needle in your arm?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the first light of morning trickled into the tower room, Violet reflected on all the awful things she and her siblings had experienced recently. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her breath wouldn’t come fast enough to let her do all the wild things she wanted to do. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A part of me still wishes I could be doing the things they’re doing. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I think he imagines that Jamaica will be a paradise and that, somehow, things will be better for him there. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell anyone about the things I saw, not even my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

From what Mr. Anderson said, they even had to shower with that ankle thing on. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If Nana does ground me, that wouldn’t be the worst thing. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Qareeb and I were a mess, constantly daring each other to do the craziest things. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One thing is certain: The situation for Jews had grown progressively worse in Germany and other German-occupied territory. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

To me, a doctor’s preparations for work of any kind are stimulating and bracing, but the effect of these things on both Arthur and Quincey was to cause them a sort of consternation. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“That was one thing Jonathan Wick never could understand. He thinks he can wipe out the ’shapers and’ keep the power to himself, that the power comes from me.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, one thing Candor knows that Dauntless does not is how not to get carried away. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy, I kind of feel bad giving you one more thing to think about,” Paul said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

His eyes were entranced, and he could sense the wary, watchful evil outside the brush house; he could feel the dark creeping things waiting for him to go out into the night. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my diary I wrote: What if Grandma is wrong?—what if God can’t fix things. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What else could hold the Black Tortoise? It’s the only thing! The Iron Rod!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Smiling, carefully holding his coffee cup and saucer, Father Mike asked,“So, Tessie, how are things at home?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It’s that I believe that things are extremely complicated. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

At the new camp, the nearest thing to friendship comes from the palm tree boy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was grave dark and quiet except for the things that crawled in the night. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think I’m gonna go all the way home and tell Mama that I only watched the whole thing? I’ll take my chances right here, thank you!” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing Amari noticed was that the newcomer was clean, smelling strongly of the scent of too many flowers. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be just the thing that allowed the Snow Queen’s flying monkeys to find her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Twig had done some inexplicable things over the past few years, but this was a whole new level. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I liked that so many things were out there, waiting to be known. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought they saw or heard strange things here, and I didn’t have to hide the fact that I really did. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know! Everyone wants those fast carbon ones, but those things hurt unless you’re on the nice roads.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Don’t think I realized it’s still capable of such a thing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“So. I guess all good things must come to an end, huh?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I make a scoffing noise like this is the silliest thing I ever heard. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, comrades. Now we know a bit more about things, let’s have a show of paws. All those in favor of letting the mouse go free.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The thing is—” I cut myself off and stared past Lissa at the brown field and the house beyond. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the closest thing I get to an answer for a while. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You would have seen these things, in the moonlight, if you had been there that night. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I’ve surmised this scene, assembled it piece by piece over many years from the things I read, when it all began to come out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Calm down, boy. You need to remember two things: One, Lana is as tough as I am and a whole lot smarter. And two, you’re forgetting the details.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Good thing I'm the only Korean guy in Omaha," he said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He insists that knowledge comes not from books only, but from the study of things; yet the simple truth is that the ocean of books is as important to his researches as are the oceans. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

And things would finally go back to normal like he’d promised. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

So it did the only thing it could to keep me alive. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zu stopped piling her things into her pink suitcase and tore the sheet of paper out for Chubs to keep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Just the thing for a library door, eh?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

That was true...but hadn’t she done a good thing? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All these things proceeded without the interference of men. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I followed him around as he showed me all the things his parents regularly bought him: toys, bicycles, go-carts, pinball machines, Ping-Pong tables, electric trains. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s another thing that’s also true: I am my father’s greatest regret. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Had some very sensible things to say about housing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Their things were still laid out exactly as they’d left them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I liked the idea of being in charge of one thing rather than two, of not having my brain scrambled by the competing narratives of home and work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But the same thing happened that happened so many times. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whatever it was in Mrs. Baker’s eyes, it told me that that might not be the right thing to say. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dell tried to think of things to motivate her, or at the very least ease her distress, but so far, he had been a failure. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect things to go back to the way they were, but I was hoping he’d still be my friend. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mark picked it up, examined it, felt a rush of panic that he wouldn’t know how to use the stupid thing. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

So I tried to play along with the ding ding- a-ding ride cymbal thing that always works for jazz and immediately got the beat all turned around and messed up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands of animals are used every year for testing things such as detergents, cosmetics, and, in fact, almost every new product that comes on the market. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were more important things to take care of. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I have heard, Monsieur. It was abominable—wicked. The good God should not allow such things. We are not so wicked as that in Germany.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dylan-ing isn’t a bad thing. To Dylan someone is to adore them. Even if they brew the worst coffee on God’s green earth.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You can’t keep running into the hospital every time something happens you don’t like. No, the best thing to do is fly the missions. It’s our duty.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Too many people doing the same thing can also cause problems. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Can I see it?” she asked, standing up, his things still in her hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Except when the thing was Charlie, the stairs were five miles high, and your foot never found the floor again. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s about how we deal with the repercussions of magic when placed in a public venue, in a world that does not believe in such things. It’s a test of stamina and control, not skill.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Dealing with big companies was one of the things she’d formed Garland to get away from. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

We were having an absurd and inappropriate argument because in the wake of death every single thing on earth feels absurd and inappropriate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Why do your parents do any of the things they do? They want it all. And if they can get away with it, they will.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I saw the warden peering at us from his office as we collected Walter's things, but he didn't come out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We packed all of our things except for the clothes we’d wear in the morning. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ten-minute bell rings, and everyone begins to gather their things. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Indeed, all of those things were left as evidence of the event. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Such a bewildering excess of things we had for one single family, and how useless it all seemed now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Really, this is the absolute last thing I should be doing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another thing.We distribute The Irish Times, a Protestant paper, run by the freemasons in Dublin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

This thing at the elementary school sounded like a real story. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was for Lockhart to hear the phrase “Harry Potter fan club.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I try to breathe slowly, to concentrate on just one thing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t an old thing always know when a new thing comes?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

His dad and Leandra were already putting their things into the SUV. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Annabeth didn’t want to think about it, but sadly, this squad of flesh-eating horror-show women might be the closest thing to good luck they were going to get in Tartarus. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

First thing in the morning she hastened down to the catacombs and restored the daemon-coins to their rightful places, and whispered “Sorry! Sorry!” to the skulls. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was for things to be like they’d always been. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It is precisely the thing I have always hated hearing from others. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“BOY! YOU THERE! BOY?' Boy was not the worst of the things that Jon Snow had been called since being chosen lord commander. He ignored it. “ A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“That is the funniest thing I have heard this whole year.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram must be concentrating on that part, while the only thing I see is that Caliban tried to assault Miranda. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

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

“Nico,” he said gently, “I’ve seen a lot of brave things. But what you just did? That was maybe the bravest.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

In our hooded parkas, we roll like logs down the cold, wet snow, thinking the next thing to touch us will be the hard rubber of a car tire. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly like a reasonless wind out of heaven the thing came near. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She was replenished by the same thing that amused my dad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The city-made stuff was mostly shabby and worn, repaired again and again, but the handmade things fascinated Tally. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Just as we grabbed hands, Coach Whit said, "We're gonna do the same thing, but this time, let go of each other's hands. Separate yourselves so that another person could fit between you." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

But these battles all seemed far away—they were just things we read about in the Connecticut Journal and the other newspapers. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it not a comedy, a strange and stupid thing, this repetition, this course of events in a fateful circle? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quiet in the woods, but here the quiet was right, and it was broken by the sound of wild things, which seemed a promise. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The tree muted and softened these sounds, and Hatsue felt herself at the heart of things. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the while, in the back of his mind, he knew he was a fool for even considering such a thing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Every single thing he’d done had been wrong, and his sisters’ lives were at risk because of him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when I was tired and the competition was really rough, things would change for me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I remembered was sinking in a burning sea, knowing that Tyson was gone forever, and wishing I were able to drown. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I put the book aside in favor of the next thing I see in the box: a picture. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

One of the things I love most is how, even though she’s brilliant, she isn’t all snooty about it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He vaguely remembers telling himself they weren’t going to do things like this. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Looks like rain," I tell her, in an effort to keep things normal. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There are bruises on my legs, above the knees, standard drink-related stuff, the sort of bruises you get from walking into things. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to keep everyone happy and working together—the teachers and the parents and the school board and the superintendent—not an easy thing to do. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The only thing missing was steel, drum music in the background. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘Really old Butterbur has made a mess of things!’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The kid giggled like he’d just said the funniest thing in history. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It sounded like Mr. Lemoncello’s generosity had really turned things around for them. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The jury's waiting for me in a luxury Manhattan apartment building, and the last thing I want to do is face Martin and his parents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I would do the things politicians only spoke of. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Newly focused, sober, and intensely committed to succeed, he graduates with honors and returns to his community intent on changing things. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

You sat in court and heard the same things we did. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost funny—not just that the truth had been found in a fairy tale, but that the great secret ingredient should prove so common a thing as a bodily fluid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ram was a dedicated person—that means he didn’t let go of the things that were important to him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I hear this orientation thing lasts forever,” Benton added. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Something about it was making her lose track of things she should remember. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I said; and I did not feel particularly pleased with him for saying such things. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He thought of the grandest and prettiest things he knew. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as hard as it is, regular communication is what gets things back to normal. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Lost things always seem to turn up. Or they used to, anyway.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He deliberately ruined the thing I prized most. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You just gotta learn how to make people give you things.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“The thrill of moving from one job to another. Once you settle in, the Keepers will let you do only one thing. It’s supposed to be efficient.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You talking about that ugly slug-looking thing? What he call it...a space bear?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh! she shall not do such a thing again,” eagerly rejoined Mrs. Elton. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He thought that the storm had changed things, given him a hold over Hooper. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He reflected upon the pleasant afternoons they’d spent walking in Oldwood Park, discussing this thing or that—her mother, or the aged trees in the park, or baseball, or dogs. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if she should bag this monkey thing and fly to Kansas. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like a stupid thing to say, like it shouldn’t have mattered what sport he played in his free time, but it had also begun to feel like a blatant omission on his end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was one of his favorites, Pac’s voice defiant over the melancholy chorus sampled from the Five Stairsteps—“Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Max shook his head and mumbled, “You’re asking me to say things I don’t want to say. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As for the rest of the children, half of them learned to adjust their functions to the teachers’ ideas of such things and the other half became chronic pants-wetters. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

When things started turning dusk outside, he showed me all the places he and Brad would meet. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a do-or-die type of thing. I thought I was going to kill myself waiting for the results.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

What is up with me is that I am about to do this very big thing. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A little thing like that, and she thought he was conceited! The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Cheese was always the thing because it was so expensive. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“In my opinion,” the Earthworm said, “the really marvelous thing is to have no legs at all and to be able to walk just the same.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The thing is, he didn’t even fight back. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They wondered if one of those things that racial-uplift groups were always organizing was taking place. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I wish for things to get back to the way they were before I messed everything up. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing I wanted was for her to understand. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these things I know', but I don’t say them out loud, not now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of the godspawn girl who could bring things out of dreams, and wished she could return with her arms full of fruit. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They said they wanted my attention first thing in the morning. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if, in daylight, we improve our resolution so we can make out things that are a meter across, then we begin to detect for the first time individual organisms—whales, cows, flamingos, people. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke as though recalling an ancient thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A lot of things can change in six months. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The thing with Maya is, she’s never cared about popularity or social catastrophes. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I knew for sure I would never promise to give up either of those things again. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going home is the one thing we don’t talk about, especially now that Fazlullah has risen from the head of the Taliban in Swat to the head of the Taliban in all of Pakistan. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It’s a good thing Martha had us aim for ninety percent at Nationals, because we seniors definitely weren’t operating at one hundred percent. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her hand wasn’t the delicate, fragile thing I had expected. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They are a reminder, too, that one is not all things to all people. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was a towel stuffed along the floor at the bottom of the door, and another covering the creepy tilting-window thing on top, so no one would see the light from our room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ever since the riots and protests last year, I’ve been inspired to do something. I can’t just sit around and let things happen anymore. We were hoping you’d feel the same way.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Many kinds of horrible things could happen to me there if I ran into the wrong men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had other things on my wobbly mind. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Finn said the only thing he could: “Okay.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I did not have any of those things at the funeral. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I begged ’em, Pap nor Ma never would tell me what sort of things Cap’n Buck had did. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Besides, did guys even think things like this were romantic?? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was no such thing as a thirty-year-old gangster: he was either working a legitimate job, dead, or in prison. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The colored pencils were taken away by the staff when I wasn’t looking one day, leaving just plastic markers and soft pastels—things that don’t need to be sharpened. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“There are only things that could have turned out differently. You don’t have any shoulds or woulds in your life, see? You only have things that could have gone a different way.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I know you’re sorry. But that doesn’t change the way things are.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was one thing leading cadets, but would I honestly be ready at such a young age to lead soldiers? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On April 8,1 gather the few things I have of his, pack them into a box, and slide them into the back of my closet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the time they got to rowing, things were tough out on the water. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They'd enter the brick schoolhouse and settle into their desks and learn things I didn’t know. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe I use to be a little fra-gile, but I ain’t been afeared of nonsense nor run off screaming ’bout the littlest things for the longest time. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said the captain, “it’s simply that we never thought we’d find a thing like this on Mars.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it amounted to the same thing if Jinny didn’t have to spend the rest of her life going over C is for cup. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You know, this is the hard part. The part before you say it. The part after is just a little easier, mostly because you’re not waiting to do the hardest thing you’ve ever done.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What three new things do you know, that you did not know before?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, not things, but just a life...I could never give her what she wants.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“She was left at a fire station where someone would find her safely. It’s a very different thing. It’s brought her to this very good home.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, there are worse things than smelling like s’mores,” I joke. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Making something out of nothing. It’s her favorite thing to do. She gets a whole story out of—a button. Or a rock.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Molly does have to admit, as peculiar as it is, she likes putting things in order. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I can feel that cough stirring in me solar plexus an’ workin’ its way up through me entrails till the next thing it takes off the top o’ me head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Our understanding of facts is thus Janus-faced: at one moment we regard them as things, reality itself; at the next they are true beliefs, statements about reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I know when Dad does the bad thing. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had told him in the morning that Faisal would be coming and he had nodded, almost asked some­thing, and had just gone on watching a show with talking animals. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

By silver light I saw the black thing pulling shadows into itself, setting up magnetic whorls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course you did. You always have things to suit you.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But things, for me, just kept getting worse. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Mama hides things from me—or that’s what I let her believe. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“One more thing, Miss Lumley! Make sure the children know the schottische!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Knows that crying would be the worst thing in the world to admit to. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For three days, things were whispered about me that I hope I never have to hear. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to do these things, I’m afraid of them. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pull a pad out of my pocketbook where I keep a list of what needs to be tended to, not for Miss Celia, but my own groceries, Christmas presents, things for my kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The incredible thing about living systems is that no matter how small the view, it is just as complicated as ever. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of their goodbyes lay like the coiled ropes on the ground, connected and unconnected, curling silently, finished things. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d tried out some things, gotten to know all sorts of people, and learned his own priorities along the way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The one Miranda gave me? Of course I remember! I used to wear that thing all the time.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Each couple spinning across the floor, arm in arm, turning and turning, causing tremor after tremor inside me, as things start adding up. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The last thing Cletus needs is a ghost to dwell on. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

After all, we had been doing such things for years and were all still on drugs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“At this point, the best thing my dad can do for Noah and me is stay gone. It’s not like he ever took care of us anyway.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There had been circumstances then and there were circumstances now; there were things beyond anyone’s control. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She cared nothing for railroads, those dangerous, dirty things. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I always figured that my mom accepted how things were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Probably the same thing you do. Think about Vivian and how you felt lighting her cigarettes for her....” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to camp in the best viewing site so that I could see them first thing in the morning. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He’s got some kind of business thing he’s working on, a sporting goods store or something, trying to get it off the ground.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You think you taught me how to play, but things are not always as they seem. Perhaps I learned the game from the cheesemonger, have you considered that?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I need a place to stay where I can stand up and take a few steps without hitting things. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There it was, the West Virginia thing—the almighty job. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Same acronym as Radio Direction Finding, to confuse the enemy, but not exactly the same thing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If she had, it would’ve become a thing, and neither of us wanted a thing this afternoon. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But there were other things I was starting to feel. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We talked while we worked, mostly because we had things to say but also because it calmed the horses. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“And I reckon he’s the real thing—the Chosen One, or whatever you want to call it.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But she said calmly: “Boring sort of thing to look at.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They understood things of the spirit in Japan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Ekon Okojo, who was not an academic, knew better than to believe in myths and folktales—they lacked accreditation—but there was one thing he believed in with certainty. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Such a simple thing, kindness. Such a simple thing. A nice word of encouragement given when needed. An act of friendship. A passing smile.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the first thing that went through my mind wasn’t What are you? or even Why? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In front of the entrance in a black and smoldering pile were the remains of all my things. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For one thing we had no home to return to. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kelsey: So I was thinking of maybe doing a sort of Andy Warhol thing. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I might even say roadside America is the paradise of breakfast except for one thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to somehow implicate Denna in all this. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Last year, when I thought things couldn’t get no worse, he came up with this here song. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

This was the thing from the Bottle Tree forest, from the broken bottle. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I thought, Sassur’s death has made her think more about such things. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess now it just makes things harder.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Inside her head, she was trying to say a lot of things to Taryn, things she didn’t know how to say with words. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

So Magdalys mostly had to be content with watching the great beasts cavort along outside her window: The lamplighter’s iguanodons would pass first thing in the morning, extinguishing the lanterns as the day broke. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I feel slightly overdressed in my black dress, the one I wore to Lucy’s funeral, but it’s the only church-appropriate thing I own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“There, you've said an interesting thing,” laughed Faber, “without having read it!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo remembered the last thing he’d seen before he passed out—the lima-bean-colored face of the bearded man with the dagger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Still, there was no such thing as “open-and-shut” in cases like these. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well then,” I said, “it’s a good thing I’m coming with you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She had no right to be, the way he thought things out. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Some of you may say it is not good manners to be removing such things from one's chest at the dinner table.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

A newspaper that only looks at the soft and gentle side of things is like a jellyfish, floppy and spineless. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If this thing in the swamp is so unexpected, why are you so ready to chuck me out into the wilderness today?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. It’s one thing to look good, but it’s another thing to walk around knowing it.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In a few months the baby would be born, she would go back to her old life, and things would be as they had been. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My mind flashes to Billy for a second, but I don’t want to confuse things even more. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The next thing Emily knew, Clyde pulled a gun out of his pocket and pointed it at them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I missed the shot in the basketball game, that was the first thing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it’s a good thing that I’m an excellent observer,” Claudia added. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s the thing about pain,” Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The trouble, he explained, is that nearly all the things that would constitute warning signs already exist in some measure at Yellowstone. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

In those days, people didn’t talk about things like cancer, but Sadie always figured Henrietta kept it secret because she was afraid a doctor would take her womb and make her stop having children. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘Here is a thing unheard of!’ he said. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Harry could tell Snape was thoroughly enjoying himself, denying Harry the thing he wanted when he was so panicky. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If you do, you can watch the sky shift from gray to auburn and next thing you know, it’s morning. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The last thing they needed was another quest to find another god who would probably demand his own commemorative T-shirt or Valdezinator. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

"Just look at the French Revolution! Look at their motto—Equality, Liberty, Fraternity. That was their battle cry! Those are things we've given up, that the Nazis have taken from us." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

This is a ridiculous thing to say because, of course, the bane of my existence is that I’m sick and unable to leave my house. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how terrible the nights must have been in a time when men knew the things were there and were deadly. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, she said, “No, I’m a Christian. I don’t believe in those things.” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Staring at him was the only thing in the world I wanted to do. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning forward on the metal bench, I say the first thing that comes to mind. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

When I hollered, the thing clutching my arm yanked hard. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Moonie must have thought down was meant for him because he dropped into that elbow-walking thing dogs do. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Back inside, the others have picked their beds and put their things down. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know if that was a good or bad thing. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The last thing she saw before slipping into darkness was Jaime looking at her with such love in his eyes that she thought she must be dreaming. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

His grandma would get up first thing in the morning to vacuum, did laundry four times a week, and once cleaned the bath at midnight before going to bed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“We had no idea,” Mother said quietly then, like she’d just figured the whole thing out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Especially things of value. Your jino blade had those rubies on the hilt, so I figured that might be enough to distract it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Jeth, we need coffee and a passel of other things from town. Do you think you could manage the team and do some chores fer us in Newton tomorrow?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the most important thing for you to know is the midden,” Rivka said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom, when things were right, would scold us raw for fighting over food. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I see someone has a suspicious nose, have I not smelled the same bad things.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was one thing, he thought, to hire a housekeeper; it was another to hire someone they already knew, the mother of one of their children’s friends. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For his dream of the future was real and never to be destroyed, and he had said “I will go,” and that made a real thing too. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neatness was not one of the things he aimed at in life. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If things had been a little different, it might have been some other creature whose intelligence and manipulative ability would have led to comparable accomplishments. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to admit that such a thing had happened, but he had no other choice. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s a couple weeks’ worth of hardtack in there, that’s what the boys eat down south on the front, plus pterofeed in case you can’t find any wandering...whatever that thing eats.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Over the past year things had gotten more and more frightening. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was a good thing two of Kainene’s stewards had gone off to join the army and only Ikejide was left. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“A question about fishing. Fishing’s a thing I do just to get food or to fool around. I don’t want it to turn into something more.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Such another small basin of thin gruel as his own was all that he could, with thorough self-approbation, recommend; though he might constrain himself, while the ladies were comfortably clearing the nicer things, to say: Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Plus, you know, cake is pretty much my favorite thing.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I went over to him, fighting down anger and disappointment and began putting the things that he had scattered back into my bag. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The devilfish does not swim with fins or flippers, like other things in the sea. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is one thing to write such a binder, though, and another to make good on it.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We always had to wear our school uniforms and ties whenever we showed up for a rugby match; that was just the way things were done. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe there’s only one line, but it isn’t a sure thing, solid in its place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t explain things very well to somebody who is screaming his head off and chunking you with rocks as fast as he can pick them up. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next thing that happened was extremely unfortunate. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t tell anybody about the things she did at night, and when her Mama asked her questions she would answer with any little tale that sounded reasonable. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dreams became lessons, lessons became dreams, things happened all at once or not at all. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I had orders to let things play out.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And then I did that thing I can do with my mind. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t bother to tell you that? Well, maybe she’s getting on and can’t remember the family history. Poor old thing.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Pah didn’t get him first, Virgil figured one of three things would happen: he could suffocate, starve, or die of thirst. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Remember what happened to your own mosque. And the things those kids wrote on the walls.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“For some reason, things went wrong. The Table split into factions, a bitter war began, and all were killed.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doing the things and watching the things that you love all the time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Many people whispered in my ear things like “be safe” and “be strong.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just looking at his hands was doing the same wild things to the secret places of my body that holding him had done. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I didn't have much to do with it, it makes me proud to see those things in you already. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

After all, it was “painful” to imagine that one might be “not just right”— particularly if whatever was wrong was not your own fault but “maybe a thing you were born with.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

"This night we must go outside, my lord," she told him, for the Dothraki believed that all things of importance in a man's life must be done beneath the open sky. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was at that fun stage, wanting to try new things and constantly asking “What’s that?” and saying the most hilarious things. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first thing I tell them is that at least where my own particular Black Nationalist organization, the Organization of Afro- American Unity, is concerned, they can’t join us. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

That could be Expect or Expert or so many things. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“After three years of largely listening and learning, I believed that I knew things about the situation in Vietnam worth passing on in my own voice.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had heard of slaveholders doing such things. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever heard this thing about forgiveness and permission?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Another thing I had in common with crows: our habit of prizing the poorest of riches. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Apps really aren’t my thing, but neither is beating in people’s faces, so I’m already out of my element today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That was the safest thing of all to do. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve spent my whole life thinking talking was the best thing I could do with my mouth, but maybe talking’s overrated. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

His mother had done a lot of stupid things, but this topped the list. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And when Juana awakened, when the sun was high, Kino told her things she knew already. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d taken everything with them except whatever black thing was skewered over the coals. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m a pirate. Pirates tend to know these things.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“She tried to stop me. The whole thing is my fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

One night, as I was doing this and other things, I noticed a shadow on the wall. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Walking to board the parlor car, we had passed a dining car toward which he jerked his head, “I used to work on that thing.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The longer she sat, the more certain she became that this was the end, the very worst thing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He said, “I could tell you knew about these things.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“She came here to work in exchange for the repairs on your rickshaw. She wanted to make things right. Not many people are brave enough to try that.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

Why shouldn’t Vivian’s attic be filled with things that are meaningful to her? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Then what were you and Josh fighting about?” our mother asks, as if the fact that these two boyhood chums fought is the most unbelievable thing that’s occurred. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And as the three of you howled away, like a pack of jackals, hungry and homeless though we were, I felt I’d done the right thing by leaving. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He was taking things too seriously, as he always did. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got to be written now before John and I mature and repress the whole thing. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t ask one thing about the gelding. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

By the time I could pry my eyes open, the stupid little thing was nowhere to be seen. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s a last-minute thing. Maxine called and asked if I wanted to do brunch with her to celebrate my birthday.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was like Tommy was going to do all the things with my father that I was never interested in doing. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you take off that thing and relax?” she said, pointing to Kathy’s hijab. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Dona Amelia says nice things about how I’m on the honor roll and especially excel in science class. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man, a grandmother, a baby, so many people, hundreds of them, a gibberish of different words that are all the same because they all mean the same thing. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

One thing was different back then: No one thought it mattered that Mario was a boy and my best friend or made it awkward. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It is surely a professional responsibility for all of us to think deeply about these things so that each of us may better strive towards attaining 'dignity' for ourselves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I heard no bad news, so I assumed things were more or less all right. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There is excitement in the air, the feeling that things are almost back to normal since President Kennedy died; 1964 is a fresh, new year. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the fields she wore a straw hat low on her head, a thing she had not done consistently in her youth, so that now around her eyes there were squint lines. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like that was a thing friends did to each other. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When we started to get to know each other, we talked about the same things. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I...I take notes on things. The woods. The animals. Changes.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“A great many things make you angry lately,” he said. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have bigger things to worry about than revenge. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Next thing I know, I got a hanger from the closet in my left hand and a butter knife from the sink in my right. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Pulling on the door handle behind me, I swiftly move into the peephole’s line of vision, in case Mom decides to check up on things. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps I should send you to finishing school with her daughters. You might learn how to walk like the slip of a thing you are and not like a small elephant.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only things he could use were the Martians’ physical appearance and their weapons. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“The first thing you lose will be your feet,” Westley said. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"You better...eat that thing before I collapse!" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and set down her things. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“You don’t deserve anything. Maybe Sloth was an oath breaker, but she was smart enough to know you don’t deserve things, you gotta take them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing I needed was to have dinner with this family of hambones. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The first thing they did was take a vocabulary pretest to see how many of the thirty-five words for the week the kids already knew. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Nicholas Allen, I have enjoyed having you as a student. Now you go out there and have a wonderful summer. And I expect to hear remarkable things about you, young man. ” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And where, pray, was the young keeper while you were doing this very stupid and unmannerly thing?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I wish I didn’t have to investigate things like this.” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"But I want you to do one thing for me." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The creature in the sac seemed horribly unformed and unfinished, as if two plasticine people had been warmed and rolled together, squashed and pressed into one thing. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Before the fire, I’d just point out interesting things to Pa as I noticed them. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Cicadas trilled through the humid air; overhead, the rustling leaves made their own kind of serenade, a sign that, perhaps here, things were safe. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And was what he showed me in his Noise right there at the end a true thing? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“How can we eat such things? They grow near lavatories.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a dam good thing we never had any kings and presidents; we’d all be down there at Jackson chasing butterflies. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

June had been so happy, and it was such a simple thing, those little cartoon whales. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“One of the things that made me happiest in my life was that I could tell Mother, who worked hard every day, that she didn’t have to work anymore,” she recalled. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

On top of all that, this whole thing might be a wild-goose chase. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I hate listening to people chew, especially crunchy things. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“He wants to approach this thing from the point of view of the local communities.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or for as long as he could remember, which was basically the same thing. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me and an immediate guilt for any less-than-nice thing I’ve ever thought about her weighs me down like an anchor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

How could you hear such things and not feel emotional? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps destruction is the only thing these barbarians understand.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of things could happen,” she said, and heard how half her voice was carved away by uncertainty, and how utterly weak she sounded. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There were so many things you could do with a stick. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Tabitha was still in high school, and she was finding the same thing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I know is the next thing I knew I was standing on two feet looking down at the guy. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I know I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t start with the things schools usually start with.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But as they unpacked their boxes and hung up their winter clothes and the silk paintings of elephant processions bought on their honeymoon in Jaipur, Twinkle, much to her dismay, could not find a thing. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, I just don’t want to do anything that might screw things up,” Armpit said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about things, like how to make an entrance, and the line between special and weird. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If it was up to me, I wouldn’t change a thing. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I almost never break the rules at home, but things feel different here. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

And in our case, that might not be a good thing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be the one to find him and make things right for what had happened to his sister. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It came without warning, as did all things Scythe Goddard threw at him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine throwing away a sweet—just wasting the whole thing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The man in front of me kept mumbling things to himself and pacing away from the wall and back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And if that wasn’t funny, there were lots of things that weren’t even funnier. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The little thing was bony under its fur, but otherwise it seemed perfectly normal. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Campbell said that a hero is an ordinary human being who does "the best of things in the worst of times." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But if there was one thing that Coraline was certain of, it was that this flat would be worse. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

We’re a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don’t really have an explanation for. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She also did strange things with her hair. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The things we leave behind are some British coins, a red guitar pick, and a Bartlett High keychain. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Socializing was the first thing cut—just like it had been in high school. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“In that case, things are even worse than we thought.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mollie welcomed the verdict, but, as White knew, there were some things that no successful investigation, no system of justice, could restore. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

There were mazers and trenchers, knives and napkins, goblets—things I hardly knew, and more than I could count. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or say things like “Wow, you’re great at softball for a girl like you”? Do they touch her hair without permission or make comments about her edges when she sweats and they get frizzy? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The porters knew how to get these things. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Pretty much the same thing I did with Pathfinder. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I must go home. They’ve dug up Bagshot Row, and there's the poor old gaffer going down the Hill with his bits of things on a barrow. I must go home!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My hopes for a change in the team dynamic quickly disappeared as things pretty much stayed the same. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I think of the times, after my father’s death, when I’d picked fights in school or shouted things I later regretted. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Yet, the woman spoke these sensational things in the calmest, softest voice she had ever heard. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at Lefty Lewis, keeping my fingers crossed that the next thing he said wouldn’t be “You’ll never take us alive, copper!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have anything nearly as fine as these things,” he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried playing baseball, but the only thing he hit with a bat was the head of the coach’s son, by accident. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I could go on and on about all the things I like about Mrs. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I said to him, “What is Dennis saying? I don’t think about these things anymore, so you better tell me.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also tell him all about my pieces on York and Lewis and Clark, and my vision to make beauty out of everyday things, to find beauty in the disregarded. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z