I knew what she wanted me to say, but I did not say it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid she would start crying if she didn’t hang on to something, and Maya wanted to remember every single word of this conversation. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Lenny and Burl helped us drag everything to the woods at the edge of the yard, and then Howard wanted to sit on the porch and draw a plan for the fort. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If what Bunny really wanted was revenge, he could have had it easily enough and without putting himself at risk. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Chester wanted them always to remember him playing this piece. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was nervous about it. He wanted to plan what he would say.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t exactly that we had to show off so much as that we wanted to entertain each other. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We thought nothing would happen the way we wanted. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Moss had desperately wanted a dog, but they’d resigned themselves to the neighborhood cat instead, since they didn’t have time for a pet. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Bedouins wanted Rafik to take a cheese home with him—a new cheese, not even the strong one they had all nibbled from. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was to look like everyone else. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Light Hair wanted his father and mothers to know he was not hurt. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that he wanted to dunk it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The landscape I wanted to memorize has ribboned away behind me, and I now find myself sitting in a parking lot that I don’t remember driving to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He’d been a coward at school when Blink wanted him to run away in October. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The mother ran around with some old man, drank, wanted the son out of the way. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Add Ma’s anger and I just wanted to eat and be done with the meal so I could head to my room and read. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I’d told her I just wanted to help, she insisted on paying me, and I agreed. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

When someone said that to me, knowing how much I still wanted to be a Marine myself, I had an answer for them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had heard that JetBlue had outsourced its entire reservation system to housewives in Utah, and I wanted to check this out. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

More than anything, they wanted to kill the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Not Gwystyl! Why, he wouldn’t have done the least thing for us—until Doli threatened to squeeze him! Gwystyl! All he wanted was to be let alone and hide in his wretched burrow!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even if she had wanted to she wouldn’t have had the chance. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He wanted to suck her finger, to lick honey from her nipple, to smear ice cream on her belly, as though it was not enough simply to lie bare skin to bare skin. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a part of me that wanted to be friendlier to Ocean, but sometimes it made me really, actually, physically uncomfortable when he was nice to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He thought he should write them in Chinese, then translate them, but when he sat down, he perversely found that he wanted to compose in English. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted it to expand and break the tank, or explode out the top. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Envy was constantly with him; the Enemy was anyone who was someone he wanted to be or who had anything he wanted to have. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital nutritionist wanted to give them a nutritional supplement through a feeding tube that would be inserted through their nose. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was some company in the room, and Estella said to me as she joined it, “You are to go and stand there boy, till you are wanted.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Archie wanted to discuss the Eocene skull he was holding, but all the others could talk about was the game. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do was explain why. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted was a breath of fresh air. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

It came all at once and in a furious torrent, like God was mad and wanted to flood us out. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He even wanted to hold Brad’s father down. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the real reasons were: Gram and Gramps wanted to see Momma, who was resting peacefully in Lewiston, Idaho. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When Ophie pressed her on it she only flickered in that way Ophie had come to learn meant it was not something the spirit wanted to discuss. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted to read more—not just chess journals—acquire more money, continue his religious studies, and possibly meet someone with whom he could fall in love. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Neither one of them cared what I wanted to be. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It sure was. The warriors on the hill, those surrounding the soldiers, really wanted to wipe the soldiers out,” Grandpa Nyles said. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I can’t write much—but I so much wanted just to talk to you for a moment.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even if that were the thing I wanted to talk about, there are lots of possible answers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“On the eve of your wedding day, you denounce him, but you wanted to marry him, the Brazilian soccer player; you always said when you were young that you wanted to marry him.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted Green Power Ranger, but the clown said he didn’t have enough green face paint Isn’t that weird? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the one time when Matt could ask for anything he wanted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemed like I was about to experience the joys of fishing, whether I really wanted to or not. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him about Megan, but I knew those would likely be the final words spoken on this earth by Ryan Dean West. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Because later that evening he called from Los Angeles and said he wanted a divorce. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps this was evidence of how badly Mom wanted us not hanging out with Styx every day. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And for three years, whenever he said “gwagala,” his family knew that he wanted to hear those pretty sounds made with voices and instruments. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to add “Hooray,” but every word cost money, he said, and besides she’d recognize the hooray even if it wasn’t there. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to feel hurt and guilty, to know that she drove me to kill myself. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wanted to escape, Rosy had blocked the door and had moved out of the way only at the last moment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I’d tried to make a home for myself here, tried to turn the apartment into the sort of place where the person I wanted to be would live. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted the same thing he wanted: to know they were doing something that pleased their father. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I explained to her that it didn’t really matter and that if she wanted to, we could get married. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to live, he knew that now, but everything else was unclear. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The ball was just a little high and slightly left of where I wanted it to be. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to become a b-girl in the full sense of the word. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

More than that, I wanted to make sure it happened. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

That's what the fans wanted to see: the pitcher taking his best shot against a hitter who didn’t back down either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he left it again he wore a heavy dark-blue cloak, the gift of the township of Low Torning, whereto he was bound, for they wanted a wizard there. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I understood what he meant; he wanted to use the pamphlets to make a fire. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast it was sung, “Sunshine” wanted to be happy but underneath felt blue. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“I also wanted to talk to you about that...that place where you sleep.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to acknowledge a part of myself that Abnegation demanded that I hide. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I can’t stop thinking about it. Because it was easy. I just took my sword and killed him. I wanted to kill him.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Johnny was the apple of his eye, and he wanted more than anything for his son to become an oarsman. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He threw himself into the sea because he thought I was dead in the Labyrinth. I wanted to bring him back, but I could not.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a time when my mom desperately wanted one of these houses. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he got what he wanted, and sometimes he got a surprise. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't matter if I wanted to be a young Gloria Steinem. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“We can buy more beads, and you can try to make a go of Rukku’s necklace business, like you’d wanted. After all, it’s thanks to you and her that we’ve still got any money left.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We chose a back bench because nobody wanted to sit behind Grandma. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could see that she really wanted to make herself feel better. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to fall down, but my legs wouldn’t bend. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t even look at the book we wanted.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She had always wanted to stand on its roof and look out at the city. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear sometimes wanted to cry out and beat his fists into the clay in frustration when Min made an abrupt gesture for yet another repetition of the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We also wanted an emblem which didn’t show the spacecraft themselves but which somehow said our country was making a peaceful landing on the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see the master at work.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

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

It was as if everyone wanted to be sure there were no hard feelings or grudges. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When she wrote that she was worn out from cleaning and cooking for her father, William said he wanted their marriage to run on different lines. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to share this summer world with Lindsey when she came, all of what was best about Miles City in July spread out before us like a picnic table heaped with pies. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But if she wanted to help someone else, she needed to get back up to the third floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“If dude wanted to buy some rock, he should have just said it. Who the hell was he gonna call if we gave him some change?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I was quite unable to move, even if I’d wanted to. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

What she wanted, what she desperately needed, was touch. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard ... it was on the new s. I just wanted ... is it him? Have they arrested him?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Camp wrote in his letter that he wanted to be buried in Cold Sassy, Mama had hoped the Williamses would say bring our boy home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had wanted everything to be different, and here it was; and not only was it bad, it was about to get worse. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“She made me walk when I wanted to rest,” Alan says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Since those always consisted of multiple-choice questions, I always did well, but I wanted to be like the rest of them as we studied. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I thought about the Plan B Go-Go Lounge and wanted to close my eyes. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to believe that the statue had protected her, though she suspected it might’ve been nothing but luck. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

May says, “My husband wants to speak with you, actually. Not today. Tomorrow, maybe. He wanted to ask you about how Eduardo’s family is doing. He said he hasn’t seen you in a few weeks.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to talk to the white man and ask him some questions, but he did not know for sure if he could really understand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“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

She needed to push them to do the things they wanted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ron and Hermione, now talking softly behind him in the tent, could walk away if they wanted to: He could not. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

At that point he stood up again, and the thought occurred to me that in such a narrow cell, if he wanted to move around he didn’t have many options. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He told me I had a great deal of water on my lung and he wanted to draw it out right away. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to think for a long time about two or three certain people, to sing to herself, and to make plans. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I really wanted not to like this girl, but was failing miserably. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to buy along the river where the land was fertile and there was water for the plants and trees. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chacho could come on like a werewolf when he wanted to. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gary Drake and Ross Wilcox might’ve been slagging me off, but the fainter the voices became, the less I wanted to go back. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

And even if they knew death was coming for them, none of them wanted to see him die first. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You did say you wanted men, Lord Snow. I believe our Lord of Bones still qualifies.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The more time I spent in the company of Miss Val’s team, the more I wanted to finish out my gymnastics career as part of UCLA’s program. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be there for him, to comfort him and speak into his giant ear that he was not alone. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

There were girls Hatsue’s age she knew very well who felt certain their happiness was something other, who wanted to go to Seattle or Los Angeles. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I said I wanted baked beans and broccoli. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing but earth and water and air, and all he wanted was fire. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to see him again. All right?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu wanted to say, “I don’t give her too many choices,” because she wished Kimberly would not be so sheer in her yieldingness; perhaps Morgan just needed to feel that her mother could push back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

She was convinced that his worry, now, was only a pretense; he was just frustrated that she was not doing what he wanted. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the more he ate the more he wanted. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you wanted a great balanced piece of work, did you go to the mountains behind Toledo? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do was to make the Giant cross. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Father shouted, “Well, isn’t that what you wanted?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

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

And, to keep the British pinned down in New York City, Washington wanted Clinton to think that Gates’s troops were on their way there. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he wasn’t gonna say anything I wanted to finish my journal stuff so I could go to sleep too. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some wanted to know where they could find girls, wanted us to get Negro girls for them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy said, “Hello,” to her, and she asked him if he wanted some candy, and he said, “No, thanks.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there was nothing she wanted more, nothing in the whole wide world. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I think that has to do with a restaurant your dad wanted to open in Darma’s town. Another one of your father’s plans,” Sergio says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When Mom wanted to know what it was the doctors and nurses were doing that was so nice, I told her about the chewing gum. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is where I wanted to go, except I’m not with my family. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And as much as I wanted to find out what it’s like to be Matt, now I want to know what it’s like to be Lydia even more. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He wanted to watch the tournament, the bear baiting, the wrestling, and the racing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“And I wanted to catch you before you left. Any news on art school?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I could cut power to them whenever I wanted. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey wanted to go along with her, so that she would like the Tillermans and let them stay on her farm. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to know all about my rockets. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him he was taking the dodgeball game way too seriously, but before I could, he hefted another ball The other three giants followed his lead. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a long time,” I said, because anything that could bring me closer to Dad was something I wanted to know about, even if it would hurt me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just wouldn’t know what to say except I didn’t want to talk about the boat, and all I wanted to do was be with Dri. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I wanted to ask him why he was always gone even after his warfront rotation should've returned him home, why he never came to see us. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Unlike the rest of me, which seemed bent on doing whatever it wanted, my hair remained under my control. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I sort of have a date with Edward Cullen tonight, and he wanted to introduce me to his parents . . . Dad?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hear a man’s soft voice telling me I was beautiful, that he would love me forever, that life would mean nothing without me. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I would try, not because I wanted to but because I felt that I had to if I were to live at all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deborah wanted nothing to do with fighting Hopkins —she was too busy raising her children and trying to teach herself about her mother’s cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The last thing she wanted to do was check Katoptris for more terrifying images. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see the city from the roof.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to share the brightness as I could. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hate somebody, to be angry, and to place blame on everything and everyone for this moment. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know what his room looked like before he’d organized it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To be honest, she was kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted, but I don’t say that in a mean way. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed like he genuinely just wanted to explain his feelings. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” I said, “I was just about to ask Connor if he wanted to come over after school and do some investigating.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn't know him too well or anything, but he looked like the kind of guy that wouldn't talk to you much unless he wanted something off you. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell her something about himself, too, wanted to exchange small kernels of intimacies with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It felt strange to be invited to go anywhere, and part of her just wanted to stay in Gwen’s room alone and not have to talk to anyone. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange thing was, he wanted to like everyone. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes. It’s what Serenity and I have wanted from the beginning.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see her grow healthy again. To cure her would have atoned for a broken promise in my past. I let down my dear Elnora, who was like a mother to me.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He told everybody that if they wanted to stop AIDS, they needed to look closer at countries such as Haiti. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He also wanted Mommy to come to his wedding. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is all very sudden, so I don’t have a plan. I wanted to discuss it with you first.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It resolved itself into a plot about a villain who wanted a widow’s home and I called it The Voodoo of Hell’s Half-Acre. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She saw in his eyes what he wanted her to see. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to quit art school in my first semester, but did I? No. I carried on and went all the way through and got my master’s. And that master’s is feeding this family now!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He kept thinking about the fifty dollars and how much he wanted it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But of course, I couldn’t do that—not unless I wanted Ariana to kick me out of her kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gerald smiled at me in the rearview mirror and asked if we wanted any music. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She asked if I wanted to come in for a Popsicle. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“He was mine before he was yours, but he’d never given me all of himself. Then you came along and got everything I ever wanted.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know him better, but I wondered whether I would ever have the chance. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wanted to pass seventh-grade science, I was going to have to speak out loud. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The Courters said I did not have to be there, but I wanted to hear what they would say—under oath—with me sitting across from them. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The coolest part about the hotel was that we could just dial the front desk on the phone, order any food we wanted, and in a few minutes they’d bring it up to us. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well!” he said, so loudly that I wanted to cover my ears. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to make some poor little Mary, who is not as fortunate as herself, happy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted to say was, Why didn’t you open that pantry door, take our hands, and walk out of there earlier? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I tell you I wanted everything to go smoothly? No incidents? No funny business?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really meant it I just wanted you to know. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t kicking no butt, but if somebody wanted to offer me a scholarship I could take it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted Oppenheimer to help get government support for the new bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be treated like Annemarie and have all my snacks tied up with ribbon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Was it any wonder that everyone wanted to bicycle to school with me or do me little favors? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And if it be wanted; then, perhaps, if I am ready, poor Jonathan may not be upset, for I can speak for him and never let him be troubled or worried with it at all. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had a million things I wanted to say: I’m sorry I freaked out like that; I don’t know what came over me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wanted Clara to think of nothing but him, and he could not bear for her to have a life outside that did not include him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to stop touring, get a real job, and be home every day like he used to be when we were young. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Somewhere, in a faraway part of her mind, she wanted to lose weight before she saw Obinze again. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to know his children and grandchildren were still around him, strong and merry as ever. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Another time, he would have wanted to gloat, but not now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Tell him what you wanted to say, what you wish you had said, what you want to say now. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell Finn, Don’t think I’m babying you. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He had never questioned his own assumption that Dumbledore wanted him alive. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get away from Jimmy, just wanted to walk out of his life. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Some little difficulty, it seemed, a husband who was worried about his wife's health and wanted a report on it without her being alarmed. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly where I wanted to be and who I wanted to be with. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hit her, but I was afraid to let go. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

And why did everyone persist in thinking the mute was exactly as they wanted him to be—when most likely it was all a very queer mistake? The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Posters have been up for days advertising it, and each time I saw one, I wanted to tear it down. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And girls who only wanted to learn were trapped inside homes that had become like jails. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And I closed my eyes too, because I didn’t know if I was madder than hell or if I wanted to cry, but why was she doing this? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even though today he was going with Nali to Gallup for more food, he wanted to be left alone to read his book. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Alas, Uncle seemed to be as entirely unconcerned with what Mig wanted as her mother and father had been. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to throw myself on a bed and cry about being so hungry and about everything else, but these were not beds onto which one could throw oneself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you wanted to,” he began, “could you see what he was dreaming about?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Another part of me just wanted to be somewhere else. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get that stuff off my chest, because it's starting to grate on me. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be up there with me.“Come, How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted Great Ellen—her gentle touch to clean and wrap her wound, and her compassion. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

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

Cole had many things he wanted to explain but he was too weak and tired now. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“We wanted to tell you something,” I said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know who Craig was, how long I’d been seeing him, where we met, what he did for me that Scott didn’t do. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hate her for that accusation. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

None of us was allowed to use the front stairs, because Dad wanted to keep the varnish on them looking nice. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t ask for the blanket back after we broke up, which I think was her way of keeping me around, even when she wanted distance. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I quickly looked away and then wanted to kick myself. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I really wanted him to remember me every time he saw his gappy smile. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

For some reason she didn’t want me to have the hat I wanted. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

At first he found a few trainers who wanted to help him get back on his feet. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"He just made a joke, you know Jelly. And then he went out and had a whole chicken. Said he wanted to get an appetite for dinner." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they’d really wanted to know, they might have figured it out easily enough, but the truth was they’d just been glad she was elsewhere, so they’d never bothered to look for her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be with my grandmother and my great-grandmother more than anything. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He only wanted to talk with her for a little while. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think he wanted to be alone, or, I should say, without us. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He asked why I’d chosen Jewish history, and without thinking I blurted that I’d learned of the Holocaust only a few semesters before and wanted to learn the rest of the story. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I’ll come see you,” he said, and I wanted to cry. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bebe had tried to tell them she only wanted to see her baby, but wasn’t sure now what she had said, if she had argued or threatened or raged or begged. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And if he wanted to make a break at five miles an hour, nothing Matt said was going to talk him out of it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they were giving paint to anyone who wanted to give their house a shine. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two things are clear, though: he wanted to make sure no one would ever find out, and he’s the kind of person who could afford an expensive hotel almost every week. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Put both your feet right against the line, shoulder width apart,” he instructed, pushing my body the way he wanted it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then she wanted to know "Who else? How many? How much?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” he says, “I think she wanted you to know.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Just showing up here as if she wanted to remind him of every stupid mistake he’d ever made, all the ways he’d been disloyal and blind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh. They wanted the floor cleared for the blood drive. Maybe it got tossed into one of those piles over there.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had not wanted their family to become collateral damage in a war that had no discernible fronts, no real shape, and no rules. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“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

I wanted to take her in my arms and... Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We just started reading the book The Color Purple and as Ms. Gruwell read aloud I just wanted to cry. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I believed that I wanted to be with my parents and for all of this to be over. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Guillermo says, “She was going to. She was not happy with anything she make. She wanted to show you something, I do not know, perfect maybe.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“You never asked me what / wanted, though. What / thought would be best.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They offered something Nicole actually wanted — scholarship money — and it satisfied her mother’s craving for the spotlight. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I wanted you so much. And if you wanted me too, why didn’t you? ...” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she’s gone, which is what I wanted, but somehow I am as hollow as my tube. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, Taryn asked what I wanted to do for my birthday, and I thought it might be fun to go to the Spring Dance.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There were so many items for sale in the department store that I just wanted to touch one of them. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

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

After great deliberation, just as people were beginning to fidget, she had played a short piece by Mozart, adapted for children, but the guests wanted her to play “Jingle Bells.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If Mrs. de Winter wanted anything changed she would ring me personally on the house telephone.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They even gave us an extra ration at one point because they wanted another barrack built before the snow came. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I really did think Mr. Pignati would have wanted us to have a few friends over. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t even tell if she was listening to me, but for some reason now I wanted her to. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to scream; instead, I continued to chew my cheek. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

If they made a verdict that she didn’t want Tea Cake and wanted him dead, then that was a real sin and a shame. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Trinity brothers wanted peace at any price, quiet on the campus, no broken bones. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Ali it was not the book, but I who was unworthy. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry really wanted to disappear into his bedroom, but he met Uncle Vernon’s angry little eyes and knew he would have to sit it out. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She asked her brother, Cody, who was eleven, and their thirteen-year-old neighbor, Bobby, where they wanted to go. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I could tell she wanted to say yes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then she had never yet known something Daddy wanted not to be what Mother wanted, too. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to eat food that was scooped onto my tray by crabby ladies in hairnets and greasy aprons. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But I bet Scrappy would call from jail and tell her to stop her yammering and let me have a dog if I wanted one. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“But not the way I wanted it to,” he says, averting his glance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit looked like jewels, and Aru had wanted to pluck one. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I told him I wanted to be with him again and he began to cry. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of France’s neighbors worried that similar revolutions might spread to their countries and wanted the new French republic crushed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

IF this was Luke’s home, I wondered why he’d ever wanted to leave. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Jeremiah loved soccer and wanted his brother to play for the Fugees too, on the older boys’ team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His hand was warm and I wanted to take it, but instead I jerked away as if I’d been burned. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So now there was something else I wanted to do. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Jesse wanted to put his arm around her the way he put it around May Belle when she was in need of comfort. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, I tried to explain that we didn’t object to his travels; we just wanted him to be a little more careful and to keep us better informed of his whereabouts.’’ Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to slide out of sight under the table and dissolve. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew what she had said; I knew what she wanted me to do; and I had heard her correctly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to beat them all bloody and then brawl his way through the Barrel. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The following morning I went back to the Cavendish, since Max wanted me to meet Sir Lawrence Bragg. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go to the Black Forest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was thankful to Black for getting him a job and wanted to repay the debt. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was full of excitement, the way any kid would be, and wanted to look out the window. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that I wanted to live because I was afraid of dying, and I knew that I could come up with reasons for wanting to live. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to throw my arms around his neck, snuggle into his chest, and smell him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t sure why he wanted to wake her up, only that it seemed horrible to see her so changed. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out loud, I went on, “The children miss you so much. The other day I asked them what they wanted for Benefactor’s Day, and they said, ‘Bring Papi home!’ In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’ve landed this role, I’m amazed I ever wanted anything else. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He realized that he wanted this one for his own. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I surely wanted to get back in that water, but I couldn’t help but feel that if I took Dinitia up on her offer, I’d be violating some sort of taboo. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had not wanted to give my trust, my friendship to a man who was a woman, a woman who was a man. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’d asked Milton what he wanted to do with his life once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream at Luxa, “Say something! Don’t let your grandpa fly off like this! Four of us aren’t coming back!” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

We wanted to show equally how much we were thankful for each other’s company. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

For the same deadhead reason people climb mountains—it was there and I wanted to try it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show you something, she said. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Gay wanted me to taste the food she’d make before asking for an alternative dinner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted her to call; he wanted her to miss him; but as it turned out, he was okay. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she had ever even wanted a child. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“My moms wants to go visit your grandmother and I just wanted to know if you knew the visiting hours.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted the play to be over and done with. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

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

I asked why you wanted to hang out after ignoring me for so long. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Even though I was not a drinker, I wanted to be a proper host and serve wine to my guests. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once Mom told me that she had her three children in three years because she wanted to finish the duty of having babies sooner, so she could devote herself wholeheartedly to the revolution. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Okay, just wanted to make sure everything was alright.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted me as a friend right from the beginning. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She wanted to call out to Poppy, to tell her to stand still, not to be afraid, she would come for her soon. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I missed you. I really wanted you to be there. I was so happy Shan came,” he said, a little emotional, as though it had been a personal triumph of his. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

None of them wanted to admit to the truth: their knowledge of colas was incredibly shallow. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted Dad’s whistling, and the scratching sound of his red pen, and the pendulum swinging in his closet, and him tying his shoelaces. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I always returned the favor by taking care of other kids’ calves if they wanted to go somewhere. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then, I thought to myself, At last I have everything I wanted. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to be home when Richie and I finished school every afternoon, and she wound up getting a job as an elementary school teacher in Central Bucks School District in the neighboring county. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to spend this morning in the library, not in the stable. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We only had one day to write the essay, so it was difficult for me to pinpoint what I wanted to say in so little time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And he said I should just give you what you wanted, even fit was just a plate of lettuce or a strawberry milk shake. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was what I wanted, what I really wanted. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go back to the nursery, and so I did. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was speaking rapidly, he wanted to tell me so many things. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kerling asked her if she wanted to go on a road trip with him to Cincinnati, Chicago, and Florida. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

At the rate the morning had gone, this trial might last for weeks, and I wasn’t sure how long I wanted to sit there sweating about being called up to testify. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I actually wanted to see if I could run.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Research. I know it’s probably too late since this is our last night before we’re toadified. And I know I haven’t been around, but I kept busy too. I wanted to keep trying,” Valley said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

They also wanted to keep the citizens of Philadelphia calm by showing that they were taking firm steps to deal with the problem. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Personally, I wanted to win more than I had ever wanted anything before. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I knew she couldn’t come up to my apartment to see me for the same reason I couldn’t call her on the phone anymore, even if I wanted to all the time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to picture welcoming looks on their faces when they saw me come back to them in my widow’s sari. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was no clever strategy in either camp; each rider wanted the lead immediately. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t think at first what would make the sort of light I needed, then recollected a clump of bear grass that Mama’d recently grubbed out, where she wanted to start a new fall garden. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

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 the post but she was the better man. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sweep down on the enemy and destroy them. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What is it?” gasped Milo, who was not sure he really wanted to know. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wine tasted good; the marron glacé seemed to be just what she wanted. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

RiRi made the face she pulled out when she wanted something, like an extra piece of camp bread or to sleep in my tent so I could tell her stories to keep the nightmares away. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Not five minutes ago, Scoob wanted Dad, but now that he’s calling...what if Scoob answers and Dad starts going off the way he does? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Stanley and Zero slept off and on for the next two days, ate onions, all they wanted, and splashed dirty water into their mouths. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Percy wasn’t sure what that meant, but he wanted to crack the floor and send these stupid gold-shirted twins down to oblivion. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted Pachamama to take it all from me, and then I would fill in this screaming hole and be done with it. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Though Sophie knew the correct National Socialist answer to every question, she soon found herself unwilling to give her teachers the answers they wanted but she felt were wrong. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to, yes, but maybe she didn’t have that thing that makes it all worthwhile, whether you hit it big like Picasso or not: the need to. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was no phone around, so I could not call and tell Mother I wanted to go home early. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Caesar didn’t know why the station agent wanted to see them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get off, but there wasn’t a shade tree to be seen. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spacecraft sat on the moon for hours and Vonetta and Fern wanted to go outside and run around with the chickens before the sun went down. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“The Uncle was using forgetting hexes on the Gran and Alaric because he wanted them to forget that the Spares were going to solve the impossible task. Rulean just stopped them.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

What if that was why Mom wanted them to be in this world, instead of wherever they’d started out? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was free to do what I wanted during that time—with the exception of work. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you feel like you wanted to die? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted, she could go to the kitchen and pick a piece of fruit from the bowl piled high with apples and pears, peaches and plums. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Javier hadn’t played it, and even though it was a single-player game, Moss was a bit obsessed with it and wanted everyone to play it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted desperately to take part in the fight against the enemy. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

After months of talking about how much I wanted to help in Jordan, we arranged a trip to help Syrian refugees, many of whom have already missed school for three years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"All my life I've wanted to go on a trip like that," Cohn said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

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

“Searching for what?” asked Bronwyn, but the answer was obvious and frightening and no one wanted to say it aloud. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we designed it that way. I mean, that’s why my parents wanted a big house. We lived in a small two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, so...” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Clearly, Richard Parker had eaten his fill of hyena and drunk all the rainwater he wanted. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted the stove, he said, she could have it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The important thing, Miss Love wanted to do right by Mama, just like I knew she would. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He would let them believe anything they wanted. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I never said you stole it, I just wanted to know where you got it, is all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a monkey and clambered up the derrick at once, but she called him down again; Farder Coram wanted them indoors, or below, as you called it on board ship. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to bring her to a real riverbank and let her sink her toes into the mud. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to help. I wanted—” “You can’t, all right? You can’t help me. No one can help me. My wife is dead, and the police think I killed her.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

People just wanted a time of merriment, laughter, dressing up, eating—and overeating—and so a feast was planned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, the three researchers determined that the Norte Chico held the remains of at least twenty-five cities, all of which they wanted to explore. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d hinted at it before, but last night he wanted the details. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to last year, when I wanted water so badly, but he wouldn’t send it because he knew I could find it if I tried. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make Papa proud, to do as well as he had done. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run over and apologize to her hurt face, and I wanted to run from him. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It shifted like dirty oil moving through water, and the only thing I wanted to do at that moment was run screaming back to the house. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I know / meant it when I said I wanted to. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that nobody at school wanted much to do with him, but he didn’t seem to mind. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And she added that Shoshana, her four-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, wanted to know if my parents had a VCR so she could watch Pinocchio, just in case she got bored. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had not wanted to go with them, and yet when I could no longer hear the sound of his car, I wished I could run after it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever she wanted to let it loose to leap into fire again, whatever happened would be quick. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to reach out and put her hand on his neck or place her fingertips against his face. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted the government to see that under the right circumstances we would talk and I wanted Oliver to know that my position and his were the same. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I wanted a drink of water and found the bell on a cord by the bed and rang it but nobody came. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I knew I still wanted to be her friend. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wander the streets of New Rome, holding hands with Frank Zhang. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely beamed at me, and Dad reached over and squeezed my shoulder, and I just wanted to disappear. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She had never wanted to be free so badly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He often wanted to, but he was afraid, and this increased his shame. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She came here to work in exchange for the repairs on your rickshaw. She wanted to make things right. Not many people are brave enough to try that.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“She wanted to do some studying, so my uncle drove her over there.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“They were being made available to anybody that wanted to use them,” John related, “but there wasn’t the excitement that we saw back east.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“No problem, sir. Your man is just fine, sir. Just wanted to make certain everything was in order.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it awful what we’ll do in this world to feel wanted? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That was the direction they wanted us to go. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, his arm about her waist felt her body relax into a softness he knew and wanted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Because I’ve never wanted them to win a competition so much in my whole, entire life! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to take good care of her, of his island, and even the rest of the Sunderbans. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

But then, I decided I wanted to be with him. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Gallien offered to drive Alex all the way to Anchorage, buy him some decent gear, and then drive him back to wherever he wanted to go. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Fjerdans wanted to cross the gorge, they were going to have to fly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“What you wanted for me,” I said, “is about to happen to you.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

"I wanted you. My mother wanted your sister." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

If all he wanted to do was take a rest, that seemed a safe enough and quick enough thing for him to do. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see his mother in the light of day. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many letters came into the mission from children in the States who wanted to write letters. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she wanted to have her shadow eaten by a giant mythical crab-monster, that was her business, though in fairness his readings suggested those usually lived in larger bodies of water. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Besides, all I take is Zoloft in the morning; if they wanted me on something midday, they would have told me. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I remember she never wanted to talk to me about her dad's death either. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

All he wanted to do was keep up, be ready to shoot whatever the game was when it appeared, and look out for an attempt any of them might make on his life. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, “Why are you looking at me?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Fine. We just wanted to know more about her. The papers say she's stronger than the other favorite. And the Trianon Tribune said she might have a fourth arcana." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But I decided not to tell her I knew she was lying, because by then she was already cutting up the cardboard box, and I sort of wanted to find out why. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And none wanted to waste it for the others. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"I won't answer that kind of question," Dasch said, making it clear that he was only going to tell what he wanted. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He got up, his movements deliberate, and at first she thought he was coming closer to her, or perhaps wanted the toilet, but he walked to the front door, opened it, and left. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Candice added a little twang to her voice, like her grandmother used to do when she wanted to sound especially Southern. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You should have come with me and asked him yourself, if you wanted to know so bad. Look at these babies. Plump and lush.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Local car salesmen wanted to roll over and play dead when one of the Langley fellas pulled into the lot, fearing a barrage of nonsensical and unanswerable technical questions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I could connect them to make almost anything I wanted, which meant I wasn’t getting closer to anything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to act like I didn’t care about the last words, but I did. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at her and say something, tell her why I could not move; but my eyes were fixed upon the floor. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, if it was something that they thought brought Ophie joy, then they wanted to have it as well. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He told them he wanted to marry Joanna and they talked him out of it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week later it did not matter who loved us or who wanted us. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see Miss Maestas and deliver my mother’s greetings before I got involved with the gang. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to know something,” he whispered, moving in close. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It made me think about who I was, and about what I wanted to do. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

That bow was from the world I wanted out of, while the strutting, sequined partnership I had with Radine was exactly how I wanted my life to go. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing they wanted to do, but what choice did they have? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I could see he wanted to get out, maybe the crowd was getting too fervent. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted no more crosses that might turn to fire while still on his chest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

If she really wanted to talk to me it wouldn’t be so forced. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see him first thing in the morning. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But after I said yes, and Mary Elizabeth announced it to the group, I wanted Sam to be jealous. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

To be honest, I didn't even know if I wanted to be a lawyer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Harrison wanted Richard to hear it, too, the way he spoke loudly, standing just outside the study window. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The Turks wanted to invade all along. That malarkey about ‘protecting the Constitution’ was just a pretext.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to do was create a world to replace the one that I felt had failed me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If Leo were a magic horse, he wouldn’t have wanted to live in a stall with an oversized goddess of wisdom staring at him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to take everything from this room, take it all back with her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show her the Vietnam that kept me awake at night—a shady trail outside the village of My Khe, a filthy old pigsty on the Batangan Peninsula. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to come to her sleepover birthday party, but I knew the chances I would be able to go were slim to none. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Already having doubts about why you invited me, that was not the hello I wanted to hear. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The birth had left her too raw and tom to take him inside of her, as she would have wanted, but Doreah had taught her other ways. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go to him, but Peewee stopped me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why, she asks herself, why would she have wanted to stop them? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speed he wanted, and therefore used the magewind, for he feared what was behind him more than what was before him. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted my mother to hand it to me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I got up, stretched, and asked Baba if he wanted a Coke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I know I'm a pig for thinking it, but I really wanted to make out with Megan again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Yep, I’m on the way there now, but I wanted to give you this. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted the moon back where it belonged and pessimistic scientists to crawl under rocks. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At first I wanted Methuselah to come back and live in his cage, until Father explained to me that this whole arrangement was wrong. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past few years, when people had prefaced something they were about to say with “there’s something I want to talk to you about,” it proved to be nothing he wanted to talk about. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Even with her head on the pillow she’d see a big lot of sky, and if it was warm enough, she could get all the fresh air she wanted by stepping out onto the balcony. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kind of monster—someone who could do whatever you wanted, because no one was capable of stopping you? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So Sticky told her about his name, and then Kate revealed that she had always wanted a nickname herself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was common knowledge that Snape really wanted the Dark Arts job, and he had now failed to get it for the fourth year running. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go to school, to read and write and learn her arithmetic. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted Americans to know that my people were not some kind of strange beings “over there,” but people like them—people with hobbies and dreams and talents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Chester wanted everything to be perfect on this particular evening. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad, it’s all he ever wanted—me, no. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Even if they had wanted to flee, escape was now all but impossible. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

At home, I could never do what I wanted, not even for an evening. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We wanted to learn from Sesame Street and take it one step further,” Santomero said. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Antiwar activists wanted the United States out of Vietnam, honor or no honor. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She suddenly wanted those things so badly she felt weak. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They found the boys faithful, obedient, and with just the right fighting spirit and willingness to sacrifice that each group wanted in its future soldiers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to have this image of her to keep in my mind, to be with me when I was far from home. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go down to the cave and count them, to see if they would make two loops around my neck, but I did not leave the ledge. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he’s left, I wheel my bicycle into an alley so I can memorize the address the way Ollie wanted me to. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was so pleased to have my whole family involved because I wanted everyone to know that Ibtihaj Muhammad Day was their day, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The other day Luis and Josh wanted to listen to heavy metal, and I said I’d rather eat a rat sandwich. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout at her, to tell her she was crazy for trying to reason with Kronos, but there was no time. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, I was shaking Grandma off because she wanted to say hello to him. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Bad as he wanted to leave the mill and amount to something, Hosie would be equal to ten of Uncle Camp plus maybe two of me, and Grandpa would respect him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It had been a long day, and now all she wanted was dinner and bed. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

What kind of burial he wanted if I got a body, what kind of memorial service if I didn’t. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t that what you wanted to know? Well, now you know.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted to sell the house and go. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really understand the lesson Pa was trying to teach us about disappointment, but I knew he wanted us to forget all about the concert and the Jackson Five. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It belonged to itself now, and cared not at all how I felt about these strange alterations, about whether I wanted to stop being a child, and become something else. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“At home, when I said that I liked Stephen King and James Patterson, you looked like you wanted to reach out and knock me upside the head.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The miners had a special yell, a “whoop,” when they wanted to get attention in the mine, and they often used it on the surface too. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

If he wanted distance, then let him have it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She’d get another headache trying to decide all over again what Miss Love wanted out of her daddy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They wanted me to say something, or frown, or mumble curses at them. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was a scientist first; he just wanted to test the women. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m releasing him tomorrow. But I just wanted to make you aware that your son has significant scar tissue buildup in his frontal lobe.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I knew I wanted to do something special for my mom. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, she wanted breakfast and a phone book. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like everybody in the world wanted the “Smartest Kid in the Universe.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted it to be just me and just him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Amari wanted to reach out and comfort Tidbit, but she dared not. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled away to say he was sorry, and she shook her head no, because even though she really did want him to be sorry, she wanted to kiss him more. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I immediately set off to look for Tommy, because I desperately wanted him to hear it first from me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nixon wanted to know how such an unstable character had gotten hold of McNamara’s study in the first place. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

More than anything, he wanted to turn back the clock to before the beard and the suspicion it brought into focus. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’d wanted to escape so badly that when Dad mentioned this trip with his family, I’d asked, “Can I come?” without thinking. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I ever wanted to go back to live in Ohio, but I do wish she’d been able to make better decisions when she was younger. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s as much truth here as anywhere, I suppose. It’s too bad, the world could do with a little less truth and a little more ...” I trailed off, not knowing what I wanted more of. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But none of them wanted to go, some deathly afraid of the hospital itself, some not wanting to be away from men they knew, men they could trust, the Regiment of Home. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t say the same for the other people who will inevitably show up. But I wanted to hear what you have to say. Your protest has already gotten a lot of attention.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was a small thing, but I noticed when, instead of just serving and leaving me a plate of food, Ashley asked what I wanted. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to check in with him quickly before calling Kathy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“But, Bigger, I asked you what it was that you wanted to do so badly that you had to hate them?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Moving like a man who always got what he wanted, Fabyan bundled her out of the library. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Hey, I wanted him to bring home actual stray animals, so imagine my disappointment whenever he’d come home with a chair.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My head felt very clear and cold and I wanted to talk facts. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

More than anything, I wanted to hug him, to tell him things would be all right someday. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

They wanted to be gone when she discovered it. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

My voice was smaller than I wanted it to be. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The last thing Rowan wanted to do was antagonize a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Polly was known to be a cunning dog and could get Charles to give her what she wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The wind died down and the Bottle Tree stood up straight again, as if the forest wanted to hear my answer. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“But before I go, I wanted to ask...did you ever finish that drawing you were working on?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And neither of them wanted to make the trip to the other’s town? Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And they wanted to be able to do any of these things from anywhere to anywhere and from any computer to any computer—seamlessly. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him I was still his grandson. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He wanted to reach out and touch the old man, but that was impossible. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, the Apothecary wanted the yew tree very badly. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

And when she was sick, she wanted to be near both of them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had any intention of leaving, because they wanted to linger in this moment forever. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once, a long time ago, one man in the village wanted more than his share of land to plant. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wail in agony, but wouldn’t let herself. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Because bunnies are wonderful. And he wanted to make me happy. Clever Glerk!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She wanted me to be sad, so I bowed my head a little. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

No one was going to kill me just for saying that I wanted to sing, but I made it seem that way with my cowardliness. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Dobby wants to save Harry Potter’s life! Better sent home, grievously injured, than remain here, sir! Dobby only wanted Harry Potter hurt enough to be sent home!” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning, Rasheed said he wanted to invite his friends for dinner to celebrate. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had always wanted to live a life of substance and to make a difference. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get my life back on track, and he wanted to do the same. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He had told Remy, Joey, and Candace that he wanted to do this, and they were in full support and along for the ride. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sorry for calling her Claire when she only wanted to be called Mom? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I said it quietly, but I wanted to shout to the sky my relief. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go on the merry-go-round like the other kids. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, on my ninth birthday, I wanted to go to my room and explore my globe. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to feel myself getting closer step by step, feel the tension rising like fizz in a soda bottle. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I...we just wanted to talk to you.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s fine. It’s only a little concussion. I expect she’ll be back here later this evening. The doctor wanted her watched for a few hours.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These tears were the last things I’d ever be able to give my grandmother, and I wanted her to have all I had. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to dance around the room, she was so excited. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm wanted to ask about the secret things she was involved with, and whether they were part of the history of ideas, but he felt that it was better to stick to books for now. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

National Party leaders generally heard what they wanted to hear in discussions with black leaders, but Mr. de Klerk seemed to be making an attempt to truly understand. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked it because it was like a real restaurant where a waiter would come to your table and ask you what you wanted. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I had only ever wanted to find the Slip Kid to help myself, to figure out how to tame my abilities. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Jude will come here and kiss my foot. She said she wanted to kiss us. And I am her prince, after all.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They looked at each other with an expression that so clearly said We must be related! that Aru wanted to knock her forehead against the door. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"He said he was coming home because he had something important to tell us. We used to wonder what it was. Now we know he wanted to tell us about the two of you." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

If he wanted things to be different, he would have to try something else. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The consequences for minor offenses like being late to class or not participating were stupid—they wanted me to write an essay—so I took another day off school and Bingo! Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for her to keep talking, but after a while it became obvious she wanted an answer. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He looked across at her often, as if he wanted to say something but did not know how to begin. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dimple punched him in the ribs, lighter than she wanted to, but he still winced. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And I knew the Rebels weren’t just playing; they’d kill Father if they wanted to. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“We believe the safety of students at West Oakland High is of the utmost importance. Therefore, we wanted to let all of our students know that Officer Hull has been let go.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Each telling was a lullaby of dreams we never wanted to wake from. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

That was one reason I wanted to try and get him off.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every kid had lined up for lemonade—and then wanted face painting and hair braiding and fingernail polishing and toenail polishing. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

There were other words I wanted to use. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was getting better at holding the crab pose now—I’d almost managed to hold my body weight up on my elbows yesterday—and I wanted to see if I’d make more progress this afternoon. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’d just handed me a copy of Medical Genetics, by Victor McKusick, and said, “I met this man cause he wanted some blood from me for some cancer tests.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be completely alone when he took the pony out for the first time. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The village I wanted to visit that day was two or three miles away. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quasimodo has nine sisters and it is said his mother never wanted him but that was what the angel brought her and it’s a sin to question what’s sent. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was clear now that Jay didn’t want us to get far apart like I thought he did when he wanted Tony to be his blood brother. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit about torture—quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted a full scholarship to Georgetown and summer internships with United States senators. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I told her I got the feeling Chiron wanted me to stay year-round, to put in more individual training time, but I wasn’t sure that’s what I wanted. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he had wanted to convince Mr. Curtain he was working alone, had wanted to take suspicion off the children. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she wanted to go back there. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“They wanted to be safe and protected and have a pleasant life,” Volpe said. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hurt the man in front of me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

His face was calm, like he just wanted everything to be over with already. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She knew her parents wanted her to study law, but she wanted to pursue filmmaking and be a cinematographer. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Two years ago, only six months before the accident, my parents had come over for Christmas Eve dinner, bringing Maribel a dress from Diseño y Artesanía that my mother insisted they wanted to give her. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I want...I want...,” she whispered to herself, but she didn’t know what she wanted and so she had no idea how to find it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to throw up, but of course my stomach was empty. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He chewed his rice slowly and examined the bottle of water for a moment, as if it were wine whose vintage he wanted to know. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now he had until early the next morning to gather the stories McNamara wanted. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“To the top, I mean? I wanted to climb it. To reach the top. Did I get close?” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

All Alfhercht wanted was to take his brother out of the prison and go home. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I think I got the idea after I heard her yelling out in the garden and I wanted to know what was going on. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became clear, however, that Titomirov had no interest in yet another Fischer–Spassky contest, but wanted a Fischer–Kramnik match instead. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

That means nobody wanted to be friends with her. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I thought of her as being coarse, but Bailey said she was cute and that he wanted to play house with her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mike thought Brett had best sit high up for her first time, and Cohn wanted to sit with them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Because I am thinking, I am hoping, maybe Constantine just wanted a better life for her child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was bothering Lancelot, who wanted to be alone with his misery, and Lancelot realized that he was being bothered. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It just shows how conventional I was. Everyone in my college generation wanted to go to Paris and write a novel.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could buy cigarettes here whenever you wanted. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you nervous?” they all wanted to know. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you do?” we all wanted to know. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He starts in the fall, and they wanted the new students to come spend the weekend there to get acquainted. He’s going to be so upset he missed your visit.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We had to sign up on paper and tell her which programs we wanted to watch, why, and how it would contribute to our education. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

What it is not, though, is the one thing that Wagner most wanted to bring to the world: musical drama. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to hug him, but of course, I didn’t. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I moved up here two days ago, not because I wanted to, but because of what happened. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Woody wanted to go with him, but Papa said it was a meeting for “heads of households” only and he insisted on going alone. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she told me about herself, how she was in love with Jonathan, and how he was training to be a doctor and she wanted to be one too. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

James grumbled that he wanted breakfast but Dicey ignored him. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew Thorn was right and that she had to adjust her attitude unless she wanted to stay a Forever Witchling: witches who never formed a coven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

After her first Communion, she wanted to be a nun. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said all four syllables very slowly; She could probably diagram each one if she wanted to. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The first was that they wanted the doctors and medical staff who had performed the operation, and all of the staff at the hospital, to receive some recognition for their efforts. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t sure I wanted to say yes either. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The second was that Ansley had wanted to go on this date even less than he did. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know her name, too, because he thought that might prove that Mom wasn’t involved, that this really didn’t have anything to do with her. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“He asked if there was anything he could do. He wanted me to remind you that his door is open. If you want to talk.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to block my ears and not listen to this stuff! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know what outfit I was with, and — when he found out I was in the hospital — how long I had been there. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“You can’t just kill a swan and wrap yourself in its skin, you know. It takes something from you. In her case it took the thing that she wanted most.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They approved his action, but they said they wanted the oral agreement with the Army to be put in writing. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted Guillermo and Dad to hear the truth from Noah. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The rain had revived him, but he hadn’t gotten nearly as much water as he wanted. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama wanted to throw this shirt away,” Oliver said, holding it up so Papa could see. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I am sure I was not the only one in the room who wanted to strangle her. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Ebgard wanted me to tell you. Wanted you to know right away.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

She would see what she wanted to see. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The other Champions laughed again, and Celaena wanted nothing more than to smile with them. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to climb the broken tower and feed com to the crows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My mom wanted me to bring you some of her sancocho.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell the girl that it was all my hair, that there were no attachments, but the words would not come. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted the fourteen-year-old boy who was completely blind to my inner beauty to give me validation. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Grandma wanted to give her daughter the gift she herself had never had, the gift of coming from a good family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I am the girl who grabbed his hand in the hallway just because I wanted to. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to leave my coat in the closet. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He wants to see people break— has always wanted to, ever since he set up the camera in my execution room when I nearly drowned, and probably long before then. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, he would tell them that he was afraid of Reds, that he had not wanted to sit in the car with Jan and Mary, that he had not wanted to eat with them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though I was sure Mr. Loomis had heard it, I wanted him to see it, too, so I drove the tractor to the house and parked it outside his window. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They had always wanted her as a spy, an infiltrator. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Less than ten minutes until Tad wanted him to be upstairs. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My heart wanted to keep the campaign going but my head told me that it should stop. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, my father gave him what he wanted, and more. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him who, what woman, had hurt him this way, that made him so scared about accepting love in all its wonderful forms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His memory was just fine, he explained; he’d simply wanted to make sure that the investigators were who they said they were. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He would start to eat them, and if he ate them, he got full and wouldn’t dig anymore, so I took them away from him until he found me all I wanted. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to, but my—” “But your wife didn’t want to because she was scared, right? The guidebook said it was best to stay on the resort grounds.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to pull off my shirt and throw it away, but at that moment there was a bang in the sky, and a mighty crash was heard. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And more than that, I wanted them to know me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Clayton wanted to hear what his father would say more than he wanted the actual answer. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

He had the feeling that he wanted to explain something to himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

“I wanted to die. It’s over now, though.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier I wanted nothing more than the draccus to hurry to our fire. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And when the music started again and they began to move, they rode all the way to Yarmouth and back, because that was the place they both wanted most to see. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I volunteered to make signs for all the businesses that wanted one. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Liam’s brows drew together, and his lips parted with something he wanted to say. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t work that way, Ben. God wanted your father with him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was seldom that he ever moved his hands to speak at all—and then it was to say that he wanted to eat or to sleep or to drink. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He ran into one of the other factory workers at the bus stop, who told him with a smirk that Mammachi wanted to see him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

While there, he asked me if I wanted to go to Rochester to see my parents. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

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

“You wanted to hide in here and watch. Why didn’t I realize that before?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Marly was glad it was something easy, because she wanted to look around at the other children. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

What he wanted when he was a kid and what he wants now and where those things overlap. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

I wanted her so bad when I saw her in that pretty red-and-white striped dress and leather sandals. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, Bea has only ever wanted to play music,” he starts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted to try explaining how deeply stirred he had been by the pot but decided not to. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I can only imagine that he wanted to protect you,” she said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The plane that no one wanted was a new bomber, Consolidated Aircraft’s B-24 Liberator. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to claw the darkness away from her eyes, as if it were someone’s hands. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know . . . you know I never wanted Uriah to get hurt, right?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Lord hep me, when I seen you wanted to go so bad, all I could think was up there in New York I’d have you to myself, with nobody around to cast looks, and maybe—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Evidently — and I couldn’t believe this — my father wanted to address the band. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of us wanted to work as a team, so from here on out we would be in direct competition with each other. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see them close up and listen to them talk. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I just wanted to know what would happen if I said no, that’s all.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know what he was thinking. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Owing to the fact he was a mute they were able to give him all the qualities they wanted him to have. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know how he could be spewing like that when we hadn’t eaten in days. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She explained that though many members of her family believed that Hale had wanted Vaughan silenced, they suspected that there was more to the murder. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have my picture taken in it as a way to say thank you. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to find Alby and punch him, for no reason whatsoever, but didn’t. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s exactly what I wanted to say. I wanted you to know I was your friend. That guy...” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And even if I never got to kiss you, you gave me the life I always wanted.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“A nice little boat. For the pond. I’ve always wanted to do that.” I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

We talked about music—about bands I’d never heard of and about how he wanted to be a musician and travel the world. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Above all he wanted the exposition landscape to produce an aura of “mysterious poetic effect.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Weird he wasn’t wearing them today, wasn’t it, seeing how much he wanted to go? Anyway, I’m Reg Cattermole, according to the label in the back.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I would yell, though I secretly liked it that he wanted to be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were wondering if the boys really wanted to play, or if they just wanted to tease and make trouble. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Walter, Govan, and I wanted to discuss the mechanics of the sentencing procedure the next day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After lunch another worker said there was someone else she wanted us to meet, but Luke took the opportunity to bolt toward the baseball diamond. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

You wanted to walk right back to the kitchen, but I stood waiting for the man to notice me. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Yet many scholars denounced Gallup as a crackpot, and she wanted to prove them wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“What were some of the places you wanted to travel to?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

To leave him in a room alone with people who wanted him dead made me realize that I couldn't back out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to cry out, For the family! The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Others rolled their bodies like they wanted the dice to move in the right direction for them. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell Vikus about that, but a score of spiders were descending around them, and perching in nearby webs. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, sure, he was a total dipstick for punching me, and I wanted him to get in trouble—but I really didn’t want him to get kicked out of school or anything. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They wanted to see Frank give Bob his oats. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

But he resolved he would not die, even with a half-dead body, because he wanted to come home again. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was beginning to get dark and he wanted to get back to Albuquerque. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She told me her new boyfriend, Jake, would take me for a ride on his motorcycle and she could put blue streaks in my hair if I wanted. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She wanted us to know we could rely on her and my grandpa one hundred percent. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What I wanted was jungles and lions and elephants and tall coconut palms swaying on silvery beaches, and Egypt had none of that. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finn hoped she couldn’t tell that what he really wanted was for her to leave so he could bury his face in Mom’s clothes. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Until the Shiites—the ones who thought God wanted a bloodline—lost for good in the tenth century. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Katie found an ad in The World that said a file clerk was wanted; beginner considered, age sixteen, state religion. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t dance around what I really wanted and they didn’t keep secrets because they were afraid of my reaction. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My dad...he wanted to start his own business, another one of those birthday stories. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

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

It was so beautiful, with the birds flying over it and the flowers blooming on its hills, that I wanted to write to someone who lives there, a girl like me. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to speak, but his throat had closed up. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say that when I saw her I was ready, walking into the darkened church with the family and sitting in the first pews. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a warning shot. If I had wanted to shoot you, you would already be dead.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to shout myself into his ear. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Diamant used her scarf to bind the stranger’s wound, and I wanted to be sick, but I wasn’t. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was like they just wanted to erase it all and go back to normal. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t never ask you,” she said, “what you wanted for your birthday. But you take this, son, and go out and get yourself something you think you want.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The dormouse felt the good food turn to ashes in his mouth at the thought of his betrayal of fellow mice, but there was no alternative if he wanted to save his family. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Du Bois didn't completely reject the economic path set out by Washington—but he insisted that commerce alone wouldn’t achieve the ultimate ends both he and Washington wanted: the full liberation of their people. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The basque was buttoned down the front with black buttons which looked so exactly like juicy big blackberries that Laura wanted to taste them. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he wanted to do was to be left alone to endure whatever was pushing his body to the ground. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And I’m thinking that maybe there could be if I wanted it bad enough. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted Mama to rest, they said, after the stress of the city. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He told her that she was beautiful and brilliant, and that he wanted them to build a life together. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Up here, they were the sort of men he wanted at his back. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You wanted that? But you’re wise. You understand warfare better than any—” “Once!” the goddess said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Me and Jack had this science-fair project idea we wanted to work on together. . . .” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

More than anything, it seemed they just wanted Barack to fail. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Under President Hayes, the Stalwarts lost power, and they wanted it back. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

As much as I wanted to help the children from the dump, my mother wanted to help everyone. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought you just wanted to put the past behind you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think about you,” I told him, “especially when Grandma goes to the wrestling matches. I wanted to call.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I thought I had the scoop on this bird population, you know? I really wanted this book to be something special.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted everything to be back to normal. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to feel anything but a cold, crawling sense of calm that was overtaking him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The Mexican federales followed and just took the food and livestock that they wanted and things were worse than ever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to slink out of there as quickly as I could before anyone entered the store who knew Mom or Dad and might mention they saw me there. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to look at the dollies because I wanted to choose one for Christmas. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He knew that every man standing there wanted at least a week on shore before they sailed. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite what I’d said to Aech, knowing that I was about to meet him in person after all these years made me more nervous than I wanted to admit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to play. I wanted to win.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted not to think anymore of what I had seen last night. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miracles, which you wanted to do so long ago, can only be done by the pure in heart. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried hard to do what Osh wanted—not to care where I’d come from—but I knew more about where he had come from than where I had, and that didn’t seem right. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Despite the fact that he was now our closest living relative, he was the last person I wanted to see—a busybody who had once proved to me he was not to be trusted. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was just a seed he wanted to plant. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Her parents decided they wanted to live closer to her grandparents all year round. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

They were tough, those masters, make no mistake about it, and if you wanted to survive, you had to become pretty tough yourself. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Up on Coalwood Mountain. That shack off the road, about a third of the way down. She fixed me French toast. She wanted me to be sure to tell you about it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But what I remember most is how much I wanted to hold Roli’s velvet pillow with the rings instead of tossing out flower petals. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Was that why the woman in black wanted them? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sit down and go to sleep. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana turned, took one last look in the mirror and saw what her family wanted her to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Slant answered that he wanted to have many children, and a farm, and a plump, good wife. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“We wanted you to come in without your cousins, Fabiola,” she says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell people, “My depression is acting up today” as an excuse for not seeing them, but I never managed to pull it off. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“This place sucks,” Natalie said, and now it sounded like she wanted to punch somebody. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They wanted you to say, “I’m this kind of letter and I go in this kind of envelope.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the mercenary made no reply, he added, “None of us would blame you if you wanted to catch a bit of sleep first, either. It looks like you’ve had a rough couple days.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Later Mama would mix this lye water with hog fat and boil it in an iron pot when she wanted to make soap. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was all right, it was what he wanted. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She’d become an owl, which she always did when she wanted to see something clearly. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Dad would always ask if she wanted him to read them to her, but she always said no. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And maybe that was all he wanted to think about. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Some part of me knew she was right, but I was doing so well, I wanted to destroy every last monster. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was drinking it ’cause of how it made me feel and how all the things I wanted to say came right into my head without me even trying. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I asked her if she wanted to know the story of how the pagoda was built, and she said yes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was the first thing Lyra wanted to know. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

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

Perhaps you can’t trust Henry Park, I wanted him to think, you can’t abide anymore what he now sees and says. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay here and let a letter go to Boston and bring Kevin back to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to tease Mom a little, until she acted normal again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that he was asking where I wanted to go. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask a million questions, but just then the kitchen dock chimed the half-hour. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I knew she wanted to ask me if I was making any new friends at school. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So, what are you doing here? With the way you ran off yesterday, I thought you wanted nothing to do with me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always wanted the other. Liza says it’s the weak thing in me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He bust out being rude as he wanted to be. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to lift up his leg quickly, and topple the terrible bird on to the floor, out of sight, not to have it there, pressing down on his thigh. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lie down with those words and rise up speaking a new language. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Neither of them could remember anymore what show it was from, and sometimes it seemed silly to still be saying one-two-three-zoot, but neither wanted to be the first one to stop. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Afterward she said, “At first he may have wanted to see you, but I won him over. When he bid me good-bye, he said our conversation would stay in his memory forever.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to say good-bye. I really enjoyed our talks. I hope you don’t mind being a naiad again. Are you mad at me?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be in this kind of family. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had known him for so long that she forgot to call him Benjamin, the name he decided he wanted to be called the day he turned ten. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Petra had wanted to murder her on the spot, but only came out with a pathetic “Don’t you wish you knew!” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking upstairs, going to my room, when Hassan asked if I wanted to hike up the hill. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say more, but it wasn’t the right time. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She said she felt really bad she hadn’t gotten me anything for Christmas, and she wanted to make it up to me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had wanted him to make her feel justified, solidify her right to self-pity, encourage her to occupy a larger portion of the moral high ground. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The operators would’ve wanted protection in case their creations went haywire...like now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When I was with them, I wanted to be an orphan too. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

As team captain, I wanted to do more than lead warm-ups and keep morale up. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They both felt there was a certain strength in numbers, and again, if the man wanted to use the phone occasionally, who were they to prevent him from communicating with the outside world? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted only to cool himself in the crystal water. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

But because I got better I wanted him to get better too. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the window, a palmetto bug looked like it was trying to decide if it wanted to snoop around the dirty streets or stay put. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“But I thought you wanted to come back.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Tied hand and foot, sick with fear, Buttercup wasn’t sure what she wanted to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Klaus felt his body go limp as the hook-handed man left the room, and he wanted to sit there for a moment and catch his breath. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I said it very fast because I wanted to stop him before he started reading that out loud. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wished she hadn’t said that, because I wanted to be surprised again, even though I knew it was going to happen. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Then my mom got caught helping the underground church and got a fatwa on her head, which means the government wanted her dead—“oh-no” face! Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, my lord. It’s just—” You wanted power. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She grabbed his shoulders and shook him, unable to yell his name like she wanted to, and his eyes popped open. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him not to call me sweetheart. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Since the experimental evidence known to us could not yet distinguish between two- and three-chain models, he wanted to pay equal attention to both alternatives. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted answers to the questions, but would the knowledge of the answers make me share in the original sin of Adam and Eve? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, they never wanted to speak to each other again. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Ida Spavento had wanted to come in her own boat, and she was supposed to be picking Scipio up on the way. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I was an adult and could skip church whenever I wanted to. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’m betting my mom waited and waited, knowing my dad would eventually have to cook something if he wanted to eat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

When we finished with my homework on Wednesday, Calista said she wanted to do some drawing. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had mentioned a tabooed subject and I wanted to wait until I knew what he meant. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seeing my face, she knew that I was about to embark on a life that neither of us wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that moment, there was nothing more I wanted in the world than a nod from Renshaw. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I wouldn't bring anybody into a serious jam unless they wanted to be there. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s a roof. And not too long ago, this was the only place I ever wanted to be.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to have my opinion on the matter. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that they did drift away when she approached; but she couldn’t stay with everyone who wanted her to, because she had to move on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wanted to run to her and tell her—tell her how sorry he was and how much he needed her. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

They did not want the content of her ideas; they merely wanted the gesture of her presence. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

When we went out the window with our sacks full, the boy wanted to come with us. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I wanted Diego and I missed Jesse and the world was going to end, and I didn’t know what to do. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And Ana’s mom wanted her to try out, too. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He wanted a father, and for the same reason, he wanted to be a father. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She had grown so used to dancing and to the happy feeling the star had given her that she wanted to do a Sailor’s Hornpipe and to have the star on her horn again. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe your mom wanted to be sure we all felt good about the plan,” Ms. Dale says, and then adds, “Is that right, Ms. Rastusak?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“We just wanted to see the view,” I say, in my most-respectful-with-just-a-hint-of-pleading-but-non-whining voice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when I got on the stand, I just told that crowd in the street that I wasn’t really wanted up there, that my name had been used—and I walked off the speaker’s stand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Did they somehow think Carmen wanted to go back to Italy? I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

Baachan wanted Hanako to return to America one day far in the future and become a businesswoman, and she would need to know math to add up all her money. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had never tried to go back, never wanted to. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“He offered me sugar and wanted to know all my secrets,” I say in my best seductive voice. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jomo knew what tear gas was and laughed long and hard when Ugwu told him what he wanted to use it for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What would it be like to have not only your own apartment but an entire building in which you could do whatever you wanted? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The man had wanted to eat, had been taken with hunger and the rows of food, but like David now could not eat. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked up toward the bridge and saw Alaska sitting on one of the blue chairs at the Smoking Hole, and though I’d thought I wanted to be alone, I found myself saying, “Hey.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Terrified of being fired and losing his pension, the warder agreed to do whatever Mac wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. So I guess you got what you wanted.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This continued throughout the day whenever he wanted to suckle. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted somewhere public, but also somewhere our parents could drop us off without raising eyebrows. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

For this reason and because I wanted him to help me gather roots and not go running off, I said nothing about the shell I saw or the gull with folded wings. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wanted me to bring him back,” Harry muttered — it seemed important to explain this. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go to Central, he said, because it was closer to his home and would save time and money. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted above all else to get away from this thing that was so contrary to himself. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It just floated there for the seeing, if she wanted to, and O my God for the touching if she wanted to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know those guys, I wanted to tell Marty—I spend every day with them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because he wanted to be forgiven for missing the meal—that didn’t interest him at all, he might have rather enjoyed the punishment if it was done in some novel and unknown way. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

This theory means he must either have wanted to run away or was perhaps knocked on the head and somehow forgot about us. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of my favorite places. I wanted to show it to you.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot, but all her teamwork stuff aside, I still felt like I was getting badgered into something, and I wanted the last word. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted her breath to slow down, but it only got faster and faster. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Minny could probably lift this bus up over her head if she wanted to. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He said I could come right over if I wanted to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But for some reason, when Fred the Shark played the notes, I wanted to keep listening. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It was just like being out freezing in the woods, how all you wanted in the universe was to curl up under a tree and fall asleep. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to change her eyebrows and her hair and her makeup and— Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After we finished with the trash, it was chill-out time, where everyone just did whatever they wanted. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Staring at the magazine, as he dangled it before me like fish bait, I wanted it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He has beaten Inigo!” the Turk said, not quite sure he wanted to believe it, but positive that the news was sad; he liked Inigo. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he had wanted her, chased her with a lavish single-mindedness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Then why’d you get so excited about the idea of me going with him? Because you wanted me to see where I’d be living after high school?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Meggie wanted to put her hands over her ears so as not to hear the feeble tinkling sounds the fairy was making. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I wanted to, but I also didn’t want to abandon Audrey. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Mark felt an almost competitive vibe take over him—he wanted to be the one to find something first. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was unusual for him to stand there and watch me; I wanted to look at him, but was afraid to. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe you just wanted to play around with me for that reason.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

In another way, love was the reason Mom had wanted to rescue the Gustanos. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, say a person wanted to seek out some truth, but wasn’t exactly sure where to start?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

Eventually Sissy met another man who wanted to marry her. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to truly talk to her, help her to help him grieve, but each time she told him, he said, “It’s too late, nkem.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He could not go back to the beginning, when he had not wanted to come here but nevertheless had thought he might get Hooper to be friendly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“How are you? I talked to your mom earlier. I wanted to make sure you guys got home okay.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When all four lamps were ablaze, they asked Milkman if he wanted to use a lamp or a flashlight. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now what I wanted most in the world was to manage to fall asleep on a rock with an ape snoring in my face. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“At Malpais,” the Savage was incoherently mumbling, “you had to bring her the skin of a mountain lion—I mean, when you wanted to marry some one. Or else a wolf.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to distance myself from what had happened back at the slaughterhouse. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Please stay just a moment longer. I wanted to ask you something. I wasn’t asleep long, was I? I trust I haven’t kept you up?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Every parent wanted her for a daughter, every teacher for a student. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been out here for almost an hour—do you see anyone? The only other cars in the parking lot are empty. We lay low, like you wanted, and it worked.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But for now he simply wanted to let her know what was on his mind, and he did so quietly, when no one else was around. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They beat the brims of their hats against their legs before putting diem on and trudged down the road like old promises nobody wanted kept. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I also wanted to check out the garage. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Smart girl. I thought you wanted to shut the hell up. No sense, kids these days.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Goodman said, “You know, Sister Henderson, she wasn’t with me long enough for me to get the real habit of her, but still I miss her. She was sweet when she wanted to be.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought it was the book you wanted.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She called my therapist with the good news, and my therapist immediately wanted to talk to me and ask why I’d made the decision and how I felt about it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

All she wanted was to get away from here. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

More trees and shrubs joined me, but there was plenty of sun for all of us, and we never wanted for water. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had not wanted Dedd to accom-pany me either, but she said she could not allow me to dismantle my house alone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no need to overdo it; all she really wanted were her laptop and books. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They knew about it and wanted it to stay a secret. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to curl up in the corner of her room and press her hands over her ears to stop the whispering. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It made me mad the way they wouldn’t listen to me and kept on believing whatever they wanted to believe about Gloria Dump. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She only wanted to know where court hearings were being held. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He wanted to throw a Mess Night that would worm its way into the oral history of the Marine Corps. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I planted my foot and the metal stand down firmly, to make sure I was stable, and focused on exactly where I wanted the ball to end up. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The coroner had wanted a member of the Pitezel family also to be present at the identification. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The days when she couldn’t leave the house, even if she wanted to. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know where she heard them for the first time. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They said they wanted to run tests that might help his children someday. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see you,” Carl said in the stern tone he reserved for children and animals. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been obvious that I wanted to say something, because the room went quiet as I faced my classmates. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She drank her coffee, told herself she wanted another cup, and followed Henry into the kitchen. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The earth of that piece was wet and rich and the rice grew on it as weeds grow where they are not wanted. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be seen and to test the limits of my prison. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

At first he had wanted to call it Zeus Pickles & Preserves, but that idea was vetoed because everybody said that Zeus was too obscure and had no local relevance, whereas Paradise did. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he wanted to do was lie down and sleep. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wind carried volcanic ash and forest fire ash and ash that no one wanted to identify down the slope of the mountain and deposited it in the streets. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Had we looked everywhere, they wanted to know? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was what I wanted, tales like this. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When anybody wanted a meal, they stopped him, got him to open his mouth, and fed from it They did not treat him as a person, and indeed, they were impersonal themselves. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother hadn’t wanted to come with us to Washington, but I’d forced the issue. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to know what that felt like. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I suppose everyone in our family wanted the same, in one way or another. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seemed like it. I can’t imagine what else he could have wanted. Maybe to kidnap her.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, that will be nice. But I brought these books because I wanted to share them with you,” Richard said. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well—there were a few things I wanted to mention—” “I’ve been wanting to explain—” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Dunstaple was a composer with a new and enchanting style that everyone wanted to emulate, and musicians fell over themselves praising the startling new sound of English triads. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The wine was sweet and sticky, a little like cough syrup, but they drank it anyway because they had to if they wanted to get drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

At seven that night the old woman wanted to go to town. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for mint, she had no idea what she was looking for, but she wanted to show her mother she was trying. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

A boy would come up and ask if you wanted to spend the night in his room “for a change,” something like that, it was no big deal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if I had wanted to, I didn’t have a good arm. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what the government—the army, of course—wanted. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to have good memories, so that maybe he would come back again one day. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was thinking about the story and how much he wanted the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joaquin wouldn’t have wanted to let him back in, either, not after what he had said. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to feel what Jess felt when she sat out there with him, drinking wine in the evening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

New York Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize-winner Harrison Salisbury came to my city to investigate the stories of racial violence; he wanted to find out if the rumors were really true. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to laugh—her choice of words, but also the idea! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted me to know how deep was his love for me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to tell me about my mother. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t wanted to look at it since we got here. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My father wanted to go to the Palisades. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

He looked at me as if he wanted to kill me. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And part of me wanted to just stay back and watch her, seeing her legs and arms move so smoothly while her black hair swung from shoulder to shoulder like a pendulum. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Kyle wanted to play basketball, so he called his dad to move the car. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe she could find work here, dusting the shelves and washing the windows and making the place look brighter, cleaner, more like someplace where you wanted to buy groceries. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to live under the safe protection of somebody who wore decent clothes, bought meat from the grocery store like the Good Lord intended, and cared about others. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to make those children something, to give them something. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to come to Alexandria as Eratosthenes had in 245. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

But I was used to finding something deadly in things that attracted me; there was always something deadly lurking in anything I wanted, anything I loved. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else could get as upset and angry and worried as they wanted to, but he was not going to worry. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Their father was in cardiac failure, and the doctor had been asking if the family wanted him to undertake extreme lifesaving measures. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to go home now, at once, rush back to the safety of the fence and her mother’s voice from the window. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Diana, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. I just wanted to explore the house. It’s almost as if, as if...” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

One second she wanted to work with Dari, and the next she didn’t. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“For whatever reason, you didn’t like that Blake Benson wanted to take this girl to bed. So you assaulted him?” Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But what she really wanted to be was a professional opera singer, like her father. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“You have no idea how much I wanted this to work out. No idea. I wanted this so badly.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

My mother just wanted me to forget it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

They wanted to watch him tell the country. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

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

She’d had a few miscarriages and Dennis was her only son, but he went to New York because he wanted to pursue music. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sefia nodded...more because she had to than because she wanted to. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to crawl in between those black lines of print the way you crawl through a fence, and go to sleep under that beautiful big green fig tree. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

With a click she shrank the spreadsheet and like magic there it was: a window listing the patients in just the period she’d wanted. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wanted to hang up but something made him hold the instrument to his ear, waiting. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see if this was so. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

How could he explain that what he wanted from his partner was companionship, not more probing, pricking doctors with their bad news that made his mother cry? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Galileo wanted to see if Venus had phases. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Em’s parents were the kind who wanted to talk about everything. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“At first because he just wanted to get used to being outside again, so that he wouldn’t be afraid to go in the woods when it was time for you to learn how to shoot.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Cyrus wanted a woman to take care of Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you wanted privacy why didn’t you close the door and lock it?” his daughter asked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides offering Regina support, Bobby wanted to introduce her to Zita. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But here it was my teacher who was getting the note, I got what I wanted, and my mother was sent home. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go wild, with the frustration of it, everything seemed to be against him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She didn’t care about what she might run into or what direction she was going—all she wanted was to get away from that noise. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Daddy left his computer laying around. Seems like he wanted to know all about his future juvenile delinquent superstar.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted to think but they gave me no time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grew up with nothing and wanted something to call her own. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Not that I’d want to read these particular books, but I could have if I wanted to, and that makes all the difference. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We played a game called “river kids,” imagining we lived alone on the river, scavenging for our livelihood and hiding from the adults who wanted to put us in an orphanage. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I really wanted to kiss you tonight,” I said softly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yo-yo moi.r' I told him, grabbing it back. What I really wanted to tell him was “You’re not my dad, and you never will be.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You wanted me to wear one. Now you don’t?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

To his father, who had not wanted him to leave? The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“In his usual temper—cheerful for no reason you can tell. One of the louts at the tavern gave him a black eye. He’s proud of it. Says he’d always wanted one.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Since those patients had all had cancer to begin with, Southam wanted to see how healthy people reacted to the injections, for comparison’s sake. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

All right, then...if she wanted to tail him, she’d have to take the consequences.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know nothing about it. I just wanted to tell you what Yule May say.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Was that why Mrs. Caruthers didn’t like having a colored maid, because she wanted the white maid she’d had once upon a time? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to stay across the alley in the garage, which would be good because it is dark back there, but Pattie insisted I be where she can see me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Sarah’s definition of share was that she drove our/her car everywhere she wanted, whenever she wanted, and made us beg for rides. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask Uncle Carlos, but I couldn’t for some reason. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I knew he wanted to ask what we would do next, but Liam hushed us both and started down a side trail that I had never seen before. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Well...I’m not saying it would be fun having you along, always complaining and glaring at me and stuff. But I suppose I could stand it, if you wanted to try.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She had wanted a sisterly smile that said I’ve known you all my life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I begin to want things I’ve never wanted before: braids, a dressing gown, a purse of my own. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Today, I wanted desperately to ask her what to do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Apparently, however, what Captain Cook wanted to show was that he was pleased with their kindness, rather than with their food. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

In my disappointment, I wanted only to sleep, but my mind kept wandering back to the rally. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

What would it feel like, Sparrow wondered, to be wild like her sister, and take what—and who—you wanted and do as you liked? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had always wanted to see an American dollar. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to get to where it was warmer. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember one professor at Stanford who confirmed the concept and its function but said he wanted to be invited back when we got to an ‘aesthetically refined prototype,’” Dowell remembers. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run away, to hide, to run and never come back, never see anyone again. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad wanted to have his own nursery once, but all he does is work in one. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But why? All those times you said you wanted Maria back and you knew where she was all along.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"But I knew I never wanted to be anything like a man who would do what my father said grandpa Jake did." Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

On the surface, it was a ribald little tune about a donkey who wanted to be an arcanist. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say, Then why are you still here? A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her only answer was that she couldn’t make such a decision for me, even though I only wanted to talk it through. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know everything, and he wanted to help. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t find no note nor any sign the giver wanted me to know who it was. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

What it feels like to be wanted by someone who sees you for who you are. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He wanted to add, Please don't hurt me. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make the lives of these men known through the images already accepted as the common coin of communication. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something helpful, to tell him we were more alike than he knew, but it seemed ridiculous to say that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted books to change me, and I wanted to write books that would change others. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be strong, but I couldn’t help myself. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew everything, certainly, but he just wanted me to do the drill. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were the one who wanted the cat.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to grow big strong yellow teeth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I even wanted her shiny black hair with blue streaks. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I think she wanted me to guess her news so she wouldn’t have to say it out loud. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although I wanted a miracle in school, and knew full well that the miracle should somehow involve academic study, in reality I spent my time reading. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He rambled on about the people who wanted to get him and a threatening letter he’d received. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could travel through it, and he could feed himself on its bounty whenever he wanted. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to jump out and touch it. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

She struggled to wrest herself from men who wanted to dominate her and women who wanted her exclusive attention. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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 only wanted to talk to her. I meant to give Furball back. I didn’t mean to upset her and I’m sorry now. Please let me see her.To say I’m sorry.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Voldemort has never had a friend, nor do I believe that he has ever wanted one. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He only wanted real bad to talk to her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know much beyond the fact that right now, she wanted to kiss Rishi. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mom said she wanted to study it first, the way she would the subject of a painting. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her final humiliation and the triumph of the Aryan hero Parsifal were not very subtly concealed metaphors for what Wagner wanted to happen to German culture. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There was little I wanted to celebrate about National War Savings Day, but Fern, Mattie, and Chase didn’t need to know that. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

When he wanted to get out of working in the store, he wouldn’t show up after school until almost dark, and Tateh would scold and punish him by making him work even longer hours. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to cry, to dance, to fall on my knees and worship Stan. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was so far from what I wanted for my life. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

You wanted to dissect the animals quickly, before the spontaneous liquefaction began, because you can’t dissect gumbo. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My voice was now rising in exactly the way I wanted to avoid, but I was provoked by his attitude. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell my parents that we had walked in our shoes on islands of ice. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No one ever wanted to talk about what was bothering them. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream and kick and spit and open up the Box and jump into the blackness below. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She had to deal with it, even in the middle of her sister’s wedding, in the middle of a vacation, when it was the last thing she wanted to do. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I think that man wanted to kill me. Did you see how he was playing with that black cord?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

As I suspected, he was not the sort to waste time on words when action was wanted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel like talking; he just wanted to find his uncle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He too had wanted to manage the first impressions of visitors by having a central entry point. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tear the cross from his throat and throw it away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to help this girl on her own. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I wanted you to see this—how it fits together. Or doesn’t.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even though he was upset, Daddy called David and asked if he wanted to go to the first game with us. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he runs every night at six- thirty, and I could meet him at the guardhouse if I wanted. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted a falcon so badly, however, that I dug in with my toes and hands and started up. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wanted you to know that the fence surrounding District Twelve will now have electricity twenty-four hours a day.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mike promised me that if I went to college, I could come back to The Phoenix anytime I wanted. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Told you before. We didn’t have a choice. Government wanted it. You can’t tell the Government no.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boy wanted to ask who carried in wood to keep the people in jail warm. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost everybody wanted to say “Hey” to him, except, of course, Sierra Russell. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Shayla, I just wanted to let you know I’m proud of you. It takes courage to stand up for what’s right.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Like the way I used to cough when I was in third grade and wanted Mom to come and pick me up from school. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t sound the same as a good clang with a rock, but Joseph wanted to throw a bunch up there, and we did. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Because of this, they talked quite a bit, and in asking their own questions, they told me most of what I wanted to know. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Even as it was, nobody within a thousand miles wanted to mess with him. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me wanted to confront him and demand to know what his problem was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If I missed, I wanted to miss long. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jamal came over from HQ and said that Captain Stewart wanted to see me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to sleep through the starvation, but he couldn’t. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She ordered for both of us without asking me what I wanted. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I showed her my notebook. I wanted her to know about the turtles and the crawdads and the quiet lessons. After my mother read it, she said I could come see you. One last time.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He would keep his study neat and orderly, but the rest of the house would be how Emma wanted. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she simply picked up on the truth: that I wanted it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

After barely surviving the nymphaeum, he wanted to go back to the surface. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Citra wanted to deny that she had any questions whatsoever, but suddenly she found that she did. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Part of her wanted to tell Lexie, to reveal her membership in this exclusive club of the experienced, to which they both now belonged. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were giving him that same bit with the eyes that they used on each other; and if he’d wanted to, Toby could have given it right hack. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The team could lose, in fact could be beaten badly, but Ben wanted and needed a credible game while under the dispassionate gaze of college scouts. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ignore her, but found he couldn’t back away from the challenge. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t even sure he wanted to know the answers to his questions. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was annoyed because I’d wanted to stop at the art store for some pens for the field guide with the money my dad had given me—a ten-minute mission. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to enjoy our time the way it has always been for as long as possible. What’s coming is coming, mi cielo. Why think about drowning before we reach the river?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You saw what Dylan wanted you to see.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After just half a day I knew I would never again complain about any price a farmer wanted to charge me for food. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Ammu asked for the Station House Officer, and when she was shown into his office she told him that there had been a terrible mistake and that she wanted to make a statement. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to scream, to gnash her teeth and tear her clothes and beat upon the floor. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Moonface would beat me senseless for what I wanted to ask him. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to be with the best, sir.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Rowan wanted to get the cabin ready. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Those few kids and the fact that I wanted to fence kept me teaching. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted to see Jesse, so I pulled up his SnowFlake page. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see Abelman victorious; she would see in the victory some peculiar justification. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Salvador smiled too, apparently having forgotten that Hermilio had not wanted him in his house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Normally, he wouldn’t have wanted Mark to know he played with the train anymore. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to dock a point because the whole place reeked of designer perfume, but Annabeth ignored me. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

That little one wanted out bad enough to come when she wanted to come. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know what American kids were like. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dany wanted to believe that... but if that was so, why had Hazzea’s father waited until the audience hall was almost empty to come forward? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

French jams, English marmalades, an unclean butter dish, bottles of ketchup and Lea & Perrins circled past, before what the Object wanted: an economy-size jar of Rolaids. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to kick Basta, hit him, stab him in the stomach with his own knife, the brand-new knife he wore stuck in his belt. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to show you how much I appreciated what you did.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had waited so long for my dogs, and I so desperately wanted to see them and hold them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My husband died. I was brought here by my sass after she became a widow and was going to her brother’s house, where I was not wanted.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a very small, secret, impractical part of me that’s always wanted pink hair. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

If there were going to be tears and talk of the children who had died the summer he was bom, he wanted to escape. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemed like there were other people besides the lieutenant who wanted to ask me questions. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The few times I’d wished I could walk in one direction for as long as I wanted, the threat of those rattlesnakes deterred me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he went back to the chestnut tree it was not because he wanted to but because of a habit of his body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He wanted to keep on feeling like Pond was still teaching him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

After that, you just wanted someone to say the plain truth, and maybe Bobby Kennedy would be that someone. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I wanted more than anything to step back onto Jefferson and Bushwick Avenues, but only when I knew I was ready. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

This man—his last name was Bauby—wrote the whole book by having a friend recite the alphabet to him, and when she came to the letter he wanted, he would blink that left eye. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I ever wanted to join anything. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Chris wanted to be orange because it was the only color that was a food. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She looked as though she wanted to drop to her knees and embrace the entire palace as if it were a sad giant dog. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They usually stuck to the front, but on this night, Grandpop said he wanted a new count. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted to write and I did not even know the English language. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to learn to read so much as I wanted to be like Mama. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do just that, but I was more hurt than I was mad. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Altogether she was quite convinced of Harriet Smith’s being exactly the young friend she wanted—exactly the something which her home required. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I told James my decision and though he was obviously apprehensive, he was willing to go along with what I wanted to do. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was ridiculous. park When he saw Eleanor walking toward him on Monday morning, Park wanted to run to her and sweep her up in his arms. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

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

If he couldn’t get what he wanted from her gently, he stopped being gentle. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to scream out in pain, but the darkness choked him. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know what he’s going to ask, so before he can, I say, “It started before. While we were still married. The drinking. That’s what you wanted to know', isn’t it?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to get us all out and back as far as possible because all the beds were needed for the offensive, when it should start. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Zafoona was settled in a bedroom for a quick nap despite her protests that she wanted to help, while the other women retreated to the kitchen to prepare endless platters of food. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. The coyote was so nice. I wanted a puppy. What’s the matter with people?” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to see how you children were settling in, but I had a very difficult case in the High Court and it was taking up much of my time.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She wanted to hang out but wasn’t allowed out of the house. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There was so much more she had wanted to say, but she couldn’t find the words. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to tell her why her grapevines had dried up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I still did not know her as I wanted to, but I never could. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He wanted to attain a position where he would be honored and respected. He wanted wealth.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I never wanted her to get down to a single knot. Freeing her is not an option.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It sat hunched next to me, munching slowly as if it wanted to make the morsel last. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tad wanted to meet him alone in a physics teacher’s classroom? Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Aaron acted like he wanted to kiss the heels of Newcharlie's shoes, hanging on to Newcharlie's words like they were something special. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She had found a jewel down inside herself and she had wanted to walk where people could see her and gleam it around. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

They said she wanted everyone else to feel guilty for not being as nice and wonderful as she was. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

School was the perfect place to launch a new word, and since this was a major historical event, Nick wanted it to begin in exactly the right class—seventh-period language arts. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How kind you are! Yes, that’s what it wanted. Now please take the big chair and let me do something to amuse my company.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose I wanted to watch him work the crowd. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For in the rich and moist and wanted areas of the world, life pyramids against itself and in its confusion has finally allied itself with the enemy non-life. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But I drove him where he wanted to go, sir." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. White gave his friend his car keys, because the friend wanted to borrow his car, and the friend gave Mr. White some money, which Mr. White had lent him earlier. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Despite his history of fighting government regulations, he decided he wanted to do something about texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when it came to my chores she wanted me to move quickly. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted there to be doubt; I admit it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

She must have wanted to tell him the rules without calling him out to embarrass him. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t drowned the night before and Genie felt unexpectedly relieved, like he wanted to make a ribbit or a...or a...whatever sound crickets make, himself. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

By the time I wanted to leave, it would be too late. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

There have been days when I’ve wanted to live here, to ride a fancy bike to a friend’s house and swim in their pool. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t want that clumsy antique; he wanted Speedy. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show the world as it was, and this was my chance. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to startle you like that. I just wanted to make sure someone was up so I wouldn’t be disturbing the household by knocking.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to get up and run, but she gathered her courage and pranced closer to him. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to spread my arms like wings and fly right off that porch and out over the treetops and up into the clouds. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Maddy wanted to be alone with David for a while, you know?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You ain’t, and I wouldn’t let you now, even if you wanted to.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him to stick it, but more than that, I did not want him looking for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say more, but I couldn't find the words. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to have the full, long life that every parent promises his or her child by the simple act of bringing that child into the world. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

As much as she wanted to be present, she felt like she’d left part of herself behind somewhere—maybe in the sea. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Both were fearful sites, and that was why I wanted to see them. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sansa wanted Joffrey desperately, but she did not think she had the courage to do as the queen was asking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"But she said she wanted it all at once." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Annabeth wanted to argue, but as soon as he said sleep, her body betrayed her, despite her resolution never to sleep in Tartarus again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We used to live forty miles away, but Gram needed to be taken care of, and Mom wanted a bigger house. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Never before had he been able to get up whenever he wanted or eat whatever he fancied. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"No doubt Ned wished to spare you. His sweet young bride, if not quite a maiden. Well, you wanted truth. Ask me. We made a bargain, I can deny you nothing. Ask." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

That's what I used to do, what I wanted to be doing, but I couldn't do none of those things no more. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He reached out to stop her, to tell her that it was okay, that he only wanted to help. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And if he wanted Frankie to face it all, now was the time. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He went away knowing that she wanted to be alone with Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some had been burned, as if the inhabitants had wanted to make certain they could not come creeping back, but this one had been spared the torch. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“He wanted you to be able to keep your tree with you,” Poppet says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to put my hand over his but didn't. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure. I just wanted to hold them accountable, if only for a moment,” says Peeta. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

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 forced myself to keep looking into his eyes even when I wanted to look away because I felt so guilty for how I’d hurt him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As fantastic as the technology was, no one wanted to be crushed like a bug if it went haywire. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The aliens didn’t take me because I’m sick and they only wanted healthy people. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

George knew that seeing a therapist was the first step secret girls like her took when they wanted everyone to see who they were. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You know Olga never wanted to leave your parents. She would have done anything for them. She always wanted to be a good daughter.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When she came home from school and on the weekends, he wanted her around. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

But he stopped me and wanted to know how I pictured this other life. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I walked fast because I wanted her to get the note before she went home for lunch, and I didn't have any too much time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her that she was just fishing in the air and that probably her mother had not been kidnapped, but I knew that Phoebe didn’t want to hear it. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Another clerk came up to Billy and asked him if he was going to buy the book or not, and Billy said that he wanted to buy it, please. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could take all the time you wanted to check and recheck a sight. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like, instead of going to play board games at Delia’s house, everyone else wanted to stay at school and watch the boys’ basketball game. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Some wanted to smoke us out, but the big one said there was riper fruit upriver, and they made for the Mummer's Ford." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Then came word that the colonel wanted the visiting general to see the bodies—a tangible sign of the progress being made. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had thought that the Paqo wanted me to go on this journey so I could heal my scar and become a true apprentice to him on my return. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Of course you could, I wanted to say, but that wasn’t the point. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Pete had wanted to become a doctor, but the “catastrophe” had ended that dream. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She said she wanted to go on to college. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She paused, like she wanted to say no but also didn’t want to be rude. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go myself, but Sarah didn’t need either of us getting in her way. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I really wanted to leave the school, but I stayed. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We didn’t eat anything, because we wanted to get to the beach early. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ivy wanted to hold June’s hand, hug her, something. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and their invasion of Alaska, Americans wanted a victory. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted to laugh big and own art and wear beautifully made clothes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Um, no, it’s not that. It’s fine with her. It’s, um, it’s good. She wanted me to ask you to come to the next session. With me. Can you?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Of course, everybody wanted to know how it had happened. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was one other person I wanted to tell about Lovey. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And the more I learned about Him, the less I wanted to leave Him. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Copland knew how to say what he wanted to say. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Part of him wanted to attack Phorcys now—at least that might give them the element of surprise—but they hadn’t found out any useful information yet. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

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

Ray was seventeen and man-sized, and I’d worked hard to know him because I wanted him to teach me how to drive. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Miller had said something about me being adopted, yet adoption had trapped Mandy in the Moss family, where she could be punished as much as they wanted without anyone checking. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

There was no other set of keys in the house to that door, so if they wanted to open it again, they’d have to wait until Mamá came home or jump out a window. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I asked her three times, very politely, if I couldn’t do this by myself, but she wanted to be in there with me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My sister wanted to look at every single stall in the bazaar that sprawled between the ticket office and the entrance to the ruins, but Babou managed to maneuver her away from them all. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then: “Henry just wanted to leave me. I said, if you want to mourn, I’ll mourn with you. But he said he had to mourn by himself. ” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother and I are visiting the East Coast for a week, and she wanted to check in on her old friend. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“When we have the money, Natalie,” she sighed, and closed her eyes, and I wanted to shake her and say, Stay awake! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted it to be a surprise, so I had to check his work schedule secretly, I had to look. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a bakery and wanted to go in and buy some rolls with the seven cents he had. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He told her he probably wanted to get a Ph.D., eventually. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

An older school of historians and philosophers took this framework for granted, while a newer school has wanted to debunk or deconstruct the concepts rather than explain their significance and trace their origin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But even if they wanted to share the particulars of the days toil, finding someone outside of Langley who understood what they were talking about would have been well nigh impossible. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But I wanted my friends to share in my enthusiasm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If he could teach him to track on a leash, he could find me whenever he wanted to. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

However empty and tired she’d been just a few minutes earlier, however numb and lost, her feet wanted to move, and they knew the way. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The sky was a featureless grey sheet of cloud that looked as if it wanted to rain but couldn’t quite work up the energy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But, if the cure could really cheat death, Piper wanted to brew a six-pack - one dose for each of her friends. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask, but I didn’t think they’d find it funny. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Spassky wanted to go through with it, but no deal could be arranged. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Cecile had already told me to mind my business about her feelings and about Pa, but I still wanted to know why my parents didn’t get married. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Me the sports fanatic, me the game freak, me the only ten-year-old in Illinois with a hate on for the alphabet wanted to know what happened next. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Ben wanted a ride before they went away for a couple days. She said he loved that kayak and begged for one little ride before they left.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We had been worked so hard and fed so little all our bodies wanted to do was hibernate, like bears. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I decided a few hours ago how I wanted to handle this—I want to teach Caleb a lesson. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

If he wanted to combine his love of medicine with anthropology, recording his observations, testing his academic theories, he thought, there was perhaps no better laboratory in the Western Hemisphere. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Cara had wanted to be there before the other kids arrived. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to go to the library,” I tell her. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand what they wanted me to do. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to drop the eggs and see which ones survived and get back to being okay. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be part of it, too, but I only watched, and so did Rosaleen and Otis. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dead because he could never be free from the secret of who he wanted to be. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, we all liked Annabeth, and we wanted her to have a quest, but this one seemed insanely dangerous. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but wonder if this is like Soojin deciding she wanted to start carrying a purse last year and insisting that I needed to join her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

We wanted to run a full-court game, so we directed a few nasty remarks to the other side of the small gym. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

His mouth sagged and his hands hung limply at his sides, twitching, as if he wanted to raise them, to do something. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s something you’ve wanted for a long time. A really long time,” he says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I think he wanted me to be an orphan very badly. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Because of the generosity of my visitors I had an embarrassment of riches and wanted to share my food with the other prisoners on my floor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to holler, to alert her in some way, but he worried that if she knew they were behind her, she would grow nervous. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her all of the lies that I’d told her. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted more than anything to get to the edge of that country-size bowl, where the air must be clean and fresh. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We had to sit so close to other people there wasn’t room to breathe, if you even wanted to, being in the position to contract every kind of a germ there was. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas was so tired he wanted to lie down right there and take a nap. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

James wanted quiet; the heat had given him a headache. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just a woman who wanted, in her own way, to make the world a better place. 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 wait until you got home,” Mother told Papa. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

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

Also, he wanted to write about things that hadn't happened yet. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

She tossed the key, casually, toward Coraline, who caught it, one-handed, before she could think about whether she wanted it or not. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Hours later he was informed that he was now a hostage and that they wanted to film him for television. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to march where the men marched. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He wanted to poke round in the coals to see, but dared not; he flinched from it even in thought. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I needed to deal with my parents, especially if I wanted to adopt my dog. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I originally wanted to make Caitlin earrings, but then I spotted a pair of black-and-white speckled ones at the market and thought they would be the perfect gift. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

An athlete who gets caught cheating is generally condemned, but most fans at least appreciate his motive: he wanted so badly to win that he bent the rules. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to punch that guy in the face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Yes, but I don't seem t'remember . . ." I looked at her and wanted to laugh. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run faster today than ever. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We knew how bad he wanted that bike, but you wouldn’t have known it to look at him. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now we can do all the things we always wanted to do, like go abroad, but were prevented from doing by having a little daughter.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He never lighted the oil lamp by his bed unless he wanted to read. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to do something like they had done. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed so sick, so wrong, but all I wanted to do was slip inside his mind and see what he was thinking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Both Dad and Mother wanted a large family. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Either she’ll tell you a lie, and you still won’t know, or if she tells you the truth, you might not have wanted to hear it in the first place. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Veteran horsemen were merciless to kids who wanted to be jockeys. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out Akira had wanted to see the nearby river that day, so Mama had taken him. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He wanted you to think he'd come in by mistake, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought you wanted to hear my side,” I say. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He emptied all his handheld video games and Josh's remote control cars, and called his grandma to tell her that all he wanted for his birthday in November was AA batteries. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Now that we had a visitor she wanted to talk like she knew everything about me? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If she wanted him to sing it, he would sing it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Right. You just said you didn’t want to be on the team anymore. That you wanted Andrew Peckleman to take your place.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Granger smiled and said, “Oh, believe me, Nicholas. You’ll know when it’s over. I wanted to talk to you about something else.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came out nastier than I wanted it to. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

That you wanted to keep it at first and that everything is their fault. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that I was going north precisely to change, but I did not. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted whatever I managed to do in my life to reflect the core values I was learning in school, in my church, and in my community. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to get it warm—and get breakfast. I was going to make pancakes, for a surprise—” Marly said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan wanted to despise all of this, but there was something about honing one’s skill, no matter the nature of that skill, that was rewarding. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She smiled as if she thought this was something I really wanted to do, but I was just being polite. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

She wanted to walk over and see him. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But after Dad left for Oxford, Mom told me they decided I could stay if I wanted to. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes wide and tried to look like it had been an accident, or a mistake, in case she wanted it to be. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to complain that no, I wasn’t even close to prepared. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Stick said girls played games like this all the time, and if you wanted to get anywhere you had to play along until you learned the rules. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I suspect Call wanted him to go on as much as I did, but the old man stopped right there. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted nothing so much as to tell her how sorry I was for being one of the invisible worms that flew in the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only really obvious sign was that June wanted to hang out with someone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His group was spread all over Oakland, and despite them not living all that far away from one another, their lives hadn’t intersected as much as he wanted over the summer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Annabeth looked like she wanted to argue, but she waved at Rachel to lead on. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell me something about himself, but didn’t find it easy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Back then, all she wanted was to be “normal,” to speak English perfectly and go to business school, and never seem strange to anybody. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to stay in the yard and play. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a non-date, and she wanted to go on it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“No,” he continued, “I was thinking there was something I wanted to try.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had become our family, but the man wanted a real family member who could authorize his burial. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

We had little in common other than our nearness to death, and that was not what we wanted to talk about; so, much of the time, we did not understand each other very well. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The air wanted me, the ground wanted me, the circling gears below hungered to crunch my bones. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And some of them just wanted to drink in peace. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I tried to do what you wanted, but I couldn’t, and I don’t want you to hate me for it. It’s my life.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You wanted the chance to blow glass. Now try it.” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wanted what the Pastor was offering up, I wanted it so bad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“No, I didn’t. I wanted it whole, so we could get away. You were the one who broke it.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The Nazis have forbidden us from photographing them, and even if most of us wanted to, film is hard to come by. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But she could sit by the fire and read what she wanted to read, a luxury she had never been able to indulge in before. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

This time it had been Rashid who smiled, because Z had chosen who he wanted to be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

They had treated him like a child snatcher and when, full of rage, Victor wanted to show them his detective's ID, he realized that the little brats had robbed him as well. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to add: Especially not on Halloween. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He knew this as well as I did, and he wanted some time to consider it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was exactly what colleges wanted to see on applications. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then he whispered, “I am not a happy man. I got a wife and children and I don’t happen to be a hard-working man. I never wanted a family.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I wanted to make peanut butter banana pudding and “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” cookies filled with crushed-up pretzels, chocolate chips, toffee bits, and nuts. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to laugh, to keep talking with her, but instead I said nothing. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But Noris was like me, she wanted to give herself to things, and at her tender age, she could only imagine giving herself to children. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have answers to these questions, and when I told Esther about them, she told me that everything was going to be fine, but I wanted more than just a reassurance. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to send her a photo of me as she requested. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I could not make iced tea, but I could make cool tea, and I thought that what he really wanted was a sweet drink. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She wanted to warn them, but she could not move from under the table. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As soon as I saw the sign I wanted to go in, and the minute I went in, I liked it.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to close my eyes and let the silence swallow me whole. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I know, I’m sorry, I just...I don’t know how to tell you this. I’ve wanted to since it started.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But after I asked, I was ashamed to think I wanted pleasure from so unhappy a trip. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Emma achingly wanted to be with Annie, but since she couldn’t take care of her daughter, she took care of everyone else. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to say something, to protest or to ask more questions, when Thor said, in a low rumble, like thunder echoing on a distant mountaintop, “And me? What did I actually do last night?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

For once she wanted to be the one to spoil the twins a little. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“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

He tells her he wanted to study, he just didn’t want to have to beg his mother for the money. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I won’t hurt you. I never wanted to . . .” Al covers his face with both hands. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The mushrooms were like the blackberries—both wanted a drop of rain before they’d be any good. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to remember Rocky’s face again, and to think of them together. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Congress, like the American public, wanted nothing more to do with the war. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The trips from school had become tense and frightening, and I just wanted to relax once I was safe inside my home. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I could go where I wanted to and no one said, “What are you doing here? Why aren’t you working?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It felt so forced, he just wanted to take it back and find another way to say it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The assistant looked as though he wanted to stop them leaving, but he barely came up to Hagrid’s waist and seemed to think better of it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't want his hand anywhere near me, but it was stuck there, glued to the spot where wings would sprout if I had them—I wanted them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to get her out of her trance so she would start the car and drive them back to Abba. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I adored my school uniform and never wanted to take it off. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Tina and her friends—and the black girls, too, everybody wanted a piece of this—were standing at the end of Eleanor's row, waiting for her to walk to her locker. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Steady said, “Well, it’s you we wanted anyway.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Everyone wanted a place where they could be alone occasionally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

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

If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

She made out a slip for the books she wanted and then started reading a magazine article that the librarian gave her about the Civil War. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she thought about dancing in front of an audience full of strangers in four short days, she wanted to throw up or die. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Boys who wanted to preach came to me for tryouts. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to sit quiet for a long time and not think and not say a word. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They wanted to make sure there would never again be more people than the farmers could feed. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The food was spread out behind a counter, cafeteria style, and he simply pointed to what he wanted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a birthday, same as you,” I wanted to tell the voices. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“But Neil was the one you wanted. I’m not even surprised.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But I also wanted to keep her quiet enough for me to sneak through the village center and make my way back to Mae and Birdie’s cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

When, as a young boy, I had been asked what I wanted to be when I grew up, I had never answered “black” or “Negro” or even “colored.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that people are dashes too—each a tiny bit of a connection to the next. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she wanted to destroy him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We wanted more than victories, we wanted massacres. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

The stories quoted her son Lawrence, who wanted to know if the immortality of his mother’s cells meant that he might live forever too. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I knew that being a snitch was considered the lowest sort of person, but I wanted him to point his finger and say, The one over there. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to catch his hand and kiss it. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I felt that if it was the truth they wanted, I had to give it to them in its bleeding nakedness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And soon everything Mason Darlington Burgess had ever wanted slipped through his fingers and floated up into the air, where it spread like a fog throughout the entire wide room. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

By midnight she had collected a small group of slaves, all of whom wanted to be free, and started North with them, heading for Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was almost time for Mom to come in, Dr. Fein said he wanted us to make a plan for how the next week could be better than the last one. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was for him to leave so I could get out of this awful place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to go in and sit with Mama and Aunty Ifeoma, but instead I just stood still, listening. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask her what she was trying to achieve but she saw me looking at her and scrunched up her face, so instead I said, ‘About Salim...’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not want to quarrel with Apollo, he only wanted an answer from his oracle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to find the stack of newspapers she had made during fourth grade. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Shrunk into the ball I wanted to shrink into to protect myself. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said, keeping her face neutral, even though she wanted to scream from the awkwardness. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He wanted to write musicals and conduct Broadway orchestras. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She told me that something terrible had happened at home and I was wanted immediately. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ron wanted to skip Herbology and go straight down to the hut. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn’t say that. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Of course I wanted to impress you, Master Kilvin,” I said, looking down. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wanted to take something away from him, and give it to Norma. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he could, if he wanted to, sell absolutely anything. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess, being slightly older and having some measure of means, Ella wanted to help us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have any use for school—he wanted us home, helping to raise the cattle. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it would not take long to reassemble it in the kitchen; I knew exactly where I wanted it to stand. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She said no, they were neighbor kids who had begged to come along because they wanted to see the girl from China. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had something I wanted to discuss with her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As much as she wanted Baba Joseph’s approval, she couldn’t ignore the evidence of her own eyes. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole family drove slowly through swirling snow to the Garden Tomb, where Liyana’s mother wanted to attend the sunrise service. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rather, Mr. Curtain wanted to surprise the boys for “demonstration purposes,” and so Reynie replied, “It certainly looks like one thing.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“No music. She just wanted someone to walk her home.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Though Charles and Emma sided with the protesters, they preferred things quiet and calm; neither one liked or wanted to cause any upheaval. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hank stopped by too, and he bought a shirt, which was pretty decent seeing how, if he’d wanted to, he could have just printed one up. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to keep this discussion going for as long as possible. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

At that moment, to hold Ebola virus in her hands was what she wanted more than anything else in the world. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marty said, “Coke, its great taste, it’s so good that I would beat up a guy if he had one and I really wanted it.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel wanted to run, but her feet seemed stuck to the white-glazed ground. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“What was it you wanted to talk about?” she said. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe more importantly, he wanted to keep it for himself. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Sherrie wanted to talk about the disposition of certain funds, but John kept joking with her, stalling her with odd cracks and silliness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And besides, if Elena wanted her to be the King’s Champion so badly, then she couldn’t spend all her time hunting down whatever this evil was. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Luma started to realize that although she told herself she disliked Coach Brown, she wanted very badly to play well for her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I remember one time I wanted a lollipop from the cookie jar on the counter. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Northern white elites were sympathetic to the demand for their “property rights” to be respected, as they, too, wanted the Constitution to protect their property interests. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Grover stood there and held his hands out to the trees, looking like he wanted to hug them. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He wanted to do more, wanted to give Master every reason to keep him, and so one morning he ironed Master’s socks. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Regina, though, wanted him to stay in Europe until the Interzonal in Portorož began, and because of a lack of funds she was trying to get both his visa and his guest status extended. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now they wanted to talk about what to do next. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

How to explain that I wanted to keep the secret close? Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’ve wanted to know why he wants the things he wants for us. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She felt her hair fall into the dishwater, but she did not care, only wanted to be away from him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to take that off your mind, in light of all you have to think about now, with Erin in the hospital,” Coach says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the sun as if I wanted to punish my eyes. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t mean their bodies wanted to be transcended. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The second question wanted to know where the common vetch originated and to what family it belonged. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell his daughter that I did not like her letter at all. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

People of every rank and station wanted to escape the spreading pestilence and breathe the fresh, healthy air of the countryside. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He was just that kind of person: annoying, exasperating—you wanted to pop him in the mouth. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to read the books he assigned to see if I could get the intense pleasure that he did from them. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had still not found out what he wanted to know. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He just wanted to get off the lake and away from Mr. Sir as soon as possible. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to learn more about what the bullet had done. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

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

If they wanted to fry me, I’d step right into the pan. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I had our dinner under way, I wanted to take in Cecile’s place of work. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to go last to make sure a Griever didn’t get her or Chuck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I went outside to see if anybody had change, but nobody walks around here, so all I met were police who wanted to know why I was walking around with all this money.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wanted to turn around, to find Mami, but I couldn’t move my head. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to think, then talk things through with Lana before laying it out for the others. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Imagine having a home like this....A home that knew what you wanted and leaped to answer. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yeah, way bigger. I could walk anywhere, eat in any restaurant I wanted to, and the people would treat me nice.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If someone wanted to change every single part of themselves—including the shape of their fingernails—could you?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Passages that had been filled in years ago suddenly un-filled, changing direction to lead Hazel where she wanted to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Numerous people said that the Nation of Islam’s stringent moral restrictions had repelled them—and they wanted to join me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew this was not what I wanted to do with my life, and I remembered my high school writing teacher’s advice: “Whatever you do, don’t stop writing.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wanted revenge just as much as my sisters did, but my blood was cooling now, and I knew we needed to do what was right. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

So really, I’d gotten what I wanted, seeing how I’d practically become a lawn ornament over at my Polish neighbor’s pad. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted each VC to have his own light shining right on him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was going to make it so that everybody knew how she came about and no one wanted to be friends with her because she was a symbol of disgrace. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, Briony wanted her to say his name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I asked why, but what I really wanted to know was why I started writing letters after Dad died. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, I wanted to start believing in my fellow Dominicans again. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve known forever she wasn’t going to make it, almost from the beginning. She said she was getting better because that’s what I wanted to hear. And I believed her. Except I didn’t.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I know it’s not mine and all, so I wanted it to have a different smell, a different feel. All right with you?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“He said he wanted to marry me, not kill me,” Kaira pointed out. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Stella did the best she could, but she really had no idea how to create the picture that Hazel wanted. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to tell you that the Colonel—I mean, Chip Martin—he’s my roommate, you know, he’s having a tough time in Latin.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Dr. Shaw at first demurred; then let her have what she wanted. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joana wanted to be a doctor as much as I wanted to be an artist. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Grube told me that he thought the kings of Kaan, never allied with Teotihuacan, may have wanted to stamp out pernicious foreign influences—xenophobia is a powerful motive in every culture. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t used to having to stop his brain from thinking about whatever it wanted to think about. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

If I was dreaming, I no longer wanted to wake up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She wanted her parents to know of him, and of how good he was. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But even more frightening is the feeling that I wanted them to catch me and beat me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was squinting at me like he really wanted me to understand. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her how happy I was that Jenna was back. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

What I do say is, "It's just . . . if we didn't win . . . I wanted Thresh to. Because he let me go. And because of Rue." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

She had wanted something practical, something she could use to stave off her growing fears. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked up, as if he wanted to say something, glanced at Bridge, and left. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Henry who’s seen him in glasses and tolerates him at his most annoying and still kissed him like he wanted him, singularly, not the idea of him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wanted to cry, but all that came out was an “ooooo” sound. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to run and run and not look back. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They used hot combs to straighten their hair, his aunty had said, because they wanted to look like white people, although the combs ended up burning their hair off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The second jealousy is this: I am jealous that my mother had wanted more children. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I could call him anytime over the summer if I wanted to talk or borrow books, and that made me feel a little better. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She leans in so close she could kiss me if she wanted to. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That said, Dasch still wanted to do and be something bigger and better. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Mad because this was the same Vonetta who had stubbornly wanted to sing “Dry Your Eyes” before all of these people. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He now was sure he wanted to leave the city. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valley was the kid in the group project who did no work and then wanted all the credit. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The boys started grousing and said they wanted a raisin and Nellie said it wasn’t her fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Groves wanted to know the names of the most brilliant German physicists—the ones most likely to succeed in giving Hitler an atomic bomb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask if my mother’s casket was heavy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In the morning he could hardly wait to go out and look at the canoe in daylight, but his father wanted help clearing up in the bar after the busy evening. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Nathan wanted to look like Uncle Jet when he grew up, tall and muscled, instead of being short and chubby. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I sat down with him at his favorite diner, where he told me who he wanted to be if he had years ahead of him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The Battle at Fallen Timbers and its aftermath were evidence that the federal government would not hesitate to use both regular and irregular warfare to get the lands it wanted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though for the first time she was completely alone—where she had always wanted to be—free of the possibility of distraction. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what the Nazis wanted, anyway, to kill us with work and starvation. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I straightened my back and walked briskly to the desk, smiling as if the German sitting behind it were the only person in the world I’d ever wanted to sell something to. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The more they had, the more they wanted. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted the cops to go after Luke and then forget they’d ever stepped foot inside the Deuce. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But for real, this is what I wanted to talk to you about,” he says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Papa was relaxing at the kotatsu and said he wanted to spend one day of vacation before looking for a job, because it might be his last day off for a long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He said he wanted to be responsible, but if I said I’m not ready, I’m not ready. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Mateo wanted to come out to him, but...we didn’t make it. Should I tell his dad? Is it weird that it’s me? You know him best.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Don't touch,” she warned Bethan, who had come with her and wanted to help. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I wanted the company of Jesse Aarons and Summer and Uncle Ob. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

In the portraits, I wanted to show that my people had not been defeated. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“You remember that I said I wanted to help you? In any way I could?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He had just wanted to be as normal as possible in this place. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m not being rude,” said Julian, “I’m just asking a question. Mr. Tushman said we could ask questions if we wanted to.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She wanted them to love the music she loved, the flowers she gave them, the books she admired. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He had talked with his father, Ivory senior, about it, and he told him he wasn’t sure he wanted to play college ball even if he had the chance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to move on, out of this place, before evening came. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She was sure that this something that was so important was the alethiometer itself, because after all, Mrs. Coulter had wanted it, and what else could it be? The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think that’s why Sparrow wanted you to come here today.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

"This is what I wanted you to see, right here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We each chose a book we wanted to find, and we couldn’t go home till we’d found copies of all of them. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You could take a kid’s lunch or even his lunch money and nothing usually happened because most kids wanted peace at any price. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the attackers didn’t know, or care, I suspect. They were mad over what had happened and they wanted to take it out on someone they assumed was a Muslim.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

So if Luke wanted to sit there and silently object, Toby would let him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Uh-huh. We had to work kind of quickly, and there’s not all that much in it, but... but we like the paper, and I... and we just wanted you to have a copy.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

All Jinny wanted was for the world to feel the way it had before the boat arrived with Loo. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But this year, for his seventieth birthday, the youngest daughter, Sofía, wanted the celebration at her house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They wanted, to believe that at least I’d given them a little bit of hope. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I always thought it was my mother who wanted to have me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He wanted to tell him that his crazy idea was working. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

He wanted to understand the puzzle, without the iguana solution. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They wanted to go early, all but begged me. I said, how would it look, the superintendent’s boy playing hooky?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s all right. I wanted to ask you about last night. . . . Oh, you took the trunk to the station, didn’t you?” she asked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to swing die pick or kneel down with the string or shovel die gravel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did she leave? There was no one to marry. She wanted to come to America.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to tell you,” I say. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I told her that I wanted to do this, and she rearranged our chairs so we were sitting side by side in the kitchen, with her pointing out the words as she read them. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Lark wanted me to ask if you like the name yet? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, she wasn’t shy about the idea of writing books. She was shy about the kind of books she wanted to write.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to march up there and tell Ruth to come back and finish the butter. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted only to fall at his feet in my terror, to beg him not to leave me alone, but he was staring at me unrelenting. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom said this happened to girls after a certain age, and that what the boys wanted was a reaction, any kind of reaction. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

He took Sanaubar’s hand in both of his and told her she could cry if she wanted to but she needn’t, she was home now, he said, home with her family. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Cory wanted to start things off with insults, someone had to show him we couldn’t be pushed around. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Most, though, were coded because neither Moch nor his boys wanted the other crews or the coaches to know their exact meaning. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My father wasn’t surprised that Lice turned down the old truck and wanted money in exchange for providing evidence against Dusty Muleman. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask Jaden about the title of Catcher in the Rye. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody wanted to be sent to the front, and young women who had grown up firing guns and flying planes in clubs and schools were just as ready to fight as the young men were. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

When Poppy was a boy, he’d been lowered into a village well on ropes because his aunts and uncles wanted to know what was down there. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the “leader” wanted a little something for his people: “Er, boss, some of the people talking about we sure need a better school, boss.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t wait to tell her about it, but wanted to save the news until he was “safe and sound in Hyde Park.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I just wanted to scream and yell, “What did I ever do to you? I can be better if you’d just help me, if you’d just do your job and coach me!” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was true that my father had not come home to sleep for many days now and I could make as much noise as I wanted. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came in smiling big at two farmers who wanted Papa to extend credit for a new mule, and then greeted Mr. Cratic Flournoy, who was complaining of indigestion. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His arms ached for something heavier than trays, for something dirtier than peelings; his feet wanted the heavy work shoes, not die thin-soled black shoes that the hotel required. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to photograph some of our clients in order to give the life-without-parole sentences imposed on children a human face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Bodega wanted something from me, so I would ask something in return. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

I just wanted Mr. Terupt to wake up and fix this mess. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I hoped I’d never see R.C. again, because if he really wanted to get me, having a deputy around wasn’t going to stop him. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Through my cross-examination and attempts to force the judge to recuse himself, I had made the statements I wanted about the unfairness of the court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell her she could do anything to me that she pleased, as long as I came out looking remotely like her. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted Burnham to know his views from the start. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The boy was right that it was a good place and he wanted to check for any sign of other visitors. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

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

Bobby always wanted to play the strongest players possible, seeing it as a way to hone his abilities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell I’d have to push her harder if I wanted her to agree, but I didn’t want to. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He put his arms around me and wanted to run away with me rite then. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I wanted to do was start running and not stop until I got home. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day she was back and looked so bad Alice wanted to slap her. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole wanted so badly to tell the truth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Brandon’s mom invited me over for dinner. I wanted you and your father to have a little more alone time.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If anybody wanted to know what the neighborhood looked like in the twenties, where Jack Johnson had lived, perhaps, or where James Baldwin’s father had preached, Mother Fletcher could tell you. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a weekday, Monday, but Aimee’s dad had wanted to take her out to a nice dinner. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Katherine Johnson had been asked to transfer to Houston with the group, but her husband, Jim, wanted them to stay close to their families. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We got word that General Westmoreland wanted us to “maximize” destruction of the enemy. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that I wanted to be friends with Audrey again. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Mom and Dad packed her up and put her away. Like they wanted to pretend she never existed.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It sounds like a real winner, she wanted to say, but managed to chomp down on her tongue somehow. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That's why they hate me, why I'm not the most dangerous criminal in the country, but the most wanted. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I wanted to say I’m sorry about your grandfather,” she says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But no matter how bad I wanted it, I was still going to be just plain old me. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some of them just wanted to touch my clothes, like I was a celebrity. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was so distraught that I wanted to buy a plane ticket and go find him. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Leo wanted to believe that, but he couldn’t. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to tell your father, but maybe you deserve to hear it first. You scored higher than any boy from the Sunderbans in English and Bangla.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

We sat in silence for a minute before I switched gears, the uncomfortable subject making it easier to ask what I really wanted to. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say sorry about Tom, too, because I should have known. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, I thought, and I bet you kissed Mr. McAllister between every sugar lump and apple, and hugged him every time the mare did what you wanted her to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Unless I wanted to sign a five-year indenturement contract with some corporation, and that was about as appealing to me as rolling around in broken glass in my birthday suit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to wipe her eyes, but her hands were wet. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“The kind of mother you’d have wanted to be? The kind of mother a child deserves?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I got to the church, he wanted to come in with me, and I let him, but made him lie still. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He wanted to leave the house and couldn’t. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z