“Unless it’s the skin of a demon you slayed. That would be fitting for a hero.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The maps all looked ancient, but Dimple supposed they would have to do. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I knew that only by the best of fortune would I ever reach it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I bet your mama would talk to you about it when we get back to Zmeyreka.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

A wide variety of microbes, which would have been indetectable with conventional scoring techniques, was found in essentially every site examined. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What woman would want to spend time in such an awful, damp, smelly place? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

With dramatic music in the background, the announcer said, “Tonight we will learn why scientists believe that cancer can be conquered.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

From these plucked instruments, rested on the lap and nestled against the body, with as few as six and as many as thirty-five strings, would grow innumerable further offshoots. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“She is mine, and she will love me,” the man said, deep voice barely audible over the wind. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, Ripred will probably manage, but if the seven of us sitting on this ledge are going to survive, we’ll need a miracle,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex crouched down, afraid that one of the guards would throw back the tarpaulin and discover him, but the voices faded and he found himself alone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“When you get marry, you will have many present. I will get you myself! I will sew you hundred skirt. Somehow I will find money for cloth.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then Mom hugged me, but I could tell she was about to cry, which would have totally embarrassed me, so I just gave her a fast hard hug, turned, and disappeared into the school. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I think Billy will want to hear it too, Mr. Savo.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We can imagine them, curious and dispassionate, observing us, as we would watch a bacterial culture in a dish of agar, to determine whether, this year again, we manage to avoid self- destruction. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fire would come only when it wanted to come, and only when there was a good bed for it, a home for it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, ye of no faith! Before you, I swear I will cure, here and now, this unfortunate brat!” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Though I should feel a total failure, my time on the prairie has branded this hope on my heart: next year it will be better. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

My sisters would love her; so would Mom. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps it will be as well if you discourage his coming here so very often. At least, you should not remind your mother of inviting him.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The woman would have made me uncomfortable even if she’d liked me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think people will come out here now,” I asked Miss Maggie, “looking for whatever Mr. Kendall didn’t find?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He dreaded what would happen if the decision were left to one of the fair’s many committees. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I begged between games when one brother or the other would sit back with a deep sigh of relief and victory, the other annoyed, unable to let go of the outcome. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even so he would never have just forsaken it, or cast it aside. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Yet somehow for the period of your existence they will answer to a single overarching impulse: to keep you you. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When they asked if I wanted a ride, I told them I would walk home instead. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I’d shared my secrets with him, he would have told me how much pain he was in. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"I knew you would come, old man, whether I summoned you or no;" There was no hint of warmth in his voice; there seldom was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If we lost, I would be no worse off than I was. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In his “Sand Reckoner,” Archimedes first calculated how many grains of sand would fit across a poppy seed, and then how many poppy seeds would span a finger's breadth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow Spanish Harlem would run faster, fly higher, stretch out its arms farther, and one day those dreams would carry its people to new beginnings. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even when this cast gathers to listen to Volpe’s notes, I am always struck by how naturally they compose a picture you would want to look at. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"One parting request. Kindly make certain no harm comes to Sansa Stark. It would not do to lose both the daughters." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Washington knew that his men in Whitemarsh would be overwhelmed if the British sent troops from both New York and Philadelphia. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Re’lar Ambrose, in the future you will refrain from wasting our time with spurious charges.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“This is where we say good-bye for now. Spring will soon be here, and we will be together again.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He half hoped Apollo would laugh and tell him to forget it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Where all the trash will be ten years from now? I worry about it every time I open a can of tuna fish.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You will be able to see her in it as in a mirror, and so avoid her deadly power.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would all be simpler and less bothersome if he would have really operated Lew Pants and put in an eight-hour day as manager. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some will. Not all. We have our cowards and our knaves, our weaklings and our fools, as do they.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Will it make one eye better or will it make two eyes better? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Now I have walked there, but I will bring no report to darken the light of day. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Now all was as it had been before...or would be when Sissy took the baby away. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would tell me what to do next. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Or would he be too safe inside his pod of wealth? The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she would have to listen to Kelly talk about it, and possibly nothing else, for the next three weeks. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Father's brother or father's father's brother, if the relationship was on the paternal side her maiden name would be Westing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it did, too; silently he swore to himself that this dog of a man would never win the jiggeh with its priceless contents. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

It would be many years before I would understand what had happened that night, and what my role in it had been. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

What would they think if they could see him in his three-piece suit, spear in hand, crouchin’ low to stalk a tiger? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he searched for the right words to respond with, she would go on, and often enough, by the time she was finished, she had tired herself out, and there was nothing left to say. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

That robin got so tame he would come and take crumbs from my bed, because I left the window open, even when it was very cold. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor concluded that she was paranoid, but noted, as Hoover put it, that she “perceives items which would escape the observation of the average individual.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Captain Newport says our route will be like a big circle, following the winds and currents. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That which is now hidden, with time will come to light; and our successours will wonder that wee were ignorant of them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Destroying the cabins would be a way of doing that. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of facing Audrey while she was angry was more uncomfortable, even if she would let me in the room. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

They rode in silence for a while; but Legolas was ever glancing from side to side, and would often have halted to listen to the sounds of the wood, if Gimli had allowed it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

These were colobus monkeys, and sometimes one would come down from a tree and scuttle across the meadow near the tent, watching them with alert, intelligent eyes. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all the little friends whom he used to know would be down by the seaside, playing in the wet sand and splashing around in the water... James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

She knew the stairs would return her to the corridor above, where she would find her room and Thomas’s. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The classrooms were adjacent; we walked toward them together, the three of us in a row, trusting that the tide of classmates would part enough to let us by, and it did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the contraction passed, she said urgently, “I will die, but you must save my baby.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But no warm mash appeared, and on the following Sunday it was announced that from now onwards all barley would be reserved for the pigs. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“I did not believe you would destroy yourself from grief or rejected love. Thus I supposed that you only feigned your death,” she said, with the satisfaction of someone solving a puzzle. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“He thinks he knows everything,” Colonel Moodus would retort in a sulking tone to his own audience at the other end of the bar. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I would like you to see Abruzzi and visit my family at Capra- cotta,” said the priest. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The Mancinis, who were away at the beach, didn’t even know that the airlift would be that day. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Had her mother finished scraping and tanning that ugly moose hide or would she have to help her? The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, probably about once a week or so, when food got low, my folks would send me over to the Coals' farm. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The media would pick this up in two seconds!” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

You don’t want no one asking why you’re walking stiff legged or doing nothing that will draw no attention to yourself. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Stop bluffing, Colonel. You can’t court- martial me for desertion in the face of the enemy. It would make you look bad and you probably couldn’t get a conviction.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They found traces of Nikki’s blood on the bathroom floor, actually. How else would it have got there?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The summer air will warm me up soon enough. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But by now the sun had set, and they would have to get to the Starlight Room. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And it was so weird. He would shout and he would scream and then he’d leave. And I’d try to run away.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a full moon, so the whole island would be illuminated with light except for the most dense corners of the mangrove forest. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Organizers invited an exhilarating mix of performers: there would be rock and roll, rhythm and blues, folk and country. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And it will continue to be,” First Turkey said, bowing her long neck so that her eyes were level with Seed Collector’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“No problem” This would be the biggest secret Benji had ever kept. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Being a little disappointed that she didn’t think I would also know—I didn’t—I asked her what a havelock was. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also concerned that I couldn’t do my best in my English, shorthand, and typing classes, all of which would have been a breeze under any other circumstances. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cared deeply about school; I thought if I did the best among my siblings, my parents would love me the most. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We would marvel at how beautifully we were made. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Roberto tried to quiet them down but they would not stop. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not stop working while you are gone. I hope you will like skirt when you see.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She would then hold it steady, and move her eye along it. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me,” he would say, “why have you placed this comma here? What relationship between these phrases are you hoping to establish?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Even to have awakened Katharine, if he could have achieved it, would have been like a seduction, although she was his wife. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Tonight sometime, he thought as he clicked off the bedside light, I will retire a Nexus-6 which looks exactly like this naked girl. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Typically, the plane would have been flying on autopilot in that situation, reacting immediately and appropriately to wind shear. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It would be a shame to miss the boasting. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought she would leap from her skin as the minutes burned away. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“We had to keep strict control in and around the kitchen, or all the prisoners would have been trying to steal food,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boys ran in silence, but they would jerk upright when they heard Luma call out a teammate’s name for running too slowly. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

For a moment I was afraid I would black out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But this will be like being on TV. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I’m guessing that my last gift at the party will be a suit coat because it’s the only thing left. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She said Lucia would have to nurse the baby for ten days to give it a start, then she’d take it home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The minister then said that if the Lord did not show a little more initiative in leading the black man to salvation, the black man would have to take matters into his own two hands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His coat was thin, and it was obvious he would not get his kiss, which he found puzzling. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, no doubt, Minerva will sit a long while by her Minou and absorb the music of her breathing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Tehlu stood forward saying, ‘I hold justice foremost in my heart. I will leave this world behind that I might better serve it, serving you.’ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"The king is dead," he said, "but we shall go with you nonetheless. Tom, assemble an escort, if you would." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"If I get the time, I will. If I don't, I won't," I said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

When his straight path took us over fallen trees or boulders, he would help me, lifting me by the elbow, and then releasing me instantly when I was clear. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could come all this way, she could break him out of his snow globe, and he would scoff and roll his eyes and say, “Hazel, stop being such a baby.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear, no! It will be delicious, I’m sure,” said Meg complacently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We indebted ourselves to her when she saved our brother, a debt I will gladly pay.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve seen this hole in the sky. If it is indeed fueling the violent energy that is coursing through these ‘iron monsters,’ we would do well to continue as we have been recently. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

All the restaurants had signs saying they would not serve us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Important quantity of debris would support this theory. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I will," she said, even though she thought go to hell was a stupid thing to yell. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There would be just two black strokes —the bird. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Disguised as a traveler, she would slip into taverns and coach houses to eavesdrop on conversations and chat with the locals, then bring the peasant talk back to camp. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Surely on the feet of Himmler, Master of All the Jews, would be the most magnificent boots of all. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

It reminds me of home, the way the field hands would sing during the worst of the work, the hard things like hoeing or tilling. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It just meant that eventually things would get better, and make more sense, that your heart wouldn’t always feel so lonely. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her toenails were painted red, and she was wearing red, and she was also wearing an expression of intent that would have alarmed him had he looked up—which he didn’t. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Although I would not take back my criticisms, I could say that he had made a genuine and indispensable contribution to the peace process. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe by then someone will have found a way to stop the weed from coming back. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I had said to myself, ‘Ah, bahl she will never come.’ The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big spearwife narrowed her eyes and said, "If the crow would join the free folk, let him show us his prowess and prove die truth of him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We got almost back to the cutoff point where we would move to the LZ. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad would sit alone at a dark table. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He had evidently hoped that someone else, perhaps Swift, would draft this section for him. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

How do you tell your brother that you are leaving, that you know you will never see him again? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

So that would be thirty- two hundred pumps of the plunger. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Ring misseth, maybe, the heat of Sauron’s hand, which was black and yet burned like fire, and so Gil-galad was destroyed; and maybe were the gold made hot again, the writing would be refreshed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

There would be other offers, including a lavish proposition from the University of Texas. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I would rail, using all my powers of schoolgirl inference and getting nowhere. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

I remembered perfectly well, but I wanted to hear what Cal would say. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He supposed it would take “three or four days.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She knew that it would take four months and lots of frozen fish to motivate Maxwell to make his way to the sky again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“And why would they take our word for it?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He would lie down and “die” on command and wait, even if I went out of sight for more than ten minutes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Come with me, Gabe. You can come back to my house and get cleaned up there. Kira will give us some supper and we can talk. There’s something important I need to tell you.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought that the least Margaret could have done would be to bring me my Coke. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Malcolm X followers had been canvassing with growing anxiety for a Harlem church that would accept the Saturday funeral. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, they would never kill all those people just to get to me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“If we are together; if you are willing; it will be different.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She didn’t feel sure of what would happen when the leaves caught. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I start asking other adults in my village to be my representative, and by the afternoon, I’ve found a kind young woman who will do me the favor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It might be nothing,” I say, wondering if anyone will even buy the book. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I got that out and hooked that up so that there wouldn’t be as much pressure on the other pumps and there would be a backup if it was to be needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had long hoped that Mark Antony would cut his ties with Octavian. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow, I’m the one who will be set free. Not you.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She envisioned several arrangements that would combine grace and obscenity. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every challenge I’ve faced, it's been What would Martin do? and I could never come up with a real answer. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Make it snappy, would you? We don’t have all day.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But for the buzzing sound that the fence was making, he would have run right into it. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The wolf’s very growling would keep me alert and fighting him to survive, whereas I might be lulled and fooled by the tricky fox. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had written in his “D” notebook, “it will be necessary to show how the first eye is formed.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

These events will occupy tens of billions of years, or more. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever and anon Gandalf let blow the trumpets, and the heralds would cry: ‘The Lords of Gondor are come! Let all leave this land or yield them up!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, yessuh. She was,” said Bigger, lowering his eyes because he felt that it would be better to do so. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Until the day she married him she never believed that she would ever consent to be his wife. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell, to explain what had happened to me so that people would understand, but I gave in and kept quiet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Really, I'd like to look around for a better place, but this one will have to do because my ally is shot. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Trying unsuccessfully to pat down his messy hair, he says, “I’m still working on that part. But I will make the world a better place. Somehow or other.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

"Hoo's On First sounds like my restaurant is on First Street, or worse yet, on the first floor. Customers will end up in the coffee shop drinking dishwater tea." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would wind into the sky and wait above me as I kicked the snow-bent grasses. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he was seen to accept Bolton’s feigned girl as Arya, the northern lords who had gathered to bear witness to the match would have no grounds to question her legitimacy. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If the ice took them toward the east, they would reach open water with no near landfalls; if it took them west, their chances were better. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“If your stiff-necked lord commander will allow it. Did your fires show you where to find this girl?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But fear not, if you received this lovely little box, your name will pop up…I promise. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Then, about in late 1934,1 would guess, something began to happen. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No one will hurt you here," the policeman promises. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Below are a few hints for starting a song that will help students be successful right from the first note! Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Stella figured sticking those leaves back on the branches would be easier than trying to move the stuff in her head to the empty blue lines in her notebook. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had no idea what would happen next. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wondered how long he would be able to go on at this pace: he had had no food since the morning. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“They was mighty wrought up about the South losin’ the War,” she would begin. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

People will be hungry and they will be cold and they will be angry. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But she was already on a career path that would soon turn her into one of her Motherland’s most important and adored aviators of all time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Now I could only hope that my parents would not be eliminated in a more sinister way. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was as if my eyes were a camera and I was photographing the moment, knowing that I would keep that photograph forever. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He only hoped now that the real Prince Corin would not turn up until it was too late and that he would be taken away to Narnia by ship. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

A head taller than my father, I was wearing clothing that would fit only a larger man. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

That would be quite a nice boodle to put in their knapsacks if they were using knapsacks instead of instrument cases. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy knew she should move, dive into the shelter that would tuck her underground, but she couldn’t go in there alone. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“But then, if they’d never taken him, we would all of us still be slaves.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She would look anyone—man or woman, black or white—in the eye and tell them to go to hell if she felt like it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

If we had an absolute method for distinguishing art from non-art, it would not necessarily enable us to measure quality. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have died in this lobster tank. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He always barked and sometimes, even in daytime, he would start from under the porch, the hair on his back straightening before anyone had sighted a moving speck at the far end of the road. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well and all, he would burn that bridge when he came to it, he decided, and for now he would take Yvaine into the village and deal with events as they came. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boys would circle up like they were getting ready to watch a gladiator fight. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

On weekday nights, she would take a bag out of the freezer and heat it in the microwave. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought, perhaps Hooper will die, or he will have an aunt abroad who will want to see him, perhaps Mr Hooper will quarrel with us and we shall be asked to leave Warings, suddenly. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered how it would be to go up against him again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When I was a baby, Grandma would take care of me during the day. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

A slave caught on the road, alone, without a pass, would be whipped. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma said, “Don’t worry on my account. The Lord will provide for me.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If the commanding officer was coming, the warders on duty would blow a whisde to warn us to pick up our tools. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will please visit me again soon,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Figures it would be something to do with that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Barry had worked for three hours on those flames, mixing orange and red and yellow with a bit of blue until they looked like they would burn your fingers if you touched them. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought fresh air would feel good, but now it’s even harder to breathe. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

When would Elizabeth get this letter, he wondered? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually the kids would be sent to the stocks, or the jail at the outpost, but the officers want to see First Friday. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

And will you kindly tell me, mister, what this has to do with the men of 1916? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But in some ways it’s better that we never had to work that out, he and I. With respect to my father I will always remain a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

On the first form, I answer several variations on the questions of whether I’m a communist, a criminal, or a terrorist and whether I would take up arms to defend the United States. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Art3mis felt that meeting you two right now would be an unnecessary distraction. She wanted to wait until after the ‘big event.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And I would cry more to make my face uglier. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty now, but sweetly expectant of clean, white, well-behaved children and parents who would play there above the lake in summer before half-running, half-stumbling down the slope to the welcoming water. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would now begin life at the new agency as she had started her career at the NACA: as just one of the girls. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The shadow of the bridge, the tiers of railing, my shadow leaning flat upon the water, so easily had I tricked it that would not quit me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had two cents left; that would buy a Times. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would look up and there would be nothing but the empty white sheet lying over the fields and hills. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farmer moved on, to the town of Mirebalais in Haiti’s central plateau, where he would eventually meet the Haitian Anglican priest Father Lafontant and discover just how poor the poor could be. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The witchman stepped through the hoop he called out that he would be a wolf. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My daughter would sit beside me in the room, a small scrap of cloth and a needle and thread in her hand. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The kid would make the sound you make when you hold your breath before going underwater, a little “uh!” sound. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even without the film against the eyes, people would never stop using it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then I close my eyes and try to will the air back into my lungs. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Had he gotten us this job? But he would not look at us, and we did not see him after that.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they would later learn, a guard had spotted the tape on the garage door. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, please tell me what my son will be,” my mother glanced anxiously from me to Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dear guests, I would like to say a few words. Energy is the force of life. Tomsk has oil, coal.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He just knew the seconds were ticking away and to look at it would only make the tension worse. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went back for her he did not know if she was still there—she could have gotten up and run away—but he believed, hoped, the deer eyes would be closed. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like we were something he always knew we would be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Smith was worried that the load would strain the leg, so he pulled out the yellow sweating hood and gave the horse slow gallops. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the jail would be better than this unprotected place. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Not until the day he walked into the courtroom did Powers comprehend that his trial would be, in his words, "a show." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Guitar did not have a gun, otherwise he would have used it, so Milkman felt secure heading for the dogs with the gun in his hand even though it had no more shot. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed by their teasing and would have bopped them on the head if Mami hadn’t been right there. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I scream, straining against my chains and lurching forward as far as they will allow. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I got a soda and stood at the breakfast bar, waiting to see what they would do. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was 5:50 when he staggered from the room, heading he knew not where or for how long, but hoping only that whoever had been guiding him lately would not desert him now.... The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re hurting me,” she gasped, but he would not stop moving until they were well removed from that place and she could no longer hear the intoxicating music. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, that would not require such a formal meeting. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way I looked at it, giving up either volleyball or fencing would mean giving up not only an opportunity to develop my athletic abilities, but also my primary opportunity to socialize. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In a black area she would always be seen as that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You will put that girl in the sculpture you make with me, understand?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sensing that Petra would reveal secrets, Spassky warned Bobby to “be careful.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Chances are the thread viruses can survive for some time—if the surface is free of sunlight, which would break apart the virus’s genetic material. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared into the fridge like it would offer me an answer. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I will just be ensuring the Collective has the proper oxygen composition to breathe.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mother listened for a moment, chewing her lip, then threw her hands in the air and said that she’d had no idea the costume would be so immodest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, I thought, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He would see them only rarely for the next four years. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

When he was sure the coast was clear, Martin would climb carefully into the driver's seat of his dad's Porsche. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He’d had time to ponder their forthcoming trip, and he’d decided he would rather go alone or, better yet, invite some friend to go along with him. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I’d lie right down on the ground and it would calm me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl would insist there had been nobody there when she took the picture. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In late March of 1862, coffee had reached the unheard of price of seventy cents a pound, and the papers predicted that it would rise even higher. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

All it does is make me want to womp his head with a hard green apple because that would make him cry. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Air travel... I have a feeling that would be bad, too. But a boat. Can you at least give us a boat?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The precious treasure would end up at the bottom of the Baltic. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Presenting them with public duties, those opponents stated, would prevent women from carrying out their all-important responsibilities in the home. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

He thinks of his own daughters, how much they would love to see a city on a table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Conversely, when a rain squall is replenishing your fresh-water supplies, you also know that the humidity will affect your cured provisions and that some will probably go bad, turning pasty and green. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And our last resort would be to go in the woods. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I know I should stop, but it would be wrong to stop for someone else. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I understand metal. Nothing made of iron or steel is a mystery to a bear. But I have never seen a knife like yours, and I would be glad to look at it closely.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I would hope that none of you would have to see a family member get shot in front of you, but I know I have plenty of students who have seen that. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would shock her back to life, like those paddles they use in emergency rooms. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Honestly,” he would tell them, sour-faced, “it’s not really worth anything at all. I’ll give you what I can, though, as it has sentimental value.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I have this feeling that my skin would crackle if you touched it. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a minute to rest and to see if I couldn’t find a better way to stow the letter so it would be safe. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know anyone around here who would want to cross the desert just to see the Pyramids,” said the merchant. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll talk with my coordinator and see if she will appoint me to their case.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

To get papers, he said, I would need a photo I could not afford and a birth registration that did not exist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He checked the screen, though he already knew the message he would see: “CALL FAILED.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then it would be passed through the one just smaller, and so through every hole in turn, growing longer and slimmer all the time, until it changed from an ingot into wire. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I began to doubt the prior day’s events, as one would suspect a vision of the open heavens to be a figment of the mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“You know it’s possible. I’ve tried to avoid thinking about it, but I can’t. In any event, Nell needs to go. I don’t want to, but it would be better for her.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other jockeys suffered bouts of weakness so severe that when boosted into the saddle they would fall right off the other side. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one else around here worked back when Aven was here, and I thought I did a good job of making sure no one would ever know who I was.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He looks up and says, "Em, would you plug in the scope?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nitrogen and phosphorus levels are so high that it would kill the crops. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

For which, and I will say it again, I would strut out the Garden, strut! as long as you held on to my hand, girl. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe later Charles and Emma would move out to the country, for the ease and quiet. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that she had said it, she was angry with herself for not having said it the night before, so that they would have had time to be finished with their weeping and their arguments. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Poke a stick in the sandy soil and a few blue-skinned beetles would appear, an avenue of ants, so many crusty lady bugs. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like just the sort of thing Pan would do. Grover is right. The search is tiresome. You must start thinking for yourselves.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before she went away she would teach him a lesson. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A growl gurgles from deep in its throat, and I see why the cheese would have come in handy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

That in itself was of interest to Tree-ear; an ordinary commission—for a set of household bowls, say—would not merit such caution. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I needed Rain more than ever to ask her why a school would have anything to do with that. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Frank. When they are done, we will send you back to your ship. And we may have some warnings for you.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nuremberg society, like that of Frankfurt, would frown on a married woman gathering grubs and caterpillars. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I can’t see sraf as you can, she said, but I would like to make a mirror out of the sap lacquer, because I think that might help me see it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Your abuela will be very happy to see you, but she will not be happy that one of you is hurt.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That would be Isaac,” Gus’s dad said, and shook his head slowly. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

And Adiah would let him, not because she wanted to, but because she had nothing left, because she couldn’t keep running anymore. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him that I loved him, that I hoped with all my heart that he would get better, but I could not formulate the words in my mouth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like to pay my debts, so I know you will allow ‘the old gentleman’ to send you something which once belonged to the little grand daughter he lost. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I happened to be alone on the road and saw a woman approaching who was wearing gloves, I would quickly skip across to the other side. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Most will be housed in one of our abandoned castles.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The pony will be all right,” she said. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Men would fight for the honor of protecting them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"You have done well, Bran. Here, and at the audiences. You will be an especial fine lord one day, I think." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

You’d make it perfectly literal, without any wordplay or comedy that would confuse preschoolers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t get to the island, we both would die. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Likely she would run through the fields dressed in sackcloth, hunting hyssop amongst the wild bulls, if not obligated to the higher plane of Motherhood. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a city with walls around it, and since the soldiers wouldn’t let anyone in or out, eventually the people would run out of food. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If no one would answer her questions, she would do what she’d always done when people she cared about stonewalled her: She’d lose herself in art. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“The pearls symbolize fertility. The more pearls Your Worship wears, the more healthy children she will bear.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And when they all played the same note together she would draw a circle around them. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If Kronos attacked New York, the campers would be no match for his forces. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If I do not hang her, they will know my threats are empty. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But before long the delicious anticipation of another season would come again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He dragged Riccio into an alley so narrow that Barbarossa would certainly have gotten stuck in it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Half of the tiny yard was a cement patio and the other half was another patch of grass that our imaginary cow would devour in two bites. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Any day now the black ducks come,” he said, “and the mallards. Then we will have good meat.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to do what he must do, and she would have to do the same. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This had to be done in total darkness, because the glow would be faint. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noah said, "I would like to live over the day I was best man at a wedding in Century Village that involved four grandparents—two of mine and one each of two other Souls." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

This will always be the color of Westchester for me, that wan gray, the kind of gray that speaks of an impenetrable wealth, never too fancy. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then how would you get in touch with him?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It would just be like she was a leper, and leprosy really wasn’t so bad once you made it part of your routine. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“We will definitely deal with this matter in the appropriate way, I promise,” answered Ms. Rubin, trying to keep her voice calm. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

This liquid roar in my ears, this taste of char on my tongue—this was terror and the overwhelming will to live and the potential to kill. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hearing what had happened to Emmett chilled me to the bone, and I would have been sick if I hadn’t seen the look on Mr. Breland’s face. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“They may hit you or spit on you. They will have dogs and billy clubs.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the part of this equation I wish would just cancel out. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

His plans would have to be much more devious than usual if they were to escape his mother’s attention. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“So he thinks Durmstrang would have suited him, does he?” she said angrily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I would be alone, and it would be worse than ever before, for now I knew what it meant to have constant companionship, both human and feathered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

That Grover would not have knowingly bought stolen grease went without saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she wondered if her time at the Academy was finally coming to an end, for why else would the Mistress have called for her, if not to dismiss her at last? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The family was worried about Dessie, but what could you do when she would not admit there was anything wrong with her? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now that she was here, she had twelve weeks to find a rich boyfriend who would buy her lots of jewelry. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I would say something like “good-bye, dearest sister of mine,” and Judy would burst into tears, and Daddy would be so touched, he’d relent and take us all home. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The jeepney will circle the neighborhood while selling halo-halo, a sweet concoction of ice, milk, red beans, tapioca pearls, jackfruit, and coconut flesh—with even sweeter condensed milk drizzled on to stir in. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

To reach the next landmark of consequence, Sirius, would involve another 4.6 light-years of travel. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking: How will we stay alive? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Have you considered what a source of uncontained mirth you would be to every person you met between here and Katahdin?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d seen the term in the Green Book and knew it referred to places where black people could be killed just for being there after dark, and no one would bat an eyelash. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

"He would have made you a poor envoy then." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And if our friendship is over, it will be hard to move forward. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

This is the fourth largest proton event in the past three years, and will likely continue at or above the current level for the next several weeks as we approach the solar maximum. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a face that seemed habitually silent and unspeaking, as though it could not speak if it would. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

It will be one of those calls nobody wants. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

They were using his having killed Bessie to kill him for his having killed Mary, to cast him in a light that would sanction any action taken to destroy him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One big problem for this orbital town would be water. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sí, and I will get another dress. But first we will send more money to Mamá.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I want to go with him, but I can’t because it’s sort of illegal that we’re staying in their rooms with them, as they would have to pay more. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

"We learned together! You know the fashion industry makes more from perfumes than it does from clothes? I figured it would be a good fallback skill. Here." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Each night his mother cooked something his father had liked, but she was too upset to eat the dishes herself, and her eyes would well up as Shoba stroked her hand. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"I need a new wife, and I figured the best Belle in the kingdom would help me attain a look that women enjoy." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The sun would soon be sinking into a dusky evening, like it, too, had been working all day. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If getting Mama to agree on the shirt I’m wearing right now was a challenge, picking out something to wear to a school dance will be a nightmare. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Yet she knew she would never forget as long as she lived. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Kyushu would have seemed a paradise to Korean rice farmers, because it is warmer and swampier than Korea and hence a better place to grow rice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t believe Calista would just decide not to be my babysitter without even telling me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t suppose this rain will keep folks away?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The next day was most peculible, as Mrs. Partridge would say. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“If it’s still raw, it will take longer to work its way into your system. Which is good, as the effects will be spread out over a longer period of time.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t ditch walking dogs because of our fight yesterday, would she? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I imagine that gold will look nice with Sophia’s silken blond hair. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a Pleasure. You will find the Merry-go-Round just over there!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I would fight for the doorstep rather than give it up, but I knew that my hunger and my fear were making me into another person altogether, a greedy and coldhearted person I despised. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to think I chose an appropriate Patron Historic. Like many scientists, Michael Faraday was underappreciated in his life, yet our world would not be what it is without him.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“That would be so awesome, wouldn’t it? I could come back and be this good-looking dude and be super buff and super tall.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were better than the others, Elias. I never imagined you would take a slave to your bed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

That was how Úrsula learned of the death of her mother, as a simple consequence of listening to the songs in the hope that they would say something about her son José Arcadio. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I waited to see what she would say. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Tamara and Raya had the advantage of height and the sun behind them, which would dazzle the enemy pilots if they looked in their direction. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Miss Duncan is pretty enough; I tend to think she would make a fine revenant, possessing the bodies of young women and using them to avenge crimes of passion. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They would work together under siege, enemies bound by treaties, and a professional ethic. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t think they would have more luck than hundreds of policemen, and his shoulder throbbed painfully. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had always known with absolute certainty that a dog would make everything better. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

We would still go back there, wading through the young stalks, but as the corn grew higher and taller and stronger, it covered over all of those memories. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The old mom who would zero in on a project like a laser. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf, who had not yet made his reputation as a parader, shuddered violently at the picture Major Major would make marching barefoot in his squadron that coming Sunday. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Jojo, very much against his will, had been sent to sleep in his parents' bed in the upstairs loft. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Rumors reached us that the women had been saved and would be arriving soon. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

After all, this hospital is full of people having poisonous chemicals pumped into their veins or submitting to horrible operations all so they can stay, but some of them will die anyway. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon everything would be plunged back into darkness. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Understand, O my son," said the Tisroc, "that no words you can speak will move me to an open war against Narnia." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Or, sometimes, we would enter by windows from a fire-escape, or a roof. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he says the words I will never forget. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Similarly, Lessius and his successors say that if you throw a quantity of bricks down on the ground you will never get a palace. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dr. Xuma became heated, accusing us of blackmail and laying down conditions on which we would vote for him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would heave a sigh and replace it in its cradle. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was anything Gregor knew, it was that his father loved his mother, that he loved him and Lizzie, that he would have loved Boots. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I would like to see it, thought Meggie, just once, before it’s put on one of those shelves I’m supposed to stay three paces away from. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Funny presents, some of them, but what would have been defects to other eyes were ornaments to Grandma’s—for the children’s gifts were all their own. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I trusted you, would you tell me?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

These occasions are becoming harrowing times for us all, for each sunrise and sunset opens up some new danger—some new pain, which, however, may in God’s will be means to a good end. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With her affinity for the Americans holding protests at home, she hoped the soldier would say something to help her understand why Americans had to fight so hard against the Communists. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think your mother would agree to that, and besides, you need to go to school. But don’t worry. I have some ideas.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

My mother and I continued arguing until we reached a compromise: I would continue on to secondary school only on condition that I obtained a First Class pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, even they would have to punish her if she was tardy. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But he would not give her any time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Marcus would rise and release his madness on the world, and she would become his slave. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of pounds of denatured iron that alchemists would have fought over The mayor nodded eagerly and singsonged, “Dig a pit that’s ten by two. Ash and elm and rowan too.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I nodded, terrified that I would start bawling on Sookie’s boat if I opened my mouth. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

It is good to be loved, even though it will not last. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He walked nine miles to a small mountain town called Maengsan, where traders told him that a truck would show up near the central market. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It is indeed a riddle, but don't worry, Matthias, we will solve it together. I have sent for food and drink. You and I will not move from here until we have the answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sen cut her Up, Eliot complained briefly of a pain in his ribs, and the car’s fender would have to be straightened. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I would hope that none of you would have to experience having hepatitis or AIDS. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them would be safe as long as he was with them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’d you get back in here, Jimmy? We didn’t think we would see you for a long time.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I want to hear what’s so funny, but I would have to walk over and drop my earmuffs. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But when Anna Howard Shaw expressed the hope that victory would come in a Wilson administration, he didn’t promise anything. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Antonapoulos would go into a restaurant, and while they sat at the table he slyly put lumps of sugar, or a peppershaker, or pieces of silverware in his pocket. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m just saying it would help, Ma,” says Trey. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Wait, but—all of my stuff. How long will I be there?” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

How I will always have to protect her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

They would outdo each other, leaping in on me, hammering at Mr. Muhammad, at me, and at the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped the other dinner guests would come soon. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"The boy is utterly without discipline. He will never be strong enough to rule unless he is taken away from his mother for a time." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe Davis would hate me, if he ever found out, but why should I care what some kid from Sad Camp thought of me? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I just dropped him off down the street, figured I would check in with Moss here.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A power they will exchange for the right to be overcome, penetrated. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lupita’s brothers and sisters were looking each night for the special star they called Papá’s, and she hoped Lupita and Salvador would always go with God. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He also inquired whether Hoover would write a brief introduction. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

At the best of times he would rather go anywhere than home. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It will never be known exactly how many African Americans were lynched in 1919 or in the years preceding or following that pivotal year. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

But how would she feel if she were compelled to hustle her living on the streets? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

He palmed his knife, wondering if there would be bloodshed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that I’ve been hoping if I ignored it, it would go away. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

By day I studied Talmud and by night I would run to the synagogue to weep over the destruction of the Temple. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He watched this several times before he returned to what was real: she was angry with him, and she would be angrier still when she knew he was to be one of the dinner guests. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

To so practised and indefatigable a horseman as Mr. Rochester, it would be but a morning’s ride. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And even if I were—which I’m not, I would never—I’d be the worst stalker ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Since Branwell was only allowed to have two visitors at a time, I would need special permission to be allowed to see him at the same time as one of The Ancestors and Beacham. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then Chess did glance down at his brother, thinking it would help his own resolve. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I say, “Stay. Course your parents will be back. Home is home.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Grieving would become the majority of my job, in that case. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

High in the mountains, Coalwood could be a damp, cold place even in the early fall, and I would have been happy to stay there for another couple of hours, at least. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t understand them. I never will.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Since death would not come to him, he would go to death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know where our education would take us. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“The Erudite won’t have an army. The Abnegation will stop dying. This will be over.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And certainly, in time, he would discover his foolishness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, on Saturday, I will go over to Bill’s town house. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. Something like that might ruin everything. If we keep it as casual as possible, no one will give us a second glance. People don’t pay attention to ninety percent of what they see.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Eventually the senior cousin decided that she would act. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes a tiny silver fish would leap from the water after a fly. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps agreeing with the woman would make her exhaust herself quicker and shut her mouth. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I wish that the courts would give him a suitable punishment so that he can learn from this instead of just being institutionalized.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Whatever choice he might have made, it would have been the right one. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mackenzie looked like a Disney princess: She was petite and sweet; she looked like someone who would walk around with a halo of cheerful birds singing over her head. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My children will learn how special it is to bond with another person who looks different but is actually just like them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"The Seven have never answered my prayers. Perhaps the old gods will." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He walked around the store, whistling, hands in pockets, stupid safari-style hat on his fat head, and I wondered what it would be like to sit in a college class with him as the professor. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I will put the key back before she misses it. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He would be dead before help reached him, to be sure, his blood soaking into the ground to feed the heart tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She believed that she would always land safely into her father’s clean, well-manicured hands. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you think your family will stay here?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Clayton would give an “amen” to that, if he were the amen type. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

They revealed the shreds of their lives and hoped that relatives, or anyone who knew them, would hear the news and pass it on. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

By day they still hid as best they could, sleeping under the wagon and praying they would not be discovered. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feared the crows and jays who wait on my mother would have long ago pitched you from their nest, but you are safely fledged, I see,” he said teasingly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Ron was very agitated; Madam Pomfrey would not let him go down to watch the match, feeling it would overexcite him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

With the world watching, the new organization carrying the American banner into space would have to be “clean, technically perfect, and meritocratic, the bearer of a myth.” Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Lane: My thought would be it would be hell. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you do, you will lose a finger. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Folks would snigger behind Grandpa’s back but not many would dare repeat it to his face. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It would have been a scream if my teeth had not been clamped shut. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never realized, though, that by hiding him away from this gossiping, judgmental world, I ensured that my son would emerge shrouded in worse suspicion than I ever endured. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wished her mother would yell at her the way Rosemary’s mother did, but she knew her mother would only give her one of those slow, low, reasonable lectures that were so annoying. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could understand most of what he was saying: he was cursing Edward in terrible language, profanity I will not write down here. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He said I can make a list of words and we will talk about them. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I vaguely hoped that someone would come up and talk to me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He moved away, confident that his little girls would not lie open-eyed like that, staring, staring. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

All they had to do was stay asleep for the next two hours, and everything would be fine. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know the Elector’s son would be there.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I will return as soon as I can; and I will follow you, if I find that you are gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The weaker factions will always join the external forces, and the others will not be able to stand up to them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to run to him, but every time I got close, the hallway would stretch out even longer and I’d have to start running all over again. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Good. Very good. Then you will please make a count of the items on my shelves.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

So maybe she would never have a friend here in Japan. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The will also showed that her father's lifetime savings, which fortunately were still safely in the bank, had also been left to her. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Brown, who boarded with them, had a radio in her room, and all last winter she would sit on the steps every Sunday afternoon and listen in on the programs. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Lupita said loudly, “No, I will not write that to her, Salvador. It would worry her that you live with a stranger. If you want to tell her, you must write her yourself.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

El Jefe will be walking down from his mother’s mansion, past Oscar’s house next to the Italian embassy, all the way to the avenida by the ocean. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If anything, Brandon received it when his head hit the sidewalk, not when Milo punched him, but Candice was sure Milo would say the opposite when school started. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She told herself she would die for him, if she must. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Usually, two Navajos would be out in the field together. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t just worried about where they would have to move, of course. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Billy told himself that he would win, that he could take this guy. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then even a gene library of 1,000 volumes would not be enough. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chestnut-eyed actress with long auburn hair knows that this moment will put her name in papers around the world, so there is more than a touch of self-indulgence in her actions. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By this time the noise in room 145 had reached a level that would have stunned, or possibly paralyzed, any other teacher at Denton Elementary School. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the shadows on the far side of the room, they saw Haley Daley heading for the staircase they’d just come up: steps that would take her back to the basement. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Even so, it is a lot of Congolese francs and would be a Congolese fortune if that were that, but it is not. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon it would be taken to Germany. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My God, I would never do anything to encourage Saigon not to come to the table. We want them over in Paris, we’ve gotta get them to Paris, or you can’t have a peace.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes at night, she would sneak out of bed, creep down the hall, and curl up in the tub. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nana said that one of these days he would miss, that she, Mariam, would slip through his fingers, hit the ground, and break a bone. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“If we go through with this, it’ll kill me. I know it will.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered yet again what school would be like here. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother would be cooking food for everybody and that my father would be hiding out in his bedroom again. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the end his father would admit that she was, and his mother would cry and cry, in a bed surrounded by a tangle of clothes, her eyes puffing up like bullfrogs. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Something big that will be certain to get one or more of you guys to voluntarily leave school,” he said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he’s talking to Malachy and I think he’s talking to me he might go into a rage and have a fit that will carry him off. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He’d slaughter his cattle and hogs here too if only the government would let him. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

At the press conference announcing the grant, reporters had to ask Wilbur Hobby, head of the state union, to repeat what he said the money would be used for. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The lower you are, the higher your mind will want to soar. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But I didn’t think it a good idea for Lord Voldemort to materialize in the staffroom. I imagined that people would panic.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

What would it mean to be German after the war? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he would have asked her how she knew that, and she did not think that he would like her answer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And this would be your home base. Where I work. We could see each other at least one week a year, more depending on the package your mom chooses.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But would you like to be her friend? The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he finished one cigarette, he would light another. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But he’s a very good boy, and he’s a good worker. He cleans the animal cages at the research lab. He will be like a brother to you.” Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that if you died... aside from the fact that it would really suck for you, it would mean the quest was over. This may be my only chance to see the real world.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I have to fake a smile now, because what kind of loser would I be if I didn’t mean to get chosen? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Liyana said, “I think I would fight. Not kill, but yell or something.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Very likely mutual contact would already have been made by radio or other remote means. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He will suffer for his failure, probably lose his life, but not before he sees me punished. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he would have saved the world because it deserved to be saved, or maybe he wouldn’t have pressed it because he figured we’d only wind up finding some other way to annihilate ourselves. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m sure my grandparents would actually be happy to help Adam. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We have your friend Aech’s school records too. But he was smart enough to give a fake name and address when he enrolled. So finding him will take a bit longer.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes during the afternoon or on Saturday, we would have friends our age—Caroline, Betty Ray, Clark, or Robert—and their mothers over to play. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The whole world would be a few masters and millions upon millions of slaves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since Sabena Airlines was one of the show’s sponsors, it was agreed that two round-trip tickets would be given to Bobby as a promotional gift. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“There are some things you and I will need to talk about, Ashish.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Because Dad was a shift worker and would often start work early the next day, we’d have dinner at 5:30 or 6 p.m. and listen to the news. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Life for everybody else would probably be easier. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Rhonda was the most gifted child ever to take the tests. She did so well on everything else, she would have passed no matter what happened in the maze.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am told it would be dusk in the village of Ardestan by the time we arrived. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To bring in a new labor union, however small, in what he hoped would be his future constituency, would be an excellent beginning for a journey to the Legislative Assembly. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His neighbor keeplocks would cheer in support; they were his chorus. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you trouble this village again, you will regret it.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Is Pet going to do something or what? ’Cos if he won’t, I will.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Actually, they’re already thinking twice after last night. This will make them think three times.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The diamond would also cut your fingertip, perhaps badly. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they will give him as much freedom as possible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Christina announces that she and I will meet Al and Will at the tattoo parlor and drags me toward the clothing place. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Rush next began experimenting with the amount of blood he would remove from the body in an effort to reduce inflammation. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Rats presented with solutions of pure sugar or tubs of pure lard will gorge themselves sick. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

You will be better prepared to face it in your own manner, if while there is still time you do as the Healer commanded. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Her mother was ready to move away when she found out that the boy next door was a violent criminal who would soon be returning home. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

To the extent that major changes are achieved without a complete shift, the system will rebound. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The way Maniac fit in, you would have thought he was born there. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In their fights over territories, gangs would have breakdancing battles to determine ownership—and that’s why the term battle still exists today. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Through Turner, Mace said that he had never tasted, never even heard of, goose liver pate, and from now on, he would eat nothing else. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I already told you! I made a deal! If I take Radar home, then Dad will come home.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Homework tonight will be that much easier after this extra time.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He would give it to her on her birthday, in spite of the fact that he has no idea when her birthday is. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A devious warlock...he will come in disguise...asking for help.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

A year later, my grandmother would be so depressed by the harsh treatment she received from her in-laws that she tried to commit suicide by overdosing on opium. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But the harder Naheed prayed to Allah that her name would be coupled with someone, anyone, else, the more sure she was that Eliza’s name and hers would be on the list side by side. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, I couldn’t say or do anything that would affect the outcome of the story. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the mornings she and George would dress together and talk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Or, in other words, you are determined to have him. He is rich, to be sure, and you may have more fine clothes and fine carriages than Jane. But will they make you happy?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Wee paws for station identification,” I would whoop. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The matrics, what South Africans call seniors, would hang out on the quad. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I will, Highness,” Yellin said, adding, “but I don’t know where my cousin is—I went looking for him less than an hour ago and he was nowhere to be found.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the morrow he would leave the road and strike out overland through field and bush and stream to throw off pursuit, but for the moment speed was more important than deception. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Besides, you will not want me so often,” I said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think Dell would have liked to go bowling instead of to Sam's U-Rent. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Shadows will bloom in your heart, and you will become everything you hate. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some nights before bed Lynn and I would make our wishes. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was happy because I knew that as soon as Blanca finished studying, she would talk with her mother a little, maybe have some coffee, and then return home too tired to talk. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Clean up graffiti and all of a sudden people who would otherwise commit crimes suddenly don’t. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unless the cage was removed forthwith, he announced, the entire defense team would walk out of court. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Any old leftovers will do. Just put them on a plate. You don’t even have to bother to heat them.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Stanley's hole would have to be as deep as his shovel, and he'd have to be able to lay the shovel flat across the bottom in any direction. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In any case, what purpose would it serve? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a step to another life,” she would say years later. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘My father dead before ever I was born ...’ Now, for as long as it stood, this would be a haunted house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your Government will thank you, Mr. Popper,” answered the Admiral. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

The holy water would purify the home again so that God might come in if He chose. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She happened to be an orphan, and I figured that if this much could befall an orphan, imagine how impressive I would look in such a role. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, any retired legionnaires they met on the trip would help them if shown the letter. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Ophie didn’t know who would have known to do that, but she went to the door and brushed the salt aside with her hand. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I said ten years, but perhaps seven will be enough. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We slept in abandoned villages, where we lay on the bare ground and hoped that the following day we would be able to find something other than raw cassava to eat. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I know some kids will think that’s a sissy thing, but I couldn’t help it. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“How will we do that if Mom and I don’t live near you anymore?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I explained to a group of several hundred Africans, Indians, and Coloureds that volunteering was a difficult and even dangerous duty, as the authorities would seek to intimidate, imprison, and perhaps attack the volunteers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had written my name on the side in black marker so it would be easy to find. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I expected Ms. Rowling would just shake my hand, but she was down-to-earth and whispered some encouraging words about my life and future, and then she hugged me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The most daring thing to do would be to track down Father, which wouldn’t be too hard in the snow, and rescue him. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Certainly Joe had never seen his father kill anything, except for meat, or unless it was poisonous—his father would swerve a truck almost unconsciously to squash a rattlesnake or a tarantula on the road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to feel a sense of relief: Maybe they really would help us, after all. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“We will sit,” said one stiffly, and Gregor had the feeling the bug wanted him to mind his own business. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Bigger had asked Gus to be with him in the robbery, the fear that Gus would really go made the muscles of Bigger’s stomach tighten; he was hot all over. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it would be like to live in a world integrated with magical creatures! Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When breakfast was over, and Master Twyti had been consulted, the Boxing Day cavalcade moved off to the Meet Perhaps the hounds would have seemed rather a pack to a master of hounds today. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

That no one would have been monitoring the dusty dome where we talked. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had promised her he would come back for her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t I say the Company would take your machine up to the hilltop!” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she did not know her father better, she would have thought he had been crying. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“No. You would the if you took your furs off. Stay wrapped up.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“How else would we catch our food so easily?” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s impossible to know what will set her off. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she had wanted to carry me on her shoulders, I would have been fine with that, too, to be truthful. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She would cut it herself every few weeks and had even offered to trim mine. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Something that kid would remember every single time he saw Luke. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If Hamilton had presented his distinction between personal and political criticism earlier, the affair would most probably have ended before it began. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And when I started learning to read at age five, my father would brag to his friends. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Given a cup of strong, hot coffee, the pain would leave her almost immediately; lacking it, her suffering mounted by the hour until the pain became almost unbearable. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I call out, they will kill you.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You are a very cruel woman,” said Michael, clenching his fist, as though at any minute he would have to strike her. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Gina has the three white flowers you sent her and wonders where you were at lunch and doesn’t yet know that Marco will avoid her after school, or why. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

We’ve always known, he would think; what took you so long? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Each morning I vowed that I would leave the next morning, but the next morning always found me afraid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am so excited about flying to Seattle with you I have already packed, and I am bringing three of my school pants so you can fix them like you said you would. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps some nice boy will see you in that dress and want you for his novia.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I did not think he would appreciate my telling him the reason right there and then. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

‘But suppose none of us can get out? Gage knows we’d send word—if we could. He may guard the town so well it will be impossible.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They know no one would try to save it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of course we will join you for dinner. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It would take them a week to break a path through the thicket; and anyone who wormed his way in would be helpless. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

"No disrespect to you, Lady Stark, but it would have been more seemly had Lord Robh come to pay homage to the king himself, rather than hiding behind his mother's skirts." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I will leave the debate about why the Renaissance happened when and where it did to the historians. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Two more days would give the wounded time to rest and heal. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You're young. It would be nice to have someone to more than talk to.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Mr. Stevenson, your people will just have to get here earlier," he said dismissively. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"If I sliced bread, would you eat it?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There would be no pain, he assured her. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Pen Is Envy, Aunt Lydia would say, quoting another Center motto, warning us away from such objects. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so hot here, it feels as if my clothes will ignite. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“He would be greatly puzzled what to do?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He said that he would go with them to the chief’s place, although he did not say what he was planning to do once they got there. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

No one would talk about it much, but I gathered that earlier, abortive attempts to include Marion in the activities of the group had ended in disaster. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe Connor and I would come here in the summer, too. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My heart is lingering somewhere in the deepest part of Dray’s underworld, and from this point on, I will have to claw my way out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Is she original? Is she piquant? I would not exchange this one little English girl for the Grand Turk’s whole seraglio, gazelle-eyes, houri forms, and all!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I would usually snooze through it, but it was a new day and I was turning over a new leaf, so I stayed awake. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Night and day, one or the other sat with him and did not let go of his hand for fear he would run to the land of the spirits. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

But he also recognized that the wildness he sought would have to be tempered with excellent groundskeeping. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Well, she wouldn’t be clapping her hands about the psssssssssssst and pig stories, which by now would be coming at her from every direction. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The problem, he said in the essay, was that his dad would always hit him with the books in his house, so Chip kept his books short and paperback for his own safety. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Your mother and I will talk again soon,” said Aru’s mom. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He pictured Fiona smiling her gentle smile as she bent over the lists of duties and methods that she would be required to learn in the days to come. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

His attitude seemed to me almost obscene, the attitude of someone who discovers a sexual secret of yours and promises not to tell a soul if you will describe it in detail to him. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house would be white with trees around it, a great big yard and grass growing without a fence. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was agreed that the prisons would get about half of the loan after all. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“On behalf of the Granger School, I would like to apologize to you both,” Headmaster Clarkson said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“The Communists will kill me,” she wrote to her husband, “and you’re having fun in Singapore.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded and then she added, “Now let us pray together that soon, soon, you will know.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what he will do now, without his king. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Be assured I will not be far from here, and I promise to come back for Christmas and Easter and your saint’s day. And to see when that front tooth grows in again.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would see how things stood at the end of the summer. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Elsbeth is the grief I would allow myself to feel, if my emotions weren't so covered in darkness. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Guest stuck her head back in the cloakroom and said, “I will be right outside. I want no talking and no moving about.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

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

“If we had killed that cop they would have rounded up all the men in town and cut off their heads and hung them from their patrol car antennas.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Mirjam. You said Amalia was already crying when she ran into you. Why would she already be crying? Why was she out that night to begin with?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When they were younger, the sisters used to joke that they would likelier be virgins than find a palm tree in their neck of the woods. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Atticus, trying to reconcile them, asked Helen would she take her husband back. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The threats we received made me worry about the hostility that Walter would face if he was ever released. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“How many here would know where to join a gang in their neighborhood?” she asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Even if a Japanese soldier was captured and his rifle taken from him, he would still try to attack his captors with a hidden knife. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This flu wouldn’t have anything to do with your spelling test tomorrow, would it?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Were I not, then my growth would be exponential. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He would probably be with his father at the forge, repairing pikes and lances and heating oil for pouring onto the enemy in case they should pierce the outer castle wall. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

That not onely the Experiment will be difficult, but a man can hardly reade them without laughter. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

My aunt thought it would look good if I flicked the bracelet while singing. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But still, whether in shirt or mail, he would be their old Commander. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says that the things that move in are common weeds, and cockroaches and rats: soon all flowers will be dandelions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was faking his disappearance, and the challenge would be to find him, similar to the online murder mystery he’d planned two Halloweens ago. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Bran thought it curious that this pup alone would have opened his eyes while the others were still blind. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Had it not been for the tribal law which forbade children from intruding in adult conversations, I would have long said something, for I too had strong opinions about what was being discussed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It comforted me to know that these visions, too, would go away with time. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

So, I didn’t really know what they paid, but Papa would set aside maybe a dollar each month that would be mine. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely the National Guard would be deployed, with riots this bad. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

One of the major endeavors in physics today, and the major theme of this book, is the search for a new theory that will incorporate them both—a quantum theory of gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agnes watched him bump up to the plane and wondered if he would live to see her again. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For now, at least, she would have some food. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you lived in this community and you were a young person, what would be your thought? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I just figured that of course they would excel in the classroom. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Shivering, I would think. It is warmer down in Dome. Perhaps he should have sailed that way.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We used to joke about which one of us would go first. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But me mither says me capes will cape me cool,” one of the girls insisted. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she were in her sister’s place, Brave Orchid would have been on the phone immediately, demanding one of those Chinatown jobs. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He assumed Master would give her his distant yes-and-no answers and she would go back to her piano. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“There are so many things we should discuss, but I have a feeling your visit will be brief. So, first things first.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Never, not in her most fanciful dreams, had she imagined that the opportunity to speak with Dorian Havilliard would arise. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Why would they hurt some little kids like that?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was very angry, but not so angry that I would ruin Chandra’s happiness. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I would be aiming a dangerous weapon at someone today when I woke up. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

A free man, the Americans believed, had the right to what he had built with his own strength, brains, and will. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Since that day, I have never sat with my back to a door—and I never will again. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hear him you would think he’d never left Jamaica, that the past nine years never happened. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was taking her to the thick eelgrass, where she would shed for the last time and become a grown-up lady crab—a sook. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said: “There is too much work. But quite soon now I will be able to do some of it. Then you must show me how to operate the tractor.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s a case of Mercurian gravity and a steel throwing arm. Watch, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The brambles would tear off my shoes and the rocks cut my feet and fingers, but I would keep climbing, eyes upward to follow the bird. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But will you tell her that Adam Trask would like to see her? She’ll know then whether I know her or not.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I would have thought that was obvious.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And I could feel what he felt on the night when he realized that if he didn’t leave, it would never be his life. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Though this was a violation, though she would be furious if a stranger did this to her, she couldn’t help herself. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If we can fix your ship, we can get out of here. Oh my God. Do you know what I would do for a burger and a bed?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

In the straw of the box, his wife would brace the children against the tooth-shattering, tongue-biting crash of the runners against stone and ground. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she would not let me have the books? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helene chatters about how thrilling it will be to put on our ceremonials. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He said we would come back again sometime. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It all started with a phone call that I will never forget. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Very occasionally some persons whom you had believed dead long since would make a ghostly reappearance at some public trial where he would implicate hundreds of others by his testimony before vanishing, this time forever. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Does that mean soon it will be our turn to be on top?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would never be quite certain, but the more time passed, the less probable it seemed that she could move elsewhere, and it became a question of chickens and eggs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When someone yelled ‘medic,’” said de la O, “we knew Jimmy would come a-running.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

"You will immerse once, then twice," she instructs me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“That’s a huge step in your relationship with Grace and Maya. The last time we talked about them, you said you would never tell them about it.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Kamau would never have left me, my better son would have stayed... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The fact that you would not be coming back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“If the two of you will be quiet for a minute or so I’ll tell you the whole of it. Fair?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had planned to make his way with stealth to the place where they would encounter each other. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She wondered if Anya would be awake still, at her daughter’s house in Rook Hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not have that pauper live like a lady in my house. She can earn her keep.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The newly appointed Dallas superintendent of schools, representing an outraged black constituency, would become hopelessly mired in it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her accusations would be all the more powerful for being muttered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If there were any water at all, it would be there where he could see, even in the distance, a hint of foliage. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the worry was this: If it came too soon, Timothy would not be able to move. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every few seconds, my brother would call my name, to make sure I wasn’t left behind. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“If you are interested in carpentry, I will be glad to have you as my apprentice. But knowing your father, I could probably guess that you want to go to school,” my uncle said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Dead and alive they would rest upon their own land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And I asked him why I would ever do that. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

If the Gamemakers want us in the open, then in the open we will be. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But then, as I got to know everyone a little better, I realized that maybe I didn’t have as much in common with them as I would have liked. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

We didn’t go ashore in the villages we passed; if the villagers had anything to sell, they would run up to the Congo’s banks, offering it in outstretched arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to cut the gum out of the zebra’s mane, too, but we decided that would be too risky with the truck bumping around. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley clutched her seat, afraid joy would launch her through the ceiling and whisk her high above the clouds. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Exactly, Daniel. Can you imagine the six of us in this hotel room for that long? Layla and Ivy will kill each other.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If ever I have children I will not read their diaries as I believe that even a child is entitled to some privacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your firsts will in-struct you in your duties. May all the gods preserve you, brothers." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Each morning before school, my mother would twist and yank on my thick black hair until she had formed two tightly wound pigtails. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished that someday would arrive soon because his wallet was a really big bully that said “No” and “Put that back” all the time. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The desire to stay like this for much longer than it will really last. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I told her I would ascertain the situation. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Little did I know, those very suits would help to save our lives during the terrible years ahead. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you will not join us of your own free will? You could be quite.. .precious to us. Why die again?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was frightened as to what he would do to her, so she dared not fall again. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Charles loved dogs—and when his grown children started calling him and Emma Father and Mother instead of Papa and Mama, he declared, “I would as soon be called Dog.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I could think of was if we’d netted a spy like this, Franklin D. Roosevelt would have thrown him back. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought there must be crates of foodstuffs packed somewhere in the hold but he didnt think any of it would be edible. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

‘You are Aspirants. Your footsteps echo in the sand and the stars. To own souls such as yours is a great honor. You will serve me well.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No matter how well they obeyed The Rule, someday the humans would come. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

While dramatic progress was apparent in the political and social realms, civil rights activists became increasingly concerned that, without major economic reforms, the vast majority of blacks would remain locked in poverty. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to come with me. I don’t know what I would say.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the boy was disappointed; he decided that he would never again believe in dreams. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol would throw her in the dungeons if he found her in some secret passageway—especially if the passageway led out of the castle! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

A couple of times a year, I would come to find, a Sing Sing officer was hauled off in handcuffs by the state police. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would be up to no good and they would know it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little deeper and the blade would have pierced the apex of the heart. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Kleenex would be good,” said Tucker, “but I was wondering—” He paused again. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the weekends when he was allowed to leave his boarding school, he would visit the three Mora sisters in their old mill to study various occult sciences. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many people felt life would change overnight after a free and democratic election, but that would be far from the case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to flick on the bathroom lights fast so that no small shadow would take a baby shape, sometimes seated on the edge of the bathtub, its hopes for a bowel movement so exaggerated. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt like if she put her hand against his chest, his heart would be beating a thousand times a minute and so would hers and maybe they’d both explode. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

To which Aycliffe replied, A great danger to us all.’Then the man said, ‘Precisely. There could be those who will see it so and act accordingly. You’ll be placed in danger, too.’ Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are times when I wish I had never been born, But I will be healed at Saint Winifred’s well. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

However, in 1790, if one wished to talk about “the great collaboration,” the presumption would have been that one was referring to Madison and Hamilton. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the Bush tax cuts, David demonstrated, will benefit the hyper-rich at the expense of the “merely rich.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

This was the first real moment of exposure, one Kaz would have no control over. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She says we need to find a place to hide, and then we will go to 5545 Mariendahl Road in the countryside first thing in the morning. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When will you take me out on the boat with you?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Seed Collector, be patient. We will resolve this issue with peace and understanding,” First Turkey said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“What kind of gun would you suggest for that sort of thing? Like, what kind is that one over there, in the comer?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then I think of how my old friends would love all this fancy technology and these special classes. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Later, the grass had been cut to make hay that would feed the farm’s animals through the winter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have a car either, and doubted his parents would ever get him one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Six people will go through 18 liters of water per day. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he would start on the next passage with only half an hour left to the shiur. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Like a punch in the gut, it hits me that in a few hours I will say good-bye to my family to get on a long, cramped plane ride across the world. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Shamika lives there now, but years ago, there used to be this one dude who would always work on his cars in the driveway. And I was convinced that he was a robot.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper had a feeling that Mr. Greenbaum would probably turn up by the end of the week, to see about renewing the contract. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It would take too long to saw through all the knots. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

You will get a nice, round circle of light projected on the wall. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He would hand Monsieur Giannot the stone, and Giannot would pull brass lorgnettes out of his breast pocket and fit their lenses over his calm eyes and tell him: real or fake. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Not only would it be awkward because of Jo, but Dries also is judgmental about Theo’s unconventional, artistic lifestyle, and he’s staying away because he’s about to be married. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

The one would follow the other measure for measure: so much food and water, so much good mood. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't speak very much English," she would say in a small voice by way of apology. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Because tonight, I will be the Ezili-Danto that she is too afraid to be. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I pretended not to pay attention because I hoped that Ocean would take the hint and stop talking to me. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Where possible, the tournament director alternates the colors, so that a player will play with the white pieces in one game and with the black in the next. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were beginning what would be a three-day drive, minimum—more likely four or five. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He checked the bolt on his door and wondered when his mother would be coining home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A large feast would be cooked for them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But I kept wanting to start, somehow, our own newspaper, that would be filled with Nation of Islam news. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It would be impossible. The cutlass, the smock. Someone would be injured. I came here to speak, not dance. I don’t dance. I never dance. I have never danced in my life.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poppy would pass through the house lifting his nose to the air, saying, “There it is, there’s my country.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped he would look down and smile at her. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she was up there, down there, out there, somewhere, maybe she would laugh. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Neither do I, Doctor," said Vogel, climbing the ladder, "but the commander has given us orders. Insubordination will not help." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would take a lot of work to keep the place clean, but I was willing to make the sacrifice. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

If that happened, he would be safe in sending the ransom note. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tendai knew it would be harvested to mend the roofs of the huts. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They would tell her everything they knew about her biological family, but only if she asked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

If he’d been planning to leave me alone for a while he would have told me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would make it easier not to care if she made fun of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He yelled down the staircase for the terrible racket to stop or he would call the police. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Still, in broad terms, the safety advocates hoped the successes with seat belts and drunk driving would provide a blueprint for addressing cell phone distraction. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The boys joked and said the botdes would freeze our things off and the master roared, Any more of that talk and I’ll warm the bottles on the backs of yeer heads. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We would never physically visit them, he thought, and with no sample in hand it seemed we would forever be denied knowledge of their composition. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eighty percent have decided to obey the dictates of their conscience, but the penalty will be severe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As Stephanie would later recall in a school essay, her mother came up to her afterward and said: “I am so sorry this happened, and I know you can be strong and get through it.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I would throw away the pile and start a new one. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

With luck, as soon as they tried to load the catapult, it would explode in their faces. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“The dybbuk will say anything to survive. It is a parasite that will suck every last drop of strength from its host and leave nothing left.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I expect Potter will be reunited with dear Sirius before I am reunited with Lucius.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, I had converted Kapwepwe, and he said he would call a meeting and make our case himself— and he did so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would explain that we Muslims believe in die Prophet Jesus. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would; if there were no friend who loved me, who would save me such a pain, and so desperate an effort!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Every morning he went to work, and the guys would tease him about going to work. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If this boy decided to assault me, it would have to be against the walls or on the floor. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Since the holidays were over, my mom asked if I would like to have Sam and Patrick over for dinner like she promised after I told her they said she had great taste in clothing. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For dangling before her, tantalizingly, what He knew would give her the greatest happiness, then pulling it away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I will not forget him, no matter how many swords they give me. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It has already cost at least ten million lives, with the likelihood that the ultimate number of human casualties will vastly exceed the deaths in the Second World War. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If too many people were logged in at the same time, the simulation would slow to a crawl and avatars would freeze in midstride as the system struggled to keep up. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So if Mom asked me, “Where are you going and when will you be back?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

It would ruin the movie if I flinch. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He wanted to make her feel better and tell her it would be okay, but he knew he couldn’t. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He is saying he won’t integrate because black blood will mongrelize his race! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It will take off whenever you are in it.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Charley, come out as fast as possible. Wet the other side of the street or it will burn!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was a question that had already begun to be answered, but neither Stravinsky nor Debussy, in 1913, would have guessed just how massive the forces of change were going to be. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Not fair. And yet it was her time. There is no fairness in Death. If you free me, I will do my duty. But of course these shades will try to stop you.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The boy wished she would stop humming and tell a story about the Lord or King David, but she kept humming “That Lonesome Road.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father said that is the Belgians’ doing and Americans would never stand for this kind of unequal treatment. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And with his winnings he would pay for his food and his lodging and his wine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, I thought I’d come up with a pretty solid plan; it would be a fun way to spend a Saturday night. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When Marlee’s ready to tell me, I’m sure she will,” said Daddy. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he will die here, Daenerys thought, unless there is more to him than I can see. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To have done otherwise would have been an act of disloyalty to Chicago and the nation. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I am still in charge here, Julius, so hand over those disks or I will have you detained.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“And I would also say it has the admiration of many people who lack your family’s...boldness.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or I would say, “It is a beautiful day. I have never seen the ocean so calm and the sky looks like a blue shell. How long do you think these days will last?” Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, she would have let her mother drink three bottles a night if it kept her calm, complacent. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Because the sun could not hold out forever against its foes, one sixteenth-century Nahuatl account explained, it would one day inevitably lose—there was no getting around it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Tonight was Midsummer’s Eve, and tomorrow would be her eighteenth birthday. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure how Mr. Griswold would react to this, but she felt compelled to bring it up anyway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They will drive him out of the village forever. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

For one thing—as he’d been telling his wife all week—the European powers would never let the Turks enter the city. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He claimed to be writing a Family Biography that the Family would have to pay him not to publish. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1667, Newton was elected to a minor Fellowship at Trinity, which would automatically become a major Fellowship when he became an MA in 1668. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I took out the flashlight and Mom’s research proposal and flipped to the section where she explains how the fisherman would tag the shark. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He would stay special, use his talent to do something more interesting and important than anagramming and translating Latin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He would think she had always lived in an elegant little house on the East Side. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It took fifteen years, but in 1979, the authorities announced over the intercom system that the diet for African, Coloured, and Indian prisoners would henceforth be the same. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would explore the campus a bit while she waited. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The guard was not discouraged by my attempts to get away from his probing hands and I would have squirmed to the driver’s seat had not Dad opened the door and got in. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then his next delivery will be the last. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then stop picking on me, will you? Get off my back, will you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Judith knew where every piece would go in the new house, and how to care for each lovely thing to keep it shining. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

How would I know if it was them? he inquired of himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Eric warned us not to appear too attached to our parents on Visiting Day, so visiting home would be betraying the Dauntless, and I can’t afford to do that. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Some discrimination would be conscious and deliberate, as many honestly and consciously would believe that black men deserve extra scrutiny and harsher treatment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Small token of regret, that one of mine would do this thing." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It would be difficult to spot a small rowboat floating in the river. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew if he accidentally dropped the bucket, he would be shot on the spot. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “I think this young lady needs to be in a class that will challenge her.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The prince has proclaimed that he will make some sort of announcement at the hunt,” she continued, “and my stepmother and stepsisters will be there. I wish to go without them knowing.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if I happened to be speaking anywhere within reasonable distance of wherever Cassius was, he would be present. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hugo and I will handle this. You kids have done enough.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how Miss Love managed it, but she got the telegraph operator to swear not to tell anybody what it said, namely, that the Pierce would arrive the following Saturday. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"By the way," my grandmother said, "would you like to know who did this to him?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

That will be the end of you and your family. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Children will sense instantly that they cannot come into her yard to retrieve a ball. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neil. You had that same confident, ‘you will do as I ask’ air that I could never pull off in a million years.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Rich users will sometimes come in here and clear out several big items. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

You have been kind and your life is good and beautiful and I will try very hard to help you, and now I have seen sraf, I know what it is that I am doing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

More than one captain made up his mind then and there that his “cobble” or his “mule,” as they term the different classes of boats, would remain in the harbour till the storm had passed. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I generally considered how nice it would be if I could simply stop myself from hurtling through space so fast, if only for a few seconds at a time. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Thundering toads,” Jennet would say, “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not begrudge me my little economies.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would you want to go back to a refugee camp?” she asked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Your family’s last appeal was rejected. The deportation stands, Ms. Kingsley. You and your family will have to leave tonight at ten p.m.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I would hope that you have a happy and fulfilled life.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he’d met in Romania and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

My mother is an older version of me, but she is also something I will never be. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If I knew he had no water left, and he wanted to come with us, I would have fought to bring him with us. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When he awoke from anesthesia and found out there would be no GeGe line, he was furious. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It would certainly require all our eyes and brains to be successful. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When both of them graduate, I would like to go back to México to be with them. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

One reason was that we’d be the last five-member USA gymnastics team to go to the Olympics; starting with the 2020 Games in Tokyo, each country would send only four artistic gymnasts. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It would be a quiet ceremony in the graveyard in the town where she died, but Charles did not want to stay. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You like having me beaten up at school, don’t you ?” “She is very mean, isn’t she?” the emigrant villagers would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if he managed to tell someone, there would be Gebu to deal with. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But tonight we will not discuss it. Understand?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He described party allegiance as “the last degradation of a free and moral agent” and claimed that “if I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Probably not. My father will beat me for sure when he figures out what has happened. But remember me, will you?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Aunt Maggie’s eyes I was a plainly marked failure and she feared that perhaps she would have to feed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Connor will probably get picked again too. He’s a little hard to handle, but he’s great with trivia.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I encouraged the people to return to the barricades, to intensify the struggle, and we would walk the last mile together. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of you will leave this island, Mister Brekker. All of you will vanish, and nobody will care.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

On the table there, polished now and plain, an ugly case would stand containing butterflies and moths, and another one with birds’ eggs, wrapped in cotton wool. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But one of you will be looking around with joy and anticipation, wondering what you can do to prepare your kids for the new world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Coin thought the parachutes would expedite the war. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At home most weekend nights, I would pass evenings reading. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For plants that reproduce themselves, the mutant would automatically be preserved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My twin gets on my nerves sometimes, but I would never dream of trading her in for anything in the world. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But we never did get to see whether Father would land all right or not. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you like me to do now that you’re all ready?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The sound suggests the softness of the thin oniony pages, how they would feel under the fingers. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Which will finish her off in a month or two,” the doctor confided to Bernard. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will not. I am not at the front. But I am an Italian.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, people would stand in line just to beat him up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

In any event, Cleopatra knew about Berenice’s murdering ways, and she understood that people would do anything to achieve and maintain power. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

So if crack dealing is the most dangerous job in America, and if the salary was only $3.30 an hour, why on earth would anyone take such a job? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But that would have been an even more certain death. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize now it was just plain foolish of me to think he ever would. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only Gypsies would keep an animal like that in the middle of their camp!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Anya wondered how she would sit on the chair, and then the water crunched as it turned to ice. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

If my dad was unhappy with me, he would sit me down and calmly explain why. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She would drink as much wine as she could. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Aristotelian system would outlast Alexander's empire; it would survive until Elizabethan times, the sixteenth century. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We have to leave in a few hours; the family can’t afford to keep us. He says there’s a family that will take us, and he’ll return soon to take us there.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brother, Salim, would be in town with other boys making a kite out of butcher paper, glue, and hand-carved branches. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

One more moment and he would fall straight on top of the dog, or else Gebu would open the gate and find him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She drew a picture of a mushroom on the blackboard and dotted a flurry of chalkmarks for the dusty fallout that would kill us all. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind. I will beat them properly this time, and then we will see who is master.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you fell off the plank and dropped the bag, it would split open, making a mess. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it hurts. How would you know it was strained if it didn’t?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Lawrence was the only American invited to an event at which he would be rubbing shoulders with twenty-one other present and future Nobel laureates. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Of course not. But if there weren’t any dangerous radiation, that would be a different matter.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

He would sit with me at a white-topped table in the Muslim restaurant and answer guardedly any questions I asked between constant interruptions by calls from the New York press in the telephone booth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between meals, a ring for the porter would bring anything the heart desired, and late at night, the athletes raided the galley. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How soon will the medicine help me, Mom?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“So would it be okay if your little sister has a peek at our hip-hop class? It’s just down the hall. I'll have her back here in a few minutes.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And when Papa wore out, Mama would go down and take his place. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who else could walk on air like that, who else would have a glowing heart? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A delegation of members informed me that if the charges against Swann were not withdrawn, they would resign in a body. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was excited to take his picture with the police officer," she would later say. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But my grandfather’s Third Wife was black with hair so soft that it would not hang, instead blowing up into a great brown puffball. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would ask him questions and he would answer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I will not let you do this to me,” Chandresh says, picking up the brandy bottle from the desk and brandishing it in front of him. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him it was because I was eager to see Maribel, who I knew would be there. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“It would have been hard to miss, considering you mutilated that driver.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A more modem version is the calculation of the approximate number of subatomic bits that would fill up the universe. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you see,” she said, “I can betray him easily. I can lead you to where he’s taking my daughter’s dæmon, and you can destroy Asriel, and the child will walk unsuspecting into your hands.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They would help them with money and food for a while, until they could get on their feet. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I told her that we would still keep her bed here for her, if she ever wants to use it. She will come and visit us soon. I knew she would miss us.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

As if we could already taste the glory that the Grasshopper would bring, once it was ours. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I am sure there will not be—In Almaden, at least.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“One day man will release and control its almost infinite power. We cannot prevent him from doing so and can only hope that he will not use it exclusively in blowing up his next-door neighbor.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He arranged the cushions so that she would be comfortable. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, Gale and I agree that if we have to choose between dying of hunger and a bullet in the head, the bullet would be much quicker. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Warm enough to believe again that food will come from the newly thawed earth. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow my pupil Kay will be knighted, and the next week my other pupil will go away as his squire. I have outlived my usefulness here, and it is time to go.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

We may be even less willing to face the issue at first hand than our predecessors because of a secret new hope that maybe it will go away. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She will fall in love, just as she said. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Lost in that we don’t like Tennessee much and would rather be home, yes,” the leader said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We are not the same and never will be. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jethro would remember a sunlit field and a sense of serenity and happiness such as he had not known since early childhood. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would at least have died after having crossed the strait, after having worked in a crystal shop, and after having known the silence of the desert and Fatima’s eyes. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like a hero. Maybe Agent Magnus is right—Quinton would want me to be safe. And besides, my supernatural ability is illegal. They probably wouldn’t even let me in.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not ten doctors in all of Nebraska would know to use traction. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

For Gabriel there would have been no life at all. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons were greedy eaters with terrible manners; if they found some food they liked just after finishing a meal, they would vomit what they had previously eaten and dig in. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought if you saw I could take whatever came at me and still smile, you would see that I was worthy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the groundskeeper thought it would be safe for a couple of bicycles to leave by the river path on the opposite bank. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

If only everything would just stop for once, just stop. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You will begin it tomorrow, and that is all I have to say about the apprenticeship. Do not waste your breath arguing.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go into detail about it because it’s pretty private stuff, but I will say that Brad assumed the role of the girl in terms of where you put things. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then she would lift her face, the corners of her mouth turned up with hope. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I hope he will eat. Chinyelu said even water has been hard for him to take in the last two days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid that would be improper,” she demurred, before glancing over at Raizel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Jessie had been sure that every kid in the neighborhood would line up to buy a cup of lemonade. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Now I wondered what it would be like to look normal. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes, I confess it And you would have rushed straight to the king, yes? And when Robert heard of his peril, what would he have done? I wonder." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I am afraid Hilly or Elizabeth will see something in my eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw wondered how long he would be made to stay here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Twenty-five beds arrived from different parts of the country so that the president would rest comfortably. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Modern science would still like to know what the secret ingredients were that the Egyptians used when they wrapped up dead people so that their faces would not rot for innumerable centuries. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If more show up, maybe the Faire will actually happen, after all.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"If he did," Ishtar said coolly, "he'd have no bargaining chip with you, now, would he?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The report came back that due to an unspecified family crisis, the banker’s son would be unable to marry for some years. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not just for us. For everybody we love. The Doors have to be closed on both sides, or the monsters will just keep coming through. Gaea’s forces will overrun the world.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She hoped they would, and that Justin would go with them and talk to the children and try to calm their fear. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on. It will soon be dry.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At my old school, I’m not sure folks would know about the missing towers. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the end of twelve minutes Dev would open his eyes as if he’d been awake all along, smiling at her, full of a contentment she wished she felt herself. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

If you show this to the authorities, you will most certainly be placing your life in danger. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I'd done my solo and would now move on to pursue other equally unsuccessful ways of getting attention. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Even if they could, the mattress would get wet, and it wouldn’t be good for Bri to be lying on a wet mattress in below-freezing weather for the three hours or more it might take. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe this will be a fun raiser after all. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The adviser heaped huge taxes on the Egyptians to ensure that Ptolemy’s debts would be paid in full. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Wilderness Adventures will always mean belonging to a crew, a team. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You are right, Lupita. You take care of it. We will send her as much as we can.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t come at all, I would have to sleep in some field and do this all over again tomorrow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Milk in refrig, I may get back after 3 to drop off groceries, and will then go back to study. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her roommate, a male friend, has begun hitting on her, driving her nuts, but the rent would be impossible alone. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no reason Penelope would be bothering Richard at such an early hour; everyone knew he never woke much before eight. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe fifth grade will be the year of earmuffs and the second year without a friend who is not a fish or in a book. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lady Marya had won clear too, and a good thing; the fire was spreading over Queen Alysanne and her foes faster than he would have believed possible. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I waited a minute to see if anybody would beat me to it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Con turned to the Huntsman and asked, “When will we see the Fairy Queen?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

And everyone will cry and cry for me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That person would signal with a specific three-note whistle as he approached. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As I was saying, I will take Phoebe. And I wish Bianca to go.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I popped down out of sight and I heard William saying, "Your roast lamb, madam. And which vegetable would you like? Peas or carrots?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then he made it his home away from home and began painstakingly to learn the town from the ground up, while searching for a family whose experience would carry a narrative. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘We will not speak of this here,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Their first response was, “Mandela, why don’t you retain a lawyer to defend you? He will be able to handle the case properly. Why put yourself out?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once she identified the problem, Anthony knew what to do: She would go to the New York State Legislature and change the law. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Carpentry,” Sister Ignatia continued, not noticing the shock on Antain’s face that she had, apparently, read his mind, “would have been my guess. You were always thusly inclined.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I had no idea if Devi would be awake at such an early hour, but it was a risk I had to take. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I could show him myself, if that would make a difference.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they thought the boy’s mother would have a quiet funeral and leave the coffin unopened. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

For English, we read passages from books, learned to spell words, and sometimes the teacher read stories out loud and we would write them in our notebooks. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“We will stay together. Zeus is un imbecile.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Next year will be worse,” the major said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then death will drift upon me from seaward, mild as air, mild as your hand, in my well-tended weariness of age, contented folk around me on our island. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later I would have more than enough time to take them in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was invited to lecture at schools that only a few years before would have rejected my application for graduate study. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He would watch the show To Tell the Truth, and without fail he could always pick out the people who were lying,” his son Mark recalls. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Aunt. Mrs. Chester asked me if I would, and I offered to tend a table, as I have nothing but my time to give.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my parents agreed to open up with the truth, I kind of figured this would be it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The universe will die a cold death, not a hot one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Loaning him ten dollars here and there and hoping he would buy food with it, but knowing he probably wouldn’t. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He paid attention to die feeling now and he stood and waited, patiendy, knowing he was right and that something would come. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yellow flowers everywhere. And a spring yellow dress, like a normal wedding dress only yellow. And he would wear a yellow cummerbund.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Frank would stand ten feet or so in front of me as I delivered a bowl. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she would lay her head on the mattress and stretch out her hand just to touch him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, I would catch myself from being distracted by the bright trail we were leaving behind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think Mami and Papi would want you to be safe, at a convent with holy sisters looking after you?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

At other times, for instance, I would make up new laws. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I think that any city’s police will tell you that very rarely do they find one type who will work at another time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat behind me in Sunday school and would slap me on the neck. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was so positive that the whole thing was going to be off that I never asked myself what I thought the right thing to do would be. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But what your mother said is true as well. There will be changes.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I loaded my stuff into it and drove it to Utah, figuring the car would just about make up for the money Dad owed me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Soon the god’s shining boat would touch the tops of the western cliffs, and the working day would be done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The Gray there would be all over you if you didn’t come up that road with me and the mule.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says it’s not the River Shannon that will kill us but the stink from that lavatory outside our door. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Along the coast as much as we could because then we could sleep on the beach where nobody would bother us. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We said we would write to each other, but I didn’t give him my address in Brooklyn and I forgot to get his address in Oakland. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

They will probably have become extinct by then. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Back in the fourth grade, my teacher would have us lay our heads on our desks after we came in from recess. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was holding back the tide by force of will, but tension was building, like carbonation behind a cork. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If she were in a panic, or terrified, or jerked awake during a fire, she would not remember how to produce those American sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“When we leave here, this loop will close behind us. It’s possible you may never be able to return to the time you came from. At least, not easily.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Then, at the Egyptian pyramids,”—he said the last three words slowly, so that the old woman would understand—“the child said to me, ‘If you come here, you will find a hidden treasure.’ The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was written that this devil white race would rule the world for six thousand years. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And proximity would give me opportunities to catch her attention by being wonderful. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another problem, but also a pleasure, for our orbital town would be weightlessness. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second round was all scripted, and if they didn’t get what they liked, they would just run it again.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Preschoolers would then be brought into the room, two at a time, and told to watch the television show. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said the only fair thing to do would be to auction off the Beta Capsule and split the proceeds. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the night she would be drenched with perspiration. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mom,” he said softly, “will find you as soon as the storm stops. This is her first home.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

If you had to pick, which would you prefer, muffins for hands or pickles for toes? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t have imagined that I, a kid whose closest contact with boating was the Staten Island Ferry when I visited my aunt once a year, would end up lost at sea. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that prediction would have come true too. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She told her family that they would stop to eat after they had passed through Easton. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless he explicitly asks me. If he does, you need to know I will have no choice but to answer truthfully.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Your legs will bum if you try to wade through.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was midsummer in the Antarctic: the weather from now on would begin to go downhill. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

In the old days, five elfin warlocks would form a pentagram around the target and spread a magic shield over it, temporarily stopping time inside the enchanted enclosure. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“You never know if you will meet somebody.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Howard Fuller knew that if whites considered Operation Breakthrough as an exclusively “black” organization, it would limit the group’s effectiveness. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he would likely go to sleep bruised and bloody to-night. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she will,” Fern decided, and that was all I needed. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I have one little girl who is very nervous and she kept saying...‘I don’t want to die.’...If such programs continue I will make kindling wood of my receiving set.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If I'd known what would happen and what I would find out about love and war, I would have made sure to say it then. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I am most assured you will find him every bit as enchanting as I do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But if I went through with the exorcism, I would be severing my only lead to finding Yakov’s true killer. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

With a strong wind behind you, you’ll fly faster; but if you fly straight into that same wind, it will slow you down. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then this would still be my year, and Cap would be nothing more than a walking bad-hair day nobody really knew. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Omar would have laughed at me for picking up such a heavy tome, but choosing thick books meant I could hold on to them longer before I needed to exchange them. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I will not give in to the intimidation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I approached warily, certain that as I moved closer the horse would buck, or rear, or charge. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She would not add more to their misery. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he pushed forward impulsively, he would fail to see the signs and omens left by God along his path. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t keep going quite so fast, but he continued running for a while—it would build him up. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Emergency Service promised her a staff doctor would attend to me if I could come in to the ward. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t explain it, but I sensed that when I found the right trunk, I would just know. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In court there would be eyes and ears that would be alive to such signs. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nick was sure it would work, and he got all excited about it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her knees would weaken, and she would have to go somewhere and lie down. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Say, when you go, take Ma home, will you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, we could totally skateboard in here and no one would know!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Obviously, we understand the seriousness of the situation now, and we will...do something about it.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“If you are tired, you can rest. But I will continue to look for our daughter.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I would solve the mystery the next instant. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, no? I say yes! You don’t mean you think he would claw me now that he’s so tame and loving?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered idly what fixed memory they would have of me in twenty or thirty years. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he always does what he says he will, so when he doesn’t show up at the end of the school day, I start to get nervous. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

If we fall back, we will have fought here for two days and we will leave knowing that we did not drive them off, and if it was no defeat, surely it was no victory. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where would I get books to read if I wasn’t allowed to go to school either? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

From there she would move onto a series of outcroppings that formed something almost like steps. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, yeah, it’s a lot to remember, but I wasn’t going to forget bits and pieces of it, right? What kind of story would that be?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It is comparatively inexpensive: the cost of a single naval vessel of intermediate size— a modern destroyer, say—would pay for a decade-long program in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What we noticed was that the first time through, kids would shout out the name of the letter after Jones did,” Sam Gibbon says. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just kept them in so no one would bother me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He will smile one minute and frown the next, squinch his nose, tilt his head left and then right, scrunch his mouth. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Mr. Popper, “I have a better idea. We will keep the penguins. Mamma, you have heard of trained seals, acting in theaters?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

It may be, though, that the medicine worked on women and Mama would have to protect herself and Amala to make sure that only Olanna died or became barren or went mad. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What would be their version of the past we once shared? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the hush-hush 1940s, such a public display of mental illness would have spelled the end of Blanche’s career at Langley, even if she had been able to recover from the episode. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Without them the earth would be an unhappy place. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Goober wondered whether he himself would ever be in a good mood again. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I trust this farmer will do likewise when I ask if he’s seen Alice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some word from him that would rekindle the dream and stop the death they were dying. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walt said he would call a friend he knew who had a helicopter. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We would be stopping at least once more on the road. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I wasn't watching it with my own eyes, I would never believe anyone could move that fast. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Whether Goll lied about sending the alarms or whether the alarm box failed to work will never be known. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I’m sure some people in school would give me hell, but my friends would be fine. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Any bravo who saw the prospect of some caprice-suiting as inviting enough to visit the Amazons himself, Carvajal solemnly warned, “would go a boy and return an old man.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wait for her to open them again, hoping that the tears will be gone. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“As our queen commands. But any of you who would like to hear more about Gaea, and our glorious future with her, come with me!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Since 1988 he’d been working hard to make a go of it as a freelance photographer, and he hoped reaching the summit of Everest would give his career a needed boost. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I would rather see a good Brady photograph than Mount Rushmore. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You're his granddaughter. You were almost three when she died, yes? He would have had a photograph of his own by then." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As his stomach ached from hunger, Jack’s memories were of wonderful family dinners, when his mother would beg him and his sister and brother to eat more, even though they were already stuffed. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The time has finally come to see how you fare as actors and actresses. Everyone who auditions will be given a part.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe angels would be a better word for them. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The first week you work for me you will pay one third of what you earn to the man who makes your forged card. You will pay another third to my brother, Hector.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“We promised her and then we had to put it outta our minds so there was nothing in our Noise, nothing that would let anyone know what we were gonna do.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

And I would have to say the main factor behind that for me was Mama Cradle. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t want to play a little ball...would you?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Akka would never have guessed that just by looking at your hair, boss.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Mostly they would just be driving back and forth from Jerusalem to Ramallah to their house, which sat so neatly in between. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She would have called the police right away—I know her.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What we need,” said Wednesday, suddenly, “is snow. A good, driving, irritating snow. Think ‘snow’ for me, will you?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“How you can bear such recollections, is astonishing to me!—They will sometimes obtrude—but how you can court them!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Sometimes his face would be wet with tears. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Zach drove the honey wagon as fast as it would go, which was about thirty miles an hour. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“More addictive than most drugs. Sampling a lotus blossom awakens a craving that will never be silenced. Many have wasted their lives pursuing and consuming the petals of those bewitching flowers.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What sort of man would they choose for a third courier? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But I don't want to think about what would happen if I asked Mom to play football again. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“I will give you a gown and you can go in,” the nurse said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

"If we linger here, they will be on us again for a certainty, and we may not live through a second attack." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Any day now,” prisoners whispered among one another, “the Allies will be in Berlin, and we will be set free.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything more you will let me do?” he asked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I will tell her you came by.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Susan Calvin said, “I was curious to see if you would eat it, but, of course, in the present case, it proves nothing.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s the same poison that was released when the gods churned the Ocean of Milk. It will kill us. Please tell me you read the sign.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I cannot tell you what an extraterrestrial being would look like. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holmes knew she would, for how could she have done otherwise? The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“The sheriff would soon be at my door,” he later explained, “and I didn’t want the door to be Rand’s.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

LightningGirl: I will be unavailable for the Saturday night math chat. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as she began to roll with one sweeping rhythm, she would start her story. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would save us a lot of time.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It would not be long before I got to the parts that could ruin anybody’s lunch. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It's still early, and there aren't as many cars on the road as there will be in a few hours. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“How would you like that? A Written Complaint?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father would sooner watch us all perish one by one than listen to anybody but himself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew my mother would be distraught, and he knew that only he could comfort her. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There would be a small ledge beneath it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

We gave every indication that I was going to testify so that they would spend their time planning their cross-examination. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t for you and children them, I would have all the things I want. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Look, Your Honor, with great and elaborate care we conditioned Mary Dalton so that she would regard Bigger Thomas as a kind of beast. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Your mind is your house and if you fill it with rubbish from the cinemas it will rot in your head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Learn to use the other four, you will have fewer cuts and scrapes and scabs.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

First she’d convince her parents: “Father, you need rest. You can’t get sick again. Mother, it’s only an hour a day. Nobody will recognize me.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me the problem would be solved by using another’s wand!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Capricorn’s mother thought that was the only real truth in the world, and she told her son day in, day out that one day he would be the strongest of all. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I stalked downstairs to the kitchen and laid out three different snack cakes, agonizing over which one would provide the best musical energy boost. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thrust out a leg like a horse would, straight back, and connected with a fiend’s stomach, pulping its organs. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

There is nothing she would not do, I thought, lying there in the darkness. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited, expecting he would say something I could at least comprehend; but his hand was now at his chin, his finger on his lip: he was thinking. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered also whether I would be home to learn his fate. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said she would speak to me later and continued talking about the rally and honoring Bobby Hutton and freeing Huey. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be happy to come by from time to time,” he continued. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I would rather be a poet than end up inside a bomb or a bottle of shampoo. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Me! Me!” the schoolteacher called out in a demanding voice, and as Matty watched, Mentor shoved the people standing in front of him aside so that he would be noticed. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

The virtual particle/antiparticle pairs of spin Vi and Vi would have negative energy, and so would tend to cancel out the positive energy of the spin 2, 1, and 0 virtual pairs. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And who knows, maybe this time will be different, with the holidays starting and all. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“What would you buy right now if you could?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“A little plaster and paint will take care of it,” Dad said of the hole in the wall. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or it would bounce along the ground and they could kick it. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she did not mind, for he would be back at the weekend, and one day he would be home forever and not an unkind word would be spoken. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Madeline: I promised her I would spend more time with my mom. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think the Department is smart enough to know that today’s COs would only laugh. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above all, though, she adored dance, believing it would teach her courtiers elegance, decorum and a respect for order. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Bugloss was as good as a casualty: he would never hold rank again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one will know who we are if we travel lightly, Lord Raiden. But if we travel with a caravan of guards, we will be a slow-moving target.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If anyone had told her a hundred years ago that humans would be taking the fertile out of fertilizer, she would have told them to get some air holes drilled in their skull. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Still, I had no clue how bad things would really get. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My mother said she was glad her children were getting their educations and would not be pushed around like los pobres. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Simon tried to win my confidence; she asked me if I would like to be adopted by her if my mother consented and I said no. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We will have to leave before daybreak,” I heard my mother say to my father as we prepared to go to sleep. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

On his return to America, he promised, he would come to Selma. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were a little concerned that when we had paying guests, which would be soon, this might be a problem. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her enthusiasm makes me itch, but sarcasm would go right over her head. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Doris could barely take the news, so I knew Jazz would be crushed. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“For the first time, I present the Singer of the future. One day she will wear the robe.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Sam was now sorrowful at heart, and it seemed to him that if the parting would be bitter, more grievous still would be the long road home alone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I think I will go get some food, Uncle. I have to check the lines this afternoon. Someone has to feed the women.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Instead it is his knowledge that apart from their affluence, Gerald and Lydia are secure in a way his parents will never be. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is rather like the big bang at the beginning of time, only it would be an end of time for the collapsing body and the astronaut. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would meet me at the fence at seven in the evening. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There would be only a few cobs on each plant, and the kernels would be small and deformed. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I knew the Hulls would feel bad—especially David—but I didn’t have room for anyone’s feelings but my own. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If plants made sounds, it would all be different. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“When you’re in the dorm, you will treat it just like you are in this house. All the same rules apply. Do you understand?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

In an hour he would be off duty, thank Christ. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor would I know him if I saw him again in the kelp, for now that he had grown and his wound had healed, he looked like all the others. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor was she sure how it would help them make the so-called physicians cure that Nike had mentioned. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I even started picturing how it would be when I came back. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

That may not be a very scientific method for finding the east-west middle of the country, but it will do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We better cut off the turnips. They’ll burn, and Mama will whip us,” she said. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And then Frodo will have to be locked up in a tower in Minas Tirith and write it all down. Otherwise he will forget half of it, and poor old Bilbo will be dreadfully disappointed.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I wish I was the fish, he thought, with everything he has against only my will and my in-telligence. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that she would barely eat any of it, so that Papa and I could fill our bellies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it seemed the night would last forever, the blackness finally softened into a dull gray. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“One that will get us out fast. You two round up the cats.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would call for a glorified version of the Games to make fresh the memory of those killed by the districts’ rebellion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Had they been in a fan boat, the noise overwhelming, they would have heard nothing. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"It's disgusting, like in the old days. People would walk around court looking like rotten chicken ready for frying." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The ghetto teenagers make up their own minds they would rather be like the hustlers whom they see dressed “sharp” and flashing money and displaying no respect for anybody or anything. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered their arms entangled, their stupid little inside jokes, the way he felt when he would come over to her house after school and see her reading through the window. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The Chancellor’s eyes had taken on a curious look by this point but he pushed it aside as he said, “Is there anything else you would like to say?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe this hugely powerful god would turn out to be helpful. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She would always remind me to speak to her in Spanish. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She will wait here, sewing, until Olga can buy her legs, too. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I do believe you. I just meant I can see why people would want to settle here. Lots of fertile farmland, lots of potential for people to make new lives.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“That would be my pleasure,” said the porter. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I do not know.—One of the Otways.—Not Frank;—it is not Frank, I assure you. You will not see him. He is half way to Windsor by this time.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

But I knew if I didn’t eat anything, Dadi would take it as a personal insult. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“When my project is complete, what you and I have gathered will be more valuable to me than the Hope Diamond.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wine would need to serve, though he saw no sense in wasting a good vintage. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Afternoons I would see her coming from blocks away, heading home, her tiny figure warped by heat waves and that bonnet a yellow flower wavering in the glare. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were well-intentioned, community-minded women, often single mothers or grandmothers, the type who inevitably stepped in to help when no one else would volunteer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I thanked him and told him that I would tell Margaret how helpful he had been. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also see a few people nodding mechanically, probably thinking we should go along, maybe believing that will get them out of here sooner. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The worst enemies that the mind can imagine will be there that day. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

On a cold or rainy day, the gym could fill with upward of four hundred inmates, and there were moments when I would be the only officer there with them. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So tomorrow, if the weather’s nice, Bunny will more likely than not go for a walk.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t remember this lake, or wide place, or whatever it was, but if it was two miles long it would take two full hours at least to cross it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Fencing would be my winter sport, and I would play softball in the spring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Drogo watched without expression, but his eyes followed their movements, and from time to time he would toss down a bronze medallion for the women to fight over. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

We respected the power of juju, even feared it, but my family always trusted our faith would prevail. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

"Wishing it were otherwise will not make it so. King Robb must make his peace with the Lannisters. He must put off his crown and bend the knee, little as he may like it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I will ease off only when I reach one hundred. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Hello, class. My name is Ms. O’Donnell, and I will be your homeroom and first-period teacher for the school year,” she said as she wrote her name on the board. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What difference would it make? They should just get married and shut everybody up.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you think you would marry your own sister?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If we made up the perfect country Minerva keeps planning, I would fit in perfectly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even on stealth-sensitive radar he would be no more than a barely perceptible distortion. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Zola says, “He won’t like it. He’ll say he needs permission from the authorities—the police or whoever would be in charge of the children.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were waiting for a seat on the early-morning train, they said, and would be there all night. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, this sailor was poor and a foreigner, not the sort of person who would draw much attention from the community around him. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I wish he would keep it to: How are you? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

If it were up to me, Teen Kia would treat girls with love and respect. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now, thing is, 1 would nod and be all agreeable so as I could get to work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would anyone want a belly piercing?” he asked, genuinely appalled. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“That would be the worst thing ever,” the white girl says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Frequently, the people on the west bank would have to leave their cars along the shoulder of the highway and try to wade across the raging creek just to get to their homes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a canary-yellow two-piece bathing suit, one piece of which she would not actually be needing for another nine or ten years. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Which they would have if they could have walked. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who knew how many more times he would make me need them. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered one time when I had run out and it would take a day to get it filled up, but that was too long. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If I majored in African and African-American studies, what would I do upon graduation? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He would have sat down next to me on the stupid steps and we would have talked about the season, like pals. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They would live in Louisiana for the next two years; when my dad graduated from college, they returned to Iran, where they remained until their escape in 1982. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And when he came around he would punch you one of those little coach seat slips to ride wherever the train went. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the tree, feeling sorry for him, would move its boughs, although there was no wind, and it would let down all sorts of delicious food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He would be safe in their house on Dart Street, he figured, far from any levees, with two stories, plenty of tools, and food. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In my opinion it would be well for us to leave this place as soon as possible. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“When you come to the tallest of the trees, go toward the lake, then around the rocks and back into the trees. There, the buck will wait for you.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was only one solution: she would divorce her husband and marry his nephew. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Now, all the soldiers that were marching were white and it never occurred to me that he would have been in the parade. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The opposing teams would alternate as the lead, second, third, and fourth bowlers all took their turn. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I tried to think what Diego would say if he saw me like this. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That would be an a, that would be a b—oh no!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon, she reminds herself that if she is weak, if she does not keep moving forward, her children will pay. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If there was an animal she thought would kill our chickens, Mama would kill that animal first. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The first group to capture all the members of the other group would win. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Walking back to the truck, neither one of us commented about what most non-Afghans would have seen as an improbable coincidence, that a beggar on the street would happen to know my mother. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He figured if Haley Daley wasted time retracing steps he and Andrew had already taken, she would find nothing new and become less of a threat. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I stroked her hair, wondering what would happen to her. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m just wondering if there would be any conflict with your, um, lifestyle choices that might interfere with the work we do here.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

No matter where I was or what I was doing, I would never fail to be at the Xhomas’ on Sunday. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will answer them. All of them. But Boo is right, there are some things he and I need to discuss.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And if you scream,” she said, wagging her finger angrily at Amil, “your Papa will be the first to know.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"And who will protect us from my guards?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And how would I react when it was? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she knew anything about anything, she would be able to look at the shadows the trees cast and know if she was going backward. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A part of me that would no longer sit still and do as I was told. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Nathaniel would pass by the front door at just the right time. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bus will only be a few minutes.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The President saw it too and the matter did not amuse him, for he realized it could be the detonator that would set off the powder keg on which his government was delicately perched. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard was sure that if Woolf let War Admiral challenge him, Seabiscuit would run faster and try harder than if Woolf tried to hold the lead alone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids in our history class at Burnt Mill Creek High School all believed Cade was some sort of superhero who could inflict brain aneurysms at will. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

"For you, they would ha' to think up a whole new category." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He never would have guessed that there were eighty-nine pages’ worth of things to say about pigeons. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

And it would hurt, and someone would die. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

And he would also have had access to the planet’s source code, if he’d wanted to hide something here. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He was thrilled to hear that the charges against him would be dropped, but he was still shaken by the whole experience. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I could not shut out this chaos I would fell indeed, I would go mad, and there was no shutting it out. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I agreed that this would explain Estraven’s anxious, almost frantic manner. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

He would make his way toward the same spot from another direction, in the hopes of driving some pigs toward me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I could hear the hinge of my jaw clicking every time I opened my mouth, but I knew it would be fine. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

On an ordinary day, we would open the windows first thing to let the hot air out of the house and let the sweet summer breeze in. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We anchored at Dominico...a very fair island...inhabited by many savage Indians....They are continually in wars, and will eat their enemies when they kill them, or any stranger if they take them. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

My mother will know where to reach me. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If I told her that I worked for the funeral home, then I would be dude who worked with dead people, which wouldn’t be a bad thing—if I wasn’t a teenager. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Her grandmother had warned that she would knock open the head of anyone who messed with her land. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“My father commanded all the guards to shoot to kill if any of you tried to escape. I don’t think Chaol would ever have given that order,” he added, though he wasn’t sure why. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He said this coldly, without emotion, neither threatening nor sympathetic, exactly the way one would say: “The weatherman’s promising rain for tomorrow.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only yesterday, Master told Ugwu, “My mother will be visiting this weekend, so clean the guest room.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In an hour he will become one screaming bundle of intolerable pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was in the cadence of his speech, and this had the effect of making men, and women too, tell him things they would not tell to relatives or close friends. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In a second they’re going to be blown past each other, and who knows what will happen next?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The one that would ride in his back pocket, whisper words of encouragement, tell him that he was born to chase the light. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

No one would stand around and say “He never felt a thing.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now, I will make clear to you this, my friend. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And what would they know about ships in the green lands? Or women, for that matter? Besides, I think you made that up." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I'm in college, not junior high. Besides, who would come?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It will pass if I sit here quietly.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said things like “I don’t know how Dad got that idea” and “Dad must have misheard me,” hoping that if I rejected their percipience, they would simply dissipate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I only wish that someday Phnom Penh will be as happy and rich as Saigon. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt that if she let go, the whole inside of her would fall apart. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her book, Malala describes the freedom, beauty, and respect for different beliefs in her village that were there before the Taliban, and hopefully will be there again. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

After Alex decoded the message in the email, his mother called Luna directly and told him, no questions asked, she would grant him full protection from criminal charges if he helped her take Richards down. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And if that don’t get you, the stuff they spray on the trees will eat your liver up.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only a few trials, I think, will be needed; and I shall not have to call on Gimli for words of the secret dwarf-tongue that they teach to none. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You’ll make friends and do things here just like you would back home.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

In this place, he was probably better protection for me than free papers would have been, but I didn’t want him here. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, they turned to Lucretia Mott’s husband, James, and asked him if he would preside over the meeting. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

You would even rob them of their souls if you could get at them.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” said I, “what Vishnoo would say, could he speak.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In order to harvest these things from the tree, the Apothecary would have had to cut it down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Would he have his free filed down and replaced by a pretty mask, his brain turned into whatever mush the authorities decided would be acceptable for a former renegade raised in the wild? Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“They’re ripening very quickly,” answered Milo, “and we don’t have a minute to lose. Just think how happy the men back at the squadron will be when they get these bananas.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Farmers use it in Ire* land, as praise or compliment, saying, “So-and-so has a Word. He will do what he promised.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This will only take a moment,” she said, standing up behind her desk. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Ever since he told me he had a family, I’ve been watching him change, grow into the man who could do the Lord’s will.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Haggadah had to be read and Tateh would ask us children questions about why we celebrated the feast of Passover. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I promised that I would, and then I introduced Sweetie Pie to Miss Franny and to Gloria, and right after that, the preacher showed up. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel sighed, as though there were no way I would understand. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Curiosity would not be sated until the mechanical finches that were now so abundant around the globe had evolved to fly to the limits of the atmosphere. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Some of the most insidious tricks employed tonight will involve artifice and illusion. Without the milk you could be even more susceptible. It would only broaden their ability to mask their true appearance.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

At such a rate, we will reach it in ten billion years, and extragalactic astronomy will then be a great deal easier. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or the principal would announce that they were all suspended. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But then I got an idea that would make her just stop hounding me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, he would have to turn from her, which I felt was terrible. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He would be trying to get me back at any cost. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Such poverty would sit hard with a queen and her ladies,” I admit. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was the first of what would become a string of academic successes for the Warner children, in the classroom and in competitions outside of it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I will tell them that, Uncle,” he said, and crawled away. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

As a scientist, she believed that it was her obligation to perform medical research that would help alleviate human suffering. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would much prefer this useful role, if I had any say, to the essentially unearthly creature we seem otherwise on the way to becoming. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something with feet that big would be hard to miss. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It had no straps, but he managed to tie it up with lengths of string, so that it would go over his shoulders. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

As the long August afternoon boiled along, the exploded knot-hairball would cave in here, cave in there. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fully dawned on me, I would never see Yakov again after this. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he thought now, if he chopped enough wood quickly, there would still be time at the end of the day . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘It will have to be paid for,’ they said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Coulter,” said the king, “these questions are just the sort of things a spy would want to find out.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But I cannot refuse you, lord. He is in such a strange, dark mood, I am afraid of what he will do if I ask him.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was careful to keep them alive, because otter will not eat anything that is dead, and left them in the pool. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We're scientists. We must take the risks of our science and our will to achieve. Would you like to resurrect God to take responsibility?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where this was going, but I was hoping that eventually it would lead to a TV and a snack. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I will chew you like a piece of gum, until anything resembling Caden Bosch is gone, and you are nothing but black pitch between my teeth. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as those students got to know us, I had total faith they would realize how wrong they had been about our people. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had planned for us to kill time playing in the park until Cecile would let us in the house, but playing in the park meant playing together. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah! The doc said a pig would really get her milk goin’.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I would pretend I was seventeen and join the army. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The Golden Rule was a fiercely nonunion shop—which would, over the next few years, find itself at the center of a citywide boycott and labor battle—and as a result wages were low. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She fought for breath, as if that stare was incinerating all the oxygen in the room, as if she would be consumed along with it. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Mami has been so depressed that Tía Mari thought that just seeing her old friends secretly from the window would lift her spirits. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They would scratch his eyes out if he went any closer. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

And that was the simple truth of it, Harry knew, because their protective enchantments meant that it would be impossible, once they vacated this spot, for Ron to find them again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He set a limit of 130 pounds, choosing that weight because it was the most the racing secretary would be permitted to assign in the 1938 Santa Anita Handicap. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll take Father as my example once again, and I will improve myself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

That day I had an answer of sorts—my phone was ringing, I was in a hurry—but I doubted it would fly with Wickersham. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wished Baba would stop calling him that. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Funeral voices...that was how he would describe them later. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Suggest? There’s no suggesting to be done. Those who can swim, swim. The others will have to stay here and hope for the best. The dog may not come.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I thought that everyone in her class would hate me because I joined the group after they’d been together for three years. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If you stay here, my boss will come and...” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They had decided to start a fire next to Capricorn's house, so that it would not spread to the hills so fast but would threaten the only thing Capricorn cared about: his treasure chambers. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The chattering voice might tell the story, how Faye was sick, and what she looked like, and about the will. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would have been fascinated by its implications, moved by the tenderness of its labor, and struck by its strange explanatory power. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Crane will talk sense into them. He knows we had nothing to do with what happened.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was in his final semester at Harvard and caught up in his Law Review work but would soon head back my way to take the Illinois bar and look for a job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Wilmuth, would you please tell the radio audience as much as you remember?” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

They would dream of what it would be like to live in a country where they could forget their color and play a responsible role in the vital processes of the nation’s life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She unlatched one and fumbled around inside until she found something that would substitute for a blanket. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I trust you. You will win, as many times as it takes.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It’s still really easy to get liquor and beer, is my understanding; always has been, always will be. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Gary flipped to another passage for me to read: “Someone will ask, ‘How can the dead be raised to life? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It didn’t matter that I had made white friends who would have sacrificed their lives to save me when we were at war. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can go if you want to, but I suggest that you stay in bed tonight,” she said, pointing her finger at me, the way a mother would talk to a stubborn child. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

If I never learned shorthand I would never have to use it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“If only I’d been standing one yard farther west, it would have been perfect.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The ogres would bring her back from death. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the women rejected the call for equal pay, because they believed it would be unladylike. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The other girls headed off to the locker room with promises they would keep calling her until she called them back. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

There were vines and creepers where at home would be honeysuckle. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never imagined that there would be a statue....How strange it was to see himself represented in stone, a happy baby without a scar on his forehead.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“That’s how it’s supposed to happen. How it should happen. How it would have happened if I didn’t exist — and I shouldn’t exist. ” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They talked some, then at a certain point Martin would stand with a solemn expression and Cora clambered back into the nook. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I will be expected to dance so fiercely that I wear through a pair every night. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That they would or could put all of Owen in it angered him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Angelina, bring my small cabinet of medicines and the bag of herbs. A hot poultice placed on my belly will help to shrink the womb and parsley will bring away the afterbirth.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If she had won, Rue would never have let my death go unsung. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know that if I say them, you will roll your eyes. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I'm half Asian, a girl, and I believe in aliens. Pretty much every lifetime before mine would have sucked for me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I never would have guessed that Lin-lin—so quiet in class that I hardly knew she was there—would be so sharp. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rack my brain to try to think what could be in these poems that would get us in trouble. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“And you wouldn’t tell anyone, would you? Not even one of the teachers?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The bus would bring him back to Baltimore City every Friday evening, but much of his weekend was spent preparing for the next week in Laurel. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They must have been worried that there was a spark that would have set the rest of us ablaze. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The other said that to change anything in the sugar islands would invite slave revolts, help France’s rivals, and thus hurt the nation. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Did these words mean that she would approve our marriage? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

When my fingers are gone he will take my hands. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But all the while the ready manner of my face and hands and body will say, “Yes, I am here, enjoying your company, so let us go on, please.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Come November the boat would sell, then the house, said Carl. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Anyone who was late, she told them, would be left behind. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

If that were so, we would all be destroyed in a day. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was afraid, when your boy there defended her, that it would set him off.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Watching them sit there playing with their sons, reading the paper, smoking, or drinking a Coke, I never would have guessed they were on trial for murder. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“If he were not, would I trust my granddaughter to his care?” asked Vikus. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I dreamed Gilliam Park would be; however, my dream was buried in granite dust and hard crusty rocks with no shade, no greenery, and no picnic tables. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure what I will do, I can’t seem to right myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” said Lancelot, choosing the words with pain, “it would be better to trust somebody else.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, your game is getting pretty good, and I hope you do make it to the league, then we would all be living nice,” he said with a smile on his face. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw land, he’d thought, he would know it was over. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Heat would make a person do strange things. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We felt that the country was drifting towards a civil war in which blacks and whites would fight each other. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t know anyone from Bone Gap who would want to sleep in the barn, except maybe Charlie Valentine’s chickens. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Very soon now he would be at the back of the lines, where the SS and their pistols waited. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid to be in the same room with her, afraid that she would guess . . . and afraid to hide from her for the same reason. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Often my father would rub my shirt between his thumb and fingers and ask, “Is this preppy?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Frankly, I did not believe we would make it. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or in the middle of a conversation he would suddenly bring himself up short and say: “Richard, old man, why don’t you keep any pictures of your folks around?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A cheer would fly up as he stood with scepter high, his free hand about the young maiden’s shapely shoulder. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The idea was that within a decade, the sewers would stop dumping into the river every time it rained. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

If my holding out those berries was an act of temporary insanity, then these people will embrace insanity, too. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, she crossed paths with Eleanor Roosevelt, another perpetual traveler, and they would enjoy a brief visit before going their separate ways. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

I knew I would have to get out before they got to Mestre because they would be taking care of these guns. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

My only hope was that he’d find something that would clear my name and keep me from swinging from a limb with a stretched neck and tied-up feet. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was why her affection for him would always be mingled with gratitude, a selfish gratitude. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Even the white faculty behaved in a servile manner to Reverend Harris, but Mr. Mahlasela would walk into the reverend’s office without fear, and sometimes would even fail to remove his hat! Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They will expect a large dowry,” I said regretfully. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each one will need to be swept of pods before we can advance. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And Scott will not have justice, or peace. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still felt a vague anger that would not leave. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient philosopher would have had a ready answer. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Nailer tried to speak, tried to say something that would save her, but he couldn’t get the words out. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I dared not repeat what he'd said, for fear that it would lessen my chances of remaining in school. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tariq will be standing there, grinning, one fist on the doorjamb and the other on his hip. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It listed the twelve players who were invited—Bobby included—and detailed who’d play whom on which dates, and what color each player would have in each round. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. All right. I’ll be there. Do you think the whole team will go?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One step at a time, and the stream would see her home. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would have to put up with his tantrums, his inconsiderate orders, and his self-importance for the rest of his life. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you do, it will rip you apart. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She would have to search again, but she would go back by herself the next time. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“People’s minds are too simple to grasp the endless nature of God,” he would add. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I would never use a gun,” I say out loud. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He imagined the special recruits’ futures as they themselves must imagine them: With nowhere else to turn, no parents or grandparents begging for their returns, they would devote themselves entirely to the Institute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t something that would ever happen again. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“School’s almost over, and my mom will probably be back now.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Nokomis will take care of the children. You stay out there, too.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“A thousand dollars? He will not get a cent. We shall have him prosecuted immediately. Contact our attorneys, Mother.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

According to my mother, who would probably want some sort of live-and-let-live slogan carved on her headstone, the key was never to let a bully’s insults or aggression get to you personally. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It was true, the hall rep confirmed the news, and they all sighed, contemplating this sudden unwanted break, and returned to their rooms to pack; the hostel would be closed the next day. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had placed him in the hands of the Lord, and she waited with patience to see how He would work the matter. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Moreover, though each base has two flat sides, no explanation existed for why only one side would be chosen. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

If someone in authority noticed the error, if they delivered a supply of pills to her, she thought defiantly, she would pretend. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She would walk to Skid Row and stand in line with the hobos, the winos, the junkies, and the Mexicans until the farm buses came and the farmers picked out the workers they wanted. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, Picasso, I bet your mother would prefer it if you lived your life rather than risked it.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Where is my favorite daughter you would cry, and when I came home finally at three p.m. you would appreciate me. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would need to five from day to day on what I could catch, trying to get enough on the days when I could fish to last through the times when I could not. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re scared. Parents will do anything to protect their kids. If I had that offer, I don’t know if I could say no.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I would sooner cut out my own heart than love a Havilliard,” she snarled. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He focused his vision directly in front of him and waited to see what would happen. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

She’s been trying to find some hogwash in it that will bring Dad back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He would never join them—it was too big a risk that his tattoo would be seen—but he liked watching them from a distance. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And then he was home and the boys came over and it was like nothing had ever hurt him in his entire life or ever would. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’d taken it along in case I needed to prove who I was, but as a minute ticked by, then two, it seemed less and less likely that I would need it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If I’d first seen her with this face—furrowed brows and thin, pursed lips—I would not have trusted her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In his dreams, there was a voice saying, “No one will ever love you because you’re worthless.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I thought: if it could be done, if the books would become safe to handle, and Mr. Loomis did not want to go, I could go. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Well, it will always be like that," she said firmly. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

By evening, my clothes were still damp, so I put them on so that the heat of my body would dry them faster before night fell. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The other thing that people would have teased me a lot more about if it hadn’t been for Byron was my eye. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured she would simply give me the same speech other teachers had given me: “You’re failing and I know you’re bright, so get it in gear. OK?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of us will be first; the other, second. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Clinton gave the silver ball to Daniel Taylor, a young officer, promising that Taylor would be promoted if he got the message to Burgoyne. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would speak four or five times a year and, sometimes, Baba would pass me the receiver. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I think there will be little quarrel with my feeling that Texas is one thing. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, they can’t have two identical people around! Think how confusing it would be!” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But we would not expect such an event to have happened in historical times. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Chino, I’m sorry about Blanca, okay. You two will patch it up.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There will be tea, sugar, flour, milk, butter and a separate docket for a bag of coal from Sutton’s coal yard on the Dock Road. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then the United States would have less jurisdiction over him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a one-on-one fight, a naked farmer would have no advantage over a naked hunter-gatherer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The Flying Coach would climb higher and higher, until the air turned cool and crisp. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Hale had access to Mollie’s fortune through Ernest, but his nephew did not yet directly control it, and would do so only if Mollie died and bequeathed it to him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s odd,” she thought, “now where would he take them? That cat must have knocked the paperweight off last night—the rest of the note must be somewhere in the room.” The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could fold towels, Brave Orchid decided, and handkerchiefs, but there would be no clean dry clothes until afternoon. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within minutes of meeting her, he asked if she would see him again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

He wondered what would happen if no one called for it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Expecting them to will only frustrate both the children and yourself. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Wolf specialized in infiltrating the West German government, sometimes with "Romeo spies," who would strike up romances with unsuspecting single women—many of them secretaries to powerful generals and political figures. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Without once clearing her throat, Judge Ford proceeded to read the final page of the will of Samuel W. Westing. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t natural and it didn’t look right, but Sam said it would have been more unnatural for him to have laid down on his side and died like any other beast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “I’ll be wanting to go back to Little Round Top as soon as possible. The Regiment will bury its own dead.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spot will give her someone to talk to. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She would then be loaned long-term to Root’s Intelligence Section. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

This kind of smile “does not obey the will,” Duchenne wrote. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I know this will be nothing good, either: it will be Cathy, perhaps, asking me ever so nicely to maybe give the booze a rest this evening? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chucha questions, looking from one to the other, as if she’s trying to figure out which one of us will be most likely to tell her the truth. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If he had only managed to kill the snake, it would have been worth it, all of it....Sick at heart, he sat up and threw back the covers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

If he lunged for them he would be in the open all the way. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the first fall was God’s will, whose was the second? Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And what would I do if I didn’t feel like being in bed—invite myself in for a tour of the Caterpillar parts warehouse? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a minute or two it would go through the preflight tests. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

He asked the guard if he would like to marry me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming or going from the prison, captives would see weapons, armaments, machines of war—all a brutal reminder of the power of the Fjerdan state. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That is not to suggest that the nearly five million Mexicans who, like Peralta, are living in the United States illegally will never emerge from the shadows. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Why would you spend so much money on rims, when the car is about to fall apart? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Do right,” Paul Ellis taught C.P., “support the police, salute the flag, and good things will happen to you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, I heard several times his lordship express the view that without the participation of such a personage, any discussion on the topic of Germany would be little more than an indulgence. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And I figured hopefully, just because it's a MoMo party, it would be jumping by then. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He told me in an almost snide way that in any case the director and the staff of the home would be called as witnesses and that “things could get very nasty” for me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Hopefully, you will understand when your state senator tries to live up to those values as best he can.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Shall I say it, or will you?” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Chairman Mao told us we would never succeed at building a strong socialist country until we destroyed the “Four Olds” and established the “Four News.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wouldn’t want to go with me, would you? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had heard that traveling scythes would show up at people’s doors asking for shelter and food for the night. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“This program will help me deal with missing him.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“No one would know your real name or even Gram’s.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He girded himself and knew this would be a conflict that would extend the thresholds of his fear of his father and his cowardice before the plowman who had granted him life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luna would have turned to look, but she would have to break eye contact with the stranger, and something told her she didn’t want to do that. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But Axel has a great big mystery to solve first, and Ray will just have to wait. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“A young husband would be after me all the time. It would be too much of a strain.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Gregor hoped Dulcet would be joining them, but after tucking Boots in a sort of high chair, she backed up several feet from the table and stood. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

My neighbors will turn me away, fearing for their own lives. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would be a tight squeeze for any of them, aside from Diana and Kaitlin, to fit through. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He would hint and point in Jan’s direction. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Still I would like to hear you talk some time." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And Bloom did his best to question the myth that this development would bring wealth to every inhabitant, and jobs and security for all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The funny thing is, if he hadn’t put the backpack between us, I most definitely would have offered to help him. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"This is where one of you will meet your clients before their treatments begin." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We’d seen the coal bunker, the boilers and engine, which huffed and groaned like it would explode any minute. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

If they could get control of the whole of Africa, if they had airfields and submarine bases at the Cape, it would cut Oceania in two. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

You can have theories, but there will never be proof. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Dad fixed it so it would blow up and no one’d know where we landed or went! In case they ever came looking, see?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she and Mama decided the next step would be to go to the presiding bishops of our community’s churches. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Today will be a sweet, sweet victory for me,” Ainsley continues. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

After all, if it was their father, he wouldn’t hurt them, would he? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

These are the laws that we will enforce and you will obey: All citizens must pray five times a day. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Now I know I was right. This will make thine arms even stronger, and soon they will help thee to get about on land as well.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

They would be spoken to differently, viewed differently. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

When I was thirteen, they both decided it would be really fun to get me drunk. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

But Fernanda felt so moved that she thought she would go mad when Meme awoke at midnight with her head splitting with pain and drowning in vomited gall. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The njuzu girls rose to the surface of the water and looked expectantly to the east, from where the storm clouds would come. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the waves ever do swallow this island, it will not happen for a very long time,” said Crag. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That her daughter would age alone, husband- less, childless. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have red shoes and tomorrow I will wake up and I will still be here. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then by the time of the afternoon I said we would go, well, I telephoned her; I told her I had to cancel the trip, that something important had come up. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the State of Maine * Department of Health and Human Services delivered their news: Joseph and his father would begin receiving monthly visits and evaluations. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

We lost the van twice, but I had a pretty good sense that they would go into Manhattan first, so it wasn’t too difficult to pick up their trail again. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

They almost seem to know that one of them is going to die and soon it ain’t so hard to see which one will be left standing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entire villages will be wiped out They will slaughter whole tribes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

His grandma would get up first thing in the morning to vacuum, did laundry four times a week, and once cleaned the bath at midnight before going to bed. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wish to God I had some idea what will happen to you as an actor. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hazel was just wondering whether it would be worthwhile starting a side passage to link Bigwig’s hole to Dandelion’s, when he felt a stamp of warning from somewhere close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he didn't talk about it, maybe he would forget. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I would rather die than live in one of those places.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

‘I wish you would tell me what happened!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like the sound of that Truth Potion at all, nor would he put it past Snape to slip him some. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Women would sit in the windows, their arms folded before them resting on pillows used exclusively for street watching. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Such would be the gift of a dying man. But you shall live, Adaon.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel ordered an Espresso Extreme, the kind of stuff Grover would like. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There would be a scar, to be sure. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dallas was imagining that they were tracking pirates who would lead them to buried treasure. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z