| 单词 | wonderful |
| 例句 | “Arnold called me this morning. He wants to meet with me to hear my ideas for his new house. Isn’t that wonderful?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Then I counted the redbrick squares on the floor and thought about my life with Mama Lessie and all the wonderful things I’d done with her and learned from her. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was dim and dark and the pillars went high up, and there were people praying, and it smelt of incense, and there were some wonderful big windows. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As a trafficker in climaxes and thrills and characterization and wonderful dialogue and suspense and confrontations, I had outlined the Dresden story many times. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually they write, “Having wonderful time wish you were here,” or “How are you fine I hope,” or maybe just their name. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She reminded me of all the wonderful things I loved about church and community. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I only watch Ma on her wonderful date. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A wonderful word for a wonderful idea, irony refers to a sly form of expression in which you say one thing and mean another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “He did a wonderful job on your knee.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Some of the reading had been wonderful; the Louisa Alcott books for example. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After about six weeks of this lovely life there came a long letter from Father in India, which had wonderful news in it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z But it felt good; it was the most wonderful evening I’ve ever had in the Annex. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z At first I was scared and then a wonderful feeling came over me. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Forgiveness, reader, is, I think, something very much like hope and love, a powerful, wonderful thing. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z No, she would never take Doug's medals, and she would never sell that wonderful clock with the mouse who wears gloves and points to the time. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “How wonderful! I haven't done anything this crazy in a long time!” she sighed. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The blank white screen reminded Hugo of a brand- new piece of paper, and he loved the wonderful whirring sound from the projector that filled the theater. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Now you have accepted control of your own path and are doing a wonderful job of helping those around you, too. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt strange and wonderful to eat breakfast; he couldn’t remember the last time he’d started the day not hungry. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Some people have told me how wonderful it is that I am the first in my family to write a book. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He thinks his story is wonderful, and that if spoken right will impress his father with his willingness, his honor. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Books are wonderful, Ruthie says, and then she runs her hand over them as if she could read them in braille. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Look up into the faces of these wonderful boys who have been better friends to me over the past few days than I’ve been to my friends in almost two months. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z They charged about the hall six times, six times making a full and wonderful circuit of the room, jumping, bounding, singing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z She took good long whiffs of the wonderful essence of detergent and clean dacron-cotton which floated down with the petticoat. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z What wonderful games went on around those dens in the moonlight! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Riddle’s image, never wonderful, also stood to benefit. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z "I saw The Phantom of the Opera last summer. There was a wonderful chanteuse in that show." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z I was taken home across the Bristol Channel on the paddle-steamer and I felt so wonderful at being away from that dreaded school building that I very nearly forgot I was meant to be ill. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Something new and wonderful had happened to her. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Too many people these days, they just turn their backs or close their eyes, pretending everything is wonderful in the world. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “I think it’s wonderful you praying, babe. I been wondering what you do locked up in there all the time.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was so wonderful having you here. I only wish...I wish there hadn’t been so many distractions. It wasn’t fair for you to get caught up in that trial business.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z I remember the evening as a wonderful blur of warm emotion, tinged in bitter. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z A fan came up to him, gave him a long hug, and thanked him for a “wonderful, wonderful win.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But oh, how wonderful, he thought, if everything you talked about could come true! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a hospital. It’s not a place to make friends. Friends are wonderful, but this place is about you and making you feel better.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z If not for all the wonderful things Grandpa Portman had said about this place, I might’ve wondered if Miss Peregrine had rescued the children just to harvest their organs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful to see that you’ve done well since your family abandoned the lifestyle and value system they believed in.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Garrison Griswold here to welcome you to the wonderful world of Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was the greatness, but it did not make bull-fighting wonderful to him any more. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful to do this with a radio. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z In the summer, the water felt wonderful, but in winter, the icy Benguela currents made wading out into the waves a torture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z You expected everything to be wonderful at Christmastime, and the town was wonderful, with colored lights and decorated trees in every direction. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Since the holidays were coming, I added: Have a wonderful and peaceful Christmas holiday and a prosperous new year. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z As far as Eleanor was concerned, that just showed how wonderful it was to hold Park's hand. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Not so much wonderful as perfect,” she replied. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But there is something wonderful about Dauntless chaos. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “O.K. Bye-bye. And I really had a great time with you tonight. I mean that seriously. You have a wonderful personality. And thanks tons for being so understanding,” she said, leaving the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful to visit Hogsmeade on weekends; he knew it was an entirely wizarding village, and he had never set foot there. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Welcome, Romans. Let the performance begin,” Caesar said in a voice that, through long practice, and the wonderful acoustics of the place, carried without shouting to the farthest benches. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It was a warm afternoon, and it felt wonderful—you can’t believe how wonderful—to be at large without a pack, bouncy and unburdened. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z And how did one learn his life "rather well"? "Young man, you're part of a wonderful institution. It is a great dream become reality . . ." "Yes, sir," I said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z And even if Shay still hated her, there was always Peris and all their old friends, waiting across the river for her with their big eyes and wonderful smiles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Those animals seemed wonderful to me, but I knew that there was no way I could go and see them—not then. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought how wonderful it would be if I could slide down just one time. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to me to be the most wonderful sight I had ever seen. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “This is wonderful for James. He’s been doing so well in school—he now has a chance to join a classroom like yours, in the town where he lives.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z There would be five or six wet and wonderful years when there might be nineteen to twenty-five inches of rain, and the land would shout with grass. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The hood has a wonderful sense of community to it as well. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then I made the mistake of telling him that my father had also said that if the Zamborskas said that she was wonderful in every way except for smoking, Summerhill will find Vivian another family. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I feel sad that my old friends don’t have all the wonderful things students have here. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “And you were such a wonderful ambassador for our public schools, Jake. I’m so disappointed.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Even when their own child is the most disgusting little blister you could ever imagine, they still think that he or she is wonderful. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z "The hospitality of your people has been wonderful. The private jet you arranged to bring us here was a nice touch." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "We have a wonderful theater program and a full-time drama instructor." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z As if hypnotized by this wonderful music, my father began to dance. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z Naturally I was greeted with skepticism, but that’s the wonderful thing about basketball: you got game or you don’t. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And then a most strange and wonderful thing happened. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z I had seen Abenthy do something I could not explain, something strange and wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She had, in fact, never remembered such a wonderful feeling of calm. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful story-song, the kind Marly thought was best of all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte, the wonderful, kind spider, was gone and nothing was good. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Adele was engaged to a wonderful man from our tribe, but they weren’t living together, as that would have been frowned upon. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Hazel, honey, it’s not wrong to make other friends. You’d still be a wonderful friend to Jack.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Into my mind came a wonderful and terrible picture of great forested mountains, shaken by a giant hand that scooped them up, finally, and flung them into the boiling sea. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, wouldn’t it be wonderful if I found the third Golden Ticket inside it?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z When Raymie told Mrs. Sylvester that she was going to enter the Little Miss Central Florida Tire contest, Mrs. Sylvester had clapped her hands together and said, “What a wonderful idea. Have some candy corn.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z It smelled of barley, nutty and hot, and it tasted wonderful. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Laney was having a wonderful time examining each item and organizing the supplies for her own personal “store.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Amil and I figured it must mean something wonderful to make Papa look so happy. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Oh my, isn’t that wonderful?” said the aunt. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She just wasn’t terrified anymore, and that was rather wonderful. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Garrison Griswold here to welcome you to the wonderful world of Book Scavenger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z That wonderful feeling that only a hunter knows crept over my body. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His little body is moving so quickly, as if he spotted something wonderful by the water’s edge. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z My dream was someday ordering a drink and finding out it tasted wonderful. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Really. You have some wonderful gifts. And your explanation of lonely and alone. That was clever.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z And hope is like love ... a ridiculous, wonderful, powerful thing. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z “It’s so wonderful that you’ve found an outlet,” she said, “a way to express yourself.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Stapled to the page is a note to the boy’s parents: Ethan’s story is wonderful. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I felt so happy, even though Mother Lois gave me the usual speech about how I would have a wonderful big Christmas gift to make up for there being no birthday present. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I have plenty of money. Start saving now. Compound interest is a wonderful thing.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z “Going over the finish line must be wonderful.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z —That’s a wonderful observation, B. J. See, Shakespeare isn’t so bad. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That she could be somewhere most wonderful and I could not he there, too. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She described how she would roll up the side panels and everyone would practically faint at the cloud of wonderful smells. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z There’s not a word of truth to it....This is a wonderful day. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “You and Captain Black, and maybe even Corporal Whitcomb. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if I found I didn’t have to be afraid of Corporal Whitcomb any more?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “How wonderful that Bo will have some familiar faces on his first day!” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As I walked around the campus, this thought came to mind: How wonderful it would be to go to a university like this! While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Out of the window were wide fields with wonderful rail fences just like in the pictures of Lincoln splitting rails. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I recall how wonderful I thought Milton was. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Now, however, a wonderful possibility occurred to him. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Times are much, much harder with all the downsizing, but we’re still a wonderful country.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z A woman’s collarbones, and the wonderful space between them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Florence had often said how glad she would be to make the acquaintance of little Johnny; she was sure, she said, that any child of Elizabeth’s must be a wonderful child. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z What a wonderful thing it was to be married to a storekeeper! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have so much to be thankful for. We have this wonderful apartment, and we have food and the church and each other.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And Baby Tell, my mom’s best friend from Pine Level, was wonderful. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z And a woman comes in, smiling, she is Maxim’s sister, and she is saying, “It’s really wonderful how happy you have made him, everyone is so pleased, you are such a success.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “A wonderful picture of you playing a wonderful part.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Then I read the most wonderful title of a chapter in any book I had ever held: “Fundamentals of Rocket Engines.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful to feel like a real person and not just someone for my teachers to belittle. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z And my life which is ending seems to be going on to an ending wonderful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Why was Mr. Singh destroying the wonderful relaxed feeling she had had only minutes ago? The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z It had everything, including the marvelous Cliffs at one end, beyond which was the wonderful thousand-foot drop, always something to bear in mind when one was planning tactics. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But the wonderful thing was that he wore a pointed beard and he looked a little like Doc. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Poetry is a wonderful way to express yourself. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is wonderful. I’ll let Darkness know,” the water monster said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z The material was thick and warm, and it had a wonderful smell. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t hot coffee a wonderful thing? How did people get along before it was invented?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t see how you can write and act such splendid things, Jo. You’re a regular Shakespeare!” exclaimed Beth, who firmly believed that her sisters were gifted with wonderful genius in all things. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the girls: the actress Mary, who had been so wonderful in Private Lives, had suddenly removed herself without explanation to Glasgow and no one knew why. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to know that he would soon be standing in front of thousands of people, reading the same words he read to me that Shabbat. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He made wonderful swords, and noblemen bragged to each other when they owned an original Yeste. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Wonderful,” I told her by rubbing her shoulder in a certain way that we have between us, “it’s wonderful.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z "Now, isn't this a wonderful way to earn money!" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Well, there you are. Rocket scientists feel wonderful too, and who else you gonna want to share wonderful feelings with if it ain’t a girl?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How’s that?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Even Harry, who knew nothing about the different brooms, thought it looked wonderful. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The boys started snickering, and her face turned bright red, and her voice got really quiet, so quiet you could hardly hear her, until finally Mrs. Rouse said, “Thank you, Betsy. That was wonderful.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z This morning I lay in the bathtub thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin Tin Tin. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "No, you did a wonderful job," she said. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I reckon you just think you are plain wonderful, don’t you, animule?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z How wonderful was Brooklyn, she thought, when just being born there automatically made you an American! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “And my nice, sweet, wonderful, lovable big brother is going to build me an observation post in the cherry tree so I can observe the wildlife.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “Just because you don’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Some of the most wonderful things in the world are invisible. Trusting in invisible things makes them more powerful and wondrous. You’ll see.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Liang did not realize how wonderful the brush was, however, until he dipped it into the water and painted a frog on the wood of his boat. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z He was wondering if there was another blast in the gun when he heard right up close the wild, wonderful sound of three baying dogs who he knew had treed a bobcat. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I know that. But when you get to really know him, he doesn’t seem so wonderful. I mean he’s just as wonderful, but a whole lot nicer.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Allow me to repay you for your wonderful work by sharing a poem—no, not the ‘Hesperus,’ we will save that for later. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “The poster you set up for Ben sounds wonderful, by the way. I feel like I’m in the presence of romantic greatness.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I graduated from this high school,” she said, “and all I ever heard was football, football, football. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if science was another way to get in this trophy case?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z And the whole, wonderful point of some experiences—music, sex, laughter—is that there are not and never will be any adequate words to describe them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The films were a wonderful diversion, a vivid escape from the bleakness of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And Mr. Small got up and gave a speech about what a wonderful class this was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z She haunted his thoughts, made him wish to do grand and wonderful things in her name, made him want to be a man who deserved to wear a crown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Is this for birds? Some kind of wonderful, magical birdhouse?” he asks, perking up. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z The moment of genetic exchange is particularly strange and wonderful. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z It was Pa who had got the other men to stack their wheat together and send for the threshing machine, and it was a wonderful machine. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z While music listening is wonderful for our brains, it turns out that music performance is really where the fireworks happen. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z The ships of Braavos sail as far as the winds blow, to lands strange and wonderful, and when they return their captains fetch queer animals to the Sealord's menagerie. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z It smelled wonderful, full of the onions but also ginger-root and wild garlic. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I feel happy, as if I’m on the verge of something wonderful. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s something incredibly wonderful that I want to preserve.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The two horses tore across the packed earth of the drill ground, and for the first time in his life Johnny heard that wonderful music— galloping hoofs on hard earth. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Arya thought it tasted wonderful, but Yoren was too angry to eat: A cloud seemed to hang over him, ragged and black as his cloak. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Every element of the circus blends together in a wonderful coalescence. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And they smiled at each other, a tired and peaceful and wonderful secret. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “We want Maya to be happy in her life, and you are a wonderful aunt. But we made our wishes very clear to Maya. She should have voiced her objections then, not after the fact.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Santa was right: that son of Irene’s had to be treated before he brought any more disgrace to his wonderful mother. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They tasted wonderful, with some of the sweetness in them as if it had gone right through the shells. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I imagined if I lived someplace on the very edge of the continent, like California, that the wonderful ocean breeze would set me free. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful to be invisible now and then. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was wonderful how refreshed and strengthened he felt as the food began to nourish him. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z In a moment his fear would dissolve, replaced by something wonderful—which was far more troubling than the fear, for how could they work to defeat Mr. Curtain if they found his invention irresistible? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But motherhood had also brought with it a set of wonderful friendships. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He dreamed that a wonderful man had come up to him as he was trying to read the store signs aloud and had said, “Child, you want to learn, don’t you?” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Carlos always gushes about his wonderful family. We feel like we know you already.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z God had done a wonderful job when he built the Mississippi and there could be no way to improve on what nature had done. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It just sucks, and it sucks harder because it was so painfully close to being wonderful. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z If, like Riccio, you didn't have parents, it was easy to imagine how wonderful they might have been. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z He had bathed regularly in the lake, but not with soap and he thought how wonderful it would be to wash his hair. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z I told them they would get a wonderful treat just as soon as they turned that milk into butter. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re all going home today. The Fair is almost over. Won’t it be wonderful to be back home in the barn cellar again with the sheep and the geese? Aren’t you anxious to get home?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z Julia replied, To assure us that our wonderful war is going swimmingly when in fact it’s going down the toilet. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z On the bench I notice my heartbeat slowing, my muscles cooling, and I begin to feel a wonderful sense of having completed a task. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a garden, a wonderful thing to look at in the spring. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside in the hall, Mrs. Carpenter said, “We’ll call your father right away. Isn’t that wonderful news?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z And then a voice that sounded like her mother’s—her own mother, her real, wonderful, maddening, infuriating, glorious mother—just said, “Well done, Coraline,” and that was enough. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z He would watch and know precisely when a ewe was starting labor—had a wonderful knowledge of sheep—but could barely move. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “But you couldn’t even have this business back in your country, right? Isn’t it wonderful that you get to come to the U.S. and now your kids can have a better life?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful to be out on the trail. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘At least she said I was wonderful and ...’ ‘Oh, forget it,’ said Johnny rudely. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is such a wonderful blessing,” he told my father. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z “This will be a wonderful challenge. Just wonderful.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I could trust myself to the doctors who had done so many wonderful things to get me so far. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Most of the party was wonderful, until the last part. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was strange and wonderful and everything seemed far away and yet kind of close. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “Just visiting? Well, you’ve chosen a wonderful place to look at. What are you specially interested in?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She herself invented a wonderful door-opening device made out of wires and springs and pulleys, with heavy weights dangling on cords, and soon every door in the house had a door-opener on it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to see it take form with the sun and emerge from the gray dust of its making. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Up and down, he thought The pack was wonderful but it gave him up and down feelings. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “It had been a wonderful day,” he later wrote. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Oh, I wish I was young again when everything seemed so wonderful!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they hadn't, even if they did suddenly come pouring in, they would be wonderful kind people who would look with favour upon a young mouse-trainer going about his business. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z I had a wonderful mother and father and three little sisters. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t change a thing. That was perfect. Just really wonderful.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z They were beaten, humiliated and then made to suffer the envy of friends and relations for having such a wonderful husband and father. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My, you young people have such a wonderful opportunity today. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “If I could only be with my mother, everything would be wonderful.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, it was wonderful. Dad and Stepmother Dearest dragged me and Remy to the house in the Bahamas for ‘family bonding.’” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It was wonderful indeed how I could have heart-to-heart talks with my dogs and they always seemed to understand. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone wore wonderful clothes and behaved horribly to one another. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Who needs tables when you have this wonderful view.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z It was the same from then on—one wonderful surprise after the other. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Caesar Flickerman is wonderful, teasing, joking, getting choked up when the occasion presents itself. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “This is a wonderful book,” said the teacher. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a wonderful time for me,” she remembered. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z And he would have to come up with a wonderful out-loud lie, since he could hardly tell them that he had thrown a rock at his nose. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Though I’d feared that the ride down might be awkward, in fact it was a wonderful relief to be around a stranger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Yes, and one of the things Abuela would have wanted was for you and me to cook a wonderful meal together for the entire community. So, we need to plan.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The first time was terrible, even though the limousine was wonderful. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “She looks like a wonderful pig,” Eilonwy said, scratching Hen Wen behind the ears. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “See! Didn’t I tell you what a wonderful program they have? It’s world famous! Look, it says right here.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z As he did this, something wonderful happened to him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well!” said Wemmick, “that’s over! He’s a wonderful man, without his living likeness; but I feel that I have to screw myself up when I dine with him,—and I dine more comfortably unscrewed.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Mina is now sleeping like a little child; it is a wonderful thing that her faculty of sleep remains to her in the midst of her terrible trouble. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z How wonderful those tomatoes tasted after days of crackers and refried beans! Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z I suppose you were equally wonderful at all your subjects—but were you? Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z The redness seemed to come from inside each tree in a wonderful way; it was the red she saw through her hand when she held it against the sun. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you are the onye ocha who speaks Igbo. You are the one who is writing wonderful things about our cause. Well done.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Siddhartha felt how wonderful it was to have such a listener who could be absorbed in another person’s life, his strivings, his sorrows. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, now, this looks absolutely wonderful,” said Slughorn an hour and a half later, clapping his hands together as he stared down into the sunshine yellow contents of Harry’s cauldron. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Very well, thank you. And yourself? I feel I haven’t seen you in days and days! What a wonderful surprise to have you visit the court.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It’s been a great year and you’ve been a wonderful group of students. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Nipper’s toes clutched and moved on his scalp, and for a strangely wonderful moment he felt himself crowned. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z At last she found a bed that she considered perfectly wonderful, and she told Jamie that they would spend the night there. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s pretty embarrassing for Freckles and me, but it’s also pretty wonderful for me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z There was Chavez, who wasn’t scared anymore but was laughing uproariously after a wonderful performance. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Grandma thanked Mrs. Wishart, who told me to have a nice birthday and a wonderful evening. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’ll do what I can, sweet lady, but first it might help if I knew just a bit about him. Is he really so wonderful, this Westley of yours?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “He is a wonderful painter. Conceptually, that is. Everybody in the art department says so.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “There are wonderful opportunities for advancement, wonderful plans for the alert young man. The salary may soon change.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And then I started to translate our wonderful news for the Whitlaws. 't* fa ft We heard about Black Dog much later, when his coffin was shipped down to us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I climbed inside and as I did, I knew that something wonderful was happening to me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Having the couch all to himself was wonderful, but the disappearance of Miss Trixie was not enough to brighten his spirits. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There is all kinds of fantastic scenery and the climate is wonderful. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful analogy, not only for the bank but for all of Midland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His face glowed with joy, as though he’d discovered a wonderful truth he couldn’t wait to share with everyone. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “The credit given to Mr. Adams for a spirit of conciliation towards France is wonderful,” Madison observed caustically, meaning that it was wholly undeserved. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “To graduating, and to a wonderful dinner,” she said, raising her glass of Coke. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z They made a wonderful family group, he decided. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny’s forgotten morning prayers and all those wonderful humble people,’ said Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, reader, as he stood before the king, a wonderful, amazing thought occurred to the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z And then, sinking deeper into the quilts, “I want... I want to be ... wonderful. Oh, Jesus, make me wonderful.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful because the dress was pretty and Sasha was pretty and the room was pretty and Nemo was pretty. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z All for Ess, this wonderful place, for years and years to come. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Marly loved the voice and the look that seemed to say: Isn't he wonderful? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z My idea of space was limited to left, right, front, and behind, but he had a wonderful sense of up. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Pain’s a wonderful thing,” an instructor told us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if it will be much help to you,” said Mr. Flux, “but a camera like this is special. It will capture the best time of your life. Doesn’t that sound wonderful?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The three orphans spoke of pleasant memories of their parents and about Justice Strauss, who they agreed was a wonderful neighbor and in whose library they planned to spend a great deal of time. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z Though she was very old, the teeth and the voice made her beautiful in some wonderful way. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This was wonderful in winter but unbearable in summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z And this, even more wonderful and mysterious, is also true: when I read it, when I read what Julie’s written, she is instantly alive again, whole and undamaged. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A whole toy box filled with wonderful toys. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z The water was cold and clean and wonderful, and I felt much better as I stood in the warm wind and thought about the treasure I’d rescued from the hornbeam tree. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It had been such a wonderful change to see people making something for themselves instead of waiting for a welfare check. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's a wonderful boy. And thank you for calling him." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, she had once been to a fair like that with Mo. There had been wonderful things there, so strange that they might have come from another world, not just another time. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And they made the most wonderful pancakes she ever tasted in all her life. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z How strange and wonderful, she thought, that in the middle of this bizarre journey, there should be this: Kaede, who kissed her. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z She was probably in her early twenties and had this big, wonderful smile. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z And it was wonderful because for that night at least, nobody was going to mistake Sasha for a boy. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The frog had fine, strong legs and a wonderful, full- throated croak and was the pride of its mother and father. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “At least I’ll have assignments and friends and all sorts of wonderful first school day things to do.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want to say a few more things. The first is to our wonderful salutatorian.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z She herself had been eager to learn, scarcely able to wait to open the wonderful volumes in Grandfather’s library. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a fool about the gas. It’s wonderful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "I'm so glad you're at Carver. Your parents said you changed schools to get to know me better—I've always wanted the same thing! It's going to be wonderful to have you around more." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z All in all, it was turning out to be a wonderful year. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to be able to read and write again, and I didn’t mind it at all that my first reading and writing in fifteen days was being done over final examinations. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Izzy,” she said now, “I’ll tell you a secret. A lot of times, parents are not the best at seeing their children clearly. There’s so much wonderful about you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “What wonderful, patient people you are!” he cried. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Albertina, Walter’s wife, was a wise and wonderful presence, and a strong supporter of Walter’s political work. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The wonderful tastes of ham and cheese and mayonnaise filled his mouth. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “Oh, really,” said Roscuro, “this is too extraordinary. This is too wonderful. I must tell Botticelli that he was wrong. Suffering is not the answer. Light is the answer. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z He sang softly under his breath, “There’s a rose that grows in no man’s land and ’tis wonderful to see—” On Friday Cal brooded the whole day long. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My mom claps her hands and says, “Junie, the girls have brought you all the assignments you missed! Isn’t that wonderful of them?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “I know this isn’t what you wanted to hear, honey, but this could be a wonderful opportunity for both of us,” She gets up and shuts the laptop. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “November 29 “We had wonderful feast day on Thanksgiving. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice shaky, he said, “That was the most wonderful thing I have ever seen, ever in my whole life.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In my mind’s eye I saw reduced to soot all those wonderful books, which had revealed to me other ways of living, which had sustained me in a world of degradation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He ended by repeating that it was wonderful to find oneself “way out here” where one could, as it were, catch one's breath. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z The show, after all, still had songs and Muppets and bright colors and action and all the things that make Sesame Street so wonderful. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The two of us remained silent in front of the fire for a long time after that, thinking about these wonderful things. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z The many years in seal camp alone with Kapugen had been dear and wonderful, but she realized now that she had lived a strange life. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Then the Mayor shouted, “We must now have a ticker-tape parade for our wonderful visitors!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “That’s wonderful to hear! Keep up the good work!” he said. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z What wonderful names he knew for that flower! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Then I wake up—a wonderful feeling—and I understand that I must speak for all those who cannot speak for themselves. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It smelled wonderful too, and as Anya struggled to keep herself from openly drooling over the food, she found herself realizing they might be celebrating something she had intruded upon. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Think of all the wonderful achievements you have obtained. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That anything wonderful could rise on that ground seemed beyond possibility, although Ned, like most new visitors to Chicago, was willing to concede that the city was a place unlike any he had encountered. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s no surprise. We all loved Harmonee, Lolly. It was a wonderful thing. And that Maestro game? I’m not surprised to see how much everyone else loves it. You made something special.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I had forgotten how wonderful a good shoe can feel. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It smelled of the perspiration of tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of patient cows. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z The stillness of the ground felt wonderful, as if a hand had stopped a metronome. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z He skipped off toward the cake shop, which, a few steps away, filled the alley with its wonderful baking smells. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “These are wonderful. The details are so thoughtful, so visually interesting.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z All he could think of was how wonderful it would be to get home again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I sat there dreaming with my eyes closed, and it was wonderful. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “This is wonderful!” said the robot as she strolled around her garden. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was wonderful, and it was wonderful because the whole charmingly diminutive package was seamlessly and effortlessly integrated. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Dear Stanley, It was wonderful to hear from you. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z About going to a wonderful place called ‘heaven’ where there is no more pain or death and you live forever in a state of perpetual happiness? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She moves my hand up and down, over her strange and wonderful valleys. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It is just as wonderful as when I was a young girl and visited Beyond for the first time. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z And the four of us—horses, dog, and I—spent a wonderful summer exploring the wilderness areas of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I’m in “soft- lines,” which has a wonderful, sinuous sound to it, but I have no idea what it means. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Harlem had wonderful rooftops, and sometimes I would take the stairs to ours to sit near the edge overlooking Morningside Avenue and read. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z "Miss Claythorne was wonderful—kept her head—started off swimming after Cyril at once." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z He loved and respected animals just as I did, and he made a wonderful movie. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z People leave gifts on our doorstep all the time, like flowers and sweets for the wonderful things he has done for them. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful, Joe. Hundreds of trees with buckets hanging around them like charm bracelets. And smoke coming out of the little brown house. It looks like the old witch’s house in Hansel and Gretel.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t tell the other gods, but Fleecy handles most of my messages these days. She’s wonderful at it, really, and I don’t have time to answer all those requests personally. It messes up my wa.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “You know—this would really be wonderful—you might even serve as an inspiration to them to fly more missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Axel usually goes on Fridays after school, but with no school, this trip is even more wonderful. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He is a genius, a star athlete, and is always doing something wonderful and/or record setting. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z My brain says: Juan, you are a wonderful, awesome human being and a complete natural at cutting mushrooms, and I love you. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “He knows his household pests, all right, it’s a wonderful book. “Mum fancies him,” said Fred, in a very audible whisper. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It felt terrible and amazingly wonderful all at the same time. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Down the ravine, west of the hill above the springhouse, Harry had built three wonderful little dams. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z By-and-by we find all the things which Jonathan have note in that wonderful diary of him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” I said, “Mrs. Danvers seems to be a wonderful person.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, I thought it was wonderful,” he lied and looked away; the sight of her transfigured face was at once an accusation and an ironical reminder of his own separateness. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Even now I can still feel his cheek against mine, and that wonderful glow that made up for all the rest. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Dr. Meescham’s jelly sandwiches had been wonderful, but that was a long time ago. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z Instead of being angry because I had given her a scare, she wanted to know all about the wonderful thing I had just seen. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “We’d have to look it up. We’ll do that another time. As Quincy said, we need to eat this wonderful chicken before it gets cold.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z As wonderful as knowing this is, the sheer awe of it is terrifying because of the power you have. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z She looks at me with her clear eyes, and the more wonderful and sweet she is the less am I able to tell her what I want. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “No problem, Young. It was wonderful to have you at the party. Have a good night.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Yes, it was still Saturday and it was wonderful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The water felt warm and wonderful, comforting in a way I hadn't expected. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And he realized what wonderful beings they were. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Major de Coverley is a noble and wonderful person, and everyone admires him.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z And soon it all began to come together in the most wonderful way. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She was a strange and in some ways wonderful horse, capable of an odd interest in things and now and then great compassion. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She told us a wonderful story that day, made even more real by her gestures and changing voices to match the different characters. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z As wonderful as that little brown house had been before, it had never seemed as wonderful as now. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The triplet dream made William laugh, but otherwise he responded with enthusiasm: “I want them so—more than I can tell. Ours, ours—won’t that be wonderful!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I just wanted to pay my respects. Your grandmother was a wonderful woman. You did her proud.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to let this be easy and boring for you. No, I have some wonderful surprises in store. Anguish. Indecision. Oh, you just wait.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z "Sonia will be a wonderful addition to our ninth grade. Unfortunately, we don't have room in our gifted track or we'd put her there." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful accomplishment for a school where the background of many students was far more economically disadvantaged than that of students attending Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer nicked his hand twice with a carelessly placed chisel as visions of the wonderful objects he would see in Zau’s shop danced through his mind. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z His stomach heaved, and he found himself on his knees, retching on the carpet, that wonderful thick Myrish carpet, as comforting as lies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Paris would smell like a lemon peel, far away and wonderful. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fascinating—so weed-grown and forgotten and secret—but then came the most unbelievably wonderful part of all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Two things that comforted me and quieted my worries, making everything wonderful, were being in church on Sunday and sitting all alone in my room listening to music. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "We're sure your mother is wonderful, Kabir, because of how wonderful you are. She raised you without any help, in jail, and look at you. Kind and thoughtful and polite." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z When you feel that love for the first time, people caring about you, it’s a wonderful feeling. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It's everything at once, everything that's good and sad and wonderful all at once, except the things that are wonderful mean so much more than the sad things. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When they had put in the feely effects at the studio, it would be a wonderful film. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The wonderful seagulls had flown right through it and had come out safely on the other side. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In a forest, or wood—any kind of natural area—all the different kinds of plants and animals make up a whole, wonderful, complex pattern. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The other women opened a crisp, white sheet and laid it over the wonderful couch before Matt was laid down. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As she balanced herself with wings, feet, and tail, she felt the new and wonderful sensation of flight. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then Mother would have said, “Marly and Joe have done something wonderful...” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z They marveled at what a wonderful job they’d done raising me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z When Harry had gone he said to Mother, “You just wait until you know him, Mother. He’s the most wonderful man in the world.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z As wonderful as Anna was, her kindness did little to soften Fry High’s general treatment of Petey. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z As I skipped along, it was hard for me to realize all the wonderful things that had happened to me in such a few short years. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z His posture was wonderful and his shoes were shined and his trousers were pressed, and he was a leader of men. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he cried a little all by himself but it was luxurious stuff and he usually had a wonderful feeling of well-being from it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Great, wonderful, that’s great to hear. I have a lot of friends with that.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Dad had felt wonderful while under the local anesthetic. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z She had the wonderful ability of being able to make all who knew her feel that they were special to her as individual human beings. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. van Daan is by no means a wonderful person, yet half the arguments could have been avoided if Mother hadn’t been so hard to deal with every time they got onto a tricky subject. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Remember that wonderful seafood place down the beach from our summer house? Didn't they have the best shrimp?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z And proximity would give me opportunities to catch her attention by being wonderful. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For Pollard, the news was at once wonderful and terrifying. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z And they all enter free of charge because that’s what the museum is: great and large and wonderful and free to all. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z I just lay there trying to look very ill, but my heart was singing out with all sorts of wonderful songs of praise and joy. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very cheerful and said the States were wonderful. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Its oven was wonderful and you could fry an egg on its shiny black lids. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I had fantasized about how wonderful it would be to get inside the huge beautiful castle I knew as Central High School. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Any kind of musical, artistic or storytelling talent was wonderful to them and they felt it their duty to nurture and guard these things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The man looked down at the baby and the baby looked back and laughed delightedly as though something wonderful were about to happen. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you for being such a wonderful friend to her.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Now that the saw had ceased to whine, the silence seemed immense and wonderful. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Before they left, they gave her a copy of Life magazine full of wonderful stories and pictures of the weekend. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She had a sated look about her, as if she had just eaten the most wonderful meal in the world and was now quite full. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Strange stories, all the more wonderful to him for being told in the other words and so not fully understood. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z She may still have a wonderful vacation, making new friends, playing outside, going to the movies, having the kind of carefree summer days that we all dream about. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Milo and Tock wandered up and down the aisles looking at the wonderful assortment of words for sale. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s the most wonderful time of the year indeed. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z He passed the sausages to Harry, who was so hungry he had never tasted anything so wonderful, but he still couldn’t take his eyes off the giant. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Relief that Stella gets to wake up a few hours from now and have at least five more wonderful years, filled with whatever her to-do list has on it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You were wonderful. Absolutely marvellous,” the girl said, watching him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z They didn’t know how to get their way, or how to “customize”—using Lareau’s wonderful term—whatever environment they were in, for their best purposes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z We had wonderful neighbors and the girls had made lots of friends, so I was hesitant about another move so soon. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “There’s a wonderful theatre program, if she’s interested in that,” she added. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It had been so wonderful to be winners. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z To have something as wonderful as that happen would take a long, long time. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kit? You mean — can it possibly be Katherine Tyler? For a moment I thought — oh, my dear child, how wonderful!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z When no one is looking, we run through the sheets, breathe in all the wonderful smells the air adds to them. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “These are wonderful pictures,” Lelia said, shuffling a stack above her face as she lay on her back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you mean? You are the most precious, wonderful person on earth. Come, my brother, let us be together and feast on each other’s company.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z This was a wonderful honor, to be sure, and my rivals were none other than Princess Anne and the trade union leader Jack Jones. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Listen and I will tell you of all the wonderful places and times I see in Beyond as the ever-blowing, ever-moving wind. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “But I think these boys have a wonderful idea, Mr. Turner,” Miss Riley said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, darling, 1 have the most wonderful doctor,” Catherine said in a very strange voice. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Almost immediately the dog smelled a wonderful smell that no one but he could smell. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z He seemed ready, ready for something truly wonderful to happen to him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Usually, I told you more about our horses or the wonderful fruits that grew in the orchard, but that evening I changed the story and added a new part. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The future looked wonderful, and General Peckem contemplated his bright new colonel enchantedly with an effulgent smile. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was an odd and wonderful sight to see this courageous woman peering into our cells and strolling around our courtyard. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After Mama explained about vaccination, Francie began to think that maybe it was a wonderful thing. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "I like Mrs. Willard. Mrs. Willard's a wonderful, wonderful woman. She's been a real mother to me." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “It was a miracle. I wouldn’t touch it now. Don’t you think it looks kind of wonderful?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z If your mind had the rare talent of not being fooled by its own expectations, you might notice something else about them, something strange and wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The days went by, and Elinor’s shelves filled up with wonderful new books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “She was a wonderful woman, your gram,” he says as he dabs his eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z She stands in the middle of the kitchen, closes her eyes, and smiles, as if she’s asleep and having a wonderful dream. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Anyway, the whole kitchen smelled wonderful, and the chicken tasted surprisingly good. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z A wonderful old feather tick was rolled up and wrapped in canvas and put away in a huge trunk. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z If only the war would soon be over and you and Shad could come back here it would be a wonderful happy thing for all of us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Smell Factor was dreaming while a fun-site with talking giraffes sang him songs and showed him wonderful things in different shapes. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Even burned pieces tasted wonderful, better even than beef. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever she hesitated, Annabeth called out encouragement and reminded her how wonderful her tapestries would look on Mount Olympus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z They seemed to be having a wonderful time, their uniforms looked new and good; they were clean and energetic; they were going places. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “An excursion like that would be wonderful, Signora!” he said, giving Esther a smile that was as sweet as one of Lucia's puddings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Incurable, of course. You poor, wonderful man. You will be happier dead. Have you any last words?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z It reminded me too much of the way Jesse had deflected my questions and pretended that life was wonderful even when it wasn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You were a wonderful guide. You brought me almost all the way.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a joy to sit around that wonderful fountain and to snack petit fours and sip espresso coffee. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He gave me mint tea in a glass so coated with use that it was opaque, but he handed me companionship, and the tea was wonderful because of it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z The words sounded simple and wise and wonderful. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Electric light is a wonderful invention!” she said. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Will you tell him I said it was wonderful to see him?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z God, it was wonderful to tell someone other than Tim what she was capable of. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My ears were popping from pressure loss just as the rover's airlock filled with wonderful 1-atmosphere air. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be wonderful,” his mother translated. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z What a wonderful feeling it was, to be alone like this, on top of the ocean and beneath the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Inhabitants of Rennell Island, a traditional Polynesian island that did not become Westernized until the 1930s, told me that Westernization yielded the wonderful side benefit that the island became quiet. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I am willing to let that little jab slide. It would be wonderful if you would participate in our mascot change campaign, Jessica.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Just thinking about it made me wonder what other wonderful places I’d get to see. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z What could be so wonderful as to cause such mad desire? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The neurochemistry of the brain is astonishingly busy, the circuitry of a machine more wonderful than any devised by humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Perry had told him, “The eye doesn’t matter. Because you have a wonderful smile. One of those smiles that really work.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a deluge of a winter in the Salinas Valley, wet and wonderful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful English/” The man was in uniform. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You have a wonderful name, you know,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “At-at-at, at the risk of repeating myself,” said the goose, “I suggest that you come on out. It’s wonderful out here.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z And so The Baron and I met for the first time, and it was the beginning of a harassing but wonderful friendship. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But they knew that in a town there were many houses, and a store full of candy and calico and other wonderful things—powder, and shot, and salt, and store sugar. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z But to the strange and wonderful relief of Zaire and the world, the virus never went on a bum through the city. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, darling, that’s just wonderful. Take your time with the car.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There he found a book with the most wonderful pictures of Calvinistic martyrs, dying horrible but prayerful deaths. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, that was wonderful!” said the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You”—he pressed the tip of her nose with his finger—“are girl wonderful. And he is boy wonderful.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z Suddenly it seemed both wonderful and funny to have nothing more than a frost to worry about. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the few traces that Poe, my wonderful best friend, Poe, had even filled it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z I felt the most wonderful warmth wash over me. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z It had been a wonderful experience, and he looked at the place wistfully as he passed. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z When I come downstairs the next morning, the kitchen is already filled with wonderful aromas. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Central was so wonderful and very close to my house. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z So he had no one to tell of this thing most beautiful and most wonderful. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Initially his wife was against building it, but Giebel pushed it because it was a wonderful symbol in a part of the country where subtlety was owning an eight-seater prop instead of a Lear. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z They all started telling stories, then, of how fine and wonderful a thing it was to be a ghoul, of all the things they had crunched up and swallowed down with their powerful teeth. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful experience to have, but the downside was that it sheltered me from reality. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Now you two listen carefully to me. Its clear to everybody that your parents are absolutely wonderful people who love you very much and think about you all the time.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z On meeting my eye, he said plainly, by a momentary and silent pause in that attitude, “Indeed? Singular!” and then put the handkerchief to its right use with wonderful effect. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Fresh fruit was a wonderful and rare treat in wartime. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z From inside the gym, a song starts — a fast, wonderful, bursting-with- life song. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d say to herself sometimes, “Being his wife would have been no bargain. But to be his friend is simply wonderful.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z He was a wonderful creation, unique in all the city of Harare. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have two wonderful daughters. They’re just as good as boys.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Human beings can do all sorts of wonderful and noble things—people even give their lives to help others. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Whatever problems I had with Rain, I had to admit that she’d raised a truly wonderful kid. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Well, ” said the Queen, “it is all very wonderful, I must say. Do you hear that, Lance? You an to be file best knight in the world!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The fishermen were wonderful, as true sportsmen are. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything is wonderful, Quincy. I’m having a bit of a bad day.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It’s not a wonderful story, but it’s mine. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He spent wonderful hours with the clever, beautiful courtesan and became her pupil, her lover, her friend. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z They were wonderful workmen and they forged his thunderbolts. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, wow. These are just wonderful,” Ms. Hawkins says, standing up and moving to her whiteboard. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z The brick of the chimney behind me was warm and wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Not for an empty stomach. It is a wonderful thing. It burns out the stomach completely. Nothing is worse for you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z I opened the apartment door, put down my bag, and took off my shoes, like everything was wonderful, because I didn’t know that in reality everything was actually horrible, because how could I? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Dominic was a wonderful cook and great company, but he did sometimes get very drunk. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful that you brought this. You have no idea how it lifts my spirit. Please, keep it safe.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z A strong place and wonderful was Isengard, and long it had been beautiful; and there great lords had dwelt, the wardens of Gondor upon the West, and wise men that watched the stars. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z "And a wonderful surprise it is," my father says, "because Ollie is terrible at chess and he's agreed to play for money." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Sculptors can do wonderful things, making people a tad more handsome and muscly. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As the singing started and I heard the words, I thought of Dismay, Dismay, Dismay!-—bright and beautiful, great and small, wise and wonderful...and lost to me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You brave, wonderful children. You’re miracles, every one of you, and any ymbryne would be lucky to call you her wards.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z She thought it rather wonderful that he remembered something she had done so long ago. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Love, as we have already discussed, is a powerful, wonderful, ridiculous thing, capable of moving mountains. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z And for a moment he had wonderful delusions of grandeur. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother said shopping had never been so wonderful, because she simply went into town and took what was there without searching through store after store. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “The post-office is a wonderful establishment!” said she.—“The regularity and despatch of it! If one thinks of all that it has to do, and all that it does so well, it is really astonishing!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It wasn’t the kind of party where you have teenage fun, but it was wonderful just the same, especially because I had so few opportunities to socialize. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry had a wonderful momentary urge to laugh. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I was particularly eager to have a look at Gatlinburg because I had read about it in a wonderful book called The Lost Continent. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z In this way, anything that happens can more easily be attributed to your wonderful and probably expensive intervention. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z When you sat next to her in the bus, she smelled of a wonderful perfume. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He found out that the returning bee performs a wonderful “waggle dance” that tells the others exactly where to go. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “He used to be a prince, and a wonderful hunter and stuff. But that doesn’t matter. Now he just...well, look!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nobody questioned it when he did something wonderful, because that’s exactly what was expected of him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “What wonderful news! I knew this day would come. Let me bring something for the party. Ruti, would you like a piñata?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, and last summer was the most wonderful summer I have ever had in all my life.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z The nonpolitical girls have such wonderful, foul mouths. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “We had a wonderful tour guide and we’re now paying for his first daughter’s education.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The Japanese are a wonderful little people fond of dancing and light wines. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Dad’s grin became his Big Surprise smile, and without even meaning to, I came up with a list of all the wonderful places he could be taking me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Some days you remembered the world was full of wonderful people you hadn’t met yet. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “The two children may press one button each. So take your pick! Hurry up! In every room, something delicious and wonderful is being made.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z How many gallons—what a wonderful crop!—how perfect the sugaring weather had been for days and weeks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well, heck, let’s just go all the way,” Daddy says, and turns it up to “3,” which is the highest, coldest, most wonderful setting of all, and Mother giggles. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z There was the cool delicate smell of painted china, the wonderful unforgettable smell of a doll’s hair, the heavenly feel of new-gauze doll’s clothes. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman stepped into the kitchen and did the most wonderful thing ever: she filled two cups with water from the sink and put ice cubes into them from the freezer. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Even Admiral Boom had been known to envy Miss Lark her wonderful house, though his own had ship’s funnels instead of chimneys and a flagstaff in the front garden. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “New York! I’ve always wanted to see it and now I’ve seen it. It’s true what they say—it’s the most wonderful city in the world.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to have such a choice of places, and it was terrific fun to explore each island before we went swimming off the rocks. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “A wonderful story,” said the woman in delight. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “And so I shall. Your mother—what can I tell you? She was a wonderful woman.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z I witnessed so many wonderful things in Lahore when I was there this summer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z It is possibly the most wonderful national park I have ever been in, and, considering the impossible and conflicting demands put on it, it is extremely well run. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “Regards to your mother, she’s a wonderful woman. Let’s pray for the right verdict in the meantime.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The awed expression on my mother’s face was wonderful to see. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining and alive, that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a wonderful memory for details and never seemed to forget anything once she had committed it to memory. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “He’s really very handsome most of the time, wonderful red and gold plumage. Fascinating creatures, phoenixes. They can carry immensely heavy loads, their tears have healing powers, and they make highly faithful pets.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z ‘Elves are wonderful folk. It looks a bit thin, but it’s tough; and soft as milk to the hand. Packs close too, and as light as light. Wonderful folk to be sure!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z But I had to admit it was kind of wonderful too. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “She thought she was in for a wonderful time,” August said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z As each wonderful horse went by, its large black eye seemed to look straight at me. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The cloud-shadows were very clear down there; they looked as if they were fleeing something frightful behind them, or hastening to embrace something wonderful ahead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Oh well. Your turn for a plan. You have any strange and wonderful magics from the University? Any dark powers better left alone?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z But he was able to develop on observational grounds something akin to the modern cosmic perspective: What a wonderful and Amazing scheme have we here of the magnificant vastness of the universe ... Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, as he lay basking in the wonderful warmth, he felt the passage of time. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z 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 “Hush, Lina. Let’s say our prayers and give thanks for that wonderful meal. Let’s pray that your father is just as well.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The white night-world looked wonderful and mysterious on either side of the road. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Still, I didn’t move for fear of ruining this, the most wonderful moment of my life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z From now on Resa would be telling Silvertongue all the wonderful stories that drove away loneliness and homesickness and fear again. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yeah, tried that one. Asked for a TV, too, but no luck. I guess those shuck-faces don’t want us seeing how wonderful life is when you don’t live in a freaking maze.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I clicked on it and the document appeared: To: The Abeona Shelter Dear Juan: It is with a heavy heart, my old friend, that I resign my position with our wonderful organization. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z The weather’s been wonderful since yesterday, and I’ve perked up quite a bit. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Those trips to Tanzania’s beautiful parks were wonderful, and I learned more and more about many different animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z They did a wonderful job, but they needed a lot of guidance and help at first. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z This time, however, something wonderful is going on. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “But it would be wonderful if you could, at least once, believe in me.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Yes, I prefer it this way too. It’s wonderful.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “What a wonderful party it’s been,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Polyneices won her over to his side by bribing her with the wonderful necklace that had been the wedding gift of his ancestress Harmonia, and she made her husband go to the war. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A head pain caught her between the eyes at the taking in of such a wonderful sight. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The box was full of books—wonderful books. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z To farmers, manioc has a wonderful advantage: it can grow practically anywhere, in any conditions. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “For fear that a lot of bleeding hearts,” said Rumfoord, “might not think it was such a wonderful thing to do.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It—it—well, it is a wonderful chance for her, you know. A chance we, your father and I, could never hope—Louise?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I did not know what salon meant, but I loved them; they were wonderful parties. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful place for me, home to a hundred bottles and bundles, satu- rated with a thousand smells. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I was so scared I nearly fainted at the thought of this total stranger managing to discover our wonderful hiding place. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Chocolate would be wonderful, if you have it. I wouldn’t expect to find that sort of thing this far from ..He cleared his throat politely. “ The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But I think the circus is wonderful. I like it very much.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was all new and wonderful to Shasta for Calormene food is quite different. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Just wonderful. This will completely mess up our schedule.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Douglas, I know that Otis Bottom is a wonderful reader. It's a gift that he has. You may have different gifts. But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to read aloud.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Not on such a wonderful hunt I found peace in my mind by telling myself that the owl had changed trees. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘It’s wonderful news! And it’s just where you wanted to go, isn’t it!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Claudette was a wonderful person, with a mind that was mature beyond her years. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I told him how I met Janina and her family and that everyone rushed into the ghetto, and that was how I knew the ghetto must be a wonderful place. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z As her new stepsisters climbed out of the carriage, Ana, who was twelve — “just your age; she will make a wonderful playmate for you,” her father had written hopefully — complained of hunger. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But before he could say a word, she shouted, “I know. It’s just another wonderful engine made in America.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z "But it looks wonderful on you, if you know what I mean," pursued Mrs. McKee. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Well, what if he, and not those museum people, was the one to decide what was wonderful to look at? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Daisy found it impossible to keep her eyes off her ‘pitty aunty’, but attached herself like a lap dog to the wonderful chatelaine full of delightful charms. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z This was a wonderful gift, no doubt, and yet of what use was a sword when the creature to be struck by it could turn the swordsman into stone before he was within striking distance? Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a tingling feeling that radiates outward from a point below my stomach—wrenching and wonderful and almost unbearable. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I’m here in my ball gown, with my partner, and it’s wonderful. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Must you distract me at every level. I am working on something with wonderful movie possibilities. Highly commercial.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But their dad assured them that it was “a wonderful facility” that “will finally give your mom the help she needs. That’s great, right?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The water gave me a close-up of my husband’s wonderful face—and I was watching when it went white at the sudden approach of armored men on horseback, thudding and jangling. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Now they wanted to be shouting drunk, firing off guns to show how wonderful they were to have kicked a hole in space and ridden a rocket all the way to Mars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “What happened to your glasses? Hello, Hagrid — Oh, it’s wonderful to see you two again — Are you coming into Gringotts, Harry?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z There must be something wonderful in his heart, I thought. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I'd like to bring them out of books, touch them, all those characters, all those wonderful characters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing. But it’s also wonderful because of all the time I get to say good-bye.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s so peaceful and safe, lying in his arms and dreaming, it’s so thrilling to feel his cheek against mine, it’s so wonderful to know there’s someone waiting for me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Our leaders were about to do something wonderful.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It looked like a tremendous silver ball lying there in the grass, silent, mysterious, and wonderful. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z It’s been a tremendously rewarding life, a wonderful life. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z It makes you wonderful just to see it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z There have always been plenty of stories of the weird and the wonderful. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You are a wonderful fighter and I was lucky.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For my seventeen-year-old brother, romance was an entirely new experience and a wonderful diversion from the ghastliness of ghetto life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They had many wonderful things to teach Earthlings, especially about time. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Jody knew something was there, something very wonderful because it wasn’t known, something secret and mysterious. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Bodies swirled around me, and I inhaled the wonderful intoxicating aroma of sweat and perfume all mixed up. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The pillows are here, too, wonderful down pillows,” Mother said, and searched them out. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z You have to be a child to know how wonderful is a store window filled with dolls and sleds and other toys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mother,” Lillian said, her eyes shining, “thanks for everything. The year was wonderful.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh. That’s wonderful. Why didn’t you put this on him last night?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I wanted to ask him who, what woman, had hurt him this way, that made him so scared about accepting love in all its wonderful forms. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what you mean. I am free. Free to have the most wonderful time. Everybody’s happy nowadays.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It certainly smelled wonderful when I raised the lid on the barbecue to put the corn on. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z The cool sweet pop felt wonderful to my hot dry throat. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your father was a wonderful dancer,” she says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With my confidence restored, it all sounded pretty good to me and I was anxious to try out this wonderful plan. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, how wonderful! And you deserve it and you can afford it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t he wonderful, Nat? Isn’t everything wonderful? Now the war’s over and times will get better!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was wonderful, Mom. I couldn’t have made it here without him, that’s for sure.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was dark, maybe eight o’clock or so, and the drummers and singers were loud and wonderful. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Only through the editing process did I find that I had recorded lots of wonderful footage of Grandpa talking about Grandma. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Now that the Witch was no longer in the same room with him he was quickly forgetting how she had frightened him and thinking more and more of her wonderful beauty. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Your mother thinks that it would be wonderful to have the squirrel stay here,” said her father. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z She always thought she would draw something wonderful, but what she actually drew never quite matched the feeling. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I found myself thinking, What's so wonderful about being a little boy anyway? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Briony wanted to tell her how wonderful it was that Robbie had come back safely. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Perhaps how wonderful! Think, that for all time, all conflicts are finally evitable. Only the Machines, from now on, are inevitable!” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z I’m squinting into a window at some Italian silk scarves, wonderful indeterminate colors, gray-blue, sea-green, when I feel a touch on my arm, a chilly jump of the heart. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z By accepting those values, I imagined, I would move into a society that would find me as wonderful as I found it, and together we would have achieved the state of being good. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Life and work are the most wonderful things a man can have. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The wonderful smell of frying meat fills the air. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “It’s a wonderful exhibit. You won’t be disappointed. So rare we get VIPs.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The story of François Villon was more wonderful each time she read it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your voice is wonderful, Dale,” Mother said, not laughing at all. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to feel a chill in the air again, but every weekend I felt less and less enthusiastic about getting out of bed to go out there. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The idea of going to their land was strange and wonderful—and frightening, if her vision was true. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z These wonderful thoughts made me feel just about as big as our old red mule. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just not . . . sophisticated. I’m sure what you write for your other clients is wonderful. But we’re a big firm. We need somebody who understands that . . . our style.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And for the month or so that we lasted, and everywhere that we went, the kisses were wonderful. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful building, at least seven stories high, landscaped with topiary bushes shaped like animals and a waterfall. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Fine, fine. But without homework, life would be wonderful,” he says. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z These great roads are wonderful for moving goods but not for inspection of a countryside. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z As wonderful as everything was, when I got home, I realized I’m missing out on a lot—not the material stuff like the fancy chandeliers and the full-course meals, but bonding with a dad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z In her sweet and slow voice, she said, “This is a wonderful and useful gift. We are very, very thankful. With it, we are sure to save many plants.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Can I tell you something? You have such wonderful, strong magic. I can feel it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Word about this cure spread far and wide, and sometimes patients would walk for miles to get treatment from the wonderful white woman-doctor. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Jorge saved me from the dogs. I thought he was—he was . . . wonderful. But he only thought I was stupid.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Now is my paying-back time—trying to repay the chimpanzees and the forest for all the wonderful time I have spent with them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z I told him and he said that would be wonderful. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z But when they came sadly out of the sugarhouse, a wonderful thing happened. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z How wonderful that this little boy we didn’t know yet was so obviously a Sinclair. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The food's wonderful, with the cheese seeping into the warm bread and the berries bursting in our mouths. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Well, this egg is wonderful for putting moisture in the hair,” Grandma said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The news of the wonderful pig spread clear up into the hills, and farmers came rattling down in buggies and buckboards, to stand hour after hour at Wilbur’s pen admiring the miraculous animal. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Quite wonderful, perfectly exquisite! Friar Hugo, you are truly my Champion Chef. Please serve our guests your masterwork.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z I look down and hope someone will volunteer to talk about how wonderful their journal is. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “I think you might be a wonderful person,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “That was a wonderful thing Tom helped to do, wasn’t it, Shad?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, he had discovered a wonderful power in repeating the stories Celia had told him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whenever I walk everyone stops me, touches the best quality, asks me where I got the wonderful short I feel special because of you. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Thor’s hammer is better even than my wonderful spear and my excellent arm-ring,” said Odin, nodding. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “There won’t be a second coup. There’s a little tension in the army, but there always is a little tension in the army. Did you have the goat meat? Isn’t it wonderful?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I remember when you first went to Manhattan and you wrote me and said ‘It’s wonderful but its not heaven.’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yes, I am,” she said proudly “Isn’t it wonderful?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It’s a wonderful gesture. But it’s too much.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He paused before a market stall that did not strike her as especially wonderful, but the way he beamed at it made her take a second look. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z So many wonderful events were unfolding that I believed that I had been given a second chance. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Many wonderful and incredible things were reported about him; he had performed wonders, had conquered the devil, had spoken with the gods. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like there were acres and acres of grass and a pond and wonderful shrubs. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The oh’s and ah’s from my sisters were wonderful to hear. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From Tiny's inflection, I can't tell whether the thing is fantastically hilarious or fantastically wonderful, so I just shrug. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z “You just had a wonderful meal of eight fat ladies. If you eat me too, you’ll get sick. You want to go back to sleep, to sleep off your big meal.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Then the hay would be hoisted, sweet and warm, into the big loft, until the whole barn seemed like a wonderful bed of timothy and clover. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z “Yes, Lord, so very good. We have this wonderful food to eat and wonderful friends to enjoy it with. Now, bless us, Lord, and make us truly, truly grateful. Ah-men.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Just like that, the room was filled with the wonderful smell of hot bacon grease and eggs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Of course. We will go home and have a wonderful Shabbat. I will take your things from the table.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z She said, “Nicholas Allen, I have enjoyed having you as a student. Now you go out there and have a wonderful summer. And I expect to hear remarkable things about you, young man. ” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z This trip and being a Freedom Writer are the most wonderful experiences of my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Why,” said Miss Franny, “it’s a wonderful story about the Civil War.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z And now came the nicest part of wonderful days. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Over the years Cady had been sent to live with no fewer than six families—loving, happy, wonderful families—but unlike with the other orphans, it had never quite worked out. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Two periods later is social studies, and Ms. Rochambeau is coming around to collect an essay that’s due—that I’ve yet again done a wonderful job of not doing. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When I saw how angry Auntie Fatmata was, I said, “Look, Auntie Fatmata, I have a gift for you. It’s a white person’s magazine and it has many wonderful pictures.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “A political meeting? Ignatius! Ain’t that wonderful. Maybe you’ll make good in politics, boy. You got you a fine voice. What club, honey? The Crescent City Democrats? The Old Regulars?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There were wonderful trees along the promenade above the beach, and there were many children sent down with their nurses before the season opened. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “And Ms. Parker says you are playing trombone. That’s wonderful,” he says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Just about any interesting subject you could mention, April was sure to know a lot of weird and wonderful facts about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z He hated the food because it reminded him of how wonderful Celia’s cooking had been. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s been telling me the most wonderful story and when the pain came too badly he put me all the way out. He’s wonderful. You’re wonderful, doctor.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z "Sounds wonderful, but she'll have to try out. Play any sports, Anna?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Because of those laws, not much foreign beer gets exported to Germany, and because of inefficiency and high prices much less of that wonderful German beer than you would otherwise expect gets sold abroad. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful,” Bailey says, looking up from the card. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Her voice was wonderful echoing through the crowded space—that deep, emotional, heart-stirring voice that had thrilled many a New York audience. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z She described the house and the wonderful dinner. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This,” Mum sighed and fished out her sunglasses, “is wonderful.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful sound, like the first breeze of springtime, filling the whole cavern with hope. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z He had a deep, rich, ho-ho-ho kind of laugh that was wonderful to hear. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The freedom to choose where to spend those hours had always seemed a wonderful luxury to Jonas; other hours of the day were so carefully regulated. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z If this journal be true—and judging by one’s own wonderful experiences, it must be—he is also a man of great nerve. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z It must be wonderful to be idolized so. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Blowing the 02 over the sparker, I flicked the switch on the flashlight and a wonderful jet of flame fired out of the tube. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z At Reynaud’s Bakery he bought a loaf of French bread, still warm and giving off its wonderful smell of fermented dough. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “A gold one and a silver one. Who would have thought anything so wonderful could have happened to us. I’m so proud; so very proud.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z But it was wonderful to have him there, to know he was back in his room again and out of the hospital, and to know that the dark silence was finally gone from the apartment. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I fear you will follow this same inclination in the future and thus fail to discover all the wonderful things that God has placed around us to discover. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Sister, I am so happy here. No one ever leaves. Isn’t that wonderful? We are all women here. Come. I want you to meet my daughters.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “That new medicine is wonderful. You look dragged by dogs, Joe. Don’t you feel well?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What I saw in the warm gray eyes of the friendly old hound brought back wonderful memories. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is a wonderful gift, Dad. Thanks a lot,” Ben said looking at his father, feeling somehow transfigured and invulnerable as he zipped up the jacket that was much too large for him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was totally ecstatic about being a part of something that I’d heard so many wonderful things about. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Perhaps Mo had a new book she could take, an especially big, fat, wonderful book.... Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Sometimes he’d pass me the smallest grin and I’d feel wonderful bumping along as the tires hit every pothole on Atlantic or Fulton Avenue on our way to wherever we were going. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z We both knew that, wonderful as she was, Fay would never understand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful that people all over the world could suddenly author their own content in digital form. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s quite safe. And we’re going to the most wonderful place in the world!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z It felt wonderful to have something to do, someone of whom he could demand some small portion of truth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My grandmother always had wonderful stories to tell me about her childhood and what it was like raising twelve children alone. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z They ooohed and aaahed, and at least once every three minutes, one way or another, someone said that nature was wonderful. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z All the blowings and beatings together sounded wonderful. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Dad goes upstairs to get Mom, so for one wonderful second I’m alone with my choice of pizza. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I think she’s the most wonderful baby in the whole world.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z What a wonderful thing to be able to take away a scar, just like that. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z She imagined him as a child surrounded by too many brightly colored toys, always being encouraged to carry out “projects,” always being told that his mundane ideas were wonderful. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “But you have similarities. Meryl Lee showed me your drawing. It was wonderful. Anyone can see that you have the soul of an architect.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z This was a wonderful clock to see, but after I heard it that first hour, then the next, and then always, this clock became an extravagant nuisance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z A wonderful thing, a memorable thing, to want the doctor. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z All of his wonderful neighbors—they looked wicked as monsters. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z As we left, each of us held full bags of wonderful things, Christmas-wrapped for beneath the tree. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Ms. Holly is wonderful, but I’d rather be with my friends. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z And every day, as he came near to it, he would lift his small pointed nose high in the air and sniff the wonderful sweet smell of melting chocolate. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z The room behind the woman was full of wonderful things, but what interested Nhamo most was the little girl. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Chris took canned corn and peaches and cherries and lots of jelly of different kinds and a wonderful big white cake. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Then, when the men came home, they ate fish, wonderful sizzling pans of crisp little fish. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z And in front of me were those wonderful majestic stairs going up to the Lincoln Memorial. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z I’ve met a really wonderful woman at school who I like a lot. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z It seemed to me to be a wonderful dress for a very young girl to be wearing on a rainy, rainy day. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “It’s been a wonderful summer for them, hasn’t it? We’ve put down pots and pots of jam.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There in the window was the most wonderful sight I had ever seen; everything under the sun; overalls, jackets, bolts of beautiful cloth, new harnesses, collars, bridles; and then my eyes did pop open. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve plenty to be grateful for—wonderful things in my life.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z At Permian the priority was football, which beyond the powerful memories and the wonderful joy it created year after year for the town of Odessa, rarely led to scholarships or careers. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I want each of you to consider your personal identity as we begin the new year. Each of you is uniquely wonderful. I want you to think about that as you write.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Because you are unique and wonderful and lots more interesting than ordinary fifth graders, I guess,” she says. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z On her birthday after school, she had called Omer to thank him for the wonderful surprise, and his mother, who didn’t speak English very well, answered the phone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z She stopped, turning a little pink, fearing a loss of tact, but I agreed with her at once to save embarrassment, and I heard myself saying, boldly, brazenly, “Rebecca must have been a wonderful person.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The vast Muslim world was wonderful for the growth of knowledge. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z It is a wonderful thing to overcome fear. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I missed Mama Lessie, but I still had my wonderful granddaddy. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Who are you angry at? even like being around kids his good for children to be around Oskar isn’t other children, own age. that’s a wonderful a good thing? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “So wonderful to have you in choir,” she says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Every day I thought of Teacher Sarah and the wonderful storybooks that she had read to us, so my memories of her were both happy and sad. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z My last Gombe visit was only for a week, but what a wonderful seven days. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Like all dwarfs, they built things, wonderful, remarkable things, in their workshop and their forge. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Once Lin Nai-Nai came home and told my mother that a wonderful thing was going to happen in China. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful reunion to be with old comrades whom I had not seen in decades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us of the wonderful changes we children in Stamps had in store. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are so many wonderful children’s books. I have suggestions for others we should stock, as well.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “Run along, chicos, and have fun at the party. I’ll be in the kitchen serving up the best dinner you ever saw. You look wonderful, both of you, like you stepped out of a movie.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m more wonderful than wonderful, how dare you insult me.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Pata! Thank you! He is wonderful. I love him so much!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Oh, wonderful. Which one?” the man cried enthusiastically. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful if his place was as fine as Joao’s. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The most wonderful thing, Kitl Dr. Bulkeley has recommended to the selectmen that you help me with the school this summer.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, never before having blundered onto such a wonderful sight, he couldn’t believe his eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel’s elfin guest certainly seemed nervous about the dance of the flowers, supposed to represent the wonderful bond between goblins and the natural world. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z At a wonderful store in Stonington, half hardware store and half ship’s chandler, I bought a kerosene lamp with a tin reflector for Rocinante. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “They gave her wonderful things: a fancy shawl, a silver dress, beauty—” Ben interrupted. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z You may think it’s a wonderful thing to be saved by Lord Frith in his power. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's a wonderful offer, but I have other plans." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes,” cried Charlie, “I think it’s the most wonderful place in the whole world!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z This was a wonderful thing for the boys. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The first time I remember smelling anything so wonderful was when I met Bedi Ma'am. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z In that long-ago time, the people who lived along this course worked at making pottery, and there was wonderful beauty in it. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He regretted this later when he realized that the mockingbirds and the finches would have been wonderful evidence for his theory. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But no, this time it was wonderful news, the best we’ve had in months, maybe even since the war began. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He thought of Druzmilla’s children and the wonderful parties they had as each child split open their first skin. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “Now,” Andrea said in a soothing voice, “feel a warmth in your chest—a wonderful warmth that travels from your chest...to your shoulders...now down your arms...and into your fingertips.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Daddy was wonderful, the way he made the words sound slow and tired as if the poor fox was ready to drop. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z It gave me a wonderful feeling when I looked into his dark blue eyes and saw how bashful my unexpected visit had made him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And it was a wonderful chance for Marina to use her new navigation skills over the enormous distances of the Soviet Union. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I had met wonderful doctors and nurses and other hospital workers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You say, “Don’t bother, if it’s too much trouble, but if you have a chance to look at this over the weekend, that would be wonderful.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z It was wonderful hair, seemingly spun out of gold. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Junior high schools seemed to be wonderful and mysterious palaces. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The aroma of the wonderful liquor informed the others what had happened and they rushed down to take vengeance on the offender. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he simply had to ensure that Eitri and Brokk lost the contest; the gods would still get six wonderful things from the dwarfs, and Sif would get her golden hair. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z His hug was strong and tight, and I knew it was his way of telling me that he’d had a wonderful time. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Candice woke up on Saturday morning to the most wonderful smell: frying bacon. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I wanted May to shine down on us and tell us she was having the most wonderful time, better than anything we could ever dream of. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Amelia says, “Sounds wonderful, Mrs. Green! Thanks so much, we’ll be right down.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I felt out of place in my faded blue overalls, old sheepskin coat, and scuffed and worn shoes, but to the wonderful men it made no difference. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He feels inept, clumsy, as he tastes and smells her there, and yet he hears her whispering his name, telling him it feels wonderful. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z By early summer, total paperback sales had reached 30,000, and both Wells and her editor began to get the sense that something strange and wonderful was about to happen. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “How wonderful! Gnome saliva is enormously beneficial!” said Mr. Lovegood, seizing Luna’s outstretched finger and examining the bleeding puncture marks. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You make a fool of yourself in a Catholic church, embarrass everybody at the reception, and come to the table to gloat about how wonderful you were?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “They make wonderful hot chocolate. Not really a Roman drink—” “But chocolate is universal,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z One man from Sacramento, California, wrote to Claudette: The wonderful thing which you have just done makes me feel like a craven coward. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z She had said, “God’s speaking. You’re merely the instrument he chooses at this time. God is a wonderful speaker, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful sound, deep and pure. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is better than winning,” he whispered to someone with that wonderful shark’s grin. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, one more thing. May I see that wonderful CD you’re playing?” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z You had a wonderful chance on your drive back to see one of the greatest sights on earth, the Grand Canyon, something every American should see at least once in his life. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z There, on a brand above his head, a wonderful bird was roosting. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “If we're in Switzerland let’s have a big breakfast. They have wonderful rolls and butter and jam in Switzerland.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z In January she began a certain very wonderful piece called ‘This Thing I Want, I Know Not What.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Seems once Newcharlie saw the inside of Rahway, most of the guys around here who cut school, hung out real late, and got into all kinds of stuff thought he was some kind of wonderful. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z “Just wonderful and unique. I love them, and I know you will love our standout poets that we’re going to study this year.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z Friends were telling me how wonderful it was that I had made it into this wonderful school and how really smart I must be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Kim, if she was eating all of this wonderful organic food in Nigeria, why would she come to the U.S.?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z All the details of the surgery were spelled out, including the doctors’ wonderful ingenuity in making me a new nose out of my toe. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you think it was wonderful?” she insisted, looking into Bernard’s face with those supernaturally shining eyes. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is a mysterious Business, Conception,” says Mr. S. “And wonderful,” says Shem, thinking clearly of some seaside Trollop. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z They were wonderful, the sound and feel of a machine after nine days of nothing but wind and wave slaps. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Bitter was a wonderful painter, sure, but she wasn’t that good, not turn-your-painting-into-some-kind-of-magic good. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But when viewed in this way, the lottery offers a wonderful means of measuring just how much school choice—or, really, a better school— truly matters. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “Certainly. A wonderful idea, Miss Miggery. Princess, take off your crown and give it to the serving girl. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It had always seemed to Hazel like the most wonderful power—to be able to transform yourself into something else entirely. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Like she wondered if all the terrible things she’d heard about Japan right before camp were true, but she also hoped all the wonderful things she’d heard about Japan inside of Tule Lake were true. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z At first he pretended to take some notes; but he often fell asleep; and when he woke he would say: ‘How splendid! How wonderful! But where were we?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z The Professor held up his little golden crucifix, and said with wonderful calmness:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Streets really are crowded today! As you can see, Tenebrion is a lively city! A wonderful place to—ow, eh—raise a family or livestock.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “There will be wonderful traffic in knowledge between our two nations now. We will understand each other’s histories.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z "Rattle my bones!" the parrot said, giving a wonderful imitation of a spooky voice. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Nothing so wonderful as war had ever happened to them before; and they were afraid it might never happen to them again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was spring, and warm, and wonderful ripe for war. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z What a wonderful feeling to pick something up, hold it for a moment, feel its contour, run her hand over its surface and then replace it carefully. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to see, wonderful to be in the middle of: we mud frogs awakening all around. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t be silly I think it sounds wonderful.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z He gazed off into space for a moment, and I knew he was seeing himself in just such a wonderful place. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful to think what would happen if you put your imagination toward scientific ends. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z When we make our announcement asking the mysterious author of this wonderful poem to please come forward, I wish for back when a pack of birds and fifteen minutes of recess would fix everything. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z “It had that wonderful feeling with it. You told me it was love.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She can be wonderful company, but—she can also be Alice. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But that wonderful chaotic sphere of shoelace that Otto had created, and in so doing saved my life, still crowns it on top. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z But I never liked any of the Tarzan movies—my own imagined picture of Tarzan was more wonderful than any actor could possibly be. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just wonderful, my dear. But how will he eat all that scrumptious food with his helmet on?” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z My teachers smiled as if they had just heard the most wonderful news. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z But what if you had parents and they weren't wonderful at all? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Now he’s this wonderful, warm, loving man, I say to myself, but will that change with time? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wouldn’t that be wonderful? The government would pay us to travel. How divine. We would bring an end to world strife and renew people’s hope and faith.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Neeley, if you had to die, wouldn’t it be wonderful to die now—while you believed that everything was perfect, the way this night is perfect?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z When she got back, she couldn’t stop talking about how brilliant and wonderful the guy was. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She felt again the vigorous, squirming, wonderful aliveness of the merchant’s son as he wriggled into her hands. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In the meantime, things are getting more and more wonderful here. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “My grandparents were friends of his from church. They said he was a wonderful man and they’ll miss him a lot.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z This wonderful woman with useful hair was turning out to be like any other grown-up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z “I love nothing more than you and your sister. Nothing. And your dad is a wonderful, wonderful man...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Harry looked at him, startled; the idea that anything as normal as a wedding could still exist seemed incredible and yet wonderful. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And a few moments later there was a wonderful rush of cold air, a smooth ribbon running along her cheek. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He got a great hand before the manager threw us out, and Fay said everyone thought I was a wonderful comedian and everyone liked my moron act. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It felt wonderful to throw off the evil-smelling rags and plunge into the stream. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z There was never in this world a more wonderful place for looking around. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Knowing he was but moments away from that wonderful relief? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “These boys are wonderful! Just give them arms and they will send the vandals back.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “All those people saying all those wonderful things, and Irv never got to hear any of it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You really are rather a wonderful giant,’ she said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ackkk, a wonderful, miserable age. Not a boy, not a teenager. Impatience but timidity too. Emotional incontinence.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And I, Sam Gribley, felt just wonderful, just wonder- I pushed the raft down the stream and gathered ar- rowleaf bulbs, cattail tubers, bulrush roots, and the nutlike tubers of the sedges. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z And this, these next words, I remember exactly: “The wonderful thing about a yearbook photo is that everyone shares the moment with you…forever.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z He paused before a small white cottage, snuffling ecstatically the wonderful aroma of cooking drifting out mingled with wood smoke. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “I spoke with the Flap-Jackeroos. I told them all about you and how you love to play the guitar, and we thought it would be wonderful if you joined them for a song.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Just think of it! America is a land so powerful and rich that they can throw wonderful food like this into the street. I want to live there and never be hungry again.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “The woman who used to live here, the housekeeper, she made the most wonderful omelets in the world.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When Dad brings home the first week’s wages on a Friday night we know the weekend will be wonderful. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z It’s still so wonderful, I can hardly believe it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Mike himself had a wonderful smile, but it suggested warmth and innocence, not serene self-confidence in the face of all chal-lenges. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I eat the whole thing in one fat, wonderful bite. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Round the world and back in a minute—what a wonderful box!” said Jane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But I think it is wonderful how you have stuck with it and become such an excellent typist. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had been a wonderful day, the most wonderful day in her whole life. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather thought that was a wonderful way to begin a report. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Until today, I didn’t realize what a beautiful and wonderful gift this is. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But there was one extraordinary, wonderful, admirable thing about the king. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It was wonderful to be outside that hospital, looking at the people and watching the traffic. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “There would be no wars, slaughter, or murder; no greed or selfishness. It would be the kind of world that God wants us to have—a wonderful world.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Molly was a wonderful woman, generous and unselfish, utterly without prejudice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Was there not a wonderful Felicity here when we were in our great Days? The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The crystals didn’t quite melt and that made it wonderful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Being around children had a wonderful obliterative effect, wiping out school stress, forcing me out of my head and into the moment. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z They were a little wormy, but it was wonderful to eat an apple again. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Joyce commented: “It was wonderful to see the good fellowship existing between those cattle butchers. No matter where they came from, it was only necessary to be a cattle butcher.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Of course. An old coffin like this makes a wonderful hiding place.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At night, wonderful and mysterious things began happening in this place, but since I was forbidden to be out after dark, I missed them all. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z In fact, as Tendai joined in with the responses, clapped his hands and swayed with the others, he felt a wonderful sense of belonging. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I paused, thinking of all the wonderful things she’d said—about my imagination and how smart I was—and how she’d encouraged us both. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z It would be wonderful to understand how the anthill communication system works. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Was he—none of the daughters really believed this, but to contemplate it was a wonderful little explosion in their heads—was he maybe dealing drugs or doing abortions in his office? How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And everyone thinks New York is the most wonderful city in the world and I can’t even get to like New York. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a wonderful story-teller and I was enthralled by everything she told me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z She tried to think of every pleasant and beautiful and wonderful thing she knew. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z I have never forgotten her, nor will I, and I think she had a full and wonderful life. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z He felt suddenly wonderful, as if all the energies of the world were surging through him, as if he knew precisely what he was made of. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z Even in years when there wasn’t much money, they managed to have a wonderful Christmas, with Aunt Queen always stretching the cookie dough and the turkey dressing just enough to make ends meet. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I swallowed and blinked and tried to clear the wonderful out of my brain. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I’m sure back home you ate a lot of wonderful organic food and vegetables, but you re going to see it’s different here.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It really was a wonderful day, with a bright blue sky, and the fields and woods all a soft green. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z ‘I want to go straight from school to work for a company that will send me to wonderful faraway places like Africa or China. ’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think everyone enjoyed your wonderful party the other night,” said Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Strange and wonderful I thought it that the designs of Mordor should be overthrown by such wraiths of fear and darkness. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z I was going to say, “Thank you, ma’am,” but it seemed like talking was wrong what with all these wonderful sounds were coming from the people on the stage. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Then she kissed my face and said, “You’re the most wonderful girl in the world!” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z An awful, wonderful nervousness seized me around the throat. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m just trying to show you they’re not as wonderful as everyone seems to think they are.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Was it because it was so wonderful to discover something on this island that was free—something unproscribed by God, Moses, or the Methodist conference? Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The chili was warm, with a wonderful kick. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The bakery down the street smelled pretty wonderful too, but he doubted Reyna would let him get an order to go. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think,” said Aurelia slowly, “that that would be the most wonderful thing that had ever happened in the circus, since it began.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It’ll be wonderful to be able to see again,” Billy said to me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They are not specially wonderful pieces, but then where are such to be had about here? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful welcome, but we thought our aunts were the kissingest kin in the world. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z "Matilda is a very lucky girl. She has wonderful parents who have already taught her to multiply lots of numbers. Was it your mother, Matilda, who taught you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “We had a wonderful trip. It was a beautiful drive.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “We are now about to visit the most marvelous places and see the most wonderful things! Isn’t that so, Centipede?” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The ground hurtled toward her, a space opening in the panicking crowd where she was going to hit For a few moments it was just like a flying dream, silent and wonderful. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I think it’s a wonderful idea,” I said. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z "Kids,” he said, "I have a wonderful surprise. Two victrolas and all these lovely records.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z A giant flame shot up, and I thought it was wonderful that the stove, which had been gasping its last breath, had made such a miraculous recovery. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I meant the clone. I saw . . . wonderful, talented Matt ... sneaking out of the Mendoza apartment ... with a dog in a bag. What’s going on? I thought, so I followed him.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The Preacher pushed past the red-hair white man and said, “Sir, I just want to start by telling you what a wonderful carnival you have here.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z I could hear the Captain talking on to Mother and Caroline about the academy he knew in Baltimore with the wonderful music program. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Okay. Thank you,” I say, stopping to cough, “thank you for seeing me today, and I just want to warn you that I haven’t memorized these wonderful scenes yet.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “You have a wonderful summer. See you in September.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z He’d never been in a warmer or more wonderful place in his life. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She'll never choose me over Uncle Max—not when he agrees with everything she says and tells her how wonderful she is all the time. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It made her husband’s job exciting and wonderful and it gave her some glamour as well. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Bobby, I don't want any discussion. If I'm wrong about this, then that'll be wonderful. But for now, keep working!" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She swayed upon her little feet and to Wang Lung there was nothing so wonderful for beauty in the world as her pointed little feet and her curling helpless hands. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z She smiled and said, “You are so wonderful.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She was whizzed into nothingness again, and nothingness was wonderful. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, she is a bit peculiar, but you’ll get along with her all right. She has some really wonderful books.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “I just feel it in my bones,” she confided, “that something wonderful is going to happen tonight at the corn husking.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z “Following a broken telephone line north, I have come upon some wonderful places,” continued the repairman. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “I’m parched. Let’s have tea and I’ll tell you all about this wonderful house that Robert built for me.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My daddy is not home much, but when he does come home everything is one wonderful bamboche: fine nights full of guitar and radio, the smell of fry food, the fire swallow of clairin. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ll probably never know, but some of my most wonderful summertime memories happened at the “whites only” swimming pool in Leeds, Alabama. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But he had by then shared with me the most wonderful event in my life, the birth of our daughter, Kellie. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z For Elizebeth, it was the start of a wild and wonderful summer. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “And their wonderful cats! However did you come to be friends with them?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I've learned not to take too deep a whijf when mucking out the barn, but most of the smells are good, wonderful, and hopeful, if smells can be such a thing. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Every time I tried to argue, Buddy would say his mother still got pleasure out of his father and wasn't that wonderful for people their age, it must mean she really knew what was what. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, he sounded the assembly call when he was about to distribute some wonderful surprises, with the biggest and best going to the one who reached him first. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He is wonderful and strange and who knows how old he is, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “What makes you so wonderful is your individuality, and I want you to develop it.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was wonderful, Jinny thought, how Ben always seemed to know just what to do. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it a wonderful place?” asked Wednesday when he came out of the men’s room. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z The two young Travellers cut a great dash in the Shire with their songs and their tales and their finery, and their wonderful parties. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “Her feathers, her posture, her demeanor say she’s in wonderful condition.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Eye very quickly got back his wonderful sight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, this is wonderful, Milt. No closets, and now we have to call the fire department to get Callie out of the door.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Don’t you want to keep your eye on me and my peers as we venture forth into the wonderful world of puberty?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z You are a wonderful son, and a wonderful man. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z So, all things considered, it was wonderful getting over to Mr. Pignati’s for a little dash of wine every day “Please don’t bring anything,” the Pigman always pleaded. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z It felt wonderful to hear someone else verbally acknowledge my potential. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “This would make a wonderful project for us.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z This is St. Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards and it is as wonderful as you might hope. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z If Mr. Mwila had anything wonderful to tell me, he would have used a gold star or written Excellent across my paper. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Besides, there’s one wonderful thing she did when I arrived back in the district. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know it’s true! Don't try to spare my feelings. Besides, we have a wonderful child. I can still raise Luke if I’m the Oracle, right?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Joe sat in alfalfa, momentarily stunned, while Bloom and Nancy writhed in paroxysms of wonderful idiotic laughter. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z At least it gave us something to look forward to besides these wonderful dead animals we get to eat. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And the knowledge came that the three of them were actually running things and I was just along for the wonderful ride. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful feeling to move through this fog with only the horse’s back and head showing. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z We had not been to the park in ages, and the three of us raced around the nearly deserted paths having a wonderful time. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I picture myself coming home to a wonderful house with white picket fences, but slowly my picture starts to fade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I’d wanted so badly for this school year to be wonderful, and all I’d managed to do was make enemies and look silly in front of the whole class, every day. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z No indeed, the world is just as concrete, ornery, vile and sublimely wonderful as before, only now I better understand my relation to it and it to me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I shall remember that wonderful voyage as long as I live. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z And even if there wasn’t any lemongrass, it all smelled as wonderful as any food cooked over an open fire can smell—which is pretty wonderful, let me tell you. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z She could tell how wonderful and interesting they thought she was, all muddy and barefoot, and now she really knew they hadn’t meant to worry her. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z So he gave her a pen instead—it’s called an Eterpen, a truly wonderful thing, no messy ink to refill and it dries instantly. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z That was far more wonderful than being a saboteur to be caught or an imposter to be exposed. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On the Christmas tree lot we had hot coffee with Sambuca in it, and cookies, and calzones and pizza and pasta and every wonderful food I could want. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z "You were wonderful! You didn't miss a single word!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z That means Mars is finished; all this wonderful stuff gone. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He wanted to thank her for having had such wonderful kids. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Seeing that ad was the beginning of a wonderful Sunday. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Everything is great, honey. I went to the supermarket. I shopped for clothes at the mall. I even had a pretzel at the food court. That might sound boring, but it was a wonderful day.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z His journeys in search of his father accomplished one wonderful thing. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I think of the things her real friends said about her: wonderful, funny, beautiful, warmhearted. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z As he drove to his first job of the day, the restoration of a wonderful old mansion in the Garden District, he turned the dial on the radio, looking for something, anything, else. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He spoke of all his hard work to maintain good grades, his athletic awards, and his student leadership, and now his hopes for a wonderful senior year were dashed. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A great big wonderful waxing bomber’s moon was rising as she arrived at the pickup airfield, and Maddie landed just before the local squadron took off. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Like how wonderful their children are, or how big their house is, or what a quiet, pretty neighborhood they live in. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z Indifferent to our worries, MacDuff followed his nose into the weeds, roaming in circles around us, happy to be outside smelling wonderful smells. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z My morning dash to the prison, pump, and tavern had gone wonderful fast. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Even on Nunivak there was no such wonderful day, for the sun appeared for a little while every day of the year. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t see how my skin is crumbling off me like it’s old and dead, revealing something glowing and wonderful underneath. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Helping Miss Volker cook her hands and type obituaries suddenly sounded like a wonderful way to spend the summer. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I think today if we forbade our illiterate children to touch the wonderful things of our literature, perhaps they might steal them and find secret joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Evy thought it was wonderful when he got a piece to play. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful knife with a gold-washed blade and red dragons curled around the handle. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z It was the most wonderful thing in the whole house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He told of many terrible and many wonderful things he had seen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you could make a wonderful Marian.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z We hear many wonderful things about the Negro settlement there and are grateful that God in his infinite mercy and wisdom has seen fit to provide you and yours a refuge. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Smiling as he did whenever he was about to reveal a wonderful secret, Father struck a match and put it to the top of the second white box. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t say that. Good chance you’ll have a wonderful accessory in the next minute or so.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z They enjoyed the boiling hot coffee which filled the room with a wonderful smell. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well. But we’re all so happy about Mother—you heard the wonderful news.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m—I’m so sorry. I was devastated to hear of Travis’s passing. He was a wonderful young man.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Cohn had a wonderful quality of bringing out the worst in anybody. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The Brotherhood greeting was as familiar as "Give me some skin" or "Peace, it's wonderful." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z He agreed with His Excellency: It was wonderful, just wonderful. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z This King had a wonderful pair of horses Ares had given him—superior, of course, to all mortal horses. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z He had the most wonderful gift to offer, and walked boldly to greet the throng of men. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z The servant cooked the morsels in sesame oil, and the wonderful aroma made Wei laugh. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It had all seemed like a wonderful dream, and with my father’s death, it had dissolved like one, too. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t seem to think my homecoming was so wonderful. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, I hope you have a prodigiously wonderful birthday! Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I knew I would miss the giant of the bottoms, for it had played a wonderful part in my life. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She disappeared back into the crowd, a wonderful collection of gently moving curves. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “But my parents are wonderful,” Grace said immediately. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Whatever happened, the Cowboys had just gotten a wonderful gift. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “It feels wonderful. I’m a little tired, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The jacket, unexpectedly, was wonderful—old Brooks Brothers, unlined silk, ivory with stripes of peacock green—a little loose, but it fit all right. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z There were, as I recall, many misspelt, ill- formed sentences about how much in love the couple were, how wonderful the second footman was, and how marvellous the future was that awaited them both. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The weather was getting colder and wetter, the nights darker, but no amount of mud, wind, or rain could tarnish Harry’s wonderful vision of finally winning the huge, silver Quidditch Cup. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z There were glass display cases containing books with pages stained by age but showing the most wonderful pictures. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z There was a lot of talk about what wonderful jewelry Billy had given to Valencia over the years. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “And I bet you’d be a wonderful teacher,” she went on. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z How can something be so wonderful and yet so disappointing at the same time? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z But the children had been such a wonderful surprise, he couldn’t help running to see them. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The adults all started talking and saying thanks and how wonderful it all was. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to miss him. He was a pretty wonderful guy, wasn’t he?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The water was as cold and wonderful as before, and after a quick check, he realized that none of the blood that had spurted all over the place was his own—another satisfaction. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He loved all of it: smoke rings and lonely squids and giant donuts and Flora Belle Buckman’s round head and all the wonderful thoughts inside of it. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “Ian MacArthur is a wonderful sweet fellow who wears glasses and peers out of them with delight.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Wait, did he just say my sand sculptures were wonderful? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Folks have been wonderful,” she said, lifting things out of the box. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “She’s made dinner. She makes the most wonderful turkey, do you smell it?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I had my pups, and had found a wonderful friend. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z She went as often as she could to the little valley, to run errands for the woman or simply to chatter and listen, for the woman had wonderful tales to tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The Tanzanian field staff are wonderful at following the chimps, even through the most difficult places and up the steepest and most treacherous slopes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Yes, I had flown in the sky and it had been wonderful. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Oh, what a wonderful day was Saturday in Brooklyn. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z But with false gray dawn he had awakened, instantly, and began to dig in the pack—to find amazing, wonderful things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “I have to go now. Tell him that he’s the most wonderful person I’ve ever met but that I have to go.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Mom: “That’s wonderful. The treatment options these days—it really is remarkable.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z She wondered why she had forgotten that wonderful trick. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Gosh, that was a wonderful feeling—being colored and liking to fight. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z There must have been some wonderful flowering shrubs hidden in that shadowy undergrowth for the whole glade was full of the coolest and most delicious smells. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z On the morning of April 25, eight days after leaving our wonderful home in Phnom Penh, we arrive at our destination. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Congratulations! You were wonderful!” she said to George, then turned to Mom. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z Thus it was that in Salinas, in the great dark walnut bookcase with the glass doors, there were strange and wonderful things to be found. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be dreadful. But the doctor is right. You can stand anything. We’re wonderful animals that way.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “That is Frightful; don’t be afraid. She’s quite wonderful and gentle. She would be glad to catch you a rabbit for supper if you would prefer that to venison.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “And those books,” Mo had told her, “were full of the most wonderful words about love and kindness and mercy.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As time goes on, and we learn to put that “unfortunate incident” behind us, you’ll find that your life will be full of wonderful opportunities, as well as lots of wonderful girls like Keisha. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful being with all my relatives, and I was able to convince them not to talk about Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t help it; despite warnings and ghosts and shaky boycotts and cataclysmic girl-destroying exhalations, I lie down, rest my head on Oscar’s pillow, and breathe in the faint scent of him: peppery, sunny, wonderful. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z What wonderful thing is about to happen to me? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Even in the cool air, the sun felt wonderful on her skin. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Oh! What a wonderful story!” the French host said, her palm placed dramatically on her chest, looking around the table, as though to seek a response. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The next morning they shared these wonderful treats with several friends as they ate their daily ration of sawdust-filled bread. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z It was nowhere near as wonderful as figuring out Mom’s letter would be, but now she felt all tingly, as well as itchy and weird. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Dear old Manderley,” he said, looking up at the windows, “the place hasn't changed much. I suppose Danny sees to that. What a wonderful woman she is, eh?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “The sisters were eating less so we’d have enough. They were wonderful.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z But for me, every minute of the trip was wonderful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “That’s a wonderful idea,” I said immediately, knowing how embarrassed he was to have to ask me that way. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z One thing disturbed him in spite of the wonderful healing: as long as the Mellower talked, Arm couldn’t worry. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Since we enjoy affluence and security, and since our affluence and security are built on foundations laid by the Agricultural Revolution, we assume that the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful improvement. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Hugo thought the movie was the most wonderful thing he had ever seen. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z But the children had stolen all his wonderful beards. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Have a wonderful day, Albie,” Mom told me when the cab stopped outside my school. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Her laugh, which is wonderful, is now number one on my list of good sounds. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z With its wonderful crisp yet tender crust and floury bottom, it was easily the most wonderful bread in the world, she thought, when it was fresh. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I sneaked a glance at Connor, who seemed to think this was a wonderful idea. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “And he’s a wonderful old man! I’m going to learn how to make cheese and chains and everything and get me a house and live just like him.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “Why, that’s a wonderful idea! But just send out weekly announcements postponing the parades. Don’t even bother to schedule them. That would be infinitely more disconcerting.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “He sounds wonderful. I see why you think so.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is wonderful, Robin, thank you,” Mom said, but her voice sounded flat and wispy, as thin as a tissue. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z According to Sir Stephan, Char was almost as wonderful as the hounds. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z But it is wonderful to see the butterfly or moth emerging and watch its crumpled wings become flat and strong. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “A wonderful display of the goblin martial arts,” the visitor said happily. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z A nice hot apple pie did sound wonderful in this cold, snowy weather. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “If she does look back,” said Katie, “it will be because you put it in her mind and not because it’s anything wonderful to remember.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z In the kitchen, Jean’s baking pans, and the bowls in which she mixed dough, were set out, ready for her wonderful breads to be made. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z Bad days could set even the most wonderful person’s mood crooked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z She felt so wonderful, so overflowing with love for Jake, for everybody. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know you don’t want to sing in the concert, but it would be wonderful if you could play piano and accompany the singers,” she asked with a hopeful expression. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The nights were wonderful, and she didn’t have time to think about such things as being scared. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Because it has been a wonderful experience teaching you.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Under any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting time of year, filled with wonderful events. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They were now more wonderful to Miyax than airplanes, ocean liners, and great wide bridges. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Two women spoke about their donations to a wonderful charity in Malawi that built wells, a wonderful orphanage in Botswana, a wonderful microfinance cooperative in Kenya. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z What a wonderful word, I thought to myself as I walked to Grandma’s room. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z "It's funny what a wonderful gentility you get in the bar of a big hotel," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z My complaint was that I did not dare light a fire and cook that wonderful meat. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful talking and dancing with you, too. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Luke is ... busy. He is preparing for the assault. But don’t worry. We have more friends on the way. And in the meantime, I think I’ll have a wonderful snack!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z That was just the kind of wonderful news I wanted to get on my birthday, but Poseidon patted me on the back like everything was fine. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “My children and I will take care of the animals. Tzipporah is wonderful about collecting eggs. A real specialist. And Reuven knows just when to shoo them off the nest.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come right up close to me and I will show you something wonderful.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “You were wonderful at the meeting with the board. Bijan has always spoken so highly of you.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Let’s give a special round of applause to the help, for all the wonderful food they cooked and served, and for the desserts they made for the auction.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z How wonderful the smile of God as he talks to a boy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The government people said I was wonderful, by which they meant not a nuisance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “The firefighters can’t interfere with a scythe action. They’ll let the whole thing burn down. And as for the survivors, we have a wonderful public relations opportunity.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z How can my spirits ever be down when I enjoy the fond attentions of such wonderful ladies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is a wonderful and splendid place called the outhouse!” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Chamberlain felt a sudden moment of wonderful delight. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She asked him an endless string of wonderful questions, and Colin loved her for it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z Oh, it must have so many wonderful things—if I could get at the pack and just get some of those things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing, beta. You’re growing up. Hina was right. You are a wonderful young woman. May God grant you a long life and every happiness.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z That night, my mother makes a wonderful dinner. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well," I said, "I hear you had a wonderful trip." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I remember one other dress—a wonderful crimson red lace. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Just when I had given up all hope of ever owning a good hound, something wonderful happened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z From his artist’s fingers sprang objects of such wonderful beauty—cups, bowls, boxes, necklaces, daggers, great golden collars, bracelets, exquisite amulets—that Pharaoh himself would be served by no other smith. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z The wonderful smell seemed to rise with them and fly out to fill the night. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Kids and old folks get the wonderful job of walking along behind and picking up all of God’s creatures that got burnt to a crisp. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought he was the most wonderful boy I'd ever seen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "You wouldn't believe it. It's like a wonderful nightmare." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And it was so wonderful to hear her actually say my first name like that. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He looked lovingly into the flowing water, into the transparent green, into the crystal lines of its wonderful design. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z They smoke their two pipes of opium in the afternoon and it rests and sharpens them, and they sit through the night and their minds are wonderful. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sarai had entered into an idea of the city, and it was the most wonderful thing that she had ever seen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There was a time that I even stopped hating Chokecherry because we were involved in something unique and wonderful and we “egglets” were right in the thick of it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I soon realized that my not knowing her was wonderful for her children, who were bursting with remembrances and loved answering questions about her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then he spat a wonderful stream of tobacco juice and climbed in beside me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z She was a wonderful teacher, full of knowledge and full of life. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z They were similar, all of them, their clothes nice and safe, their sense of humor nice and safe, and, like other upper-middle-class Americans, they used the word “wonderful” too often. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z She had opened a dresser drawer—and there was a whole family of wonderful little mice! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s wonderful having your young ones, but I keep looking around for her. I wish we could have the young ones and the old ones, too.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z He described Harriet as “a woman of no pretensions, indeed, a more ordinary specimen of humanity could hardly be found among the most unfortunate-looking farm hands of the South. “Her success was wonderful. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s wonderful there, getting to try out all the different bows and arrows. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Room service waiters brought the three dogs their dinner, and like the rest of Fred’s wonderful new world, it was absolutely unbelievable. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z What if his name was forever stripped of all the wonderful memories that Moss had been gathering? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was a wonderful drummer in the school band and in bands around town. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As the two flew lightly and without effort away from Crete the delight of this new and wonderful power went to the boy’s head. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z How can something so wonderful and mysterious be true? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Brilliant, Chief, diabolical! They’d just be a crowd of terrified little mice without their wonderful Martin.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Memories of a wonderful love, unselfish devotion, and death in its saddest form. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Saint Nicholas would come, and he would bring wonderful things. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But then Mother said something so interesting and wonderful she couldn’t help hearing it. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She had a home to live in, and a family that loved her, and two new best friends who were foolish and brave and wonderful. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Right,” he said, trying to recall as exactly as possible the wonderful, soaring sensation of his stomach. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Suddenly she had this magical, wonderful power; whoever laid eyes on her smiled. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z When one is concerned with the mysterious and wonderful functioning of the human body, cause and effect are seldom simple and easily demonstrated relationships. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z And Ben was right—he would be a wonderful Elder. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z He smiled at us as though he had offered us something wonderful. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “There’d better be something wonderful at the end of this trail,” said Horace, dabbing sweat from his forehead. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z All those months of taking it for granted that Peeta thought I was wonderful are over. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And at that moment, in that splendid hour, after his wonderful sleep, permeated with Om, how could he help but love someone and something. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z I hugged him and told him what a wonderful papa he was. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, initiation into the magnificent world of science brings great esthetic satisfaction, inspiration to youth, fulfillment of the desire to know, and a deeper appreciation of the wonderful potentialities and achievements of the human mind. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “That’s wonderful,” I whisper back, knowing better than to thank her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Your new lines are wonderful, son. They’re every bit as affecting as the old.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z If Christian civilization was so wonderful, why were its inhabitants all trying to settle somewhere else? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Alex feels somewhere, under the fifty layers of booze, something crystal clear radiating off her, a shared knowledge of how rare and wonderful this version of Henry is. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z After her wonderful day on the cliffs, Ess begged constantly to return. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “So if this is all so groundbreaking and wonderful, why are we here?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z When the air had cleared from my disaster, I’d focus on making her know all the wonderful things about me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been a wonderful plan when the sun was high. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What a wonderful, fabulous, marvelous party! I wish I were rich!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Anthony, we seem to have found a courteous heretic, how strange and wonderful! We should sell him to a Ruh troupe; in a way he resembles a talking dog.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Jenson’s handwriting was so wonderful that he wrote out all the diplomas by request. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The teacher never writes to your parents to say things like “Albie’s so wonderful to have in class! Just wanted to let you know!” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z People said it was wonderful, like paradise on earth. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you know we still have a can of clam sauce? And half a box of spaghetti. That would make a wonderful supper.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z And it was wonderful to see how quickly she could drive the smile to earth the way the woodchucks holed their children. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, they live in a wonderful city called Reality,” he announced, smashing into one of the smaller trees and sending a cascade of nuts and leaves to the ground. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z One hour of answering questions about batty old wizards who’d invented self- stirring cauldrons and they’d be free, free for a whole wonderful week until their exam results came out. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Yet according to her sister Elizabeth, Emma was being wonderful, crying at times, but also coming to the meals with the little children and helping them with their food, attending to their needs. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “How could I feel tired when I have such a wonderful son as you?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She rented a small house, bought a cookstove for it and delighted the girls with descriptions of life with the wonderful Golden Gray. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I know there are many others like me, who are trying to figure out where they belong, make sense of our complicated and wonderful world, and get other people to care. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Jinjoo was so grateful to the soldier for giving them such a wonderful gift. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man. Let us walk.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “Yeah, it was terrible and wonderful at the same time.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z The rain finally stopped, and the warmth in the air felt wonderful. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z The wonton soup smells wonderful with delicate sprigs of cilantro floating on top. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Though they haven’t met yet, Jo feels guilty that in the past wonderful week, I have thought far too much about myself and too little about him.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z I’m sure you can do a wonderful project but there’s value in working with a group. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Surely the wonderful experience of going over that bridge would make him feel different. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Improvisation comedy is a wonderful example of the kind of thinking that Blink is about. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Just as he was about to cut off their heads, the sister asked him if they couldn't just hear one more of Scheherazade's wonderful stories before they died. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful color against her skin, making the freckles on her nose look like gold specks. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “This is a wonderful piece,” my mother sniffs, brushing away a tear. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z We were led inside the house where more family and friends met us, but for me, the most wonderful moment was when I was told that I had a telephone call from Stockholm. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Obviously, a few people could benefit from formal training, but overall, it was good, right? And Nick was just so wonderful.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Helmholtz was wonderful to me,” Bernard resumed, after a little pause. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It is wonderful the way a little town keeps track of itself and of all its units. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Once again I’d like to face a mountain breeze and smell the wonderful scent of the redbuds, the pa paws, and the dogwoods. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Through brochures and pamphlets it conjured up a place with weather as wonderful as Southern California’s and soil as fertile as that of the finest acre of farmland in Kansas or Iowa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z How wonderful it would be if he could redeem himself in Mr. Curtain’s eyes! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z "No, I can't say I liked it. I think it's a wonderful show." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z As also could be expected, Mother was patient and understanding, saying what a truly wonderful thing it was to meet the Dragon King. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z How wonderful they had seemed the first time Prosper had seen them with his very own eyes, after learning so much about them from his mother. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z What a wonderful idea—take my hat off to you! devil Thank you. dud: Trees—terrific! Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z It looked to Fritz as if it might freeze any day now, and keeping the sap gathered would be a wonderful help. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z She was not tearful; that was one of the many wonderful things about Ginny, she was rarely weepy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Americans, one of them would say, are a wonderful and exuberant people. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had never had such a wonderful present! October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Because bunnies are wonderful. And he wanted to make me happy. Clever Glerk!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I smiled to myself as I hugged my knees on the window seat, thinking how wonderful it was, how happy I was going to be. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘There you is!’ cried the BFG, whose wonderful ears enabled him to hear what the Sultan was saying to the Queen on the telephone. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is such a wonderful record of your grandfather.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z They were like the most wonderful waxworks you ever saw. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z While he is so occupied, I will tell you, reader, what they are: and first, I must premise that they are nothing wonderful. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It was a wonderful day and one I know I won't ever forget. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Georgette smiled that wonderful smile, and we shook hands all round. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Unless you write yourself, you can’t know how wonderful it is; I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn’t draw, but now I’m overjoyed that at least I can write. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z She remembered his great strength, and his love for his broadax, and the stories he used to tell her about the wonderful things to be seen in the woods. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “The preserves are the final refuge for many ancient and wonderful species,” Grandpa said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Similarly, the small birds in the rest areas began to learn that the automobiles and trucks that came roaring in brought with them a wonderful smorgasbord of insects caught and carried in their radiator grilles. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She had a wonderful memory of journeying to a strange part of Brooklyn to see the great Sarah Bernhardt in a one-act play in a Keith vaudeville house. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z What a startlingly wonderful plan it would be. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “You can just see what a wonderful mother she is,” one of the McCulloughs’ neighbors said a few minutes later. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It was a wonderful meal,” his mother said, leaning back from the table and smiling, “as usual.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z There were wonderful suppositions embedded in this method of reading: that books are not tricks, and that I was not feeble. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He looked half his age and felt wonderful, and to prove it he ran and jumped and rolled and laughed and gave little yips of pure joy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Quite wonderful,” he repeated; but the only thing he could think of was Morgana’s eyebrow. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It made Marly’s hair wiggle every time she heard it, it was so wonderful. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a very lucky man, you know, wonderful family, beautiful children, such an attractive wife ...” He lit a cigarette and allowed the match to burn until he couldn’t hold it anymore. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘For however the fortune of war shall go, may it not so end that much that was fair and wonderful shall pass for ever out of Middle-earth?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “I’m not alone. I have a boyfriend, I have wonderful friends. I inherited this house when our parents died and remodeled it a little. I’m so not alone—please don’t be sad for me.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z What kind of miserable life had they had, that the Institute seemed so wonderful to them now? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z They're better now, but still, I'm not their wonderful daughter they were so proud of anymore. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He had always heard that love was a wonderful thing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is a peregrine falcon, or a duck hawk, as these wonderful birds were once called. “She was late in migrating south this year and came over White Man Mountain on a chilly day. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z “You were. You were wonderful,” the girl said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z And somehow evening came again and he went into the cabin—which cooled instandy and felt wonderful once the sun went down because the seawater kept the hull cool—to eat and sleep. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I sang with them, and for a moment everything was wonderful. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I don’t need an ocean—” “Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “They’re wonderful there. I’m proud of you, Scott. This is the right thing to do.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I think you’d have made a wonderful S. S. Trooper Bull.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z "And the boys are already making themselves at home. How wonderful." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A wonderful magical mango streak that fills my heart to bursting. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Melody, 1 have something wonderful to tell you!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z And off would come the wrappers from three suggested dancing dolls or three suggested pairs of roller skates or this very night, three wonderful surprises! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Then, the firemen. Oh my word, so wonderful, Dèja. Racing, carrying sixty-five pounds of equipment, moving like warriors. A few helmet lights crisscrossed in the stairwell. A captain kept soothing, ‘Stay calm. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z They were extraordinarily beautiful, and there was a strange brightness about them, a sort of luminous quality that made them glow and sparkle in the most wonderful way. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z In those days it had been wonderful to be selling crystal, and he had thought how he would become rich, and have beautiful women at his side as he grew older. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was wonderful, both of us lying on the bed. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Moments later I felt his mouth and his wonderful cheek! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Could anything be so wonderful as the firm wet sand of the island? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Oh, wonderful. An audience for my humiliation! The normal deal, I suppose? You’ll let me go if I answer your question?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Once there was a world called Kelanna, a wonderful and terrible world of water and ships and magic. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, Mama,” she said, “it’s wonderful. It’s the best soup I have ever eaten. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z It had rained a little in the night and it was fresh and cool on the plateau, and there was a wonderful view. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z So wonderful is is that some people can’t get enough of it. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z "Yeah . . ." He was breathing heavy, and it was wonderful. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The Assignments continued, and Jonas watched and listened, relieved now by the wonderful Assignment his best friend had been given. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z “I feel wonderful, sweetheart. I’m sitting here talking to you and I feel wonderful. It’s a joy to hear your voice. I can’t tell you.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He loved giving gifts, drawing out the suspense, and he always chose wonderful things. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z The way he says it is so soft and real and the most wonderful thing. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z ‘Such wonderful and terrible sounds I is hearing!’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z El Paso Austin had been a helpless opponent but even so, the performance of Winchell had been wonderful. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Isn’t that wonderful?” said Werfel in his perfect Elven.“Lady du Burgh and her whole family have learned the language of your people. They want you to feel absolutely at home here.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z They said she wanted everyone else to feel guilty for not being as nice and wonderful as she was. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z She simply sat there admiring the wonderful effect of her own handiwork. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “Everyone! I am new to town and can say that the people of this neighborhood are truly wonderful.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Maybe he can make me look so wonderful, no one will care what comes out of my mouth. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z He was a wonderful student, a great kid, lovable, personable, a good athlete. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z An idea had just occurred to him, a reckless but potentially wonderful idea.... Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I need you alive and so does Julie. Now don’t be a dramatica like Aunt Lorraine. Think about how wonderful it’s going to be living someplace with heat and electricity and three meals a day.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Then he rubbed his hands together and said, "Do I have a wonderful surprise for my girls!" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “Because I have a wonderful idea. Why don’t you and I make a batch while Hattie here and your mother go see Reverend Schatz?” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z It was the most wonderful sentence I had ever heard. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Billy promised to tell what some of those wonderful things were in his next letter. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “A photo club! That sounds wonderful,” said Habib with a twinkle in his eye. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And when I saw that box I remembered the boy at Warren and the lousy lamp he made and the way we were all humoring him, pretending he had done something wonderful when he hadn’t. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z My mom thanks him effusively, going on and on about how he shouldn’t have and congratulating his parents on raising such a wonderful son. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z How wonderful it would be if I could have two of those pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z There was wonderful wisdom in these verses; all the knowledge of the sages was told here in enchanting language, pure as honey collected by the bees. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And as he leaned there, his heart pounding, his paws shaking, a small wonderful something occurred. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Her Harry was so handsome and dynamic, she knew that once married they would share a wonderful life full of travel and fine possessions. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Mango loved you very much, Mia. You gave him a wonderful life.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z "I suppose," she went on, "your mothers and fathers tell you you're wonderful. Well, I am here to tell you the opposite, and you'd better believe me. Stand up everybody!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “You make a wonderful pinata, son of Jupiter!” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I hastily stuffed my fortune into my pocket, repositioned myself on the scratchy mat, and a wonderful thought slid into my head as I slid off the lip. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Both of them had the same wild, wonderful curls too. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I turn, curious to see what the most wonderful person in the world looks like. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z He told me how wonderful it would be to return to the United States; how many things I had missed while we were on the island. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z What Lizzie said was true: if everyone knew there were still a few wonderful things in the storerooms, people would fight each other trying to get them. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z The world was a fresh and wonderful place to me, green and bracing and entirely new, and I looked at it now with fresh new eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z All morning Mary Anne chattered away about how quaint the place was, how she loved the thatched roofs and naked children, the wonderful simplicity of village life. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The Muslim sisters, both married and single, were given an honor and respect that I’d never seen black men give to their women, and it felt wonderful to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z It is wonderful how much exploring you can do with a stump of candle in a big house, or in a row of houses. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yes, of course. I’m so sorry for your loss. Olga was a wonderful employee. We all miss her very much.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s a wonderful tonic for a suffering soul.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z As I lay there, I realized I had been wrong before, this was the most wonderful moment of my life. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Then she kissed him on the cheek and said, “You’re wonderful. And if any of them think you’re less than wonderful, they don’t deserve you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z The fire spit and the sap boiled, and the drowsy heat and wavery lantern light and steamy smell were wonderful. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z The relief must have been wonderful, for the punctures were now draining freely, and already the swelling was subsiding. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are each wonderful in your own way.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z One of his earliest memories was of her hands holding a cup to his lips and of a wonderful, spicy aroma swirling around his head. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the most wonderful thing anyone has ever done for me.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The most wonderful thing about the front room was the piano. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother prepared us for the move by telling us about her wonderful childhood and the glories of the Bronx. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He wouldn't spoil this wonderful, spooky Halloween story by telling him about the real person up there, the one with the limp. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z And Despereaux’s love for the Princess Pea would prove, in time, to be all of these things: powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z We’d sit there memorizing every word, and Dad would look at Mother as if he was sure he had married the most wonderful person in the world. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite my injuries I dropped off to sleep in the afternoon and woke late at night filled with the most wonderful warmth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “First off, congratulations to the parents for raising a bunch of wonderful kiddos!” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The rabbit was a shade underdone, but tasted wonderful. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z It felt wonderful to leave the clutter of town behind. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z The wonderful part about being a messenger was not the messages but the places she got to go. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, wonderful!” said Fenoglio, sitting down on the cold floor with a sigh. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Arthur is wonderful. Adorable. Great manners. I really like him. The whole family.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I could eat a stag, antlers and all. I say, they do a wonderful nosebag for us wounded heroes, y’know. Just watch this, m’lad.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z How wonderful it would be to make such a thing. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z For two hours the most wonderful outdoors, all hills and snow and big tall trees and farmhouses, had been going past the windows. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Part of his brain keeps getting stuck on how strange, and strangely wonderful, it is to see Henry like this, open and bare in every way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The whole evening was wonderful and jolly and special. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Where they write letters home about wonderful food and mythical trees? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z As they drove up the hill Mother always called “the great slippery” because of that first time they were stuck on it, Joe suddenly said something wonderful to Marly. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Before darkness fell on the night of September 15, the reverend and his deacons closed the front doors of the wonderful old Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Every time Ba told the story, she couldn’t help thinking how wonderful it would be to have the mountain blooming with fruit and flowers, bringing richness to their needy village. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Nancy Wride is a wonderful reporter who just wrote a story about us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z To him, and to Yin Lan-lan, and to the others who were not even sure of graduating, this was wonderful news. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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