A true war story, if truly told, makes the stomach believe. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, she did know what Haven was like. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Though they were merely stories, I accepted them as true because I wanted to believe them, because I hungered for a different life, for something new. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was pointing out that we Robinsons had been reduced to a true and ridiculous mess—unrecognizable with our swollen eyelids and dripping noses, our hurt and strange helplessness here in our own kitchen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Only idiots aren’t scared of things that are scary,” Taryn says, which is undoubtedly true, but still fails to dissuade me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, is it really true that I can tell how old a Ladybug is by counting her spots?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. My parents traveled all over the world,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I got a son,” he said at last, “and the Lord’s going to raise him up. I know—the Lord has promised—His word is true.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Today is truly a momentous day,” the captain tells us, “for we shall test the diving bell and see if Caden’s knowledge of deep-sea exploration rings true.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The first interpretation is largely true, but not very significant; the second would be significant, but is untrue. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Edna could not control a feeling which bordered upon complacency at her friend’s praise, even realizing, as she did, its true worth. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wasn’t it true that she might as well have slipped that noose around her mother’s neck herself? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Always remember that there are true gentlemen in the world,” she said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was this process of making up explanations that might or might not be true that Newton rejected when he insisted hypotheses non fingo. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In Nahuatl, the words almost shimmer with connotation: what was true was well grounded, stable and immutable, enduring above all. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And a month later—this is true—month later, he was dead of a putrid fever. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

‘It doesn’t sound likely—but happens it’s true.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mentions something he thinks happened, and they tell him if it’s true or imagined, usually followed by a brief explanation. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could no longer pretend, fawn or wear the mask of servility, without my true self violently rebelling. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true, for example, that racial incidents, followed by calls for tolerance and understanding, are a more-or-less permanent feature of the American landscape, durable as the Rocky Mountains, familiar as the Mississippi River. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I pressed the warm iron to Seema’s uniform, hoping what I said was true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So check it out, Sapito tells me you go to college. That true?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Hanako didn’t think that was true, but for now Mama didn’t deny it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The same was true for many of my friends at Princeton, but I was also coming to understand that there were other versions of being black in America. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, she believes they have it within their power to build a bigger, better and more beautiful world, but that they occupy themselves with superficial things, without giving a thought to true beauty. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. That is true. Already I am only happy when I am working.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It held true, just like all the others. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Reversals spun them right back to the streets and away from their true ambitions. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You are not striking the metal true. Hold your elbow higher and bring the hammer down smartly. Then it will shape as you wish.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Mom said look me in the eye and say that and I looked her in the eye and I couldn’t say it because it wasn’t true. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

What Hooper said must be true, and yet he knew that it was not true. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Indeed, in some cases, services and experiences have replaced objects as the true symbols of high status. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure that’s not true. Your parents love you. And your dadi. I saw it when I came to visit you.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The true electron is hidden in a shroud of particles, made up of the zero-point fluctuations, those particles that constantly pop in and out of existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

If even part of what Van Eck said was true, the idea of one of them dosed with jurda parem was a daunting proposition. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I promise you that everything I said on Monday was true. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

There was true kindness in those eyes of his. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

One day the Nine appeared to him and they told him, “We know how to speak false things that seem true, but we know, when we will, to utter true things.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I realized that the same is true of the London Eye. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he find out if this feeling of his was true, if others had it? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a better world if this were not true, but the fact is that diseases do not develop just because of carelessness about the preservation of health. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that my brother, Georgie, and I have spied on you and laughed at you and borrowed certain items, but if you knew us, you would understand. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

My father’s latest arrest, true to my mother’s predictions, changed our life-style drastically. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The body of a gebbeth has been drained of true substance and is something like a shell or a vapor in the form of a man, an unreal flesh clothing the shadow which is real. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t needed much help at all, because, even in birth, Hassan was true to his nature: He was incapable of hurting anyone. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was proud and could be hard enough but she was as true as steel and would never have deserted a companion, whether she liked him or not. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

With misgivings, the king allowed his father to oversee the project, for it was true that he had many other things to do. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was afraid of the Dothraki, whose ways seemed alien and monstrous, as if they were beasts in human skins and not true men at all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Oh, may these somber words not come true for as long as possible. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Help me, she prayed, send me a friend, a true knight to champion me . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I bet Isabella can figure out which part of what I said isn’t true. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She told him it would help Mr. Larson if people could see that this was a true story. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Probably, it was true in all of the police agencies, as well as the armed forces, that training had its own physical and intellectual momentum and the spiritual side was left to the student. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true: Dad really did love it. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That may be true,” she replied stubbornly, “but if they won’t make the sounds that I like, they won’t make any.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Which of you can tell me how we distinguish between the werewolf and the true wolf?” said Snape. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

As you may have already had cause to discover, a statement can be both completely true and completely misleading at the same time. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The benevolence, the spiritual calm, that radiated from him seemed so clear and true that, for a dizzying moment, I felt the darkness lift almost palpably from my heart. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That’s true, I guess. It just sounded funny in that context. Go on.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The same is true for many other companies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because it is true that a parent with its babies could make a happy family, and she should know that. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was true; half the students in the Hall were now waiting behind them, looking over one another’s shoulders to see what was causing the holdup. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true Here is the place where I love you. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Robb will set aside his crown if you and your brother will do the same," she said, hoping it was true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

My father wanted to visit the Sacred Grove in Palmyra, New York—the forest where, according to Joseph Smith, God had appeared and commanded him to found the true church. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As I spoke I did not know if what I said was true. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t worry, Andrew. Your public library will soon be a true public library. Mr. Lemoncello will turn it over to a local board of trustees and flee.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It's true that Mags can’t weigh more than about seventy pounds, but I’m not very big myself. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now he is thinking about the ending of the story he is going to share, as it is still new to him and he wants to tell it right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But it is true, I had been considerably distracted during the last hour or so of motoring prior to the petrol running out. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, it is true I was a wild girl, but I was innocent. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is early November, a day on which the temperature has suddenly dropped, bringing the first true cold of the year. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had reached the true marsh now, where thicket gave way entirely to the dense fringe of papyrus growing in the shallow margins of the Nile. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And yet the very next instant he was at one with the people about him, and all that was said of Goldstein seemed to him to be true. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

But it appeared that what he had heard in Boston was true: folks in Maine spoke a whole different language, and didn’t care for those who couldn’t speak it themselves. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Tired of not knowing the true condition of Philadelphia and frustrated by the general nervousness of everyone around him, Washington took it upon himself to make an inspection. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

It was like her self-forgetfulness to transfer the remark to my sister, and to get up and be busy about her, making her more comfortable; “that’s sadly true!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

However, it did not take long to reveal the true nature of her return. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“But what you said is true,” I say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They asked her if it was true that she had decided to get married, and she answered, whimpering, that she only wanted them to let her sleep. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

God grant that I never know true winter, then. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And it was true what my mother said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Anything had the potential to transform, and this, to her, seemed the true meaning of art. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All this stuff had just poured out, but it was all true. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The only true family that God has given me is my loving parents and the supportive Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is it not true,” I say, “that the nuns are loath to allow the village doctor to examine them when they are ill?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And my true self wants to blast off this rock. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Confidence in experimental knowledge thus requires the natural/artificial distinction to be undermined and replaced by the conviction that by performing procedures that correspond to natural processes I can have true knowledge of those processes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If that was true why did I just stand there looking stupid? The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not necessarily a secret, but the words were terrible and true and it hurt to say them. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Nicholas of Cusa had turned the earth into a true star, but only at the price of turning the sun into an earth—hardly anyone was prepared to follow him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

You never knew what was true until days or weeks or even months afterwards. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what’s undoubtedly true—what he did — he needs to do—and I’m not going to risk messing with it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

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

The two claims are very different, but Aristotle never distinguishes between them, nor tests his claim that heavy objects fall faster than light ones, for he takes it to be self-evidently true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She was too delicate for that strong, scratchy voice, as if her birdlike outside was just a pretty little tale she liked to tell, and the true story was something she kept deep down inside. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He even looked a true hero, so slim and beautiful, with golden roses around his slender waist and his rich brown hair tumbling down into his eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That was especially true of the Rad Lab’s work with heavier elements, which required bombardments at energies well beyond the relatively meager powers of the Cavendish’s Cockcroft-Walton apparatus. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The true test of our devotion to freedom is just beginning. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, maybe, but I didn’t like how my words sounded more mean than strong. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He waited until the morning that the trial was set to begin before he told investigators that he could not testify because what they wanted him to say was not true. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really seen many true soldiers, and I wondered what they were like. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true if they were helically stacked. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Yet each version was true, I was certain of it, at least at the moment that 1 told it. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then they were standing on the true path: a swath of green sward running through the grey wood. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re much better at it than I am. You almost make it sound true.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The answer is that now you know two true things. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It would all be true, the accusations that we were lower types of human beings. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those had been the days before he had known anything about his true identity; before he had found out how his parents had died or why such strange things often happened around him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I remember what she told me and see that it's true. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It is an unlucky time for travelers and for the sick; children are not given their true name during the Fallows, and no Deeds are sung, nor swords nor edge-tools sharpened, nor oaths sworn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do you feel any need to leave the Shire now — now that your wish to see them has come true already?’ he asked. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I still love the two of you—always that will be true.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Without a single grandparent or parent or uncle or aunt at her side, the baby’s birth, like most everything else in America, feels somehow haphazard, only half true. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Influence of Chagall, according to the catalogue, but that is not true. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Ah, that's more tales, and no more true than the other." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The scene was too unexpected to be true. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Some people say we farm people get used to animals being hurt or killed, but that's just not true. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This was true at the time of Urey’s writing: of the known radioisotopes, carbon-11 had a half-life of only twenty-one minutes; nitrogen-13, only ten; and oxygen-15, only two. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe so. Your trip did sound a little bit too ... interesting to be true.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

This is true, but it depends on a convention for numbering years and numbering and naming months and days. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She could feel the heat of its true face pushing through the gold feathers, warming the skin of her forehead. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” she said again, “my real and true family will step right out of the fog.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I heard that from Mr. Petrelli himself, and it’s probably true. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s because the true purpose of money is to manipulate others and make them feel lesser than you.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

There were few who did not hail him as a true military genius for his important discovery. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

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

On the other hand, if the vision of Bacchus offering her a silver goblet was false, maybe the other visions didn’t have to come true either—especially the one of her, Percy, and Jason drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

One had to be an impossible wish, another a wish that you could make come true yourself, and the third had to be a wish for when you grew up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me things that sounded so crazy I had to ask my mother if they were true. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't like how it makes me feel, so I tell myself it isn't true. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But you need to be sure it’s what you really want, because sometimes, when it comes true, you realize too late that it’s not what you wanted. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was true, and in the void-in-the-void experiment the mercury never fell below half an inch. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was true that he had never spoken of such personal things to her before but he felt that he could. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whether the story is true or not, it made Hattie famous. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He sounded like a true warrior now, more stoic and serious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And here a generality concerning the growth of American cities, seemingly true of all of them I know. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that had ever been true, it wasn’t anymore. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This is the true Islamic belief that has guided us on our journey. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The best of the true progressives—always a small group, in the North or the South—did attempt to reach out to this rejected crowd, but they were usually rebuffed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas didn’t remember anything like that, but if it was all true, the world they were trying to get back to didn’t sound so good. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And Toby and April agreed that that was probably true. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did have many of the qualities of the Star Wars hero, a kind of wholesome purity that seemed too good to be true but was so natural as to make him appear almost delicate. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They smile at me, but not like they believe this dream of mine will ever come true. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He might not know his true name, but the place at his center wasn’t empty anymore. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

In their place will stand true and holy priests who shall have no wealth or rights above the common man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There was no panic, it was true, but there was also no excitement—no desire. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Hi,” I said again, because sometimes, after someone has seen the truest parts of you, little words are enough. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If she were to perceive their true form, they would seem more like architecture than organism, like huge structures composed of intelligence and feeling. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my humiliation last night, and the forgiveness I received, I can only hope that is true. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But they’d always seemed like ghost stories and fairy tales, stories that could never come true. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, I took too much for granted; I trusted fate, back then. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that the molasses came to Boston on big ships. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

"Tell me true, nephew. Do you pray to the wolf gods now?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was true, and it was also the main reason that Tree-ear loved watching Min. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I said they were for snobs and had low academic standards, which was true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You know," Brett said, "it's quite true. He is only nineteen. Isn't it amazing?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“True—true—” said the old man in alarm, and he began to take great gulps of the hot tea. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t a good friend. When you first told me, I made it seem like...like I was okay with it and nothing had changed, but that wasn’t...that wasn’t true.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And were all of his amazing stories even true? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That, I think, is our true reflection; it is as small as we actually are. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“This is the true family background,” Dad said. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that there were no grand mansions there, and that it was very close to an industrial district. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought of a mean neighbor boy who had tiny pits in his cheeks, and it was true, those marks were the size of rice grains. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose that could be true. Tehlu always said—” “Do not speak his name!” the Justice screamed, his face a livid red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That is no longer a true statement,” Maya said primly. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This was true of cockroaches, sheep, bees, and beetles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he had a child who must be brought to her true family. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s time for me to be true to myself, like the pop stars say. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“So it’s true what they say,” Mary says, her eyes catching the light like slivers of glass as she looks at me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I wish I could argue with him, but it’s true. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You look rather dashing in them, actually. A true gentleman.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It wasn’t the same for him when our mom died. I don’t know how true it is, but sometimes I think I absorbed more of the blow than he did.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We met an angel. She told us all about that, and other things as well. It’s true, Lyra.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

That all she wanted was for her older sister to be a true eonni and tell her that everything was going to be all right. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Until you wake up and remember that what you’ve always been afraid of has already come true. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“After all,” Octavian told Hazel, “I might be able to help you. It would be a shame if those awful rumors about you kept circulating... or, gods forbid, if they turned out to be true.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was what he usually said, and sometimes it was true. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s true,” Harry chortled as they reached the top of the marble staircase, “If he hadn’t stolen Neville’s Remembrall I wouldn’t be on the team. . ..” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

‘I never will marry either. I know that. And I’m not just saying so—it’s true.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to ask his mother, but he could not have brought off the words, and in any case, there was no need, because he knew it was true. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I did everything I could to talk him out of that outrageous idea; I could understand how he must have felt, but it just wasn’t true! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That was one of the true things, the new things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to impress upon them all the true picture of the Afro-American’s plight at the hands of the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neumann One says, “The true Aryan is as blond as Hitler, as slim as Goring, and as tall as Goebbels—” Laughter from Neumann Two. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It is true that Geak is too young to leave, but I am not yet eight. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was just a bit of compassion in Fischer’s eyes, which turned the episode into a true Aristotelian tragedy: Spassky’s terror combined with Fischer’s pity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But, in true Maddy fashion, she wasn't ready to sit yet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

People seem to think that Broadway stars just come out of nowhere—but that’s not true! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

If you throw an orange peel into the lake, it passes through | long underground tunnels and mysteriously reappears kilome^ ters away, at the Peguche waterfall, a place where wishes come true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A true story of the American dream,” Dimple said, smiling and taking a sip of her water. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nonetheless, like almost everyone else, she saw the appeal of the base pairs and accepted the fact that the structure was too pretty not to be true. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was too soon for his true name to be bestowed, he thought. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

"During the war. Her own true love had just kicked off with the dysentery." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hate having to tell you this, but why shouldn’t I admit it when I know it’s true? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If it’s not true, she made a giant mistake. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And the same is true when one has been long inland. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah. If it’s true. And if we could get back to Jordan College, with the flood like this. They’d never let us in anyway. So much for that idea.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

One thing I know: that if my instinct be true regarding poor Mrs. Harker’s silences, then there is a terrible difficulty—an unknown danger—in the work before us. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Any moment now, Styx would launch into some outlandish tale that could not possibly be true, unless he was some kind of celebrity. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Here’s a version of the rest of the story that is mostly true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So what Lyle told us about Pickett not having nighttime staff seemed true. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The wineglasses are still missing, and if the clues are all true and in place, Axel knows exactly why the wine isn’t part of tonight’s celebration. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That is true, for instance, of the Societies, Samoa, the Marquesas, and especially Hawaii, the Polynesian archipelago with the highest mountains. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Anywhere,” I say, “as long as it’s true.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words are out of my mouth, I realize they are true. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I try and read his Noise to see if he’s telling the truth but it’s almost all shiny and clean, a bright, warm place where anything you want could be true. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

If that were true, I thought, it would explain a lot of things, like how people could live the same day over and over for decades without losing their minds. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There I wrong him; I know he never will—he is too true a gentleman. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And my lawyer, rolling up one of his sleeves, said with finality, “Here we have a perfect reflection of this entire trial: everything is true and nothing is true!” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

As soon as the wind stopped, he was going to remove them from their commands, because true men of the desert are not afraid. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon closer inspection, that was not technically true—only part of my bike was gone. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It’s like the visions in my night terrors, only this time come true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Every country thinks their history is the most important, and that’s especially true in the West. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Part of me cannot believe what the woman says, but the other knows it is true. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They may be true,” she said, “but we have work to do. Come now, Mattie.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her husband was a true lover of the fruit, but Etta couldn’t feel anything for it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I kept the news of my scholarship award a secret for several days, still doubtful that it was all true. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is your true mission. Your true mission may be saving lives.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Is it true? How high up did you get?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He recorded my name in the Holy Register of true Muslims, and we were ready to part. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe you wanted to kill people with these bombs,” he told her, hoping it was true. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s true because they have hundreds of separate lenses. It’s like looking out from a bowl—a fish-eye, panoramic view of the world.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dusk descended over the field, and then came true dark. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“But it’s all perfectly true. When the Germans marched into the city, I danced in the streets like a youthful ballerina and shouted, ‘HeilHitler!’ until my lungs were hoarse. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m thinking it’s too good to be true,” he said. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No,” Amari replied quietly and sadly, and she knew that it was forever true. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are going home, Javier,” I try to recover, sticking to what I hope will be true. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was true that anything was possible when men were involved; yet Helen had to wonder if there weren’t twists to the story she couldn’t discern. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Griggs was saying was true, but it was simply utterly impossible for me to calculate, to scheme, to act, to plot all the time. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s not a lot of students of color at Livingston Middle School, but it’s true that we tend to stick together. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s true, mijo,” Mamá said, “but some people are blinded by the devil. He plants evil seeds in their hearts.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And for an instant, I wondered if maybe La Llorona was right and this journey was our destiny, our path to true happiness. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It might not seem that way sometimes, but it's true. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the new Writers, building on their ground, thinking them true, add to them, and invent, and draw other Experiments from them, that are falser then the Principles they insisted on. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They will, I know, accept it in the true and warmhearted spirit in which it is offered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Four men alone would be watched vigilantly. Four among a hundred can lose themselves. So I must send the true guardsmen as well as the false ... as you'll tell my sister." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Surely it is enough that the likes of you and I at least try to make our small contribution count for something true and worthy. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I used to tell my friends she was healthier than I was and maybe it was true. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gramps says that I am a country girl at heart, and that is true. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was flattered, it was true, yet his expression clearly showed that he agreed with Reynie, that he rather thought someone should have given him such a present before now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had saved her people, right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Which is true, but when my dad finds out I gave it away, he’ll chew me a new one. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“The maid tells it true,” declared a stocky man in white and purple, whose cloak was fastened with a pair of crossed bronze keys. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Your friend was right to bring you here, but as I told him just before, you are very ill. That water will not cure the true sickness.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Yet she sensed no true mercy in the man. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

What distinguishes the American Revolution from most, if not all, subsequent revolutions worthy of the name is that in the battle for supremacy, for the “true meaning” of the Revolution, neither side completely triumphed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They were the true spirit mediums of the city. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He died in captivity, but the profits of that struggle and others like it are ours, even when the object of our struggle, as is so often true, escapes our grasp. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He made a sound like Whoa, but after a second his arms folded around me, and we stayed like that, in a true embrace. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be true that discretion is the better part of valor. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But they were lucky; the arrow had been true, and it was only another half mile before they found the deer collapsed on the ground, his flanks heaving. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“No idea,” said Harry, which was not entirely true, though he had no proof yet that his hunch was correct. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s true. The Sprague kid seen them and he says they ain’t no bigger than this and they got little hands and feet and eyes.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But isn’t it possible the stories are true? That they made gold?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know anything about her—hell, we don’t know that what she has told us is even true!” he objected. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“See, I have a police record. Is it true that chicks like dangerous men?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Shaw comforted her dear friend, but she knew that Anthony’s words were true. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Well, the last was true enough, he would make no apologies for it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But I have to try to feel that it’s true. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

As much as King needed the president, the reverse was also true. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The answer to the snake quiz is that only statements five and six are true. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

No, a true seeker could not accept any teachings, not if he sincerely wished to find something. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true when he laughed, and he was laughing now. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on. I know you’re not shy, so drop your pants and let’s do this. I assume you want to see if the rumors are true.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was as if my mother’s accusation had made it true, that we were doing something obscene. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"She used the word crutch as a symbol. She meant, you know, that people are so afraid of revealing their true selves, they have to hide behind some sort of prop." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line o’ Red- beard’s little brother, you want it true.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Even as he thought it, he knew it wasn’t true. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘I will go forward free,’ he said, ‘or I will go back and seek my own land, where I am known to be true of word, though I perish alone in the wilderness.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

This, Toño tells me, is the complete and real true name of the place where I am. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

His boxy old Speed Graphic was tried and true the shop,” Darrel said as he helped his date into the pickup truck. liaison. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is only true because this piece of paper has been issued by the Bank of England and is of the approved form. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She has the biggest smile on her face, and it’s like her HGTV-loving dreams are coming true. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or when I had made some absolutely true point, “Malcolm X conveniently manipulated. ...” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to wait to tell you both about the true world of rootwork, but seems like an expert thinks it’s time you both know.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Hear the true affection, I thought, the adoration of the Boogie Bear, moving away. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Type I error occurs when a true hypothesis is rejected, and a Type II error occurs when a false hypothesis is accepted. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope that’s not true because I would miss you.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s true. I know it and I’m sorry for it, my love.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And it was true: I could have been, which is always what worried Mami and Papi, too, especially after what happened at the middle school that I was zoned for. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It’s true, of course, that some small mammals were first domesticated long after 2500 B.C. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

If they told us what to believe, and we didn’t come to it on our own, is it still true? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You’re wrong about what my father would want. He’ll be better off if I’m dead. And even if that wasn’t true, I’m not that strong.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I have pledged on my knees to Allah to tell the white man about his crimes and the black man the true teachings of our Honorable Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She says I’ve got all the makings of a true Seer,” she informed Harry and Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s true, right? She might not.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The same was true for the 125th Guards. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Not missed them like I wished I still had them to wear — though that, too, was true — but missed them like I missed my classmates. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was hailed by climbers in some circles as the first true ascent of Everest. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But the story isn’t true! None of it matters!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Yes, it’s true that I fell in love with someone and that he died, along with the two other people I loved best in this world. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Is it true that you didn't?" the coach shot back, playing him out. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The root woman was assigned the job of finding out if what he said was true or not. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those rare times when I found a tunnel that stayed true to its course, the way was blocked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and whispered, “No. No! That can’t be true. Impossible!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was still very early, only just past true dawn, and the water was so calm he could see his reflection. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said she looked like a weasel, which wasn't true, but they couldn't keep on calling her the crying girl after she finally stopped crying. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A true lady would not notice his face, she told herself. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Were all people like that, with no true self? Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Even with her years of living in America, this is still true for my aunt. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In Venice, Mars had warned him that his true test of leadership was coming. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

That was true, of course, but not the whole truth. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

At ten o'clock Monday morning, February 8—a week to the day after the Greensboro sit-in had erupted—the lunch-counter incident was transformed into a true movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He is one of the bravest men I know. That and more, for he has the heart of a true bard. Someday he will surely be our greatest, you can mark my words.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I guess that’s why I didn’t notice until later how, in the space of that instant, everything Mom and Papa ever told me became a little less true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the dismembering of dolls was not the true horror. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true, and we could live in them?” said Jo, after a little pause. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that some of the Amish, being slow to change their ways, used to plow with mules or oxen. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"It's not true, my lord! The mortal's lying." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

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

It was too late now not to follow this make-believe carpet to its plywood finale, and I did not yet know of any truer destination. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am poor and an exile, but it will afford me true pleasure to be in any way serviceable to a human creature.’ Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be nice to end the story by saying that after that the two brothers never disagreed about anything again, but I am afraid it would not be true. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At times you'd think he was some sort of Communist, then he comes out with something that makes him sound true blue Tory. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the public cloakroom—a damp, slippery, dark place full of dripping coats, bags, hats, and gloves. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I’m praying harder than ever, hoping my dream isn’t true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

So I promised him because I wanted it to be true as much as he did. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This really make your eyes pop, his mom always told her customers, and it was true. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Though if that were true I think I overdid it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And it was true what I had said to Johnny Garcia—I was the ghost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because of course he had, of course he did, no matter how much he’d wanted to believe it wasn’t true, of course he knew. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“And did you also guess that within a day at most, Kronos will bum away that mortal body and take on the true form of a Titan king?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I merely want, Mr. Jaggers,” said I, “to assure myself that what I have been told is true. I have no hope of its being untrue, but at least I may verify it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that those we meet can change us, sometimes so pro­foundly that we are not the same afterwards, even unto our names. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They could keep telling us he was alive, but it wouldn’t feel true until he was right in front of us, joking like usual. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Somebody who sees something happen and signs that it’s true,” Dad says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the envelope was the manuscript of the book you now hold in your hands, together with this letter: Gentlemen: The enclosed story is true. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

When a Pickwell kid asked him if it was true about the famous race in April, did Maniac really beat him going backward? Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, because all facts are by definition true we tend to think all truths are facts. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This is too good to be true; I know something is coming. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I glance at Mango and decide that theory must not be true with cats, since my hair is neither gray nor white. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“No story has power, nor will it last, unless we feel in ourselves that it is true and true of us. What a great burden of guilt men have!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it true?” asked the servant who had been carrying a broom earlier in the day. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And whether that’s true or not, I know the intention was there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it is true, and I am not leaving, I will sign the papers,” announced Miss Grybas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

A true brother, I shoot back with, “Well, that explains why you never find any.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even if it was true, it still hurt to hear it that way. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And the documents revealed a vast discrepancy between what government officials had been saying publicly and what they knew to be true. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. You and me. Together we’ll make your most recent prediction come true.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Everything he said was true about the Capitol’s expectations, my future with Peeta, even his last comment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A pigeon corpse on his doorstep was Ralph’s true self come to rot at his feet. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Lizzie said was true: if everyone knew there were still a few wonderful things in the storerooms, people would fight each other trying to get them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I should never have kissed you. Perhaps I made you believe something that wasn’t true.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

His account is vague, but one imagines that *These preposterous tales may actually be true; other amazing Smith stories certainly are. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But simultaneously, true to the principles of doublethink, the Party taught that the proles were natural inferiors who must be kept in subjection, like animals, by the application of a few simple rules. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And that holds especially true for Everest climbers: when presented with a chance to reach the planet’s highest summit, history shows, people are surprisingly quick to abandon good judgment. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was real; yet it seemed a nightmare, it could not be true that my son lay dead before me. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was a traitor to his true king, as were these Lannisters." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"The seeing, the true seeing, that is the heart of it. "Hear me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Capricorn's words were working away feverishly in her mind: hair like spun gold...that useless reader Darius...No, it couldn't be true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“True, true,” said Dumbledore, and he was like a child seeking reassurance. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Bowditch, sir, is it true that you let Johnny look through your sextant? Or was the little lubber lying to us?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to turn the doorknob back and forth over and over again to see if it was true. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not safe for us to go to Pakistan; that is true. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whether because he angry at the way I been behaving or because he do have true respect for me, I don’t know. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The true crime section is to the right. The criminal law section is behind it.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Being true friends they gave me sensible advice an compassionate sympathy in roughly equal amounts. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He spoke Ged’s true name softly, so that the girl who stood waiting a little way behind him would not hear it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, none of it was true, and most people knew that, but it didn’t stop Julian from spreading that lie. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Wonderful. Now, you’ve made some new friends here as well, isn’t that true?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And they told you true,” John Thornton answered. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw themselves as the only true protectors of the Southern way of life—that ill-defined but beloved social order which was under attack from all sides. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

About the older man, who only wore the uniform to please his brother, there was a homespun blackness, the true, despairing dark of mourning. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only true worid solution today is governments guided by true religion—of the spirit. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing his words, his friend knew them to be true. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I laugh at this, thinking it’s funny—whether it’s true or not. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It is a true objective fact, and if I had a stroke and forgot my date of birth I could establish it without any difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It seems fair to say that Brunelleschi’s image aspires to exemplify what philosophers call a correspondence theory of truth, in which a statement or representation is true if it corresponds to external reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The official announcement—the fourth in less than two years—was considered true for almost six months because nothing further was heard of him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He is no true knight but he saved me all the same, she told the Mother. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The same pattern holds true for military organization. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Does this mean all that drivel about the Augurs being possessed by spirits of the dead is true? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It made Ophie feel that maybe some of those Bible words were actually true, even if she didn’t entirely believe they were meant for her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I'm practicing for a speech,” I said, which was sort of true. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now, it might be completely true that the risks of texting and driving are inherently risky. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you came all the way here for your friend? That she actually sent you with a package of her materials?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Now I know men are different and that all life is divided and that only in division is there true health. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there were such cruelness in the world, then it might indeed be true that Sass had taken me to this place of widows just to get rid of me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The standard argument is that this thesis proves that evidence does not determine what scientists hold to be true; consequently, it is claimed, scientific beliefs are primarily shaped by cultural and social factors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was one of the only things she said that was true. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now he knew, if he’d had any doubts, that all his father had told him was true. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feel of neglect is somehow truer to the spirit of Sing Sing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pennsy was a true and loyal friend, and if you had the funds she was happy to take you wherever you might like to go. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed building but was now motivated to learn true skills. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It is true that I would never forget the great change of my life, the diminished occasions of intimacy. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Africans were the true global citizens—adjusting to a new land, a new religion, even to other Africans they would never have met in their homelands. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yep. And since the part about being my friend came true, I knew the other part would, too. But I couldn’t tell you ’cause of that rule. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Ah, I miss my true forest,” said the palace fondly. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That last part was true, and it seemed to give Antinous pause. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“And perhaps that will be true. Perhaps I will succumb to the perils of the forest, and it will be the Witch who comes to claim my child.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A critic, Ignatius Pardies, called Newton’s paper ‘a most ingenious hypothesis’, ‘an extraordinary hypothesis’ which, if true, would overturn the foundations of optics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It was true, that she ate a lot. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can feel it, knows in his heart that it's true. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, you can speak English about it but I am just saying what is true. There is something scruffy and untidy about natural hair.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whether she was trying to find out what happened to her, or even if she just wanted to be able to spend time with Ophie, like they were true friends...No, Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Wes always felt true love when he went to her house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Teachers liked to claim that Maybeck didn’t have cliques like other high schools, and it was true that the place was a refuge for kids like Healy who had been bullied in middle school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Sit­ting in the dark next to Hassan, I had always wondered if it was true what I’d read, that sea air smelled like salt. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not in detail. But I understand that he is now the king of Svalbard. Is that true?’ The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, I know you’re a very important, very busy man, so I just have one quick question: If I were a book on true crimes in the state of Ohio, where would you shelve me?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I have no idea if this is true or not, and I’m not going to access to find out. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Your son has no claim to the throne he sits. Lord Stannis is Robert's true heir." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In the Army, there is an old expression that the officers make the orders and the sergeants do all the work; this year, as a cadet platoon sergeant, I was learning how true that was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As the stars made themselves visible, Milkman tried to figure what was true and what part of what was true had anything to do with him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re also more likely to remember true “predictions,” overvalue coincidences, and ignore everything else. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what Mrs. Dimblewit had been hoping for, a reason to unleash the true venom she had inside for the Spares. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

That’s true as true, but I’m cross, hungry, and grimy, so I will have my fuss. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s been another woman in his life since his days in these very mountains, but everyone knows she’s only a companion—a mother, a sister, not a true lover. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as soon as Ekon said the word, he knew it was true. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rosa Parks, in this regard, was a dream come true. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I have known true alchemists,” the alchemist continued. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana watched me as if she suspected that wasn’t true, but she didn’t pry any further. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The world would be a happier place if the opposite were true. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a true two-floor house, not just a loft upstairs, but a full set of rooms. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He said it seriously; it may have been true. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

With her flaming red hair, she seemed like a true fox demoness who would delight in tricking humans. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is where I keep my eyes as I recite the story Nita gave me, the one that is so close to true I have no trouble telling it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was almost as much fun as eavesdropping—if the story was true. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were very much in love, full of dreams, and in the ordinary flow of their lives the whole scenario might well have come true. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went on staring at Jalil, waiting for him to speak up, to say that none of this was true. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

No friend however dear and true can help me. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The true level of poverty among North Carolina whites during the 1960s was extreme: nearly half of the manufacturing jobs in the state were in textiles, one of the lowest-paid segments of the industry. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true,” Sticky said, finishing his book and thumping it closed. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing to see how angry Cersei could wax over accusations she knew perfectly well to be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“A dream come true,” I grumble, because really, if it took losing a leg to get him to notice me, I’d rather be ignored. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Everyone said the doctor did a fabulous job and that his leg healed perfectly, but that wasn’t true. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not think that is a true thing. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And so we scramble to do what he says, because red-handed is red-handed, and this is martial law, and Jacqui’s motivational poster is truer than anything right now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Phineas said your life depends on a burned stick—” “It’s true,” Frank said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

And if what you’ve told me is true, that the lwas will show up all around me—in both things and people—then I am surrounded, I am supported. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s true. I don’t know how I’d have turned out without you being my best friend.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They’ve been like that since we were all seven—true love, I guess. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hearing the words come out of my mouth brings me one step closer to trusting that they’re true. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

From his worried face I could tell he’d clearly decided these weren’t true police but the other kind: drunk men with guns and a hunger for bribes. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The spirits would deliver us the message of no rain right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s very true,” Talc agreed, eager to join any campaign against the figures of English history, who had been the scourges of his existence for so many years. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what I’ve said is true,” I said, hoping he wouldn’t hear the quaver in my voice. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘It’s unwise, whether they are true or false.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Finally, she married Gabe Ugliano, who was nice the first thirty seconds we knew him, then showed his true colors as a world-class jerk. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that Eva was foolish in the head, but not so bad as to need locking up. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She went to confession, for her true obsession—’ ” Kvothe leaned forward to watch as Chronicler wrote. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some callers wanted to know if the radio reports were true. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It would take two important developments in mathematics before the true link was uncovered. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Now I know that can’t be true, because white light is menacing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he put them back on and said, “’Cause I know my wish ain’t never coming true.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m forty-three years old, true, and I’m a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So that part of the dream wasn’t true,” she said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was beginning to wonder what would happen to Digger if it turned out to be true. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope her wish comes true,” Will says, and I lean my head on the cold glass, glancing over at him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“You said I wasn’t scared of anything. That’s not true. You. That’s what I’m afraid of. I’m afraid of you, Dante.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Before the day was out I’d forget, and blurt out my own true feelings. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Boston—whose true identity Ellsberg has never revealed—was long gone. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Jen said the stuff from the computer was true,” Luke said defensively. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tell her what I’ve hoped wasn’t true for weeks—my brother was stabbed in the back by the person he trusted most. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hurt anybody, but you have to be true to yourself, don’t you? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure if that was true or not, but she was glad that at least one person thought so. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

One may object—possibly—that this puts the matter somewhat too simply, but the song is true, and it has been true for as long as white men have ruled the world. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I do not care if he does kill me. What I say is true.1* “Hold your noise.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We presented participants with a sentence, followed by the word true or FALSE. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

After the fifth door closed in my face, it dawned on me that come tomorrow, I might finally find out whether Frankie’s description of the textile mills had been true. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If it is true, it is terrible. Who could have wanted to kill Gareth, and him unarmed?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s based on a true story about a shipwreck and it made Gericault famous. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The words came out and they were true. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, investigations will begin in my department as to his true heritage. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Some of these stories were true, some were lies. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

It was a lie, of course, even as the simpler word “secretary” was a lie, but Ruth repeated it with confidence because she believed it was true. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Tab said, perking up, “the Berperson says the most important thing is to be true to yourself.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Live well, Percy Jackson. Become a true hero. Because if you do not, if you ever come into my clutches again . . .” She cackled, savoring the idea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was true: no more parks, no more libraries, no more movie theaters. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true,” chorused the rest, who had somehow managed to pick this up along the way. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget, there’s only four more days to turn in your surveys. Only four more lonely days until your true love is revealed.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

This was true, about the talk at least. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He did not wholly understand the intricate play of ideas and the complex phrases, but as he read he sensed a strong, true purpose behind the words and he felt that he almost understood. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They say he always favors them — we’ll be able to see if it’s true.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She also says that sometimes change comes reluctantly and out of dire necessity, not from true goodwill or pure values. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Or rather, Woody would listen to Papa lecture him on true loyalty, pacing from bunk to bunk, waving his cane. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I start to laugh, because this is just ridiculous, it can’t be true. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a time when this was true, but maybe not anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“If that is true, then I don’t want to wait. I'll run into the electrified barbed wire. That would be easier than a slow death in the flames.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that really wasn't true, and he knew it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Finally the names of things one believed to be true. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I am free to make this choice, to take Christ as my true love!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If Mance’s horn was just a feint, where is the true ; horn? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Know it like you used to say that Alex was your “one true love.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He gazed at the New York skyline as if he owned it—which wasn’t true. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The gulf between the information we publicly proclaim and the information we know to be true is often vast. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to, for surely Village had also become his true home, and saved him, but he felt a little shy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was my best friend — maybe my only true friend — but I wasn’t seeing it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a true volcanic eruption, he went on, the smoke is steel gray or black. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And don’t say you suck at math and science. That’s such a cliche when girls say that. Even if it’s true, just lie.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“A true researcher is a champion of facts, not make-believe. There’s a reason they’re shelved on the fiction side of the library.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Did she always encourage me to be my true self? Sure. But ultimately, she called me a coward.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They all believe that sometime in the next ten school days, at least one person in the room is going to discover his or her own personal fate: true love or tragic death. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I think, Kitty, that true love may be developing in the Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I have a white rose to tend...in July or January...I give it to my true friend,” I tell Joy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Something true and living was being drained from him, and his dæmon fluttered weakly and called in a wild high call, but she was dying. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Albert paused and said, “No, but they can both be true.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A prince is also respected when he is a true friend and a true enemy: that is, when he declares himself to be on the side of one prince against another, without reserve. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, she often bluffed and implied all sorts of things I knew weren’t true. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is particularly true since the last trip that I made abroad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ogden Morrow was a brilliant programmer in his own right, but his true talent was his knack for business. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was no knowing how much of this legend was true and how much invented. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And then, only a few million years ago, the first true humans emerged. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smaller fins, I thought, would keep that from happening and make them fly truer. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Son, oh son, oh son,” Ma Charles said, her voice wobbly with true sorrow. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

When the guests at Tamar’s wedding ate the cream puffs, they could taste the truest thing in all the world at that moment—the baker’s pain. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He told me all this very much later, but I've put it down here with the idea of exploding those first wild rumors about his antecedents, which weren't even faintly true. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Her words came tumbling over each other, and it came to Marly as she said them that they weren’t strictly true, at least not yet. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

In war—and to put down a slave rebellion was the most glorious call to arms—the patrollers transcended their origins to become a true army. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

At one point, though, I listened, because he was saying, “It is true I killed a man.” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I told her the way they created hexagons, they must be the ones who could do math in their heads, and she smiled and said, yes, nest builders had true math aptitude. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he saw true hatred in her eyes, unforgiving, murderous hatred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Should beauty of the body or beauty of the mind be more prized by true lovers?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘A child of Mars, are you? A praetor of Rome? No true Roman would spare the Greeks. I cannot abide to be split and confused - I cannot think straight! Kill them! Win!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I do. And my brother wouldn’t say those things if they weren’t true.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s true what that book of yours says—the soul knows no time. These past few weeks will last forever for me.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The prudent queen, for her part, said: “Stranger, if only this came true--our love would go to you, with many gifts; aye, every man who passed would call you happy!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hall was lit with dozens of torches, dancing and fluttering, casting strange shadows over the hundred feasters, either revealing their true nature or concealing it—one can never tell. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

A pang of exquisite suffering—a throe of true despair—rent and heaved my heart. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was sobbing: “It is true! It is true! I found a man wha’ saw it done. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a part of the wish, and the rest had come true, so it had to, too. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The world would be a simpler place to understand if this dictum of Clause- witz’s were true. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Maybe they figured if the legend was true, the witch would get you out of their way.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The second repetition hurt, because it was true. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already told you this story is true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s true that Anna was sleeping on the sofa. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. She’s his. He’s an elephant tramp. He’s been traveling with us, but the bull’s his.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A true Caper wouldn’t be caught dead wearing one of those. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was true, she no longer thought so often about Fourth Cousin, once her best friend. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

A dog with an experience like that could become a pariah in the truest sense of the word. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yer crazy,” I say and boy is it ever true and boy do I wish it wasn’t. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said, one time, that no true leader burdened his followers with a greater load than they could cany, and no true leader sets too fast a pace for his followers to keep up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

While it was true that everyone in the Coast Guard had to accept Navy control, her own contract was actually with the Treasury Department, which was only loaning her to the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Those of you who are true sons of Trinity, that is. I pity anyone who is not.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was not true, but I thought I would play a game with him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A true prince. One of the finest, least dedicated men in the whole world.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t prove this, of course, but she just knew it was true. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A dream come true; two dreams come true, long pants and a room...His eyes saddened then, as he thought of how these good things had come to him. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’ve got to work on the engine,’ he said, which was true. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, within the range of the boisterous and the silent there are still folks brown, red, and yellow on this continent and elsewhere who honor and respect the true message of Malcolm X Shabazz. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Swearing don't make it true, Hod," the innkeeper said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But all of it is true,” I answered. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Coach asked me if it was true you had cancer.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

It is true one or two errors have been noticeable recently in the discharging of his duties, but these are in every case very trivial in nature.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There was something about him that wouldn’t let me go. Stayed true for as long as we were together. Wasn’t bad to look at, either.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It is so easy to be comforting when your own wishes have come true. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could that be true? Surely not. What of your marriage pact?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Your statement, Monsieur, is quite true,” said the Countess. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was about to say that no one in my family would do something like that, but I knew that wasn’t true. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Given the evidence available now, the same seems to be true for the Olmec and ancient Mesoamerica. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As surely true as the sun a-coming up,” says the woman, having succeeded in getting Manchee on his back for a tummy rub. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s true, America is a country with a history of injustice, but can we learn from those injustices? Make sure our society is indeed democratic and fair to all who reside here?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

As if they’d given up or decided that a small freedom was the worst punishment of all, presenting the bounty of true freedom into painful relief. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This was especially true in 2010, when North Korea launched a sneak submarine attack that killed forty-six South Korean sailors and sank the Cheonan, a warship sailing in South Korean territorial waters. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

What I set down about him will be the result of memory plus what I know to be true plus conjecture built on the combination. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They had tumbled into their own symmetry, and it was certainly true that too even a distribution between the irises and the rosebay willow herb ruined the effect. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

This holds true whether you jump off the bell tower or the Purina Tower, whether it’s school property or not.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wants it to be true more than he wants the truth. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At last she knew that her lie to Agnes had proved all too true. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ay, Pedrito, how can we be true Christians and turn our back on our brothers and sisters—” “Your first responsibility is to your children, your husband, and your home!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely, I told myself, it’s all too good to be true. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all wanted to interview Dad, now that his accusations against Dusty had been proven true. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“This is fiction, Ophelia, not a true history. Often we love to read of deeds and desires we would not dare to perform ourselves. That is the pleasure of a tale like this.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I say, not exactly sure why I’m saying it or if it’s even true. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Both of us could conceal ourselves well enough without the Cloak, the true magic of which, of course, is that it can be used to protect and shield others as well as its owner. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The judge then asked the twelve chosen jurors to swear that they would render a true verdict according to the law and the evidence—“so help you God!” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Another Shrouded, and then another, now in their true shadow form, rose from the cobblestone streets like fog and began to descend on the Uncle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I see it’s true what they say of the Great Library of Zosma,” Eril-Fane replied, shifting to Common Tongue as well. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I said it enough times, it would be true. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

He smiled to back up his words, but it had the stretched shine of a mask, and Jam knew it wasn’t true. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Three hundred years ago, the Royal Society was set up: the first true scientific society in her world. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When I’m asked which character I am most like, I usually say, because it’s true, that I have a bit of each of them in me. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It is what I have always believed to be true,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Chandra, is it true? Did they take my widow’s pension for your dowry?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most Americans only come to “know” about the people cycling in and out of prisons through fictional police dramas, music videos, gangsta rap, and “true” accounts of ghetto experience on the evening news. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, you have great pyrotechnics. And a good announcer’s voice. And, um, a disco ball—” “It’s true!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s not true that hung is never right. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That warning,” said the King, “would be a base one anyway, whether it was true or false.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s last wish: whether or not it came true depended on whether or not she told. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Armed with an insatiable desire to succeed—and aided by his natural gifts, which included a deeply resonant voice—he made his dream come true soon after finishing up at Bard College in 1971. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. But remember, until they changed the rules, I could only hope to get one of you out of there alive,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that in any society, a true leader is one who earns and deserves the following he enjoys. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What can be the matter with the fellow?” he wondered, and, shaking his head, decided that the story about the alcohol having been put into the poor chap’s blood-surrogate must be true. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I miraculously appeared, sleepy-eyed, crawling from underneath my bed, she wept and laughed, biting the back of her hand to make sure it was true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halleck occupied Corinth the next day, it was true, but there was an empty ring to his boast that this was a “victory as brilliant and important as any recorded in history.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a true story, how I kept my promise, how I sacrificed my life. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether the story was true or not, suspicion and dislike settled upon the family, and thirty years had failed to dissipate it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Smith was establishing a colony at Jamestown, for instance, Pocahontas likely did save his life, although little of the rest of the legend embodied in the Disney cartoon is true. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Look people in the eye and say good, true things. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said smiling, “wasn’t your picture true?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Is it true you saved Finch from killing himself? x Ryan. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A magical force called the Mist obscures the true appearance of monsters and gods from their vision, so mortals tend to see only what they can understand. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not quite true.I could have kept the baby. Mrs. Nielsen would’ve helped. The truth is, I was a coward. I was selfish and afraid.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It is not politically correct but true that I had seen and heard of single coyotes or wolves killing forty sheep in one night without eating any of them. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Beach grass grazed my ankles, a flock of birds flew overhead, and then I was passing the warning sign that everybody ignored, even though the danger it warned of was undeniably true. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It’s true my arm hair grows so long and black. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“That one is true,” Alex says through a mouthful of chocolate with sprinkles. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But it sounded petulant; and it wasn’t true, I knew. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, Jane! Is this true? Is such really the state of matters between you and Rivers?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius, that ain’t true. You remember old Mr. Becnel used to live down the block? They locked him up because he was running down the street naked.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then can you judge their true character! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I said, “That’s not true, I know who my momma is, I lived with her for six years.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"That's not true. I don't know why you went and never came back." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Sima—who was such a fierce Muslim that she marched for the Revolution, who studied the Quran the way very few people do—read the Bible and knew in her heart that it was true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It would however be simply wrong to think that we and Aristotle share the same views about what constitutes a justified true belief, and about how to acquire such beliefs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She knew his friendliness was too good to be true. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s not for true,” the boy said, reaching out with the knife again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If true, why had she held it secret? Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It just occurred to me that in point of fact what you just said can't be true because I am the world's most self-centered person.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

But I knew they needed a message that would give them true hope beyond my story. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course what she said was perfectly true. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The cops investigated, but neither Don Little nor anyone else ever said a word about what everyone assumed to be true. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I was born lucky, whatever my gaffer may say. There’s another wish come true! Where is he?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She saw how the pieces were coming together, but she couldn’t believe it was true. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You heard him—true love is what he wants to come back for. That’s certainly worth while.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay,” I say automatically, even if it isn’t true. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was true that in this place there were often girls given as brides at that age. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Then . . . he should have them. He does not need to steal them. He had only to ask. He is my brother ... and my true king." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Wait, is it true? Are they really awful to you?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"I know you're freaked out but just trust me: you're fabulous. And anyway, it's not about you. Let's go make some dreams come true." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I shake my head like the motion is supposed to make it true. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It’s true—I stream my plays live, when I’m actually linked in under my public Warcross account. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was true...but hadn’t she done a good thing? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that she recognized him, but everything inside of me hoped it was true—that he really was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I see now that what he said was true above all. I do not begrudge Ellidyr his prize. I, too, shall seek honor. But I shall seek it where I know it will be found.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tibbs,’ the Queen said, showing true regal hospitality, ‘fetch the gentleman another dozen fried eggs and a dozen sausages.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had they been true miracles or simply the work of talented Grisha? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But the true measure of upper class today is in the personal services indulged in. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The way he is acting, I am wondering if it is even true. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

For the record, only one of those things is true. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And he looked at her and was awed to see that it was true. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

The entire world had known about it for almost four years now, but no one seemed to understand its true meaning, and the Copper Key still had yet to be found. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the essence, Mr. W. D. Fard taught that God’s true name was Allah, that His true religion was Islam, that the true name for that religion’s people was Muslims. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don’t tell her any of that, even though it’s true. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The book was, true enough, what might be described as a 'sentimental romance' - one of a number kept in the library, and also in several of the guest bedrooms, for the entertainment of lady visitors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Joseph imagined being a stowaway and wished it was true. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She still does,” I say, because it’s true inside my head. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment and said, “And that one’s true.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his mother tried to make something come true simply by saying it. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

That was when Stark said, ‘In this world only winter is certain. We may lose our heads, it’s true ... but what if we prevail?’ A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One of them seems to have a true interest in the Envoy: Csl. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. But it is true, nevertheless. Also if everyone lived to be old, then old age would not be such a treasure.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was true that life at Ashton Place was very grand and that most people would consider this a stroke of good fortune, for the children and for Penelope as well. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Which was not true, but she had no interest in discussing gleaning like it was school gossip. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“It is true,” said the man, “that there is one passenger who has not yet arrived.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The city’s true name? Do you remember it?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Yesterday on the playground, Aubrey announced that she was the most popular girl in fourth grade, which might be true but shouldn’t be. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But it was equally true that a militancy among younger blacks and a concomitant mistrust of all whites worked against Wiley and for McKissick. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded at that, because it was true. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But what could be right and true about scarring a girl for life? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s true, but I don’t have a time machine to go back and undo it.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The roar of police sirens behind them reminded Finn that even if that had been true before, it wasn’t true now. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The same is true for marshaled and marshaling. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Powell said, “Mike if it’s true, we must be out of the Galaxy altogether.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Which Theory, though it be false, yet the first Experiment is true. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I never thought of it before, but it’s true.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is what I saw. I’m telling you it’s true.” The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

In life in general, though, one has to understand the enemy in order to beat him, and that’s especially true in medicine. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was also true that Walker needed money badly, having incurred debts as the owner of a bar in Charleston, South Carolina. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice kept going up on the end of her sentences, like she was asking if the things she was saying were really true. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Come home, come home ... remember your true self... something like that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Tats pops her head out of the locker room into the gymnasium to check if it’s true. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

What could I dream of that had the barest possibility of coming true? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t matter—even if it were true,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” Dimple mumbled, and it sounded only half true. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sure this is true in Germany, too. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

His concern for the rural poor came from his childhood in Sabalele, for his roots were deep and true, and he never lost them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even a glancing hit at true love is more than most heroes manage. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And if even the people who are familiar with the dictum don’t know what it means, how could the world be “simpler” if it were true? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

There’s me split in half—Japanese and white—stitching myself together again because I am whole only when I’ve embraced the true beauty of my heritage. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘Sméagol’ll get into real true hot water, when this water boils, if he don’t do as he’s asked,’ growled Sam. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Is that true? You took the wrong twins at dismissal?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

They passed through two gates, one of horn through which true dreams went, one of ivory for false dreams. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If what he says is true, there will be no justice for Batista. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, of course, we could eat corn “as is”; the same was true of the beans. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was difficult to imagine an entire convent of women as lovely as Chasca, but her words were right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely not,” I said with a wink, even though it was true. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I set stuff up in my mind like it's going to be true, even though in my heart I know it's not true. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s hard not to notice how true her words feel. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was a true cavalier, with his fine embroidered coat, his commanding air, and the wealth of dark curb that flowed over his velvet collar. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it is true,” Qevinger conceded unwillingly in a subdued tone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

No, that’s not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I felt a deep shock, hearing myself say that, because the minute I said it, I knew it was true. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that true? Or is it just a line from one of your songs?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then Mr Taylor broke the silence by saying: That's true what Harry says. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe it would be true about the piano and turn out O.K. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"He was no true knight," she whispered to him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The light by which they saw was a dull self-luminescence that seemed to exist everywhere equally, so that there were no true shadows and no true light, and everything was the same dingy color. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They would kill my beautiful bird, my one true friend. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I lie to protect! What else can I say? I can’t explain anything that’s true in a way they can understand.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t even one of Inti’s true children. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true. Things are changing in villages all over the country, even here.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was preparing letters and lectures about the flying saucers, the negligibility of death, and the true nature of time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, and yet I had wanted to. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I knew that was true, but I also knew the hollows would tear apart anything in their path, including a couple of normal girls. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mother told me, “To be a true student, you can read what is happening now, but you need to do research into the past to find out more, because history always repeats itself.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Only later did I realize that the true cause of this malady was hard, merciless shivering, my muscles contracting as mechanically as if by electric impulse, all night long, every night. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I had no way of knowing if the same was true of this tomb, because it was underground, and it didn’t even appear on the planet map. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that’s probably true, and your mother didn’t want you to get hurt.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I laughed when he looked at me as though he thought what I said was true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

For her, the rumors needed to be true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I know that she forms conclusions of her own, and from all that has been I can guess how brilliant and how true they must be; but she will not, or cannot, give them utterance. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Her shoulder was getting wet and I thought, Maybe it’s true that you can use up all of your tears. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But as she turned the corner and saw those strange child-like trees that Will had seen, she knew that something at least was true about all this. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The British are not about to offer their excuses; true, they were sleeping during the years Germany was rearming itself, but all the other countries, especially those bordering on Germany, were asleep too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

When true simplicity is gained, To bow and to bend, We shan’t be ashamed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it's echoing the way true things always do when I've been trying to deny them. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Handsome One favored the golden corn above all else, a sure sign he was a true bird of Inti and not of the faraway jungles. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

"I want your oaths on that. If even part of what I suspect is true, Ned and my girls have ridden into deadly danger, and a word in the wrong ears could mean their lives." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The unofficial and true story involved a Bog Monster following him and Sheed home after they uncovered an eldritch patch of swamp deep in the Gnarled Forest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was by no means a true gauge of her feelings. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t think he had even experienced true depression, despite the grimness of his surroundings and what would seem to others to be insurmountable obstacles. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

This is now true by definition as, since 1983, the length of a meter has been set in relation to the speed of light rather than vice versa. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Helene is a true Martial, more loyal to the Empire than to her own mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Quite true,” said Ripred, popping the entire sandwich in his mouth. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that we are not yet at open war with the Black Land, and there are some, close to the king’s ear, that speak craven counsels; but war is coming. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Only Calliope, in the second row, is motionless, her desk stalled somehow, so that she’s the only one who takes in the true extent of the metamorphoses around her. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Brahe did not count the star of Bethlehem as a true star, for the Gospel of Matthew describes it as moving in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I could swear that I hadn't harmed a hair on his head, but it wouldn't be strictly true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Our true believers passed on, or stopped believing, and we were left, lost and scared and dispossessed, to get by on what little smidgens of worship or belief we could find. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I own a well-used library card and not much else, though it is true I live in a grand house full of expensive, useless objects. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Another true piece of myself I recovered: I remembered that I’d made some marionettes for my little nieces when I was a teenager. I remembered how much I loved carving the wood.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was true the bed was wet, but I knew I hadn’t had an accident. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we can’t tell at all whether or not it’s true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smith was the last of the true frontiersmen; Howard was paving Smith’s West under the urgent wheels of his automobiles. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why Eurasia’s pigs, but not American peccaries or Africa’s three species of true wild pigs? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The story may have been apocryphal, but it was also true that Permian football benefited from desegregation. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leaping into death is not the only way to show true courage.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I try and animate my face as I recall the event, a true story, in which I'd foolishly challenged a black bear over the rights to a beehive. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“That’ll be true even if we spend another three months preparing,” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He, too, like Laius, thought to make it impossible for the oracle to come true; he resolved never to see Polybus again. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that young rabbits are great migrants and capable of journeying for miles, but they do not take to it readily. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this was not a true answer. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her I know how she feels, to show sympathy, to be a true friend to her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“One would be enough if he were as true as you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually he got the true tale out of Bilbo after much questioning, which for a while strained their friendship; but the wizard seemed to think the truth important. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I said to Him again,” said Mr. Muhammad, “ ‘What is your true name? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you tell me one thing—not quick—think before you tell me, and maybe don’t answer unless it’s true, your answer.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it's true. And I think it is a bad thing.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

A true first kiss, clumsy and perfect and mine. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

But Isaura escapes to be with her true love, and together, they start leading a normal life in a town where no one knows she was ever a slave. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even without makeup, I could never pass for true Chinese. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were true revolutionists, not afraid of death. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I thought of what true love must be like, I figured it must be a mix like this, and not the stupid eighth-grade infatuation most girls my age felt. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s true that other people with crutches just sit in their regular seats. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

This might or might not be true, but I tend to think it is, as Cloke almost certainly did not distinguish himself wherever it was that he happened to matriculate. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Be warned,” he begged, “and yield to your true lover.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was track, in which he earned four varsity letters, tied the school half-mile record, and set its mile record of 5:06, that was his true forte. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

And with a sentiment that was heartfelt and true, Rowan said, “It is my honor to be gleaned by you, Scythe Anastasia.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“No. Bocce takes true skill and years of practice. Let me explain.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

She said it like a question, like she was doubting what she knew was true. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Like “K” of Kafka’s novel, The Castle, he tried desperately to persuade the authorities of his true identity right up to the day of his death, and failed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That is not true, Headmistress," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

And they went on, until it seemed to Vetch that what Ged had spoken would come true, and they were going beyond the sources of the sea and eastward behind the gates of daylight. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It might be true that the average human being was better off now than he had been before the Revolution. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I’m terrified that it might be true—but more terrified that I might want it to be true. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I think that, for the most part, this is true. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She manages to both gently mock and support her sister at the same time—playing it in a way that would ring true to anyone familiar with sibling dynamics. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The same was true for the boulders behind the Institute Control Building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I knew right away this was a warning, because when I shouted that declaration of happiness, I almost tricked myself into thinking it might come true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was coming true, and he had to be worthy of it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The postmodernists were not the first to challenge the claim that knowledge of matters of fact is true knowledge. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She could see the true color of Matthias’ eyes, pure blue beneath the flecks of gray and brown she’d put there, the moonlight gleaming off every hair on his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The same is likely true of at least one other study, called “The Use of Deep Temporal Leads in the Study of Psychomotor Epilepsy,” which involved inserting metal probes into patients’ brains. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It’s true that in terms of pure intellect, teenagers are just as smart as adults, just as able to reason, and just as knowledgeable about the consequences of risky behavior. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"I found the true message concealed within a false bottom when I dismantled the box the lens had come in, but it is not for my eyes." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We want education that teaches our true history and our role in this present day society. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you a true story about a girl who saved her village.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “I would like for that to be true. The trouble is, Mason, I have to draw all conclusions on my own. You were the last one to see your friend alive.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

"Lord Renly will not be far, if the talk be true." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had the package now, and there was no reason for me to doubt the glove was inside it when everything else Jack said had been true. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I explain to Alice that the project is a collection of true stories about maids and their experiences waiting on white families. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She tells me that many people assume that what bonds her and Volpe is their shared love of theater, which is true—but only to a point. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The bold ones said this was not true. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mortal cannot gaze upon the true appearance of a god without suffering consequences. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

You know it isn’t true, I know it isn’t true. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

But another lesson might be that maybe you’re not the hero of every story, and maybe Farhad was Shirin’s true love, or maybe there isn’t just one person designated for everybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He would know for sure if that’s a true thing, because if heaven is real, he has gone there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t true!” repeated Mollie, but she could not look Clover in the face, and the next moment she took to her heels and galloped away into the field. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

That’s why my Grandmother Clara wrote in her notebooks, in order to see things in their true dimension and to defy her own poor memory. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that my public society today is often impersonal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alain-Fournier is your first true master. He is nostalgic and tragic and enchantible and he aches and you will ache too and best of everything, he is true.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He said this because it seemed like it must be true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But true believers like Elizabeth held on, ready to fight for the communist cause as the war clouds gathered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt the odd urge to snicker—it seemed too ridiculous to be true. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Before this war is over, all men will have an opportunity to reveal their true selves. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Not because it was my “dream come true” or anything, but because what was happening didn’t feel real. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The same is true of Fourth of July equipment, flags and bunting and skyrockets. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when the septon climbed on high and called upon the gods to protect and defend their true and noble king, Sansa got to her feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Does that mean we are doomed to eating at the end of a long industrial food chain and never know where our food comes from, or what its true nature is? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I was told you were in the Children’s Arts Troupe. Is that true?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But whatever Hippasus’s true fate was, there is little doubt that he was reviled by his brothers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The same is true of hence and thence', use them alone, since “from” is implied. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ekon sank to the ground, repeating the words as though saying them aloud could make them true. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Not all immigrants believed that was true, but as one historian has written, “Whenever life could hardly be worse at home, they came to believe that life was better in America.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly true, but it allowed him to change the subject. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Grand Elder Gherland was, it was true, getting on in years. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“No, I told her you canceled on me — which is true.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The reasons are different,” said Archimedes, “yet the fact is true. But need we talk on the wing? I am getting tired.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that’s a weird thing to say, but it’s true. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I count it a true blessing that there are no diapers in my wash.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not a true home, but the best I ever knew. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s based on small family farms like Salatin’s, which practice true sustainable farming. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He had always felt outside of this white world, and now it was true. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for that. Let’s keep Russ’s true identity a secret at least until basketball season is under way.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m dying, the swallow thought, knowing for certain that it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The process of arriving at a final result was tried and true, and completely transparent. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

As I crossed the threshold of the cafeteria, I felt the first true tingle of fear slither down my spine and settle in my stomach. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She'll think that, and it's true, because everyone is running out of time. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to understand why you’re so committed to acting like someone you’re not, considering you just told that little girl in there that greatness means being true to yourself.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“As you wish, Ladybird. Dreams come true in Blue Hawaii.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

These peculiar and at first perplexing predictions of special relativity are true in the deepest sense that anything in science is true. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You are a true son of the Sea God. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want it to be true that his wife and children were fifteen hundred miles away and might by now presume him to be dead. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Not true, of course, but it didn’t have to be. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s been a feeling more than a rational thing, but it’s true. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

How can something so wonderful and mysterious be true? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The truer critique would be just the reverse: not that schools change ghetto students too much, but that while they might promote the occasional scholarship student, they change most students barely at all. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are the selfless messengers of Christ—the only true God,” he proclaimed pompously, as he walked, with theatrical steps, between the tight rows of people, megaphone in hand. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And if it’s not true, I don’t want to know.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As I grew older, I realized he was around too much for that to be true. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Weary’s version of the true war story went like this: There was a big German attack, and Weary and his antitank buddies fought like hell until everybody was killed but Weary. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’d make a wish and she’d never, ever tell me what it was. She used to joke that if she said it out loud, it would never come true.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Impossible! she thought weakly, but it was true, for another arrow clattered off the armor of Iorek, standing above her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And it occurs to me that I might be meeting Tobias’s true faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The true believer has faith that everything will be fine and they’ll be saved and go to heaven, which kind of makes adventure less of an adventure. But I’ll risk it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But if I went through with the exorcism, I would be severing my only lead to finding Yakov’s true killer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But of course the journey’s true purpose was to arrange an alibi. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It may be all quite true,” said I to Biddy, “but I admire her dreadfully.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The old ones say Independence is for the young, and perhaps this is true. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not true, my head tells me with the zeal of denial. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"It wouldn't be any good. I'll go if you like. But I couldn't live quietly in the country. Not with my own true love." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Nobody called me Perseus except those who knew my true identity. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

When I persisted, she said that some people thought marks like mine were signs of wishes that hadn’t come true. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I do not know if this is true, so I’ll just have to see when I get older. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And also, of course, what he said was true. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘It was a compliment,’ said Merry Brandybuck, ‘and so, of course, not true.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Marco rubs the shimmering powder from his face, which has reverted to its true form and he is too disoriented to change it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I willed myself to believe it—to believe there was no real difference between what I knew to be true and what I knew to be false. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Very true; and if I had my will, we should. But my dear Lydia, I don’t at all like your going such a way off. Must it be so?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see anything here, but the witch said, “If you are brave and your heart is true, make your wish and jump.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In this case, for once, it was more or less true. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is true I suffer migraines since my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Loretta says, "I heard he seen the light in there. He's got religion, is that true?" Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even Depew, however, did not foresee the true magnitude of the forces that were converging on Burnham and Root. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe in ghosts,” he said, even though that wasn’t true at all. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I stare at him, like if I kept real still, maybe it wouldn’t be true. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But he knew that in some places—it had been true, too, in Matty’s old place—people were punished in terrible ways. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

No, the first of the treasure trove cases: possession holds good against all comers except the true owner. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Will there come a time when I do understand? Is it possible I am the right and true person to study with you?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I could not make sense of this Janus-faced husband who spoke false and true at once. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was true that I couldn’t have survived my journey to the Olympics without her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She was only fourteen, it was true, but she was as tall as Nancy and within two years as old as Ellen had been when she married Matthew Creighton. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is my friend,” Amari told him stiffly, realizing, as she said it, that it was true. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s my honor and pleasure to salute You, a true Renaissance man of Harlem. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ours usually forgets,” I said, not knowing whether or not that was true. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It is true, isn’t it, darling? I’m not just driving down to the stazione in Milan to see you off.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

If what she said was true—and Taisin seemed to believe her—then how could they refuse? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If the student complained the Master might say nothing, but lengthen the list; or he might say, “He who would be Seamaster must know the true name of every drop of water in the sea.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It is true, one gets used to anything. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I be a healer right and true if I had no one to heal? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I had lost my only chance to heal myself, right and true, for I knew the rock would never answer a second request. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Why bother with my dream that had no way of coming true? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But in many ways, the true problem had begun years earlier, with a scandalous secret agency that once had been at the heart of American code breaking. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This idea–the famous "quantum leap"–is of course utterly strange, but it was too good not to be true. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Omer said, “These lands don’t seem abandoned. The villages look very old. I knew it wasn't true.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What if that had always been true about Chess, and Finn had just never noticed before? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was a flash of insight which revealed to me the true nature of my relations with my family, an insight which altered the entire course of my life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will marry your one true love—and soon!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truest truth is that I don’t know any other children whose parents are different religions. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But it’s also true that I want to. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Death was the true end, and his little girl was gone forever. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that point my lawyer asked the caretaker if it wasn’t true that he had smoked a cigarette with me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He patted his dad’s arm to prove it was true. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He searched his brain until he found a memory, a good and true one, that she might enjoy. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Which is true, I just don’t eat very much anymore. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He almost loped, not after the six-foot-three-inch bound of a Stew Boswell, but like a man who understood the true stamp and limit of his gait. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a poor excuse for what I’m doing, but it’s still true.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

At Stanford, it’s true, I began to have something like a conventional sexual life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Osh was known for such predictions, most of which came true. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And in that moment I believe what they say could be true for me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If that’s true, then why didn’t I make any of the good covens?” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was true, okay, but I didn’t have to say it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Besides—it sounded petty but it was true—Henry was Julian’s favorite. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Matant Jo talked about you when she called. She said you were going to be the very first doctor in the family. Is it true? You’re going to be a doctor?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure, with a grandmother like mine, if you can ever become a true American in the sense of believing that life is about the pursuit of happiness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Depends on if the rumors of the army are true or not.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And if he couldn’t have it now, then at least he could hope that one day his wish would come true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"If my wish would come true,” Mother hastened to change the subject, "you’d all be sitting in bathtubs right this minute, washing soot out of your hair.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t usually brag about this, but it’s got to be at least close to true. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I remember we wound up agreeing that by the year 2000, eveiy schoolchild will be taught the true color of great men of antiquity. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had seen Brandon the Builder set the first stone, if the tales were true; they had watched the castle's granite walls rise around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“All that stuff my dad said about Dusty Muleman? Well, it’s true. Every word.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Even while he was speaking an idea dawned upon him, and he said with unconscious simplicity, in a different voice, and with the naïveté of a child: “That’s quite true, upon my honour. Honest Indian!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Zion asked me, like what we were talking about was actually true. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And if what the Holy Beings said was true about not recording the songs because calling out their names would summon them, then all Nathan would have to do was to call out Darkness’s name. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Some of the most incredible stories also happened to be true. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

His true name was Mebble, but everyone called him Pinkeye for his runny eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s not true, what I said. I did recognize you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve eaten,” I said, which is true because I have eaten in the past. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Arletta’s smile vanished, and she stared at me with her true face. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

That part wasn’t true, but Styx was smiling. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had been, in many ways, the true architect of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“He was that. But it was not his true name.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It is not enough to say that this is true of anyone or more true of criminals. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘Your story is apparently quite true. Summon the Head of the Army and the Head of the Air Force immediately!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really hope this one bit of hogwash is true. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

"I had never suspected you were so clever, Stannis. Were it only true, you would indeed be Robert's heir." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Gawaine, it is true, was decent enough to refuse to have a hand in plots against Lancelot’s life, and Gaheris was dull. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they knew Alys to be true in her guess, for it was she who tended the bodies of them all, and knew the signs that each year brings.“Sixteen” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry, if that’s true, the last thing I would have wanted was for you to be like me, I left so you could be you. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

But he said it without knowing the true source of my troubles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Come back to me when you’re seventeen and I might make your dreams come true,” he said, winking. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is all true,” said the prince, with a wince of pain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. Fungi are as distinct from plants as animals are.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that was less true when you were actually in their hands. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You can buy a man with gold, but only blood and steel will keep him true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Two kids from my class wanted to know if it was true. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

The true forebear of all humans is the father, whose sperm carries “likeness.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It won’t be until June 11, 1998, when I can proudly say, “Now my dream of being the first person in my family to graduate is coming true!” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Being together in those classes, the nine of us were developing a true friendship—becoming closer knit than we might have been under other circumstances. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I knew this was all true, it didn’t make me feel any better. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It’s true, but until this moment, it’s not anything I’ve even heard El mention. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was true that many grown-ups in Welch talked about how senior year in high school was the highlight of their lives. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had no proof of his true identity. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I can thank him for helping me understand what true freedom is. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is kind of a flip answer, but then I wonder if it’s true. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s true, for example, of gazelles, which for thousands of years were the most frequently hunted game species in some parts of the Fertile Crescent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the Judenrat police enjoyed their new jobs too much, it was true, but there were others who tried to do what the Germans told them without making things worse for their fellow Jews. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

"No, my prince. Jojen Reed may have had a dream or two that he believes came true, but he does not have the greensight. No living man has that power." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The same was true of his mother, with whom he spoke frequently and somewhat more openly. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The beginning of all true wisdom concerning the Farewell Address is that Washington’s core insights were firmly grounded in the lessons he had learned as America’s premier military and civilian leader during the revolutionary era. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s true what they say that every guy should have a dog. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

For many of their parents, just the opposite was true. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you look your true age, or are you at the far end of time by choice?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As Momma took the stage, she gave me a true hug and whispered, “I’m so proud of you, sweetheart.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody was in the true crime section, which was a relief. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was able to write to our people in Lusaka that Mr. de Klerk seemed to represent a true departure from the National Party politicians of the past. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I thought about my own pitiful self, laying there wondering if my wish would ever come true. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In a way, he realizes, it’s true — they share the same coloring, the straight eyebrows, the long, slender bodies, the high cheekbones and dark hair. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The story of the spring—it might be true! Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not curvy or big-boned; she was fat, it was the only word that felt true. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

This was true: and while he spoke my very conscience and reason turned traitors against me, and charged me with crime in resisting him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You are an honorable man, Amir agha. A true Afghan.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Winston did not know what it meant, only that in some way or another it would come true. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She leans up slightly on her tiptoes and kisses my forehead as if that makes it true. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Since the old Aristotelian doctrine was crumbling, Descartes, true to his Jesuit training, tried to use nought and infinity to replace the old proof of God’s existence. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Occasionally Bobby Gene showed signs of true vision. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Kronos evolved into his true form, there would be no stopping him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It really is true that you can control other people about as easily as you can control the weather. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was not polite; nor strictly true, for the sale of Bag End did not take effect until midnight. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I didn't know if that was true or not, but it wouldn't have surprised me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

That was her one true objective right now. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Every single one of my sons’ playmates has at least one parent or grandparent who was born outside the United States; that’s true of three of my own sons’ four grandparents. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would be an incredible opportunity—this was true. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If this journal be true—and judging by one’s own wonderful experiences, it must be—he is also a man of great nerve. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But it’s less true than I would like it to be. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She had had some terri-ble shocks, it is true, but I did not understand why she could not get better with us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Without them saying a word, I knew it was true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

This is especially true for girls like myself who don’t take on a more masculine presentation.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“No, you might not. But you’re going some where. I think we all get that. And the same is true for Adam.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had Valley shown her true colors and ditched them right when things got dangerous? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

It’s true I have a really big forehead. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For the first time, he wondered if the same held true for him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luther Martin, on the other hand, came out against the Constitution on the grounds that the protections afforded slavery render us contemptible to every true friend of liberty in the world.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her father didn’t react—maybe because he’d heard that comment before, or maybe because it was true. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If you mix paint together, that’s true, but if you’re talking about just the colors, pure in nature, they make white when mixed together. I brought this wheel to prove it.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, it’s true. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath and say, “They’re not home right now,” which is true, and doesn’t elicit either questions or concern—neither of which I could deal with in the moment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Twig whispered, “This place looks like a fancy Ikea catalog,” which was funny and true, but we didn’t dare laugh. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

For just a buck, you get the name and number of your one true soul mate. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He was her true owner, that was clear to him. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It is true that the Chicago students who entered the school-choice lottery were more likely to graduate than the students who didn’t—which seems to suggest that school choice does make a difference. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

His oldest daughter hooked a true cod in the kelp beds off Lanheedron. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You felt some—but just a shadow of what it can be. Without the threat of suffering, we can’t experience true joy. The best we get is pleasantness.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"It will not come to that," Ned promised her, praying it was true. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I have said it and made it true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was true; the time had passed quickly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I said, even though, thinking about it, I knew that wasn’t true. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A true convert to the communist cause, Blake insisted that he would not accept money from the Russians. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Garretts do not know Booth’s true identity and believe his story about being a former soldier. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Beginning in the fifties, less discrimination, a truer merit system, and leveler playing fields existed inside the gates of our military posts more than in any Southern city hall or Northern corporation. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He saw it first when it jumped in the air, true gold in the last of the sun and bending and flapping wildly in the air. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t seem possible, but it was true. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The Overlander speaks true, cousin, you look like a shorn sheep.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For any true stickler, you see, the sight of the plural word “Book’s” with an apostrophe in it will trigger a ghastly private emotional process similar to the stages of bereavement, though gready accelerated. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“How true,” said the unhappy king, resting his regal chin on his royal fist as he thought fondly of the old days. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

That any of them could be true— literally true—seemed unthinkable. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It is as true now as it was then. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was not even my parents’ son in 1928 but a devilishly smooth impostor, awaiting their slightest blunder as an excuse to move in—preferably without violence, but not necessarily—to assert my true identity. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I know. It never does. Anyway, what I want, Jake, is your full cooperation. We must become true partners in this enterprise so I can refine and replicate my formulas.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

That means I failed your mother, which just isn’t true. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And when they were a little older he would impress upon them that there was no God, but that their lives were holy and for each one of them there was this real true purpose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as the words come out of my mouth, I realize just how true they are—for Nora, and for me too. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But she had to come alone, otherwise her friends would discover her true origins. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was true that she came up on these top steps sometimes so she could see Mister Singer while she was listening to Miss Brown’s radio on the floor below. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It is noble in you to tell me that you have other causes of unhappiness. Is it true?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The Death Mist is not simply a disguise, you see. It is a state of being. I could not bring you this gift unless death followed—true death.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If they were to materialize in our midst today, those among us without true knowledge of our religion would rush to authenticate them as exemplary Muslims, based on their appearance. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He said he had grown up in the Bukchang area, which was true enough and seemed to satisfy their curiosity. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now I knew, right and true, that I had changed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Was it too much to hope that for once Euron had told it true? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘That is the funniest joke I have ever heard’ is true if and only if I think it so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“If there’s a killer out there—which I doubt, but if it’s true—-there’s only one possible plan.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hannah ‘felt in her bones’ that it was going to be an unusually fine day, and she proved herself a true prophetess, for everybody and everything seemed bound to produce a grand success. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, the monk's blessing was finally coming true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

They formed a whole, I among them; each felt it, and it was a refuge and true comfort in the night, that wholeness of the huddled group each drawing life from the others. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect you to quite grasp this all at once; just believe it’s true. You see, I am the Dread Pirate Roberts.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Depew’s oratory on the fair quickly grew tiresome, but the man had a way of capturing with wit and brevity the true character of a situation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I know most gunters cling to the absurd notion that IOI is evil. And that the Sixers are ruthless corporate drones with no honor and no respect for the ‘true spirit’ of the contest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It’s true that I never paid much attention to the ones around here. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feelings that are true sink deep into the heart, where they remain. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

You know, Esther, you've got the perfect setup of a true neurotic. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to know if it’s true. But Hilly..She steps closer to me. “ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Has he made a mistake in revealing his true thoughts to Hugo, the Rottenführer? The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Like this isn’t surprising, like she knew all along, like she’s heard crazier things, like this isn’t crazy to her at all, like it’s just true. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But if the stories are true, I'm more than intrigued. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her voice was clear; I caught every word this time, but it couldn’t be true. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

For almost forty years I have lived in England and I wish to make a gesture, something that will never be forgotten, to express my true feelings toward your country. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"That stuff about my father was true," Freak says, studying his fingernails and acting real cool again. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true. I asked that my membership be dropped. I raised no political issues.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consequently, the Flood had to be seen as a true miracle, not a mere natural event which happened to coincide with an excess of human depravity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But story after story, and songs too, they all say that happens. They steal kids and they’re never seen again. It’s true,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

A true Nazi observing such an action, such humane treatment of a Jew, would have murdered them both without a moment's hesitation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Is that true?” he asked, and smiled real hard at me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I bet there’s not a single person in showbiz with their true hair color,” I pointed out. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

There could be no fanciness—no gaudy calendars or lace pillows or knickknacks—but everything in the house must be plain and dark and indicative of work and the real true purpose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Is it true you’re a child of Min—I mean, Athena?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I think a friend is someone who helps you change for the better. And whether you see them once a day or once a year, if it’s a true friend, it doesn’t matter.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the science fiction I had read all my life were coming true. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If she could see and hear and feel Pet, but no one else could, then which world was true? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

How do they always manage to say true things without knowing they’re true? Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

This was the first time he had found himself almost alone with Slughorn since his disastrous first attempt to extract the true memory from him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was true I was short and muscular, which meant that, unlike long, lean gymnasts, I had to pay extra attention to my extensions and body shape to achieve the most graceful lines. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

And that was true for each of the Low Cuts. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Miss Congeniality represents the true heart of the pageant,” Adina found herself repeating from the Miss Teen Dream manual. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Here, behind the name badge and uniform, was her true self, secretly hoarded, quietly accumulating. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have a lot of money with me,” I say, which is true enough, but an evasion. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, however, on February 12, Jackson’s fearful prophecies seemed to be coming true. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Many people had seen the bright glow in the distance, but the true degree of disaster was not known until burned-out friends and relatives began knocking on their doors. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

African Americans throughout the South responded with great hope and enthusiasm, eager to be true partners in a struggle for social justice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tonight would be the true test; without the pickup truck parked near the trailer, the place would appear deserted and inviting. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wished it’d be true, they wanted to believe me, but they never really did, I could tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if this is true, mind, but I heard this story in the market, just a few days after you’d left with your grandfather. The oldest Ogilvie girl, the one who got sick?” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped what Asif was saying was true, but I found it hard to believe. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This held tea—not true tea, which they’d run out of long ago, but an herbal infusion to help shake off the lull—and biscuits, since Sarai always slept through lunch. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Knew? No, I thought...I don’t know what I thought. I thought that even if it were true, it wouldn’t be so obviously true.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He smiled up at me, as if trying to prove it was true. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Each and every one of us has a right to dream and to strive to make our dreams come true. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But if that’s true, then that means the other is true, too, don’t it? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And yes it's true, once we lived in Ohio, that's why we speak the way we do. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But you cannot charm the foam calling it sukien; you must use its own true name in the Old Speech, which is essa. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

This, as everyone knows, is true of radiation, which kills cancer cells but may also cause cancer. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Major Major found true happiness there on the lopsided basketball court with the officers and enlisted men who were almost his friends. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not often a man finds true love twice in his lifetime,” he said with a lilt in his voice. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at that last line, dated on the first day of school, urging it to change, to revert to its true form, because I knew I must have made it up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m okay, buddy,” I try to say and get some of it out despite the coughing, even tho it ain’t true. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And then, instead of picking true notes on the strings, Cool Papa hit a few ghost notes, thumping his brass thumb ring against solid wood. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Some crazy old lady rants stuff I know not to be true— and yet I choose to hold on to her words like a drowning man to a life preserver. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Rishi wasn’t entirely sure this was true, but it wasn’t like the girl would know any better. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The twins were already eight years old, and Mei Ching now decided it was time to find your sisters’ true family. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Atticus said, “I can take anything anybody calls me so long as it’s not true. You don’t even know how to cuss, Jean Louise. By the way, where did you pick up the ring-tailed variety? ” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

You said no, told him you had to clean up, which was half true. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, we treat facts as if they are equivalent to things, and dictionary definitions of ‘fact’ slide between defining facts as things and defining them as true beliefs. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the truth exactly, but it was true in a larger sense: true to what would be, in the future, now that everything had changed for the better. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The true test, however, would come at the end of the five minutes, when they were to drink from the goblet they deemed the most harmless. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

‘But I don’t mean it, Kat. It’s not true.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would never do to come before this queen without a retinue of his own, if half of what they said of her was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Just saying it and thinking it made it come true. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d have to give them the true location, and they’d know I did not take them where I was supposed to take them. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of this is like a dream come true. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s true you might not get to control your funeral, but sometimes you do get to choose your death. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a leader, one often seeks prominence; as an outlaw, the opposite is true. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The same is true to a lesser extent of the rowers in the number two and three seats. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I paid him no mind, but not long afterward his prophecy came true. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true I goaded him, but I couldn’t help it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The same is true of the Beni savanna, it seems, with its different complement of species. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She knew in her heart it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Do all of those wishes come true?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I look forward to our next meeting, then,” he says, with absolutely no indication in his tone that this is true. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I place the mirror before Charlotte and wait for the fog to reveal her true reflection. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was wearing his good shoes, it was true, but he didn’t care. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he communicated his true feelings to his closest colleagues through a series of confessional letters. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I read somewhere that people on the street are supposed to look like ants, but that’s not true. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But what your mother said is true as well. There will be changes.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to be killed. I don’t want to die. Is it true what the old sheep says, Charlotte? Is it true they are going to kill me when the cold weather comes?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Was it true, Lourdes wonders, that the older you get the less you can savor and that sweetness is the last taste left on the tongue? Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to the baroque rules that govern fey tongues, everything he said was true enough, so long as you concentrate only on the words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now, however, she felt certain it was true. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I mean, if it’s true that he ran away,” she says, “that’d be a whole lot better than—you know, the other things people are saying.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. She knows other things. She sees things — things that might happen, things that are coming. But it’s very subjective. The future isn’t set in stone. Things change.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what that meant, but it had enough of a doom sound in it to be true of Bay Boy. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This one,” one of the guests remarks, “this one is the true American.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, of course, what my dad had said: I did worship my grandfather. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She never could say it wasn’t true, though, because every time it made an argument and Daddy thought every argument was a fight and had to be stopped instantly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then he said what he knew his mother wanted to hear because maybe by saying it out loud he could convince himself that it was true. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

War Admiral, like Man o’ War, awaited a horse who would take the true measure of his greatness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she described it, sitting in her chamber among her maids—while her true lord was eating. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this library is to be a true public institution,” said Charles’s mother, “then it requires public oversight. It should be governed by a board of community trustees, not by a one-man band.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, again, that one good, true thing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘It is a lie that comes from the Enemy. I know the Men of Rohan, true and valiant, our allies, dwelling still in the lands that we gave them long ago.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“A year ago, that was true,” Cole said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

It was not a phrase my mother often used, but it was a true island expression. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A happy feeling came in her because it was true they were real good friends. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I would tell her that I thought they loved each other and no one could stop true love. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I knew, rationally, that such a thing was impossible, but for some reason it felt true. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone now knew that the stories of the gas chambers were true. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a true hero in our community.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

To another question she answered yes, it was true that she was supposed to marry me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was as true a statement as she knew how to make. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But sometimes we don’t get our way even when we deserve it. That’s true for everybody, even you. I know that amazes you, but that’s the way it is.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Is it true that classical music has been slowly suffocated in its sleep over the past hundred years? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They’d stop their laughing if they knew her true name, if they knew that this “jewel thief” could skin them alive without a knife. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It’s hard enough standing on your own two feet, but when you also have to remain true to your character and soul, it’s harder still. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

If it could be argued that the earth might not be a true sphere then, equally, the waters might not be. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I wondered if maybe it was true. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Looking at his smile, I felt as if here at last in the city of the demons, I had found my true father, and more—a friend and a guide. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it had something to do with her lying ’bout her baby loving me so much, something that both of us knowed waren’t true, but I still couldn’t cipher what it meant. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

You can tell a true gentleman from a false one that's just dressed in finery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was singing a birdsong, a true, sweet birdsong. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

At the very first he knew he was lying, but it was not long before he was equally sure that every one of his stories was true. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. This is prime seating,” Rufus says, getting up from the bench. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The same inequality holds true for women in business. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But after my time with Uncle Jack, I feel like it’s possible that what he said is true: Great-Grampy JonJon didn't commit the crime that ended his career. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what he has said about me, but not all of it is true. He likes to exaggerate.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted the words to work like a spell, to make the thing true. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They asked how I was sleeping and I told them I was sleeping fine, which I hoped would be true tonight. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They helped me to re-steel my inner resolve that such lies would never become true of me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Melissa said, “I think we should all write letters to the paper and say the story wasn’t true and that there is, or was, only one mouse here.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was not often that my siblings had true fights, but when they did, they were monster, one-on-one fisticuff affairs, and Helen had picked the Mount Everest of fighters. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew to be true. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Almost nightly, in fact. That you refuse to accept that your marriage is over—” “That is simply not true!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true he was often working for weeks at a time on construction projects in Quito. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sue Griegson hasn’t got any bantam whites, and never has. Do you still want her phone number, or can I help you find the true owner?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“My brother said what he was doing was dangerous. Is that true?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It is true we have no right to this windfall. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This same principle held true on the physical front. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I rubbed my eyes because I didn’t want it to be true. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that prickly heat was common during the rainy season. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But if all of it was true, there was more water in the wood. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to end up at the Ambassador East, where I had reservations, and, true to form, ended up lost. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He not only did not know whether “yes” or “no” was the answer that would save him from pain; he did not even know which answer he believed to be the true one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In cases where the statement may actually be true, was remains was\\ If / was rude, / apologize. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what that rotten rich kid Tyler Croft says, it ain’t true. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“As much as we wanted it to be true, it was nothing but a myth.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Not before school,” I replied, a true statement as far as it went. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm so used to the smell of filth and death that only when I see those handkerchiefs am I reawakened to the true state of things. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That was the way he talked to her lately, even when it wasn’t true. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Knowledge that might or might not be true? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But I stare back at them and say, “It’s true.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Certainly it was true that a lot happened this time of year. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s —; it’s true? faltered Professor McGonagall. “After all he’s done ... all the people he’s killed ... he couldn’t kill a little boy? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was true, but even as he said it, Matty felt a sense of discomfort, though he hid it from Kira. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Johnny White recorded the true time in his journal that night: 19:25. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I feel that one ought to make a serious attempt to get up to 60 or 70 million volts. . . With such particles, we should begin to learn the true mechanics of the nucleus.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

And Milton has been true to his promise. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

This scythe’s ivory robe was pleasant, and far enough from true white not to assault the eye with its brightness. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Why would anybody call about such a thing unless it was true? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I had tried often to repeat my magical flight with him, and it is true I had joined the Handsome One many times as he soared through the air. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

The story could not be true, but this old gentleman so loved it that I could never convince him of its falsity, so I didn’t try. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be true of the inn, but it was not true at Sneed Elementary. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He already knew that what Vole had said was true. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He was speaking at random, wanting to scare Riddle, wishing rather than believing it to be true — Riddle opened his mouth, but froze. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He goes for my phone like the true ride-or-die he is, but Mrs. Murray grabs it first. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The strong, true purpose, the will to justice. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then he closes the book and says, “Wow. I mean, nothing gold can stay. How true is that?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This was like a dream come true: Annie Altman waking me up in the morning after we practically took a bath together the night before. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The same was true in architecture, where, in the fifteenth century, ‘modern architecture’ meant Gothic architecture. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Certain ideas had been accepted as true without sufficiently careful thought. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That's not true,” Lily said, the tears spilling from her eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Reading the list would mean finding out whether my dream had come true, or whether it would just be another triumph for those who had no faith in me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Seven: I told my friends that I had hated every moment of the museum reception, which was practically true. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“She barely survived. She had the spirit of a true huntress. You will not last so long.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The book had clippings, cut out in ninety-degree angles as square and true as in an architectural rendering, of every story written about the Permian team that year. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems true: nothing changes but the day of the week. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

June is often a mystery, a big ball of complex emotions and motivations, but her heart is honest and true. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Maybe he won't hurt you," he said, hoping it was true, "maybe he's just trying to scare you. Here—" He pulled his hand inside his sleeve and tried to wipe Eleanor's face. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to say because it was true. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“There is also suspicion that the victim was a drug dealer as well as a gang member. Officials have not confirmed if any of this is true.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“We women are not all hail. I for one am strong and true.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He thought that when it came time to be assigned his true name, Messenger would be the choice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Not a true answer. You must say what you really do want most.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they also look hopeful that what 1 say will become true. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But how can that be true, when my actions landed Uriah in the hospital, when Tris can’t even look me in the eye, when so many people died? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If what Grandma Preston told me once about heaven and hell is true, and liars go to hell, then I guess that’s where I’m headed. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He always lets me play with it as long as I’m careful,” I said, which wasn’t true. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That may have been true, but after he was gone Citra still dropped the knife into the trash. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But it was also true that more time wouldn’t make a difference. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now this is true, Tom Hamilton was dead and he had only to do a few decent things to make it final. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson, before he got kicked out, said he got caught selling coke and weed to business dudes up in San Francisco—which I’m pretty sure is true. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then I thought some of it might be true, so I tried to sort out what was likely to be true and what wasn't, only before I could do that, he had said good-bye. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I guess that’s true. I always like a person who isn’t afraid to be themselves.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He was to fight this man for saying what was practically true. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a true account of the death before an American firing squad of Private Eddie D. Slovik, 36896415, the only American soldier to be shot for cowardice since the Civil War. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see it, of course, though later he said he had felt it come forward, had perceived it with the kind of knowledge that had made the people designate Seer as his true name. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Fine example. However, I’m now going to let you in on a secret about myself which is true. It's a touch embarrassing, so please don't spread it around at breaktime...” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"I saw the heads above your gates. Tell me true, which one gave you the fiercest fight, the cripple or the babe?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

So what was the use in wasting time at something you knew you stunk at—like practicing the oboe—when you could be discovering your one true Talent? A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

How can I be a friend to this kid when I don’t really even talk to people, and I don’t have any true friends besides Erin? Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The true climax occurred after the grounds closed, however. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The first scythes were true visionaries and saw the wisdom of continuing to cultivate wisdom. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Ophelia, you do not know me yet Do not think that I argued my true beliefs today. To the world I wear a mask that hides my truer self, which you now see.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

This is true even of people we think of as prodigies. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t expect you to understand, Manny. You run through girls like underwear. Wouldn’t know true love if it kicked you in the nuts.” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

‘If the Queen is knowing that part of her dream is true, then perhaps she is believing the rest of it is true as well.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. But it was true, what she said, that someone did that once. She said that it was really true. Here today and gone tomorrow. Never seen again. Not even a Ceremony of Release.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t true; she had never dreamed that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It's true that Peeta froze me out after I confessed that my love for him during the Games was something of an act. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he stopped making things up because those things were not true either and the telling made him feel bad. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Well, that was true enough, in the main—I saw his point. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Through the open window the air smelled like Carolina jasmine, which is the true smell of South Carolina. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though a cloud has drifted away and for a moment Bastian’s true, deformed character has come glaring through. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The point I was trying to make was so true there was not even a good way to say it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When a god assumes his true form, the power is so great that any mortal looking on him will disintegrate. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the way I run into Carlyle, and I can tell by the sympathetic look on his face that it’s true. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"All I have is accelerometer data. We'll need radar pings at intervals to work out his true final orbit." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt in my heart that this was the start of a true friendship. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“If the rumour was never true,” Tommy said, “then why did you take all our art stuff away? Didn’t the Gallery exist either?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This in-box full of unopened messages is the truest reminder that we are temporary fixtures in a permanent world. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And it's true, we can't turn on the radio without hearing about the marching. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Is it true they have a cure for the Noise?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He had a few friends at the beginning of his engineering career, but the more successful he became, the more fearful he grew of someone discovering his true identity and exposing him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is true that every rabbit fears the fox and will bolt if it smells one. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a moral declaration the old truism seems perfectly true, and yet because it abstracts, because it generalizes, I can’t believe it with my stomach. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as almost no true sentence beginning with I could be spoken by Lindsey, Colin was watching all the things he'd thought were true about himself, all his I sentences, fall away. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“That is not the true speech of a bird,” Adaon cried, springing to his feet, “The Huntsmen have found us.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I rushed to assure her, even though it wasn’t really true. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

If the onager really did fire true - if it scored a hit on Festus the dragon, and Nico allowed his friends to be hurt or killed . Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As long as my story fits with the others, they will assume it’s true. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The catch is that hybrid corn does not “come true.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He classified the lines he studied into stratifications of importance, always eliminating the not-quite-perfect continuation and seeking what he called the “true move,” that which could not be refuted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How many times have I told you that what your teachers say about black people is not true?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rehearsed every word that had passed between us for its true meaning, but found no certainty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Language arts is my best subject,” she says, which is true. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I sit there thinking the secret to good scrambled eggs was probably the one true thing Safer ever told me. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I said I was making a pilgrimage and that is true.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to plagiarize her. Filmmakers create stories based on true events all the time. It’s a common thing.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, true! That he didn’t die fifteen years ago of typhus or sleeping sickness or malaria or the combination. I’m sure his hygiene went to hell after Mother left him.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dragons old and young, true and false, bright and dark. And you. A small man with a big shadow, snarling in the midst of all.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m sorry if this sounds pathetic, but you know it’s true. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And if that was true, what about all the thousands of pages of secret intelligence gathered by the CIA through the tapped cables? Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Human beings were stronger than angels, stronger even than great powers like this one, and it was true: he was bearing the angel down to the ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And what Dr. Muller said appeared to be true: though he was only forty- two, his face was wrinkled, burdened with jowls. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Still, true or not, they called the four great mountains of the range Mount Head, Mount Shoulder, Mount Belly and Mount Knees, and the foothills to the south were known as the Feet. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The closer one gets to realizing his Personal Legend, the more that Personal Legend becomes his true reason for being, thought the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then in Denmark I saw that farm or its brother, and it was true, just as it had been in the looking-egg. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Larson, I already knew, had talked about me to other inmates; twice in the past week inmates I didn’t know had asked me whether it was true I had a Ph.D. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On The Slave Isaura, when Isaura and her true love cry together, it means they are bound to one another, no matter what happens. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learn to stretch the truth and give answers that let people draw conclusions that might not be exactly true. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And true to his word, he arranged to have the Fifteenth Cavalry from Fort Myer, Virginia, moved to the western perimeter of Washington, DC, to be ready to assist if trouble developed. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

To hire an architect would have meant revealing the true character of the structure that suddenly had lodged itself in his imagination. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

How could this be true? the skeptics ask. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He still wants to paint what is real and true. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was true, though I could hardly admit it. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was like all the good and true things he’d ever done didn’t matter, and he, who he was, the legacy he’d worked so hard for, was dissolving, frittering away with every lie they told. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The hoax spread when other newspapers throughout the United States and the world reprinted the articles as if they were true. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake had a knife it was true, but that was only to protect hisself. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

But if your intentions are good, and the friendship was true to begin with, he’ll come around.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The truth in dark things seems as evil as the things themselves just for being true. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that descriptive and prescriptive rules are different kinds of things and that descriptive and prescriptive grammarians are engaged in different kinds of activities. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t true, but that didn’t stop tongues from wagging. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If this were true, Columbus would have reached China, garlic would disempower magnets, and pigs could fly. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This was particularly true in courts presided over by enlightened judges who had been appointed by the United Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no sooner had we gained the Crepuscule than we heard word from one of the topmen of the true case—unutterable—astounding to believe. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He continued: "That expert doctor you put up said that some of the damage that's done to kids in these abusive homes is permanent; that kind of made me worry. You think that's true?" Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

As his father stared off into the Shanghai harbor — at the true ships in the distance, the ragtag boats by the shore — she slid a wristwatch into Yifeng’s hand. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It says here that Mr. Benson asked you and Mr. Rivers to come meet a young lady he was interested in. Is this true?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He used his stay in prison to reinvent the concept of a point at infinity, and combining it with Monge’s work, he became the first true projective geometer. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When our own Troop C came wearily back from the border they said that none of this was true. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What’s true for measles in the Faeroes is true of our other familiar acute infectious diseases throughout the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Here Mr. and Mrs. Wright both fell silent for a moment, and Mrs. Richardson, curious as she was to learn more, felt a pang of true pity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I nod, unsure if I should thank him, still waiting for him to reveal his true purpose for helping me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It meant Of course it’s true as well as Why’d I want to talk to you about it? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even Scythe Mandela believed that Citra was staying with a relative of Scythe Curie in Amazonia, and he had no reason to suspect it wasn’t true. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It is true that there has often been close cooperation between the ANC and the Communist Party. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that Native communities all across the North American continent grew those three crops and told stories about them. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

And even if were true, it was ages ago, not today, in New York City. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

It’s true thatI have pale patches on my face and neck and elbows and toes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jack’s a true redbone, fair enough that you know at least a few of his people come from Europe, not Africa. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“We saw her give them away to Maia. And she’s not wearing them now. So it must be true!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘So it’s true? How are you bringing it? Did you rent a van or something?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Because he and Axel can tell each other true things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If this is true, then what we are today is mostly corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I hope that is true,” I tell Joy. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

No, if that were true, Ned would be here too, and surely he would have come to her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What with my busy night as a true spy, code word and all, and the heat in the upper gallery of Trinity Church, I fell sound asleep during the sermon the next morning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

This paradise felt too good to be true. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It is true that a stronger job market may make certain crimes relatively less attractive. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Minnie had told her sister, Anna, of the transfer of the Fort Worth land, and now Holmes sensed that Anna was becoming suspicious of his true intentions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In reality, I had no idea if that was true or not. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t? Well, maybe you never noticed. All the others did. I told ’em lots of things and they come true.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everything the witch had told him was true. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Felix cannot tell you if you’ll make the team. An assertion can only be true or false in the past or present. Anything in the future is technically indeterminate.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think I never wanted something to be true more than my Baba believing, and being saved, and moving to America, and being in heaven together after that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Alvarez asked her how she could stand the fumes, she assured him cheerfully that one grew used to them, advice he accepted dubiously at the moment but soon discovered to be true. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the water hole, where unauthorized games of hockey were played during the winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You, like Ema, have a pure spirit. You have blessed energy centers and true balance. You are a protector. You look out for others. You are their shelter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. Two directors have ignored the flowers, and on both nights, the show could not finish.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But how can fairy tales be true when they all end the same way? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The agent remained throughout the broadcast but did not reveal his true identity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

To get her true measure, you must delve deeper, the way a code breaker would, searching for the truth that lies just out of sight. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But this time it wasn’t his Weep, but hers, and it might have been closer to the true city than his version, but it wasn’t accurate, either. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“When I came,” he told her, “I was scared. Lonely, too, I think. And I behaved badly. I lied and stole. But look—now I am fine. I’m hoping to get my true name soon.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She declined immediately and repeatedly for several days until he accused her of the very thing that was absolutely true: that she was ashamed of him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if the rumors about Clara’s talent for reading minds were true. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s still true that because of him I can’t be a Red Successor.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

All this was true enough, but sign them he did, despite his own reservations and against the advice of moderate Federalists like John Marshall. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps that was only true for me and a few others, our gypsy band of the summer before. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was my first true female friend, a woman I met on equal terms with whom I could confide and share secrets. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believed that Fufi was my dog, but of course that wasn’t true. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I thought he would show his true form and vaporize his own children, but at the last moment he seemed to regain control. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It has certainly been true in the past that what we call intelligence and scientific discovery have conveyed a survival advantage. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But from the chokecherry on, the nails were square in and true as true. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Usually a stickler for accuracy, she was still being cagey about her true age, almost always making herself exactly one year younger. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But his constant yeahs and nahs pull me into his conversation with this person who should be off the streets if what the detective lady said is true. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Is it true you once walked three days in the wrong direction?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the Chinese culture it is believed that if you speak of someone’s death out loud, it will come true. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All true, and yet none of those truths satisfied our need for The Truth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The diversity of ideas, traditions, and spirit is the true purpose of the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I was no longer sure that was still true. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know you probably don't believe that’s possible, but it’s true. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

"It is a king's duty to punish the disloyal and reward those who are true. Grand Maester Pycelle, I command you to read my decrees." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Because it's still as true as when he drove it,” Lydia had told him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If she wanted the Tillermans to go, then she wanted herself to go—in a contradictory way this was true. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All the other accusations—they—they weren't true? But if it's true about the Rogerses—" She stopped, unable to make her chaotic thought clear. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

And she certainly couldn’t tell June her true intentions: investigation. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mommy was, by her own definition, “light-skinned,” a statement which I had initially accepted as fact but at some point later decided was not true. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true that every writer must calibrate the degree of specialization in her language against her best guess of the audience’s familiarity with the topic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I couldn't figure out which of several true things was the most true," I answer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, a strange white man had come to her house, written up the statement, and forced her to sign it, even though none of it was true. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Black Betty may drive the straight and true path, but souped up, she is not.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I...It’s true I don’t want to go.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Possibly true,” Westley agreed, “and when the moment comes, remember that: I might indeed be bluffing. I could, in fact be lying right here because I lack the strength to stand. All that, weigh carefully.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I knew, as something in me had always known, that that was the one true part of Uri’s story. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s true that the signs have to do with a third party,” I tell her, fast, so she can’t get another word in and, besides, I am hoping the truth will disarm her. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

The girl took a deep shuddering breath, and realized it was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But Bruno took the extreme view that the old Egyptian religion was the true faith and that the Catholic Church should find a way of returning to those old ways. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You misunderstood me. I mean that it is true that I lied to you.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thunder again; words that proclaimed themselves true—truer somehow than truth itself. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s true,” Mr. Morrison said, beginning to sound uncomfortable. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

But it is true that very few things unnerved him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t believe, ma? But it is true.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I say this because it’s true, and also because it’s joining the conversation. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And of course what Franny’s mom had just said wasn’t true: I had cared what someone thought. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Not that I’m complaining, because in the middle of that whirlwind, another impossible dream of mine actually came true. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Is it true that you haven’t even started planning the Halloween dance?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

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

If that was true, now that it was free the Athena Parthenos might be attracting even more attention from the monsters in Tartarus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It can’t be true that people are so readily tempted by ease...and money. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Ares is a fool. He never realized the true master he was serving. If I had time, Percy, I could explain. But I’m afraid you won’t live that long.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“This is true, we always know how to win. So now you know what is inside you, almost all good stuff from Taiyuan.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as annoying as this property was, the true power of zero becomes apparent with division, not multiplication. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And true to the palm oil that flowed in her veins, she never had a visitor to whom she did not offer food before one word of conversation—business or social—began. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No. I don't think. But he has dreams that come true sometimes, Meera says." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There is no way that is true. Justin told me that Marc likes Melissa and Melissa likes him back, so...” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It must be true because Uncle Herman use to sleep in our house all the time when he was out of werk on the old sofa in the par- ler. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It is true—it is true,” wept the wretched woman. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

My second memory is not a true one. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the Andals crossed the narrow sea and swept away the kingdoms of the First Men, the sons of the fallen kings held true to their vows and remained at their posts. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rowan had no response to that, because it struck him as true. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The other lady, who had not spoken yet, said gravely and emphatically, “Very true!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He found it hard to believe anything in the Bible was literally true—including the Gospels. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is true, I have no memory of my accident. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

In this moment I feel that this is true. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have come to take you to your true home, in Elfhame beneath the hill. There, you will be rich beyond measure. There, you will be with your own kind.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When I asked Shin if this was true, he nodded yes. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It will be the true test of character.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s true,” Daniel says, a little sharpness coming into his voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s the lie I’m thinking of. It might infect everything. If they ever found out you’d lied to them about this, the true things would suffer. They wouldn’t believe anything then.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frog had no notion whether any of that was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Little Jimmy, “I was hoping it was true. I liked Liz.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” Mr. Stonecrop said, “this is the boy we’ve all heard about. Son, is it true, your running around naked in Mrs. Cobb’s house?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a lot more to it—maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The same is true of Townsend’s bunting, of which there is one stuffed specimen in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The same was true of the windows: I wiped the frost from one pane and then another, and through both I could see only ice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I almost convinced myself it was true, that you were living in Spain under a fake name. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! Now you’re really talking stupid. Why, you’re not even old enough to know what true love is.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was true, sometimes when William and Judith were talking about the house it was all she could do to keep her mind from wandering. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It is true that sports and cheating go hand in hand. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Even though the rest of our class thinks he’s completely full of it, I think it might be true. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The truth is that “integration” is an image, it’s a foxy Northern liberal’s smokescreen that confuses the true wants of the American black man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sir, is it true that Professor Merrythought is retiring?” he asked. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps," Mr. Armin said, "it was his true self." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

What he said is true—it does feel real. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"He is not a mount to carry you into battle, true," Varys replied, "but he will serve, and attract no notice. As will the others. And the stableboys see and hear only the animals." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We agreed to pull it frequently to check on the treasure and to convince anyone watching that it was a true lobster trap and nothing more. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“If he says it, it’s true,” Mr. Black said, patting my head. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

You dismiss it as a cliche, but the problem is it’s true. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“It is a fine dress. Fidencio told me today that there is to be a dance, a baile, next month on the day of Saint Valentine. Lucky will play his guitar there. Is this true?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“But it’s true that life is better there.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning, before I even arrived, I had to hide my true self. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea if that was true or not. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“That may have been true once, Nina, but it’s been a very long year. Helvar is much changed.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And since it was certainly true that nothing of the kind existed in writing, the animals were satisfied that they had been mistaken. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“You just wait and see what happens. If he’s a true friend, he’ll come back.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Afraid if I said it out loud, it might come true. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s true,” Lloyd said, “heaven is only for Catholics!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I slept fantastically,” I said, which was true. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Few people could tolerate the gray zone for long, but this was the place where George Blake found his true calling—and his real powers as a spy. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And for this little girl, some of those dreams did indeed come true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I do talk about “after the war,” but it’s as if I were talking about a castle in the air, something that can never come true. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But he answered: ‘Two reasons there may be, but which is true, I do not know.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It was a true shock when I figured out Ma was setting this whole thing up as a lesson! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I will never stir from your side,” said I, “when I am suffered to be near you. Please God, I will be as true to you as you have been to me!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I guess he didn’t really believe it would be true, and now it is. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I had not read any of Trotsky’s works; indeed, the very opposite had been true. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The expansion of victims' rights ultimately made formal what had always been true: Some victims are more protected and valued than others. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It embarrasses me to write that, but it’s true. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Only one true shot, and Frodo would be rid of the miserable voice for ever. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But I expect the true beginning lies in what led me to the University. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is true that imprisonment has become “normal” in ghetto communities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"There is no greater plea-sure than to serve the King's Grace. If I was deemed worthy to join your royal council, you would find none more loyal or true." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I know this is true, but it’s shocking to hear her say it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I articulated my rage and my fear, along with my faith that with this election Americans understood the true nature of what they were choosing between. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was true that panic was shooting up and down my spine and zinging out to my fingertips. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Consider now another true story of a real-estate agent’s information abuse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Always he had felt in him the strong, true purpose. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think, Mrs. McCourt, you might have a future priest on your hands and I will light a candle in hopes it comes true. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

An idea flashes through my head, and even though I know it’s not true, I want it to be. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Is it not true, that slowly and through many deviations I changed from a man into a child? Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

They rattle and chatter like all true wizards and witches can. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I think the stories were probably true, given the color of Cade’s hair, his blue eyes, and the paleness of his skin. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The movie was Invincible, a true story about a South Philadelphia bartender who went on to play for the Philadelphia Eagles. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

This is true; the late edition headline of one of the tabloids reads, Wherrrre’s Johnny? Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

All his life and all his studies were aimed at finding the one true language of the universe. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas knew enough about science to realize that a Martian invasion couldn’t be true. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It is tempting to explain the switch in exclusively personal terms: Jefferson returned from France, recalled his old colleague to the colors of the true cause, and together they marched forward into history. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

That definitely wasn’t true, but it was nice of him to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If that was true, Elizebeth may not have needed much persuasion. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But note Sabra’s judgement: ‘It remains true, however, that the confirmatory experiments in I. H.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, “You know, I actually was talking about Grandma, Oskar, but it’s true, I need friends, too. What’s wrong with that?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the first weeks of January 1953, that nightmare seemed to come true: Pauling and Robert Corey wrote a paper proposing a structure of DNA and sent a preliminary copy to Cambridge. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I do,” Ash said, and as she said it she knew that it was true. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was true: A large patch in the middle was different from the rest, although the difference was so subtle only a botanist—or Sticky—would have noticed it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was true that the bridge of my nose didn't come with a hump, but it was still long and bulbous. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That is very true,” I said with equal seriousness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Once again, I experienced that surreal feeling of having a dream come true. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It was true that now, alone with Amah, her words did not freeze in her throat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

How I saw in her my own true nature. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Basking in the applause of his German hosts, he exulted: “No nation since ancient Greece has captured the true Olympic spirit as has Germany.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

No colorful underwear needed—she was a true hero. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s not true,” Axel says, not wanting to feel the scowl on George’s face but not wanting to lie to him either. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Only if they hear us will their attention be turned. Guide us true, and we’ll pass through unscathed.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I’d heard all the horror stories—many of them true—but I also knew that my neighbor had thrown rocks at a grizzly that was in her garden and it had run off. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“This is no common delight, but a true and lasting love ,” countered a voice from a book of courtly ideals. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s true! Good heavens, didn’t you know that? It’s about fifty times as big as any other!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have time to celebrate, Kendall,” I said, which was actually true. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"You cannot stop them talking, my liege," Davos said, "but when you take your vengeance on your broth-ers' true killers, the realm will know such tales for lies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The longer he lived, the more Tyrion realized that nothing was simple and little was true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She was used to looking at blank pages, and she was used to filling them up with things that were true and good. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

The same is true for magic people and sweet potatoes, I don’t know why. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

Adams’s ever-vibrating vanities were now, true enough, under some measure of control. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

If she only knew how true that was. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this diagnosis true?” asked the doctor, and he let the hakata fall again. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He read poems by the romantics William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge—“Where true Love burns Desire is Love’s pure flame....” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did,” he said, and it was true. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Yet, as with primitive humans, the very strength and vividness of their sympathy brought with it a true release. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was startled to see someone there, but the true surprise came when I realized that it was Hatun, my brother. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But if what Haymitch says is true, and he's got no reason to lie, I've never been in such a dangerous place in my life. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

You’ll have a chance at true freedom—of body and of soul. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was true that race was not embroidered in the fabric of her history; it had not been etched on her soul. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Classical music was in trouble, and by the whirlwind conclusion of The Beatles’ adventure, it looked as if the words of one of their early Chuck Berry covers, ‘Roll over Beethoven’, were actually coming true. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Or was it all real and true and was it that she, Francie, was the dreamer? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe tomorrow will be the day we taste true freedom. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Doha didn’t know if what he was saying was true, but he knew that his father would help his friend’s family. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If it’s true, it would be kindest to kill Peeta here and now. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Amaroq’s dependable friend, that was true, yet she suspected he was even more than that—a spiritual father of the pups. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, being a receptionist would be my dream come true. There is nothing I’d rather do than answer phones.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Not everyone fully understands the true power of ABBA, but you'll be hard-pressed to find an Iranian who doesn't love their entire catalog of music. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is true that two men can lift a bigger stone than one man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shireen was a summer child, and had never known true cold. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was true in its way, even if her husband had released her from the promise she’d made eighteen years ago, when she was only a girl. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s also true that I’d felt sorry for the old man alone on the road. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The novelty of the sensation wore off, and the true power of the experience became apparent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

That morning Harrison delighted reporters by announcing that yes, the rumors about him and the very young Miss Annie Howard were true, and not only that, the two planned to marry on November 16. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

In the shade, the air smelled of true autumn. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

That is not true of questions about Japanese origins. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She made a mental note to educate Ivan about the true nature of some of his entries, and also to ask about the emotional state of his house spirit. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Everyone uses calculators in middle school,” I say, not sure if that’s even true. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She had wanted it to sound like a joke, but it was true, and she could hear it as she said it. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

All true lovers of the Liberty of your country! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I knew he had a nice coat already: a bright orange Canada Goose parka that made my mom hopeful that the rumors about his being rich might actually be true. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The things in the article were true, and the truth is the truth, and nothing could be done about it now. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And just as war is always for somebody else, so it is also true that someone else always gets killed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Virginians seem different, quite, from the Texans, or the soldiers from Mississippi. Is that true, do you think, sir?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot, uninterested in what a pack of foreigners called anything, replied with true British brevity: “Yes.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Then these other swordsmen have the true power. Or do they? Whence came their swords? Why do they obey?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The stories the boys tell in the coatroom, they’re not true. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Elena said they don’t go down to the Hideout anymore, according to her brothers, but what if that isn’t true? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is true that European technology dazzled Native Americans on first encounter. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Nothing to worry about,” I said, testing the words on my tongue to see if they felt true. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He told me these things about myself and about the world like they were true. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was uncertain of the true reason, so I offered the simplest explanation. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless, it is true. Now, to pass to your own movements last night. A matter of routine, you understand. What did you do after leaving your master?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then my mom and dad told me it wasn’t true. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The end explanation that he had “given her up” so as to save his soul, and that he had now returned horn a sense of dramatic magnanimity, was not the true one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is very true,” replied Elizabeth, “and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” he said, “1893 will be the third great date in our country’s history. On the two others, 1776 and 1861, all true Americans served, and so now I ask you to serve again!” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The reverse is also true: many a trip continues long after movement in time and space have ceased. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s true. And Gandhi’s dead. Are there many like you who want action?” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of this was true, except the drunk part. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Too many responses—some true, some not—are colliding in his head and breaking up into floating letters he can’t seem to wrangle back into words that make sense. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s good, no? And it’s so true. Without love, we are birds with broken wings. “ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet her burbly style does not ring true. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Up until this very instant, I had never seriously thought of Heather as my one true friend in the world. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Geisbert spent so much time staring at the virus, one of the true horrors of nature, that the shapes became implanted in his mind. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In an ideal world, that would be true,” Ma says. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Of course not, chérie. We are true friends and that is for life.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

It hit true - right in the middle of the giant’s chest. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Not only are the consequences far-reaching, but because of their variety and the fact that they may not immediately appear they may not be attributed to their true cause. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s true,” she said, bending her head once more, “but some things, look like, ain’t to be forgotten in a hurry.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"He is a pig, and a hopeless craven as well, if what you say is true." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it is but it isn’t true.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bran did not remember falling, yet they said he had, so he supposed it must be true. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Who knew,” Mom says, her voice filling with amazement, “that an inner-city Pennsylvania girl would meet a rural, upstate New York boy and discover true love?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mathematically, what is most striking about this date is that the zeroes are true zeroes. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But what he would tell her was so true that it would make everything all right. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What you told me about living in the Scholars’ Quarter,” he says, breaking the quiet of the room, “with your grandparents and your brother. That was true, once.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Both Ged and Jasper stood silent, for it was true they knew the law of Roke, and they also knew that Vetch was moved by love, and themselves by hate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

My religion—the true religion—was so different. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s true, that was what we believed: the majority rules. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a scientific expedition to America, Aronnax ruminates over the true nature of the incidents. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I thought for a moment we were in a fantasy world—a magical land, a dream come true. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think it could be true either, not at first, but...” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Goldwater as a man, I respected for speaking out his true convictions—something rarely done in politics today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey couldn’t make up a new last name, except Smith and nobody would believe that even if it was true. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That said, do not presume to change a word of what I say. If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I can’t go back to our hotel, because if I do, it will be true. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

One of the last true pedestrians, Nel walked the shoulder road while cars slipped by. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s good luck. Fold one thousand origami cranes and wish come true. But”—she chuckles—“we never reach one thousand. Our tradition is different. Everyone gets to make wish.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Even assuming that to be true, how could you be sure they were still in Connecticut?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

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

I found myself weeping true tears, not feigned ones. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I wonder what Hamlet, the philosopher and man of reason, would have made of the nuns’ simple faith that they consume Christ’s true body. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It's all too true: I really am here in this place. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Without heels, you can see my true stature. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even if it is true, it’s not something you ought to admit. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And dreams you didn’t even know you had—coming true. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Part of his story was probably true,” the king agreed, “for it is the Paper of Answers. I spent many long years learning how to read it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

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

But any detail that would fill in the picture to create a true and complete memory had been erased somehow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was true, I had been born here, but Thurmond had been my home for nearly as long as it hadn’t. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

This is true, so true, but this is still her last thought of her eighteenth birthday: She has wrecked so much for so many people. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He was held together, in short, by a dream—though it is just as well to remember that some dreams come true—and was united with his “brothers” on the basis of their color. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“But the question I’ve been asking myself lately is, are they true? “ The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“If there were you would be the better for it,” said I wrathfully, “for then your values would be true.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t bother to say “I told you so,” even though his awful predictions about integration causing trouble had for the most part come true. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know anything about roosters and eggs but it sounded true. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Service in the Hitler Youth was not yet compulsory, as it would later be; these were boys who were already true believers and they had been indoctrinated with a fierce anti- Semitism. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Enabling virtually all citizens to experience noteworthy events simultaneously and in entertaining form, radio created a vast common culture in America, arguably the first true mass culture the world had ever seen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But on some of these dish-drying nights he reverts to what I consider to be his true self. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was true, she did want to see Father Cham again. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

That seemed to be true, because none of us kids ever got sick. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Either it was dead, or it was undergoing the change that he’d read about in a library book but could hardly believe was true—the change from a crawling thing to a flying thing. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Until next time, be true, be bold, be you.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Could it be true that nobody saw Finn except the old lady? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"Well, it's true, Lu. I did run in the Olympics. And I won a gold medal." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The true invasion of New York started with the Firing of a hundred ships’ cannons when we were at church Sunday morning. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian followed the small fishing boats and military launches plying back and forth far out and found them unreal; it did not seem true that there were full-sized men aboard, going somewhere every time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"It's true. I have nothing. I have this viola, and I can't even play it right. I'm terrible." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Though not a true holiday, it had the same effect: I felt rejuvenated and ready to take up the fight once more. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was pleased to hear the Lord Darrin say to the King, "The boy has a true horseman's seat, Sire. I'll warrant there's noble blood in him." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

How many times would Teresita’s warnings have to come true before they believed the seer? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

His finest attacks have been to take the “true Southerner’s” viewpoint and render it absurd, all in seeming to defend and explain it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But do you for a moment think that such a preposterous dream can ever come true?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If what you say is true, if even a part of it is true, the king must hear it for himself." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Such a shame that I missed my true calling.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

We were a ragtag team of undocumented immigrants, and for us the American dream was more elusive than Banksy's true identity. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

All these explanations are true, but they don’t tell the whole story. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Spoken like a true prisoner of lawful behavior,” she says. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Whether it was true or not, most people said they had first come out here during a sandstorm, meaning their first taste of Odessa had literally been a mouthful of gritty sand. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But facts are facts, and I’ve a cup with your arms on it to prove what I say is true.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z