| 单词 | bless |
| 例句 | Will you have to wear a collar and bless people?’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Have a blessed day,” she says, and smiles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “That way Our Blessed Virgin Mother will always look after you.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been struck by lightning a few years back, and the pastor had said it was a sign from heaven, like a blessing, and that they ought to leave it just like that. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sponsored by a major newspaper, the Johannesburg Sunday Times, their team had inspired effusive national pride and had received a personal blessing from President Nelson Mandela prior to their departure. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Then a seaborne death soft as this hand of mist will come upon you when you are wearied out with rich old age, your country folk in blessed peace around you. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “The Lord’s done give you,” said Praying Mother Washington, “a mighty blessing—and what the Lord gives, can’t no man take away.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “You think your partial divinity is a blessing,” said the Sleeper. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But now I'm thinking it might be a blessing in disguise, because in a weird way, I think it would have hurt my mom's feelings if I told my dad first. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my Prayer, nor His Mercy from me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When he was done, I recited the second blessing and the prayer that thanks God when a serious accident has been avoided. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was truly blessing all around me and all through me. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps God will bless our family and make the baby a priest. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, bless their little paws! Don’t they look peaceful?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “We have many discussions, as you might imagine. My children are a blessing, to be sure, but it requires a great effort to secure the future of each one.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll help you for the rest of my life if you’ll marry me,” which I did, and God bless him, he was as good as his word. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gentle smile, her luminous eyes, her rose scented perfume filled me with an inner calm, and I felt blessed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “Blessed be Thou ... for giving us life, for sustaining us, and for enabling us to reach this day.” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Ah, God bless us and save us, look at them eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z And with that, she walked away and down the steps, stopping to chat with Reverend David Okonjo, who had managed Blessed Way for as long as Moss knew the place existed. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Some days, she believed that the baby had been an undeserved blessing, that she was being punished for what she had done to Nana. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “These kids don’t know a blessing when they see it. But they wanna eat everything we bring back.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “My dear pullets,” replied Orddu, “you still don’t understand, do you? Evil? Why, bless your little thumping hearts, we aren’t evil.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z ‘He still cries about his parents! Oh bless him, I never knew!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The other kids had made a bunch of flowers ’cause I guess they had a bunch of blessings. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Show me the man what aint going to die, bless Jesus.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “How come God blessed us with such a sweet child?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z This present downpour is something of a surprise, since the day started with the bright morning sunshine I have been blessed with each morning since leaving Darlington Hall. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z ‘We have come to bid our last farewell,’ she said, ‘and to speed you with blessings from our land.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “The better of the two shall receive my blessing for the ring.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Lord, may our dinner be filling to our minds, bodies, and souls,” Hilda said, which sounded to me less like a blessing and more like wishful thinking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Father Lord, I praise your name! Nothing is too much for you! I bless your name!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z But Ms. Lambert, bless her heart, she goes for it. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z ‘Come, all ye disconsolate and sore of heart. Lay down your sins and troubles before the blessed feet of Him who died to save you. Wherefore goest thou, Brother Blount?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I drifted in and out of sleep, that blessed escape from hunger. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It would say, “O, happy boy, may the wise and eternal God bless you for saving me.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The other ghosts followed Roger, and Will and Lyra fell exhausted on the dew-laden grass, every nerve in their bodies blessing the sweetness of the good soil, the night air, the stars. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z For a few blessed moments I forgot myself and could do nothing but listen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I pour every prayer and blessing into the dishes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “Now thanks be to Him who guided us aright,” said Brother Luke devoutly, blessing himself. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z There was nothing exceptional about that in Odessa, where kids drank freely, often with the tacit blessing of their parents, who saw it as part of the macho mentality of the place. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "The king went to Baelor's to get the High Septon's blessing. Now he's walking the walls with the Hand, telling the men to be brave, lifting their spirits as it were." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Whenever Ugwu brought out the kola nut, Master would say, “Doc, you know the kola nut does not understand English,” before going on to bless the kola nut in Igbo. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It felt like a blessing, though she knew Kaz would just call it weather. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “He didn’t have to come to Bethel and bless us, Church family,” Pastor Dames says. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Throughout the story of his life he is sometimes man’s blessing, sometimes his ruin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, she just smiled and said, “This is truly a blessing to be here.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When he grinned it was the moon shining down on her, a presence in the sky blessing her. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z But Allah had blessed me to learn about the religion of Islam, which had enabled me to lift myself up from the muck and the mire of this rotting world. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she explained that we would make construction paper flowers and write one of our many blessings on each one. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Dear Lord, bless and protect this woman who has brought us her child to perform this sacred duty.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Being Caroline’s younger brother is both a blessing and a curse that way. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She should’ve called me mean and hateful and dumb and sorry, but she called me a blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He said amen, and blessed them, and turned away, and immediately the congregation began to sing. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z My family poured water mixed with milk—considered a blessing—in my face, and some bubbles settled right on my eyelashes. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z In my eyes, one of the biggest blessings was that the campaign crossed all socioeconomic, religious, political, racial, gender, and age boundaries. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “The curse was lifted when the priest blessed the house with holy water—” she did not finish. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma took my hand as she started the blessing, asking the Lord to protect me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were girls of fourteen, always clad in the Virgin’s colors, blue and white, having been dedicated to the Blessed Virgin at their baptism. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, obviously some sort of blessing from Mars. Congratulations, blah, blah, blah. Now, if we’re done here...?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Will you give me your blessing?” asked the boy. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She muttered a quiet blessing and tucked a lock of hair into my cap. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Before Ork has finished, the younger priest drops to his knees and throws his hands up, shaggy lips smiling, wild. fourth priest: Blessed! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z You could almost see a silvery glow around her—the blessing of Artemis. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “It may be all very delightful to those concerned but as I like unmarried women better than those in the blessed state, I vote it a bore....” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I no longer wonder if I chose St. Andrews church in Enugu as my new church because the priest there is a Blessed Way Missionary Father as Father Amadi is; I just go. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I'm only fortunate, and Kyrria is blessed, that she eloped before my letter reached her. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But it is not easy to imagine him contentedly enjoying rest and peace, or allowing the blessed gods to do so, either. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ladies decided they would try to be a blessing to the family, because of, uh, because of...” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But beyond that single personal concern, I couldn’t have asked Allah to bless my efforts any more than he had. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z So they asked an old woman what spell they could use to make them happy, and she said, ‘When you feel discontented, think over your blessings, and be grateful.’ Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I closed my eyes, but not even the breakfast blessing could halt the thoughts buzzing through my mind. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good evening, sir, God bless you, did you see them run? Did you see them? We whipped them again, by God, yes, sir, we did, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few more weeks of this, I stumbled from my bed one night and decided that I’d made a mistake, that when my father had offered me the blessing, I should have accepted it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She wanted him to bring his family to our house and have his father ask her blessing. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Baelor the Blessed had ordered all Barth’s writings destroyed when he came to the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I supposed some might have considered me blessed in that I was of high blood. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z He had to stop the blessing before it was too late for him to back out! Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Mam says, God bless you, ma’am, and her eyes are watery. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He had already been blessed enough for one day. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z It was as if I had just heard Jesus had slapped a baby or Our Blessed Mother had not conceived Him the immaculate conception way. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was a tree, and a tree is a blessedly good thing to behold when you’ve been lost at sea for a long, long time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z In Brazil, when word came that the harvest was about to begin, a priest came to bless the mill—and the workers. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “The blessings depend on how you intend to use the wood. One for houses, one for bridges.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Packing their bags, climbing aboard a bus, leaving behind all this violence, going to find blessings, or trouble, and whichever came they would face it together. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Artemis stood, said a kind of blessing, breathed into her cupped hand and released the silver dust to the sky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z A cardboard sign is propped up by his feet, with the words “Anything helps, God bless” penned in blue ink. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In some ways the rain is a blessing, as it lightens the humidity in the air. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you, my dear friend,” says Booth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z I swear I heard Michael humming one of the blessings under his breath as he counted up paper chain links a couple of days ago. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z If they want to bad enough, they gon harass a blessing from you if it kill Sofia mighty quiet this morning, Miss Eleanor Jane say, like she just talking to Reynolds Stanley. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first question to rise in my throat is Why didn’t you guys come up? but maybe that’s a blessing in disguise. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Right on cue every time, Momma would answer, “That’s right, Elder Thomas, thank the blessed Jesus, come right in.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The speaker was one of the slaves she had claimed, the heavy, flat-nosed woman who had blessed her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z One of them, a thick-bodied, flatnosed woman of forty years, blessed Dany haltingly in the Common Tongue, but from the others she got only flat black stares. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “We got egg salad sandwiches. We got Dump Punch. We got pickles. We got dog pictures. We got Littmus Lozenges. And we got a preacher, who can bless this party for us.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z He stands and recites the blessing, shaking holy water on the threshold. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z May God bless you for the earnestness with which you have tried to seek out what is right; may He guide both of us in that search during the days ahead of us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "May the Lord of Light shower you with blessings on this most fortunate day, Princess Daenerys," the magister said as he took her hand. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We scrubbed and wiped in blessed silence for nearly a half hour. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He stared down at the strings and thought about all the blessings that had accompanied them over the years. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He put his hand on Leneus’s forehead and spoke an ancient blessing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “Wish she could have blessed the driver so he would have slowed down,” I tell her. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z As his wealth and power grew, politicians courted his support, knowing that they couldn’t win without his blessing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her wedding must have been especially blessed; before the day was over, a dozen men had died. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Sometimes her ignorance of the present was a blessing, whether she knew it or not. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then she sat on the wicker chair below the moldy, button-eyed bison head and the portraits of the Little Blessed One and Aleyooty Ammachi that hung on either side of it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When Albert Schweitzer walked into the jungle, bless his heart, he carried antibacterials and a potent, altogether new conviction that no one should die young. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Spring blessings: My brown skin and the warmth it feels when the sun kisses it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “How could I expect you to know blessed Mr. Poe? He died a long while ago, before Lincoln. All of his books were burned in the Great Fire. That’s thirty years ago—1975.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z At the time, I thought it was a real awful curse happening to me, but instead, it turned out to be a big blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His face looked strangely melancholy and sallow; his hands might have been candles, he might have been about to bless her like a priest on Ash Wednesday. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z God bless the poor little child,’ I said to your sister, ‘there’s room for him at the forge!’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he had given his blessing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z God bless you, says Nora, and I’m sorry you had so much trouble with that scale. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “That’s just who get the credit. Yes, ma’am. The blessed Lord.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Xanax time, two bullets tonight, with Mom's blessing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z “May Deanna, the Huntress and Protector of the Young, bless and keep you this year. I bestow upon you this golden arrow as a symbol of her power and good graces.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I must lift the muddy waters of the river in blessing to our new home! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z God and the Blessed Virgin and the saints help a poor ignorant soul trying to do his duty.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z ‘We are not tired. We have been taking things easy. We were wet, cold and hungry, but all that you have cured. Come, sit down! And if you have any pipe-weed, we’ll bless you.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But a number of idealistic mountaineers continued to insist that a gifted athlete blessed with rare physiological attributes could, after a lengthy period of acclimatization, climb the peak without bottled oxygen. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The boys on the Fugees—newly arrived refugees trying to find comfort and security in a strange place—really wanted Luma’s blessing. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The saint’s face had been rubbed off, but the fingers of his right hand were raised to bless a short, purple, terrifically self- confident-looking mulberry tree. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He started breathing heavily, and a panicky feeling made him want to stop the blessing immediately. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If she was blessed with flawless skin and a great rack, then I was blessed with unwanted hair that was less visible in the sun. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The blessing of giving love, of being loved. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It’s a blessing, and we must postpone a day or two. And then we have to move.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z It blesses the farms and the orchards and the gardens. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Hence, whatever Snuffy and the other townsfolk wanted to do with those little Smokeys, God bless ’em and Merry Christmas and far be it from Buddy to interfere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A new life to replace the old, fading ones was a blessing, and the new baby should have been a great comfort to Emma. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The Blessed Mother’s altar had the nicest flowers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I had to pinch myself when I stopped to think about all the blessings, self-awareness, and lessons I learned because of my commitment to the sport of fencing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “Don’t be afraid of my being a blessing to him,” said Estella; “I shall not be that. Come! Here is my hand. Do we part on this, you visionary boy—or man?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The blessing is that these heartbreaks are but a few of the patches in my prairie year quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Father Cham had gathered up children, blessed them, and found them families. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z After the blessing, the topic turned to what was really on our minds. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Because I have so many amazing qualities to praise! Octavian said he wanted to make the Romans strong again. I said fine! I gave him my blessing.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Here is all we know about the woman,” he said, “and the world she comes from, and the place she was last seen. Read it well, my dear Luis, and go with my blessing.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “The point is to get everyone to meet at the Blessed Way Church on Friday evening,” Moss explained. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z This was the Lord’s blessing on me because the women were used to cooking and cleaning for their men’s regiment. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘And hold to your purpose! North with the wind in the left eye and a blessing on your footsteps! Make haste while the Sun shines!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z "You don't have to tell me. Do you want to know what my blessing was?" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “The Lord’s going to bless that boy, you mark my words,” said Praying Mother Washington. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Blessed be you, Oh God... Adonai... Blessed... Blessed be—” Tears are running down his cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z There was an air of holiday that hardly paused for a blessing over the food and that erupted full blast before the echo of the “amen” died. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z When the car shuddered without starting, she muttered, “Blessed Mother, please not now,” and tried again. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z With the Supreme Court now giving its constitutional blessing to a more visible and protected role for individual victims in the criminal trial process, changes in the American criminal justice process accelerated. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Our lives wouldn’t have needed saving if they hadn’t stuck us in that blessed cage!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Explain to me why you’re so sure this pig is a blessing.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z August said, “This is the body of the Blessed Mother.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Was it really blessed by the Pope, Daddy?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I want all of you to always remember what my family meant to me and how blessed I was to have two such fine wives. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Naturally enough, he was asked to bless the table. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then count your blessings,” she said, turning the page. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But any food is a blessing these days.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Then I waited for Art3mis to give me her blessing too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “T-Tehlu’s blessing be upon you!” the owner of the Half- Mast stammered explosively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m blessed with many things: happiness, a cheerful disposition and strength. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She knew that his wife had died childless, and that he had always wanted a son—he was praying still, he told her, that God would bless him with a son. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Why had he believed Van Eck had the blessing of the Merchant Council? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We are blessed,” Ysilla was crying loudly, as tears streamed down her face. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Without the chief’s blessing he could have no congregation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The path is starting to tend downhill again, so at least that’s a blessing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I could copy owls and bats, the words for “bat” and “blessing” homonyms. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, Crispin, the blessed saints were kind when they guided you to me. For my part, I love meat.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “That’s probably a blessing for whatever dog might have wound up as your companion.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z I m new— “New? How blessed,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The great tactician, lifting up his eyes, cried: “Zeus aloft! A blessing on Telemakhos! Let all things come to pass as he desires!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Father Cham blessed and tied a dozen more bracelets around Pong's left wrist, plus a couple on his right to balance it out. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z If she worshipped with the prosperous, she said, then God would bless her as He had blessed them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The priest was blessed with a long, incriminating finger, which he used to point out sinners in public, and a tongue well schooled in arousing emotions. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They spent evenings riding together on the smooth macadam of Yale and Harvard streets, the picture of a happy young couple blessed with looks and money. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z The bank of windows was opposite the narrow attic door, and every now and again Ophie found herself gazing longingly at the small door as she remembered her days of blessed freedom. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He was twenty then, and although his job as a waiter at the Hotel Medallion was a blessing to his parents and their seven other children, it wasn’t nearly enough to support a wife. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her magic blesses us and all that we see. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z And then—the glory—so that a cricket song sweetens his ears, the smell of the earth rises chanting to his nose, and dappling light under a tree blesses his eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z She wished she could believe that one was Papá’s and that wherever she went he would look down on her and bless and protect her. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z It had been established in 1946 with the blessing of General Groves and under the guiding scientific spirit of I. I. Rabi of Columbia. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Even excellent weather was viewed as a blessing from Allah, with corollary credit due to “The Honorable Elijah Muhammad.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lord has truly blessed us today, amen. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It’s a slurred blessing, but who’s to say I don’t need it? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I fear I shall not make the time for that, but I wish the friend much success, and you all happiness. Gott bless you!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z "Go home, hero, with our thanks and blessings." Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z The next day, a man comes to the house, delivering more food sacks, with Mrs. Krawiecka’s blessings. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z A little later it said, So long forever, old fellows and gals, so long forever old sweethearts and pals—God bless ’em—And so on. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Celaena yawned, but nodded with the rest of the congregation as the choir gave their blessings. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z "God has blessed our Fatherland by giving us Adolf Hitler." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Rather, it has strengthened it: had there not been what has been, I might never have known how blessed we were. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “May the blessed Saint Margaret care for her in Heaven,” he said, crossing himself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Flies,” he remembered, “On the white wonder of dear Juliet’s hand, may seize And steal immortal blessing from her lips, Who, even in pure and vestal modesty, Still blush, as thinking their own kisses sin.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z In medical school, the first two years consisted mainly of lecture courses, but Farmer managed, with the blessing of the faculty, to make frequent visits to Haiti, taking his notes and textbooks with him. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The two fought for the hearts and minds of black America—and, at least for Washington, for the blessings of white society. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Bartender named Sam cooked it up for me. ‘Drink three of these, son,’ he said, ‘and you won’t be able to find the door’ and bless me, I couldn’t. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Then we sat at the card tables in the yard and held hands while Mr. Odom said the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, my blessed. I do hate the water.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m blessed if I know, to tell you the truth,” replied Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching them together, I felt so blessed to be a part of such a loving and closely bonded family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It is not time to go to bed yet, but already I know the blessing I will be counting tonight. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “And now,” said the tavern keeper, “our blessed Corporal asks to borrow a gun.” The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z “Not a television set in this whole blessed country,” he announced to the palm trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he added, “Blessed Virgin, pray for the death of this fish. Wonderful though he is.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z "Her blood is inside you. Her arcana are inside us. She is inside us. We are blessed. We are destined to do the work she could not. We are her vessels." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “God bless you, little girl,” he said, helplessly. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “No reading. So I brought you the radio. Very important things are happening, Reuven, and a radio is a blessing.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z What it certainly does is add to the blessings of our dowry. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She put up with me going off on adventures, but now I was asking her blessing to do something that would probably get me killed. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Father Nicanor, with his liver enlarged and tight as a drum, gave him his blessing from bed. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “Black Jesus, thank you for this blessing,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Thank you for this blessing of food and company,” she said, then raised her head and smiled. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z That is the blessing of what I have to go through—I am able to fall asleep in minutes. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z One of the surprise blessings of the final few months of campaigning had been an organic and harmonious merging of our family with Joe Biden’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “This was a blessing in disguise,” Dad continued, but from Mom’s glance at him, I saw that he had gone off-script and was improvising. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If good fortune blessed us there might be a little meat at Christmastide. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z To repay a debt to the more radical preacher, King accepted Moore’s invitation to come to Durham to put his blessing on the lunch-counter movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you, your chi will break away the rocks on your path. Do you hear me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The Blessed Virgin returned his sister to him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, my blessed,” Grandma was saying as she climbed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Grant us Thy blessings in our endeavors of the coming year. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z If so, this will only help you to know that you have our blessing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z This must have been what his own face looked like when he entered Blessed Way and seen what his mother had done. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z "The gods are just, yet Blessed Baelor taught us that they are also merciful. What shall be done with this traitor, Your Grace?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “They send their prayers and blessings for Dapir. And for us all.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Be happy to be blessed with such a lovely quality.’ Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I hand her the few bills and she says, “God bless you.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z So, when she said “God bless America,” it almost felt like I was meeting her for the first time in my life. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Finally, in late March, black ministers from the group not only gave their blessing to the action but joined students and other activists on the picket lines. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “God bless Grant,” people shouted over and over in a rising chant the day Jethro went to Newton with his father after the news of Fort Henry. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at her, Yellin. My bride-to-be. Has any man ever been so blessed?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z If they want to bad enough, they gon harass a blessing from you if it kill. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see it afterward, when he recited the blessings over the challah, and over the wine, and everyone shouted “L’chayim!” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s not bad. Comfortable to wear, that’s one blessing. I shall take off the veil if I get too hot. What are you wearing?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Lee Scoresby’s ghost looked through and saw a wide, quiet prairie under a brilliant moon, so very like his own homeland that he thought he’d been blessed. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Morning was at the window, and he blessed God, lying on his bed, tears running down his face, for the vision he had seen. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Conrad made the mistake of reaching for food before the blessing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Penguin Island is the story of an island inhabited by penguins who, in the mistaken belief that they are humans, are blessed by a nearly blind monk. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Dillard. You’re a sweet boy. Between this and the call I got from your father earlier, I feel very blessed.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Pong watched the monk—who had aged now, into the wrinkled version that he remembered so well—as he blessed a little girl. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Yes, sir, Brother Stewart. Back where you started, bless the Lord.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Don’t mention her and I won’t speak of your Lumumba shattered with machetes like this poor snake and thrown in pieces into an abandoned house in Elisabethville, with the blessings of my hateful homeland. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Think how our Blessed Christ was taunted on His cross.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, he intoned the Blessed Virgin in several different titles while we responded, “Pray for us.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Your parents were so proud when you were accepted to Kabul University. Especially your father, may Allah bless his soul.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Our Blessed Mother had been taken up into heaven, body and soul. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We had said the customary blessings over the bread and the wine and swallowed the food in silence. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was going to a river, and he said he needed my blessing. I gave it to him. Of course I did.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Some kind of baptism, some kind of blessing, he thought. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until two moves ago—when we left Blessed, Alabama—that I regretted leaving. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Because neither set of grandparents has a working telephone, their only link to home is by telegram, which Ashoke has sent to both sides in Calcutta: “With your blessings, boy and mother fine.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z For these blessings and to help insure that He would continue to favor them, the city of Chutreaux wished to thank God. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z An older man of some fifty or sixty years walked among the others of our Regiment, offering a compound in a bowl which he spread on muskets as a blessing. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Let a man not speak of cannibal deeds among the blessed gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Either it was a sin to keep another as property, or it had God’s own blessing. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “It’s the blessing over a goblet of wine,” Link tells us. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z My heart bleed for that poor boy—that dear boy, so of the age of mine own boy had I been so blessed that he live, and with his hair and eyes the same. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “If you and Miltie want to get married, you have my blessing,” she said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If anything, the ggeh was his one enduring vanity, a system paternal, how in the beginning people would come right to the house and ask for some money and his blessing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “My child, that is Arabic. It means ‘God bless you.’ Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Reverend Moorehead, instead of asking an impersonal blessing, seized the opportunity to advise the Lord of Jem’s and her misdeeds. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z She had prayed to her mother . . . and been blessed with the arrival of a homicidal giant. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z They left at first daylight, each carrying a bundle with food in it, and each before he went kissed Nathan’s feet, then mine, and we laid our hands on them in blessing. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything that brought the world together he called a blessing. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z "In that case," he said, "death must have come as a blessed relief." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “God bless America,” we both answered at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z For twenty minutes he asked God to bless the food. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “Youngblood, God bless you,” he mumbled, then bowed and skidded off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “God bless America,” I chimed in at the exact same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “I’m here to fill up on my blessings for the week,” my mother used to say. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “We are truly blessed to have you here. I would be dead if not for you.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z A blessing and a burden it has been, all those wishes, all those years. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “Arya of House Stark comes here to be wed. A woman grown and flowered, truebom and noble, she comes to beg the blessings of the gods. Who comes to claim her?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Why else would he bestow so many blessings on one quiet, ordinary boy? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Jem said, “You can be Mr. Damon, Dill. He’s always funny and he saves everybody in the end. You know, he always blesses everything.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Oh! my darling! God bless you and reward you!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Her hands stretched out to me, “The Lord bless you, Madam, for being so good,” and my saying “Just send up to the house for anything you want.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘Once Orion is taken down, your quest will be much easier. We’ll send you on your way with our blessings.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The blessing of that corn pollen helped keep me calm and balanced and safe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I also told them that I didn’t think he deserved the skin God blessed him with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yes, she has, bless her heart. Caroline, I also heard that Chambliss’s niece Elizabeth Cobbs came forward in court and told her story to the judge and jury.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Lord,” said Sister Price, “can’t none of us stop praying till we see His blessed face.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Listen as he blesses their children and their health. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In return, Headmaster placed his hand on Neel’s head in a gesture of blessing. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Once the lab won the AEC’s blessing, it became clear that the two scientists actually had very little in common. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z As we had agreed, I joined him in a silent prayer for Allah’s blessings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The blessing of belonging to this struggle, this fight. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Well, blessed wasn’t always the word that Maya would have used. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Yes, madam. Thank you, madam. God bless you, madam.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Apollo promised that he, the disgraced, the homeless wanderer, would bring to the place where his grave should be a mysterious blessing from the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The priest finished his speech and blessed the two gold rings. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ai, the child has but blessed herself and a spanking comes from the blessing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z There exist many actual cases of hunter-gatherers who did see food production practiced by their neighbors, and who nevertheless refused to accept its supposed blessings and instead remained hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Her words comfort me, as do the sisters who smile kindly and bless me in passing. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Bless us, brother, bless us and forgive us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With God’s blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Once or twice a year I arranged for a priest to come and bless unions, animals, and machines, baptize children, and say a belated prayer for the dead. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Ahead lay the scalloped ocean and the abounding blessed isles. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t we go to church first? Maybe a priest should bless me or something, you know, to make me holy.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Orfeo has a dance interlude that later came to be called ‘The Dance of the Blessed Spirits’. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z And bless his heart, he takes my hands and says, “The nightmare is over, Dedd. Look at what the girls have done.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You would say yourself,” I reminded him, “‘Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.’” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid I’ve already given my blessing, so the matter is settled.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z That I’d go back to Raleigh and our broken family would suddenly disappear and in its place would be a real family, holding hands and saying the blessing? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z My one friend is a screwup—a genius blessed with the most beautiful girl in the world, and he doesn’t even know it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Mrs. Rimas cried at the mention of the wafer and the traditional Christmas blessing, “God grant that we are all together again next year.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z Moss’s voice echoed in Blessed Way, and the silence that followed it felt endless. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Sister Ibinabo started the Student Visa Miracle Vigil on Fridays, a gathering of young people, each one holding out an envelope with a visa application form, on which Sister Ibinabo laid a hand of blessing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I had it built almost fifteen years ago with the blessing of the king and his council.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I have waited a year. Now I want to go and be a warrior to fight for our people. I ask your blessings to become a Marine.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Say a prayer for me and God bless you, my child. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She knew that he was really saying, “Good-bye—God bless you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, bless your heart. Okra. There is nothing that the colonel and I love more than okra. Fried, boiled, baked, or raw. We could eat okra and nothing else.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "May the Drowned God bless our swords," the priest said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What blessing would Mr. Savo make if he were a Jew? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “The food is given to the poor—to us—when it has been blessed. There is a lot tonight,” she added. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z What was the hidden blessing in that, Ma? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, we would call out, “God bless you!” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have had many blessings in our life together, but having children has not been one of them. So, um...” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “All these blessings and prayers,” he blurted, pointing at the bracelets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Baelor the Blessed prayed and fasted and built the Seven as splendid a temple as any gods could wish for, yet he could not put an end to war and want.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He said, “It has been my pleasure, sir, to have served such a man as yourself. God bless you, sir.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The bishop himself, accompanied by two incense bearers, appeared to bless the bird without having been asked, and the police band played happy, unpretentious music that pleased everyone. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Bless them that curse you, bless them that curse you, bless them that curse you. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Before me—like some rolled-out tapestry— was my entire world, beneath a sky as blue as Our Lady’s blessed robes, a contrast to the greening spring that lay abundant everywhere. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, children, come and say goodbye to your brother. I do not know where he is going, but he needs our blessings,” my uncle said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It takes away your immunity, makes you knock on wood and count your blessings the next time you hear a siren at night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But last night I pouted when Mother insisted one of my brothers must rise first this morning to bless our house because only male feet can bring luck. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z ‘I hear and see that you have used my gift well. The Shire shall now be more than ever blessed and beloved.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z By being there simply to talk, peacefully talk, we’re almost blessing the place, you know? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z His finger moved from his lips toward my face and hovered, waiting for a place to plant its blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “They cross with the army’s blessing and return after making good money.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Moreover, she was often bitingly sarcastic, especially to the second violins, especially the ones who—as one of the cellos put it drily—were “pigmentally blessed.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They hung there now, the Little Blessed One and his wife, on either side of the stuffed, mounted bison head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you all in the name of Christ!” she shouts, striking at the air with her fist and sitting down, her face red, nose red, tears everywhere, in my own eyes as well. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z So it went all through the night with songs and blessing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z That we were all flushed and warm with blessed blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I shall go for her, and you’ve only got to bottle up your rapture, and keep Beth quiet till that blessed lady gets here.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In later life, a mixture of blessings and misfortunes drew them ever closer together. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z And so the old man bowed several times, gave his blessings and stammered his wishes for a good journey. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you won’t ask the Lord to bless it, I will,” Ma Charles said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Were all little brothers this annoying, or was he just blessed with an especially potent member of the species? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z ‘Most fortunate, most blessed Rowsby Woof! Your reward is at hand! I bring you the best news in the world!’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As I left the podium and walked back to my seat, I wondered what blessing, if any, I would have recited had my eye been blinded. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z All his life he’d been alone, and now he must be alone again, and this infinitely precious blessing that had come to him must be taken away almost at once. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Gebu came once each day to the shop, sometimes at midmorning, usually at the hour of noon when all work ceased for a time and a blessed silence descended on the shop. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “Confusion take this shouting!” exclaimed the magician, stamping on his hat “May Castor and Pollux.... No, not again. God bless my blood pressure....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood there in May’s beloved and practical garden, and Cletus searched the handout for some good words to say to bless the whirligigs that now had a place to spin and fly and live. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z We laughed, and I felt like from that moment on, I had T's blessing to go on and do what I had to. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Hay a naiya yana, I have come upon it, I have come upon blessing People, my relatives, I have come upon blessing People, my relatives, blessed . Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Come, holy spirit, Come, holy spirit, Lord bless us, Us, your children. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I ache for my father to bless me; I hear Lev weeping, speaking the names of everyone who should be here but is not. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “Lord bless the boy!” exclaimed my sister, as if she didn’t quite mean that but rather the contrary. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z They had to kneel for Ultima’s blessing of safe return. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I have been practicing, walking up and down the Stations of the Cross with a blessed look on my face, not an easy thing when you are trying to keep your balance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mercifully, the Gran raised her arms then and the crowd went silent, saving Seven from having to fib and say whatever she got would be a blessing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t have minded it so much if Jasper had a better voice, but Jesus had not blessed him in that department. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z And so GOD bless you, dear old Pip, old chap, GOD bless you!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z That there man kem over, and blessed but if he didn’t put in his hand and stroke the old wolf’s ears too! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z She only wished for strength and health within the person she blessed. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z God bless you and your husband and all the guards, Mam says. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Cullivan was impressed—he whistled when the feast, arriving on trays, was placed upon the table—and before sitting down, he asked the host if he might offer a blessing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He Who has power over all things, Who created death and life that He may try you. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Baba's voice inside my head gives me courage: Be blessed, my Star. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I think I’ve been blessed, because things could have been a whole lot worse than they have been. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A blessing of darkness fell across the desert, and it was time to rest. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I feared for you, dear blessed Ork—I feared your bloodless rationalism. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He smiled when they came in, and he spoke her name as if he were reciting a blessing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He ripped open a teddy bear and pronounced good omens for the coming year—Fortuna would bless them! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z R’hllor spoke to his chosen ones through blessed fire, in a language of ash and cinder and twisting flame that only a god could truly grasp. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z In cotton-picking time the late afternoons revealed the harshness of Black Southern life, which in the early morning had been softened by nature’s blessing of grogginess, forgetfulness and the soft lamplight. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard him say that if she ever married her boyfriend, he would never give her his blessing. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We all raised our glasses and repeated the blessing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Blessed if I know! You’ve lightered all the cargo in my head!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The blessings now seemed endless, and there was always something new to experience. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z God bless Rooster Jim; he kept my garden weeded and chickens happy that whole week. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z We ask your blessings on each one of them this afternoon. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I talked straight through the night, and he silently took my confes sions, maledictions, as though he were some font of blessing at which I might leave a final belated tithe. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She would sooner sit bathed in the ruddy glow of her red lord’s blessed flames, her cheeks flushed by the wash of heat as if by a lover’s kisses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “How do you choose which blessings to give to which people?” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Following closely behind them perhaps there would have strode a professional pilgrim, supporting himself on a stout knobbed staff shod like an alpenstock and weighed down with blessed medals, relics, shells, vernicles and so forth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We will ask for a blessing, and for success in all our ventures.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’ll be making a garden of flowers to show our many blessings,” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z But, oh, my blessed, did I hate to see him go. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Lord, so very good. We have this wonderful food to eat and wonderful friends to enjoy it with. Now, bless us, Lord, and make us truly, truly grateful. Ah-men.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Monday morning, after getting Mama’s blessing, I headed for school, which was only about a mile from the cotton labor camp. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z What seemed a tragedy in the beginning of the year was now a blessing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z After the story he takes us upstairs and kneels with us while we say our prayers.We say the Our Father, three Hail Marys, God bless the Pope. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He murmured some words in Ancient Greek—a final blessing. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z There was no mistaking the awesome implications of the chaplain’s revelation: it was either an insight of divine origin or a hallucination; he was either blessed or losing his mind. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He is an honored athlete blessed with a sunny temperament and an easy smile. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Letting me know that even though I was here in church in my new dress, I did not have a blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “Adam, give him your blessing. Don’t leave him alone with his guilt. Adam, can you hear me? Give him your blessing!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Better to hazard but a single life, surely? Our cause is righteous, so the gods must surely bless our champion's arms with victory." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Oh Lord, that poor lady. I tell you, boys. Every day we should thank the Lord for our blessings, you hear me?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “I’m done waiting,” he said, the rage spilling over, consuming him, and he bolted for the doors of Blessed Way Church and shoved his way outside. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I wish I could see the Holy Beings! I wish, when I was your age, they had asked for my help! You are very blessed to be at their service.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I had never seen the dead before, not for real, not in somebody’s living room for people to kiss and bless themselves and light a candle for. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The solitude seemed like a release and a blessing. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “And God bless Allah for the mashed potatoes!” said Katz happily and reached for the bowl for the third time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I longed for nighttime, and the blessed relief sleep brought. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z If so, then Mr. Clutter could, when addressing his Thanksgiving table, recite a blessing of unmarred gratitude. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Each “house” had three floors and, greatest blessing of all, each inmate had his own room. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z First came a blessing, given by a blind chaplain to an audience made deaf by size and distance. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Crispin, in the name of all the blessed saints, have you ever desired to be anything different from what you are?” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the Holy Beings could bless her shoulder so that she could weave again. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z This was the moment: if I accepted the blessing, he would cleanse me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Having PE last hour is usually a blessing, especially on Fridays, but this week it’s been hard. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z After several minutes the heater started to work, and blessed warmth filled the car. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t have time to figure that one out; we weren’t blessed with the most patient bus driver on the planet. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Later Jason told him that the blessing of Mars had shrouded him in red light, like it had in Venice. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z There, in the distance, he could just make out a jutting promontory of ice and the blessed black slash of a dark gravel shore. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I planned the match from that hour; and when such success has blessed me in this instance, dear papa, you cannot think that I shall leave off match-making.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z This unexpected kiss feels like a bon voyage blessing from both of my parents. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll be the first to congratulate our heroes for bringing back the legion’s eagle and so much Imperial gold! Truly we have been blessed with good fortune. But why do more? Why tempt fate?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Two faded images were on the walls: one was of our Blessed Lady, her eyes big with grief, the tiny Holy Child in her arms. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z No, someone else in this congregation had been blessed with these roses, and as a tribute, they had brought them here and presented them to the Virgen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z He felt again the coolness on his brow when his father had sprinkled the water blessing on him. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z At least he had the small blessing of a dreamless sleep after he finally drifted off. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “God bless America,” he would say to the air, nodding in my direction. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Good-by, my darlings! God bless and keep us all!” whispered Mrs. March, as she kissed one dear little face after the other, and hurried into the carriage. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He kneels to touch the blessed earth and then—he is rushing rushing, for the house. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z Antietam was over—a name for future history books, a battle at which men in later years, blessed with the advantage of hindsight, would wonder. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z During the Torah Service, which followed the Silent Devotion, I was one of the eight men called up to the podium to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Now he looked to the River, and hope died in his heart, and the wind that he had blessed he now called accursed. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Is that what it feels like to receive a blessing? Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There was a sutler’s store, a white wagon, a man selling a strange elixir with the high blessed chant of a preacher. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Much of the rest of it began to come to me in bursts of understanding, as if Patrice Lumumba were speaking in tongues and my ears had been blessed by the same stroke of grace. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If Howard stayed for supper, he and I would eat pork and beans or potato chips or a bologna sandwich in front of the TV and nobody would say the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At the time I couldn’t see any blessing in those closed doors, but in the years since, I have learned that God makes no mistakes. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “So,” she said coldly, “a son of Neptune, who comes to us with the blessing of Juno.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, my blessed, Call. You done growed up,” I said to cover my confusion. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow, blessed by some spark, she started telling the truth, or trying to, at a very young age, when all the influences were telling her to go a different way. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She smiled and said, “You’re right. He didn’t. But He blessed me with the son who did.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Before leaving, Ashima had stood, her head lowered, under her late grandfather’s portrait, asking him to bless her journey. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It had been blessed by priests back home—the Enlighteners, they were called, because their monastery was the Place of Full Enlightenment. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked the Blessed Virgin to pray for him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Robert Fumulani, the blessed father of our national music, stared down, looking angry. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “Am I going to be blessed with the pleasure of hearing your voice, or have you resolved to be silent for the duration of our journey?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The more I stared at the words, the more I began to realize I have been blessed through someone else’s misfortune. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “The army was blessed ...” But he ran out of breath, closed his eyes. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z While I recited the Act of Contrition, Father Benedict murmured blessings and made the sign of the cross. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The Gran pressed the tips of her fingers to her mouth, then gestured at Seven: a blessing. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The priest said, “It is pleasant to see that your first thoughts are good thoughts. God bless you, my children.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z The more I thought, the more I kept coming back to one thing: Blessed, Alabama. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand—but it ain’t going to come nigh thee. So glad, amen, this morning, bless my Redeemer.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Saint Sarah has arrived to bless the place it seems, from the way she’s waving her clipboard around. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z I am his lone American son, blessed with every hope and quarter he could provide. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I clear my throat, say, “Can the counting of my blessings start tomorrow?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I am counting my blessings tonight and thinking about all the ways love is a big deal, how it is the honey, lemon, and eucalyptus oil that Ollie Mae makes for a scratchy throat. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Deprecate used to mean “ward off by prayer,” meticulous once meant “timid,” and silly went from “blessed” to “pious” to “innocent” to “pitiable” to “feeble” to today’s “foolish.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “I count it a true blessing that there are no diapers in my wash.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Why, Colonel, bless your soul, there aint a devious bone in Robert Lee’s body, don’t you know that?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how anyone can sit down to table without wanting to bless it,” Mrs. Dewey once said. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z A deal of people, Miss, are for trusting all to Providence; but I say Providence will not dispense with the means, though He often blesses them when they are used discreetly.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “We are the luckiest people in the village right now. Could you have said that two days ago? This too may become a blessing.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z But one morning, Basil Stag Hare awakened and called across, “What ho! Well, bless me medals, if it ain’t young Matthias! How are you, laddie buck?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z As if poor blacks, in their simplemindedness, believed that proximity to whiteness conferred a blessing, a kind of miraculous dispensation from the travails of poverty. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Mary Rommely had taken the scapulars to be blessed by the priest before she brought them over. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "Bless you," I found myself saying in a voice heavy with despair, "bless you, bless you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “All-Holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorified Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin, do you hear what my son Milton is saying?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Even the rain was a soft blessing against her face, and the warm June wind brushed away some of the terror of what had just happened. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z They departed finally to the isles of the blessed, where they lived in perfect bliss forever. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blessed Love! Am I wicked to be glad you are missing me? But if I hadn’t come away, I couldn’t have known you’d write me such darling letters, could I?” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Percy felt like an arrow had slipped through a chink in his armor—as if he still had the blessing of Achilles, and someone had found his weak spot. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The man raises his dark eyes to look at Adolf Hitler's portrait, as if invoking the Führer's blessing over his class. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Havdalah was short: four simple blessings, a sip of wine, smelling the spices, and extinguishing the candle. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z Then you, too, are blessed with that pollen, and you carry the memories of the goodness of Blessingway with you. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “They’re those precious ivory beads your father bought me in Rome, Italy, blessed by Pope John the twenty-third.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Over her arm, bless her, was my jacket. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “This is no punishment, Ophelia, but a blessing,” she says, touching my belly again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “This is a blessing in disguise,” Styx said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Tristran flexed his burned hand in the blessed cool of the cloud. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z When I was really little, I remember old people would come to our door to have me touch them, like I could give them a blessing or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I will count my numberless blessings one by one. i. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z The mullah gave a few blessings, said a few words about the importance of marriage. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She tells the men, God bless you for your kindness.They nod and look at the table, the ceiling, the walls and tell her send in the next woman. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From this parent branch, if the Lord blessed, other branches might grow and a mighty work be begun throughout the city and throughout the land. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It wasn’t surprising when a departed family member bestowed her blessing on a descendant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She tells us these rosary beads were blessed by the Pope himself and would stop the flow of a river if requested never mind Patrick’s poor nose. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After a few seconds of silence, Nali said, “I want to have hataalii bless you before you go. I’ll call and set that up. I just...I don’t know what more I can do.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Oh, bless you, sweetheart. I was only talking crazy.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She knew where the cabbages were lined on burlap in front of a radiant old woman who raised one hand to Liyana as if she were blessing her. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Blessed with a certain magic at this point, the Cowboys won on a touchdown pass in the final three seconds, 22-18. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Toomer, bless your sweet little heart for thinking of me. I’ll put them in water right now and make an arrangement for my dining room table. Are you sure I can’t pay you something?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Luna did not know why the woman would want her blessing—or even what a blessing was. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Ah, noble Crispin,” he went on, “Our Blessed Lord, in His wisdom, must have sent you to me for instruction. “I shall begin by teaching you something. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z All the old people agreed that Hiram Wallace was, in his youth, the hope of every island maiden’s heart, but that he had left Rass with his father’s money and blessing to go to college. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten Snow had finished something very impressive, much admired by the other women, including Grandma, who took it in her hands and blessed it one cold day. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z My father sometimes made me kneel while he put his hand on my head when he rattled off a blessing, but his was a heavy hand, not the gentle touch I desired. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “If I’m wrong,” she said, “I will bless you with all my heart. Fool that you are.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Like babies, even homely ones, each a blessing, each one bom with—as Mama used to say—its loaf of bread under its arm. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He begins to pray in Yoruba, asking for the blessings of the orishas, whom he honors one by one. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "Let us rejoice in our blessings. Let us utilize the fowls of the air. Let us utilize the product of the vine. Will you utilize a little, brother?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Cleopatra wanted everyone to understand—and remember— that she had his blessing in claiming her place as pharaoh. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “But, you,” she said, stroking my cheek, “are my sweetest gift. The life surprise that soothed all my ills and gave me my greatest joys. I feel so blessed you are mine.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z My disappointing search taught me that, without the blessing of vodka, tomato juice is a complete waste of time. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She is a devout Catholic and prays “the blessing of God upon me, as I do in all my actions.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z And Allah blessed me to remain true, firm and strong in my faith in Islam, despite many severe trials to my faith. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Lillian prayed aloud, “Blessed Mother, thank you for my family. Thank you for their health, for their intelligence, and for their good humor.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z To feel their small hands upon my head, it is a kind of blessing. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “I will not go without your blessing,” my father said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I have always believed in your blessings,” she praised God in that same tone she used for exaggerated Chinese compliments. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom, bless her, had figured it all out. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She can’t help wishing her own brother were here to feed him, her own parents to bless him with their hands on his head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Her son was a blessing, and Laila was relieved to discover that her fears had proved baseless, that she loved Zalmai with the marrow of her bones, just as she did Aziza. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He squirms inside as he stares at the words, God has blessed our Fatherland by giving us Adolf Hitler. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z To some Osage, especially elders like Lizzie, oil was a cursed blessing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Unfortunately the goddess sent another blessing, too—a gentle rain of gluten-free R.O.F.L. cupcake simulations, which Percy figured would either make cleaning up harder, or rebuilding easier. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He cabled back, “God bless you my dear.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z For the next two weeks I whirled around the city going to doctors, taking vitamin shots and pills, buying clothes for the baby, and except for the rare moments alone, enjoying the imminent blessed event. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “My children, you must hurry now, and my blessings are with you.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Our village was blessed for weeks with the smell of putrefaction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If we lay there long enough, we were blessed with a satellite—American or Russian, we were never sure—streaking across the sky. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Those farsighted people chose to merge their inefficient little chiefdoms into a larger state capable of blessing them with large-scale irrigation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z But I am also blessed with faithful followers who are, I believe, as dedicated to me as I once was to Mr. Elijah Muhammad. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I call it a blessing, a gift from God, and a miracle. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z With Boobie lost to the team, Permian, if it was blessed, might have one player sign a scholarship with a Division I school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I poured clean water over my hands and recited the blessing for eating bread. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In his own high school years, Volpe had been protected by his football-playing friends, his fellow altar boys from Maternity Blessed Virgin Mary. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “The Lord sure done blessed us with a good shepherd.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “And bless our sister in her weakness and affliction.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z But right now he was struck with the thought that maybe he'd lost them because the blessings had all come true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z We are not blessed by the Goddess of Beauty. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z And then she had thought, looking about the kitchen: “Lord, wouldn’t it be a blessing if he didn’t never come back no more.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z A new life, a life in which she would find the blessings that Nana had said a harami like her would never see. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At least I know where he is, which Elisabet says is a blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Summer blessings were trips to Belle Isle, running outside to the ice cream truck, and late nights sitting on the porch with Mother. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I was a serious prayer, asking for help in this and that, and blessing about everyone I knew, but Delphine just whipped through the Lord’s Prayer and jumped into bed. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Not all dying words are true and this blessing is no less real for being shorn of its ground. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, don't step on any quacks in the sidewalk! blessing in the skies. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again, the night seemed to hold its breath: a blessed moment of silence. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z We waited for the wind to blow from heaven while I prayed silently, “May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Court’s quiet blessing of race-based traffic stops has led to something of an Orwellian public discourse regarding racial profiling. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Before Grandpa could bless me out for being sacrilegious, I told him about getting run over by the train. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z And it was a blessing to our family.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She thought sometimes, lying on her bed alone, and thinking of all his kindness, that perhaps John was that son, and that he would grow one day to comfort and bless them both. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Julio, who owns these buildings? It’s just amazing that somehow dealers steer clear from here. At times—” “Blanca, count your blessings and eat up, all right?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z He used to say to me, “Come on, little sister. Come and get this blessing.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you lady, Our Lady bless you.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Come to God! God’s in the blessing business!” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Uncle Leang looks at her, face hanging, eyes blinking rapidly, and blesses Ma for a safe journey. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z That done, she had to go about making a charm out of a piece of blessed palm taken from the altar on Palm Sunday. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Still athletic, in spite of it all, blessed with balance and quick reflexes that even the abundant narcotics could not fully mask. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Blessed be the fruit,” she says to me, the accepted greeting among us. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z My palms need to feel the heat of a hallowed flame whose blessing I bring to my eyes and forehead. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z God bless my mother, I thought, and went right back inside the bathroom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z God’s blessings on you and Langston hope you both are well in chicago bet it’s cold there now. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “God blessed me with another child I didn’t have to birth or burp,” she’d say, and laugh. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Or, “Starr saw her best friend die, keep her in your prayers, but my baby made the honor roll again. #Blessed.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Our teachers always told us, though, “God won’t give you marks if you don’t work hard. God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It did kinda look like maybe he was blessing the thing. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z After all, the monk's blessing was finally coming true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In this respect, at least, she will be twice more blessed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I attended to all the ghastly formalities, and the urbane undertaker proved that his staff were afflicted—or blessed—with something of his own obsequious suavity. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Mr. Tripp held on to the door frame with one hand, and the other he held high, his fingers spread out as if he were blessing them all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Papa said the blessings and thanked everyone for coming. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “But you are alive, boy! There is a blessing in that. You’re the only other one of us to survive.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Though mayhaps this was a blessing. Had he lived, he would have grown up to be a Frey.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I can see she’s a princess, all right, bless her. Can I hold her?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z I was humming with goodwill, “Come, Thou Fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing Thy grace...” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard Robin stirring and greeted him with his blessing. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z When he entered her, she screamed loud enough to wake Baelor the Blessed in his tomb, and her nails left gouges in his back. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Solid line behind him, God bless them, coming on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I got to go. You call me Monday, promise? Okay, dear. God bless. Bye-bye.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z It seems impossible to imagine that there was a time when I looked upon a live sea turtle as a ten-course meal of great delicacy, a blessed respite from fish. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Every Friday, without fail, my mother would light the Shabbat candles just long enough to say the evening blessings. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Nor would I be blessed with several new additions to my homestead family. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z So Frith said, ‘Then come out of that hole and I will bless you instead of him.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Her gentle smile reminded me of Mamá and the blessing she gave every morning when I left the house. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The more time we spent at church, she reckoned, the more blessings we accrued, like a Starbucks Rewards Card. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Anya strained her ears, trying to figure out what he was saying, what part of the blessing he was on, but she couldn’t catch up before everyone else said, "Ameyn" again. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z It was a fine, peaceful morning, not a sound from the tannery, which for one blessed day in the week closed down completely. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z August read Mary’s words from the Bible: “ ‘For behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed—’” “Blessed Mary,” Violet interrupted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagined him still standing in our yard, frozen under the deluge, baptizing an endless circle of children, who would slip away and return with new faces requiring his blessing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the cantor and Danny’s father stood over him and blessed him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z As I lay there, counting my blessings and broken ribs, Elodin stepped into my field of vision. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Miss Preston! We are doubly blessed, and we will not let you down,” Katherine chirps in answer, all but bouncing as we take our leave. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Suddenly Uncle Basil’s midlife crisis truck is a blessing rather than an embarrassment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Certainly, for popular music, recording was an unqualified blessing. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “But even if you do suffer for righteousness sake," I said, "you will be blessed.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z That kind of bull is a great blessing. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z In turn the king turned to the pope for his blessing and advice. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “But swear, in Blessed Jesus’ name, not to leave my side, or else your blood will flow like water. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “A blessing of the Wild,” Grover said, though he now looked agitated. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "I'd give you my blessings, boy, if I thought they'd do you any good, but all I can do properly is curse." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Most days she felt like the luckiest person in the world, in love with her husband and blessed with three daughters she adored. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Creatures of whimsy are not solely confined to the preserves. The blindness of mortals can be a blessing. Take care where you look.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z So it was a blessing to have found some sisters to ride through these years with together. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “God bless His Excellency! God give Tanzania and Gabon strength! God destroy Nigeria and Britain and Egypt and Algeria and Russia! In the mighty name of Jesus!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Percy,” she said, “I give you my blessing.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Third, the city has been blessed by a newspaper, the Atlanta Constitution, that is not afraid to take a stand for right and justice. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally she said, “Later, you’ll be grateful for the courage it built inside you and for the blessing it will bring.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please thank them. God bless them. We will take the first bus tomorrow morning to Nsukka.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No, bless you, Sam. I haven’t got a sword of my own yet, but I will have some day.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “God bless old U. S. Grant,” they shrieked. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, I wished she’d use her wings to soar up closer to the divine hem of our Blessed Virgin instead of to flutter towards things not worthy of her attention. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the blessing wasn’t just in your pocket. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z But to me, having anyone standing so close to you that his breath slaps your face is not a blessing to count. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "King Stannis is my god. He made me and blessed me with his trust." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z People who are religious should be glad, since not everyone is blessed with the ability to believe in a higher order. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Terrified, I made a short and desperate prayer to Saint Giles, imploring his blessings on the priest and on myself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Human artisans cursed or blessed with tempting skill. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There, as we bow our heads over simple foods, Papi gives the blessing. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z No, he had to remember she was an assassin with the blessing of a pretty face and sharp wits. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The recently appointed Kuhani will offer blessings from the temple, and musicians will fill the streets with their discordant symphony. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It would be a blessing for me to grow up and become like my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z The minister blessed the grave and then sprinkled it with holy water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z The grace of our good intentions made me feel wise, blessed, and safe from snakes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z But, Lor’ bless you, in real life a wolf is only a low creature, not half so clever or bold as a good dog; and not half a quarter so much fight in ’im. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z With the blessing of both Sargo and Argentina’s president, Hellmuth was going to seek closer ties between his country and Hitler. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z "Thank goodness we have you to look after us, madam. Thank your husband for this food. Tell him to come to the temple tomorrow for a special blessing. Come along, my boy." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z With my mop and my rags I spread cleanliness like a blessing all around the nuns’ quiet house. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He forgot the butter in bed, got up from the bedside, and wiped his fingers on the tablecloth, exclaiming, “Lord bless my soul!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "It is a blessing about the Forester boy," said Mrs. Hempstock. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z He talks of how Christ was a carpenter, and how he is blessed to follow in the same profession. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Soon the darkness was filled with the glow of men and women who carried the blessings of Father Cham with them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Very well. You have my blessing. I will consult with the Oracle, and your task will present itself in the next few hours.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “Pity his poor arm all to-brast in a green sling, God bless us!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z James was blessed with intelligence, good looks, and the willingness to work hard. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Two one pound notes. I’d sell all the friends I ever had for one, and think it a blessed good bargain. Well? So he says—?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Mama wasn’t really blessed in the luck department, especially when it came to Lambert.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “So the trouble you kids got into with Billy Deel was actually a blessing in disguise,” she said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z At the end of the month a celebration was held to bless the coming out of the child. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your work here certainly has the blessings of the Mission League, Orleanna.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You, like Ema, have a pure spirit. You have blessed energy centers and true balance. You are a protector. You look out for others. You are their shelter.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z He shows us how to bless ourselves, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z To protect Khouy from being conscripted into the army and Laine from being abducted by soldiers, they are married quickly in a quiet, secret ceremony with both sets of parents giving their blessings. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me his blessing, and let me kiss his sword.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z You have seen her We will be blessed again. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Despite the blessing of a glorious summer day, the whole of Mossflower was doom-laden with an awful tension that threatened to burst upon the captives seated on the grass. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z But Éowyn said: ‘Yet now that I have leave to depart, I would remain. For this House has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z But now at last, sweet fantasy has found root in your blessed soul! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z This is not the regular Baptist stipend; Our Father is a renegade who came without the entire blessing of the Mission League, and bullied or finagled his way into this lesser stipend. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Brother Matthew blessed himself to show how grateful he was, and arranged the work so that Robin could better attend to it for himself. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z They had tried for almost ten years to have at least one baby, and now they were blessed with two. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Sometimes such an epidemic was regarded as a blessing from God. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z “God bless her, she really tried. But you saw the tape, Noah. If we took it to the Coast Guard, they’d laugh.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Life and death went hand in hand amongst the horselords, and a sprinkling of blood was thought to bless a marriage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He has captured the sun, given a blessing to the world, a benediction of color. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Belles are the descendants of the Goddess of Beauty, blessed with the arcana to enhance the world and rescue the people of Orléans. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z But I suppose if you’re partial to swallowing horseflies whole, it’s a pretty good sign that smartness ain’t one of the things you been ’specially blessed with. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z They had expected no blessings beyond the mildness of the day. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And your welcome is our blessing, was what he said. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But why should God or even the Blessed Virgin listen to his prayers, he asked himself, when a can of tuna fish was more important to him than the suffering of Christ. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z More and more of the villagers came out to touch Grumman’s hand, to mutter a few words, and to receive what looked like a blessing in return. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The warren was thriving at last and Hazel could sit basking on the bank and count their blessings. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “O Eternal God, Creator and Preserver of all mankind, Giver of all spiritual grace, the Author of everlasting life: Send thy blessing upon these thy servants, this man and this woman...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He blesses our journey; we thank him and walk on. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z Danny got to his feet, washed his hands, cut two slices from the chalah, handed me one, took one for himself, made the blessing, ate, and sat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Letting that heathen into our house. Into my bed. Oh, my blessed. Into my very bed.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl behind the counter handed them their drinks with a cheery grin and wished them both a blessed evening. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z God blessed our home with the love that binds . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The Morning Service began at seven-thirty—early enough to enable Danny and me to attend and not come late to school—and Levi was called to recite the blessing over the Torah. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Mackintosh had not made the trip just to bless the production. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Brother Luke gave Robin his blessing and went with him to his chamber. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z He told her that he could see that she was highly born and blessed by good fortune. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, actually there may be an option ... perhaps we could work something out. Think positive, is what I always say. Count your blessings.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We listened to the lady of the house as she entertained us with her life’s story feeling delightfully blessed. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Papi recites the Hebrew blessing and then he tears a piece of bread for each of us and says, “We are lucky to live in a free country and have this bread to eat.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Every tree was blessed with a halo, and the sparkling silver beams slanted down to Turner as he thought about streaking a ball right back up alongside them until it disappeared in the silver-haloed glow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Engel, bless her, skipped over the last few paragraphs I wrote yesterday when she was translating for von Linden last night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “God bless you all,” he murmured over and over again. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z For once when he thanked Christ for his blessings, he would really mean it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “God’s blessings will go with you,” the priest said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z But she continued to oppose the match, and there seemed to be little hope of a family blessing on either side. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z In the midst of the crush Nathan and I, Nathan holding out his hands to Ira in blessing, she with dark head bent low to receive it. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z As the denomination grew, Assemblies preachers began speaking not only of heavenly rewards but also of the material blessings God might provide in this world. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Only your family is allowed to eat the meat from that blessed cow. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. and Mrs. Pocket had a toady neighbour; a widow lady of that highly sympathetic nature that she agreed with everybody, blessed everybody, and shed smiles and tears on everybody, according to circumstances. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He was bold, innovative, blessed with an instinct for promotion, slick, unscrupulous, and completely magnetic. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Atticus asked the Lord to give them grateful hearts for these and all their blessings, picked up his glass, and spilled its contents over the table. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z While making New Year’s resolutions, we also count our blessings and retell stories about the past year and the lessons we have learned and what we can do to be better this year. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The priest came and blessed the house, but you know that priest at El Puerto, he does not want to pit his power against those brujas! He washes his hands of the whole matter.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Blessings, blessings, so many blessings: This past year, Father had more customers than ever before. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Dimly I heard someone murmur "Blessed are the dead that the rain falls on," and then the owl-eyed man said "Amen to that," in a brave voice. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z So he took Beowulf's hands between his own and blessed and thanked him as the queen had, his voice trembling with sincerity, and gave him twelve jewels—burning stones, the most precious things he owned. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z One Mexican-American friend of my mother’s, who regarded it a special blessing that she had a measure of English blood, spoke disparagingly of her husband, a construction worker, for being so dark. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh! Lizzy, why am I thus singled from my family, and blessed above them all! If I could but see you as happy! If there were but such another man for you!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z "God bless you, Sister Harris," I said, taking her extended hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dear Lord, bless this child. Bless her and protect her.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z She bestowed the blessing of a wild girl’s lips. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z "Thank you, Lord, for this food were about to receive. Thank you for our many blessings. Keep us and our families, both those in Boston and Cuba, safe from harm. Amen." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Told him ter let me down at the castle, so he shoved me through the window, bless him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “I call this really friendly of you—bless my soul, I do! To come up to me since I couldn’t come down to you—eh?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Some had seven or eight and didn’t understand how fortunate they were, how blessed that their children had flourished in their wombs, lived to squirm in their arms and take the milk from their breasts. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z And Big Ma scolded them for talking ghetto at the dinner table, half blessed as it was. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z "Tara! It's a perfect name for you—'star'! Be blessed, my daughter." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Reverend Dr. J. H. Barrows read a blessing and benediction and then, at the request of exposition officials, read a speech that Higinbotham had prepared for the originally planned ceremony. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z My family may not be blessed with height, but we have good teeth and try to show them when we can. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The failure to secure the blessings of democracy was the feature that most defined their existence in America. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A scarf wrapped around her head adds to her majesty—an African queen, and we’re blessed to be in her presence. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z And we might even hold hands and say the blessing like Howard’s family did. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Their aunt was saying terrible things when they needed blessing. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a blessing from a minister. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To escape into someone else’s head would be a blessed relief....Nothing that even Snape had left him could be worse than his own thoughts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Because it is said, “In every place where I cause my name to be remembered I will come into thee and I will bless thee.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Most are not so blessed. The gods gave me only greendreams. My task was to get you here. My part in this is done.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Once she pried loose a crucifix with an ivory Jesus from a Station of the Cross and blessed her baby brother, Javier, with three mild raps to his forehead. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The rabbi texts him audio clips, and Link follows along on papers with the Hebrew blessings spelled out phonetically. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z An Air Force general blessed with the surname of Power warned a shaken Senate committee that the Russians could render this country defenseless with a missile strike lasting only thirty minutes. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A mixed blessing if ever there was one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I didn’t need to take care of anything or anybody, and the silence was as blessed to me as the deepest kind of sleep could have been. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Well, one did not quarrel with the food which he was blessed to receive, but one could not help sighing a little at the good things of life with which he was not blessed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your mother blessed you with a good name,” she continues. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “Do you two know what Grover is talking about—this wild blessing?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Thank you for the generous donation, Mr. Hoo. God bless you," Crow said. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She would say, “Heavenly father, I command you to bless Uju’s mentor. May his enemies never triumph over him!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Truly I hope that God will bless always this kind and noble man—and me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Good fortune and wisdom and courage—although you have already shown that you have all three of these blessings, and in abundance.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z And Molly opens her blessed mouth and says, “We think you have the votes.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Every other word out of their mouths was “Blessed be the Lord” or “Aleluya,” and they went around door-to-door every Sunday selling religious magazines. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z In his autobiography, Charles told his children that their mother was his greatest blessing. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time we left the house, people came out on the road and blessed us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Pretext stops, like consent searches, have received the Supreme Court’s unequivocal blessing. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Because the good Lord has seen fit to bless you with another day,” she says, coming to my side. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I tried taking it to lost and found. Couldn’t move the blessed thing an inch.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Miss Lumley, do you see this nightcap covering both my ears? I assure you, I can’t hear a blessed thing when I have it on.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z My father held a ceremony to bless our new home. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I’d be the last to doubt that good writers are blessed with an innate dose of fluency with syntax and memory for words. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z For all of the blessings I had received, there was one I still yearned for. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He remembered what Father Cham had told him the day before he died: There was a time, before I learned my lesson, when I did grant the types of blessings you are talking about. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He would return that blessing with a kindness. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are blessed to have such a father.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The sun was the blessing of the morning, the one celebrating element, an aesthete with no purpose except to shed radiance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It, along with all the food on the table, had been blessed. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z If Bengali wives follow the good-wife rules, they supposedly bless their husbands with long life and prosperity. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “A Beast of the Foot,” replied the Wart, blessing his stars that Sir Ector had chosen to give him a First Rate Eddication, “is a horse, or a hound, or a hawk.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He wrote on it, simply: God bless you. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The mother told me they had been truly blessed. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My backpack, of blessed memory, could fit four schoolbooks in it, but the Kellner & Newton Messenger Bag was clearly designed for product placement and not storage capacity. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z This was a blessing, bright, vivid, and exhilarating;—not like the ponderous gift of gold: rich and welcome enough in its way, but sobering from its weight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The blessing of me being a part of them, and them a part of me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Or perhaps she could sing to the child. I would appreciate her blessing—living as she does in the presence of magic.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z His mother had said that God would bless that woman; and he had got better. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He was off to Australia, with Charles’s blessing and help. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z As we gathered about the tree to exchange gifts, Uncle Charlie told Christmas stories to the children and then the adults spoke of all the blessings they had enjoyed during the year. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z With my mother’s blessings for his journey, my father set out to visit Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana, Nasser of Egypt, Prince Faisal of Saudi Arabia, and more. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “But is medicine not a blessing from Jesus? And if Jesus gives us medicine and we do not take the medicine, are we not denying the grace that he has given us?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He reminded her that this was God’s will, that it would bless our family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z As it happened, Buddha chose instead to bless First Wife with another daughter, this one with two perfect legs, but—alas!—with a brown tea stain splashed over half her face. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Then they would pray, asking God to reward Sister Beatrice s generosity, and add more blessings to the many she already had. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z These blessings were so much longer than what Babulya and Mama said at home. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z When I was finished, my father chanted a blessing over me in the place of our rabbi, who had been killed by the Germans. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z The Patriarch wiped his ring on his sleeve, and blessed the little boy. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He lays his hand on it as a blessing. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “God bless you! I was coming to fetch you.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I no longer wonder if the checks I have been writing to the Missionary Fathers of the Blessed Way are bribes to God; I just go ahead and write them. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Summer blessings were saving money to buy fabric and practice, practice, practice with the patterns that Mrs. Collins gave me to work on till fall. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “But you said to me,” returned Estella, very earnestly, “‘God bless you, God forgive you!’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z He says if he had a handcart he could wheel the bags from float to house and that would be a blessing but a handcart would cost two weeks’ wages and who could afford that? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He blesses me again, asks me to pray for him, and I’m happy trotting through the rainy streets of Limerick knowing Theresa is in heaven with the cough gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z After blessing me out, she took Mama in the house to tell her in private what all Mrs. Snodgrass said Smiley said I said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “God bless you, you made it,” she said. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I was gratified to have my mother there, but the fact that No-England came made it seem as though the regent himself had blessed the event. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He asked God to bless all the guys that had been killed and wounded, and to protect all of us. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And the words come back to him like summer rain pouring from the sky: Blessed be the name of God’s Kingdom forever and ever. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He shut his eyes and remembered her smiling at him and telling him with a wink what her blessing from the old monk had been: May your courage never falter. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “We are indeed blessed,” Grandma said as we unloaded the car. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You justly in the Word, little sister. The windows of Heaven going to open up and pour down blessings on you till you won’t know where to put them.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “But now most of them fear traveling to Lkossa, so I have the monopoly! It’s been a blessing!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Blessed be that part of us that protects us from too much pain and sorrow. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Will, still bemused by the blessed cool numbness in his hand, tried to sit up and look at him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us....” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Yes ma’am, thank you. Have a blessed day.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I walked inside, felt the blessed heat, and collapsed on the floor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The cook, having heard about our bears, said this blessing: “Lawd, hep us an’ feed us, an’ keep our en’mies from us, cause some’ll come upon us, an’ take our rations from us. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z So, he asked if the old man’s blessing was still with him. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And this I thought: Dear God—protect him—bless him, for living or dead, he shall soon be beneath the earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Well, then, the two of ye are blessed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I felt the Blessed Virgin there. I felt her,” I blurted out. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I had a little girl once, with eyes like these. God bless you, my dear! Good day, madam.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Verily, you are not Saint Elizabeth. And most certainly you are not the Blessed Virgin!” the priest whispers, and the hissing of his voice carries throughout the chapel. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The old woman had died without seeing or blessing her granddaughter. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He needs to be fed and blessed, to be given some gold and silver, to be patted on the back after feedings and held carefully behind the neck. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, God bless your soul,” cackles Camel, who is now propped up in the corner. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Is okay. I like her. Fierce like queen. You have blessing.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z Someone cried: “Oh, bless the Lord!” and tears filled Gabriel’s eyes. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I will offer, one final time, to give you a blessing,” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But my mother was blessed that her village was one of the places where a mission school had contrived to stay open in spite of the government’s Bantu education policies. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “His blessings are always with you,” his mother says, reaching up and placing both her hands for a moment on his head. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But Howard was blessed with an uncanny ability to see potential in unlikely packages, and he had a cavalryman’s eye for horsemen. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In fourth grade, in Blessed, Alabama, I’d almost had a friend. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z Slant, lain back down beside him, was in an excess of horror, but I was not at liberty to remain longer, and so, with anxious blessings, I made my exit. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z For one is my mother, God bless her and love her, The other is my sweetheart. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Keep me up half the night coughing not that I’m complaining God has blessed me with the strength to carry on in good times and bad. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z Oh, law, we forgot to sing “Blessed Be the Tie That Binds.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z We were a group of about thirty “mature” women—that’s how Padre de Jesus described us, bless his heart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he cried: “Oh, blessed Jesus! Oh, Lord Jesus! Take me through!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z She was asleep—oh blessed rest—and instead of her own unconscious fraught with prowling terrors, she was safe in Lazlo’s. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Pa has told me in the past that I am blessed with a gifted imagination and he likes the stories I tell. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Some said it was as old as the world, built when our Blessed Savior was first born. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tonight I am lying in my bed counting blessings, finding the good, and praising it. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Don’t forget to pray for your Church’s success, and for the blessings of God to be ever upon your Minister. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Lupita went out into the hall, blessing the deep-pile carpet that covered the sound of her footsteps, and ran noiselessly to the maid’s closet. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I just shut my mouth and take my blessing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z After we finished the blessing, I opened my eyes to find the watch on my plate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z God bless you, Mrs. McGrath, and I know it’s asking a lot but could you possibly lend me a couple of cigarettes? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “But maybe . She looked around the barracks. “Maybe it was a great blessing.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also a doer, a man blessed — as David Hackett Fischer recounts in his brilliant book Paul Revere’s Ride — with an “uncanny genius for being at the center of events.” The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The blessing of Mars faded, leaving him depleted. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The first blessing I counted every day was that she and I weren’t related by blood. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Turning to me, he says, “Nobody killed Mango, Mia. You knew he was sick since the day you found him. It’s a blessing that we had him around as long as we did.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z The snowflakes landed on him like a blessing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z And while the archangels are preparing the courtroom and the blessed tune their harps and certain others lie hunching under their fires, the ladies will be dashing hysterically in and out of fitting rooms. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z With the autumnal surrogation to winter and the Thanksgiving holiday quickly ascending upon us, I find myself reminiscing to mind the many blessings and bestowments of the past. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Then he said slowly, “They do not die for us. Not for us. That at least is a blessing.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The blessing of forgetfulness: that was the first essential. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “He never called on them, which I perceived as a blessing, but we quickly realized that he wanted us to despise the Jews.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Afterward, the Reverend was supposed to get up and give the blessing, but he stayed seated. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He tells me I’m blessed; the genes are good on both sides, and if I think I’m depressed now, imagine if I knew I was going to lose my hair like everyone else! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z May’s blessings: I am counting my blessings tonight and thinking about Kay and how she never got to hear her mother’s voice. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Master Kwang, he said before sliding shut the screen, may your presence here be a blessing to this house as you have been a blessing to our brethren in New York. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She said: “I will bless you all my days for your kindness.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was enough for him to hear the rocking laughter of Pilar in the kitchen to run and take refuge in the laboratory, where the artifacts of alchemy had come alive again with Úrsula's blessing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was a rare farm in the Sheldon area that was blessed by the presence of a cat after the war on beetles was begun. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z He put his hand up against the stone facade of Blessed Way to steady himself, to stop the darkness from swallowing him whole. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I wanted to cry after them, I bless you. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you poor child. The Lord has blessed you with so many charms that you must believe that He loves you, and has a plan, and a fine husband, in store for you.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “God bless America, where we turn everyone against each other to keep us safe. Screw trust and friendship.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z We all join in the chorus of her sad song, A mother’s love is a blessing No matter where you roam. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Good-bye, my dearest Lucy, and all blessings on you. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Anna and Dorus tell him, “Be brave. You have now taken the first steps which may lead to an independent life, should God give you his blessing.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “This is such a wonderful blessing,” he told my father. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Except, when Henry looks at him again, watches him take the first blessed sip of coffee, the smile comes back in earnest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Holy Father, bless us and keep us in Thy sight,” the Reverend said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z So, with never knowing about tomorrow, a big family was a blessing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A crisis in a heroines life could be made to coincide with hailstones, gales and thunder, whereas nuptials were generally blessed with good light and soft breezes. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z There’s no one to fret, no one to condemn, no one to bless me for being a good girl, no one to punish me for being wicked. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z And as my extreme weakness prevented me from getting up and going to him, I lay there, penitently whispering, “O God bless him! O God bless this gentle Christian man!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yeah. Blessed is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of our life.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Even Polly seemed impressed, for he called her a good girl, blessed her buttons, and begged her to “come and take a walk, dear”, in his most affable tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He patted Aelia s shoulder, then blessed her and her sisters. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “He must get the blessing of the Mountain Spirit at the top! We have not seen anyone.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Smiling, he raised his hands over Bear s head and pronounced a blessing. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z However, without my father's consent and blessing, she would never consider leaving. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “We’ll miss him, and many blessings to his family. Thank you,” he added quickly, his voice now way too loud, popping through the speakers. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z All I can say is that Roger Ebert said it best: First love is sweet and valuable, a blessed, if hazardous, condition. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z On the bad omens side, I see a book titled Cursed or Blessed with Bad Luck? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It was Sunday night, and Blessed Way Church was overflowing. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then there is cognac and rum—also from the blessed supply dump—and once again long, fat cigars with belly-bands. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Frantically, he tries to remember: “Blessed are you—” he mutters. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “I know you think I’m being unreasonable, but I—I can’t give you my blessing on this one,” she says. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z He took each child’s hand in both of his and said, “Good-bye and God bless you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sí. Mamá wants to bless you, too. Go to her now.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He’s intoxicated and furious and not all that well trained, but he’s one of the Folk, born with their cat reflexes and blessed with height that gives him better reach. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Why, doesn’t it mean—let me see, I’m not up in these foreign tongues—doesn’t it mean ‘God bless you’? Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z On Ocean’s bank, too, was the abode of the blessed dead. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, all right. God bless you and the children. Bye.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z I mean, she prayed at her bat mitzvah and she does the blessings at Shabbat dinner, but that is because she has to. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Ten years ago, Tyrion had read a fragment of Unnatural History that had eluded the Blessed Baelor, but he doubted that any of Barth’s work had found its way across the narrow sea. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I knelt for her blessing and kissed the crucifix she held to my lips. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my fingers to fight and my hands to war. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She left that night—the full moon gave its blessing and guidance through the forest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “Amen, bless the Lord!” cried Praying Mother Washington. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z He just looked at me and, God bless Bucky, he smiled. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z It was a blessing to share this moment with both my mom and Faizah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "Bless him with salt, bless him with stone, bless him with steel. Nephew, do you still know the words?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Thank you for the magnificent welcome home. I’m glad to be back. God bless you.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As his youngest child I had grown up blessed with special attentions. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z To this, she added a medal of the Blessed Mother, a small blue bird feather, a broken blade from a penknife and a sprig of some herb. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to leave it there forever as a blessing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Then we’ll poke some blessed holes in the side of it!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She blessed without using the name of the Trinity like my mother, and yet her blessing was as holy. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a blessing to have options for choice and change in the learning of such unconsciously coordinated acts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Feast Day of Santa Lucia Dear Little Book, Tonight, we will have the candle lighting and all our eyes will be blessed on account of Santa Lucia. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Before leaving in the early morning the friar said, “We must leave a farthing for our host, whoever he may be, and our blessing.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z Because, oh, my blessed, I love him and cannot bear the thought of losing him to a crazy old woman, even in name only. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Blessed be the Almighty . . The voice of the officiating inmate had just become audible. At first I thought it was the wind. “Blessed be God’s name . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And Daniel, bless his heart, will never even know what hit him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Paola has blessed you before she left this side, I see,” one of them says to me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The rimpoche then blessed each of us in turn, placing the katas we had purchased around our necks as he did so. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z It was her conniving that helped Jacob steal the blessing from his brother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But later, when they were underground, silent and drowsy, he said suddenly, “The gifts of El-ahrairah. Trickery; great danger; and blessing for the warren.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you,” Ilya said, and then continued on like nothing had happened. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The congregation said “Yes” or “God bless him” or “Amen,” but not too loudly so they would not sound like the mushroom Pentecostal churches; then they listened intently, quiedy. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z The ceremony in the church took about half an hour; there was a blessing, and then the coffin was lowered and the freezing mourners departed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But how could the blessing of Ultima be like the whirlwind? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It is hard to count blessings this week. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z There were advantages to Zeitoun and Kathy running a business together—so many blessings, too many to name—but then again, the drawbacks were distinct and growing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He reached down and touched her feet, and then Pappa’s, asking for their blessings. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The wrongs of Uther and of Cain were wrongs which could have been righted only by the blessing of forgetting them. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Carrying it along was like taking her blessings with us, I told myself as I forced it into my bag. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The Lord has blessed me with health thus so far tho there is many in the camp taken strongly with a flux. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Mullah Faizullah’s words whispered in her head: Blessed is He in Whose hand is the kingdom, and He Who has power over all things, Who created death and life that He may try you. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She didn’t have a gnat’s chance after Loma stormed into the store and gave her daddy down the country, blessing him out right in front of Papa, Uncle Camp, me, and two customers. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It is done, with the blessings of the gods. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew that the kids with perfect skin were just as blessed as the ones who were naturally thin. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Lord bless you, sir, well we knows that!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z The hobbits listened with delight; and Frodo was glad in his heart, and blessed the kindly weather, because it delayed them from departing. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “He done blessed me already, Reverend. He blessed me when He saved your soul and sent you out to preach His gospel.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Forgiven! God bless you that you have given my dear one her soul again, and me peace.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Nailer normally blessed the peace his father’s drug crashes brought. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “But if you remain in his good favor, he will bless you. Otto can cure you that way.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z He served strong, hot black coffee in thick cups and these visiting teachers blessed his good soul. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When he was two days old he was set outside the house in his crib, and in accordance with Kikuyu custom, all the elders of the tribe walked past to give him their blessing. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z He was recognized nearly everywhere he went now, but I still had the blessing of invisibility. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z With that blessing, the patroller bade us all a jeering farewell. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “I haven’t done a blessed thing this whole morning. You’ve been the Amen Corner, you sang a solo, and you took up collection. It’s my time, now.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z According to Nan, she was a born loner but always blessed with a plus-one, first my daddy and now me. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z But all of those blessings came at a cost. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z In every direction the blunt, accustomed, holy fingers were spreading little tablecloths, or holding up books, or blessing each other thoroughly, or soaking each other with Holy Water, or reverently displaying God to the people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z When Miss Marva Hendrix added, “And all of us gathered here,” she didn’t know that wasn’t the blessing. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z I discovered the almost mystical attachment that the Xhosa have for cattle, not only as a source of food and wealth, but as a blessing from God and a source of happiness. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet the boy had my blessing as well. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Your father and I, we were on our way to church to give many thanks to God for all our blessings, but I had to subtract some for my nose. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “God bless you, sister,” he said at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “It’s coming right towards us, Richard Parker! Oh, I thank you, Lord Ganesha! Blessed be you in all your manifestations, Allah-Brahman!” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Mawien Dut sprinkled water on his son’s head, the Dinka way of blessing someone who was lost and is found again. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sí,” the man answered, “blessed just last Sunday by the priest.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z She stood on her tiptoes and kissed me on the forehead, like a blessing. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z On the day it happened he said: “Maybe is a blessing in disguise. Give me more time to pursue me acting.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But I had only made one and for my blessing, I had written, “I am healthy,” because Audrey had written that on one of hers. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z An individual who, without the blessing of society, or even its permission, permanently ends a human life? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z So the four of us sat around the table and shared our blessings. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Thank you, God,” I whispered, “thank you for saving my eyes. God bless Danny, always.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In my own case, studying under the auspices of the University of London was a mixed blessing. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But all I hear is my own breathing and the blessed silence of those cool, clear nights under the anacahuita tree before anyone breathes a word of the future. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’d wring your neck if you were mine, you old torment,” cried Laurie, shaking his fist at the bird, who put his head on one side and gravely croaked, “Allyluyer! bless your buttons, dear!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The blessing of having a mother, a father. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “There is a way to overcome those influences. If Darkness is willing to perform a blessing, that is.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The absence of the Thunderhead’s uninvited intrusions into our lives is a blessing, for it allows us to live without a safety net. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I think the ol’ pontiff blesses box cars full of rosaries for the tourists.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Glittering, bejeweled, as overdone in his vestments as a Faberge egg, he promenaded around the church, giving us God’s blessing. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “If this victory wasn’t so much, Shad, why was people in Newton yellin’ so and sayin’, ‘God bless Grant’?” “It was an important victory, Jeth; don’t misunderstand me. Look, I’m going to show you something. . . .” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good-bye, God bless,” he said and quickly shut the door. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z God bless you all and remember this: Buy Westing Paper Products! The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z He had agreed to fly with her and her parents to Calcutta, to meet her extended family and ask for her grandparents’ blessing. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “That’s certainly unusual. As for your friend, you have my sympathies. May his memory be a blessing.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Santa, honey, that’s a sweet little Blessed Virgin you got on top that TV,” Mrs. Reilly said to get them off the earring topic. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The bell rang, and Hanako felt like the ringing was a blessing. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z "Grant me your blessing, and a knight to ride beside me with your banner. Let the stag and rose go to battle side by side." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He would never sparkle, sunburnt and blessed, the way members of the royal family were expected to do. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Listen to Billie sing, “God bless the child who has her own.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We have to know by heart all the prayers, the Hail Mary, the Our Father, the Confiteor, the Apostles’ Creed, the Act of Contrition, the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The rain turned out to be a blessing for Lake Windsor. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I do. But I think we’ll trust our luck together, Sam; or our blessing. Still, be careful now, if it’s very cold!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Another thing about me— I’ve been blessed with excellent peripheral vision. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “All right, thank you, that is a great blessing,” she said, bowing several times. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The pumpkin seeds wore little silver patches, like French medals, and Nokomis blessed them gently as she pushed them into the soft new earth. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “But first let’s get some of you young people to bless this mic,” the man says. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She had never been outside of Pennsylvania before, and she left home with two suitcases and her brother’s love and without her parents’ blessing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Grover held up his hands and said something to the zebra in goat talk, like a blessing. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Small as they were, every single blessing the old monk had given him had come to pass. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Mrs. Cane was blessed with ninety-three years of healthy living, and several people who attended the funeral commented, “She didn’t look a day over ninety.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Let’s bless the food. We can’t be late for Sunday school.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z But the mules were surefooted and tireless, and Mya Stone did indeed seem blessed with night-eyes. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Now a bitter part of her refused the treasures of the Valentine farm, even as every day some blessing part came into bloom. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z We remember Greenville without her, count our blessings in silence and chew. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Her response to a "Good morning” or a "Good afternoon” was a cheerful “God bless you!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His father, a general practitioner, now dead, gave him his blessing, even encouraged him in the choice, McClellan said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z How I blessed those stolid, flannelled figures, for in a few minutes his face had settled back into repose, the colour had returned, and he was deriding the Surrey bowling in healthy irritation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The blessing was like the whistle at the start of a race, for now everything sped up. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z But divining the chunks that have been mastered by a typical reader requires a gift of clairvoyance with which few of us are blessed. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z They clung together, and the ghosts clustered around, whispering comfort, blessing the harpy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Aunt Alexandra, if given the chance, would pick out some nice clean cow of a girl from Wild Fork for Henry and give the children her blessing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If a child stopped before you, you received the blessings of the god and the small gift the child carried as a symbol of the god’s favor. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It is a portrait’s curse and blessing to . . . hear things. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Soon she had a better room in the house, her own private rickshaw, a house for her elderly parents, a sum for buying blessings at temples. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a tiny village in Benue. The Blessed Virgin is appearing there.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Would the Goddess of Beauty take away her blessing, my arcana? The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Then she knelt by my side and Ultima blessed us both. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I counted one blessing: I had not yet worked up the nerve to sit with her each day. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z The farmers didn’t believe in Wood fairies, but they listened for the tread of field dwellers and hobgoblins, who could bless a crop or eat it all. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, Don Allen emerged holding—God bless him—my keys. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z With the receiver wedged against her shoulder, the cord stretched across the kitchen, she cooked, cleaned, and strained tinctures of goldenseal and blessed thistle, while having the same conversation over and over. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Blessed are the peacemakers, Dedd thought, but she couldn’t for the life of her remember what the prize was that had been promised them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His sister had oft called upon the High Septon of late, to seek the blessings of the gods in their coming struggle with Lord Stannis ... or so she would have him believe. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “We were not blessed with babes, alas, and that is to my regret,” she said with a sigh. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z God bless Mam, God bless our dead sister and brothers, God bless Ireland, God bless De Valera, and God bless anyone who gives Dad a job. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The man’s fire pit was a blessing, and I ate manioc with a gusto I would never have thought I could muster. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When he saw Katie, he made the sign of the cross in blessing and then shook her hand. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He had pulled the tall wooden door of Blessed Way Church toward him and was greeted by a wave of noise, all of it echoing off the high ceilings. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Papá cleared his throat, ready to respond, but Mamá quickly placed her hand on Papá’s right hand and burst out, “Of course you have our blessing.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z It blesses the Bog and the Forest and even the Volcano. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “Thank God for this your friend. God will bless her and her mother.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z And my grandmother blessed my parents’ marriage, after vigorously plotting against it, only because she didn’t think Milton would survive to the end of the week. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Welcome all, and may the blessings of the Goddess and all her gods be upon you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z They have left, and the house is closed and the air is blessed. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I remembered the Italian priests and bishops blessing Italian boys who were on their way to Ethiopia. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The park is liberally sprinkled with public campgrounds and rest stops with restaurants and shops—and the AT, God bless it, pays nearly every one of them a call. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z After a few minutes’ silence, he got up, shook hands with me, and blessed me, and said good-bye, and hobbled off. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “She is all here: her heart, too. God bless you, sir! I am glad to be so near you again.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Winter blessings were heavy and thick like Mother’s pot of homemade stew, like the knitted hat and scarf she makes me wear when it snows, when the cold pierces my skin, freezes my bones. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Sacrilege! Perhaps the wild god favored us with a blessing. Or perhaps Grover’s music was so awful it scared the enemy away!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z His tail’s two thirds shorter than it used to be, blood everywhere, but, God bless him, he’s still trying to wag. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “You know good’n’well if I didn’t keep after him, he wouldn’t ever do a blessed thing.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z ‘Gladly will I take it,’ said the king; and laying his long old hands upon the brown hair of the hobbit, he blessed him. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z He blessed me with a “forever friend,” one who would always be there for me. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Them slabs will grow together blessed quick,” my father said. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Zmeyreka had been so named because the villagers once believed it was blessed by a river dragon. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Ma’am, do you think Uncle Camp might still be alive if Loma and Grandpa hadn’t blessed him out so much? You think Grandpa is tryin’ to make it up to him now?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “Better—safer—to learn such things just before you go. That and my blessing are all I can give.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Angeline had acquired, from Fishtail, some corn with red flecks in it and Mama put these seeds into the ground with a special blessing, curious to see what their growth would bring. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z "And they say this electricity of theirs is a blessing!" whispered Dustfinger as they skirted the parking area. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I asked for God’s blessing and carried red bougainvillea flowers for my mother. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As I breathed, truly released from the grasp of all that inhibited me, I began to see how blessed I was. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I promise,” said Lucy, “and thank you both a thousand times for all your kindness to me! Oh, what have I done to be blessed with such friends?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z A gossamer blanket of coaldust floated down like a dirty blessing and gently smothered the traffic. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a great blessing to His Majesty! His child born in Nuwa’s likeness! That was an occasion, I can tell you!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “Not Jesus. He’s always with you. We’re too blessed to be depressed.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He's about a thousand years old, and he says, "I guess you heard the ruckus? Your gramma gets so upset, bless her heart. Can't abide the idea of violence. Can't say I blame her." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z When everyone was seated again, the family held hands, Papa said a quick blessing over the food, and dinner began. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Then: “Blessed be name of the Lord,” she said. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Right now, one of our cows—it is my brother’s cow, a bull—is blessed. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He sits facing out—rosy-coloured pot-bellied, crowned and smiling—three hands holding various objects, the fourth held palm out in blessing and in greeting. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z My immortal soul wants to take the whole blessed world in! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The curse had been turned into a blessing. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The tsar said, “We are also blessed to have Alyosha Popovich, he of unending strength and power, visiting us from his northern city of Rostov!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z So we sat at the table and before I knew what was happening, Howard grabbed my right hand and Dwight grabbed my left and they all bowed their heads while Burl said the blessing. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The children she brought with her, their skin and eyes bright with starlight, were seen as a blessing. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Just have the little missus rub the ointment on your back and blessed relief will come your way. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “No. She kept talking about the end of the world. After a while, I told her I wanted to find my dog, Spot. She said, ‘Blessed be children and animals,’ and asked where I lived. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Sam Gardiner’s blast of buckshot brought a number of people to their senses and gave to a number of others the blessed gift of a night’s sleep free of anxiety and terror. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Look not too far ahead! But go now with good hearts! Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “If you will come courting such a headstrong, brazen girl,” he said indulgently, “then I can only give you both my blessing. Perhaps you can teach her some meekness.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I went to the Banke Bihari, where there was a darshan each day—the curtains were opened for a moment to give a glimpse of the deity, which is a great blessing. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “This first one’s to Gladys Gudgeon, bless her — huge fan of mine —” The minutes snailed by. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Blessed be those that mourn, for they shall be comforted. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath her breath, she muttered a blessing ritual meant to keep a body in its grave. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Blessed be the fruit, Janine, Aunt Lydia would have said, without looking up from her desk, where she was writing something. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He gripped his trident loosely in his right hand and stretched his left hand out like he was blessing Leo, or possibly attempting to levitate him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z And so he is tender and careful, and comes to her clean that their fulfilment may be rich and blessed. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z When no one could eat any more, the Professor proposed the first regular toast, which was always drunk at such times—“Aunt March, God bless her!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z My father began the blessing, and we all bowed our heads. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Which I assure you is a blessing and a curse. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He blesses me in Latin, talks to himself in English and I wonder what I did to him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Ma took to telling me about hidden blessings, saying I should be thankful Doc Kelly had come to town to tend to his dying father. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “Here you are, young man. Thank you so much for your help. Have a blessed day.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "She has her good days and bad days. She did not recognize me on my last visit. In a way, it's a blessing. She doesn't have to worry about you like I do." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then don’t say. Sing Lift that voice God’s given you. Use those hands that God blessed with music. Spread the gospel through song. Young people love music.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Tell her I said she’s blessed to have that job. Thank the Lord.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Hosteen Mitchell took pollen from his pouch and used it to bless my body. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “May it be your offering to the Mother who bore us all. Drink, and let Her bless you, and replenish your strength.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Moss felt like the ignition for a fire, and as the people in Blessed Way began to talk strategy and logistics, he looked at Esperanza. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “And may God bless you just the same, my friend.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Then she blessed me out good and proper for being so bossy with him. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Old Mother Nature’s blessing lay upon a haven of warm friendliness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z They were blessed with all these fairy gifts, gifts the witch had been denied at her own christening. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “I take to heart the blessed words, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Small blessings—I’m increasingly aware of and thankful for them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Saints. Angels. They’re from the Free African Society, God bless them. If one is the Eliza you seek, you might find her yet. They had several other homes to visit.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "The God of Luck has already blessed you." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When Ifemelu told her own parents that Ginikas family was finally leaving, her father sighed and said, “At least they are fortunate to have that option,” and her mother said, “They are blessed.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z My recovery was a blessing, a gift from God and from all the people who had cared for me and prayed for me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z ‘They will sing that, and other songs of the Blessed Realm, many times tonight. Come on!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Uncle Sam poured another quarter glass of wine into her glass, then filled it the rest of the way with water for the next blessing. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She made him get up and arm himself, and together they rode off to the Collibe Sea, where, beyond a strong castle, they found the blessed barge with Bors and Percy waiting. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not a one of those men will ever see a son born to carry on his name. And you dare to gloat before Christ himself about your undeserved blessing.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say a prayer, thanking the Blessed Mother for a safe trip.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Those girls were blessed with the ability to sleep through the stormiest of sidewinders. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Peace lay on Devon like a blessing, the summer’s peace, the reprieve, New Hampshire’s response to all the cogitation and deadness of winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z The Duke’s Daughter paid the butcher’s bill, A Phantom Hand put down a new carpet, and the Curse of the Coventrys proved the blessing of the Marches in the way of groceries and gowns. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Their wedding was blessed, and some say that their son, Fjolnir, went on to become the first king of Sweden. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z |
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