“He wants to put this label on us,” I tell her. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew I had to start making good choices if I wanted to make it to being a grown-up. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But you are calling. Anyhow. Do you want me to come down there to San Francisco?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be a branch in someone else’s life anymore—I want to be the tree on my own. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that he didn’t want me to run—quite the opposite. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We were all connected, and the more of them there were, the more I wanted to crawl under a table and cry. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their Personal Legend is. “At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother always packed me a lunch, because I didn’t like to tell the lunch ladies what I wanted. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your money. Do as you please with it. You want me to tell the bank to pay it?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, she’s one of us; what did she ever want but to lead her life as agreeably as possible? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they said it would be best if she didn’t attend the funeral—“We just don’t want anyone getting the wrong idea,” her mother had put it—Mia gave in. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I want to giggle at the nickname too, but stop myself. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to black out from the pain, but I breathed deeply. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I did not want people to think badly of me. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who would ever want to live in a furniture catalog photo? The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I brought this for you, if you want it.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie had a son in his late teens, and he wanted nothing more than to leave the company to this son. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When your mother was little she wanted a dog. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You don’t always want to he the winner...do you?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I guess we just didn’t want to go home. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even though he may be a murderer, I do not want him to die. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Man, seriously, we just wanted to catch you up,” English cut in. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I know I have talent, and I have always wanted to play basketball in college, but who is going to notice me sitting in the stands? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her I knew that, that I wasn’t silly enough to think it was actually magic, but I got stuck on the way she said was. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“They always give Conner whatever he wants. Joining T-ball, going away with his stupid friends, that dog. Especially the dog! I didn’t want a dog, but they didn’t listen to me.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hang back, taking laboriously slow steps as Farooq is right behind Aliya, and the last thing I want to do is give him a thrill by colliding into him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Massa Clay say he want his birthday present now. I’m to take her there.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's what he always turned to when he wanted to get hammered. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She smiled and said that since we didn’t have a male, she would ask Father Amadi if he wanted to accompany us. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was so ashamed that he wanted to cry. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I was just about to say, I've long wanted to discourse with him." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We want the power to determine the destiny of our black and oppressed communities.’” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

In his dumb fumbling way, he wanted union of mind and soul along with union of body. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But really, my parents abandoned everything they knew and loved because they didn't want their daughters to grow up with a strict religious code. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He wanted to curl up with her in a real library, and smell the books and open them and read them to each other. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No one wanted to say anything, and you know what that meant. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted everything back in my life again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you want to go to Central Park some weekend soon?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to think that I was a reader. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Lonely, a bit desperate. She just wants to be involved in something.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t a baked beans kind of house. Bandage first. Is there any hot water in the tap? I want to wash. I hate being covered in this...” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesse had shown all the heart, courage, and enterprise in the world, but he could see it wasn’t getting him closer to where he wanted to be. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Jones wanted to know who was the bride, who married them, and all about it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Ash paused in the doorway, her back to her stepsister, and she wanted to tell her that she was not true; half her life was spent in secret. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why anyone would want to dance to that. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wanted to sit in the back, away from the driver, but it was only a little half-bus and the only spots with two seats still open were right near the front. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

She said she would teach me how to play if I wanted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to prove that you weren’t from Penikese,” he said, “but now you seem almost glad to think that you are, Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Though we were not yet in power, I wanted Oliver to have a state funeral, and that is what the ANC gave him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, I don’t want to read too much into things, but wow: I meet a cute boy, and five seconds later, I’m in the middle of a flash mob marriage proposal? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want any whiskery disgusting thing gnawing at my legs, is all,” Florida said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want to do now? Watch a movie?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

We just wanted to get out of there, to get away and reach our destination in safety. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted one of those sparkly purple headbands. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to study every line, every flourish of the beloved hand; he wanted desperately to know every word that had been traced by Shadrach’s pen. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wants her hat. She says the bad children stole it.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“No, why would I want to? And could you now kindly stop making personal remarks? Hasn’t your father ever taught you that it’s bad manners?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You want to kick the ball with me now?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted it to be a real whole Thunderbolt that flew, not just pieces in the box. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“The minute some kid leaves our team you have five more kids who want to take his place,” Luma said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He did not want help or companionship on his trip to Diagon Alley. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Here comes Ned Moffat. What does he want?” said Laurie, knitting his black brows as if he did not regard his young host in the light of a pleasant addition to the party. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you still want to get lunch today?” she asks. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"I can wait for you if you want to go together." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Take it, little man! Maine wanted you to have this.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He left something hanging in the air, like he wanted to finish with except for Saturday night. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

How Howard was the nicest friend I could ever want. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"Show you that you can't run away from who you are, but what you can do is run toward who you want to be." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I want my bear,” she said in a low voice, close to tears again. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The nurse wants this and I need to hide. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

So Ginny poured out her soul to me, and her soul happened to be exactly what I wanted. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

They all wanted to know what his problem was—didn’t he realize his country needed him? Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell me, I said. I don't want to hear about it and where their money comes from. You want tea or not?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he want me to, like, educate him on Persian food? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I knew she was thinking about how she wanted to be outside, living, instead of in her room, dying. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Chess started to object—did he want to warn his brother and sister that maybe he should read the file first; maybe he should protect them from whatever it was going to say? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She thought this exquisite; it was as though he had such regard for his listener that he wanted his words strung together in the best possible way. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Theon could not blame him, but even so he said, “I want no part of Abel, or you, or any of your sisters. Just leave me be.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was hard enough for Joaquin to keep himself together, keep his heart and mind above water in a tide that wanted only to drown him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Just ushers and a couple of elderly folk who hadn’t wanted to leave their seats. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"So, Ishtar and Nergal in New York City? Tell me more. I want to know everything." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“And while I know you’re still mad at her, I want you to think about one thing.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She didn’t say, Come on notv, stop your crying, everything’s going to be okay, which is the automatic thing people say when they want you to shut up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack said he wanted to talk to this girl at school he liked—not ask her out or anything, but just say hi. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don't want to hear it, Bryan. There is no excuse, and I'm very disappointed in you. Now, I want you to go back over there and tell that little boy that you're sorry.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to five, but for that he needed help; otherwise his life would end in the nest. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Emmett pauses, closes his eyes, then mutters, “I begged my cousins not to tell my uncle and aunt. ‘I don’t want to be sent back to Chicago,’ I said. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Mary wants to give the doll to some poor little girl in the audience who is named Mary.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to know why I chose Dauntless?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted everything she'd just said to be the last thing he heard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, isn’t Black Protocol the thing we want to avoid at all costs?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to write these reminders of my excellence every two weeks. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Very well, Wonka,” he said importantly, taking out a wallet full of money, “how much d’you want for one of these crazy squirrels? Name your price.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What about the electric chair? Anybody seen that?” a girl wants to know. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also didn't want the Nazis to know how they were able to capture the saboteurs so quickly. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to think about him anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know he has to be worried, and I do feel very bad, but I need to go to 5545 Mariendahl Road, or I’m afraid I’ll never want to try to find my mom again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout back at him, but I didn’t dare. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to believe you. I do. But I’m so afraid I’ll never be allowed.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I want to call Rose and see if she’s nervous too. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jorge asked me to go with him to Palmas Street because his mother swore she wanted to make her peace with me. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to find out who that missionary was, the man who met her husband in prison and took her phone number—the messenger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to cry, but she was too angry. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to tell her about Principal Trask because I bet Momma would get heated about that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

They wanted grievances and more grievances... well, yes, armed warfare. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he was involved with them, she wanted Serakeen too. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see Telemachus and also it seemed wise to her to show herself to the suitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But others who study consumer behavior say that the wanting and getting of material goods is not just a competitive exercise. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Susie’s only one year old, and Dad wanted to be able to talk to his buddies freely and play cards, so he put Bobby Gene and me in charge of her. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If you want to see a teenage illegal immigrant's already fragile self-esteem hit rock bottom, just take them to get their passport photo at a location where they might run into someone from high school. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t want to make my speech the focus of my life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I try to explain that I found out about Mom’s family first and the paper chain came later, but they don’t really want to hear that. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I asked, tentative, not wanting to upset his buoyant humor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t tell Genie why he wanted him to do all this, so of course Genie was bursting to know. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hug her, to say “ebezi na” and wipe away her tears. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wants to think that the rapidly expanding mass of mankind, spreading out over the surface of the earth, blackening the ground, bears any meaningful resemblance to the life of an anthill or a hive. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to bottle up all the smells and colors and the feeling of fall so they’d always be close. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to let the moment go. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to do a single thing if you don’t want to,” I say. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Will Daniel still want to be friends if Axel leaves him outside alone? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She looks at me and I want her to see it in my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maria had heard stories of this transformation, but she wanted to see it for herself. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to miss the meeting in D.C. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her to shut up. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I glanced at my mom, she shook her head, and it was as if she knew that I wanted to say the truth. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That’s why you want to get out of the house so badly. Because you hate me. It’s almost like you’re jealous of me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to be responsible for making that kind of choice. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe the image was a lie, but he had a bad feeling it was real, and it was happening right now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cole grunted angrily—he didn’t want to die yet. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I want to believe in it, the creams, the rejuvenating lotions, the transparent unguents in vials that slick on like roll-top glue. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s clear that he really doesn’t want to be here. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew the music school I wanted to go to,” she later said. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

And how he wants to be my boyfriend. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But seriously, three and a half hours in his apartment with no parents, and this is how he wants to spend it? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Look sharp, Tom, you don’t want to be caught out of bed out of hours, and you a prefect...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe Daddy can run me over to the bowling alley if you want to go on ahead before I get dressed.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to hurt you at all!” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then, sarcastic, “I guess it’s Love that wants the horse. Ridin’ in a buggy behind a mule ain’t good enough for her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I ask Calvin does he want to wash up before he goes home. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“My mom’s a lawyer and my dad’s dead. Do you want to know how he died?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

There’s a sharp tone to her voice, a reminder that she’s playing this role because I asked it of her, not because she wanted to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She did not want her name said here, where Rorge might hear, and Biter, and all these others she did not know. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He thinks hard but can’t come up with what he wants. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Dad had stopped by a couple of times in the last week to collect dirty clothes, but I didn’t want to deal with it, so I sent him away. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted rather to feel something on Christmas day. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you wanted me,” the man said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it feels like this place wants to break my heart. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask more, but I didn’t want to give away the fact that I’d actually read the notebook. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to curse at my father, scream and shout. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to talk about little else, and he urged Charles and Emma, and even Thomas Henry Huxley, to get involved. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I actually care what my parents think of me, I care about what they want.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going back in there,” he told Linda and Mark at the time, which was the first time he had actively told them something that they didn’t want to hear. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Also, I think we’ll stop listening to the radio today. We don’t want to wake him if he's sleeping.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Shut up if you do not want to lose your job because you can be fired^iam, just like that.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one wants to do anything but talk about the carnival. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t want me on your ship. I’m a Jonah. I’d bring bad luck.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to see the truth. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she's tempted to smash a cola bottle against the cement, but she doesn't want to make more work for Kwasi. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, it was true, but I said it because I knew it would definitely add some gas to the story, which is what we both wanted. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But I thought you wanted me to stop being so curious.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were bartenders, bricklayers and bus conductors all over the world who wanted him dead, landlords and tenants, traitors and patriots, lynchers, leeches and lackeys, and they were all out to bump him off. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“He said that he knew what it was like to want to die.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

‘Now, Cilia, I want you to go to your room and He down. You are too tired. If you had not been, you would never have been so impudent as to contradict me.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed like a pretty big problem to me, but what was it I wanted, really? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask what made my mom laugh. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once, when she made fun of his constant waving to peasants, she felt him close up on her, and she knew if she wanted to know him better, she should not make that mistake again. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

But Charles wanted his argument to be airtight, indisputably right, and for that he needed time. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt kind of dumb because she had just said the same thing, but she let it go and asked if I wanted some milk. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really want to ask about the appointment and her father, but I know better than to ask right now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see if she was breathing and alive. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could extol your virtues endlessly, but I want you to finish reading and answer me quickly. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And even though she doesn’t want to, she’s leaving us with some woman we don’t even know because, because…. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Could we switch partners if we wanted to?” said Julian, looking very innocent. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s her business, and maybe something that bothers her, and she doesn’t want a group of people standing around discussing it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Plus, I was super grateful that he came and got me, and I didn't want to say anything to mess that up. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

In that dark she created by keeping her eyes shut, she would pray, beginning with the names of her own sisters, for all those she wanted God to especially care for, here and back home. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He definitely wouldn’t leave later—classes started soon, and he’d want to be ready. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“For my birthday ... I know what I want.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Don’t ask them what they want to do. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I know she wants to drop me off at home, just so she can call Justin and apologize, and make everything right with him again. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I want you to eat something,” he said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to go to Ford,” she said absently. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I was far from the protection of my teacher and my home, and I didn’t want to tempt Ucho’s anger by showing my face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

For the first time he perceived that if you want to keep a secret you must also hide it from yourself. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to remember it in case I ever felt that way. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The difference is that at least he can go back to Lima anytime he wants. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, look. I don’t want to fight either. I’m sorry. I just want to get this done and wrapped up. And then we can enjoy the party, okay?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to enter the elevator today, either, and they had to push her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I must have sounded uncomfortable because he said, “I’m sorry if I’m taking up too much of your time, Miss Truman. You wanted a donation, did you say—for what charity?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if he wants that piece of junk bad enough and you tell him he’ll get it if he learns to shape the dough into rolls—maybe it’ll work.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

They want to postpone so no one gets drenched.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to cry, I want to say thank you. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Why else would I go to this trouble? Who’d want to do this for the fun of it?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She could prevent pastoral approval of a marriage, if she wanted to. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not saying he wants to be the guy who only likes white people,” Gat went on. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He walked on, swaggering a little, going as slowly as he dared and pretending that he didn’t really want to see what it was. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I want a job as a ticket clerk. Or an usher. You have an usher job?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe she wants to stay now. Maybe he convinced her. I know stories like that.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He paused for a moment, staring at the ground, then added, “Your boyfriend plays in the second set. Coach Dub wanted to put his best two players first.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Suppose he gets angry and wants the dates?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Christine, however, decided to follow in the family tradition of attending a black college, but she had long known that she didn’t want to walk a path previously worn by her older sisters and brothers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Soccer ended up being the good bonding experience Dad had always wanted for us. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Briefly, she considered undoing her hair, but she didn’t want to lose her rubber band. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There is nothing I want more right now than to kill Sheriff Snyder. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be pious, Mama. You’re beautiful and beautiful women get everything they want.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted to miss the part about Roosevelt and the CCC camps. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mysteriously, as was so frequently the case with her, Julia Bishop said she wanted to tell me something. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to ruin her night by making her feel like she has to keep checking up on me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted everyone in the country to see them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He replies that he will do what he wants. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I knew he hadn’t taken me to the museum just because he’d wanted to show it to me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mai wants to go to the hearing in the courthouse this afternoon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

"Tell him Brett wants to see him put on those green pants." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

My mom kept trying to get me to go back to my room, put on more layers, but I want to be here. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I want you to come with me now.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I want to say, ‘If you like this so much, why don’t you put down the donuts and get up here and sparkle yourself?’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Over the summer, I went to Agent for a back tattoo. I wanted something big and dramatic. So he drew up this elab-orate artwork, with swirls and lettering and then ...” She stopped. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I so badly wanted to turn to my mom and say, “You see? This is why God wanted us to stay home.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to wear something beautiful on your special day, anak ko?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I want you both to always be there for each other. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wanted to go this year because he would have wanted to go. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask if they were debils, but I was too afraid. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom wanted to order sushi, but my grandfather said the person who has the most degrees should get to choose. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

He claims he wants to get to know America’s youth, and as part of America’s youth, we would give it to him straight. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Sohrab to think I sucked on my tassels. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Westley noted only that the ravine bottom was flat rock and heading in the general direction he wanted to follow. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t return to work at the ferry docks, because she wanted to be a stay-at-home mother. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai thought she wanted her to guess, so that she would understand her position clearly: If she wanted her gray fog back, she was going to have to earn it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He did not know what to do with his hands; he wanted to put them into his coat pockets; but that would take too much effort and would attract attention. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

They want a better life for my sister and me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Scipio wanted to get up, but Prosper pulled him down again. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish I’d known how badly they want to kill you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go in there. The birds—” I remember the birds must be gone, but I still don’t want anyone in there. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get the pleasantries out of the way. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that I didn’t want you to sit with me,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do something, stop him somehow, but I crouched back and watched Azar pick up a tear-gas grenade and pull the pin and stand up and throw. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman had wanted fifty cents, and the man had flashed a razor. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I better go now. I don’t want to be too late.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It is no longer your notebook. It is mine, and I will do with it what I want.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Merry’s taking a nap in the casket room, so we’ll want to be quiet when we pass her. She’s all worn out,” Mama said. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We have to get the house fixed before. The garage has to be clean—I want all of those boxes out.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“You still want to put it in the field guide though, right?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I want to add that we had always been the only kids in elementary school with names that everyone stumbled over. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I could tell that something was bothering him, but his reluctance to share made me think I probably didn’t want to know what he was thinking. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to tell you that before he slapped you, he’d have had to slap me down first,” he said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to break her, and I don’t want her to see me like this. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I just want to see if you can top me,” he said, laughing. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Mom. I just wanted to be by myself for a little while.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“When I saw that note I wanted to kick myself,” she went on. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“And this time I want you to come ready to speak up. I think your viewpoint is going to be particularly valuable.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she can’t stand being in there another second and she doesn’t want to be rude, so my coming over will be her saving grace. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Hugo wanted to scream out, but he didn’t. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Grandpa’s stories always have morals, but this one I don’t want to hear. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

My gown was too snug for her and much too long, and when she wanted to laugh at her ridiculous image I found that humor had left me without a promise to return. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down over the universe of the park, she saw the town drift where it wanted, washed by sunlight on a stone bench, cooled in the shadows of the hanging tree. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘To stop you getting impatient, that’s why. You don’t really want to stand around at the cocktail party being all sweet and petty. She’s just making a pet out of you.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t count how many times I wanted to tear those things down myself. But considering Nan’s current condition, no more renovations without doctor and landlord approval. All right?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“And pray what might you want with him?” retorted my sister, quick to resent his being wanted at all. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maize, though, was what people wanted, the grain of choice for the elite—it was what you made chicha from. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

This is the worst idea in the long and storied history of terrible ideas, right on up there with Julius Caesar marching up to the Roman Senate when he knew everyone wanted him dead. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They had both wanted it to happen and they both wished it had not; what mattered now was that nobody else should ever know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Well, he says, well, no point in picking the apple if you don’t want to see how it taste. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They thought the carefully stored bag was probably full of gold; at any rate, they wanted to see what was in it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s obviously what Aaron wants, whatever he means by “the sign,” right? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I wanted to get moving and I didn’t bother. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They find less difficulty from the want of beds, than from the want of time to sleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anthony had already made plans for the Eleventh National Woman’s Rights Convention, set for May in New York, and she wanted to move forward with the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The governor of the colony rushed toward the burning plantations, where he met a group of armed slaves, and asked them what they wanted. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I want to move on,” I say, stubborn. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t want to miss all the important moments in Jasmin’s life. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t want to be there anymore.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Cole wanted to scream, “Hey, look at me! I’m Cole Matthews! I’m better than you.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Percy started to ask, “What the—” “Some of them want us to escape,” Hazel said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I shake my head at her because I don’t want to say it out loud. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“And our passengers aren’t supposed to talk about how the railroad operates—it’d put a lot of good people in danger. They could talk if they wanted to, but they don’t.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They had been two of the sixty-three wildlings who had followed Jon Snow back to the Wall the day he made his appeal, so far the only two to decide they wanted a black cloak. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Well, he probably could have, but perhaps not in the way he wanted, and in that case the defeat would have been even more stinging. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw his confusion, she stopped, but Luke could tell she didn’t want to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So, I just wanted to say,” Matt continues, “that I’m sorry and that you should come back to the debate club. You’re really good at it.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“If she wants to be found, Trub will find a way to reach her.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Normally, I don’t want to see her, but I wish she’d show up and tell those boys to leave Alex alone. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I pushed it away, I wanted to get away from it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told him I was studying hard because I wanted to become either a veterinarian or a geologist specializing in the Miocene period, when the mountains out west were formed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted it even if that meant wishing for it not to be Deenie. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know I want to be with you. I definitely want to leave this neighborhood.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let me spoil your fun, darling. I’ll go back whenever you want.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to have to explain anything about Beaches to her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But right from the start, Old Yeller had caught onto what I wanted. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw the gun in her hand, 1 ran toward her, clumsy and falling, wanting to save her, to save us all. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancestors were telling her something was wrong, or perhaps they merely wanted her to stop putting off her trip to Zimbabwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted someone who smiled when I disagreed with him and I wanted him to know everything. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She just wants them out of her country. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

One wanted to know if I had the mother in the sack. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “I keep picturing you dead already. It feels ...” I didn’t want to finish the sentence. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides, I want to check out the Roman navy.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I want to know the real world better. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Dicey wanted to answer, even though she couldn’t tell him the truth. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

An earthquake is a geological event that can be explained by science, I wanted to tell them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to zoom out of there so fast and wash my hand. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Do you want to use my lock box to keep the money in? It's got a tray with separate compartments for all the different coins." The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘But I want to see him. That Boss and that Sharkey, as they spoke of, they might do a mischief up there before the morning.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

If you wanted to go somewhere more interesting, you had to pay a teleportation fare to get there, and that cost money, something I didn’t have. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Like everyone there, he wanted very badly to believe the war was over. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t really alert at the time and I’m afraid they were a bit too quick for me. I didn’t pursue them because I wasn’t sure whether you’d want me to.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are we really supposed to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives at the ripe old age of seventeen?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Shall we go into your house together,” asked Brave Orchid, “or do you want to go by yourself?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re like a celebrity now. Everyone wants to know if I’m your girlfriend.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I want to be a person who goes to Yale and sings with the Whiffenpoofs!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Papa wanted Miss Hendrix to come with us to bring Uncle Darnell home from Fort Hamilton, but Big Ma was against it. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“You have to maintain your house if you want it to maintain its value,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

"This grandpa isn't the best cook," Rani says, "but he's nice and doesn't chase away low-caste kids. Choose what you want from the menu." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Whenever that happens, I want to run outside or hide my feelings. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Where do you want me to drive it?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Can you request anything you want?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Very good, ladies. Now, I want you to take one step back. Hold your pose, but separate yourself from your partner," Coach Whit instructed, the song now fading out, a new one beginning. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And if I can’t afford college, why would someone as brilliant as Arthur want to be with me, someone who’s struggling with high school? What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“But it’s safe,” Sr. Rivera pressed, like he wanted to be reassured. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to be an environmental engineer. Or else a climatologist.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lee Evans's Modes and Their Use in Jazz is both comprehensive and accessible for any musician who wants to begin to study that subject. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

They don’t want to stand near and compete with the old uncles positioning themselves in the middle of the block to play a six-string guitar. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t want to give it to her,” said Hagar, “cause she looked so bad.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was sure the only reason that Hollick wanted to see him was to sack him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take this back to Dr. Martin. You can follow and then we can see what George wants to do.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It made her want to puke the way Trotter carried on over that little weirdo. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“First, I want to know what happened last night,” she asked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Every man, woman, and child wants to be featured. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He approves for now, but he wants to make sure that I'm happy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We waited for Clarence or Bullet to tell us what came next, if we were taking them back with us or leaving them here or...I didn’t really want to think about any other alternative. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Which was probably what Kaitlin wanted, since she had plenty to say. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Farid felt Silvertongue tensing every muscle—as if he wanted to run to his daughter, who looked almost as pale as her dress. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, Miss Turner, I want to go live there.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seriously, I want to be as confident as Teacher there when I grow up,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Not unless I wanted the next funeral I went to to be my own. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

While they went about their day like everything was normal, all I wanted to do was cry and scream and throw something. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“So ... is there anything you want to tell me? About anyone, I mean?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I just want you to remember this. I can break you like you’ve never been broken. Remember that. Remember when you’re walking across campus at night. I’m coming for you.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be alone. None of that country good-neighbor business, I hope. Everybody trading dinners and knowing everybody else’s business.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Something about me being lucky while I just stand there caught in between wanting to disappear and wanting to help her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He wants to get his own computer and a few other things from his apartment. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

You want it to happen to the other person. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, Will, for not wanting to be the one who spreads gossip. It shows you’ve got real character. I do hate gossipers.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And every single one of them wanted the lead role in Annie. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Papá that I did not like his idea, but I did not say anything. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want anything from Pa’s lady friend. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ascertain if the mute really understood what was said to him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “I want a slice of pizza, but I’ll take a candy bar.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“You want to get yourself killed out here?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last few kicks were the hardest; all I wanted to do was to get off the bus alive. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I don't really want to go home at all." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But I wanted somebody to know that out of that vast sea of ignorance in the Black Belt there was at least one person who knew the game for what it was. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to know if it was under the couch or high up in the closet where I couldn’t reach yet. He didn’t say that ‘love is within’ or ‘love is all around you.’ They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Between us and everything we wanted to change in the world they placed a woman: socially, politically, economically. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what it was like, if you want to know. The two of them looked as black as—as black as death standing up there with this fire burning all around them.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sounds to me like once this judge knows who wants to enter, he’ll choose the best from each school and never mind how old they are. Dumbledore’s trying to stop us giving our names.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I really want to see Arthur the way he sees me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Do you want him to collapse inside of himself?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Whether she liked it or not, she did think of her parents when she wanted to make big decisions. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Wavy, colored hippie writing all over, since she was free to do what she wanted in her own house. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him where we were going and why, but I held back. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you follow?” repeated Jonathan, suddenly not sure he wanted the answer. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to pit Red America against Blue America. I want to be the president of the United States of America.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to leave Sean and the rest of JV team high and dry. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

It is not good to want a thing too much. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can barely write, but if we die here, I want someone to find this. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He rowed hard the last stretch—he didn’t want to show how tired he really was—but when Willis threw out the line and Turner could hardly tie the knot, he figured Willis would know. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

"She does what she wants. Or that's what it seems like." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I kind of guessed a long time ago. Except I thought maybe I was just seeing what I wanted to see.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Yet Hitler assured everyone that he did not want war. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Anna, if the boy doesn’t want to . . .” started the old man. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wished it, if she reached out and touched her, Taisin would come to her easily; she only wanted a bit of suggestion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry. I won’t touch you until you want me to,” he said, as if he should be congratulated for such scruples. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I thought for a long time she was a demon. I thought she’d stolen my mother at first. She scared me. I thought she wanted me dead.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to discover that we couldn’t make it in time. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Veronica, they are for you. They’ve always been for you. I knew you’d come back some day and I wanted you to come back to something different.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“But I have to believe that it isn’t the way you want it to go, either.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Fin set the case down on the sand and unlatched it, asking, “Who does your father want you to marry?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to get her out of my own world back into her own. I thought I was taking her back to her own place.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I try to sound cheerful, but I didn't want it to be Dad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran had not wanted the Freys at the high table, but the maester reminded him that they would soon be kin. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Frank wanted to say something comforting, but he wasn’t sure what. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Not if he gave it to her. If he gave it to her, that makes it her ring and if it’s her ring she has the right to give it to whoever she wants.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I hardly even had the guts to rub it off the wall with my hand, if you want to know the truth. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take my time, to actually enjoy it, but I knew what was coming. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I didn’t even want to talk to him. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Because, dear,” Gloria says simply, “it’s what your gram would have wanted.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I was scared, but I didn't want Diana to know, so I said let's go upstairs. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

No longer did I think of the Aleuts, as I have said, yet without a canoe to go where I wanted, I felt uneasy. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, pointedly, “And what, inn girl, do you want?” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Group Headquarters was alarmed, for there was no telling what people might find out once they felt free to ask whatever questions they wanted to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“People thought I was telling a lie to get more candy for myself! I told them, ‘You want to see my sister? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The last thing I wanted was for Mrs. and Pa to fight over us traveling by ourselves. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was feeling a little sick and I wanted to be alone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe what drew me to her was the fact that, like me, she seemed to want to keep to herself. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people come through your door each day, each wanting something different and all demanding they get it first, believing their needs are the most important in the world. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Leah’s friend Pascal was the only one who still came around occasionally, wanting Leah to come out and scout the bush for adventures with him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t know how to live the life I want and still be a good daughter.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The last thing I want is Momma making a fuss because I can’t handle all this. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

You know he’s hurting and you want to make him happy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to start reading them at that very moment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wants to order Chinese but her place can’t deliver tonight. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want to buy, I’m sure I can arrange to sell, but with what you’re doing you’ll probably end up in a cell anyway.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want a show of hands. How many of you have been informed by your parents that you will be leaving New York City for good at the end of the school year?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He started kicking at the dirt like he didn’t want to talk about it anymore. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no,” she cried out, “I don’t want to go to the baile.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

You want to come in an’ read to an oul’ man? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I was surprised when, on the day I turned ten, Dad took me outside to the back patio and asked what I wanted most in the world. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just want things to be normal again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Two days ago, when he offered to take me wherever I wanted, I called out in my piping voice, “Top of the Pontch!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want the meat. I want Shiloh.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People take drugs because they want to. You just have to not want to.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t know if you want me to be American or Japanese. Mama, I don’t understand!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Well, I was mad at you for saying you wanted to pulverize me," she said. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t want her to get the wrong idea.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty, and Dazzling! to jazz up and stretch the words Jason has in bigger directions, and Joke, so he can be sarcastic if he wants. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Eight months! Thqr vanish to Boston for eight months and then show up with no warning and wanting tea. Tea! I could get tarred and feathered for brewing tea,” she muttered. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dorothy’s hunch that those who knew how to program the devices wouldn’t want for work was a correct one. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay, I don’t want any. I’m not hungry,” I say. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want power. I just want my brother back.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A souvenir from Dollywood—a place Lucy had always wanted to visit. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Why not tell it so that if she were ever questioned she would say the things that he wanted her to say, things that would help him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say anything else, so Cara finally said, “OK, then. It’s just that she’s a friend of mine, and she asked me to say hi, so I wanted to make sure I did.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want me to deaden your wrist?” he asked. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just that she didn’t want to hurt her mother. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sarah glanced at me and Justin, and I had the feeling that she wanted to stay. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

That piqued Thomas’s interest—he had been wanting to do that. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

It had been so long since Kaede had felt its warmth that its first touch brought tears to her eyes; she wanted to strip off all her clothes and stand naked in the light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You should have seen it, when the order came through to destroy the stores. Twenty thousand cigarettes. We took whatever we wanted.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she doesn’t want to be seen. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jeannette, I’m going to give you a sock that I want you to put in a safe place,” Mom said once she got in the car. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her students were old enough that she rarely read aloud to them, but today she wanted them to be able to focus on what she called the “magnificent melancholy of Charlotte’s final moments.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you want to tell them about your qualifications?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to get rid of Lyra so that he could talk more privately with the young woman; Lyra could tell that easily. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The struts were supposed to take the jolt out of the landing, but I wanted to be out before they hit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got my slam and I don’t want to give him another shot so I backed him in again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"And I wasn't stealing it. I just wanted to look at your snare. Mine never catch anything." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I reach for her, but she pulls away a little—like she’s trying to make me want her more by keeping her distance all morning. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

We’d trekked through auditoriums all over the country, eaten more fast food than we ever wanted to, and shown up for fancy fund-raisers at homes so opulent we’d had to actively keep ourselves from gawking. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Everything Genie wanted to do to help he knew probably wasn’t a good idea. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Her mother welcomed me with a delighted grin, as if she never wanted to see anybody more in her life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In the meantime, if you want to walk dogs again with Nora, we can talk about that.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Mundín will be gone if you want to borrow one of our cars." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Come here, Eugenia. I want to tell you something.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I just want to check on one thing,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Sammy was inside washing his hands and face, giggling, but Dicey didn’t want to risk hanging around any longer than she had to. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't see why you want the book so much. It's no use anyway.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to know about how well I was doing in school and all my accomplishments. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth’s spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to get Chester in trouble with the Bellinis.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you got the quarter, and I don’t want to go all the way up there by myself.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could drive a sled over the snow anywhere you wanted without paying attention to where the roads were. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s go to my house for dinner,” I said, wanting Audrey back in a good mood. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But what she really wanted to write was I’m going to be Charlotte!!!! George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

By the time it is over, it will be the past, and she doesn't want to be the only one left to tell their story. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shook my head in doubt, though my heart throbbed at his words and I wanted so badly to believe them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I know my people are hidden, but I want to run and slam the door shut anyway. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had hoped her friend would stay, but couldn’t blame him for wanting to get away from this place as fast as possible. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to do this, but I have to do this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was disgusting, that a man at least twice her age would want... Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted the very best for his congregation, to take them out of the dark ages of superstition and witchery. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I know I saw you a few hours ago but I already miss you. I want to see your face. I want to feel your arms around me,” I said, and closed my eyes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Did I wake you up?" he wanted to know when I opened the door. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“You’re in no position to bargain with us. There’s nothing more to be said. Thistle, go back and tell Captain Vervain I want everyone up here at once.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great. Samantha, you can fill him in on all the Hudson stuff, if you want. And make sure he doesn’t die again to prove a point.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Plus, I wanted to be able to ride the merry-go-round and swim in Fair Park Pool and to try on clothes in the department stores downtown. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Because she wanted that to be the truth. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, not wanting to believe his words. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She said that when she was young, she’d wanted to tell Mother, to ask for help, but she’d thought Mother wouldn’t believe her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t want to be alone with Moss, wouldn’t he have invited Moss to a group activity? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want to take it, you don’t have to! I’ll just keep it for myself, then.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Someday I’d like to feel comfortable enough around people to actually say the things I want to say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to march up there, flip a couple of tables over, and say, Excuse me, June Boatwright, but you don’t even know me! The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like him, you are tough, dark, vulnerable, moody—with a very definite tendency to sound truculent because you want no one to think you are soft. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Most of all, I wanted to be in pictures. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to escape down the stairs, because I really want to hear the conversation Mom is having, but Dad gently grabs my arm. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I took pictures of the stars with Grandpa’s camera, and in my head I connected them to make words, whatever words I wanted. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If Finch wanted to let me in, he would. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So he says, ‘That party tol’ me she wants to talk to you.’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I want you to know that I put it there.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The coach had changed the words to: Gotta Kill 'Em All, and Leo really didn’t want to know why. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And then, when she was done with my hair, forty-five minutes later, she told me she’d brought makeup in her traveling suitcase and wanted to slather that on my face too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Ibtihaj, I didn’t know you had it in you. That’s the kind of fire we want to hear and see,” he said, his face flushed with excitement. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At their worst, the people who want a god who listens are self-centered. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I want to find out what happened,” he said, his face set. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My heart wanted to leap toward my father but my stomach soured. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“I just don't want to join,” I say. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Beer cans lay around a wastebasket that was so full it looked as if it wanted to erupt like a volcano and spew trash all over the room. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But nobody wanted to speak on the true disposition of the world. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But he also didn’t want to have to keep proving his integrity to Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“He just shows up when he wants to.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You’re Canadian, right? I didn’t expect you to get me an Independence Day present or anything...unless you wanted to.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Where normal people would want to cut it off, Charlie would want it to dip in his soup and let the liquid drip down his elbow. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I did not want that to happen to me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“But I've never missed a day of work, not for any reason. Not in twenty-one years. Somehow, I didn’t want to miss today.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wanted to wear her sister’s elaborate wedding dress, but their pennilessness called for something less formal. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bin Laden was the world’s most wanted man and had eluded detection for years. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You see, they want me to tattle on a friend of mine. Someone I got to know really well. After you left” “Tattle? Don’t tell me this is all about some ugly-trick.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Dad had said to holler if I needed him, but I didn’t want to scream. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump up and tell them, but I couldn’t move. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the mixture didn’t give us the effect we wanted. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I want to ask you to promise not to get mad,” he says, “but...” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He took a healthy swig of water before asking, “Ibtihaj, what are you doing here? What do you really want?” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Leah, this isn’t a question. I want you to do this. It would mean a lot to him.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You want to do that again?” he said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But this time I’m wise to her and I want to write. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Darius takes pics of the graffiti-covered walls that are more like art for tourists than for kids who want to rep their hood or show off their skills to other crews. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She began to speak as Elena did—as if she knew people wanted to hear her thoughts—and to hold herself taller, like a dancer. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I text Emery to see if she wants to meet up for coffee, and she texts back pretty quickly that she'll be there in fifteen minutes. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be reminded of time. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I would want to tell them about that last moment of my journey; but it was only one moment out of the weeks that I had been gone, and its telling would keep till morning. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in his life, he wanted his wand back in his hand, not to defend himself, but to attack...to kill. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even have to get up that early for school, and now that I’m on my summer vacation I want to sleep in. Why does she need me so early?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay there resting, eating mangoes, the breeze blowing on me, almost like I was on holiday, not fleeing the only home I’ve ever had. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like before I came in here, when I was in my mom’s bed, when my brain wanted to die but my heart wanted to live. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I saw him running and asked him if he wanted a ride.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want June to think she didn’t know, but now that she thought about it, she wasn’t exactly sure what the quote meant. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone seemed to want to get away from the spot where the guards had found the device. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Jet, I want to go to sleep.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted it to be morning, wanted to be done with the threat of dreams for at least a few hours. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I needed or wanted to work out at six o’clock in the morning or ten at night, Jake would be there, no questions asked and ready to work. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“If you want to be a heathen, who am I to stop you?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I surely didn’t want to be the girl no one asked to dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"Listen, mister," I said up to him, "if you know what's good for you, you'll call off your goons. Two of them seem to want to follow me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to let it sit there in his mouth until it dissolved. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like you. I don’t want to work with you.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“You wanted her to give you the sunscreen, too, right?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He wants to be turned, for all that I like Kay, you know, and I think people don’t understand him. He has to be proud because he is frightened.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s freezing and that makes me want to be back in my cozy bed. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Now it makes me want to talk louder, to be as far from that old identity and the pain that accompanies it as possible. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You want to sit together at lunch? I’ve been sitting with some people, but I don’t talk to them and they don’t talk to me. And you sit alone, so...” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone wants to feel like they belong somewhere. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or is Fina here to tell me she doesn’t want to be friends anymore? How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go to school because of the “you” part. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But if that was true, how come he made such a fuss ’bout where he wanted our wagon to be took to? The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“And how about we keep this between us and your family? We wouldn’t want to make the other contestants jealous. What do you say?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted the keen thrill of startling them, but felt that the cost was too great. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella’s reproach. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The photographer wanted something more lively, though, a picture of an actual capture. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nod, and when I turn my head, I smile, because I don’t want to help him earn my starting spot should he decide to come out for the team. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They think they’re your daughters, in case you forgot. All they want is to respect you. They said you have to improve conditions at Levy Pants if you want to see them again.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want to spoil their night. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I wanted to do something different, so I switched from Art and Social Justice to the August Wilson Acting Ensemble.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to know how to spread my teachings?” he said, and he pointed to the glasses of water. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not want to go out, but she did not want to be with him in the intimacy of her apartment; she still felt too raw. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I want—” His voice starts and stops, and he’s looking like he’s resolving not to cringe at himself again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe they wanted to shut out what happened to you, but that doesn’t mean they should have made me shut it out, too. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He never stopped talking, and what was awful was, he never said anything you wanted to hear in the first place. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But the officer still wants answers, so Nathan tells him the truth—that his body was taken over. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

So Grandma, who didn’t take part in community activities, wanted to go to the rummage sale. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan desperately wanted his head to be massaged but couldn’t muster up enough energy to ask. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I thought Ma and Pappa told you. I wanted to see the campus.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess I just wanted to say I’m sorry about everything that happened, I mean, that is happening.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They all wanted to talk about their dæmons, every one. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Or he will want me to sit in the bathtub while he pours boiling water into it; he will want me to drink gin. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you really want to hear, Ms. Fender?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I wanted to do was watch my show in peace and now everyone is upset. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"My mother will have cooked lunch. Did you want to pay now for the sausage, or have Mr. Kreuk add it to your account?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Again he emphasized that he wanted to put off more model building until Rosy was gone, six weeks from then. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He wrote me this note saying he wanted to see me before I went home. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you wouldn’t want to meet one, Ellie. And Tally, if you do the right thing now, you probably won’t ever meet one again. That sort of business is something we can all do without.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I don't want to be out there with them, after the other day." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted it to be me that was dead instead of Rob. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia says that if you want to poison someone this would be a good way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Stalin wants to protect himself from the West.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I want you to know that this is not your fault. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And when I grab hold of my nuts, I want the manager to run over with the jock powder, cause I’m gonna have a powerful itch.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beneath your lordship’s roof, your lordship’s word is law... but I shall want a reckoning with this onion lord before he leaves this city.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"I made the cocoon so she'd stop squirming," I say, not wanting her to know that I'd spent a lot of time thinking about how to be better than her, better than everyone. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, I was just calling to tell you 1 miss you and hope you’re having a good year. Feel free to call me whenever you want, okay, Auggie? You know I love you always.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But mostly I was surprised that she’d wanted me involved in her original plan, too. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

A lot of the others just smelled trouble and wanted to get clear of it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not think for a moment that this man wanted him to frolic at feasts. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes that’s for the best. Remember that kindergartner who wanted a bulldozer?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“But I want it in writing that after I do twenty hours’ work for you, Shiloh belongs to me.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Indeed, that is the very question I want to ask you,” said I. “For he has been hovering about you all night.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into another home where I’m treated like a servant, tolerated only for the labor I can provide. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

And suddenly my bewilderment suspended and I wanted to be angry, murderously angry. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway what do I need it for, I don’t want a man around, what use are they except for ten seconds’ worth of half babies. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all taken care of, Mrs. Hauser. Thank you. I just wanted to ask you if you know why or how someone could have gotten into our apartment? The doors were all locked that night.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Part of him wanted only to flee, but he knew that if he did he might never see Bran again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I want to be your friend,” I said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to cry; indeed, I want greatly, very greatly, to cry, but I know I must not. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to use the back door, which led directly into the alley. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

More than anything, he wanted to be alone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you want to hear about that,” Dr. Morales said. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So it was you who left her. Why? And why are we prisoners now? We just want some answers!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to hear nothing from nobody. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, guys, I want you all to take one piece from each box,” he said as he produced a pair of rubber gloves from the pocket of his lab jacket and pulled them on. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Teach them what they want to know, sir.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ezekiel was curious about me and wanted to talk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept checking my watch, uncertain if I wanted its sluggish hands to move faster or just stay still forever. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I want chicken curry for dinner, I simply say to the cooks: Chicken curry! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jean de Satigny made fun of her artistic impulse, saying that if she wanted to do something with her hands she would be better off knitting booties and learning to make pastry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe a few months ago I wanted to grope the breasts skewed between the straps of her translator. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy, already sit-sit-sitting at the table, pulled out my chair and I slumped into it, relieved that Aunt Goldie didn’t want to throttle me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to think of anything having to do with Greek or Greek class, either one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“How many times do you want me to tell you?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

There’s something forbidden about the whole thing that makes the electric currents burn stronger, and I want school to be over forever so we don’t have to come here at all. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Just because your parents didn’t want you, it doesn’t mean that the rest of ours don’t. Maybe you’re not in a hurry to get back, but I am!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“You want me to get in that thing?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to, but I want to.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Ma wanted me to go to a big university. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth didn’t want these exciting days to end; neither did Henry. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I’d never wanted to end a conversation as much as I wanted to end this one. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Irritated, I delete what I was saying, and instead send a message to let Eva know that my mom wants my phone away. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see her smiling and know I had been the one to make her happy. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Because he wants to go with Sarah,” I say. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

‘Even if Bubber is seven years old he’s got brains enough not to tell us where he’s going if he wants to run away. That about Florida is just a trick.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I focus, keeping my breath calm, even though I want to rage. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Soon her mother would appear and want to discuss the table placings, Paul Marshall would come down from his room and be in need of company, and then Robbie would be at the door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want to live that close to the harbor,” I said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“This is what I want it to look like.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to sell out, I could go to Europe and live off the interest, but I’m not going anywhere. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wants to have people come to him?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I told the boss I didn’t want to take the cart to the post office. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But out on the water, Bobby Moch told Don Hume, “Take your time. We can catch those boys anytime we want.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But wanting to please you is important too. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was not something Hazel wanted to experience again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

After all the food was out and all the tables were set, there really wasn’t much else to do, but I still didn’t want to go home yet. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

As always, mere mention of this tradition makes me want to throw up in my mouth. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I thought about this and said, “No. I didn’t mean to hurt the policeman. I just wanted him to stop touching me.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She’d desperately wanted to see her father to know that he really was safe. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You sure you don’t want to take the photo out? You could donate just the frame.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

My daughter Sarah becomes the daughter he wanted, and soon we have Anne. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One elder would say, “Oh, I want to move to that big rock in the distance. That’s where my grandfather is buried. It is a very good area for cows.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few months, Walter very much wanted to return to the place he'd spent his whole life. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Will said, “I didn’t want to tell you—I don’t think Tom’s ever got over—the death. He’s strange.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been excited to share it with me after I’d told him I wanted to be the world’s greatest scientist, after Einstein, of course. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I ask, but I don't really want to know. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, maybe he just wants to talk to me. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond my failings as a racist, I knew I was not wanted in the South. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And don’t want me to show them the naked pictures in my pad! I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She grabbed Beetle’s arm and cried, “I no longer want this child. It was a mistake. Make it stop. I will do this no longer.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to be away from her. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would rather do the shopping, get exactly what she wants; she envies me the walk. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no use in doing that I wanted to die. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, Auggie, I want to explain what all this is,” he said, pointing to the different parts of one of the hearing aids. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I felt like shouting, “Obviously not, Ms. McCrea!” but I didn’t want to be the suffering kid there to teach the other students a life lesson. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Burn wanted to explain his change of heart, so the next day he inserted a personal statement into the House Journal. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t want you to do that,” said Finn. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ares’s fiery eyes made me see things I didn’t want to see—blood and smoke and corpses on the battlefield. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Just once, I want to be told I’m like everyone else. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to experience just being a regular girl for once, with an actual sweet, caring boyfriend. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And each Sunday night, some of them stood, while I could see others not quite ready, when I asked, “How many of you want to follow The Honorable Elijah Muhammad?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I want to go to Mass on Wednesday for All Souls’ Day. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘I’m all right. What I want is some supper.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure it’s tight, Captain? I don’t want that troll coming out the wrong way.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“I want to get in the history books myself. But I don’t think this is the right route, exactly.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it’s romance you want, don’t expect too much from our Feral.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Maverick, he wanted to talk to you. He wanted your help.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“And what if I tell you I’ve changed my mind, and I want six instead of five?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In short, I wanted to know if this kind of farming was the past or the future. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

But another part of me wants to punch Nick in the face. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Because they really loved Janie just a little less than they had loved Tea Cake, and because they wanted to think well of themselves, they wanted their hostile attitude forgotten. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You go on back. I want to walk by the Hob.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to be in the same room with it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I leaned against her, wanting to say “thank you” but thinking that this wasn’t the kind of thing that you said “thank you” for. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much as I wanted to go home, deep in my heart it was still hard for me to believe that the war was almost over. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes darted around a little bit, like she was expecting something awful to happen but didn’t want to show that she was expecting it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And man, did I ever want to shut his mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I did not want to read anything, but the fact is I did not know how to refuse. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that she reminded me of the Blue Fairy. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You sure now, Mr. Randolph? I don’t want your son thinking I’m some kinda wicked influence on his good Baptist father.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

If they wanted to pass into the Mediterranean, they couldn’t avoid this meeting. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I get on the city bus headed toward cam- pus, I'm just another person who doesn't want to freeze to death in the wind chill. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to know,” I said, nursing my bruised lips. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to call out that I was not afraid. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was this magic something her parents had wanted to keep from their enemies? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to climb down, find the path again, and head home to bed. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I want you to be happy, I want that more than I want happiness for myself, does that sound simple? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to know I wouldn’t tell on her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But on the subject of who should give up a ticket, Ethan was particularly silent, which was a subtle hint that he really wanted to go. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But in the meantime, I think you have time to wash my other foot! Believe me, my dear. My turtle is full now. He doesn’t want you too. You’ll be quite safe, unless you refuse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was annoyed because I didn’t want the conversation slowed. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"They can call it whatever they want to call it. I have a perfectly good pot in the kitchen and some beans that are fresh enough for anyone." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They tell their incredible stories at the time when you want to hear them. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he talks to his mom, he wants to be alone; he might cry. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I want to ask her if she’s an android, but that wouldn’t be very respectful; and besides, I’m not up to it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“And I guess you wanted to protect me, too. But I didn’t want to go back to Brooklyn!” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hate him, I wanted to stay mad, but I was having problems. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how I wanted them to feel, but I can say now they hit the nail on the head. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Beautiful and well, Yolanda muses, that's what she had wanted with Clive, all things beautiful and well, instead of their obsessive, consuming passion that left her—each time Clive left her—exhausted and distraught. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Not trusting him enough to tell him was a mistake I do not want to make again. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted everyone to see that I did not care if I was not chosen. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want other people to forget you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He wanted to step in and help Hazel, but he was a ghost. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She told her parents she didn’t want to make any judgments till a month had passed. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He was his own director—relieving himself when he wanted to, stopping for cold beer when he was thirsty, and even in a seventy-five-dollar car the sense of power was strong. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want my people to smile when they see me ride by, the way Viserys said they smiled for my father. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I decide to speak up for what I do want. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“First of all: Who would want to punch me? Second of all: ecstatic dazzlement. Nicely put.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“What does he want?” asked Hazel, thinking of Uncle Martin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I don't want to open it—the world is too good right now without Lev's prolonged goodbyes. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The people, I said, wanted democracy, and political leadership based on merit not birth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some small part of me wants to smile at the sight, to feel the joy of avenging my brother’s death. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Jaime closed his eyes and inhaled with difficulty, forcing himself to contain the wild feelings that made him want to kill his brother, to run and marry Amanda himself, to weep in impotence and disappointment. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I was hoping was that she didn’t want to jump into any heavy stuff too fast. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Megan wasn’t going to be as easy as those first two, though, because, deep down, I still knew she could get anything she wanted from me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had wanted to help me into the flat when we arrived earlier in the afternoon, and Chima had insisted on carrying my bag. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I want everything back, the way it was. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t wanted them to, but they had. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, what if I just decided I wanted to go to Seattle?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Ms. Tomoko to worry, so I forced myself to eat. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I know what he wants,” I say, standing up. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted the children to have what their mothers would have wanted for them, the possibility of happiness. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that the clinic was a place in which I could talk about anything I wanted to and at any time. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

And now Kosi was sinking to her knees before him and he did not want to comprehend what she was doing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Others shouted: “Are you crazy? We were told to stand. Do you want to get us all in trouble?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have you, so run away and help Daisy make patty cakes.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want to interrupt my worrying to go. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She either trusted me or wanted to fall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I want to run back home and change. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I want to say something to him, but the words keep evaporating, vanishing off my tongue before I have the chance to say them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to know. Wait. Is it sad? I don’t want to know if it’s sad.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would send Babbage a message and ask if he or she wanted to meet up at school to talk ciphers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want him to stop her either. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make her love me so she would keep me forever. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can take a shower now if you want. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I just want an even chance to get my money back. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hopes to meet them someday, but for now he wants to give them encouragement. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to tell me about it?” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I did not want to know what had happened here. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I blinked and blinked because I didn’t want Babou to witness my stress hormones build up to a containment breach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Not when I bring him what he wants, that thing’s head.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Don’t forget, I wanted to call after him, that you have only eight fingers, and they have Jen. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there like a lump until the sun comes up, trying not to think about things I didn't want to remember. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The pines quivered around them, and the moss softening the stones in the piles was so green that Lizzie wondered whether even the frock coats want to kneel down and smell it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Now, I want you to go and say Hello properly ” Ammu said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents had already passed away, so it was just him and me. I didn’t want him to go.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Her parents don’t want you to see her,” my dad said. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Bosley wanted shows that stretched over two weekends so word of mouth could promote the last two shows. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But when Ocean started saying goodbye, he looked at me like he didn’t actually want to leave, like he was sorry he had to. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

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

They'd stared at each other, and then Etta had folded her arms across her chest and asked him what he wanted. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It is not a school as you know it, and definitely not a place where you go because no one else wants you or likes you anymore. It’s not a place for punishment.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m almost yelling, and trust me, you don’t want to yell at my sister. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

If he wants to, he will kill them with his bare hands. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I want him to know.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, ma'am, if you want to file charges, we have to talk to her." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The strange sheen on their bark makes me want to hug the tree closest to me, but my arms would never reach around its stout trunk. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Now, Bigger, be a good boy. Just relax and take it easy. We want you to take your time and show us just what happened that night, see? And don’t mind the boys’ taking pictures. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The post office, Harry! About two hundred owls, all sitting on shelves, all color-coded depending on how fast you want your letter to get there!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get him out of there. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

By then, other students were gathered around my desk, wanting to have a look. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to come, I want to come,” yelled Pinch. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

They wanted to capture as many Smokies as possible in a single stroke. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

So I went over to her and made the suggestion that, since she only wanted to talk to the veterans, she swap seats with me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want something to tie the dog,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you even want to know what I’m talking about? Can you please come see?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

From the look of outrage he directed toward the cops, I got the feeling that he felt they were villains, and that he wanted to take Sergeant Caputo apart like a rotisserie chicken. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

You didn’t want to hang around her too close, or she’d give you a job. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He examined the table, gave a grunt when he found what he wanted, and turned a switch. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want her? Then I must tell you things about my wife.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I decided then that if Ambrose was a member of this group, I didn’t want anything to do with it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mandela wanted to know how his former team and his ex-teammates were doing. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to tell Bri what he just realized, that if he left without seeing her get on the van, she’d be one of the gone and he couldn’t bear that. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

If she says, Actually, I don’t want to miss sixth period, I will disconnect. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He realized he wanted to search the scene for a glimpse of Jean. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Even if my Uptown relatives don’t want me, at least they could rescue Mama Ya-Ya. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Anya ran to her grandmother, wanting to hug her but not wanting to disturb her magic. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

My insides are churning, and I want to throw up. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I wanted the Death Eaters to get a glimpse of Harry before we left, so they knew Xenophilius hadn’t been lying!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Seen you when I built that crazy lean-to for Kate. Now why in hell did she want that for? No window.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

To Virginia Beach, if I wanted to see my grandmother? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know more about Ducky but I knew I was looking away from finding out more about Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been consumed and out of control, every part of him wanting to destroy that pilot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If I’m concentrating on my work and he just wants to joke around, it annoys me. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I want Daario in my bed, but I sent him away for the sake of you and yours. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You want to tell me what that was about?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He just wanted a quiet afternoon, that much was clear. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Libby wants to be the world’s biggest theater star’s agent. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They all wanted to see what would happen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The fisherman’s wife keeps wanting bigger things, and by the end of the story —” “Hey!” a voice calls. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by "a little cramped" I mean "we wanted to kill each other." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guy said, “Sally, you’re a riot. You want some more wine? “ The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“We don’t want to go to California,” Eugene said emphatically. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the one I want to sit down with is Jamie. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He just wanted my mom to hug him close, while he wept. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That I wanted to be there, on this team, with these people. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I want to feel a part of something. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell her his news—but she seemed so far away, he wasn't sure she'd hear him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Colonel,” Zell said, when he reached him, “I just wanted to tell you how much I admire the courage and professionalism of the Marine Corps.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell her that I’m not ready for intimacy. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t want to talk about Locke. Forget him. I want us to leave Faerie. Tonight.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether to leave her with her grief or to push on, but I've come this far and I can't help wanting to go further. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The truth is, I was pounding on his back when I wanted to be hitting the walls. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to do her work and go home. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So convinced I was of that woman’s being her mother, that I wanted no evidence to establish the fact in my own mind. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The class claps for us, and Mrs. Morris says she wants to hang the painting in the classroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wants to make us think—even when we don’t feel like thinking. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I had purchased an old sailboat, which I wanted to use to explore the Pacific, and I kept this boat in Ventura, California. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She also wanted to help me get started in my new venture. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s crazy! Why would guys want to dress up as girls?” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to just opt out, or play sick, or cross my name off the organizers' matchmaking list. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want you to kill me,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You want me to go to the au pair agency and tell them that Vivian smokes?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like maybe it made her look bad, and I didn’t want her to look bad, especially in front of the Menzers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I can't finish my Theorem, and so I want to burn it.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

They wanted me to move on to another life, but I was ready to call the whole thing off. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Finally, Mom said, “I know! You want to call her Butterscotch?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I have to try. She can’t be that bad if she wants to meet so close to the Bureau, right?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you even want to be friends at all?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Petrelli finished, I hurried back to Mrs. Baker’s room, since I wasn’t sure that I wanted my father to be standing there being large and important. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you still studying? What else do you want to know? Dr. Bentley says you already know more mathematics than any man in the country!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, Marshall had wanted to go out right then to Egypt, and Melanie had had a hard time convincing him that it was impossible. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your call. Clive’s cleaned out the cats. He wants us to bring the meat.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At the end of the shop, behind a jewelry case, a man in a visor looked up from his work and said, “What do you want?” without a trace of welcome. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s just it. I don’t want to have any thoughts, because then I’ll have to think about how I’m trapped down here with no way out.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She becomes pretty so suddenly that it's almost like a magic trick—but it's not like I want her or anything. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It was to keep me safe, I think. And to make me pay attention. I was young and I didn’t want to work all the time.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind her hand she said, “Well, I think you're cool, and I want you to think I'm cool, and that's all popular is.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Wait, Thalia. About what happened back on the pier ... I mean, with the manticore and the sacrifice—” “I don’t want to talk about it.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I can tell he wants her to see how much it can hurt. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Do you want to show me your stamps? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was so emotional about wanting to meet Ashe that it did not occur to me that I was asking Wilfred the remotely possible. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He passed away yesterday, so I wanted to make sure I gave it to you.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Abbey looked like she wanted to give me a hug, but she was understandably reluctant to get slimed. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Maria wanted to know—and to share—the origin of all creatures, not just butterflies. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And the field trip was to the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, a place he'd always wanted to go. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do the same thing, reach out and touch all that possibility waiting to be unrolled and made into something. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed that the two spymasters had said all they wanted. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you want to know what a huge shark looks like inside?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Because of the tiredness in him he wanted sometimes to lie down on the floor and beat with his fists and cry. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If you want to hold him, now’s the time. Mom’s going to make him work after this.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m sure C.C. will want to speak with you personally before the luau. Come, please.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hug him, hold him tight, and feel the sky fill up with a million stars. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to examine it up close but didn’t have the nerve. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘It’s jumping about! It wants to get out!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though her approach was markedly different from the work of others who studied insects, she wanted her book to portray this interconnection—just as she had observed it every day on her walks. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hoped she succeeded, but I didn’t want her to feel like a failure if she didn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t want to see the man. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s something I want to show you,” he says with a small smile. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he wants anyone, and anyway you would have sailed,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ride his pony again with his brothers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was hungry but I did not want to waste time. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t it be great if we had a magical device that allowed two people to talk over long distances any time they wanted? They could call it a talky-box.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Only Fern could get away with tugging on Pa like that, although I also wanted to know. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

"You always said that's what you wanted, didn't you? A carefree lover." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t figure out why my teacher wanted to see me. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Roan asked him if he could borrow a few dollars; he was still morose about his wife, and he wanted to get a drink of moon liquor. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Riddle didn’t want Milton going anywhere near his horse again, and vowed never to run another horse at Pimlico. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He says he doesn’t want a lot of fools looking at his tattoo.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to see what was going on, and I felt very sorry for myself, but that’s understandable too. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

You might not want to invite us to your parties, you might think we’ll rob you blind when you got your back turned. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to. Reynie, you look and then tell me about it.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I done nothing,” he repeated, “I never told no one. I don’t want to be put to the asylum.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was panting, and I didn’t want anyone to notice me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The president replied that he wanted to be moved to the White House. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s why he picked manga—because he knew the last thing Mom would ever want to do is look at Japanese comic books. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the trousers; he just wanted the boy to wait before he went wailing for help. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I want a packet of luggage labels,” I said, but I saw by his eye that he was not deceived. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I pull away, but not because I want to. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Later, Mr. Muhammad said that any whites who wanted to hear the truth could attend our public rallies, until a small separate section for whites was filled. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take off the beard as soon as I started boxing but Catherine did not want me to. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I just want to know what I’m getting into.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was to start the sixth grade with a sixth-grade look. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t say anything about how my parents don’t want me either. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tilts her nose toward our hands, comfortably clasped together and not wanting to let go. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was all teary-soundin’ and she said she just wanted to wish me a Merry Christmas. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t want to stay in the camp. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

From behind her, Håkon said, “Do you want to bring him? It might be nice to ride him instead of walk.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Warning the children he did not want to hear another word from them, the father picked up the kerosene lamp and carried it into the bedroom. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The few times she mentioned her own parents, who I’ve never met, it was mostly about how she wanted to get as far away from them as she could once she’d grown up. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Hillside welcomed all guests, and most particularly wanted to provide upwardly mobile blacks with the same kind of vacation experience their white counterparts enjoyed. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“What was it you wanted to say to me?” asked Hazel at last. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Hugo caught his eye and got the distinct impression that the old man wanted him to see what he was doing, as though the old man was performing for him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You want to go to the woods to live deliberately. You want to suck the marrow out of life.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want the betrayal to grab him the way it did. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to discover where the sky and the sea meet each other like two old paramours who had been separated for a very long time. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The last thing Rowan wanted to do was antagonize a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Every man loves the shipwright's wife. He had bet-ter, lest he wants his ship to sink. If you need men to pull your oars, you could do worse than those three." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I can still get you upset anytime I want to, Lillian. I think it’s getting easier the older we both get.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to yell, “hint, hint, one hint! That’s all I want!” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"How long do you plan to hold that against me? You said you didn't want dead Roman for tea!" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be there in a minute. I just want to put away the brushes.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After a while, she answered, “There’s enough death in this world. I want to help things grow.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t want to leave, dumpling, but we must. Your father has orders,” Lillian Meecham replied, her voice sad with understanding. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Harry only —” “No one wants to upset me! That’s a good one!” howled Myrtle. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I thought you contacted me because you know I’m still the leader of the Allegiant, and you want an ally,” Johanna says, bending her neck so a lock of hair falls over her scarred eye. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He gave a contact point for later in the evening and urged any Negro man who wanted to earn five dollars for himself to find him a date within this price category. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie jeered at me behind Mom’s back, and I wanted to punch that smug look off his face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But it had to be done, and still does if you want to eat hog meat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hear that the principal wants you to say a speech which you’ve rejected,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother wants an ox eyeball out of one of the jars: it’s the sort of thing other boys find impressive. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close my eyes and sleep until the end of the world, but I needed to go home before my mom realized I wasn’t there. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Please? I promise I’ll tell her. I just want to write a few more letters to Marcus. Before she makes me stop. You know she won’t let me write to him.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Connor wants to go back to the used bookstore where we met because he’s looking for a novel by a Japanese author I’ve never heard of, so we take the train south together. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Even when Ramadan arrived during the season and I had to play volleyball and fence while fasting from sunrise to sunset, abstaining from food and water, I still didn’t want to quit. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The maid came in and said that the female English wanted to see the male English now, at once. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You want a—” I grinned at him and said, “A job!” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The joke was, if you wanted privacy, you just had to close your eyes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he would want to hear about the trip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to experience a little of that fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I want to please Amara but the stairs are so steep and they go on forever. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

"I followed 'em, didn't I? A big muck like Red, Fat, and Wicked wants to find 'em! That could be worth some money, couldn't it?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to show him the fin that had risen above her head, and Loo’s face when she’d struck it. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Professor Devine, I wanted to show you the research proposal you wrote with my mom about tagging great whites. I’m trying to understand the details.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to join him when he protested at our own Fort Lawton a few years back, but Theo is fiercely protective of me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her case was still being appealed, and they wanted the new federal lawsuit to be independent of any existing criminal case. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

An urgent knot ties in my stomach, and it only uncoils as I realize that I wanted him to touch me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, the woman said that she wanted a boy who could milk a cow, feed chickens, gather vegetables, help serve breakfast and dinner. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What plans, darling? You don't want the baby turtles to be blown ashore and die, do you? These are babies, Nadia. They need help." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I can, I do, 1 want to, I don’t want to, I try not to. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t weep. You will be strong. We don’t want your family to worry.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Sir, after I finish typesetting the pages, Mr. Lewin wants me to go to the fairgrounds to research an article.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She told me everything I wanted to know and too much. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to do this next year too!” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Big Ma just looked at her mother, wanting something from her, and then stomped off to her room. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Or she wants to stand around and laugh at every dumb thing Stacy says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“She said she wanted to meet me and make sure I was okay.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Even after I’ve been so terrible to you, you still want to live in the same building as me?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would tell her I just wanted to spend some time with her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Everyone wants to know his secret, and that’s his power—just having one. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to go up into the mountains with you for a weekend. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe, he thought, this was just one soldier, ignorant or cruel, wanting to stir things up. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Also, I really wanted to witness Hillary Clinton become the first female president. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even want to know what depressing thing she was reading, so I kept my eyes on my next vacation. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry, Si. I just thought you’d want to know about it. I’m assuming you didn’t write it.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“The other is very strange. I cannot tell what it is, what it will do, how it was made. But I want to understand it. How did you come to possess it?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I want to make him pay for this,” I said, ripping up the letter. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, listen to me. I want you to send a telegram to your brother.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

If people the world over wanted to go crazy, that was their affair, however lamentable. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that one,” he said, and snapped his fingers because he was embarrassed about his pronunciation and didn’t want to repeat the name. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The whole way home, Suesetta and I talk about what we want for Christmas and what we’re going to buy as gifts for our family and friends. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to push the party too much, because honestly it seemed like she wasn’t as interested in my friends as she was in some other kids. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t really want to stay either, so I followed her down the hall. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Unless you want to raise them yourself, what?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to go, but could not bring herself to ignore the silent plea of the woman who had rescued her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom hugged me and I let her even though I didn’t really want to be hugged. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to smile because nobody ever tells me to shush, but I didn’t, and it’s not true either. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She supported women’s rights because she wanted to keep her own wages. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to shout out to the night, he wanted Ginny to know that he was there, he wanted her to know where he was going. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Watching the freak, is what I wanted to say. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She looked into my eyes as if she wanted to remind me of what she’d said to me in the hospital. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And really, how really frightening could it be if Hand Clap wanted to go back? Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted Grace to mark him and stay with him the whole game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She wanted to dance around the room, she was so excited. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, whatever it is you want to ask, child, go right ahead,” Aunt Rose finally said, her voice gentle. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But I don't want to read faster or older or any way else that might make the story disappear too quickly from where it's settling inside my brain, slowly becoming a part of me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I almost wanted to tackle the guy into the sand and get his big head in a vise grip for saying something that actually made sense. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Nessy, you know you want to dance! I hope you ain’t still tripping over what that fool Curtis said. Are you mad at me for saying the stuff about Miss America?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

If Oppenheimer ever wanted to share any scientific information with the Soviets, he could use this connection. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d better think about it and tell me any ideas that occur to you. Anyway, I want to go round your sentries now. Come with me, will you?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a sudden fury, she stabbed the air with a finger like she wanted to pin me to the raft. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Barbara wanted to know, standing there in the door of the rumpus room. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted such a father, dead or alive. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go inside for a look around. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to get in the crosshairs of whatever is about to go down. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The navigator is nowhere in sight, and I don’t want to be left alone right now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

When we got to our cabin, the sheriff said, “OK, Little Charlie, I wants Judge Byrd to go out with me and look at that area. Y’all ain’t planning on going nowhere, are you?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

That asking permission to touch somebody was funny, but that you really didn’t want to be touched by somebody who didn’t ask. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wanted to talk to Antonapoulos of all the thoughts that had ever been in his mind and heart, but there was not time. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I have things I want to get an early start on.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“The first priority was what he wanted done,” shrugged Brobeck, laying aside his work on the Bevatron. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I want to be with her,” he says, “to know her.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted to go up on the ridge, either. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word had spread across the island that the robot was throwing a party, and everyone wanted to see what the fuss was about. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He was the one people went to when a baby was born or when someone in the community died or when a couple wanted to get married or when someone needed food or money. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘At first I only wanted to read the Bible so I could preach to my people. But” —he smiled again, showing his lovely, even teeth—“a little reading is an exceedingly dangerous thing.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to say the Pledge of Allegiance over the loud-speaker,” I said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want that thought in my head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Come along, dear. There are some very important people I want you to meet....” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

“If this means integration in all areas of life, then that is what we want.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You tell me why you don’t want to, Joaquin. Don’t just say ‘what Maya said.’ Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, I reckon. Nothing. But I reckon I wanted to do what other people do.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to just sit down in the middle of what he had almost finished, and to remain so for three years during which he did not even appear to intend or want anything more. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Best thing about having your own business is that you don’t have to work Saturdays if you don’t want to.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

During a pie supper one night, he wanted to bet a dime that he could whip me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like no one else wants to sleep tonight. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looks at me funny so I decide he doesn’t want to be my friend anyway. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anytime. You want to hear some really meaningless pats on the back, just come to me.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leo also wanted to put as much distance as possible between himself and New Rome. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to know anything about him. I don’t intend to marry him.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Easter was always a time when we each were allowed to choose the cloth we wanted. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. I only asked you to come with me because I wanted you to keep quiet,” said Imogen. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to punch my dad in the face. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Do they want new kids to fall through? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But as I became a teenager, I wanted the same things any teenage girl wants. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see what the best junior fencers looked like on the strip. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Still, she could believe what she wanted, hut I weren’t no animal and I wasn’t going to eat with dogs. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple didn’t want to admit how much what he was saying resonated with her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Probably in the trunk, which was a place I never, ever, ever wanted to see. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I want her titles to be the best, and whether it’s biased or not, to me, they are. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that, maybe whisper it to her, but I totally chickened out. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Because you’re going to have to whip her sick again to get what you want from her!” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was so tired of this going back and forth; I wanted so much for it to be over. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘I am wide awake now, and I remember so many things that want explaining. Why were you delayed? You ought to tell me that at least.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“My parents are divorcing, Joaquin’s parents want to adopt him, so you better have a good story. And don’t say, ‘I want to find my bio mom,’ or I’ll pinch you harder this time.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But I never did, because I didn’t want to. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But Dries always liked Theo, and now he wants to help him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I was shaking with anger, but I knew I had to calm myself down if I wanted to make it into Conakry. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Mom, I wanted to say, the Sunday paper is the least of your troubles. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In the beginning, Traynor believed that he was being sincere in wanting to help. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Don’t want us to go back in the attic while my parents are around. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to read this composition aloud. For two reasons. One, it is beautifully written. And two, it tells about an unusual hobby—for a girl.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was not just shelter, just anonymous wife and children that he wanted, just as he did not want just wedding. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave it all in the plane. Leave it or I’m flying out of here right now. I know what’s coming and I don’t want to waste it.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, for once you don’t get what you want.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to lie down in the flowers and sleep. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Hey, if you want to walk, it’s no skin off my nose. Two miles, that way. And—What do you think you’re doing?” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Seward, may I ask a favour? I want to see your patient, Mr. Renfield. Do let me see him. What you have said of him in your diary interests me so much!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But that girl sound like she wants to change her race. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you want your head to look like a Butterball turkey.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have to marry right away just so I don’t have to work down Ladderal Mill.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I want to go back,” she said to Moody as they stepped off the bus. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d wanted me to stop Zero so that I could trigger his plans. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to win, but I think there’s this survival instinct inside all of us that clicks on when we see other people failing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I want to be close to the family. I want to work for my country and do something to help people here. And I don’t want to be in a place where I’m not wanted.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You can call it any day you want,” he continued. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was a sign that we came from love. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

It was when I got back into that familiar snow feeling that I began to want to talk. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The odds were so low on Schmeling that few wanted to risk their cash, and no one wanted to be caught betting on a black American. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

“Yes, but Soraya jan is upstairs in her room. She wants to talk to you first.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For permission to stay in the relative safety of the river encampment, the leader, El Tirindaro, who is addicted to heroin, usually wants drugs or beer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t wanted Ma and Yvonne to nag me again, about not eating so much lately. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much that I wanted to tell her that I had won, but instead I wanted to thank her and dedicate the whole night to her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe that some witches wanted to give Spares more rights. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“My father is the most stubborn man alive. He usually gets what he wants.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“They wanted to kill us. They’ve been killing us since before any of this happened.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Parker’s mystery was the perfect example of seeing what you wanted to see and hearing what you wanted to hear. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Boys,” said Mr. Weasley under his breath, “I don’t want you betting. That’s all your savings. Your mother —” “Don’t be a spoilsport, Arthur!” boomed Ludo Bagman, rattling his pockets excitedly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But Travis loved this store and would have wanted to support it. So please let him support it this last time.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I did not want to see Dad and Margaret smiling at each other. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

You get to choose: do you want to use your life to try to make the world a better place for humans and animals and the environment? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thomas wanted to look down so badly, but knew any movement might give him away. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve been looking through them ever since Thomas left, hoping that the thing Metias had wanted to talk to me about is mentioned somewhere. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

They wanted to see just what the girl was made of first. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

"If you want to leave in the morning, just go," I said to her. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She didn't forget about my art show, but she's also not going to acknowledge that she didn’t want to go. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Does Maddie really think I’m not a good person simply because I want to tell the truth? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You may reach out and embrace all of Manhattan in sweet aloneness, or you can go to hell if you want to. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Personally, all he had wanted to do was die after he had broken up with Birdie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking I could peel his skin off if I wanted to, all the way down his cranium towards the back of his neck. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

"And I am trying to tell you. Your mother told Izzy and Grandma Draper that she wanted to move to New York State, so Grandma set up a job interview with Dr. Gershom." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad he was out of the room because I wanted to be alone with Grandma and the globe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

With that eagerness I grasped at every straw of kindness, wanting to give a good report. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just want to find her,” I say, because I do. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew I wanted to marry Martha in the Dinka manner. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He unwrapped a stolen machine gun; he wanted to sell it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to speak to him about this gentleman problem.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Their mother wanted to rent it, but she always asked for too much. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

We didn’t want to get the same medicine, so we just looked at Leah real hard with I’m sorry for you eyes and tried to get a nice message across. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. I reckon I didn’t want to do nothing.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If that’s truly what you want, then I’m not upset. In fact, I’d congratulate you on asking for what you want.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I want to ring Anna up and remind her that Assia ended up with her head in the oven, just like Sylvia did. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing wrong with planning ahead, but wanting more than you have makes a person worry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Natalie caught Chess’s eye, and it was almost like she understood what he wanted to shout. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t even want to give him my gaze. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Ivy couldn’t remember ever wanting someone to love a picture as much as she wanted June to love this one. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to talk to you before your meeting. We left things kind of...um...I wanted to squash the weird.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Each of us wanted to be with Zuraiq, but Basel and Muhammad would soon start their school year. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She’d wanted to go to a local showing of the documentary Bridegroom instead. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to take a shortcut through the orchard to the road leading down to the town, but then my foot caught in a root. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that’s probably a good thing. I mean, who wants to mix with somebody who spends the whole time thinking about drinking you?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her brother said that he just wanted more control over his life, not a new one. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re a reflection of your parents. And I don’t want you running around half naked. It’s not necessary. You can be fashionable, and decent.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had always wanted a dog A little dog that looked just like me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they don’t want Earth saved after all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Basically, there were already about a thousand things I could snitch on Uncle for if I wanted. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I told my mom I wanted to leave and I went to the car and waited. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Harry ignored her; he didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of knowing how much trouble the Witch Weekly article had caused. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’ve been wanting to ask about those blue whorls for years, and, as I'm going to die anyway, I figure I have nothing to lose. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Other times I just lie on my bed and stare at the ceiling, imagining the kind of life I want to have when I get older. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wanted to impress our audience, and the older girls who danced. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He is my brother, but I want to tear him to pieces. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Creepy! I don’t want to think about that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I was glad she was in back because I didn’t want to look at my brother’s ankle. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Joe was leaning in like he wanted to hug her, but he took a respectful step back. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Given Nan’s tendency to move us at the first sign of trouble, I didn’t want to tell her anything was wrong, but that conversation with Abby kept replaying in my head. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, me wanting to get back for a meeting with the lieutenant. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, Coop. Don’t you know that by now? I don’t want or need anything from you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The only catch was, he only wanted the play to be seen at his own funeral. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“How long you wait for your crunchings and munchings,” Gwydion said, “depends on how quickly you tell us what we want to know. Have you seen a white pig this morning?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

All I want now is for Gram to tell me how to fix things again. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The show’s creators had a reason for wanting to construct Sesame Street this way. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey. I don’t know the guy. I want to feel him out. I wouldn’t loan my car to a stranger. You think I’d send off my son? Out on the ocean, no less?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I think about the earthquake kiss in the alcove and want to cry again. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

We don’t want to ask for anything special, Lord, but help my rebounders get off their feet. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I wanted something within walking distance of the graveyard, and this was perfect.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted it to rain all night We talked for a long time when the rain began to slack off. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask his aunt to tell him the truth, to say so if his mother was dead. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘Marcus’s mum is outside in a squad car, with another officer, waiting. She wanted you to hear his story too. When he’s done, we’ll take them home.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You said you wanted things done. So as we could be rescued." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She would tell him to call the police, and he didn’t want to call the police. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to pay attention to me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

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

He wanted to write about this, to create something from this, but he did not know what. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she wanted to stop and rest. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But today I can stare at people as long as I want to. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Believe it or not, I don’t want my voice to change. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like, you’re supposed to give him his propers by going home and working on what he wants you to work on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Gearhart wants to know if you set the claymores for remote?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to seem like a little kid. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“When I don’t want to eat, you know there’s a problem.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had been in a fight with another boy who wanted to take his basket. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to hear more noise that sounds just like how I feel. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I want to,” Celia says, gasping as his hands move lower. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted one now, only this time I was seventy-eight to be exact, and in no condition to dig up the soil. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he wanted to keep his country safe, so he did the work he was asked to do. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If Dad wanted to pretend he wasn’t really helping me, who was I to argue with him? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the rest of them would want to know that, too. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And wanting to be alone with my own thoughts as I was now, locked behind the bathroom door.... Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And I wanted to say thank you for bringing by my homework,” I finished. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other Champions laughed again, and Celaena wanted nothing more than to smile with them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You want it back?” he shouted at the ghosts. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Bridge wanted to kill Patrick and David Marcel. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She wanted to kiss him now, but something held her back. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No, please. I really don’t want to go anywhere near humans,” it said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What does your father want to see me about?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

When you’re poor you don’t have cars or nice clothes, but the best dancer gets girls, so that’s the guy you want to roll with. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You have natural talent. You could been genius if you want to.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now if you want to know any more poems, Frankie, tell me and I’ll get them from the pub and bring ’em back in my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘Meanwhile, I want to ask you to do something,’ said the wise man, handing the boy a teaspoon that held two drops of oil. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t mean I don’t want to hang out with you guys, too!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Though she is not entirely certain she wants to thank him for it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He told them how no one liked him or wanted to play with him, how no one appreciated him or cared, and how even his guardian had abandoned him. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t just looked in, he had made me want him—made me want to kiss him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I have nothing to say that she would want to hear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He patted the step, which meant I could sit next to him if I wanted, which I thought was nice, but I wanted to stand. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She sat down on the sofa and asked, “Do you want me to go on?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If researchers wanted to figure out how cells behaved in a certain environment, or reacted to a specific chemical, or produced a certain protein, they turned to Henrietta’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

We wanted to join the breaking scene in this new city and see where it would take us. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They want you to wait for them until they get ready and then they don’t even tell you how they feel. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to have to explain why Trevor wasn’t invited along. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“So you want revenge for your brother’s death or something? Gonna turn your back on the Republic for Day’s sake?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I ease off, I don’t want to smother her, instead I curl myself around her, keeping my hand over her mouth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want the world to look at her. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

And he wants to achieve serenity of mind. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“And I need your help. I want to do something pretty risky for my project.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him I don’t want him to watch me while I put this thing on; I’m still shy in front of him, about my body. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants me to remember everything that was going on the day that Benny Kilmartin died. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The boys on the Fugees—newly arrived refugees trying to find comfort and security in a strange place—really wanted Luma’s blessing. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For some reason I want him to feel vulnerable, laid open, though I know it will be completely useless. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where, I want to ask, is the doctor who determines if I am losing my mind? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

If I survived my apprenticeship as a high seas animal trainer, it was because Richard Parker did not really want to attack me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

When two strangers in a tribal society want to trade, they will often establish trust by appealing to a common god, mythical ancestor or totem animal. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s trying to be nice to me, which is almost worse. He wants me to go to Clarion Ladies Academy in the fall.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Like a man reborn, he wanted to test and taste each thing now to see how it went; like a man risen up well from a long illness, he felt deep and wayward whims. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I only wanted to see if he had food.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to think about the sword, but he tells me I must think about my feet, and watch his feet as well. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I listened now because this was Lin Nai-Nai’s war and I wanted it to be over. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you want to know the truth, I almost didn't lend him my sweater. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Emma was delighted, and only wanted him to go on in the same style; but his mind was the next moment in his own concerns and with his own Jane, and his next words were, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

If she wanted, she could take those talons right now and rake open my face. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They were obviously brand-new, though, and I watched his reaction to this: Would he allow himself to believe a white lie, if it meant he got something he wanted? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him about Lightning, but I didn’t. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have an answer, but he really didn’t want one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We shook hands, and for a second he placed his left hand on my right shoulder lightly, and I wanted to turn and kiss it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hang on to the sides, but pictured a cotton month rearing up and sinking fangs in my hand. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But really, deep down, all I wanted was to be a guy who knew how to do the right thing. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me. Marcus is not a good man. He lies and manipulates people. And he’s a convicted murderer. I don’t want him in your life. You have to understand.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I want to enter the shark into the field guide,” he said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You never want to end up house poor,” he’d tell us, explaining how some people handed over their savings and borrowed too much, ending up with a nice home but no freedom at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

R.C. didn’t like silence; he wanted to talk, mostly about things I had no interest in. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And he begins to have enemies, some who want to kill him. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn't want their eyes on those words together. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“No one can steal me. I go where I want. And I wanted to go with you. I knew you were destined for big things.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to walk off the court right then and there, but you just didn’t do that in pickup games. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

When my mom visited the school again as an adult, she was immediately convinced that this was where she wanted my sister and me to go. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“The mother superior would never believe me. It’s a nest of lapsed bats here. But I wanted you to know the truth.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to know that she was always waiting, waiting, waiting...for something terrible to happen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hear him say it, in person and not on the phone. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Above all, I want to keep the peace, and to neither quarrel nor gossip. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I want to hold his hand and stay here all day. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to save you this. I thought you’d understand...” began Jo, finding it a great deal harder than she expected. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You used to love going to Mexico when you were little. You always seemed so happy. You never wanted to come back. Don’t you remember?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I want to go and see my teacher,” I said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want Cecile to think I was afraid of doing wrong, but I was. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to give her a tip, only it would be rude to ask if she has change for a ten. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

My parents didn't want to be absent, but they weren't left with much choice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Besides getting off the island, it was the only other thing I wanted. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu ate her food slowly, thinking how much she wanted to remain there with them, in their rapture, forever. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to talk to him about her so badly that I was glad the conversation would be one way. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the knife away—the invading Dauntless weren’t carrying them, and I don’t want to be conspicuous. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

On a curving road I might have been traveling east or south or west instead of the north I wanted. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Back on the bridle path. I can show you if you want.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You wanted the Cage. I showed you to the Cage.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“He’s nice. I just...I need some time, Mamma. To be by myself. To find out what I want from life.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t doubt it. Everyone wants to get a look at the Titanic. Even sea monsters.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby worried that his funds in the Union Bank of Switzerland might be sequestered, so he wanted to get the money out of there as soon as possible. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I got something I want to give you.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Bury it. Far away. I don’t want scavengers to come nosing around here tonight. ” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She knew in her bones what she wanted, and she knew why she wanted it, too. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This, my dear, is something you should take up with your father. All I’ll say is—I just want him to be happy. I know I’m not the right person for him.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No. Do you want to just wait here for Mom and Dad to come home? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I want everyone to be as happy as I am. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t gonna tell, I just wanted to give Mamá a good-bye hug.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to meet her, even speak to her, but I drove to her store and parked across the street, to wait for her to come out. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only person I really wanted to talk to about Augustus Waters’s death was Augustus Waters. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“What would happen,” the Keeper asked all the boys, “if you were rowing a boat and half of you wanted to go one way and the other half another?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that he wanted to pull guard to check us out. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Today, I wanted desperately to ask her what to do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to hurt him, not when I am so happy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He knew what he wanted to charge, he was just stalling to make it seem like he was cutting them some kind of deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“I ... I want to be by myself when I turn it.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You want to still put the bow on?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, Captain. Time is of the essence. The commander wants a debriefing before we detonate.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“And I want to know what that feels like.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to tell anyone that I was going to a party. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thinks he is making a large concession, to something he assumes I want. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our meeting was awkward, as she knew I had been living in Brooklyn and had not wanted to see her. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to kiss me, to kiss away everything that had happened. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I want to wrap my arms around him tight so he can be happy again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She gave an exact summary, but even if she had wanted, she would not have been able to withhold her sarcasm. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I do not want to hear you say that again about Reb Saunders’ son.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wants to see where this is going. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Well, what do you want her to do, Eleanor? Leave them at home?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But we don’t know what kind of juice she likes, and you don’t want to bring grape when she loves apple. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s afraid,” she realized, “or else he knows that someone wants to kill him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I mean, how can we be sure that these people want to help?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want the killers who targeted my people to face justice. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I just don’t always want to be defined that way. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hate that idiot poem about the snowy woods, and I hate it when people say the woods symbolize death or beauty or sex or any old thing you want. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need me to say it, because you already know it. But I want you to know that I know.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd did not want it ever to be finished. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They just want to steal our valuables and jewelry. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what about the break-in and the deal with the Conte? Do you want to forget about all that just because the snoop has told us to?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want them ready for the day Ireland will be free from the center to the sea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“But why? Why would you want to be ugly? You were doctors, so there was nothing wrong with your brains, right?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I want to move, but all the thoughts suddenly swirling in my head are making me dizzy. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I have a feeling you’d find your way on if you wanted to.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of the old, sure smile that flashed on easily and frequently as a photographer's bulb, his face was grave, even tentative—the face of a man who often does not get what he wants. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

And yet, part of her—a growing part of her—wanted only to nurture the delicate bloom between them. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to see a hateful word. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If you’re the real Roy,” the doctor said, “then who was that young man in the bed, and where did he go? I want the truth.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was to see my family again, no matter what the situation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know if the rain would stop by 4:00 a.m. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

My poor mother and father—I wanted to tell them that they no longer wonder what they’re doing in the world while I stand here going out of my mind. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She only wants what’s best for me. She knows I love the pageants.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He didn’t want to contaminate it with money. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what, all of it comes back to death, which comes back to Lolo being sick, and that makes me so sad that all I want to do is stare out the window. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

When she ran to the bathroom suddenly, Gerald knew that she was more upset than she wanted to admit. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to help him with the kids. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Through a narrow gap he could see a green lawn and bright pink flowers, but only enough to make him want more. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quite often, even in bad spells, Hangman'll let me say whatever I want, even words beginning with dangerous letters. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know that he was back to himself. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That shows when you’re laughing, but not when you’re smiling, like it only wants to appear for special occasions. It’s real cute.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Goddard still reached back toward Volta, now wriggling his fingers impatiently, and Volta had no choice but to give him what he wanted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They needed an expert on codes and ciphers right away—and they wanted to hire Elizebeth. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, if that’s all you want, pray on it and God will provide,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You don't have the killer instinct, Alfred, the coldness to beat a man into the ground when you sense his weakness. I'm not sure I'd want you to have it." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a long time he'd talked about wanting to work with NASA. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

If a forager boy wanted to take a forager girl to a romantic spot, did the shade of a walnut tree suffice? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is this a good place to work, I want to know. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I’m not sure I know what God wants, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Rather than writing the first thing that came into their heads, they considered carefully what they wanted to say and how to phrase it. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to bring this up before but... I know what people are saying in town. About you. And I don’t care. I just want you to know that.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be a traveller on the road, a bride in love with her husband. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It wanted eyes with which to see the world. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to pretend it wasn’t happening. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Miles, “nothing we wanted to keep.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew his mother just wanted to talk privately with Mrs. Bloom. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I’m not thinking of s-selling then. It was before . . . my stroke. I had a good farm, sixty-five acres. I don’t want to sell one piece to anybody. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The night raids are for when the Empire doesn't want witnesses. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Angry at him for leaving without a word, angry at myself for being so easy to leave and for not being enough to make him want to stick around. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Grandma started touching me again, which was annoying, even though I didn’t want it to be. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches out and touches the monk's fleshy red hand, as if he wants to test his physical existence. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The Dyes wanted to help Shin make a plan for managing his future. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Of course, the magic dinner goblets would fill with anything you want, but it just didn’t taste the same as a real Coke, straight out of the can. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to make a joke of it: “I don’t want to have my hair all matted for the photo.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Robert W was fun to hang around with too, but I think the main reason I wanted to be friends with him was because his name was Robert. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She so badly wants me to get better, but so far, things are not going according to her plan. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do want to help a great man do great things,” he told the librarian. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Japanese Imperial general headquarters wanted to bleed us white. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to renew my acquaintance with her at all, but it seemed inevitable. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I really want to thank you. If it weren’t for you, I couldn’t have taken this test, and do you want to know something?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to feel proud, but he couldn’t muster it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Part of me wants to demand to know just what her problem is anyway. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

So, at the dinner, the dinner where I wanted my mom and dad to see how nice and great Sam and Patrick were, Mary Elizabeth talked the whole time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

How Wishbone didn’t want to be my dog anymore and had run off. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“We should check out both rooms. We don’t want any surprises.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m guessing she doesn’t want to,” Diana said, crossing to the middle of the room. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And I want you to know that I did fight,” Marcus continued. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Guy tried to pluck some of the mushrooms, which were being pushed into the dust as though they wanted to grow beneath the ground as roots. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“If you want people to treat you normal, you have to act normal.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“If we wanted to frighten them with thunder, then you might be useful.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Camera film is all I've wanted for every birthday since I was eight. I had a lot saved up." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mom wants you to come home right now,” I said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They want the doctor to leave me behind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Did she want me to hold her that way, or was she merely tolerating it? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But what would the rats want with such a long piece of wire? Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I promise you don’t want to work for me,” Dalma says, her arm interlocked with her half sister’s as they cross the street. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Why do you want to give Uncle Greg a riding mower?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you I wanted everything to go smoothly? No incidents? No funny business?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad knew how much I’d always wanted to compete with a top college gymnastics team like the University of Alabama or UCLA. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Its just—” Prudence said “—it’s just that you haven’t been here long enough to know about certain things. Amelia doesn’t—well, none of us—want you to find yourself in an awkward situation.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She just wanted to be herself, the self she was before Pet showed up and started making her look for unseen and unknown things. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Susan came back and tugged at him but he didn’t want to leave and when he opened his mouth, he wasn’t sure what he was going to say. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Go ahead,” Ryan says, opening his arms wide and putting his face forward, as if he wants to be hit. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Everyone else seemed to want him for our country. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She will slice at the air with her hands, half wanting to hear my answer, half wanting to hit me. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Junior wanted me to take a rest from it all. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Those machines can make Chinese money if you want them to," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t avoid the question just because you don’t want to think of an answer.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“In other words, you want to turn me into a zombie,” said Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You block the line of vision. I don’t want everyone seeing that I can open their lockers.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe because my blood sugar was low and it was The Week From Hell, I wanted a shout, a sound—any sound. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Im not turning my back to the guards. Maybe if we get a bit of color, we’ll be bought and hauled off into Soviet slavery like the witch wants,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But Yossarian couldn’t be happy, even though the Texan didn’t want him to be, because outside the hospital there was still nothing funny going on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just write your ideas, or whatever you want to tell us, and give it to me.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything that you want from the city?” she asked, but I didn’t answer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to stop our conversation, but I also didn’t want to invite her over because we really didn’t know each other yet. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The Captain wanted our family to sit with him in the front pew, so we did, even Grandma who, I’m glad to say, behaved herself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I never said I didn’t want you to visit the Captain.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I want a house on the beach in Hawaii. ‘I want’ is not an acceptable answer.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why did he want me to carry his tobacco pouch? Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be rude and point out that she hadn’t answered the question. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She wants Roli to apply to the best colleges and for every scholarship. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s the only person I wanted to talk to when all that was happening.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She stood up and took a step closer, like she wanted to comfort Ivy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"I want to hear his story," I say. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want Mother to see you in that short dress,” he says. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Or are his counterparts in the Capitol a little too fascinated to want to tune Finnick out? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Jam was fifteen when she told Aloe she wanted surgery, and her father sat and wrapped his arms around her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Why would Jeanine work with the Bureau when she so badly wanted to stay in the city, away from them? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not out of vanity, for she had little of that, but because she wanted to test an idea she had. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Stop, you carriers! I want to speak with the children. I know them.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to Watch Buster Friendly on Pris’s TV set,” Rick said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The churning of African Americans in and out of prisons today is hardly surprising, given the strong message that is sent to them that they are not wanted in mainstream society. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mary Elizabeth and everyone were crying now, and they asked me if I wanted to go to the Big Boy or something. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, whatever or whoever you are, we don’t want any problems.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want her to get hurt, Percy. My father is waiting. He just wants to talk.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the end he had to find what he wanted for himself; but he did not have to go far, not out of sight of the place where his master lay, still sleeping. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Nah, my mother already wants me to talk to some guy.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Allen gives Wes a hard look—I guess she doesn’t want us to encourage the space fixation—and Mr. Allen says, “Basketball is going well?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Devon said, If you want to be a Scout you have to Work At It. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything else?... Anything you want me to do?... I don’t mind...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stayed away from the east end, where the generator was; he didn’t want to think about the generator. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’d said he didn’t want to look at the puzzle because he wouldn’t be able to resist solving it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I want to lick it off my lips and die with die taste of it on my tongue.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I just don’t want to feel anything anymore. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even after what he’d seen last night, even after witnessing the Griever through the window, he wanted to know. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was pretty sure I could beat him in a fight, but I didn’t really want to fight him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

You need your notebooks full of the things you learned and don't want to forget. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s your stomach. If you want to make a slave of yourself to your business, it’s all right with me.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted her parents to know of him, and of how good he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’d wanted to donate them, but hadn’t found it in herself to do that yet. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Fabyan was about to expand into gene research at Riverbank, and he wanted a bright young man to lead the way. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Surprising numbers of them seemed to want to see something historic here—that elusive sweep of the Hudson—even if it was a western crew that accomplished the feat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be on the same planet with her, much less the same side of the creek. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not want to get back too soon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she just wants to see you. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Everybody wanted to see for themselves, perhaps hoping Martina was playing a joke, or that Bonnie’s name would magically disappear, replaced by their own. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t want me around anymore, wouldn’t push me to do Panther stuff with her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"If you don't want to go on," said the voice sarcastically, Ralph heard the mockery and hated Jack. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I want to be sure that on a moment’s notice, I can erase what I’ve written. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

By that time it wanted but ten minutes of one o’clock, and we began to look out for her smoke. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“They want me to look in your attic.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want any souls!” he said in a feeble, apologetic way. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You want to get anything out of it?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They did not want to run out of reading material before school started back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She and Taisin halted their horses some distance back, not wanting to intrude on their reunion. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was concerned about Oliver’s health and wanted to persuade him to receive treatment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They just want to have as much daylight as possible,” said Nala. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I certainly didn’t want to wash dishes in a sweaty kitchen for the rest of my life. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sister Dotty would say, “I sure wish you wouldn’t ride that bike, Ma,” and I silently agreed, because I didn’t want my friends seeing my white mother out there riding a bicycle. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are Jewish. Hitler wants us all dead. I think it is true.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The convicts we have are the kind other prisons don’t want. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He returned with a heavy, stolid Owsla sentry named Ragwort, who at first had some difficulty in understanding what it was that the General wanted to know. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One list consisted of things you wanted, the other of things you were willing to work for. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps she favors neither of them and only wants the sea to have greater power, by diminishing the power of the land. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I told Minerva and Manolo right out, I wanted to join. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded so pleasant, Matt wondered why Ton-Ton didn’t want to return. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why the county commissioners want Dad onstage with them at the meeting tonight. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I did want you to know that I shall keep busy while I wait for you to finish with your dusky affair.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jackson said, “We wanted to be in the play and then Briony walked off and still hasn’t come back.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Something in me did not want to give up on life, was unwilling to let go, wanted to fight to the very end. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the shivers take over, hard and fast, and he cannot warm his body; he wants to leap into a fire. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I've already called the press. They’ll be here in thirty minutes. They will want to know your story. Mr. Parker’s story. This city’s story.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to remember forever how good it felt to make the onigiri for Papa. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Everybody should have a home,” I say, “and get to stay there as long as they want.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Wemmick,” said I, “I want to ask your opinion. I am very desirous to serve a friend.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to meet next spring’s owl nestlings. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I love you, Mom, but I’m not white. I never will be, and...I don’t want to be. Because the half of me that is Daddy is stronger.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Still, I believe, and not just because I want to, I believe that if Djo dies, it will not be by choice. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want to stay in Odessa anymore. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felix had been buying stuff he wanted, not focusing on the price and the end goal of spending every penny. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted time, too, to think about her precious past with him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I suppose they’ll be wanting sugar and milk on top of everything or they might be banging on my door looking for an egg if you don’t mind. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was still irritated with her brother about the invitation, but she needed him, she wanted a share in his freedom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to slam the door, but he didn’t dare. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What, as hostages? Why should they take any notice of that? They want to kill us all anyway.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

What she really wanted was for her mother to be here, right here. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He called his father instead, maybe because he didn’t want to face his mother’s disappointment. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I wanted to know what a teacher assigning the poem might want his or her students to discover. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

They were both smiling at Grace like they wanted to eat her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Anya wanted to shove him into the water, but he was completely right. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I ask if anyone else wants to try, and Mike O gives it a shot. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

And she wanted to slap the lab girl. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"You said you want to be useful," I pointed out. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

At first she did not know who he was talking about, and she wanted to say, no, she would never hurt me. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But who wanted to go out into all that ice, anyhow? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dad falls asleep while we wait, and I wonder if Erin really doesn’t want to see me. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What bothered me most was that Barack exemplified everything parents on the South Side often said they wanted for their kids. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I don’t want to talk with them, I think now is my chance to find out what Mama Ya-Ya’s dreams can’t seem to tell her. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Joseph knew Florent wanted him to prove himself trustworthy to Albert, but he was desperate. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He was dark, and when he wasn’t sulking in silence he would tell me things I really didn’t want to know. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Your work clothes will be hanging in the closet—you’ll see. You’ll want to wash up and shave first, I guess.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Then when Nick went to preschool, he learned that if he wanted his teacher and the other kids to understand him, he had to use the word music. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, we found another one up in the mountains and he’s quite extraordinary. Old, of course, but then, who wants a young miracle man?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Next time don't ask no questions you don't want answered," Maceo called. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody wanted trouble, nobody wanted to make trouble, nobody wanted a showdown. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So on Wednesday, I asked Annemarie if she wanted to go out to lunch with me and she said yes. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Take her wherever she wants,” he told the driver, passing him two twenties from his own wallet. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Marshall didn’t want to know about Groves’s dirty work. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She yanked some paper off a prickly holly that didn’t seem to want to give it up, threw the pile of paper to the grass. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I told you. I didn’t meet anybody I wanted to marry,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I want to get there early to claim a seat in the front, where I can heckle Simon and Nick. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

At some point, he wanted the good parts of the world to arc in his direction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I know you want nothing to do with me—though I still don’t quite understand why—” Tobias snorts. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Benny, I’m sorry too. I would never want to hurt your feelings. You are one of my most important friends. I was so upset when you weren’t talking to me.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I want to get the hell out of here and visit some Mayan temples. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept my bag close to me because I didn’t want Papa or Dadi to feel how heavy it was because of the mortar and pestle. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She wanted to call out his name, run to him, and hug him, but she found she could say nothing as he was taken to the far corner of the holding pen and chained there. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good. Give it to Seven. Tell him to look over it and make sure it’s a’ight. I want DeVante to have it.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I freeze up, stuck between wanting everyone to know I’m here to find my brother and hating being the center of attention. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Papi must be sleeping in because he worked overtime last night, and I know he wants to avoid all that noise. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I wonder: Would I want them to? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I said, “I want sixty seconds with die computer. That’s only fair.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It had been a very long day, after all, and she wanted to feel a little less alone in the world. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Too, no one apparently wanted to buy the place. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like he had finally figured out who he wanted to tell, and once he started, he couldn’t stop until he was done. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you guys want water for the road?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, take your time and think hard. I want to ask you some questions.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

You want to be the one that puts an end to one of them?’ The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drinking was the last thing I needed, but I didn’t want to feel anything anymore, so I accepted the flask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

What is it about this race that makes everyone want to drop what they're doing and watch? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Fifty cents in certain houses get you the woman, the floor, the walls and the bed. Two dollars get you a woman on a store-bought scooter if you want it.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask where he was and was he there the whole time and did he know that I was outside his house. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, she looked up, Mariam imagined, with a look of wanting to be reassured. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I want to lunge at Dray’s face, but Pri has beat me to it and is already yelling and cursing at him at the top of her lungs. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Leo darted towards Nike, yelling, ‘Hey! I want a participation award!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I want to cry when he climbs so slowly up the ladder. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I almost ran to the truck; there were just so many people I wanted to avoid. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I told Hamlet my plan, disguising its motive, for I did not want him to think me . too unkind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But what I really want to do is put my hands up over her ears so she can’t hear this talk. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I want to know where that wall is and what ye did with the room, so I do. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"No, Peeta, I don't even want to discuss it," I say, placing my fingers on his lips to quiet him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It means La Cocina de la Isla isn’t the only business that wants to build on the lot next to the restaurant.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The girls had to have certain characteristics or else he didn’t even want to meet them. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want the truth out of him, understand!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to think about the answer, but my pencil needs to write it anyway: If you were alive, would we have to leave you because you are Muslim? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“So am I. Let’s see if we can pull this off. Do you want to come around with me today?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I know they are supposed to be amusing, and you should be tolerant, but I wanted to swing on one, any one, anything to shatter that superior, simpering composure. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Ugh. Them. Are they going to want to train us after I...” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Dad would take care of everything for him, see that he got everything he wanted. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted the professor to shout at me, wanted it so deeply I felt dizzy from the deprivation. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Well, rather than hearing stories about me from your parents, or even your abuela, I wanted to let you discover for yourself who your abuelo was. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Finish up there, you don’t want to delay the ladies.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since we didn’t have any other means of getting money, we could no longer go into the city center on our own, or as frequently as we wanted. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We can skip my nose if you want,” I suggested, thinking of my own good health. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, not wanting him to call me what I had always been called—Asta’s son. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think of was that in his desire to conserve gasoline, he wanted me to ask him each time I used it, and let him know what for. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And there were those fat puffins, looking like chumps, bumbling around like they had no idea how to get on in the world, looking dumb and stupid, and so beautiful that I wanted to...nothing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would not want to play a position like pitcher, where there is such a high likelihood of making costly mistakes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My brother would not want that,” said Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a degree of tension as we tried to communicate what we needed: We didn’t want to appear rude or ungrateful, but we didn’t want to buy food that we would not eat. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Now you’re nervous, because you’ve previously attended this exact rodeo on thousands of occasions, and also because you want to choose the thoughts that are called yours. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They just don’t want any trouble with jealous husbands.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Roosevelt’s canoe was in sight, he shouted frantically for Roosevelt, telling him he wanted to surrender and climb on board the canoe. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I want you to promise—” she begins, but I’m already at the window, sweeping the curtains aside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” continued Jeanne, “I’m not sure I want to die for them.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Monday through Friday then. Now, what time you want me here in the morning?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He tried to gather up some papers and scraps of wood, as if there were traces of his mismatched life that he hadn’t wanted me to see. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I want to dissolve into a zillion particles and float far, far away. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you want to study together for the quiz? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And if he wanted Frankie to face it all, now was the time. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He was a big chief in Southern Sudan and fought on the side of the British colonizers against the Arabs who lived in Northern Sudan and wanted to control the whole country. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he was driving into Manhattan and could give me a ride if I wanted one. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They only want to help us. They have invited us all to their ship for food and to stretch for a few minutes.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is exactly the bike that I wanted. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The last thing you want to do is laugh at a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Fool you into believing that everything you ever wanted was so close all you had to do was reach out and grab it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into that box. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I want to see the kingdom ostracize him. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This was one of the parts you didn’t want to hear. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“The dispatcher said you wanted to report some vandalism.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You want help us fly it?”He held up the model glider. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She wanted me to tell her something that I’ve always wanted,” I said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I thought of the shreds of gray stringy beef floating in the stew, and I wanted to retch. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“We’ll let people sit out front in the cars all they want to,” said Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She thinks I am Chinese or Japanese because I always order in English or by number or by pointing to what I want on another table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be off but my shoes had glued themselves to the floor and I had to hold on to the sides of the coffin to remain standing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think my mother sometimes wants to haul off and give me a slap, but my father won’t let it happen. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, no, no, Embryo, I want to say. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“But Grandma, I want to hear your war story also!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to wake him up, but I also didn’t want to be alone. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Does anybody, who has a home, a real home somewhere, want to stay there? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to have ‘breakfast for dinner,”’ I answered, crossing knife and fork over my mostly full plate. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I thought he might want to eat back at the cabin or even the dock, but we wandered until we found Liam. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He killed not as he had been forced to by the last bull, but as he wanted to. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Piper had learned more about olive oil than she ever wanted to know, but no giants attacked them. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Would you want to stand up there with all that stuff all over you and chant at everyone?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Apparently she was a member of some group, Concerned Citizens Against Fudge Packing in the Park or something like that, who wanted to out the names of the men arrested in the bandstand. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They said they wanted to ask some questions. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Really, he just wanted to walk behind Finn and Emma so they couldn’t see his face and Chess wouldn’t have to stiffen it into a confident, cheerful, unconcerned mask. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And do you want to know what the very best thing was about Wellpinit? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I want the world where my daddy is and don't know why anybody's God would make me have to choose. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mam had her reasons for wanting to forget. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Don’t think I won’t,” I warned, knowing exactly what Liam wanted to do: go out and risk his neck by walking down the alley to make sure the coast was clear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

There is a part of me that wants to be lost, that struggles to join my parents and Will so that I don’t have to ache for them anymore. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt it as deliberate, as though something wanted to give me an unpleasant shock.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want you forgetting how different our circumstances are. If you die, and I live, there’s no life for me at all back in District Twelve. You’re my whole life,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When, after much solemn consideration, I settled on a backpack—a very expensive Gregory, top-of-the-range, no-point-in-stinting-here sort of thing—he said, “Now what kind of straps do you want with that?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I want them to understand their culture and the ancient roots of their family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to know you felt bored. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve all been through enough seriousness and I want them to laugh. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember some finer details, what the woman had done with her hands in the sideways-from-behind position, for example. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I said, real sleepy like I just woke up and wanted to go back to sleep. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt just good enough that he wanted to sleep. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I'm going to dance so furiously at that recital that every little girl watching is going to want feet and eyes and legs and hands like mine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I wanted to get out of it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I just know that I want to leave this place right now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s not what I want, it’s what you want. Where is your passion? You attack like a bot!” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close that little distance, to reach out and touch him, but I was afraid he wouldn’t like me to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I got no place I want to visit. I been to Montpelier twice. That’s enough. Boston’s too big and too dirty. I wouldn’t like it. Where would you go?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Take our prisoner to the cells and hand her over to Otrera’s guards. And, Kinzie, be sure you leave before anything unfortunate happens. I don’t want my loyal followers held accountable for a prison break.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to jump in the water right then and there. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s get moving. Don’t want to miss the show.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ruining something because you wanted it too badly and still getting back up and trying again. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to give her an excuse to be mean to me again. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sentinels allowed him to go; they had already heard about the sorcerer who could turn himself into the wind, and they didn’t want to go near him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to memorize the grass and the trees, the smells and the sounds. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

She said that one of the first things he would want to see when he returned home for a visit was how well I could fly them. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I want to know,” Axel says, but this time, there is no whisper left in his voice. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Billy said, “Hello,” to her, and she asked him if he wanted some candy, and he said, “No, thanks.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I didn’t, because I figured she must have her reasons, like maybe—in my seven-year-old mind, this made sense—maybe she wanted some mud in the car for a change. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was all so long ago, I barely remember. Now—when do you want to begin?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him more about Georgia, but I’m in third place right now and have to get ahead. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Her mama asked her up front if she wanted her to say no to Big Joe. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here we are, a bunch of gawddamned West Virginia hillbillies wanting to be Albert Einsteins.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If you have, you might want to take a closer look at your friends. Maybe make sure they’re not all in on it, all laughing at you behind your back.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like I should say something more, but I don't want her to get mad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After his trip to Africa, Roosevelt decided he wanted to run for president in the 1912 election. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

More than that, I wanted to make sure it happened. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He says he thinks he wants to work for a record company someday. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to see it. Every morning I check in for work there; I want to see that it’s been abandoned for years, as you say.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m really late for class and I don’t want to get in trouble, so can I please go?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t want one,” she said when I held one out to her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I can say whatever I want,” she said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want your brutal murder on my conscience.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And why had Singer wanted to end his life? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I wanted to call her, but there were no phones at camp. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“She wants you to say it in French,” Tab told Bridge quietly over her shoulder. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Did you and Angel want to stay over?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We thought maybe Ess would want to play Grab a Crab?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I want to ask but can’t get the words to form. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to wear anything real pretty and lacy to the game. I prefer to wear something real ugly and frumpy instead.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted you to know I could. Now take me to my execution, Emperor.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Now, behind those two inches you want to hide Aristotle’s ninety-nine cubits and, speaking only of my tiny error, remain silent about his enormous mistake. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I really don’t want to be a cockblock, but I’m pretty sentimental. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I don't get why a grown man would want a teenage girl hanging around his place if he doesn't have ulterior motives.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t want to hear any more of it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to quit, but Abraham insisted we could not stop. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would they want to burn our clothes?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now, what I want to know is if you guys think there is liberty and justice for all in this country. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But why? I don’t want to eat in there all by myself when I could eat in here with you,” Miss Celia said. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Good question. But they certainly cared. And I remember the explanation he gave me. One day in the lunchroom, he told me, ‘They just don’t want me to be proud of my heritage. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

To tell you the truth, I knew she wanted to be alone with Erik, but I really wanted to have some company. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Once, just before New Year’s, I went with her to the Pioneer market to get some dried blackeyed peas for Hopping John and we were talking about what we wanted to do. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“We only wanted to introduce ourselves,” Emma replied, flashing a big smile at my dad. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want your help,” he said angrily, trying to push away from her. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps she might; but it is not every man’s fate to marry the woman who loves him best. Miss Hawkins perhaps wanted a home, and thought this the best offer she was likely to have.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“He wanted to know where the name Jiménez came from. I told him.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

"You want me to come down there and mind the place until Doris gets home, because you want to run around all times of the night." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Every time we watched it, I wanted to hold Jack Will’s hand.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

And he sounded heartbroken when he said, “You don’t want to be with me.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to do anything but fall backward into the dream I’d been having. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to tell you when it was over. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being like Scout makes me happy so I want him to feel just like Atticus. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That sounds important, but we can talk about that later. You’ll be safe at camp. All the books and food you want.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Because I am thinking, I am hoping, maybe Constantine just wanted a better life for her child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Among other things, he’s harboring bad feelings, insulted that Theo wants him and Annie to move into the flat beneath them. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Whether or not they sensed the lie, they wanted to believe it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Let them crow all they want,” I went on, “I’ve got my handsome rooster in San Jose de Conuco. And my two little chicks,” I added. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I love the Dutch, I love this country, I love the language, and I want to work here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

So when his mother at dinner one day said, “Do you want a party this year?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you don’t want to go on with it?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to visit us and meet my friends,” I say as Zohra starts to gather her things. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z