“Where did that come from? And what kind is it? I never saw one with wings like that before.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since when I told him I was coming. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when she comes back, she picks up her stuff in a hurry and moves to a different workstation over by the windows. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to see that there were ways I could be happier and that they didn’t necessarily need to come from Barack’s quitting politics in order to take some nine-to-six foundation job. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They came from the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, the bayou country of Louisiana, the Red River bottoms of Texas, and the flinty hills of the Ozarks. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

At Saint Elizabeth College, in Morristown, New Jersey, a woman raced down a dormitory hall screaming, “A rocket is coming from Mars. We're all going to be killed!” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

It all comes apart, and I loathe myself for waiting this long to end it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sarai’s belly fluttered, and she yearned for the escape that nightfall would bring—if indeed it ever came. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Cal frosh fairly skimmed over the water, their oars coming well clear of the waves between strokes and digging cleanly into them on the catch at the beginning of each stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The park was nearly empty because of the cold and the Christmas season, but a few families were leaving as the day came to a close. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All that scientists know is the cosmos was spawned from nothing, and will return to the nothing from whence it came. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Mama wasn’t really blessed in the luck department, especially when it came to Lambert.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pitiful sounds coming from the circus and the sight of dead fever victims did not exactly “dispel the gloom” of the households nearby. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

They had come to the end of a long cutting, deep, and sheer-sided in the middle, by which the road clove its way through a stony ridge. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

For a few moments the only sound in the whole place came from Fox News on TV. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The song ends, and people yell and cheer as the houselights come on. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There comes a day I have been waiting for. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Five or six Negroes came in after us, heads down, trying to look invisible. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it kind of seemed like the Secret Service were gonna come requisition me from my apartment if I didn’t come.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought I was glad when the weekend came ’cause I didn’t have to go to school, but then Bertha told me we were going to church on Sunday. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t understand the words coming out of my mouth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she came into sight again, the watchers below could not help but notice that the climb was more difficult, progress was slower. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You tell Pima there’s oil. You tell her there’s a secret stash. If you don’t, I’ll haunt you like Jackson Boy and come back and gut you while you’re sleeping.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or the filler might come from down the street. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Ever since he came to Weep, his dreams had been exceptionally vivid. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As he did so an idea came to him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. You need to work on some of your soft skills before I send you off to MIT. You need to be around your peers. Now, come on.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few lantern bugs were coming out, their little lights blinking on and off. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Bast took an- other breath—sixteen—and braced himself against the moment he feared would come. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Brown just like me, with shiny, wavy hair like the ladies that come out of the beauty parlor on Saturdays. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

And while he was resting, over the hill came flying the dark swift, screaming as he went, ‘News! News! News!’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came up with a solution, but I'd done enough physical labor for one day, and I was almost out of daylight. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Mama died, my great-aunt Cecile came up from South Carolina saying she was going to take me and Ty'ree back home to live with her. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Why hasn’t my family come to see me?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the flaps of his hat came down along both sides of his face, encircling it, then tied below, making his cheeks plump. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

He graduated and went to America, then came back a short while afterwards, very furtive and very wealthy from what many said was a massive credit card fraud. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He knowed they time was coming, like that pointer done. He could tell you when hisn coming, if he could talk. Or yours. Or mine.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were months when he did not come, but every morning as soon as we awakened we put our hands under our pillows to see. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That stirred-up ugly feeling of not being able to do nothing came back, dogging me all the way home. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, Roemer’s achievement, in not only proving that light travels at a finite speed, but also in measuring that speed, was remarkable—coming as it did eleven years before Newton’s publication of Principia Mathematica. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly our people shopped there, although a few whites from a nearby neighborhood came there, too. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Melisandre said, “Let them come forth, who would be joined.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was no sunrise, and presently rain came beating across the bow from the northeast. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Then come with me and see for yourself. I promise you, on my honor, nothing will hurt you.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It came from across the fence in the farmyard, a loud, sputtering roar. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time for each student to be presented a certificate, the parents were introduced. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chemistry skills like Seaborg’s were coming into demand at the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Who are the Japanese, when and whence did they come to Japan, and how did they evolve their unique speech? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when I left, he came running after and said he had something else for me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing. I’m all right. You don’t need me any more, do you, M. Poirot? If you do, you must come and find me. Oh, what an idiot—what an idiot I’m making of myself!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad was not only not a wimp, he came out to play with the gang, running alongside us, tossing us up in the air, and wrestling against the entire pack without getting hurt. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Walking wouldn’t be an option, Shay explained, when they came back loaded with heavy metal. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Crowds always thronged the airport when a big plane was coming or going, and most of the people seemed to have no business there except hope. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

When Marshall came back with the flashlight, she told him what she had in mind. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if he was waiting for cops to come breaking through the windows. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

No sooner had Mrs. Olinski stopped her van than her old friend came rushing out the door. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t know Glenn Burke wore number three until I was researching him and came across the photo of his 1978 Topps baseball card. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Quichua words come back to me in tiny pieces that smell like wood smoke and people sweating in fields and rain-soaked wool. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was obviously the point where she, Gilly, was supposed to come into the story, but it still seemed far too remote, like something that had happened once to a friend of a friend. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You make good time traveling at night,” came the reply. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to look at him, and it all came back to her: the woman, the child, the dagger in its belly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Light is constantly coming off of the box and striking the banana, getting the banana’s molecules to move again. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

We were all laughing about the snow, and how it was coming down again, and how there would be a lot more shoveling tomorrow and maybe we’d have to do it twice again. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Look, man, if you want her to come back for a li’l bit, it’s cool,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

JoJo came back at me with a fist to my shoulder. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back into the kitchen his hands and face were frozen white and he was dripping with the sweat of exhaustion, but there was a look of satisfaction on his face. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a little bantam rooster, he came, all alone. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when these moods came upon him, he would slip out of the house, and lie upon the grass, and stare up at the stars. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

I came to see God’s power only much later, as I looked back on the difficult journey. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

After the autopsy, after the police made her suicide official, after the funeral home had fixed May up as pretty as they could, she came home to the pink house. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been a fool to come this way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He sensed it, too, the sudden import of his words, because he came and stood beside her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It all came together, playing out like a movie in my head. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The day the truancy officers came for the children of Rose Hill Plantation, I hid in the summer kitchen with Auntie Aggie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, my mother seemed nothing like her parents at all, and it was hard for me to imagine that she had come from them. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was standing there crying when his father came sprinting across the road and seized him by the arm. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The rabbit made one last smoking effort and came to a dust-explosive shuddering stop directly beneath the mare.... This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

What he felt was the chilly recklessness that had come to waylay his heart. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe a painter would come by and we could argue about method and haggle about price.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She hated when her grandmother would unlock her almari, showing her which jewels would be hers when the day came. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Almost all of the energy used to make the food comes from the sun. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

His mouth formed the word “no,” but nothing came out. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

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

Hood’s smoke stayed where it was, then slowly, very slowly, like a huge ghost, the white cloud came drifting gracefully up the ridge, clinging to the trees, drifting and tearing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My professors came into focus, suddenly and sharply; it was as if before the grant I’d been looking at them through a blurred lens. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Already he was in the coma that came before death. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

For ten years he came along, but when he left her he was the same man she had married. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Remember when you first came to live with us back in the Levee, you thought you could catch syphilis from used bedding?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, I'm a freaking idiot with very little self-control when it comes to Google Images. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I came to the conclusion that the whole business at twenty-three minutes to one was a comedy played for my benefit! Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But China’s so big,” he’d say, as if he were apologizing for having come so far and doing so little. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came home that evening, he looked as if he had aged a hundred years. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Go on now! But take care of yourself, and come straight back as soon as you have settled the ruffians!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He, Harry, had told Cedric exactly what was coming in the first task — and Cedric’s idea of a fair exchange had been to tell Harry to take a bath. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I’m scared about my dad coming back and finding out that I’m gone! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are young girls again, dreaming of good times in the past and good times yet to come. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came to the courtyard in the morning before opening bell, and all I saw were backs of heads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Axel would love for a snake to come slithering out now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Tuxedos went to the cleaners; flowers came from the florists; Bunny put away his copy of The Bride of Fu Manchu and started carrying around a volume of Homer instead. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I do not, Monsieur. I was asleep, you see, when the attendant came and told me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they found a salty place in the ground they came there to lick it, and that was called a deer-lick. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then about two days after this snub in Room 20, I was coming down the stairs of the main house when I found Moira B. just behind me. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’ve been coming to the same one pretty much my whole life. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I need you here to come home to. I’ve already learned that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Henry’s brother was going to drive him from Tangerine Middle School to Theresa’s house, come back to get him, and then drive over to Lake Windsor Downs to do a job. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came to a stop, then rolled once more, right up to the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

A little boy in too big knickers was coming up from the lower bank of the river. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then I saw my father coming off the lift alone. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The words came out before Harry had quite got his tongue around them. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Call 'em up, and any one of them will come running. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This yard is full of things that came from someplace else, so they all have stories behind them. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

With the very first rays of light it came alive in me: hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So where do the police come into the story?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Gasps and shouts come from the crowd behind me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Malachy says I should make sure I’m in a state of grace because it might be hard to find a priest to come to my hanging. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t been around much since I came home from the hospital, and now I understand why. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

We were still feeling bad when we came out for the second half, which made me mad. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The command came from my mouth as abrupt and jarring as shattered glass. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Saunders comes over to my desk and stares down at me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

"Does a dwarf have wings? If not, you would be wiser to swallow the next threat that comes to mind." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He veered—though the word had not yet come to him then—and entered Miller. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The dragon came down between the Domishmen and the door with a roar that would have sent a hundred lions running. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, come on over. I’m pouring you some orange juice right now!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

The results of my scan have come through and I went to see my doctor about them yesterday morning. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even covered with stickers, they look like they came from a hospital. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She followed Helvi, calling out to her husband to come and see this strange animal washed up by an unfamiliar, swift-surging river. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Saris. My husband used to love seeing me wear them. Now come quickly and eat what I've made for dinner tonight. You must be hungry." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, Esmé had to come around and pound him on the back, as if treating him for a coughing spell. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“We’ll just wait here for you to come back,” said her other father. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The cheerleaders erupted into a spontaneous little cheer of “Midland High, yeah, Midland High!” and then Air Force II came into view. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leon had come to the hospital once, but she would not speak to him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Relief, shame, self-pity, she didn’t know which it was, but it was coming. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The instinctive fear and fierceness of a rat came over him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So how come you have this thing with shoes?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It came out of nowhere, a ferocious squall with swirling black clouds, pounding rain, and lightning that tore open the sky. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He cast one glance over his shoulder at the blackness of the cliff’s shadow and realized that he had come too far to return—either by himself or by the help of his antique robot. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

A stillness came over her, a surrender, like she was falling from a great height but would never hit the ground. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He says he can probably come up with a few more, but he'll need some time to think. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

And so this piece of paper must have come from the Builders, too. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you, Ghost,” my mother chanted, “that we would come after you.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Notes in the form of candy wrappers telling the street something sweet came by. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Two warriors had come after her and Mama, chased them down like animals. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was just working in the factory and they came and took him. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How come you”—it was his first question—“to be so sure this here’s my baby?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Alexander Van Ness had concluded, “I guess it comes down to a feeling, doesn’t it? If I feel uncertain, if I feel that I doubt, that’s all that matters, right?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped coming with his girlfriend, which means either she can’t stand our family, or he broke up with her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him that he might have come across something rather profound, something to take back to England. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God,” came a woman’s worried voice. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

It was early May and the monsoon hadn’t come yet. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

A one-armed man came in and Biff treated him to a whiskey on the house. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The impact must’ve jarred something loose in my brain, because suddenly the directions came rushing back to me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He was in poor health and had to come with the assistance of his physician, who sat with him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I'm just glad you're all right. And I'm glad you were coming to me. That makes me very happy. You know I would do anything for you." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The game’s come a long way since back then. It still has a ways to go, but it’s come a long way.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He was not in the least frightened, or excited, or curious If anyone had asked him “Where did you come from?’’ he would probably have said, “I’ve always been here.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I am alone in Kelsea’s room when her father comes home. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then this morning, Minerva asked me if I wouldn’t come to Monte Cristi and help her set up housekeeping. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s doing a lot better by the time Sunday comes around. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

And I began to realize why so few sensitive Negroes had had the gall to come as close to them as I had. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came to believe that she had lost her capacity to love, and that the burning desire of her flesh had been quelled forever. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But coming here to James Town has changed me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I waited until Nadia came within a few feet of where I stood. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stays that way till the motor car comes to take us through the streets of Dublin. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, the soldiers Tonya had been in touch with on the ground came hurrying to meet the stunned crew. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Kate stopped glancing back and pressed on, hard, until she and Constance came to the stone wall. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then everything was normal again, and the old fear, the hatred, and the bewilderment came crowding back again. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Least you can look like a woman when your man comes for you,” Alice said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And people often have a strong sense of ownership when it comes to their bodies. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Another almost-spent wave came up behind and tumbled it off—claws and legs all to be sorted out again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’m glad you were able to come today. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aron said, “I want to get out of this town. I don’t ever want to come back. They still call us Lettuce-heads. They laugh at us.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’ll come quietly,” the Savage answered, dabbing alternately a cut lip, a scratched neck, and a bitten left hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For another hour Candy Man went on and on, telling stories about Lovey, and how she was when she first started coming to the shelter with her grandmother. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I refuse to take the bracelet off in gym class, and the teacher tells me not to come crying to her if it breaks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I came down with the ball, spun, and dribbled back toward our hoop. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The second we hit the parking lot, mall cops were coming at us from every direction, a dozen of them at least. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have friends coming over every day—we lived too far out to have any white neighbors. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But the better and richer families were coming to it and it looked to become a fad. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came into her own with the women who had despised her, by being more moral than they; she avenged herself on Cholly by forcing him to indulge in the weaknesses she despised. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d have to leave out of the same door I came in. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“How do you come to speak my language? Did you serve on Ravka’s northern border?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was a far-off engine sound coming in faintly above the slap of the sea. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night the unknown creature came out of its hiding place and whisked its long antennae over Nhamo’s legs. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s been my home away from home since I was six, so I usually don’t mind coming. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Soon I am stopping—at first a little, then longer and longer—to visit the man who I learn is Mr. James Ito and who I come to think of as “my viejito.” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you here, Macon. If you were going to go, you should have gone five years ago. Now I’ve come to depend on you.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he in third grade, though, he get to talking better than the President a the United States, coming home using words like conjugation and parliamentary. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m coming!” she cried back, and stumbled upward, clambering, sprawling, struggling, at the end of her strength; but hauling herself on and further on through the ghostly-gleaming snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The arrogance had always been there, but formerly it had come out in pride in his work—not in the way he wore his hat and walked. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes home that Friday night, throws his wages on the table and says to Mam, Are you happy now? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He said he wished I’d never come to New York if I was going to be miserable.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no need of blushing maidens looking to be protected, but I will take as many spearwives as will come.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A dangerously underweight corporal in threadbare fatigues comes for Werner on foot. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she said it to everyone who came to her, but I would feel absurdly pleased and go away with my insides smiling. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have felt like Santa Claus when she came home. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“For when the soldiers came, they rounded up all the men of the village. When they saw Sifen like this, they said he would be useless and left him.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He came forward, his face livid, and gave me a loud, wet smacker just below the right ear. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I’m going to come amongst you now and put you all into pairs. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Nurses and aides came running, pushing a gurney along with them, and they lifted Charles Monet onto the gurney and wheeled him into the intensive care unit at Nairobi Hospital. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is pointing to his chest where there is a big heart with flames coming out of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I had a panic attack earlier. I don’t want my dad knowing I was scared when he comes home. I want him to believe I was brave all the way through.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A month after that a guy in full uniform came to our apartment to tell Moms the bad news. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Beetle stole time from her chores and came often to see him, wrap her skirt more tightly around him, and make sure he still breathed. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of my former students now worked with the public defender's office in New Orleans, and they, too, had come to court and were cheering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The only time he’d come out in public was because of me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows if he tries to respond, either his voice will crack, or all that’ll come out is a squeak. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

When we came to the road which led back toward the main highway I pointed down it to the two girls. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Some minutes later, Bono came in with the footmen, and bound my mother and me, and took us outside, and we were lashed to the horse-post. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Jenkins was the guy I came in with. He stepped on a mine. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first cloud he could remember seeing since coming to Camp Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“No. Never. Orpheus came close. . . . Percy, you’re not seriously thinking—” “No,” I lied. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The same combination of gasp and groan that comes from being submerged in water, deprived of oxygen to the point of pain. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At the words a dragging numbness came upon her, her feet seemed rooted in the earth she had been so swiftly speeding over. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last Pastor Tom came to the door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time he reached the Balcony and the sun came up, he realized his vision was worse than ever. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

This was the closest Davos had come to His Grace in the eight days since Black Betha had joined the rest of the fleet off Storm's End. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But I hated it when those soldiers came to Central. They stared at me each time I had to walk by them in my gym shorts.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both lifted our feet when a little water from the tide came rushing in. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But then it can come on all at once—the sounds turn into light, and the light goes too bright, and it’s like it’s slicing me in two, and then comes the headache. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You keep watching me,” she said one night as we watched a summer storm coming in from the west. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

We sought the Serjeant out; and Bono and I came across him sitting with white privates of the 14th, singing bawdry which I shall not repeat. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I clipped a chain and the cops came along and caught me red-handed. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When her mother came to wake her the next morning, Kathleen would not open her eyes, though her breast still rose and fell, breathing in the lingering smoke from the burning wreath. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a guy whose name was maybe Zeep Creep came in wearing the same green pajamas as the nurse but twelve sizes bigger. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s so enticing, like I’ve been working in the sun and have come home to sink into a feather bed, knowing nothing will disturb me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Just come for a little trip with me. You said you wanted to work.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So as long as I carried a pair of sticks and kept the humor coming, nobody was going to guess anything was up with me. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad wouldn’t come out of my parents’ bedroom until Grams drove out from Virginia Beach to pick me up. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The answer comes in a low voice: "He burned them." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I want to find self-worth without needing it to come from someone’s approval. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And then Caroline had to come in and make her cry. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moving uncertainly in and out along the edge of the hanger, they came to the northeast corner. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently, she came to a stand of dry grass and sliced off as much as she could carry. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

This painful ritual went on week after week, until “at last the frosts and storms of November came and threw a chilling barrier between the living and the dead, and we went there no more.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

When some other kids come toward us, he gets this look on his face, very cool, very into his own head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, one of them came up to me and slammed my books out of my hand onto the floor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just one little thing we wanted to do. And please, we really do need to hurry. Because our friend is coming out here any second, so.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“A guy is going to come and meet you. He’ll bring some samples with him. And he can answer your questions,” he said. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later on that morning, the animals came up from the pasture—the sheep, the lambs, the gander, the goose, and the seven goslings. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The boy-cotters decided not to wait for the sheriff to come and arrest them. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“How did the thing come to a head?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Going through a rack of clothes, he came across a sweatshirt that was identical to the one he was wearing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was an ease between them that, Moody was sure, could only come from being intimately comfortable with another person’s body. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He came inside her driving himself as deeply into her as he could. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if time had slowed down as it does for the dying, I watched him loll his weight forward, sliding into an easy lope, head tilted, coming toward me in a casual arc. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had come here with the intention of embarrassing a snide assassin, and had instead found a young woman pouring her secrets into a pianoforte. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“St. Nicholas Day has come and gone,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My first impulse was to write that I could not come because of an unforeseen financial disaster. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He wore a dark suit and aviator sunglasses and looked as if he were either coming from a funeral or an elite member of the Secret Service. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming down,” said Lord Asriel, “but it isn’t light It’s Dust.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed a little startled by his voice, but she came to the table determined to finish the terrible passage, yet not willing to miss her supper to do so. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had at least two hours before the Master Librarian woke from his fitful sleep and came padding among the bookshelves to check a cross-reference, a footnote, a scribble in the margins. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I went out with my friends, I’d avoid telling her where we were playing because I didn’t want her coming to the park to fetch me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time the road came around into East Hampden I was wondering seriously if I could make it to the warehouse, and what I would do when I got there. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now Tally had come between David and Shay. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, he comes to the conclusion that to account for his book is to account for his life, and he knows that that is impossible. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of those robots with the book baskets came rumbling across his path, but Charles was able to dodge it. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

"If you don't find a place to hide your fish, the king will take it when he comes." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He tosses the key to me, first doing a couple of fakes so I know it’s coming, but I still miss and have to pick it up off the floor. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

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

The driver must have signaled Mom and Dad, because the U-Haul slowed to a stop and Dad came running back with a flashlight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon Sam came to a long flight of broad shallow steps. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When I get home, I am expecting her to be pacing the floor arms crossed, steam coming out of her ears. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Dustfinger had hauled the dogs over to the nearest tree and was just winding their leashes around the cracked bark when Flatnose came out of his daze. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Did you have any TB patients who came and were treated but weren’t cured?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Hello. It’s daylight. The chupacabras only comes out at night. Besides, if he has goats, he has water. Let’s just hope he can spare some.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He tries to scream “HELLO!” but nothing comes out once again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Sidney Goldberg came over to me and started talking about the game, and then Davey Cantor joined us and added his opinion about “those murderers.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They came out of the package looking like normal, udder-pink wieners, but as they got hot, an amazing transformation took place. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"You mighty right, I'm the boss, and don't forgit it. Now come on back here, we got work to do." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the house was flotsam that had come to him, floating in on the tide, as I had, sometimes into our own little cove, sometimes on Cuttyhunk, where no one else wanted it. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She had walked more slowly than the others and was just coming up the mountain. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It showed the Empire State Building with lightning all around it In the distance a dark storm was brewing, with a huge hand coming out of the clouds. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Mamou thought it was too much driving to come here. To see this. But it’s important for you to know where you come from.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

And I’m so frightened that none of them will ever come back out again that it leaves me sick. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The light coming through the front window is enough so I can just barely read the words. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

This doesn’t mean that vervets are stupid: they are very sophisticated when it comes to questions that have to do with other vervets. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Reggie's man bun came undone, and he appeared to be crying. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The school bus was coming to a stop, its brakes grinding. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

His limp went away, but he wore his sleeves rolled down and came to school one day with a black eye. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Therefore, it is to be concluded that good advice, from whomever it may come, must arise from the prudence of the prince, and not the prudence of the prince from good advice. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, expected it to come sooner, and I wonder how much I am to blame for his decision. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were some guys back home who teased him about it, that is, until Ernie came around. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

One program came on after another, and all of them were punk. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had never noticed them much because they never came into the place. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I came in to see you and you were asleep with this in the bed with you.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It did not seem as if the camp could possibly hold any more, but still they kept coming: long lines of people, some emaciated, some hurt or sick, all exhausted. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you only come by to return the bicycle, or did you want to come inside?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a few minutes Tucker came bounding into the newsstand and up to the stool and the shelf. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I can, I bring a priest in to say mass for them, so I don’t see why the priest comes to talk to me about justice. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came quickly to Getheren, reaching out his arms to hold him, and seized him by the left hand. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And above all, pass on this mes-sage £>f mine to those who come after you, so that future generations shall carry on the struggle until it is victorious. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

The next day, as we return home from the market and pass the boys playing cricket, a ball comes flying at us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Pip, Pip,” she said one evening, coming to such a check, when we sat apart at a darkening window of the house in Richmond; “will you never take warning?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

What if the spout opened and closed when the steam came out, so it would become a mouth, and it could whistle pretty melodies, or do Shakespeare, or just crack up with me? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two little hammerlike contraptions came down and trailed along the edges of the notched disks, rising and falling as the disks steadily turned. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to have a good supply ready if the Aleuts came again. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man comes in with a stretcher and after they carry Mam away there are blood spots on the floor by the bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Late in the day they came to a place where the fire had crossed the road and the macadam was still warm and further on it began to soften underfoot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

For some reason the most important thing to me was actually seeing the baby come out of you yourself and making sure it was yours. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He always says that music sounds better coming from a record player. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The old man came forward then and cut Tayo across the top of his head; it happened suddenly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he didn’t take those when he moved out, but I was glad they were still there, ’cause maybe that meant he might come back, right? Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought you might be the one who came.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was looking for the chance to slam on Brothers and it came with a minute and a half left and us up by three. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the evenings, I’d find memos in my briefing book asking me to approve a “Bo and Sunny Drop-By,” allowing the dogs to mingle with members of the media or children coming for a tour. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It’s the social hub of the place, where donors come out of their rooms for a bit of air and a chat. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could hear her approach, and any second Mrs. Baylor was going to come through the door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her first fear was that lawyer son had not believed Mr. Randolph’s excuses for not coming to Virginia for Thanksgiving and had come to get him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I am glad you have come Monsieur,” said the conductor with a sigh of relief. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you stand there and tell me what you didn’t mean! Never in my experience have I come across—” Now she was in for it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t come up because I’m having a little trouble keeping it together,” he tells me, “and I promised I wouldn't embarrass you.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he put it on when he came back or if he wore it all those years. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He nodded over at a lady from Moscow who had run away from her husband and who never came down to the courtyard, but watched from a window three stories up. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Look,” she said harshly, coming over to Theodora, “you’ll have to wear my clothes until you get new ones, or until we get the others cleaned.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was next to Liz, and Betty Jean was just a few rows back, I kept worrying Mrs. Johnson was going to come back and hit me with her hat. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jockey’s birthday only came once or twice a year. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Henrietta told her cousins about the cancer at a carnival that came to Turner Station each year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Didn’t no words come out so she walked all a-shake-ity into the house. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Neely came up and gave us hugs and tried to act happy even though we obviously weren’t. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

By email Farmer replied, “Ah, this is not my real body of work. To see that, you have to come to Haiti.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Jim’s “big shot” strategy, as Farmer called it, had worked: dream high, work hard, be open to new, better ideas when they come along, and never, ever give up. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It took a few seconds, but Joseph came and sat down, and my father knelt beside him and reached beneath Rosie. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It’s probably not something they’re used to seeing, a girl in running clothes coming down this empty road in the middle of nowhere. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Just . . . come . . . help . . . me, he tried to say back, thinking each word separately, trying to visualize the message, send it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But just then Mrs. Popper came back from market and opened a can of shrimps, so that Mr. Popper was soon left alone at the telephone. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a handful of horsemen he came in the middle morning, riding as escort to a line of wains. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

History lessons remind us that the states in which we live, their institutions, even their laws, have come to us through conflict, often of the most bloodthirsty sort. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I dreamed of coming here with my own baby. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came to a gully that split the narrow foreshore like a defense. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He thought: Best of an island is once you get there—you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

No, what I should do is get these three dogs back to the building, and then come back out to find Ziggy by myself. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

As they drew level with him, his mother came hurrying out of the tent. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The execution date couldn't have come at a more difficult time. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Next moment he came out into a wide glade and found himself in a crowd of people. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

As I returned to the well, Mother came through the garden gate. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look around to see that almost everyone is sitting on blankets, something we never did when I used to come here years ago. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had since retired from competition, but he liked to come back to the Peter Westbrook Foundation—where he had gotten his start—to mentor and teach the younger kids on Saturday mornings. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He came home to the smell of his favorite meal, smothered lamb chops. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But wherever the strange worry came from—and Father was a worrier—he was clearly determined to rid himself of it that very morning. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

She listened, nodding her head like a wizened owl, as the tale of the morning’s woes came pouring out. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The Golden Hours turned away, whispered back and forth, came to a decision. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Instead of coming back from Oxford after those twelve weeks, she’d stayed on to do a summer course, explaining that a professor she admired would be retiring after that. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When she came into the kitchen he looked up briefly and smiled at her, but Meggie could see he was worried about something. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They are coming back to look for their baby.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She speared a bite on the point of the knife and ate it with relish, while her hostess toyed with her own portion, then blew on it fastidiously, steam coming from the crisp brown meat. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t stop until my father came home. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They had blacked their faces, seized axes, and come along. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came over to Peewee’s bunk and put his foot on Peewee’s bed. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says her mother would like me to come and see her, have a cup of tea with her. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It works best for him at these moments if he just speaks the words as they come to him. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I do not!" shouted The Grand High Witch, and she came quickly back into the bedroom, slamming the balcony door behind her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Trub laughs, and his gold tooth catches the sun, which is finally starting to come out. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

His pallbearers—cousins, his dad, an uncle, friends I’d never seen—came and got him, and they all started walking toward the hearse. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My secretary would be coming in tomorrow, before I returned. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The one I wore when my Pops got bit, and when my cousin came home from Iraq messed up so bad they couldn't even open the casket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Ever up now we went, until we came to the Endless Stair.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The Senator comes out, looking curiously more sober, in a fresh shirt, plaid and pressed, exactly the same as the last one. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

People avoided the shops by the river and came up to our end of High Street, where the air smelled cleaner. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Adolf Hitler came to power, he vowed to break the treaty, a promise he would keep, one step at a time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I could come up with my own if asked. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Kainene’s mother came up and kissed his cheek; he knew she was drunk, or she would have greeted him with the usual frosty “How do you do?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Emergency Service promised her a staff doctor would attend to me if I could come in to the ward. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I hear you might be coming to the studio,” Selena said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A nurse came in and said I could see Mom now. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Will we ever come to an end in our understanding of the nature of matter, or is there an infinite regression into more and more fundamental particles? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the last shark of the pack that came. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop a moment, I am coming to that. No, she was not an only child; she had a half-brother. Her father privately married again—his cook, I rather think.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stomachache I’d had on and off all day had come back. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After some days the farmer’s wife came to the barn and said, “You must not run away. There is a new law. All children must work on the farms.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They left the cart in the woods and crossed a railroad track and came down a steep bank through dead black ivy. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Briefly, at high population densities only a portion of the people came to be farmers, but they were mobilized to devote themselves to intensive food production, thereby yielding surpluses to feed nonproducers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“None of your friends made fun of my clothes or my beard or whispered about me when I came down the hall?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When I came to them they were out on an old drift, sniffing around. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nana saw me coming down the stairs, dropped her knitting, and rushed out of the car. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Not used to coming home to an empty house. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

The voice came from above, but the boy did not look up. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'm about five steps away when her door opens behind me, and she says, "Hey ... can you come back?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So many things have gone wrong for her in her seventeen years that she’s come to expect it. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I was drenched; anybody could see it was time to come in out of the rain. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he stood up and shook my hand with genuine cordiality when we came in. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered, “Where did kissing come from? Who started it?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad came over last night and told my dad,” she says. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He stood at the tiller to see better and soon he was coming through the opening. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Circling around through the flats, I came to the hollow above the Pritchards’ place. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She woke immediately, crawled to the door of the lodge, and then, as Deydey walked toward the silent cabin with the tiniest thread of smoke coming from the chimney, Omakayas saw him stagger. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

As he stared, one of the rabbits came close to the wire, looked out and saw him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had saved my life, and perhaps if we had come earlier we would have saved Ultima. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot more complicated than that, Kambili. I had many questions, growing up. The priesthood came closest to answering them.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We get our cartons of food but now the 10 P.M. news comes on. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If some mystical clarity of thought came when you looked death in the eye, then I knew Morrie wanted to share it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On an afternoon a few weeks before Momma revealed her plan to take us West, Bailey came into the Store shaking. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated just listening to the way perfect English came out of a person in the clothes of a Hasid. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Your master wants me to come with him. To help him with his nonsense. I would rather die.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

One Thursday in March, the circus had come through Humble, Nebraska, like a rogue spring wind, the kind that kicks pollen into the air and sends the shoots up too early. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“There’s a new Superman movie coming out soon,” she reads as she shakes the newspaper flat. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Alone he saw the field of time, past and to come. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever the weather would turn nasty, one or another Sherpa was apt to point up at the clouds boiling heavenward and earnestly declare, “Somebody has been sauce-making. Make bad luck. Now storm is coming.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She wants to come and see me and talk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was anxious and slept badly, but when Mother came home the next morning, hair deranged and dark circles under her eyes, her lips were parted in a wide smile. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

We stop in front of the building where the family lives, and before we can figure out how we're going to make our approach, the man comes hurrying out and quickly walks down the street. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Will you come over here? I want to talk to you about something.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Why had he sent me away, and when would he come back? Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me saying so, but it is like seriously dumb to come out here in March without a three-season tent.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t do it, I want to scream, but no sound comes out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Now, a new name came more fully into the public eye: George Gordon Meade. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you find who the Others are, where they come from, what they want?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on—there has to be something we can do. How many Grievers’ll come at us?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After the theater had closed, he could pass along Constantinople Street to see whether his mother had come home. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the last thing I need is Daddy coming up in here. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

At least her mouth opened and two words came out “And I'm ready, for your information.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was cool with the pastor coming, but my mother being on board, that really got me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He should stay focused, give it more time, but instead, he keeps coming back to the binder. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then he says, “You really better stop. What if they come looking for Moonie?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“A cab came speeding around the corner,” said Helene Castleman, a local baker, who witnessed the accident in front of her business. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Then, from some distance came the cry, “The hour of Compline is at hand. The curfew is in force. No one may be on the streets.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When my turn comes, Sam pipes up, “I know Anita already.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

On the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, he had come home from school to find—as he often had—Morris's motorcycle parked in the back of the house. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Georges Seurat and Paul Gauguin come to see the exhibit. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Hie crows came in the blue dusk, with the evening stars. " A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

One report talks about relief coming to beaches again sometime today, but there’s no way to know how successful this second wave will be. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The kitchen door was open and the cold air came in. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers were serious and smart and a lot of them went by “Dr.,” and so when the time came for my last class before lunch, World Religions, I felt tremendous relief. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We were left out when it comes to smelling things,” he says. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then out of the blue something came to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He hated them all—all the men who came to see Linda. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late that afternoon, Wash looked up from the river to see Naomi coming toward him and the twins. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It comes from our time: from the particular opportunities that our particular place in history presents us with. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In the evening he come out on the porch in his Sunday best She be sitting there with me shelling peas or helping the children with they spelling. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slowly, you straightened up, like a snail coming out of its shell, and let us haul you along. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I had just come to the city, I saw on Madame’s television that a lot of poor city women throw out their babies because they can’t afford to feed them. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Five minutes later, at the Baptist Hospital, I come around and help her out of the car. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Circe said that Macon and Sing had boarded that wagon in Virginia, where they both came from. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The drumming ebbs and flows, comes to a crescendo before stopping completely; then I am stagnant water again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When it comes to the debate surrounding immigration reform, some argue that the breakdown of quotas needs to be changed. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He comes home drunk but he’s quiet and passes out on the floor next to Mam’s bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She was still laughing when Aunt Daisy came in. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then the image of her death came and he closed his eyes, trying to forget. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Blow out the nose just when he hit so he wouldn’t come up spurting. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

After an hour, the elevator doors opened and the old man came out, was he going to leave Oskar up there, so high up, so alone, who would keep him safe? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He suggested we postpone the armed struggle until Sobukwe came out of prison. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d just crested the hill when the source of the horrific smell came clearly into view. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The real energy cost comes from heating it back up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And will we act in time to save the planet for those who come after us? 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

When on the East the sheer bright star arose that tells of coming Dawn, the ship made landfall and came up islandward in the dim of night. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the demonstrations are finally over, the lights come up and cards are passed around the theater. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

From inside the house came the sounds of Wash’s sister Peggy practicing the piano. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If there’s anything that’s bothering you, you can come to us.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She comes over and gives me a kiss on the forehead. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When The Lone Ranger came to television, she would watch it just to see Jay Silverheels, the actor who played Tonto. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

After that, she started talking about her plans for college, which I had heard before, so I put down the phone, went to the bathroom, and when I came back, she was still talking. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Do they even know where their ancestors came from? A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was on the way to the village where Sass sent me to buy some chilis and a paper of cumin that the idea came to me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I left during the fourth quarter of Coop’s game so I could come get ready for tonight, and now I’m in said sanctuary, freaking the flip out. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“How did it happen that you came here?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just left home and never came back. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every patch on the quilt had come from a dress she had made for herself through the years. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

For a while I thought that it would not come at all because the two suddenly met beyond the sandspit. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that over and added, “Never mind. Your brother always come first. But you must guard very well. If you cannot, I will carry both.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

After several turns they came to a house close to the wall of the citadel upon the north side, not far from the shoulder that linked the hill with the mountain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The spring of 1935 came and the plans for the writers’ congress went on apace. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This he did, and he was pleased when the friends that his eldest son had found in the town came into the courts and proud that they should see all that was. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He opens the flyscreen, and I’m worried he might be coming out to abuse me, but he asks me to come in and we sit down in his lounge room. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t move, and the words didn’t come, and while she hesitated, he tilted his head to the side in a movement that was so familiar it looped around her heart and pulled tight. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, war came and I went and served, like my father. Like your father now. Duty calls, and we answer in this family. No, sir, our apples don’t fall far from the tree.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“And left the bride all alone? Why, that’s too bad. Isn’t he afraid someone will come and carry you off?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Now there—no, go on, go on. We’ll come back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I can see people moving like bright animated dolls, their mouths opening and closing but no real words coming out. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There isn’t as much food coming into the market, and what does come is expensive. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

More of a "You better come to dinner" type of thing, which I definitely wasn't expecting. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We must take with us the blood that comes after the birth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if so, why wasn’t he coming over to confront me? Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Your recompense is coming, my bold little whelp. I have a long memory.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"No, listen, Jake. Brett's gone off with men. But they weren't ever Jews, and they didn't come and hang about afterward." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I hold out my hand, and she comes to me, throwing her arms around my waist. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I rummage through my mind and come up with an answer quick. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

No one, I mean no one, comes into the Chili Bowl. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the rangers will come upon some sign of them, he told himself, never truly believing it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I think about the first time Miss Skeeter came to my house, how awkward we was. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I said: ‘Man, it sure is nice of these girls to come offer us a beer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A time will come when they have grown so wicked that they will worship power, might will be right to them, and reverence for the good will cease to be. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That has always been frightening, for I have always felt that he would guess I might come, and wait there to trap me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Such a challenge would have been painful enough coming from a geologist, but Wegener had no background in geology. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"In the dark? Stupid. If you didn't fall off your horse and break your neck, you'd get lost and wind up back at the Wall when the sun came up." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I find myself smiling when she comes near, and she smiles back. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

And Gregory thought maybe it was the kind of smile that came just before laughing. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A few hundred yards out, still in the open field, they would come within range of skirmish, aimed rifles. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She has come to love her next bowl of soup more,” Gitl said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we came closer and closer to this text, I became more and more convinced that Rav Gershenson was going to call on me to read and explain it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It came at last, and settled his mind effectually on one point, for Jo decidedly couldn’t and wouldn’t. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we got to the village, some of the people ignored us while others came up and begged for C rations and whatever else we would give them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but shiver a little bit every time I come down here. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Fifteen minutes later, Makalu, the world’s fifth- highest peak, came into view—and then, finally, the unmistakable profile of Everest itself. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Just put it down and come with us,” I said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Finally the conductor and the brakeman, with a lantern, came to the rescue. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he’d stand yelling at me to come back and look at all the yellow ants and centipedes and crickets and stinging scor-pions that went scurrying away, hunting new hiding places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told her that the birds and animals all had languages and if you listened and watched them you could learn about their enemies, where their food lay and when big storms were coming. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its master spoke to it gently, and then harshly, and then angrily; but it would neither come nor cease to make a noise. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Bailey tells them a shortened version of how he came to be friends with Poppet and Widget, leaving out the more curious details. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Now he reduced his progress to the rhythm of his boots—he walked across the land until he came to the sea. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

An early winter moon was rising in front of them, and a chill wind came with it, penetrating feet and hands. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And soon the sun came up and there was nothing below them, above them, no ground or water, just a never-ending sky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“She comes home from school every day crying.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

But no police have come, and no smoke rises from the stacks at Minerwa. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

They looked at me with new eyes, and a distance, a suspiciousness came between us. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wagon Lit conductor had come up to the two men. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very much a disciplinarian, and he regimented our coming and going. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe next time,” he says, “but it won’t happen, Donna, unless you come along.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The ground shook as the train came up at them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was as though things had changed, that somehow the earth had frozen in its journey and time had finally come to a standstill. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I skirted down Limanowskiego Street, ready to duck behind a busted-up piece of furniture or hide in a pile of old rags if I heard the Nazis coming. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night, as I was finishing my book, my father came in and sat on the edge of my bed. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Buses were coming to bring people to the hospital. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She wanted to get another job teaching music, but so far nothing had come up. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Demetrius didn’t come. Probably because fun is against his moral code. And Dex is drunk. Loosening up for once in his life, thank the skies.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

A voice came out of the crowd: “Five hundred.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My mother and my father’s youngest wife, Nodayimani, who had come to stay with us, were looking after him, and late that night he called for Nodayimani. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day a short time before her delivery date, Clara came down from her Brahmanic refuge without warning and began to speak again. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I got off the train and came back to my hood, to my Flatbush Avenue, or my Harlem, the fear still held. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My brother is okay? My brother is coming back? I miss you!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Thou shalt grant an annum of immunity to the beloved of those who accept your coming, and to anyone else you deem worthy. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the end of the stroke came a little flick of the head, a flourish. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Something would come after her, and haunt and torture her for disturbing their peace. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

With his newfound sight, the young Roosevelt was ready to take on whatever came next. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He came forward into the firelight; but most of the company backed away, even more perturbed than before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tired rabbits fed and basked in the sunny meadow as though they had come no further than from the bank at the edge of the nearby copse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up came Sam, puffing, heaving a great bundle on his head. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

One stack represented all the people who crossed the northern border out of Chattana province that day; the other stack was for all of the people who had come in. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Finally, in the late afternoon, a knock comes at my door. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

No one knew where the words had come from. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To my cousins, or your tales sister in Vienna. We will get a letter when the mail begins to come again.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then she put it back into the handbag, stood up, and came out of the enclosure. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Next morning a little kid from three blocks away came knocking at the front door. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was Jonas to whom Gabriel had come not long ago, looking for books with diagrams and instructions, so that he could learn to build a boat. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His fists came down toward Luke's head—a double overhead blow that would’ve knocked a hole in titanium—but the bear twins intercepted. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The girl has one head, too, she does not have two. So why did you let her come first?” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Is Father going to come and be with us tonight?” asked Sister McCandless after a moment. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I hit pause as the camera closes in on Stella’s face, all her features coming alive in the glow of the spotlight. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We have as much time as it takes. 3RD JUROR: Everything—every single thing that came out in that courtroom, but I mean everything, says he’s guilty. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I close my eyes as my own towel drops and the song comes to an end. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

When I came to the further side of the cove I saw Ben crouching by a little pool between two rocks scraping winkles into his hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and Maxwell Smitherman here come to sign up to vote.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All the money came from me but that was all right because, like I always say, me and Peaches got a friendship that’s all that and then some. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ms. D. says I’m coming along,” Vega answered. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Okay, okay, okay,” Diego said, a smile slowly coming over his face. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When Salvador again came with Lucky two days later, Lupita marched up to him and handed him the letter the moment he stepped through the door. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

I waited for that fear to come, but all I could seem to feel was an ache for his pain. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And we saw the world where the little people come from, the Gallivespians. There are big people there, too, who try and kill them.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The food came, and Bryce ate all of it without even looking up from his plate. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

There were no shadows between us any more, and when we were silent it was because the silence came to us of our own asking. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then Paul pointed out to me, “That young fellow just coming with the last bicycle is the other pilot, the one who got stuck in the mud west of here. You probably know each other?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“I was traded in for the price of six goats and a cow for my eldest sister's wedding. My parents promised they'd come back to get me as soon as they repaid him.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You seem a bit young to come to the market on your own,” she noted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Conover, when I came into prison the first time, I couldn’t read or write.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We don’t dare use Fina’s flashlight or even our phones, because if my pen pal does come, they’d be able to spot the light from a mile off. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The one good thing to come from being attacked was that Principal DeShields transferred me from gym to study hall. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When nothing happened, he ran around the house, up the hill, and came to see me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She made a pretext of cutting up my meat, and as she cut, she whispered in bite-sized phrases: "Please...Señorita...Sandi...you must...come to...my house." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Frank Hall would come to my apartment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

One came at her with a jolt baton that she kicked out of his hand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Come to the crossroads, to the crossroads come,” he muttered. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Rumors of unemployment came, but I did not listen to them. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only the smallest crack was open when Lee came in the back door, shuffled along the hall, getting out of his poncho, and caught them there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, come along in your own time!’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Can you imagine what gorillas must think after being in a zop a few years and hearing practically every boy who comes to look at them go AaaaaaaayaaaaaaaaH? The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

From down the hall comes a crazed burst of squealing. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, General. They will come for her. I’m sure.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He seemed to find it perfectly obvious that he should come and visit so often, when it was so out of his way. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Bakers have come in from the kitchen especially to talk frosting with him, and you can see them tripping over one another to answer his questions. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then along came a big healthy man with ginger whiskers. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say to the approaching creature, “Thank you for coming to rescue me. I knew I didn’t belong here. Please take me to my real family.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He pushed his hair back irritably, took two hasty steps across the little space and then came back. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The control panels were pieced-together displays and switches that seemed to come from a dozen sources. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Both me and Jay were surprised when Mama came out of the house with her black leather Sunday pocketbook. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It had come to his knowledge, he said, that a foolish and wicked rumour had been circulated at the time of Boxer’s removal. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I started to walk around behind him to see what book it was, when Davey Cantor came over, his hands in his pockets, his eyes still gloomy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

After several days, weeks, or months of sleeping in your aunt’s basement or on a friend’s couch, a time comes when you are expected to fend for yourself. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

From neighboring realms and from across the sea came men to the great celebration. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie had only come out to see if Ernie was cool, and he was cool, so Genie was cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He had come to a decision and needed to act fast, while the decision still burned in his mind. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I can hear footsteps coming up the stairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” she said, her hand coming up to her mouth. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She didn’t come out of the water, though. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Somkit and Pong would watch the grandson watching the water, waiting for the old man to come back up. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

In all, half of the responses that came back to the stockbroker were delivered to him by these same three people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My turn comes, no matter how I laser-eye Mother to stop it. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It would be fitting if I got a sunstroke and died before they came outside. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the pig’s head comes a narrow river of blood, spreading out toward the bottom of the frame. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He stood up and came over to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And no one else comes to this place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was about five o’clock in the afternoon and the village was caught in the silvery light that comes at the end of a perfect spring day. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

People came out of the shops along the main street; cars pulled over and stopped to see what all the commotion was about. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean did they buy it, or did I have it already when we came here?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

What would she do when the check came? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Guenever, who did not yet realize that Elaine had come between them more effectively than ever, Said this quite spontaneously, and she meant it She was overwhelmed with pity for her rival in the barge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desda comes up to me and says I shouldn’t let them get to me. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk now. Try to sleep. That way the time will go faster for you. Your memory will gradually come back. Don’t worry. It’s because of the electricity.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went into the locker room and came back out in my full fencing kit, holding my mask in one hand, my saber in the other. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why that came as such a freaking surprise to her, since I’m pretty sure most people start out never having had one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She arranged for Etty to come home as soon as possible and for their sister-in-law Fanny to go to Malvern and help Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere there, as he tried to keep the raft moving and fought sleep, there came the idea, the wild idea, the sick idea. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

At sixteen hundred the pace began to flag again, so the slave trader invited some of the buyers to come up for a closer look at the dwarfs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We came up with a whole new strategy for the organization those afternoons. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

On the fourth day when I came back from the rocks early he was not there at the fence waiting. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

My team’s coming through like a freight train. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Fell out of the laundry room with Boots. Then we came looking for you, and here you are.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The previews for movies coming to theaters this spring. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“By catching whoever has them,” says Agent Fiona, coming around the table to crouch in front of my chair. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then, when the accident happened and I got so sick, the world came crashing down around him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The wind veered and the reek of fox came over the grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wish Papa could come, too,” Frankie said, smoothing back his greased hair. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“If you pay five hundred ice creams you can come out of jail?” he asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Or she could go to the door, stand in front of her ghost guards, and scream down the corridor until Minya came. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Gods be good, your sister . . . did she come as well?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The tears I’ve been holding back all this time come hard and fast. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was baking hot in the square when we came out after lunch with our bags and the rod-case to go to Burguete. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But when the crawl-space doors were thrown open, it was Wimpy and his paratroopers coming to the rescue! Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

He had done this many times before, ever since she was a baby in Atlanta, but very little since Gerald had come to live with them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my favorite sight when I had been away, maybe because when I saw it I was always coming home. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“So, you think Ashish is going to come stay with you?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I came out of my room, Mom was already in the hallway, chatting with Señora Oralia. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I’m leaving for New York, and he’s coming with me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The baby came to life then and she could hear it, could hear its hungry grunts, its gurgles and jabbering. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

What I didn’t know was that the hippie’s own quarters were properly heated, and that the students who had lived there in the past had come there well armed with space heaters and electric blankets. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Milgrom came in, he looked at the little half carcass and shook his head sadly and said, “No...not yet.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But behind Mama’s back, so that each time she thinks a box is full and ready to be taped closed, she goes off somewhere and comes back only to find it half empty again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The wall swung closed behind them, and immediately a light came on overhead. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we come in?” a soft voice sounded from the hall. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It looked like the picture came from an article, so I clicked on it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

She finally came out in the kitchen again for another Coke. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, John didn’t come, not seeing the matter in that light. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The liberation we’ve all talked so much about, which still seems too good, too much of a fairy tale ever to come true? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“How come if your favorite color is blue, you painted your house so pink?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I came as near to the light as I dared, I raised my head and tensed my legs, ready to flee if necessary. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The two women went up the stairs and Lombard and Blore came with them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I come to consciousness light-headed, as if I’ve returned to my body after long years away. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But now no one cares where it comes from, as long as it comes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Ambulances came. Cop cars came. They had this power-pack thing, you know?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To hear it coming, but to not be able to get away. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was in fact a long time before all the rabbits had come back to the hollow in the middle of the field. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I could see how my boy needed time and space for a story to bloom in his mind, because at any age what comes before sight is a conjuring. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cathy went back to her room as the evening came down. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Say that there were people in the year 1905 who hated war and got together with some scientists in secret and built a rocket and came out here to Mars ” “No, no, Hinkston.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came the dangerous part: connecting the fuse between the clocks and the explosive. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when you come right down to it, that’s no lie,” she assured herself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once a week by royal proclamation the word market is held here in the great square and people come from everywhere to buy the words they need or trade in the words they haven’t used.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

A flight of arrows descended on them; where they came from he could not say, but they fell on Stark and Lannister alike, rattling off armor or finding flesh. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Right away, June’s arms came around Ivy’s back, and they sat there together, a little tangle of friendship. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just then one of the men came down the steps with an armful of articles, and I saw the old woman reach up, yelling, "Take your hands off my Bible!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Geez,” I said aloud, grabbing my phone and scrolling through the email messages to see if there was anything of importance coming through. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Most years, the to celebrate the arrival of the hummingbears, and visitors came from near and far. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He knew a big party was coming because Doe bought steaks and a great deal of beer and Doc let him help clean out all the upstairs. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since it’s you, come on back at eight-thirty. Is it washed already?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Tiffany finishes with the hearts on the wall, she comes over and brings Imani a container of slime—three red globs, shaped into hearts. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The “saving grace” was that no more than fourteen people came to watch. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

So we thought, and came up with lots of ideas, but none that seemed workable. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A little girl’s scream comes out of the Mexican’s mouth as he covers his face and crumples to the rug on Jimmy’s limp body. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Quick as my reputation said my mouth was, I couldn’t come up with an answer, until I remembered his own words. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate and Sticky’s reaction was just an instinctive response, he thought; they would come around in a minute. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We were stopped in our tracks by a grunt so loud and deep that it seemed to be coming from the bowels of the earth. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Coulter turned briefly as the new sound came to her, but too briefly for Will to jump and seize the gun. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell Howard that Scrappy said how much he misses me and he can’t wait to come home and watch Wheel of Fortune with me again. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

By the time my mother finally came out and chased Zippernose off and got me down, I was about dead from laughing. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a sudden torrential rain, overfilling the river, and Toby couldn’t stop the water from coming over the banks. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There’s fuzz coming out of his neck and a big swath of black hair on his little head. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She said he’d better come out of that stall right now unless he wanted more trouble. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

This one cop came over to where I was with my computer and pulled this massive assault rifle on me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The hawks, he thought, that come out to sea to meet them. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

After feeling the air coming in and out of his father’s nostrils, Wes started poking his father in the side with his middle finger. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Ed turned off the card and hollered, “Zachariah, Ah says come down out dat sycamore tree. You can’t do no business.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

And Tuck added roughly, “You got something to say, you better come to the point and say it.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Has to be the sea-salt kind that comes in a tub. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Beech. See, you can tell by the grain. It’s really smooth. And the way it’s tied, it’ll never come off.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

As he spoke he saw, in the white light, Pipkin coming down to meet them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

One exceptionally stormy afternoon in early March, when the boys were lounging morosely about the shell house, George Pocock tapped Joe on the shoulder and asked him to come up into the loft. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Jam had turned away from him slightly so he wouldn’t see her sign “family” and “monsters,” so he didn’t understand where Ube’s concern was coming from. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Murphy and Mr. Sorenson come back into the room, she fixes her steady gaze on him and smiles. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If you beat your brother with his stick, I heard Kwang once say to a crowd, he’ll come back around and beat you with yours. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they came out to the fence, Winnie balancing a small bowl of water with enormous care, the toad was gone. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

This came out muffled, and we must have looked confused. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re not people that put on. Now Christmas is coming,” she bribed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after all of these years, I had finally come to realize that depending on anyone other than myself was a recipe for failure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

They turned over the mat and the sweat came out of the other side. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Progress for the group meant a step back for its leader; Dorothy’s career as a manager came to an end on the last day of the West Area Computing office. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The sunshine came streaming through the windows into the house, and everything was so neat and pretty. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally she came to the conclusion that her husband was at fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was May Belle who came to tell him in the bean patch that people were moving into the old Perkins place down on the next farm. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Every few minutes Old Rit came to the door, opened it, and looked out, hand shading her eyes, frowning, peering toward the road. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen me when he came into the room, I knew, though he had not looked my way. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Tell me, how come you switched? 2ND JUROR: Well, it just seemed to me— 7TH JUROR: I mean, you haven’t got a leg to stand on. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha reached the long river in the wood, the same river across which a ferryman had once taken him when he was still a young man and had come from Gotama’s town. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then before I know what I’m doing, I say: “I’ll make it quick and come over right after, okay?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if her headaches still came, but she seemed to like the smell, so I brought some with me every visit. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Just put these things in a little water and they’ll come back g-g-g-good as when I pick ’em fresh this morning.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not come often and he did not say much. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Three more men came out and got buckets of water. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The thought that Ramsay might be coming made him want to scream. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

So they came and stood around Gregor's corpse, their hands in the pockets of their somewhat worn jackets, in the room, which was already quite bright. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words came to him and dreamily he spoke them aloud to himself. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were playing the riau-riau music, the pipes shrill and the drums pounding, and behind them came the men and boys dancing. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bill said he wasn’t hungry, but I sure was, and as night fell and the mosquitoes came out, I lay in my hammock and listened to my stomach gurgle, and felt sorry for myself. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A day’s ride. I can take you to her, ser... but you will need to come alone. Elsewise, the Hound will kill her.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Often on a cold day, Francie came in chilled and put her arms around the boiler and pressed her frosty cheek gratefully against its warm silveriness. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A supermoon, it said, was a full moon that comes closer than usual to Earth. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He tumbled onto Reynie and Constance—who luckily had covered their heads, expecting whatever it was to come crashing into the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"I was screaming and she came and banged on the door. I was still screaming, but I got up to let her in." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

The next day, they came back with a plumb line and a ruler to measure every distance between every component. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here is a ticket stub from the first film we ever saw together, the one where I begged my best friend, Elsbeth, to come along, too, in case I got tongue-tied around Bas. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Your grandmother’s right, Danielle. That girl comes from a bad family,” Mom said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Before that, however, she had disappeared into the ladies' room of the first cafe they came to. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Although perhaps predictable for a little girl who needs her mommy. If you thought coming back here would dissuade me, you were wrong.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rather it is to track the evolutionary process by which success has been built upon success; that way we can come to understand that science works, and how it works. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Molly would come over from wherever she was and sit on her lap, nuzzling. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The man comes to a stop before me, waving me back down when I rise to greet him. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

We had come to a large, almost round area constructed of stone from the floors to the low, vaulted ceilings. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s on the level. Is he coming in today for group?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A doctor came running, grabbing at the officer. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Soon, they came to a broad road and saw an inn. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Wet, heavy, silent, it had already begun to cover the footsteps left by the men coming and going from the hall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘But no! That came in his tale, long long ago. This is my tale, and it is ended now. Good-bye!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I’m lucky Mom even let me come with her this time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I did know one man that came back from the war. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Gazzaley walks to the kitchen counter to show the text to a handful of people who have come early to eat prosciutto and soy chicken from Whole Foods. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Most of them, especially those who came to the principality as new men, when they recognized the difficulty resulting from the two opposing humours, turned to appeasing the soldiers, caring little about injuring the people. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but you have to come back next time. Sit down. Wait for Aisha. She will finish soon.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Striding along the sidewalks, he bathed all whom he met in the boyish grin, and his conversation with any who came up was quiet and pleasant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone came up behind Fred and wrapped their arms around his neck. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A few buddies of mine left Nicaragua to come make some real bones over here. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t he come and talk to me?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they found it, the trumpets had sounded again and Lord Tywin's reserve came sweeping up along the river. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Imagine the smell that comes just when you strike a match and then think of it filling the air all the time. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dance music is coming out loud from inside the dub. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wait in silence for several minutes until I hear footsteps come down the hall again. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We drove to town and bought moi-moi and bottles of Ribena from Eastern Shop and then came back to the hill. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This is where I came through,” said Mary. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“No, no, Filch, they’re with me!” she added hastily, as Filch came shuffling eagerly across the entrance hall holding his Secrecy Sensor aloft. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

If Piggy were to come back now out of the water, with his empty head-Ralph whimpered and yawned like a littlun. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I try to speak, but something lodges in my throat, and my words don't come out. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Mama’s answer was a long time in coming. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had come so quickly that it was, in a profound sense, unbelievable. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Joseph’s father had come within range, you know he’d have limped out of that barn. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

She came at once, without repugnance, and they kneeled together beside the body, stripping it of the vital pieces. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An army coming that may or may not know all about how we’re preparing to meet them.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"I'll dance on your grave, you sot," he said, and came on guard. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for coming. We’ve had a successful first three weeks of school. If you have any other questions, please e-mail me.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He clearly had a good grasp on his own abilities if he was voluntarily diving into people’s minds—the question should have come as naturally as breathing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And there’s a part of me that’s worried, too, because I’m not sure it’s just a coincidence, the power coming on the very day I return to the woods. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shift my position on the chilly floor, cupping the warmth from the hot water I’ve poured over the dregs of my tea, thinking of how close Max came to suicide on the train. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When my brothers and sisters came home from school I did it for them too. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The female shoots over the treetops, turns, and comes screaming back. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of the children in town were invited, and many of their parents came too. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If a shot comes, we can duck, that is all; we neither know nor can determine where it will fall. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She came very close, so close that I smelt the rose petals in her hair, saw the paint on her mouth. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They say that knights will come from all over the realm to joust and feast in honor of your appointment as Hand of the King." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He said, “They just told us you were coming a little while ago. I’ve told the cook to butcher a steer. Hope you like it near to raw; not much time to cook.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew he’d overpower her if she struggled, and the really frightening thing was that she was sure no one dared to come to her rescue. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They had come to the door of the office. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

They came through a tangle of thornbushes to a large clearing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Not at all; I only said so to keep you company. Besides, Mrs. Dudley already said she wouldn’t come. And where were you, our manly defenders?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She brought a workbook that she and Rafael had used when they first came to the United States. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Some of the creatures living in her clothes had come all the way from Flea Bottom with her; it didn't seem right to drown them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Joey called me after dinner and announced, “I’m coming to your school on Monday.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The emperor could have come here from our mountain...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Another cramp must have come over him; his face scrunched up all over again. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Half an hour, perhaps a bit more—he kept looking at his watch once he was conscious but it was still blank—and he came suddenly awake. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for the time being, it appears that nothing will come of nothing. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Change is coming, certain as sunrise. The only question is how we deal with it.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, he hadn’t come looking for me, either. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Then, from his place at the head, a man unfolded his tall angular body and came toward her. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

And I saw someone come outside—Garrett Miller, I thought, because I had the feeling that somehow all of this had to do with him. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It came out a lot louder and shriller than I intended, but when Sally looked up, she smiled. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The real card is supposed to come in two weeks. The woman said it’s bright green with a red stripe.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Going up the stairs I heard a voice from the Butt Room say, “Funny, he came all the way down here and didn’t even have a smoke.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I miss her, but I don’t know how to tell her, and my suggestion comes out as a veiled insult. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, come on. I can’t stay very long. And you must come back and help me choose.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Tate was a tall, heavy-set white man who had come to the meeting in boots, jeans, and a light shirt. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“If you soak it overnight it will come right out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So the baby was breathing funny when Branwell came home from school.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if we did . . . even if we did . . . where did this stuff about having kids come from? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Katrina had described his strong hands smoothing the wood and rounding its corners so that the coming baby would not be endangered by sharp edges. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter he heard a strange crying sound coming from under the bridge, and he saw the children standing outside the low sides of the shelter, watching. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’ve been nothing but bad luck to them since I came.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jumped to a nearby roof, then made my way across several others until I came to a house near the town square where a scattered piece of bonfire had set the roof burning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His moleskin glove came away soaked with red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘We will come and look at them,’ said Strider, picking up a stick. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They'd known about it for centuries; part of the initiation of a medicine man involved going through and bringing back a trophy of some kind—though some never came back. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Briony was close by when her brother came over to talk to Cecilia, who turned away, unable to help, or even speak. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

At last the day came when Snowball’s plans were completed. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we learned that in school. Post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s what a lot of the veterans have after coming home from war. But how can a whole nation have it?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You are so selfish. My father is dead and you come over to play football?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At last the hobbits saw, rising dimly before them, a steep dark land: they had come to the feet of the mountains, and to the green roots of tall Methedras. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“We thought she was dead, but when we reached into the box, she came to life and climbed out looking like a sparkling monster!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And then the tall doors opened with a crash, and a freezing gale blew down the hall, and Robb came walking out of the night. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I should not be, but come on. What did these guys think the end result would be? That you’d renounce your sexuality just because they could catfish a lesbian really well?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Arya could see it on his face when he came to table, late, again, as he had been so often. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a long while, Ulbrickson just sat there staring into the darkness as fans came rushing through the car congratulating him and slapping him on the back. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

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

Cholera epidemics come at longer intervals, the 1991 Peruvian epidemic being the first one to reach the New World during the 20th century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“When are you coming home, Mami? When are you coming home?” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you decided to come alone? Couldn’t you wait for David to come around again?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It floated down, right into my outstretched arms, like some beautiful white bird coming in for a landing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The only presence in the space is the sound of muffled music and voices coming from below. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The new cheese did look like the round moon when it came up behind the trees. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hubbard’s compartment, that of the dead man, and Poirot’s own came next. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tried, in response to Alys's words, to think of her mother, there was little that came forth. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Even her husband, when he came down the Saturday following Robert’s departure, expressed regret that he had gone. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

When it comes to improving the clarity of a sentence, you can nearly always argue that one should go in; you can nearly always argue that one should come out. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

That you’ll have someplace, like a clown’s pants, to hide it when people come to take it away. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I remember coming into the kitchen one time and seeing Sookie and Mom sharing a whole pie, laughing about something I didn’t know anything about. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

"He weared of himself the long hair and after he die, the first day he come back here for to say hello to the peoples." Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

His skin was rosy-white, his long hair was golden-brown, and the top of his head came just above the height of Mr. Wonka’s knee. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

It is a curious feature of our existence that we come from a planet that is very good at promoting life but even better at extinguishing it. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

My brain scrambled and spat out the first name that came to mind. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

What a mess they must have been coming out of my mouth. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the years to come, the survivors shared their versions of what happened that evening, and why. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If enemies had crossed the waste to destroy these cities in ancient days, they might well come again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As the curses came shooting across the intervening space again, Hagrid swerved and zigzagged: Harry knew that Hagrid did not dare use the dragon-fire button again, with Harry seated so insecurely. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But Russeau, the Carter principal, then came forward with a solution of his own to the problem. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Five cents a day. It seems a little. But where is it to come from? We haven’t enough now and with another mouth to feed....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could have told her then not to come around any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She leaves and comes back with the shiny new bedpan and a roll of toilet paper. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The question came with the memory of Hollister offering to deliver him a book the last time they were both in the bookstore. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

A lot of VC were killed north of Saigon, and President Johnson was saying that the United States was ready to come to the peace table if the Communists were. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came & went as I pleased—until my first encounter with Trouble. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe when He says Rise the eyes will come floating up too, out of the deep quiet and the sleep, to look on glory. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

My heart was beating fast as the tears ran down my face because all of those painful memories that came back. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Florence rose and came over to Elizabeth, holding Elizabeth’s head against her breast. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The ancient half-sister, fresh from her swim and now clothed in a towel bathrobe, came and sat herself close to her manly lover. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The throbbing was louder, coming from somewhere outside. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then they told her they were on their way to California, and invited her to come along. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the rooftops the sky had taken on a reddish glow, and with evening coming on the streets came to life. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Out of the horrific tragedies of lynchings and race riots would come an awakening of black America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I had switched from the arrogant absurdity of Norton and Emerson to that of Jack and the Brotherhood, and it all came out the same—except I now recognized my invisibility. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came quickly in and closed the door behind them, the former saying, as they moved along the hall:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Dinner. Tonight’s Sunday. He’s coming to our house for dinner tonight.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Amari touched Mrs. Derby’s bulging belly and declared, “Baby come quick—very soon.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t this smooth and easy. You don’t just fly in and get set on a perfect lake and have all the food you want and have it all come this easy. It isn’t real.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to leave her best friend’s house and never come back. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’d just seen Daddy the night before when he came into her room to wake her up and tell her to get her mama. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

It is only about 24 hours’ sail from the Dardanelles to here, at the rate the Czarina Catherine has come from London. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

My bout with scarlet fever came the summer when I was eight, and I had all but forgotten it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The footsteps came close, slowed, moved on a little, came back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He died ten minutes before the bearers came around to take him down to surgery. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, Albert, even I’ve wondered where all those bruises come from.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Through the open windows came the faint leathery scent of cow dung, always present except on the coldest days, and noticeable only to those who had been away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I pedaled around the block a couple of times and came back. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But it came as no surprise when, hardly three years after I had begun school, the novelty of learning began to fade. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carl, he must have said, I am sorry for what has come between us, but here on the water, adrift in the fog, I plead with you for your help. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she trundled back to the window to catch a breeze, if one took a mind to come by, while she combed her hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Good! Now go inside the archway and come out!” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the chorus comes in, Beatriz does this move where her back arches in and her booty pushes out. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Nick came up on his blind side when he saw the spin and knocked the ball away. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She was smiling, thinking how like Jude’s was his craving to do the white man’s work, when two deweys came in with their beautiful teeth and said, “We sick.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t safe,” George says, his eyes on the bent-over tree line, in parts looking like a giant lawn mower came across the earth, flattening trees in its path. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Not read Hindi and Japanese? Oh, come on now.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then she took me over to the security desk, where I waited until she went back up the elevator and, after about five minutes, came back down again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what else is coming, but I know it will be bad. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Would you listen to that crowd, Reggie? They have really come alive in this last quarter!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

When the question of the X-ray evidence came up, he saw why we had not yet called up the King’s group. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But when it came time to swallow, I panicked and reached for the milk, taking large sips to wash down the pie. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Winning, we had come to believe, was our destiny. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I was at Berkeley in 1974 when the romantic sixties came to an end. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then came a roar of flowing air, and her suit bloated up, fat and hard, and a whiff of dry air cleared away some tiny beads of sweat that had collected inside her faceplate. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barbed comments hurt more when they come from a neighbor or a friend. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I try to get the Charlies to come and suffocate me. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a little smell in the air of mist and damp, the smell that comes with the first fall of the leaf. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And Mr. Corcoran said the National Guard is coming up today, too. What a mess.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Surely, one of my faithful Death Eaters would try and find me . . . one of them would come and perform the magic I could not, to restore me to a body . . . but I waited in vain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We children vowed that we would never run home if she came after one of us. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last the dawn came and as the beasts crowding through the entrance passed out Polyphemus felt them over to be sure no one carried a man on his back. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come. . . come to me. Let me rip you. Let me tear you. Let me kill you. Harry gave a huge jump and a large lilac blot appeared on Veronica Smethley’s street. “What?”he said loudly. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

As if to emphasize how dangerous it was, a Hasidic student came into the bathroom just then, took one look at me, and chose the urinal farthest away from me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They were old-looking guys, older than any of the guys just coming in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presto had come up with the idea six months earlier. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Constance came rambling along the wall, checking on the road beneath. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Even Ugwu looked amused as he came into the dining room to clear up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later he came out dressed, his hair still dripping down his back. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Out of it, it seemed to him that the power and light came that held all the land in sway. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I am come to hear you tell of all your murders and fornications,” Septa Unella would growl when she shook the queen awake. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I realized I’d rhymed myself into a corner with orange when my stick came to a gate. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A silent procession of stable hands came out and solemnly gazed at the horse they had let slip away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He did ride home in a hrududu. And I saw him as he came—that night in Efrafa, when I was with you in your burrow. Do you remember?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tie it up, so as it can’t come sneaking after us no more, I say.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a Saturday, so I had a party and all my friends came—except Christa. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Down in that kipple-infested old apt, watching Buster Friendly on her TV set and quaking with fear every time she imagines someone coming down the hall. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And it did. And not much later, you came here, the same way.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Baelor the Blessed had ordered all Barth’s writings destroyed when he came to the Iron Throne. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The pleasure—this time, at least—for her came afterward, when he gave a huge shudder and collapsed against her, his face pressed against her neck. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He came back up only to chin level. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“But there’s a man coming on a horse, Hazel-rah,” said one of the young rabbits. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when he came in earshot he heard the trampling roar of sea on rock, where combers, rising shoreward, thudded down on the sucking ebb—all sheeted with salt foam. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I’m out of options. I don’t even know why I came here.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Max, dear, I'm sorry to bother you—you know I never come into the basement—but I just got a call from Gwen Avery and I think it's important." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have come into such good fortune since I saw you last, Miss Havisham,” I murmured. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Seth raced past the place where the trail forked and sprinted back the way he had come. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘I got tired of waiting for you to carry out my orders! I’m coming aboard. Everyone on both sides, drop your weapons!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Once there, many of the men broke down, sobbing, realizing how close we had come to death. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He had come into the bedroom as she was getting dressed that Friday morning. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where’s your determination, your drive? You hit a little headwind and let it knock you flat? Hasn’t being on this team taught you that around the bend of every headwind comes a tailwind?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“D’you really think so? Oh, come on, Julian, old chap. I must share the blame. It was my barrack-room feeding habits that started the whole thing. You mustn’t blame yourself, old friend.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Three by three they came, ten rows, thirty soldiers, all moving in lockstep, their legs lifting high and stiff. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was stupid to think I could just come out here and get inside the plane. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its legs moved feebly in the air, steam coming out of its ruined head in odd places. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It was so joyful. I only wished that it had come earlier in life when I might have been able to bring more to it.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Who exactly are you? And where do you come in?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he might not have come, and that would have been worse. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have come down this way even at high noon. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

This email is hard to write, but I have to tell you: I'm not coming back. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I remembered that when my friend Jeans father drew a gun on a white man who was “flirting” with his wife, the police came and took him and two neighbors away. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Whenever I whispered to my classmates in Quichua to ask what letter comes after c or how to make a lowercase /, there came the nails again. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they came for me, I was rehearsing Bach's St. Matthew Passion, but even in German I understood nothing except the language of music. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Of them all she would have begged forgiveness, had they come with ears to hear. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

"Looks like you're coming out of it already," she observes, and I have to admit her voice is pretty soothing. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But all that came of it was a queer feeling in the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

After the stewed pineapple Grace wants me to come down into the cellar with her to play school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss me? Girl, what are you talking about? I’m coming with you too!” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to come. Take a different route to the warfront and meet me there. We can decide on a rendezvous point. Better just to risk one of us than both.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I’m coming, I said silently to everything I’d left behind, and headed for the single, ragged bus that would take me home. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our customers loved that our dresses were full-length and came in variety of vibrant colors. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Casualties had been light, and the few campers who’d previously died and come back to life, like Gwen, hadn’t been taken to the Underworld. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mae burst out, “You got no call to come and bring us pain!” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a moment came a snorting noise, then a cough, and then Mr. Benedict said, “Ah. Was I very long gone?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t say. Just asked for you. He come a long way to meet you, though. I know that. Drove a Ford with Michigan tags.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man would come with a wagon for the extra milk and take it to town. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she doesn’t, she’s ridiculous. Tell her to lose a leg and come back with all her homework done.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He’d been drinking; he never came home from work sober, and the drinking always made his temper worse. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“That’s because whenever they come out, somebody socks them. Rats might like the open if they were allowed to use it. Any other ideas for laws?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Her glasses were hanging from a chain around her neck, and she was holding a folder with lots of paper coming out of it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Glerk came lumbering out of the swamp, the dark waters shedding in great beads from the oily sheen of his darker skin. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Francie was in her yard one mid-afternoon when a little girl came out alone into the school yard and importantly clapped two blackboard erasers together to free them from chalk dust. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That week a letter came from the niece saying that Moon Orchid had become afraid. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glen comes out and sets the pick and Ducky ran his man into it like he was supposed to. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was another titi hit, on his hand, but this time somebody saw where the fire had come from. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back—yes, the Mike Hammer was just over. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came at the request of my father, the King of Eyllwe, to learn your language and customs so I might better serve Eyllwe and my people.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Audrey came up with the Theme for the first time ever. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The door opened and the woman came in. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s real, why don't they come to us?” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

My elderly grandmother came to live with us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All the damp air must have made the glue come undone. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Most of the staff came from Tutsi families, so the atmosphere in the sanctuary was pretty grim. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Better come in for a spot of whisky....” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, he was regarded as a wise old bird who knew the ways of “them,” and who was handy when it came to filling out a form. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“When you came in at the gate and asked the watchman the way here, had you any one with you?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Right then my mother came in with scissors to chop off my long straight hair. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could see, through the long tunnels my eyes had become, his dark shape coming toward me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Hail is a shower of irregular lumps of ice and always comes from cumulonimbus clouds, so I knew 1 was right under the cloud I’d seen forming earlier. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he began, not sure of what he’d say before the words came out. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

They said we could come back and run with them anytime. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t every day that the arrest came to him, but late at night it was sometimes difficult to send away his anger. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Shouts of alarm came from up and down the street, and then silence. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

From that time on, this was how she ended every one of her letters to Robbie in France, right through to the last, which arrived just before the order came to fall back on Dunkirk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For most of the evening, he’d been in a passable mood, but then, without warning, he turned to Camilla and said: “How come you kids live together?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She’ll understand if I just go inside and hand over the pouch and come back outside. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But just as she turned to climb the stairs, a man came out of another corridor, startling her so much she nearly dropped her briefcase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ferrymen had brought these from the mainland, as they bring travellers, too—whoever comes along. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She told me she doesn’t want to meet with you if you ever end up coming here.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She yanked, and he came out by the hair of his head, screaming and kicking. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leave a twenty-dollar bill on the table for Kasim, but he slides it back to me when he comes to pick up the mugs from our second set of hot chocolates. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And then the doctor came and pulled a sheet over Joey’s head and took him away. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

My friends came from poor families, too, but they all had their dollars. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I heard he realized he’s gay and he’s coming to grips with it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Here and there came impressions that Arm could not ever remember having and yet were printed on his being. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“When the day comes that you have to choose a side—and that day will come—will you join your fellow magicians or would you side with this Bureau that hates everything we are?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A woman I’d never seen before came in from the living room. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It was a thousand bucks that didn’t have to come out of my father’s pocket. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

In his opinion the man most likely to have news would be Menelaus, who had voyaged all the way to Egypt before coming home. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved at Quincy and me to come in. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Tehlu carried the demon’s limp body all through the long night, and on the morning of the ninth day he came to the city of Atur. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, the doctor came in to save us from the equally awkward distraction of cartoons. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Now I’ll jump out and start down the hill and you come on after, as fast as you can. Don’t look up the steps, or anywhere. Just run,” he said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

There may be a solemn duty; and if it come we must not shrink from it.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There was a commotion coming from the other side of the door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“How did we get so far ahead of the army? How come if I’ve been here five days we ain’t been overrun yet?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t get out of his red truck and come to our door because he didn’t need to—Danielle was ready. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Come nightfall, we have found ourselves anchored near an island at the mouth of the Piankatank River; and there we come at last to rest. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I stood in the Corner of Shame with my face to the wall for a full hour and contemplated my brothers’ situation but came up with no answers. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When it came to war, my parents could shelter us from only so much. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She heard voices, and the panic rose in her throat, and she ran until she came upon the cars. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ned's horse slipped under him and came crashing down in the mud. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be fairly easy to get away without being seen, though we should be especially careful about turning into the logging road and coming out of it onto the highway.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I saw the warden peering at us from his office as we collected Walter's things, but he didn't come out. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He came next to a window looking east and another torch above the door to a passage through the middle of the turret. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

After dinner that night Brinker came to our room to pay us one of his formal calls. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never seen blue rubber testicles before, but I knew right away where they had come from. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It came characteristically, from a quarter which nobody had suspected. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, finish the last word you’re writing on and come take a seat,” Mrs. Curtis says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well. Next time we’ll know to check the weather before we come.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

That evening when I came in from the fields, she was gone. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why couldn't we use the guns to defend ourselves when they came to our neighborhood? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You guys made good luck,” Mom said, coming over to us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Something about the furnace. It comes up with the heat or something.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

But thereupon Éomer rode up in haste, and with him came the knights of the household that still lived and had now mastered their horses. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aureliano went and did not come out again even from curiosity when he heard the sound of the solitary funeral ceremonies. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The annals of medicine are full of accounts of diseases that sound like no disease known today, but that once caused terrifying epidemics and then disappeared as mysteriously as they had come. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Something like this must have happened to her, once she saw the true shape of things to come. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s coming all right,” she said, lightly. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But then Prudence came home and opened her note.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

At least he had the decency not to come to the funeral. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Two different things. First time you said you don’t know what to make of me. Just now you said didn’t. Past tense. Big difference. You’ve come to a decision?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“If Bigwig doesn’t come tonight,” he said, “I shall go and find him, wherever he is. Frith knows what may have happened already.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he had actually come on business, in the good faith of business which he had believed that all men accepted. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

While everyone else continued to pack, Anya cleaned the blood off Ivan’s face so he wouldn’t horrify any other travelers they came across. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It was there that he first saw my mother, who coincidentally had come to my father’s mosque to officially take her shahaadah, or declaration of faith. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

While I was waiting around for Phoebe in the museum, right inside the doors and all, these two little kids came up to me and asked me if I knew where the mummies were. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The uniform and cap were too big for me, so big that my cap came down over my eyes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

At five o’clock, a slim nurse with a horse face comes to the end of the hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

At the foot of the staircase she stopped and hissed, with a venom that shocked Mia: “Your brother is dead—dead, you realize that?—and you come home like this?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hopefully the guy doesn’t decide to come upstairs in the next couple minutes.... Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

They had been compensating for it by aiming our rockets at a small angle against whatever direction the wind was coming. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At that point Atal came along to see what she was doing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Da-Fu said, “you probably just have to let the Old Man of the Moon know you’d like to come up.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

As students came by, Blackburn would explain Virginia’s new admissions and financial aid policies. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I can feel the tears threatening to come out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But when that bill came—the fiddler’s bill—that bill for the tea, it was so much heavier than anyone expected, Boston was thrown into a paroxysm of anger and despair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never leave anything out to dry as the sun comes up for the new year. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I was a little puzzled as to how this Mr Andrews had come to hear of my 'mishap', as he termed it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had somehow persuaded a woman to come into the laundry room of the house, and then sit up on the gas dryer, which was running. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ran into Major one night as he was coming home from the gym. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came in he could give me an idea of the state of affairs, and perhaps tell me what had actually happened to Clifton. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The principal, Miss Saunders, and Momma got their heads together and came up with a way to punish me good. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

When we came to the bog, she said, “Step only where I step,” and I did, planting my feet in her prints. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

From all over the camp came the same clicking, as if crazed crickets had invaded the place. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What words can come out now to make this all right? The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the stove lid and out came the smoke in another huge cloud, simply billowing. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Jimmy’s head came outta hole number five, which was on the bottom row in the middle of the board. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, we can talk about it later. The vet’s coming tomorrow, and we’ll see how he does over the next few days.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

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

Writing, they said, just came naturally to them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Everyone in town had visited at one point and didn’t feel the need to come back. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

All they had ever known was that sraf came from the stars, as it had always done. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

My uncle Pedro had come to seek the help of Ultima and we all knew it, but there was a prescribed ceremony they had to go through. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh come on, man, you’re new. We do it every morning.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, ladies, sometimes...young ladies...Sometimes an old priest or bishop, maybe. I think they come here for a rest.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“When Stuart comes back, if he does come back—which he will eventually, if only just to read the Richmond newspapers—you ought to court-martial him.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They only knew that they had come to the end, when suddenly they felt no wall at their right hand. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

His breaths come faster as I sit down, and I give him a wide smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I try to draw a branch coming out of a tree trunk for the 315th time. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A breathless messenger came running from headquarters, where Commander Tamara Kazarinova was giving radio directions to her pilots from the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One evening he came staggering home, drunk as a sot. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I got to head out tonight and be there when the sun comes up, ready to strike the first big fish that rises. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now would come a lecture, or more accurately, an oration, because Scythe Goddard loved nothing more than performing to the gallery, even if it was just a gallery of one. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

They were students of the expressions of young women as they went in to confession, and they saw them as they came out and read the nature of the sin. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you come from the apothecary?” the man asked in a rasping voice. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Peewee came out and started heading for the chopper. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you want me to come?” asked Edna with a smile. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“I came away from the January negotiations,” Kissinger later noted, “with the feeling that we would have to bomb the North Vietnamese again in early April or May.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Each time he came to fight his father only one thing had changed: each time Ben was larger and stronger than he had been the time before. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The black beast came once, why not again? This time with our queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Get out that bathroom, boy, and come back here. Now what you want with crazy, Mr. Levy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the Count did not come in, I have written here.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

One of them, ‘A Negro Love Song’, from a collection of 1898, is early notated evidence of the melodic style of what came to be known as the Blues. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Jackson locks it carefully, even though we all know the Spencers ain't never coming back. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

One evening the Huntsman came and sat with them, and at first Taisin, Con, and Kaede simply stared at him, for none of the riders ever joined them at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But there was also something about that smile that made me nervous: it came and went too easy. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“A voice came from deep inside the dung. ‘ The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only way to be sure that the RECOs would never come back. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I used to be fast in elementary school...but that was a long time ago. And I don’t exactly come from a family of sportspeople.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Then came the night we returned, sacks full, and found a lineup happening in the courtyard. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

But the history of Hopkins Hospital certainly isn’t pristine when it comes to black patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!” a chorus of voices came through the air toward them, and Minli could see a parade of servants in the distance running across the zigzagged bridge. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"The villages may come and go, but the hills and rivers will be in the same places," Jon pointed out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As he came out of the darkness of the pond the sun caught his shiny scales and the light reflected orange and yellow and red. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Woodhouse, must you be going?—You seem but just come—so very obliging of you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“She’ll come out here if you don’t go there first,” he said, and I knew he was right. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But soon enough, a bigger challenge came up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

My father observed this from his office by the tipple and came out to restore order. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had come to me as I lay remembering. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw his face under the hat, upturned mustaches and blood coming down his cheek. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Two weeks before Christmas Malachy and I come home from school in a heavy rain and when we push in the door we find the kitchen empty. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Lyra came placidly enough, happy with her toast. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Brian came to the ceremony, but Lori and Maureen had to work, and Mom said it would just be a lot of boring speeches about the long and winding road of life. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The leading orcs came loping along, panting, holding their heads down. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Incoming!” another one hollered, just as a growl came from the opposite end of the plaza. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Nor how hard it must have been to come a great distance with no eyes and no guide but a lively boy and a bent-tailed dog. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked up briefly when the two women came forth, but now he is back in position, head down, eyes to the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When autumn came, she threw herself into her studies, catching up on all the work she had abandoned that spring, began every now and then to date. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now that Lena was back in the plan, I had to come up with something good, in order to stand out in Zach’s eyes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

As if such playacting could help, now that we’ve come this far. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t shake her head anymore, only cried steadily, so much water coming out of her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stole his clothes, talked back, came in late. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Our training officer com- merited on the fame of the building, how corrections officials from around the world came to visit it. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I say it’s not worth the risk, Hazel. Why not wait for Holly to come back? That’s all we have to do.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids are coming from all directions, stampeding through the hall, to investigate the source of the disturbance. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Then she came out, kind of running, and in her hand was a photograph. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

And then there’s just everyday tasks; Dr. Atchley got lost heading to his lunch talk and a phone came in handy in finding the correct steakhouse. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stayed awake in my bed wondering what I would do if Amil never came back. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"He'll be all right. Let him come to so I can get him out of here." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came upon the great box and broke it open and took the pitiful cargo home to his wife who was as kind as he. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t she spied smoke, coming up the road? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want them coming over here to beat me up.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And the way the surf comes up and over my shoes and then goes down again is in a rhythm, like music or drumming. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Like rolling around with other dudes in tight outfits. But when it comes to, like, matters of the heart...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And Wallace knew, when he saw me, why I had come to see him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was high time that someone official educated the poor villagers on the benefits of orbs and the powers of the Governor, That was one part of the reason Nok's father had decided to come. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My mother came out on the porch with a sweater for me to put on. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My English-language teacher, Mrs. Khoji, came to my house to tell me that I had received a scholarship to the Catholic school for eighth grade. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dad devised an ingenious way to come up with extra cash. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the case came to trial, Goetz was easily acquitted on charges of assault and attempted murder. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone said Dr. Bentley was about the brightest man who had ever come to Salem. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu nearly choked when he came close and realized that the rotten smell came from her water: it had previously been used to soak cassava, perhaps for days, and was being reused. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The time was well spent,” he wrote to Margaret, who was then out of town, “and we have come to a better feeling so that the path will be much smoother from this time forward.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

So she kept Menda close by her, and when her friends and neighbors came to visit, she sent them away. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At night there were long, halting discussions about our going to live with Granny, but nothing came of it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The brittle stems of flowers crunched under her shoes, and the heat coming off the scorched earth stung her eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Then Monaco came up with a new game. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taking advantage of the Indians' recent good experience with English visitors, he invited people to come aboard. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He stared up at her, opened his mouth to reply, but nothing came out except a faint gurgling noise. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But it is Sherlock Holmes who has come to Devon secretly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at all the children coming and going in the stores, most of them excited to see Santa Claus, and 1 felt the greatest longing to see my own. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came out, closing the door behind him, and sat down. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She moved away from the door and felt her way across the cellar until she came to her father’s trunks pushed against the far wall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Food came in cans sealed with lead solder. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Except I’m angry. And I don’t really know where all that anger comes from.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I did what I usually do when somebody comes to the door—I peeked from the edge of the bay window. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

If I brought them back to the house, she didn’t even want them coming inside. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn't know how terrifying it would be because she's never come so close to it before. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The blood was all over his neck and when her Dad came he pushed her out of the room. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mary came softly in, for the blue-gray color of his gloom had seeped out under the door and through the keyhole. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother and father were blazing at each other when he came into the house. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As though Ray hears Axel’s thoughts from across the driveway, he leaps off of Emmett and George’s porch and comes to investigate. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“How did you come up with all this?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Gray there would be all over you if you didn’t come up that road with me and the mule.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwenforte barks and barks and comes out of the bay and shakes water all over us. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She came in enthusiastically on the chorus, and at the end she smiled and clapped like a young girl. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

One of the fencers came over and announced that Ed was having an impromptu team meeting. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But my father had awakened and grabbed my aggressor, loo weak to overwhelm him, he thought of calling Meir Katz: “Come, come quickly! Someone is strangling my son!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nine hours later, when the light came up, he became aware of two medical corpsmen kneeling beside the man next to him. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He closed them firmly so they would take the pain now and would not flinch and watched the sharks come. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he passed from cholera he liked to share stories from the Bible, his former master being more liberal-minded when it came to slaves and religion. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Women came from as far away as Maine and California to form the new organization, the Women’s Loyal National League, which would work to abolish slavery and preserve the nation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Now,” June said, “if I could just find a boy to dance with, that would really make this whole night a dream come true.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Henry breaks the silence by adding, “I was coming to find you, actually.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I heard him come through the front door. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And the story of how I came to be here starts with Maddie. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I stayed and helped Papa with minding the store and sewed frocks for Marla Teresa, all the while waiting for him to come around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Captain Smith comes back to us, he is crazed with pain, moaning in a delirium. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

This chapter focuses on the decades-long dispute over when human beings first came to the Americas—an argument that seemingly has been won by those advocating a more ancient date. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Influential criminologists predicted a coming wave of "superpredators" with whom the juvenile justice system would be unable to cope. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They put her to bed and sent for her married daughter from up around Ocala to come see about her. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I have learned from dealing with those players that it is best to leave them alone when their old seasons come around. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I let you know bout dat when de time come. You keep him away fum de house twell I calls you.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go on down, all of you. Don’t wait for me. Tell Maxim he can’t come in.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But the days passed and he didn’t come home, and soon she changed her story. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, an hour before sunset, came word that federal cavalry were crossing the ferry over the Rappahannock River from Port Conway to Port Royal. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then the car next to me comes noisily to life, startling me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The color had come back to her cheeks, but where it had been a delicate flush before, it was now a small fierce spot on each cheekbone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But it’s all good, ’cause this afternoon I came up with a new and improved plan. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Local people came to these places at night and either dug for treasure or practiced witchcraft, Haas said. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We boys came pouring outside, Billy at his theodolite, O’Dell with his binoculars. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were glad to have found a place to come in from the storm. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Under the big oak trees of my place at Sag Harbor sat Rocinante, handsome and self-contained, and neighbors came to visit, some neighbors we didn’t even know we had. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m coming just as fast as I can.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she tries to come across normal like this, it’s so weird. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Get there at dinner time on Saturday, come home after breakfast.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The ache in the middle of my left shin bone came to life, and I abandoned any hope of sleep before seven, when my radio-alarm clock would rouse me with its hearty renderings of Sousa. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

No one had thought much before about the backyard’s downward slope, but that had counted too; she had rolled a bit before coming to a stop, which helped. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tide came in and turned, and still there was no sign of the tualapi. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He would not thus, just, when he was coming into the fullness of a man’s life, suddenly be robbed of it by a stupid fate. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Just then I heard the Preacher’s voice coming through the screen door. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Luke found out what Mother meant a few days later when he came down for breakfast. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Every time we went to the Collaborative Classroom, and every time we came back, Lexie would talk bad about Jessica—even Anna sometimes. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

As he had run forward, eager, rejoicing to be free, Shelob with hideous speed had come behind and with one swift stroke had stung him in the neck. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“School-to-prison pipeline. This is how it starts. Arresting kids of color. How come they didn’t call us? Why didn’t the principal call?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"What are you going to do-?" From the top of the towering rock came the incomprehensible reply. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

And this Kino knew also—that the gods do not love men’s plans, and the gods do not love success un-less it comes by accident. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get your attitude together and come on out for the game.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

As the goddess ended, Dawn came stitched in gold. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother walked out of the kitchen and came to a sudden halt, staring at Petey’s jar in disbelief. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A few moments later there came, from close behind the plant hedge, the sound of a fairly heavy splash: but what creature might have made it there was no telling. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emily Brent came out of the drawing room window to meet them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Like the tourists at the solstice today, visitors came to this empire of appearances to be dazzled and awed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But his face was still aflame, and that’s when he told me, ‘Mami, last night, He came and spoke to me, Christ spoke to me.’ Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“How come her sign doesn’t say, ‘Miss Sadie: Sorceress and Caster of Spells’?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she had boyfriends who came to visit her in the night. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He marveled at how far these “unteachable” students had come as a junior class and what a close group they had become. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Roy was hopeful that the owls would find them once they came out of their dens for supper. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was ten years old, and I had no idea of the nightmare that was to come. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This is a pleasant thing, that you should cross the Ocean of Space, and then add another thousand miles and a crossing of the Karga to your journey to come to us here.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The players threw the ball around for another minute or two, and then slowly came off the field. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘O no! They can’t find the way themselves, can they? O no indeed. There’s the tunnel coming. Sméagol must go on. No rest. No food. Not yet.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He turned and saw the Station Inspector coming closer, with the two policemen right behind him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Ash wanted to know what Maire Solanya had meant — who would come for her? — but she did not dare ask her father. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I owe her that much, after she came out here looking for me even though I know I hurt her feelings. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I had a notebook filled with words and phrases I might need in Australia: chemist means “pharmacy,” boot means “trunk,” lift means “elevator,” and to come good means “to turn out okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

My voice came out all quiet and wobbly. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Can you come with me for a moment?" and soon it's only Ana and me on the sofa next to the glittering lights. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy came back downstairs, buttoning a clean shirt. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They came home with gifts: jeans or a wallet for me, a new skirt for Bushra, Turkish delight and embroidered cloths. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The wheels come down, and we hit the tarmac with a ta-da! bang and a long glide. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something that would lead Margaret offtrack, but when I opened my mouth to make some smart remark, nothing came out. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dessert, we sat around the table wondering what came next. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at this moment their guide came back and, beckoning them to follow, led the way down the narrow street between the houses. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when full daylight came at last, they all got to their feet and stretched their poor cramped bodies, and then the Centipede, who always seemed to see things first, shouted, “Look! There’s land below!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would come, too, Shajan. You who were there at the end.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Dad tried to straighten his face out when Momma and Joey came running back with a steaming glass of hot water, but the tears were still running down his cheeks. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When summertime hit and all the tourists came, Mama would head downtown and sell them in the market for good money. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She stroked his face, marveling at what it had come to mean to her in so short a span of time—this crooked nose, these rough-cut cheeks, these rivercat lashes and dreamer’s eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Emily repeated the numbers, but once again the recording came on halfway through the call. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

After they had made one circuit, one of the guards plucked me by the shoulder and said, “Mandela, come, you will talk now.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they all heard the sound of hoofs, and at the same moment they saw dark shapes coming swiftly on the path from the fords. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Out of that dread had come George Washington, spymaster. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are demons going to be coming for me too, cause I seen it?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“That’s too low. No peregrine would come that low and that close to the traffic.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

A little while later, when he comes across another interesting bit, he tries again: “You have to read this, Mother!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“And now you come to Puerto Rico and you just want to ‘regroup’? Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

And it came with the winter cold of November, beneath a canopy of clouds heavy with unfallen snow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And from his lips came a soft, tremulous sigh. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He heard the car coming and came running down the hill to meet them, laughing and waving his arms. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Another hunter came into the dining room then and bent down to whisper in her ear, and the huntress stood up. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She grabbed hold of me and pulled me through a maze of shelves until we came to one of the reading holes scattered throughout the Archives. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then there were Richard’s words when he told his mother that their relatives were coming—the way he’d trailed off when he said they hadn’t been to Daffodil Manor since...since when? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

She was a Quaker, like so many of the Caucasians who came in to teach and do volunteer work. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rhine came all the way in and stooped down again beside her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“They said they will liquidate the ghetto only if we do not come out. By hiding, we seal our death warrant,” Moshe said. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The others came and we all crouched in the mud behind the embankment, looking across the rails at the bridge, the line of trees, the ditch and the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He came over and laid his hand on my shoulder. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the dream of each child within those dreary walls that someday a real family would come and claim him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Sasha came home for vacation, they proudly wore an Epsilon Theta sweatshirt. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When he came back he had a strip of blue-and-white cardboard in his teeth. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

That way if anything came back at us from a shore battery we would have the right range. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has to come to all of us some day,” sighed Katie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was waiting for Mom to come back with my stuff all morning!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Sir Grummore came on a visit Sometimes King Pellinore could be described galloping over the purlieus after the Beast, or with the Beast after him if they happened to have got muddled up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search my memory for this Uncle Q’s story—his name has come up several times before but I’ve never met him, never seen him, until now. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As it happened, the Joliots’ discovery of artificial radioactivity came at the moment when Lawrence was fighting his final rearguard action in defense of his deuteron theory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“If I write the word ‘Terrific’ with sticky thread,” she thought, “every bug that comes along will get stuck in it and spoil the effect.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

She laid Campbell Junior down on the rug by the fireplace, a clean diaper under his fat face, and he was asleep by time she came back downstairs, carrying a thick book. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Black units were always the first ones sent to the front in battle, to draw enemy fire and protect the white soldiers coming up behind them. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was good for the tourist business coming through in the summertime on Highway 66. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I said I’d be here today, didn’t I? Did you ever know me not to come when I said I would? I brought Arthur.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my mouth, but no words would come out. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the south, a red-tailed hawk circled—suddenly it dove toward a prairie dog settlement, but came up empty-handed. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have any suspects at this time, but we are asking the community to please come forward with any information that can lead us to whoever committed these crimes.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Despereaux looked for a long moment into Mig’s small, concerned eyes and then there came a blinding flash and the sound of metal moving through air as Mig brought the kitchen knife down, down, down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

When the commercials come on, he turns back to me. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

As he sat there among his peers, an idea came to him “like an inspiration.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It came all of a sudden in a very queer way—this quietness. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He comes at a gallop straight up through the orchard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe the story came from some part of me that wished I knew more, or at least had actual memories instead of feelings that may have only been inventions. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If money came in he bought laboratory equipment. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Elizebeth saw William wearing “a certain grim look that came around his mouth,” she would know that something had gone wrong. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“They’re coming from all over the county, looks like,” Billy said in wonder. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t have done any of it without Marcus. He . . .” Tears came to Albert’s eyes, and Barbara put her hand on his arm. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Except that it wasn’t only optical; air was coming through it, and they could smell the traffic fumes, which didn’t exist in the world of Cittàgazze. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even before he came into view they could hear him crashing in the undergrowth and calling out, “I say, I say! Come here at once! A most dreadful thing has happened!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was thinking about Hugo, he came into Harry’s room and did a flying leap onto die bed, almost bouncing us out of it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Then, from somewhere down the dark tunnel, came the sound of a door sliding open. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And as many times he came out of the house and Clarisse was there somewhere in the world. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balloons are coming back, now that the war is over. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she stopped the tightness would come back anyway. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over weeks of secret interviews, Blake and the KGB came to an agreement: He would provide the Soviet Union with information about any MI6 espionage operations, whether against Russia or its allies. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dad came up last, and they all sat down together in the darkness. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

As he came level with them, he tossed a big handful of small items that fell all around them. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Get back there and don’t come up again unless you’ve got a crab in each hand!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The only risk was that somebody had come along and stolen them or made off with the goods. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the life of me, I couldn’t figure where she had come from, but scary as she was, I was relieved it was her. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Come away, come away,” he seemed to say. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But I want to come, Salvador. It may turn out all right.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

In other news, Mom didn’t come out of her room for dinner again, which was extra bad tonight because Dad went to all this trouble making it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She felt her own tears coming and forced them back. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“But Fizz teaches at the mosque and it’s not done yet,” Mom says, coming closer to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then Emily’s parents were there, hugging her, and people kept coming over to tell her how great she was. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He came in closer, still crying, to stand between his mother’s legs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She looked up as her father and I came in and her mouth moved a little, loosely, as if she had no control over her lips. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kept coming and coming, filling every space, small men with sunken cheeks, dirty faces, and black eyes that Hanako knew had seen worse things than she ever would, ever. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He picks up a tripod I didn’t notice when I came in and swings it over his shoulder. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Leo just hoped they didn’t need to get out the same way they came in. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It came from several thick patches of soapwort growing along the edge of the pasture. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was walking out with the major, we came upon a young prisoner being interviewed by a prison official. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Which shows they never did truly learn to come together," Patti adds softly. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Madam Rosmerta, can he come into the Three Broomsticks while I go up to the school and get help for him?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The only other noise came from occasional footsteps in the hallway and a TV somewhere. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Where on a chicken was there an opening big enough for an egg to come out? My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were free to come and go as they pleased, to go home, even, if they like—and so was Billy Pilgrim. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has dozens of these strings, in every conceivable color, which his students know came from the Dollar Store. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the moon came out and shone like a flashlight right into the room. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow I could always be inventive when it came to getting a little extra to eat. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

College was looking more and more like a place where dreams came to die. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

ON Friday night, a week after the book come out, I get ready to go to the church. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When they came close to the house, they stopped. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I went to see Teach last week and like, the nurses said they were doing something and that I had to come back. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He tells me he just got off the phone with my principal, who will let me come back to school tomorrow—as if this is something that should make me grateful. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That was how we came to spend two hours every afternoon slaving for the Captain. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the struggle isn’t over now, though the forces of the Kingdom have met a setback. They’ll regroup under a new commander and come back strongly, and we must be ready to resist.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A burst of deep laughing seemed to come from everywhere at once, the same horrible sound as before. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I can remember that when he started in kindergarten, Johnny came to school with two bags of rock cocaine. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not exactly unbiased when it comes to questioning your parents,” he said, and he knew it was a petty, underhanded thing to say. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It came from somewhere to his right, where broken chunks of the curtain wall lay half-submerged beneath the bog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It reminded Selmy of the sound a hornets’ nest might make an instant before hornets all came boiling out. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maddie came and sat by me, sweeping her fuchsia maxi dress under her. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I teach you in here because Sarah said I could, and because the Weylins never seem to come out here.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

His friends from Boys’ High School would come around. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

It brung back memories of them times when I was a baby and sleeping would sometimes jus’ come up real sneaky and quick and ease all the wakefulness clean outta me. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon our judge came over and introduced himself. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the summer Lee came in off the street, carrying his big market basket. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

A wheeze welled up from May’s chest, and then out came “Oh! Susanna.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I don't believe I was out for more than a few seconds, and when I came to, I was lying on the carpet and I was still, thank heavens, behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The only respites were when Mark, the utility boy, came in. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been cool. I mean, I’ve never done anything like this before, and when Love, here, invited me, I thought maybe I’d come and everyone would just be bummed out—” Argh! The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Newt thrust his weapon into the air and yelled, “Hear that, Creators! We’re coming!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He is coming then because that is when the Penn Relays take place. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“High's only 83 today. But Lord, I sure am glad Thursday only comes around once a week.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The door was partly open, and just as I came up to it, the hissing started up again with a new intensity. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when you want to start, I want you to come and see me. I want to know that you are being responsible.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘I did not know that you were with us in the sortie. But oft the unbidden guest proves the best company. How came you there?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But with the passing of time Gregor also came to understand everything more precisely. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If she marries, she will bring the man come live with us,” proclaimed Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The day feels vacant, as if everyone has moved out of it; as if there’s nothing more to come. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before that I headed shrimps when Moultrie Small’s boat comes in. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fidelity came easily to him; he did not turn to glance at pretty women on the street because it did not occur to him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I would come here if I could. You know I would.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Abuela comes out, holding a steaming tray of meat for the table. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I drew my hands back, coming away with the last morsel of my bread. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They, too, had come to believe her repeated statement, “We got to go free or die.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt Dana’s ashtray breath on his right ear: “How come you don’t got your boots on today? Who ever heard of a cowgirl wearing Air Jordans?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Andrews, according to statements credited to him, “didn’t feel anything about it. The time came, and I was doing what I had to do. That’s all there was to it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only noticeable thing was that he would come home much earlier than usual, maybe four in the afternoon instead of the usual eight or nine. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, in the look on her face as she runs past, I can tell she’s saying, I’m glad you came. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, when we are driving by, I’ll come and play with you— a little,” she said kindly, and both boys felt grateful to her. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But hunger, like food, comes in many shapes and colors. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

One day at a time, he would journey through the years until he came upon the perfect design. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

One night a group of black comrades came to my house and warned me against believing in Ross’s ideas. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything under the sun came full circle—the seasons, the stars, the cycles of life itself. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes, coming slowly back to awareness of the world outside his mind, and found it echoing with silence. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The burning in his eyes was forgotten momentarily as the vibration of die plane came through the wheel and the pedals. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they saw nothing except a field mouse, which came out of its hole and began furricking in a patch of seeded grasses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he didn’t spit at him. What happened was, he was yelling at the guy and some spit came out of his mouth—you know how it is when you’re yelling.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tour of Italy comes at a price, I guess.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It is said that sometimes he fascinates them, as the weasel does, by rolling and playing in the open, coming closer little by little until he can make a grab. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The noise of bubbling waters came up from the foaming river-bed. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s still good that we came out here,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Usually he had simply locked up and left, leaving the key with Mrs. Oakes so that she could come in once or twice a week mid keep the house warm, and aired. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms dropped by my sides, and my mouth came open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The picture came away smoothly, hinged on the side. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

From the other room a voice says: "My dad came from Mexico." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

We had not come to the meeting as supplicants or petitioners, but as fellow South Africans who merited an equal place at the table. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did I, for just the briefest of moments, think she got what was coming to her, too? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He listened again; her breath came like the sleep of the tired. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then, two hundred years ago, the caravans stopped coming. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

There came a day, however, when the cafe manager cracked. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came to having children, however, my mother had her own ideas. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Lizzie slowly, “as far as the rock coming down on your face, I’m not the fool who threw it up.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

As Jonathan watched, a man came out of the tavern, someone he had never seen before. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then a door flew open and a man came out, and before I’d even had time to see him properly, I knew that it was him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too late to warn Frith, the car itself came upon us standing on the terrace with cushions and papers under our arms. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I could hear Shreve working the pump, then he came back with the basin and a round blob of twilight wobbling in it, with a yellow edge like a fading balloon, then my reflection. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came over and slipped a tin of corned beef into her basket and then hurried away as if he had done nothing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

To most blacks, change seemed to come with glacial slowness. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Who is that?” called a voice from inside the cave, and an elderly giantess came out. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was one of the first people they allowed to come back. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped and listened, and it came again. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I worked my way through that awful jungle of junk and finally came to her spot. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gawaine came back from the courtyard, where he had been putting the peregrine on her block. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a brown seed with a spray of white fluff coming out of it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

See Uncle Drum come off the porch with the flashlight. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Word of a fiasco at a place in the East called Ball’s Bluff came while people were still stunned by the news from Bull Run. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She used to think of her future as a big plate of choices, and when the time came, she would choose from the plate. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then I came out and stood in the empty hall and watched the door of the operating room. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

As I had suspected, he still did not believe it, but came on to investigate anyway. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And wasn’t she the one coming to see me at the Charcoaler? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

To have come all this way...It is just a cold in her eye. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But she had barely taken a breath when a tree came crashing down over the hole. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Come on, he thought baring his teeth in the darkness—come on. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experienced ones knew to come down early before a storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Ah,” said Dr. Meescham, coming up behind them, “you are studying my poor, lonely giant squid.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

So now I knew where the emails ended up, but where had they come from? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“It will not come to that” “Oh, good,” said Edd. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Kambili, you did not want to come out with us the last time.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He came to my side and stared out across the water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“You never came down the ride,” Windy says. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They came and went, staying at the camp for several weeks or, at most, a few months. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He challenged everyone who passed, whether going in or coming out, demanding to know his business. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

What someone says to you right before they die will come true? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. But you shouldn’t yell. Solomon will come out.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When they came near the edge of the gorge, they could see it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some scholars believe that his great revelation about faith came to him when he was sitting on the privy. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The cops came back, looked in, clicked their tongues and joined it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it came to love, the message for girls seemed to be this: Don’t. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The trouble—the “Old World hatreds”— in other words, came not from the Nazis but from the Jews and their allies who dared to speak out against what was happening in Germany. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You have to. If I could come along...” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light over the door, which usually came on automatically at night, wasn't working, and it took Elinor a ridiculous amount of time to get her key into the lock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The night was old and the East grey when they rode up at last from Deeping-coomb and came back to the Hornburg. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In May of 1863 news came from the East of another Union disaster, this time at Chancellorsville. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You came to me because I have a bank account.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When Jody came back with the steaming kettle, Billy buckled the straps over Gabilan’s head and fitted the bag tightly around his nose. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then how come you listen to it all the time?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Martian, far cleverer, would say: ‘This is a fine picture. It came from the hand and the mind of a man inspired. Its idea and its color are from life. This thing is good.’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve come to think that’s what heaven is—a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

They had told him that he must play chess with Hooper, but he had come in here, he no longer cared what they said or did to him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The following Sunday, Milton came up from behind and played his clarinet against the back of Tessie’s neck. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They’d walk away from me if they saw me walking down the road coming toward them, and if they came into the store, they wouldn’t even look at me. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But each time Uncle came home without a job, Pa said, “You’ll have better luck tomorrow. As long as you’re looking.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Now she wished she could have had that baby secretly and gone away somewhere and when it was over come back and tell him that everything was fine. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some teachers were even warning us during class, implying that trouble was coming. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Shia and Jo from girl’s varsity cross-country at Montevideo High, who invited her to come meet their team. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Even Time has to end. The real measure of when others will get involved comes down to whether or not you succeed. The gods will accept the outcome either way.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It came every time he slept now, and worse than before, if that was possible. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He beat his hands together, looking for an answer, but no answer came, and he shook his head angrily. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi came into the kitchen at the sound of arguing next door. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Few folk looked in their direction, pretending that the noise came from the throats of the crows circling overhead. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nora comes over, and I point to the last message in the chain. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Say things that come out wrong. Actually, I do it all the time. But then I feel bad, and I try to fix it.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve come all this way only to stop short of the finish line. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But where he must go in the years to come, that he could not see; and he feared to see it. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t mind me coming by,” she say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

His legs trembled as it continued, then he came back to me and lifted his arms to be picked up, murping. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He comes forward and waits a moment before answering. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“If I may, I would be very happy to come again.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But he was insistent. “lust come over here.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a senior he had come into his own. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet, to understand the reason of my journey hither. Your own heart, your own conscience, must tell you why I come.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Tim had to go in and convince her to come out, and eventually she did. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The man, who I realized was the manager and owner, was saying how honored he was for Master Kwang to have come in to his fledgling establishment. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a message for the Alderking’s son. The new High King wishes to come to an arrangement with him.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then, quite suddenly, they came to an edge and it was all before them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He almost wished the suckers would just come and get it over with. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

A strange look has come over Gideon’s face and his lips twitch as though he’s fighting back a smile. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s better if you keep them. I can’t come into my house with valuable goods like these.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju's pregnancy came, like a sudden sound in a still night. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Friday, June 27 My dear secret Little Book, All week guards have been coming in and out, looking for Hilda. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the children came downstairs, their grandmother was waiting in the kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

He jammed himself back into the comer of the bunk against the sink and immediately went under again—sleep-numbness came in a drug-like release that took him down. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back in the room, Uncle Sammie announced, “Your grandpa is coming over. We don’t see him much, but he always asks about you.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I know all of you, so that’s why I came.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He crawled over more bones, small ones that came from cats and bits of birds. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It came the same day the swim team sent a big bouquet of sunflowers, a box of cookies, and a card that everyone signed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

MapleG: They come to see me once or twice a month, usually on Sundays. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so vibrant, gay and jolly—so intoxicated with living—that he was like a god come from the clouds. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was pain coming and he had to be ready for it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If she is a bandit, she’s courageous to come to court. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rufino came in the store from the sidewalk where he was parked. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked like she came to dance and take care of business. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

There was a tap on the door and Thelma came in, her eyes swollen and her nose red. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How come I never get invited on these violent trips?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I pictured both Yoshotos coming to me in the morning and asking me, begging me, to hear their secret problem out, to the last, terrible detail. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

"Is that what you're going to tell the Minister of Justice? When you're arrested, don't come crying to me for help." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So Cuckoo did, then, and she came back and she said, “He says he will have the little pale one who sleeps on the bed of the mistress.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Very occasionally, bad weather can come to your rescue. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

‘The messenger of Mordor. The storm is coming. The Nazgûl have crossed the River! Ride, ride! Wait not for the dawn! Let not the swift wait for the slow! Ride!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

But you cannot arrange your life around them and the small chance of the Dreamers coming into consciousness. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Chuck Muckle motioned for the policeman to come forward. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, I came to the city of Warsaw, where I learned to steal food to keep from starving. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“They call it the heart of Chinatown. A lot of elderly people hang out here during the day. My uncle comes here to play cards.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And the area was dis-tinctive enough with its one remaining hut that I could track it down later, after I’d gotten out of Congo and come back after the conflict. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Later, Odenigbo came in and looked searchingly into her eyes in the way he often did, as if looking for proof of something. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And even when I blinked, faster faster faster, bad didn’t come out looking like dab. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When my turn came up, the Santa man asked me how old I was. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The night my name came out of the goblet. “Getting his comeuppance for sacking Winky, isn’t he?” said Hermione, an edge to her voice. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The next morning, just after seven bells of the forenoon watch, Captain Prince came on deck with his sextant, ready to shoot the sun. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the train comes she heads immediately back to Central Square. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled a little when his turn came. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You must bring your new pupil with you when you come to dine with us on Thursday,” smiled Rachel Wood, and with a gracious acceptance Dr. Bulkeley steered his charge away. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The problem come from not havin no vocation skill,” Jones was saying to Mr. Watson. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Malcolm X’s long dealings with the staff of the Harlem weekly newspaper Amsterdam News, he had come to admire Executive Editor James Hicks and the star feature writer James Booker. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can even try to run, he’s coming at me with his hands out, grabbing my neck, smashing me back against a tree. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

My grandmother came running in from the kitchen. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“There’s Old Wilkins! He went out to get some sugar and never came home.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“My mind kept coming back to the events of Tuesday, for it was a terrible, terrible day. It was a day of killing—a day of violence.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

An octopus, when you drag one from his chamber, comes up with suckers full of tiny stones: Odysseus left the skin of his great hands torn on that rock-ledge as the wave submerged him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could recall being surprised that I would come to think of such a place as home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope her wish comes true,” Will says, and I lean my head on the cold glass, glancing over at him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Luke saw it coming—let it happen, even—and sprawled back effortlessly, pushing Tyler’s face hard into the mat. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The girl came away from the edge and grabbed the vials from Ice. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

An M, two A’s, two T’s, an H, an I and an S. Whichever way you look at it, Matthias or ‘am that is,’ it comes out the same.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you think the snow is beautiful? Isn’t it beautiful coming down?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Here are the facts: Dismay came to Snowberger’s seven years ago on this reporter’s third birthday. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When she stepped out into the darkness of die yard, the guard on the door nodded at her and said, "Storm coming. Smell the air?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Probably come in here with amphibious planes, small bushplanes with floats that could land right here on the lake and pick him up and take him home. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

She generally came at the hour when Mr. Rivers was engaged in giving his daily catechising lesson. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t a fulfillment of her duty as an Abnegation—maybe it came from a desire to help people like the ones she had left. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Her maids came running at the sound of her voice. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

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

“I need to do something before my results come and I go to college in Nairobi,” I told him. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it was thunderous, and then it receded for a moment and came back again, louder and swifter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He felt helplessly weak, the kind of weakness that came with illness, with grief. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Some say it is held then because the tenth anniversary had come and gone, and no one thought to have a party for it until after the fact. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I spent bathing, but after ’while I saw splashes and waves coming from the other side of the lake and I knowed the fish had started feeding. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

From somewhere deep inside the house, there came the sound of singing and also the sound of snoring. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

He’d wondered where the water that fed the Ice Court’s moat and fountains came from, why the river gorge was so very deep and wide. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Mom came into the bedroom, and the first thing she noticed, naturally, was my black eye. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You have to come with us,” I murmured, and my voice broke. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He broke his wrists again just as the ball came in and threw a roundhouse swing that skied the ball and then curved it foul into the third-base trees. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

How come everything I think about our family keeps changing? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Good. Because if he comes here, I might have to kill him.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Father wanted me, he could come and get me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was painful to see my parents come home looking so worn out. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If he loved you, he would come and carry you off at swordpoint, as Rhaegar carried off his northern girl, the girl in her insisted, but the queen knew that was folly. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In less than a month she’d come to feel like they were best friends. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“There is no God,” answered Dunbar calmly, coming up with a slight stagger. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I didn't like when she talked about her new life to come. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Of course, Lettie and her friends came in not long after I did; I knew I wouldn’t be lucky enough to be in a different class from her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I went off to the spring after a bucket of fresh water and wondered when Papa would come back. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice followed him to the county road and called “Kidnapper!” to the driver of a car that came along. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother wasn’t keen on fishing, but she was always happy when we’d come back with a cooler full of snappers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Sit down—over here. You did come here for something, didn’t you? If you’ll tell me what you want I’ll call the proper girl.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a nervous energy all around, and I tried to think of a way to stop them, but no words came out. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was sure to come home between now and Thursday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

My hand flapped up every time she turned because it looked like she was going to come off and break her neck. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” she replied, “but not with those Gypsies so close by. They’ll see and come running with their knives again.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

While he was tearing the filling of the second sandwich from the bread with his teeth, Miss Trixie came in, her green celluloid visor facing the rear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He — he just failed,” whispered Hermione, as Ron came slouching into the room looking most morose. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

They saw that they had only come some three or four miles into the forest: the heads of the trees marched down the slopes towards the plain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He would come awake with a start, saying to himself, My God, there’s been an exposure. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I can’t look at her, I just feel my heart threatening to break my rib cage, and wish that I hadn’t said anything, wish that we’d never come here. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Osh said, “She’s still too young,” which sounded odd, coming from the man who had taught me to bait a hook when I was four. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I mean mapping here, the forest surrounding the ranch. It’s complicated. You want to come, too?” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He began to turn himself around cautiously, preparing to come down. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and Dr. Nwala came in, water dripping down his face. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Natural light comes through a tall window and shows a dusty room full of random junk: boxes, discarded furniture, metal folding chairs. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The African American woman in question was Ida Wells-Barnett, who planned to come from Chicago to Washington, DC, to march side by side with her suffrage sisters from Illinois. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“All right! All right, come along. Know the principles of a internal combustion engine?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Other dead things came to join them, things that had once been men and women, even children. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was simpler once the food came and they could eat instead of talk. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

When we came back from our voyage to Tall Rock, I hid the canoe in the cave below the headland. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up the block and see a tall man with a bushy gray beard and furry gray eyebrows coming our way. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

When the drafts were complete, there came a faint tone of excitement into their speech. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Round about? Does that mean going in or coming out?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tried to make sense of what had happened, but each time I came up short. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“But, Bear,” I said, “the steward tried to kill me. Twice. And when I was hiding in the woods, he came along the road. I’m sure he was searching for me.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you quit coming to work! And it’s a government job, Stefi!” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When the Washington trip first came up, I just assumed I wasn’t going. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually she emerged from the car and came towards us, dressed in her usual grey suit, her briefcase held tightly to herself in both arms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen a show on television about sea turtles that came up onto beaches and laid their eggs in the sand. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if that was better than having the rat-chewed stuff come down on my head. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Several seemed about to come over and pound my back, shake my hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then a Japanese man came to Chicago and started a school to teach Japanese Americans how to sex chickens. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The other two came up to the counter, shaking their legs and pulling at their crotches, the way men getting out of cars do. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his lips were dry and thickened and his speech had the sound of a dream talker, slow and coming from a distance. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wouldn't be strange if I was used to people coming in my room and touching things, but nobody comes in here. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Some way below the mere they came on a deep well of water, clear as crystal, from which a freshet fell over a stone lip and ran glistening and gurgling down a steep rocky channel. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had never thought about where Viola came from; she had always simply been there, punching down dough, peeling apples, preparing huge roasts in winter and frying up mountains of chicken in summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I was somewhat younger, working on my famous Dresden book, I asked an old war buddy named Bernard V. O’Hare if I could come to see him. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson knew full well that money more or less grew on the trees at Yale, and that funds had been vastly easier to come by in 1928, before the Depression, than in 1936. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“She’s good. She misses coming here, but the drive is a little long for her.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Not many Negroes she knew could afford a car, after all—just the pastor, and Dr. Hamilton, who came down once a week from Atlanta to take care of all the sick colored folks. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“No one else scheduled down here until harvest season when the grain comes down the Mississippi.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as I stood there, a piece of story came to mind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the truck comes lumbering toward the parking lot, Bob scampers over to inform us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Tortoise told Dog he would tell no one as long as Dog took him to the sky every day until the rains came and the famine ended. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I spent the next few hours outfitting my avatar and preparing myself mentally for what was to come. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She says she wonders whether people who came home prematurely might be better off living somewhere else for a while, so they would not have to deal with feeling judged. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

When it was almost morning the waiter came up to him with a funny look and says somebody wants to speak to him outside. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

The money they entrusted, then, to the magistrate in the district, a man new and just come. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But now that the time had come, she felt in her heart that it wouldn’t be so. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope assumed it was one of the serving girls come to take away the breakfast dishes, but it was not. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

One curled over her and she dipped under and came up again, swimming strongly. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A lady came out on the porch with her arms folded in her apron to keep warm. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

One of them came to the House of Black and White and prayed for the god to take him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Neel studied them closely; it wasn’t often that rangers came to their island. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How come Percy gets new robes, anyway?” said one of the twins. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And still Adam did not come up with his proposition. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Baker was reading in her Shakespeare book when I came back. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The darkness comes down and the lights come on along Clas- son Avenue. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

At least her mouth opened and two words came out “And I'm ready, for your information.” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought no humans came into the Greater Jungle.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“They want me to come visit Iowa,” Luke said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window as several large hotels came into view. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Startled, the boys stepped back, as if they’d come upon a rattlesnake. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There must have been some seed he left, to cause a child’s vacant fairy-tale to come alive in that garden. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was when the doctor asked her to come to his office. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

After a long, long time, he said, “It was stupid of you to come.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I taught my daughter the opposite, still she came out the same way! The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell the repo team to come on up and clear this place out.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Now,” she said, “I am just going to take the shoes down for Robertson Ay to clean. Behave yourselves, please, till I come back.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They came at him from four sides and they came at him with teeth and nails and tears and the fury of four small nations who have nothing left to lose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like for you all to ask the town band and the Negro band to come play parade music and also tunes like ‘Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-de-Ay’ and lively hymns like ‘When They Ring Them Golden Bells.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They were designed for winter wear, when treacherous drafts came down chimneys and insidious currents of deadly cold found their way through keyholes. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following them came long sections honoring working women. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Finally, in October 1916, Wilson came out and declared his official support for female suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

She sees me see her and comes out. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was bad when the letters came every day. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Come, come,” said Botticelli, “let go of your needle. Take hold of my tail. I will lead you to your princess. I promise. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There's a little slant of light coming through this narrow cellar window, enough so we can feel our way around all the burned junk that has fallen through the floor. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Just that she and a bunch of other people were thinking about coming to visit you,” Shannon explained. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

While at the office, I could walk downstairs to the ground-floor cafe to buy incidentals, and he turned his head aside on one or two occasions when Winnie came to visit me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them came the poxies, row after row, going back as far as I could see. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

That’s the first thing I said to my father when he came home from work. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, now you come to mention it, I did. But how do you know what I dreamed?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Who you think works the door? Me, that's who. I see all the freaks, the hustlers, the crazies, all them. They all gotta come past me." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She stayed on the shore, watching the water, waiting for him to come. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I was literally overwhelmed when, in reading the works of Russian revolutionists, I came across descriptions of the “holiday energies of the masses,” “the locomotives of history,” “the conditions prerequisite for revolution,” and so Forth. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A dozen men were splitting logs to feed the blaze when Asha came limping up with her keepers. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

A man who had slicked-back hair and wore Bermuda shorts came around the back, carrying a bowl of water. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hardwood is shiny, like she mopped before we came. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z