There are smarter people who could make a more informed decision, and dumber people who’d make a quicker one. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I admitted almost immediately that it was a very unfortunate decision.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

You know how sometimes, when you have a high-pressure decision to make, you feel like everybody is looking at you? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When we make a split-second decision,” Payne says, "we are really vulnerable to being guided by our stereotypes and prejudices, even ones we may not necessarily endorse or believe.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s hard to get the words out, but I know it’s the right decision. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Frank Millet unofficially kept watch over the buildings of the eastern architects during their lengthy absences from the park, lest some ad hoc decision cause irreparable aesthetic damage. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He pushed any decisions away until the morning he woke up and thought about that day in Wentnor, when he was out playing and heard Molly calling him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All these considerations make it clear that we should not suppose that the decision to adopt farming was made in a vacuum, as if the people had previously had no means to feed themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I snap out of it at the sound of Alyssa’s voice and release Henry’s throat, grateful that she was there to make the right decision for me, because I know I might not have. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The final decision to build a new cathedral was made in the year 1252, after lightning struck and severely damaged the old cathedral. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

Making that decision frightened me as much as his violence ever did. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

People wanted to look at me and make a quick and simple decision as to who I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

By the day of the decision, Ralph had talked himself out of wanting to be a professor anyway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a decision I would have to make on my own. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

She fully supports this decision, and doesn’t even ask why I didn’t invite her along. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But as I packed my swimsuit, sunglasses, and Walkman, I knew it was the right decision. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We had made a logical decision and it had come to this. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I’m the only one of the four Aspirants still standing, and Cain is before me, awaiting my decision. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If we kept bickering, we’d never make a decision about the dead man and what it meant for the future of our swimming hole. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

One decision stopped fleets over the whole of China. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Your Hazel is alive, Waters, and you mustn’t impose your will upon another’s decision, particularly a decision arrived at thoughtfully. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And why are you still together? Fear of being alone? A decision to settle? An irrational belief that he’ll change?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I made fast decisions. I just got to wheeling and dealing. . . . ‘I’ll have a dozen of these and a half dozen of these.’ Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am going to do something unprecedented in the history of our kingdom, and I hope you'll prove that it's the right decision." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And what happens if they suppress the activity in my prefrontal cortex—if they damage my ability to make decisions? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hamilton lobbied his Federalist colleagues in the House to support Jefferson over Burr for the presidency, a decision that probably had a decisive effect on the eventual outcome. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“That was a decision between husband and wife. Why are you bringing up this ancient history?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Jesse, on the other hand, decided to begin the process months late and see how tough it became before he made a final decision. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whoever did this had wanted only to unmask me without my permission, to humiliate me by intentionally undermining a decision I’d made to keep some parts of me for just myself. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Wilkins was away on vacation with his fiancée—a decision he would later regret. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

You told me once that every time a decision is made, the universe splits into two. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And he didn't even care to point out that they hadn't made a decision, because the sound of her voice felt so good—well, not good exactly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Marcus and Todd huddled around me, trying to stop me from making a bad decision. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In states like Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and Arkansas, there were hundreds of people whose cases were affected by the recent decisions, but no lawyers were available to assist these condemned juvenile lifers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We make decisions based on what we see in that limited world and follow the only models available. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Washington did his best to answer questions and make decisions, but he often found his efforts blocked. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“I can tell you the two reasons I was there. The Federal Government and the NAACP. Jean Louise, what was your first reaction to the Supreme Court decision?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Now they were faced with the realization of separation, and in the appalled silence that followed the decision Longridge watched Elizabeth’s face screw up in the prelude to tears. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

This decision was ridiculously easy to live with. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The decision was instant: I wouldn’t be going outside to talk to my mother. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’d been a terrible sadness in that look, but also something scarier still—resolve mixed with resignation, a decision being made. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was not aware of any thought or decision. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was a personally poignant and politically fateful decision. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if we weren’t backed into a corner, we wouldn’t have to make decisions like that. We’re just kids!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I told you before, Hiram, no one in the Delta is going to bother with that case again. The jury gave a decision, and the judge accepted it.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But it was a hard decision, with freedom so near and everyone thinking as I did: “Suppose...” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Melanie tried all day to find an opportunity, she still hadn’t told April about her decision when the time came to get into their costumes. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I have about one second to make a decision. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They took their time going home that day, reliving the fight again and again, proud now of their participation and of their decision to help Sammy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had one last chance to make a decision. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Good! This is her decision, too—this is all of our decision, not just yours!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The decision would be mine and mine alone. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When I ask Stu what happened to inspire the crackdown, he just mutters about “management decisions” and takes the opportunity to upbraid Gail and me for being too generous with the rolls. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now they had, which meant that the decision could be delayed no longer. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She wrote to her parents informing them of her decision. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s my final decision and if you don’t get out of the way for the Keepers I’ll hex you,” he bellowed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Making decisions was the painful part for me, the part I agonized over. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To overwhelm a child of four with choices, to lay on her the burden of making a decision, was to deprive her of the bliss of childhood. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“That’s because your Ma and I made a decision together. We were going to learn how to speak what they called ‘normal’ English. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Brian had made the decision just as he dozed off in the plane and it had settled into his mind while he slept. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Yale. Alumni admission interview. I applied early decision.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Coherence depends on more than mechanical decisions such as keeping the topic in subject position and choosing appropriate connectives. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

In a way she almost took pride in her decision, for it enabled her to seek refuge in a mystery. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But table 24 is the meteorological event of the century: ten British tourists who seem to have made the decision to absorb the American experience entirely by mouth. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The animals in her stories were always smarter than humans, and capable of making complex moral decisions. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, faced with a tough decision, they were among the few who made the right choice that day. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

His every decision was crafted for that purpose; every manipulation was part of a strategy to achieve acceptance into the imperial family. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If he had been there, by her side, helping her make decisions, maybe she would not be sitting there waiting for a woman called Violent and thinking war thoughts. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decision, when it came, opened suddenly, a crevasse. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard to know who to be loyal to, or what the consequences of either decision might be. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then he opened the zipper with decision and pulled the whole wind-breaker over his head. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I told James my decision and though he was obviously apprehensive, he was willing to go along with what I wanted to do. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I simply wasn’t important enough to make such a crucial decision. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“What else does he want? How can this be a hard decision?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The problem arises when the additional information of gender and race is factored into a decision about an individual patient. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I do care about them, but mostly I’m trying to delay the decision Ma wants me to make. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t announce it to the press for a few more days, but the man had made the decision of his career. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t understand anything,” she said with decision, determined to preserve her incomprehension intact. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents have to make decisions that are best for us. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And Charles knew he had made the right decision; he was in love with Emma and he told her so. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another prosecutor asked David Shoun if Bill was even lucid enough to make such a decision. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I could see her weighing a decision, and I was pretty sure I knew what it was. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

All major decisions were collective occasions, in which advisers, like spokes on a wheel, made contributions, usually in written form. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

They just accepted it and nodded, and suddenly Nailer felt as if he’d made the wrong decision. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We like market research because it provides certainty—a score, a prediction; if someone asks us why we made the decision we did, we can point to a number. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Neither left fingerprints on Langleys decision to hire black women mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court ruled unanimously that segregation of the nation’s public schools violated the constitutional rights of black students—a landmark decision that would affect race relations across America. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both my parents had a say in the decision, but they swear they were instantly taken with each other. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Once Abel’s debts and his terrible business decisions started impacting my mother’s credit and her ability to support her sons, she wanted out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You don’t need to protect me from my own decisions.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was a difficult decision to make, but the chance to be an astronaut was not an opportunity that came every day. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

She cited the words of Martin Luther King, declaring that his legacy and the nation’s commitment to justice had been “disserved by today’s decision.” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t buy them things, and that meant he didn’t have to wrestle with the decision. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next to that decision, attending the underground meeting over at Patria’s was nothing but a small step after the big turn had been taken. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was like he’d thought about it and come to a decision: that he’d continue with the animals as the mood took him, but if I came in, he’d stop and put them away. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He did not respect my decision. Then he left.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

When people asked how he thought the decision would go, he answered, “What decision?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

While many in the crowd believed that this decision had been made on the spur of the moment, it had been planned in detail for some time. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This decision, as he was to acknowledge many times, transformed his life. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even when he met those who thought his decision to go into biology made sense, he couldn’t trust their judgment. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

But soon after he started college, he made a surprising decision. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It’s been over two weeks since I talked to the grand jury, and now we’re waiting for their decision, which is similar to waiting for a meteor to hit. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I met with our staff, and we made the difficult decision to represent all of the people who were scheduled for execution and didn't have counsel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

This was his regular move, a kind of holier-than-thou decision process that drove Toby nuts. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

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

“I don’t know. Something is missing — another decision hasn’t been made yet.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“The Court will give its decision then,” the judge said. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

How dare anyone make this decision on behalf of the apostrophe? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Either way, many people felt that Cleopatra’s spell over Mark Antony clouded his ability to make sound decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

It was making the strategic decision to step back, to let someone else take the brunt of the danger—especially when that person was your friend. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Over a five- year partnership, these two radically different men with often conflicting priorities had forged a surprisingly harmonious relationship, but decisions about Seabiscuit’s racing and training schedule had repeatedly caused tension between them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad that I had made the decision not to go on any more turtle walks and not to communicate with anyone about my decision. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was all there, starting with Truman’s decision to back France’s war to recapture its former colony, knowing a majority of people in Vietnam supported independence and Ho Chi Minh. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I try to imagine the moment of decision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Liquidated, like it’s a business decision. They would get rid of us like so many old pairs of shoes.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Opinions, decisions popped through the crowd like struck matches. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

One interpretation of Ayres’s study is that these car salesmen simply made a blanket decision that women and blacks are lay-downs. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One of the delegates’ first acts was a decision that “the doors be kept shut” and that “the members consider themselves under the strongest obligations of honor, to keep the proceedings secret.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I tied the drawstring back in a knot and made the decision right then and there to put the bag in the trash. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I remember making the hardest decision in my life. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Most prosecutors’ offices lack any manual or guidebook advising prosecutors how to make discretionary decisions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Board decisions, which outlawed separate-but-equal schools but did not provide any sanctions for noncompliance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

This concern is supported by ethnographic work suggesting that employers have fears of violence by black men relative to other groups of applicants and act on those fears when making hiring decisions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Every time Papa and Mama made a decision, it shook her up deeply, no matter what the decision was. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Where authorities disagree, I’ve tried to weigh the best evidence and make decisions that reflect what thoughtful, literate people consider good English. decimate. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maryvale was an oasis that kept me from the truth, a comfortable place where I could avoid making a tough decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If true, then before serious model building began, a decision would have to be made whether the chains would be held together by hydrogen bonds or by salt linkages involving the negatively charged phosphate groups. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Some of these were easy to break, but soon it became clear that the Nazis had made a game-changing decision. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Just decisions about what to be and what to show. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Apparently no decision had been made and the worst was to be expected. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Lynn said he thought so much that sometimes weeks or even months passed before he made a decision. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

There will be much criticism of that decision, but you will understand when I say if it be a wrong one, I have then erred on the side of mercy. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our plan was to ask the Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider its decision, and if that turned out to be a dead end, we would seek review in the Alabama Supreme Court. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But there were still bonobos to take care of, even if only two, and so the decision was made: Florence Biyoya was officially back at work. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After the three Reich doctors reached their decision, the parents were told that their son or daughter was going to be placed in a special hospital. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She needed to make a few bad decisions and have a few boys break her heart. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t always make good decisions,” she whispered. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I have reached my decision, Harry Potter,” said the goblin, who was sitting cross-legged in a low chair, drumming its arms with his spindly fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Members of the party do not violate the party’s decisions.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The marriage and the decision to spend a few months in Macondo to please his wife had obliged him to postpone it. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Soon I began to realize how complicated every decision we made was going to be. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He looked down at the journal’s map again before coming to a decision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The crew of the Argo II had a big decision to make. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Or make up some viable defense for the decisions I’ve made over the last couple of days. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He knew she had come to a decision, and he was afraid of what that decision could be. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Then he could stop having to make hard decisions. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not long after Walter and I reached this decision I was again transferred back to the hospital at the Fort. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the esteem she had for Pietro Crespi, she could not tell whether his decision was good or bad from the moral point of view after his prolonged and famous engagement to Rebeca. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She’d make her final decision about the team’s season based on how those tryouts went. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “The issue is in God’s hands. We will live with His decision, whichever way it goes.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that I'm eating meat bits that escape this tragically simple procedure, but the principle of my decision is intact, even if the reality is compromised. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Mama never made a decision in her life without thinkin’ would her mother approve of it or not. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“To master saber, you’ve got to make quick decisions and execute them just as quickly,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“But that is the easiest part. You still have to learn how to make good decisions.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But my conscience forces me to go against this decision. Anyone else whose conscience drives them toward the city is welcome to come with me.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw it in my mother’s stubborn belief in our neighborhood, her decision to stay rooted even as fear led many of her neighbors to pack up and move. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the strictest secrecy, we fed it the original data involved in the steel decision, its own answer, and the actual developments since,—the overproduction, that is,—and asked for an explanation of the discrepancy.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

They all looked at me, waiting for a decision. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

In a split-second decision, whether for fight or flight, it sprang; and in the same instant the boy raised his rifle, sighted and fired, all in one quick motion. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I accepted our coach’s decision and focused on the win for our team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In the end, I reasoned that the decision already had been made for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ang Dawa and I talked for a few minutes, and then we made our decision. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then the occasion slipped by so that you had to grab at a decision. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

If the decision is that they stand a good chance of surviving, they need care. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He freely acknowledged that he'd made poor decisions, particularly where women were concerned. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He loved Mark and Linda too much to let them adopt him, so if the decision was his to make, Joaquin would make it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

How good people’s decisions are under the fast-moving, high-stress conditions of rapid cognition is a function of training and rules and rehearsal. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

In another list, Cora marked the decisions that led her to this wagon and its iron rings. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

He flung the Quest and all his decisions away, and fear and doubt with them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Representatives from each of the other factions can speak in the meetings on behalf of a particular issue, but ultimately, the decision is the council’s. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

All Felix could think about was the bad luck that always accompanied bad decisions. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And intuition is what people use in life to make decisions. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I think you made a really good decision by becoming a surgeon. You would have made a lousy therapist.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But how can I make decisions based on love when there is no one left to love? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I sag around, not able to make decisions and I feel tired tired. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

If my decisions reflected this abysmal reality, how could things ever get better? Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Ironically, in his decision, the judge cited the HeLa cell line as a precedent for what happened with the Mo cell line. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘Well!’ said Frodo at last, sitting up and straightening his back, as if he had made a decision. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long after that I made my decision, and once I’d made it, I never wavered. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's strange to think of her this way, as a wife making domestic decisions about the way her household is run. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The smith scrutinizes my face, his brow furrowed as if he’s considering something, making a decision. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He thought this—and mostly believed it—and felt his spirits boosted by the decision. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I know it must have been a tough decision, but any analysis of that day will show it was the right one. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gerald was used to making the decisions for all of them. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And Amy, what is she going to do?” asked Mrs. March, well pleased at Laurie’s decision and the energy with which he spoke. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I made my first decision of the day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The judge said he feared that some will view the decision he is poised to announce without understanding the severity and complexity of distraction science. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t decided, because, after all, there are four of us, and this is a mighty big decision.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind, sir,” Mr. Poe said, “I’d like Justice Strauss to make that decision.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He should make a decision on the spot, execute it, and move on. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When the decision about who would be the first female in space was made, Irina was chosen as the backup. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

In those two years he had had time to regret his decision and to learn that without Blanca he had lost his taste for the young girls who had previously attracted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the very disarmament has brought me to a decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You need to talk to us before making big decisions,” his dad said. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The essential agreement reached at Philadelphia in 1787, Baldwin claimed, was the decision to remove slavery in the southern states from any influence by the northern states. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Me too. How do you feel about the decisions?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

That one temporary decision became irreversible, because no shipyards remained to turn out ships that would prove the folly of that temporary decision, and to serve as a focus for rebuilding other shipyards. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“This dysfunctional thing? I won’t be a part of it. I can’t live this life with you. I refuse. You’ve made your decision. Good luck with your life. I’m going to live mine.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The decisions of the Board of Deacons of the First Congregational Church were understood to be secret until they were announced for the consideration of the full congregation. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I have no wish to criticize the decision the King made. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

She let him make every decision about the food and about Baby, spending most of her time on the slanting wooden chair on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Lying there that night, I made a decision to follow what my heart told me was the sad but steady path. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

So they watched him carefully, made all his decisions, and he became very spoiled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve never made an important decision in my life without praying about it.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Twenty paces away, he shimmered and vanished, leaving me alone with a thermos, a bottle of chewable vitamins, and five minutes to make an impossible decision. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the face of so many doubts and obstacles, the logical decision was not to marry. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, she doesn’t get to make that decision alone.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Calling the police was not necessarily the right decision in these situations. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The superintendent would take the decision whether to evacuate the park. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

He thought that life had taught him not to make impetuous decisions. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We then took on another hundred new cases after the decision banning mandatory life without parole for juveniles. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Like Citra, Rowan found himself unsettled by his decision to take this on, but he was not going to show it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I was ten when I finally mellowed enough to start venturing out myself, a decision driven in large part by boredom. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The gist seemed to be that any decision to receive the committee report was tantamount to the dissolution of the union. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was an entirely random decision which, as you will see, turned out to be quite fateful. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The key to good decision making is not knowledge. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

"Marin. I'm just asking you to think about it. I'm not saying you have to make some huge decision or fall in love or do anything that complicates your life." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

In those situations, teens are more likely to make decisions with the limbic system rather than the prefrontal cortex. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And she hadn’t seen me in the mirror room with James until I’d made the decision to meet him there. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him a very strange location to choose for a house, or else an odd decision to leave the trees growing nearby, blocking all light and the view of the valley below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was an example of someone persuaded from the outside-in, of an external gesture affecting an internal decision. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another twitch from Mango makes the decision for me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t realize how difficult the decision to leave them must have been for him. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One more decision that was in his power to make. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But he also was impatient with the second-guessing of a decision that, as he saw it, ended this war and, conceivably, all war. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She claims only the grand jurors know the decision, but Pve got a sinking feeling I know it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

A killing stroke took decision, clarity of intent. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But if, as he forever insisted, the Alien and Sedition Acts never enjoyed his enthusiastic support, Abigail’s unequivocal endorsement of the legislation almost surely tilted the decision toward the affirmative. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Questions of risk and decision making particularly intrigued him. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“The loan of the girl is the least we owe her. I hope you regret your decision to send away the sister. Even small hands would be helpful now.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the emissary’s apparent pleasure, Tree-ear knew there would be no decision that day. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

After five minutes, however, all four of us concurred: Hutchison’s decision to leave Beck and Yasuko where they lay was the proper course of action. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Having made this decision, he sighed, rolled over to get comfortable...and fell asleep. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was his decision to make and yet another man could die because of what he decided. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He stood mostly in the corner of the room, still shocked and confused by Alma’s quick decision to break off their engagement and ask him to leave. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once I approached it that way, the decision seemed inevitable. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I’m making a command decision here,” he said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have my full support, whatever decision you make,” Dad said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Their floe was continuing to decay rapidly, so the Boss made a decision on December 21. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Though the fiercest rioting was on the West Side, General Throckmorton chose to deploy his paratroopers on the East Side, calling this decision “an operational convenience.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A decision had to be made which way to go. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

She had to stand by her previous decision and carry out her plan, regardless of the consequences. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry, Col. But I think we made a really good decision.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

We are not called members yet; our decisions today will make us initiates, and we will become members if we complete initiation. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Franz, who now realized that knocking Isa over was one of his poorer decisions of the year, retreated slowly to Hyacinth, who stood in the bathroom doorway, still dripping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There are/were many reasons for this decision to run it after a lapse of twenty years, but for people with normal lives they do not seem even remotely logical. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Your grandfather made some poor decisions that hurt people, your father included. But he’s not the only one.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was later, after another dinner of plain white rice had been consumed and tea forgone again on account of the drought, after Rasheed had smoked a cigarette, that he told Laila about his decision. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The paper says that, as with substance abusers, studies of people with Internet addiction have found “increased novelty seeking, low reward dependence, impulsivity, high risk taking, low self-esteem and disadvantageous decision making.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Critical to the publicity’s success was Howard’s shrewdest decision. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

This decision was not made any easier by the lingering agony buzzing around its shaggy head, or the cluster of bullets lodged in the fatty chest tissue. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I stood in the path holding my eye and trying to push back the day, but each time I floundered upon Dr. Bledsoe's decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Anne looked up from the magazine and made a conscious decision to have her first real conversation with her father. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the army’s decision to evacuate was also upheld by the Supreme Court. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later I silently thanked him for forcing me to postpone such decisions until I was old enough to think for myself. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very old, every organ in his body had long since betrayed him, and most of his important decisions regarding Florin had a certain arbitrary quality that bothered many of the leading citizens. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think he is making a decision, Pet replied. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

In political terms, the Hamilton pamphlet was fully as fatal, and perhaps suicidal, as his subsequent decision to face Aaron Burr on the plains of Weehawken. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“My decision about contacting the Soviets was a gradual one,” he said, “and it was entirely my own.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time my father was working in Kraków, so my parents made the decision that Hershel should join my father there. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the relief was tainted by despair, like my decision to come to Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My only lead, my only clue, and a decision to make in less than a second. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As the girl’s gender identity was firmly established as female at the time her condition was discovered, a decision to implement feminizing surgery along with corresponding hormonal treatments seems correct. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, I make a calculated decision because I don't see any other options. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“With all due respect, madam, he is too ill to decide for himself, and you do not understand what I am trying to do. You must let me make the decisions in this matter.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I am unsure of my decision to serve him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She had said as much to Septa Mordane as they descended the stairs from the gallery, but the septa had only told her it was not her place to question her lord father's decisions. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They never have to make any decisions, he thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all warned him about making decisions too fast. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

For Jefferson, all specific decisions about American foreign policy occurred within the context of this overarching, indeed almost cosmic, pattern. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I made a decision. I have to live with it.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I can confirm that we did receive your package at some point during the holidays. Someone from our office will notify you after Missus Stein has made her decision. Thank you for calling.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

When his superintendent reversed the decision and offered Henderson his job back, he turned it down. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In November 1890 Holmes learned along with the rest of Chicago that the directors of the World’s Columbian Exposition had at last reached a decision as to where to build the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“How can you make an informed decision about whether to save the world if you never leave your tiny part of it?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a selfless decision, because they realized that Boobie had the potential to be a franchise player for Permian. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Captain Smith seems determined to stay out of trouble, just as I am, and he accepts the council’s decision without a fight. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It cannot be accomplished through a landmark court decision, an executive order, or single stroke of the presidential pen. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Similarly situated people inevitably are treated differently when police are granted permission to rely on racial stereotypes when making discretionary decisions. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like Cinna, he’s wanted me to make this decision all along. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The cat still paused by the gate, one paw lifted delicately in the air—undecided, questioning, hesitant; until suddenly, some inner decision reached, he followed the dogs. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows she mentioned some “poor decisions,” but...really? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Although they had been allowed to make their own decisions about religion, and neither identified as Jewish, their background still made them the target of prejudice. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Since she wasn’t weighing in, I made an executive decision. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everything about the program remained top secret, even the final decision about each patient’s life. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And I want each of you to tell me why ye made the decision ye did.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Bailey sat wrapped in his decision and anesthetized by youth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of letting people respond at their own pace, he forced them to make a decision within 500 milliseconds—half a second. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Instead, we made decisions about such matters as prisoners’ complaints, strikes, mail, food — all of the day-to-day concerns of prison life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In turn, Bunderson said, Dr. Strayer, an “expert,” would be telling the jury that Reggie was negligent, taking that decision away from the jury. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He took her decision to stay in the States as a slap in the face. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“In ancient times, two great Roman roads met here. News was exchanged. Markets were held. Friends met, and enemies fought. Entire armies had to choose a direction. Crossroads are always places of decision.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But I do think that they were in a situation that brought out the absolute worst in their decision making. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

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

July was halfway gone when she made her momentous decision. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

How much harder would it be to make the thousands of decisions we are required to make about whether we like someone or love someone or trust someone or want to give someone advice? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pollard awaited a decision on whether or not he would be in the irons. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a case challenging the Alabama Department of Public Safety’s decision to administer state driver’s license examinations only in English. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His voice muffled, his words mumbled, Sticky said, “May I make the decision tomorrow?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The decision in Armstrong effectively shields this type of biased decision making from judicial scrutiny for racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That night, as I lay on my mat on the floor of my cell, I ran over the reasons for de Wet’s decision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he has made a big decision, to be my friend, look out for me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, and this was worst of all, the teachers would read excerpts from writeups about the process charts in the bathroom, the language records, and the decisions of the Family Council. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decisions of the assembly were enacted by an executive body called the Boule, or council of five hundred, which contained the closest thing ancient Athens had to members of congress. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was rather glad that the decision had been his. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halfway across I realized it had been a dumb decision, but I kept on going. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

These would meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Isaac acts like his decision is no big deal, but we all know how much he loves to draw, how he is always doodling in his notebook. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Hardly any of the decisions he made had involved consultation with or the supervision of adults. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Remember what we have talked about here. And remember that you will always know the right decision because it is when you choose from love.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

His superiors were being told I should be sent abroad immediately, but Colonel Junaid stuck with his decision—and it was a decision that saved my life. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Societies with effective conflict resolution, sound decision making, and harmonious economic redistribution can develop better technology, concentrate their military power, seize larger and more productive territories, and crush autonomous smaller societies one by one. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In doing so, he made a decision that had unimaginable consequences. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we’re better off if the mind behind the locked door makes our decisions for us. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I thought once again of my mother’s decision to stay home with me and Craig. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised that they wanted to hear my opinion before they made their decision. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I do not think she has ever made her own decision before. I hope her husband does not return soon.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in general she preferred to assume that her children were smart enough to make their own decisions, that the school had armed them well with knowledge. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

That was how things got changed for the better in the central plateau, one small but crucial decision at a time. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The Fairy Queen had asked for their decision by end of the day, and Con felt trapped. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But there’s no second for decision or thought. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I waited, as if the sea could make my decision for me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You have to let him make his own decisions.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was just like listening to Mother and Grandfather making the decisions while I stood to the side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing to the brigadier, for I knew the decision had not been his. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “I have a decision to make, and I’d like your advice.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Luckily for the circus trainer, decisions about social rank among higher animals are not al­ways based on brute force. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

For several days, Tennessee officials tried to use technicalities to overthrow the decision. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

For a long time I think on this and at last make a decision. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

This was the reason I had become a lawyer in the first place, and my work often made me feel I had made the right decision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, in that moment, Cole made a simple decision. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

When she was still a teenager serving her sentence at the Tutwiler Prison for Women, she started writing to me to ask about various legal decisions she'd read about in the newspaper. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The plan was to apply early decision to Yale as a forestry major. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you refrained from pressing, you would probably have reversed that decision if the stakes had been $10,000 vs. $9,500. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abigail described the decision to resume negotiations with France as “a master stroke of policy” because it averted a French war and removed the rationale for Hamilton’s army at one fell swoop. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The look in her eyes when she turned around told me that had been a smart decision. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

You had the feeling she was making a big decision. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is the way people are taught to make decisions, but in real life it is much too slow. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

There were those who said that it was just a horrible accident, an inevitable by-product of the fact that police officers sometimes have to make life-or-death decisions in conditions of uncertainty. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Then...it doesn’t seem to me that you have such a difficult decision ahead of you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

There were all kinds of things going on beneath it, and she saw that the witch consul was coming to a decision. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But newer research suggests that such overload can make it harder for us to make good decisions when we are confronted with clear choices. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He remembered the day they’d been told they were free, and their bold decision to move north, away from the memories of the fields and the overseer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The gash below my knee had formed a scab—dark and shiny, a black river flowing through pink flesh—when I came to a decision. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He would abide by his son’s decision if Ivory chose not to play football anymore after high school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was my decision to stop you from jumping,” she said. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Because that hero will decide the fate of Olympus. He or she will make a decision that either saves the Age of the Gods, or destroys it.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time since Henry grabbed him and kissed him with so much certainty in the garden, the thought enters Alex’s mind: What if it was never his decision to make? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are moments when the decision will change everything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would be informed when a decision had been made. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I have a right to participate in the decision, the most important acquisition we’ll ever—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“One last thing, Annabeth. I have postponed your day of choice. I have not prevented it. Soon, as Janus said, you will have to make a decision. Farewell!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

American society just wasn't ready...or at least those who made the decisions weren't ready. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I’ll be able to go, with all the tax work I have to do this month and all, but I’m behind you in your decision. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hard little bumps appeared on his hands, and his valve, after wavering for a moment of frantic decision, slammed closed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While it was easy to make the decision, I quickly realized I had no idea where I was or where to go in order to leave. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The decision to join the Moravian church made other Delawares uncomfortable. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Aru paused, her lungs heaving from the weight of the lightning bolt and the decision put before her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Considerations of conflict resolution, decision making, economics, and space thus converge in requiring large societies to be centralized. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to go, and I’d like it if you came, too, but it’s your decision.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The war games required them to make decisive, rapid-fire decisions under conditions of high pressure and with limited information, which is, of course, what they did all day at work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Who were we to question the decisions of political bodies so highly placed? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter had applied for bail — a decision I fully supported. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They organized it and carried it through alone; the decision their own and their own action. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decision to ship me to Granddad and Nana Strong’s farm down in Alabama had been made without my input. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The little girl’s eyes locked on his, and he came to a decision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Government employment figures jumped significantly in 1983, reflecting nothing more than a decision to count the military among the employed. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is what opens the decision rule to criticism,” Reilly says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“He had a part in the decision, yes,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was a relief not to have to make my next decision alone. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He represents Kendra’s death as a tragic blow, and Dumbledore’s decision to give up his expedition as an act of noble self-sacrifice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She spent two and a half years awaiting the high court’s decision, which was that she had been right: the government cannot detain loyal citizens against their will. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It showed that a person’s decision making is impinged by something as simple as a modest memory task. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It's a decision we have to make together. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We live in a world that assumes that the quality of a decision is directly related to the time and effort that went into making it. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

On the 17th of May the Supreme Court announced the decision to condemn the “separate but equal” philosophy of education. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If I could undo that decision in the police station, I wouldn't have left through the back. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

If there were any decisions to be made, then he should be the one...Even though she might allow herself to hope, to take a little notice of odd straws in the wind. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After the front door closed, my mother said that Uncle Katsuhisa was the opposite of my father in that he didn’t look before he leapt, didn’t think at all before he made decisions. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

And then I snap into decision—the guest bathroom! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jethro took off down the road as soon as Jenny told him of their father’s decision. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The referee pulled them apart, and Alfred kept Barnes away with the jab until the final bell rang. ". . . decision of the judges ... a draw. . . ." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly her decision became final; she would bring the baby home. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I made a decision that I wouldn’t ask about the key, because I wanted her to believe that we had come to see her museum, and I think Mr. Black had the same idea. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He called for a vote to set aside the decision until the fall, which would mean women would not be able to vote in that year’s election. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Klein ran a consulting firm in Ohio and wrote a book called Sources of Power, which is one of the classic works on decision making. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The decision not to attend the fight was not based solely on my hatred of boxing. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I told Jesse the big decision wasn’t whether to apply to the University of Chicago, but whether or not to go to college. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, decisions about crescendos and decrescendos, tempo, and score reading have to be made, but there are endless possibilities for vocalizing and playing these child-centered compositions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Life went on, problems were settled, decisions were taken. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So in effect”—Mum folded her napkin—“you're telling me to stick to jam making and leave the grown-up decisions to the one in the trousers?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She was haunted by that decision for as long as she lived. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bell rang, but neither of them heard it, grunting, straining, slugging, and then everyone was in the ring pulling them apart, grabbing their gloves. ". . . by unanimous decision . . . Elston • Hubbard." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to make a decision—whether to leave with the pilots or stay with the virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother stays out of the arguments as much as she can, but when pressed she agrees with her husband, while at the same time quietly asserting that it should really be Bailey’s decision. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

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

“There are certain decisions that will have to be made.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She wished desperately that she could ask her mother for advice or just curl up in her arms and not have to worry about difficult decisions. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “I’ve made a decision. I’m going to call the police. I might even go to the police station. I don’t have to wait until Wednesday. I can go whenever I want.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“To explain that Mithridates was unhappy with his decision. And perhaps add the idea that he did not become strong by drinking poison daily. He only became full of poison himself.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Frank figured Reyna was regretting her decision to let him join. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

When I spotted Ms. Wardak circling back to my hallway, I made a quick decision: I’d go to the band room, but only if Ms. Fender was there. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding, he said, “You have a clear grasp of the case, I see. And tell me, Mr. Larson, do you agree with the Court’s decision?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Good decision. My wife makes an awful sandwich—I couldn’t bear to eat it today.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Briony’s hotheaded decision. On a cooler day we’d be in the library watching the theatricals now.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

In other words, if you have to make a decision, you’ve got to take your time and think about it first. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Whatever decisions the Collective made long ago were made in our best interest. What we are now was what they were striving for. Unity demands sacrifice. Sacrifice comes with a price.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then, when the president announced his unexpected decision to send a new American peace delegation to France in February of 1799, Jefferson apprised Madison that this “event of events” had been forced upon Adams. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The best decision Nana ever made was taking me out of public school. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Women, who held title to all the land and its produce, could vote down decisions by the male leaders of the League and demand that an issue be reconsidered. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“It was my decision not to worry you with the four obstacles, Nathan,” Darkness said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

To be a successful decision maker, we have to edit. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I had to make a decision. Couldn’t farm the place myself, could I? I sold to Ole and that’s that,” she said. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

His parents disapproved, but their “active, results-oriented” parenting meant that they gave Colin a measure of freedom to make his own decisions. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"We talk about it, then Teddy makes the decision," Venkat said. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, I can’t talk about this anymore. I honestly don’t think my heart can take it. Shall we go upstairs and tell the others your decision?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I am writing to let you know that my husband and I support your decision to allow Jack to return to Beecher Prep after a two-day suspension. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The real power in Japan during World War Two was held by the Supreme Military Council, who assured the emperor that their decisions were best for their nation. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Counsel were unhappy about our decision, and wanted to talk about an appeal. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the best decisions the city has ever made was to convert an old rail line into an elevated park. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s not your decision. It’s hers and mine.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think the best we can do is give our young people a chance to make the best decisions possible by providing them with the information and the tools and the support they need. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It was because I thought too much, lived too much in the mind. It was hard to make decisions. I felt immobilized.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could not even explain satisfactorily why he had decided against it: Every time he tried to reconstruct the internal arguments that had led to his decision, they sounded feebler to him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d continue to take as many classes as they wanted me to, but they still weren’t thrilled with my decision. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

At the library, I would pick up a novel, read a page or two, then make a quick decision as to whether or not I wanted to borrow it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He told the rest of the story without looking at her, until he reached the end and his decision to get a fake I.D. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The man was on the verge of decision and anything could tip him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And whatever decision he’s just made about me can’t be undone. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Isn't fair, and you’re correct. There was no fairness involved with this decision, only a petty sort of revenge. Even so, there will be no such displays in my school.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t leave me out of the decisions about my own life! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually, friends persuaded her to reconsider her decision and sing again. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The first and second officers may have been waiting for the captain to make decisions, but still may have been unwilling to pose alternatives. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was a legitimate concern, but decisions should not be taken out of pride or embarrassment, but out of pure strategy — and strategy here suggested we call off the strike. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fuller’s boss, Robert Foust, backed the decision to bring in organization vehicles, reasoning that the primary purpose of Operation Breakthrough was, after all, to help neighborhood councils. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I make a decision and press play, and Otis Redding’s voice comes quietly through the speakers. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

As the leader, Kerling tabled the decision, reassuring Neubauer that it would be discussed later when the group was reunited in Chicago on July 6. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

My decision was made, made before I’d ever consciously chosen, and I was committed to seeing it through. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She had a lot riding on the council’s decision. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I did tell Lilian that I thought she should discuss the issue with the women themselves before making a decision, and escorted her down to the cells where she could poll the prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still hunched behind the bush, trying to decide what to do, when the decision was made for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I get the feeling Ma wishes Mama had made different decisions in her life. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was still my decision, no one could make it for me, but I didn’t have to carry the weight of it alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It starts: Your decision not to have surgery means that realistically, with patella tendonitis, you may not be able to play again. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Or the decision to locate the national capital on the Potomac was a backroom deal involving so many secret bargains and bribes that no one would ever unravel the full story. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The pro-slavery crowd in the courtroom cheered, pleased with the decision. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a decision so out of line with official policy that the colonel spoke out violently against it and rejected the homage. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Govinda blanched as he heard these words and read the decision in his friend’s determined face, undeviating as the released arrow from the bow. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

And joining this caravan may have been my decision, but where it goes is going to be a mystery to me. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” he said, “I want to thank you both. I’ll give you my decision tomorrow.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think only for the duration of the decision making,” said Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a preoccupation, verging on obsession, that would inform his decisions, and guide his energies. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initial panic gave way to calm decision and, enlisting the aid of three attendants, a careful search was begun. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Burnham hoped this second report would at last compel a decision. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Early states had a hereditary leader with a title equivalent to king, like a super paramount chief and exercising an even greater monopoly of information, decision making, and power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Did I make the right decision, was my sacrifice worth it? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only Florida and Alabama allowed the jury's decision to be overridden by a judge—and Florida later put restrictions on the practice that severely curtailed it. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“After the O.J. Simpson verdict, one of the jurors appeared on TV and said with absolute conviction, ‘Race had absolutely nothing to do with my decision,’” psychologist Joshua Aronson says. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The federal court hearing would be one of the most significant in history—a precedent-setting decision could be made that affected the whole country. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no questioning of the decision to put guanine and thymine in the keto form. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He could be tempted into second-guessing just about any decision he made. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He had short black hair and a question for Clark: Don’t you trust our citizens to make good decisions behind the wheel? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then I was stunned when I heard a nationally known Communist announce a decision to dissolve the clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t seem to come up with a decision about what to do with the drill. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

From the bottom of the stairs I heard the woman demand, “What is your decision?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She operated on automatic mode, rising each morning and chasing us off to school as if things were as they always were, but she could make no decisions. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three throws, he seems to come to a decision, and calmly picks up a bright green square. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mimir was not with him, Hoenir seemed unable to come to a decision, and the Vanir soon tired of this. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The Court openly worried that other actors in the criminal justice system might also face scrutiny for allegedly biased decision making if similar claims of racial bias in the system were allowed to proceed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A decision to invite a co-worker over for dinner is conscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And all the time something within her was crying for a decision. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He stops moving, having come to whatever decision he needed to. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

His decision was made when Ishtar's brownstone collapsed, turning into a pile of rubble. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

My mother made the decision to intervene— and decided that overdoing it was better than doing nothing at all. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Lawrence’s hands were on everything, and everything required decisions, sometimes split-second decisions. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“One way or the other. Just make a decision.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hamza would have no problem jumping to a decision: he would travel to Ankara in a heartbeat. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

This seems like a prudent and thrifty decision at the moment, but it turns out to be a major mistake. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At lunchtime, Paul asked me if I had made a decision. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Whenever there was a problem—a labor dispute with the Sherpas, a medical emergency, a critical decision about climbing strategy—people trudged over to our mess tent to seek Hall’s advice. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Malcolm X’s decision to enter the mainstream of the straggle heralds a hopeful sign on the sickeningly dismal scene of brutalized, non-violent, passive resistance. ...” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When asked about it, Smith said, “Seabiscuit is Mr. Howard’s horse. I will abide by whatever decision Mr. Howard makes.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, every child agreed to join the team, though the decision was more difficult for some than others. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When you had to survive every minute, you were always seconds away from making a decision that could ruin everything. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was certain they’d forgotten I was there, and the intelligent decision would have been to sneak away, but I was thinking with my rumbling stomach rather than my brain. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It may take them until they’re twenty-five or thirty before they make that decision, but they will make it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would be notified when a decision had been reached. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prior to the Bostick decision, a number of lower courts had found absurd the notion that “reasonable people” would feel empowered to refuse to answer questions when confronted by the police. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I started calling department chairmen to ask for another week, another ten days—‘more time to reach a decision’— to avoid the decision I would have to make. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ever organized and practical, he went on to ask her to think about the decisions they would have to make—mostly where they would live. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When possible, listening to a professional play the piece can help with tempo decisions, but it is also reasonable for different performers to prefer slightly different tempos for the same piece. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even in democracies today, crucial knowledge is available to only a few individuals, who control the flow of information to the rest of the government and consequently control decisions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our decision to let Barack’s career proceed as it had—to give him the freedom to shape and pursue his dreams—led me to tamp down my own efforts at work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The beauty of this idea is that my decision to keep Peeta alive at the expense of my own life is itself an act of defiance. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With my decision to become a Negro I realized that I, a specialist in race issues, really knew nothing of the Negro’s real problem. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Mr. Lome, needless to say the Observers will meet tonight. There are private decisions to be made before the mass meeting tomorrow at nine.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley's parents asked if they could have some time to find out more about Camp Green Lake, but the judge advised them to make a quick decision. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The longer I think about this decision, the worse it seems. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My first thought is that the bishop has already learned of Hamlet’s birth and has rendered a decision about my future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“There is no reason to doubt the old saw that the most important decision you make is choosing your parents,” said David Levine, the Berkeley economist and mobility researcher. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Klein is a decision researcher with a Ph.D., a deeply intelligent and thoughtful man, and he wasn’t about to accept that as an answer. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t want to! Do I have provide you with an in-depth analysis of every decision I make?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it might even be said that this small decision of mine constituted something of a key turning point; that that decision set things on an inevitable course towards what eventually happened. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Earlier decisions had chipped away at the “separate but equal” doctrine, yet Jim Crow had managed to adapt to the changing legal environment, and most Southerners had remained confident that the institution would survive. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Lucky for me I don’t make the decisions around here.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I walk into my room, and when I close my door behind me, I realize that the decision might be simple. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As people grow up, they generally get better at making thoughtful decisions even when under pressure. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The wind off the river cooled my face and helped with my decision. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

A 1915 rule requiring a photo with every application made race a silent consideration for the final decision. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Madison wanted to use the vote on the committee report to create the equivalent of a landmark decision prohibiting any national scheme for emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Newt called to him from behind, delaying the decision. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

No doubt Marina risked getting in trouble with her sponsor and the state, but she made the right decision. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The first is that truly successful decision making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to soccer practice. Do we have a decision about Halloween?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Time was everything now—once the decision was made, time was vital. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I believe in my decision with absolute certainty, a certainty that thrums through every cell in my body. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would find a telephone and call him; then he could tell me exactly what he wanted and I could make a sensible decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

If battle threatened, he couldn’t let others make the decisions. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d take it manfully, and be respected if I couldn’t be loved,” said Amy, with the decision of one who knew nothing about it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That proved to be an unnecessary precaution. The judges’ final decision was unanimous.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

In a way, she was relieved to let somebody else give directions and make decisions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would white people forever be allowed to circumvent the Court’s decisions? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was an important decision, yes, but surely she understood how this was affecting them? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But once a decision has been made, he has an equal obligation to carry it out with all his energy and wisdom,” the president wrote in his memoir. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It should have been an easy decision—don’t acknowledge the guy who attacked and humiliated me—but Marcus had been there when no one else had, and I couldn’t ignore him when he needed me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

It turned out I’d played an unwitting role in this decision. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Justice protested against going home, saying that we simply wanted to work at the mine, and that we could make decisions for ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1934, the US Supreme Court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in the landmark decision Brown v. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It was one of those moments that called for a split-second decision.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Hoping to soften the blow by delivering his decision in person, Teller received a sympathetic hearing from Sproul and a few other administrators. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Alarmed at what seemed to her to be a rather wishy-washy attitude on Melanie’s part, April didn’t go home until she felt sure they had reached a firm decision. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Covering the reading desk there were endless piles of petitions and memorials, all annotated with the royal decision and signature. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad left the decision to Mom, who drilled us with one of her I’m-not-kidding stares. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Policy decisions were not usually made by Japan’s emperor, Hirohito. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The underlying reason why this transition was piecemeal is that food production systems evolved as a result of the accumulation of many separate decisions about allocating time and effort. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There had been a general decision to take out one room of monkeys, and see how that worked, see how things went—see if the virus was spreading. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, there’s no need to call me when Oskar doesn't come to his lessons, because I already know, because this was my decision. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Once the decision was taken, however, I would support it as wholeheartedly as any of its advocates. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers poking his head into Sonia’s room years ago, telling her about his decision to change his name to Nikhil. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"You can come in now," a brother called to me; and I went out to hear their decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancestors leaned close to one another and talked before coming to some decision. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and you think that was a wise decision?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The lawyer, who was subsequently disbarred and jailed for unrelated criminal misconduct, also never challenged the State's decision to try Trina as an adult. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Come on, give me reasons. 11TH JUROR: I don’t have to defend my decision to you. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might not be the perfect decision, but it was my decision, and it seemed to be the best answer under the circumstances. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of his early views made the decision difficult. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

K. P. Lewis, manager of the sprawling Erwin Mills in Durham, explained his decision not to join the Klan by observing that “matters could be very much better handled...open and above-board.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Haymitch's eyes shift around my musty holding space, and he seems to make a decision. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She still looks like my mother, and I regret the decision. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But at least my decision has been made. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I think I trust every inch of you, Jonah Mills. So I trust you’ll make the right decision.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Diego—” “If the world doesn’t end, we can go. Or you can take Audrey if you want. Either way, I thought having something to look forward to might help you make your decision.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw decided to trust him, to let him make the decisions about what they were going to do. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s not your decision is it, ye great big oaf!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Making a decision isn’t about knowing every potential consequence. It’s about knowing what you want and choosing a path that takes you in that direction.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

With the decision up in the air and the San Antonio less than a week away, Howard, Smith, and Pollard parted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he made the wrong decision leaving the phone at home. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But after all,” Kissinger said, “we make decisions very differently now.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“We don’t always make the right decisions, Ari. We do the best we can.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

As decision makers, he and I were pretty much on the same level. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

For my grandma, that wasn’t an easy decision, because she didn't know us very well back then. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if Mr. Muhammad suggested it or if our Temple One Minister Lemuel Hassan on his own decision encouraged me to address our assembled brothers and sisters. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles to herself at a good decision made. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Her parents said they were going to wait until she was old enough to understand and make her own decision about it, like Catholic confirmation. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dacus had listened to Ben’s complaints very patiently, then suggested that Ben wait until a month had passed before he made any final decision about the quality of Ogden Loring’s teaching. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ann was delighted, but decided not to take the heat off the city council, which could still reject or accept the commission’s decision. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But I am hoping that you will forgive me, just this once, for asking if we can reconsider our previous decision to remain uninvolved.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How come you made a decision like that without talking to us about it?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was also Yawar’s duty to communicate to the people any important decisions the inspectors had made. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then, in 1921, the British embarked on their first expedition to Everest, and their decision to engage Sherpas as helpers sparked a transformation of Sherpa culture. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t matter to me anyway. This is between you and me. This is our decision. Why should we think about our parents?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At last the Mistress said, “All right. You have until the evening meal to make your decision.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At first, Wes had been confused by Levy’s decision: why would he give up so much money to go straight? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Goldberg’s decision might have puzzled some people in show business circles, where it is a time-honored tradition to change Jewish names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The decision was not final; they could still scratch him at any point up to forty-five minutes before post time. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the next morning, word spread that the jurors had reached a decision, and the courtroom filled with the familiar participants. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Lying there that way might not have been much of a life, but it was all the life he had, and the decision to terminate it, Yossarian felt, should hardly have been Nurse Cramer’s. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

There is other supporting research that shows how learning, memory, and decision making get impacted by an overloaded brain. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But Reg stuck to his decision, backing up into his friends and crossing his arms. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The decision you will make this year is so much bigger than anything I could ever say or do, and it will determine the fate of this country for years to come. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was fear among the other organizations that the ANC would attempt to dominate it, and the committee’s rules were crafted so that its powers were purely consultative and its decisions not binding. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big-man has no independent decision-making authority, knows no diplomatic secrets, and can do no more than attempt to sway communal decisions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That decision would change their lives and eventually the life of every woman across the United States. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

As the planes sweep silently in, I make another decision. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Despite the comfort brought by their decision to stay, it was a long night for Cora as her thoughts returned to the woman’s screams, and the ghosts she called her own. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I must make decisions based on his survival only. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The judges had come to a decision early. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Or they’d at least ask if something was wrong before they made the decision. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Corporate decision makers, and even some two-bit entrepreneurs like my boss at The Maids, occupy an economic position miles above that of the underpaid people whose labor they depend on. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Different nations had different numbers of sachems, but the inequality meant little because all decisions had to be unanimous; the Five Nations regarded consensus as a social ideal. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The chief and the council of elders, made up of both men and women, were always chosen for their wisdom and made all the important decisions. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even smaller numbers accompanied the Court's decisions banning the death penalty for non-homicide offenses. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But I had begun to hope they were not all cowards, and to me, this decision sounds very much like cowardice. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

No crude explanation of the decisions he made can do justice to the multiple loyalties he felt, or the almost Jamesian way he thought about and ultimately resolved them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I've been in this tent ten days, and I make no decision to walk out; my brain just lifts me, and I leave. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Henry bites his lip, visibly searching for the right words, and apparently comes to a decision. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before any decision could be taken about what to do, she squeezed through a break in the roof bars of her cage and van­ished in the night. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This led to the formation of a microwave committee with Loomis as chairman and Lawrence as a member, and in turn to the NDRC’s subsequent decision to establish a crash program at MIT. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Internally, the important institutional decisions seem to have been made by a process of accommodation and adaptation, with resistible forces always meeting movable objects. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now a new decision must be made. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t come to a decision about whether to activate the pendant, but she knew that thinking about it all the time would drive her crazy. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Because we take it, as a given, that the more information decision makers have, the better off they are. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel more in control, as if there is a choice, a decision that could be made one way or the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can go free if you surrender now! Or you can die like dogs with your captain. Your decision!” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But in life you have to take lots of decisions and if you don’t take decisions you would never do anything because you would spend all your time choosing between things you could do. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

His decision to be fair was not in keeping with the “correct” Southern attitude. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough. I have made my decision,” he says, raising his voice to cut me off. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wish that decision would make me feel better, but it doesn't. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

All these elements come into play in people’s separate decisions about how to obtain their food. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But as I said, I have made a decision.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After a lot of discussion, my parents made the daring decision to bring the new invention into our home. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I believe Reverend Hunt would approve—I have made this decision out of love. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The emperor did not normally make policy decisions, but in times of crisis his word was final. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had made his decision and he was not going to alter it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All that was left to negotiate was a date for the election of the assembly and the percentage of majorities necessary for it to reach its decisions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I promised that I would make my own decisions,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And,” he added, as if coming to a decision, “when you come ... I’ll tell you about your father.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Overloading the decision makers with information, he proves, makes picking up that signature harder, not easier. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When Naomi made a complimentary remark about my looks, I knew that I had made the right decision. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The fan was working too hard, the hard drive was click-clicking away, and I immediately regretted my decision. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She needed someone of high-enough rank to have access to privileged information—someone drunk enough to make ill-considered decisions, but not so drunk that he couldn’t take her where she needed to go. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I tightened my grip on the horn, making a decision, based on another kind of instinct, not to surrender my hold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Dad is looking like he made a better decision every year. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Millie and I clap like mad women, while the rest of the auditorium is quiet as the committee makes its decision. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The wishes have to be secret, but Marly knew from Joe’s look that his was about the big decision. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then they could base their final decision on the facts of what Muriel would be willing to do, rather than conjecture. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I think that approach is a mistake, and if we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The decision he made would be extremely important, but the way in which he made the decision would be careless, haphazard, and uninformed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the decisions they made on the spur of the moment as each customer walked through the door was of another sort. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I applauded Team USA in that moment, because their decision to vote for a Muslim American woman in hijab was a powerful rebuke to Trump’s rhetoric. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He hoped to discourage such a decision and carry you to safety. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Democracy meant all men were to be heard, and a decision was taken together as a people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his decision to keep us here in the Congo wasn’t right, then what else might he be wrong about? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the three miles, I hadn’t reached anything resembling a decision. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Whether it offends people or not, hard decisions have to be made.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He cannot make decisions, and anyone can tell him what to do. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he talked over their plans and reassured Dasch about their decision. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“Your father will not sell anything to him,” Madu declared, as if it were his decision to make. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Detailed questions about his decisions only led to the quoting of Marx and Lenin, so I soon learned to stop asking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said, “this decision isn’t up to us. You’re fourteen, and we think you should decide whether the doctors do the operation or not.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The National Executive formally endorsed the preliminary decision of the Working Committee. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was furious with Daniel Ellsberg for heading to Vietnam without even discussing the decision. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Board of Education decision and endorsed by civil rights litigators “did not offer poor whites even an elementary framework for understanding what they might gain as a result of integration.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The real decision is not whether to use that or which but whether to use a restrictive or a nonrestrictive relative clause. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had four months until that decision would be made. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

At the time, their decision had seemed logical enough to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I hear he’s very involved in the editorial decisions. The Standard is the only paper that dares to tell the truth these days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

In the case of the car salesmen, their decision to quote an outrageously high price to women and blacks alienated people who might otherwise have bought a car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I made the decision not to answer, hoping that might cause the skin above her eyes to again knit up. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

His furious Queen, too, undoubtedly played a part in his final decision. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, she explained, she had to get away from her mother, who wouldn’t let her make even the smallest decision on her own. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he also made what seems to have been a sentimental decision: he spared the life of his lover’s son. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And no one in America was prepared to question a decision made by Washington, at least publicly, when rendered so summarily. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

For the gatekeepers of heaven were to review him in state, that they might make their decision: Would this man be a credit to the empyrean? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

At length, Fflewddur murmured, “I put the decision in your hands and abide by what you do.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Many issues raised at Lawrence’s briefings resulted from the decision to begin construction of Y-12 before the central technology was perfected. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I am, moreover, constitutionally unable to make hepatic decisions, and I prefer not to be obliged to, ever. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said only, “You must be nervous, with your decision coming up.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone had an opinion about the choice I was facing, but, of course, no one could make the decision for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’m allowed to protest whatever decision he’s already made. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

She's like the guy who spends sixteen years in jail, and then gets out, and hates having to make all the decisions of regular life. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had recently made a decision with his medical school that becoming a doctor was not in the cards for him, and he moved to the Bronx, where he worked as a pharmaceutical salesman. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

One quick decision by Sloth, and everything about her future was decided. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The decision may not have been right, but it’s not your fault. Remember what I said? Sometimes things will go wrong—” “But the key is to keep doing right.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I thought I raised you boys to make good decisions,” Father said, breathing hard as he tried to keep up with my pace. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Or maybe his decision to honour the gods at both camps had healed him, giving him a clear path to the future. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The chief did not make decisions on the spur of the moment. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What exciting turns would my life have taken if I had been as unhindered in my decision making as Alabama’s white children and youth? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Harry well remembered putting it on, exactly one year ago, and waiting, petrified, for its decision as it muttered aloud in his ear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He would, indeed, and he’d have a drop of the Irish to celebrate his decision and departure. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

What if we stopped scanning the horizon with our binoculars and began instead examining our own decision making and behavior through the most powerful of microscopes? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Mama and Frankie had gone outside, and the black hallway phone seemed to wait for my decision. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Instead of looking up, Varney perused some papers on his desk as though some imminent life or death decision was upon him and he could not spare a single moment’s intrusion on his time. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She called my therapist with the good news, and my therapist immediately wanted to talk to me and ask why I’d made the decision and how I felt about it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

To this end, he took what seems at first sight a rather bizarre decision, upping sticks and moving to Holland, where he signed up for military service with the Prince of Orange. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“First love makes everyone mad—it’s foolish to throw away your future because of one hormonal decision based on less than a year of your life when you were barely in your twenties.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Sam finally made her decision to leave early for the summer program at the college of her choice. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If I were guilty of something, I’d feel bound to keep your decision,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I say it to people who take their time at red lights or who can’t make a decision about a subject for their next research paper. I don’t say it about important things like this!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I said as soon as Tasha was far enough away, trying to use every word I could think of to convince Noodles that we had made the right decision. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

For example, among bands and tribes, the big-men of some are inevitably more charismatic, powerful, and skilled in reaching decisions than the big-men of others. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So much had passed to bring her to this moment: births, deaths, countless insignificant decisions that made her who she had become. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She could start over, surrender her old self, every single wrong decision she had made, and become someone else. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I make my decision and I answer, ‘Yes.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klein studied nurses, intensive care units, firefighters, and other people who make decisions under pressure, and one of his conclusions is that when experts make decisions, they don’t logically and systematically compare all available options. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

With that she departed, leaving the young man full of ardor and decision, all his former uncertainty and hesitation gone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, it seemed he was just making noise in general, surfacing on cable shows to offer yammering, inexpert critiques of Barack’s foreign policy decisions and openly questioning whether he was an American citizen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I have perhaps given her a little more decision of character, have taught her to think on points which had not fallen in her way before.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Using “separate but equal” language that previewed the Court's infamous decision in Plessy v. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered his decision of the night before. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But...there’s so much riding on this year...don’t let people make decisions for you...you have a special gift. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Go places without me, make decisions without me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I make the decision to move closer to Key West. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

They would also become the key decision makers in the new republic. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe no decision was my decision, I thought. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was truly alone in this awful decision. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

In the end, Gordievsky made the lonely and wrenching decision of the double agent: to save his own life. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My parents keep making all of these decisions without talking to me, like my opinion doesn’t matter. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But while in the past she’d been a civilian working on the edges of the military, now she made a positive decision to follow a military career herself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

This was Adams’s apparently impulsive decision, announced on February 18, 1799, to send another peace delegation to France. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors are free to “load up” defendants with extra charges, and their decisions cannot be challenged for racial bias. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His letters to the War Department, printed simultaneously in the newspapers, began to have a sharp effect in decisions on the army. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t solve all his problems, but at least he’d come to a decision. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But as long as “West Computer” was still the unspoken code for “Colored Computer,” the decision to draw the curtain on Dorothy’s group would require more nuanced consideration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

And because some food came in, it was probably the right decision to keep Julie at home. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Michael Tonry explains in Thinking About Crime: “Governments decide how much punishment they want, and these decisions are in no simple way related to crime rates.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Even the agreement for euthanasia if final decision on such a step is necessary.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, why don’t you think about it?” my mom says, maybe disappointed by my decision—but I don’t want to think about it any more than I want to think about Hal. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Now I realize his decision saved his life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“The expansion will be approved, Cari. There’s no way the city would reject a good business decision like this.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It was time to make a decision about Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He thought of it calmly, as if the decision were being handed down to him by some logic not his own, over which he had no control, but which he had to obey. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The businessman was a quick study, and excelled at split-second decisions in crisis. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to be free again to tell what I knew and what I believed about our Vietnam policy,” he said of the decision. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But my old professor had made a profound decision, one he began to construct the day he came out of the doctor’s office with a sword hanging over his head. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The countermanding of Lola’s casting decision, and the laughter in the boys it provoked, made for a shift in the balance of power. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

His lordship has made his decision and there is nothing for you and I to debate over.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was old enough to make my own decisions. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

By now, Ralph had no self-consciousness in public thinking but would treat the day's decisions as though he were playing chess. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“There may be decisions to make, and surprises in store. Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Liza watched him closely after the decision to go to Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the Chathams and atolls, the chiefs had few resources to command, decisions were reached by general discussion, and landownership rested with the community as a whole rather than with the chiefs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t fixate on the person making the snap decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Tally wanted nothing more than to fall asleep, but acting on her decision couldn’t wait. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Like the only thing separating us was an age difference and not a decision she made. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

When we leap to a decision or have a hunch, our unconscious is doing what John Gottman does. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Which was clearly the right decision, because these dresses are trash, and prom is stupid anyway. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, decisions like the one the Court makes today will support the conclusion that this Court has become a loyal foot soldier in the Executive’s fight against crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"How long have we got to make a decision?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know how crushed you’ve been. And what happened with Noah and CSA...well, sometimes a good person makes a bad decision.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“That busing judge can bus all he wants,” Milton crowed, reading about the decision in the paper. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I had, however, made a decision relative to this problem only a few days before receiving your letter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The court’s decision was that the order to vacate would not be altered. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The caption under the picture says: Elected by the people, unpaid for their services, and open to public criticism, board members must make the tough decisions. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

For after another second or two of awkward silence, his lordship seemed to come to a decision. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Song was heartbroken by Shin’s decision to quit. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was that butterfly feeling jumping in my gut, because ever since last fall I'd become overly hesitant and anxious, and every time I had to make a decision, I was stunned into wide-eyed inaction. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s much more gratifying to come up with a decision on your own. Anyone can follow an algorithm. There is a tendency to say, ‘Well, certainly I can do better. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Though due to her height some people may find the subject’s gender at first glance somewhat indeterminate, any prolonged observation would result in a decision that she was indeed a girl. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

These two deprivations, he maintained, along with a third one— that of “a good model of a decision maker to look up to” when they were growing up—were behind most of their criminal careers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As with Lincoln, the decision is made not to transport Booth because any movement will surely kill him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He will then lower his body to the spot in question and is usually so secure in his decision that he will fall asleep immediately. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. This is her family’s decision. We won’t talk about it any further.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know that my decision to go to college will affect my sisters’ decisions and they will not be as afraid as I was of traveling this road. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Disbelief that a stranger with a gun had made the final decision. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“That means I make all military decisions. I believe that includes what we are doing today.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The decision feels indulgent, as it is not particularly late, or cold, or raining, and he is in no great rush to be home. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ellsworth hoped that Olmsted’s opinion, backed by his reputation as the wizard of Central Park, would help force a decision. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“We will deal with them and make a decision after the meal.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inviting her over as moral support was probably the best decision I’ve made in weeks. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Not that he made a conscious decision to do that...He got back to school from Martel’s, hopped in his car, and let his instincts lead. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The decision bore the hallmarks of his overarching ambition: a top-down approach, beginning with the most complex and variant traits conceivable—intelligence, temperament, physical prowess, height. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And now there is one last decision to make.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t be a popular decision, but I saw now that this was the only way. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she sees a glimmer of independence—a raised eyebrow, a carefully worded, possibly ironic observation, like, “Well, we can’t make a decision on that till the boss gets home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But in the case of Hagen Oaks Park, I'm more interested in the city's decision to plant native plants than I am in the birds. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

To avoid argument, Marina made the decision that the women who would become pilots had to have already logged a minimum of five hundred hours’ flying time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t influence me. You know what I might do? I might stay right here in this hospital bed and vegetate. I could vegetate very comfortably right here and let other people make the decisions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

From among them, an unspoken sentiment seemed to grow and form into a unanimous decision. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Juries were thus free to reach decisions on the basis of circumstantial evidence if they chose to. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They would shift me and investigate and I, still believing, still bending to discipline, would have to accept their decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that they would not tell him to go, that it would have to be his decision. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to ask you not to make any decisions until we’ve talked about it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The decision made, the men contacted H. G. Wells’s legal representative in New York and bought the rights to adapt the novel into a radio play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Linda would never have considered asking me to abandon the sport, but the announcement that I intended to quit had reinforced her decision to marry me. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But when Mr. Brown announced his decision a torrential downpour spread over the whole banana region. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

It dictated my movements, my decisions, the rhythm of every day. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“When we talked before, you said you would not change your decision,” Kendra reminded her. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Dear Sandra, I have finally made a decision on the storm doors. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"All right, then we'll go," he said and looked up at Mr. Samsa as if, suddenly overcome by humility, he was asking fresh permission for this decision. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have been so selfish...and...I didn’t think about how our decisions would affect you. Dumb, I know.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

And yet what the Pentagon Papers showed was that each president made decisions to escalate American involvement in Vietnam knowing that what he was doing had little chance of success. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

But that’s probably one of the reasons the other factions don’t take our opinions or decisions seriously. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And yet Emma and Charles spent the whole day feeling rather miserable at the shock of their engagement; they were both astonished at the suddenness of their decision. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the decision, there had been an uptick in minor harassment of Muslims in the area, and Kathy was aware of the invitation she was providing in going out in her hijab. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is what those in charge really thought of us, India’s people, when this decision was made. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They were just hours out of Vietnam, where life-and-death decisions were made with swift finality, and no one messed with Stringer. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They asked me a month ago, but it’s my decision.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

No decision he makes at Gettysburg will be decisive, except perhaps die last. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had touched her, and made her decision for her, so now he felt he could not abandon her. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Is this a decision of the Communist party?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The decision is the same. Not ready,” he informs the floor. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents called Joseph’s counselor twice, then three times, and she said she would like a few weeks to evaluate Joseph before she made the decision about him seeing Jupiter. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

It was only when he asked me if I had reached a decision, that I actually made up my mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is as fundamental a structural change to the way music sounded as was the contemporaneous decision to start using timber frames and bricks in the building of houses. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

On 26 February, Bellarmine received Galileo to convey the Pope’s decision. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

One decision that would save or destroy the West. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was a good decision: The first ten was made up of first years and it could not have been plainer that they had hardly ever flown before. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was time for me to make the decision for myself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The decision was deemed a victory for the Trump administration. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court overturned the award in a bitterly divided 5-4 decision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You are right. In America we honor both these traditions. But we make our decisions about them in different houses.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had obviously already decided; he was merely waiting for the moment to reveal his decision. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His emotions were scattered: appreciation for Minho standing up to everybody on his behalf, disbelief at Gaily’s continuous belligerence, fear of what the final decision would be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

The decisions were made by the army captain, who each morning collected an extraordinary levy for the defense of public order. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

His broken leg made the decision for him. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Because I don’t know how to make it. Many years ago, my family used to work the roots, like yours. But before I was born, they made a decision to leave those ways behind.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“We also came to a decision. Your grandparents offered that all three of us stay here until we get on our feet. I accepted.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The decision was being hailed as momentous, even though murders take place every day. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now he can make his own business with the Belgians and Americans, you see. With all his minerals. Some of your countrymen have given a lot of encouragement to his decision.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the letter arrived, my father made a decision: The boys at the Khushal School would no longer wear the uniform of shirt and trousers. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

As much as anything, she asked with confidence in the ultimate decision. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Courts also had rejected claims that crack sentencing laws were racially discriminatory, largely on the grounds that the Supreme Court’s decision in McCleskey v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The decision was clear to Farmer: if at all possible, fly the patient to Boston. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She was waiting for him to make a decision, as he always did. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Ever morning, until you dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision was strongly criticized by scholars and Court observers, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a compelling dissent, but Thompson did not get any money. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He took in everything solemnly with his wide-eyed, observant gaze and made the decision himself. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A decision Monday made for the both of us. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Good decision, he told himself as he huffed up and up the track, as it wound around the mountain, as the river got farther and farther below the gray cliffs. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When he had made his decision, he said, “Magister Spurge, once my esteemed guest, allow me to say: You are an idiot. An absolute idiot.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Sula, like always, was incapable of making any but the most trivial decisions. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange, learning to make decisions together. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to make a decision, the matter was referred back to the committee for further study. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The robot did so and said placidly, “I have come to a decision.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that came down to a lone clerk eyeballing your face and making a snap decision. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Put together the various clues to reach your final decision, and check it with your music teacher or a musician friend if possible. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Rather, debates are conducted, and crucial decisions arrived at, in the privacy and calm of the great houses of this country. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We kept getting very close decisions from appellate courts denying relief, and Mr. Hinton remained on death row facing execution. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And yet the nature of both jobs was that, ceding the decision making to commanding officers, you went anyway. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decision struck me as well-intentioned but generally impractical, and it did little to build my confidence in the campaign team that now more or less ran our lives. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the vortex of the struggle, when one is constantly reacting to changing circumstances, one rarely has the chance to carefully consider all the ramifications of one’s decisions or policies. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tossed them in the darks feeling sure it was the wrong decision. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gotta be a decision maker, know the right amount of risk to take. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Exactly so; that is what principally strikes me. So much superadded decision of character! Skilful has been the hand!” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The next decision was obvious: we four girls would be sent summers to the Island so we wouldn't lose touch with la familia. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He had grown used to being respected, to giving orders, to making decisions, and to having no more than the sky over his head. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was struck by the nonchalance of Lawrence’s decision making: there had been no search committee; no bureaucratic procedure or vetting of candidates. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

But it’s not as simple as all that; the various authorities who had to approve such a step were unable to reach a quick decision. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He hid the copies he’d been making at friends’ houses, and made the decision to leave his job. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Anderson made her final decision based on her best musical judgment—on the strength of the repertoire and musicianship she had achieved through her years of work with Vehanen. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

An argument that he had "essential" enamelware workers wouldn't have meant anything to the decision makers, but the argument that we were essential to Germany's munitions production did. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

The decision was a certain and immediate relief. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Lee said only, “I have made no decision yet. But in your opinion, we should attack on your flank.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their decision to be satisfied with life’s inequities was a lesson for me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He rose up out of the chair and stepped out into the night. lime to make a plan now, time to make a decision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was funny how much better I felt as soon as I made the decision to go to Australia. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If your brain is taxed, you may not even be able to make a clearheaded decision about what is the right thing to do. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The decisions I made after that moment were not the ones she would have made. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was easy to tell when the kid was making a decision. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me like she thinks I’ve accepted her decision. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

King and his staff now faced a tough decision. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think the fact that I was an experienced officer had a lot to do with my decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

ROSE: We rate them all and then we make a decision. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

His hope was to use his position as an insider to influence key decision makers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her body lurched forward and then backward, again and again, as she struggled to make a decision. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Communist party felt that it had to assassinate me morally merely because I did not want to be bound by its decisions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We knew they would come. We did not question them. Your decisions were our decisions. You rewarded us for our faith. “In return we have always tried to show our deepest respect. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Owen Williams’ argument made sense; but I knew the decision to play or not to play rested on me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just know many bad things came from that. Plenty people got hurt. I don’t want you forced into the kinds of decisions I had to face.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But once the decision was made, I simply followed through — usually with relief that the choice was made. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

On my way to the bus rank I encountered hostile stares: the papers had carried stories of my decision to enter the tournament, and black people thought me a traitor. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Soooo," Brother Jack said, looking from face to face, "there's been a caucus and decisions have been made. Did you take minutes, Brother Chairman? Have you recorded your wise disputations?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a policy of selective intimidation, and the decision on who would be charged was taken regardless of how hard that prisoner had worked that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took Papá less than a minute to move, to make his decision. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The spontaneous decision to argue with that same co-worker is made unconsciously—by a different part of the brain and motivated by a different part of your personality. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The fact that the decision to send the delegation rendered him unpopular, that it struck most observers as an act of political suicide, only confirmed for him that it must be right. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In reality, as he saw now, he had been ready to capitulate long before he had taken the decision. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, you won’t get to meet with the mayor and the chief of police until afterwards. They’ve both been in meetings since six this morning. Lots of policy decisions being made.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She had never consciously made any decision, but suddenly there it was waiting and unmistakable. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

During my thirty-four-year tenure as a climber, I’d found that the most rewarding aspects of mountaineering derive from the sport’s emphasis on self-reliance, on making critical decisions and dealing with the consequences, on personal responsibility. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Paul. The car is quieter, and we need quiet. This is a big decision to make.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a decision that would launch him into a full-fledged battle with the science of genetics. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The problem was that when the show was originally conceived, the decision was made that all fantasy elements of the show be separated from the real elements. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lawyers typically have little information about potential jurors, so their decisions to strike individual jurors tend to be based on nothing more than stereotypes, prejudices, and hunches. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

At last he found what seemed to him the right place, though the decision was desperate. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

To help it make food decisions, our brain developed taste preferences. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He rooted himself into the carpet and stared at his mother, hoping she’d make the right decision. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The other major decision I made had to do with my social life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He hopes Vincent will rest and recover and there will be no need to make a decision. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I asked you not to do this. You made your decision. These are the repercussions.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

We’ll take you on pending the decision on the sore eyes. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess it’s your decision. Will you promise me you’ll call your mom and talk to her about it?” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He looked me in the eye for only a moment before he said, in Farsi, “If the decision you’ve made has brought you closer to humanity, then you’ve done the right thing.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s so nice of you to think of me. But actually, we’ve made the decision I won’t be moving to Washington.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He says I need to make decisions based on love, not on anger. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Standard Oil’s California Research and Development subsidiary read the handwriting on the wall: the decision was tantamount to cancellation. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

To us, then, the world was a wheel, revolving with these great houses at the hub, their mighty decisions emanating out to all else, rich and poor, who revolved around them. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Two days later, Judge Frank Johnson handed down his decision on the proposed Selma-to-Montgomery march. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

A decision I found myself regretting some hours later when I awoke to two sweaty, meaty hands shaking the holy hell out of me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Their decision to raise us as atheists was no different from another family's decision to raise their kids Christian or Jewish. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

At the time, their decision had seemed logical enough to Emily. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It is supposed to be a support mechanism for the decisions I have to make. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Claire stood facing them in dismay as the committee told her of their decision. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking about Uncle Max, and being socially awkward, and how Jamie looked at me like he was making a conscious decision to avoid me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is the decision of a coward, and you’re a lot of things, Four, but not a coward. Never.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This was how Moody made a decision he would question for the rest of his life. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever motivated him, Lopsang’s decision to tow a client didn’t seem like a particularly serious mistake at the time. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter and Aloe had decided as a unit of two—they could sit with their decision then, just the two of them alone. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Gentlemen,” Nixon said to the gathered men, “we have reached the point where a decision is required: to bomb or not to bomb.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And what do you imagine he was thinking then? He must have realized what was about to happen. He must have hoped that you would make good decisions and take care of your mother.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“No police this time. But he gets no more chances. I just hope we’ve made the right decision.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said quickly, “my decision was made long before this.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

He sat on the far side of the fence and reviewed the facts and made the decision. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe once you make your decision you get reborn into a new family?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was evident that the young man was now reaching some sort of decision, for he abruptly took his foot down from the railing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

At this very moment, no doubt, she is pondering with regret decisions made in the far-off past that have now left her, deep in middle age, so alone and desolate. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t try to talk me out of it, because he recognized the tone that creeps into my voice when I’ve made an irrevocable decision. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That decision was not made by Ms. G but by the coach. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A week before the first day of classes, I made another big decision. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Chief and subject, warrior and medicine man, all took part and endeavored to influence its decisions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Forced to make a snap decision, I couldn’t safely tell her the truth about my search for the Chandrian. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“The committee’s decision was not made lightly,” continued Scythe Mandela. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And then we are forced to make decisions. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“If we are blind to the educational disadvantages associated with need, we will simply replicate these disadvantages while appearing to make decisions based on merit.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her decision did not please him, she could see, but if she gelded every man who ever forced a bedslave, she would soon rule a city of eunuchs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

You thought I was going to say that if the class played a part in my decision, it should be cut. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“The decision you were asking me about yesterday? It will change your life. Our lives. They have spoken.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

And since my gut tells me to trust him, albeit grudgingly, there’s only one decision that makes sense. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nathan’s father didn’t like to be put in the position of making a decision like this, especially when it came between him and Nali. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

This is a pretty stupid decision, because they just follow right behind me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was only one occasion, Jefferson confided, when a decision by Adams struck him as “personally unkind.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

So in July 2015, I made the decision to turn pro—which meant I now had to make one of the hardest phone calls of my life. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

In how many of those cases was your decision about where to spend your money heavily influenced by the recommendation of a friend? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after Hale and Ramsey were convicted, White faced a momentous decision. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But if you or I were to invest our money with Soros, we’d feel nervous if the only reason he could give for a decision was that his back hurt. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

One of the most common poor decisions made by pilots is to continue flying into bad weather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

But Shin’s decision to honor Park’s confidences did not signify new insight into the nature of right and wrong. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

As a member of the executive, I had to weigh arguments and make decisions, and expect to be criticized by rebels like myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She based most of her decisions—who she’d date, what classes she took—primarily on how fun it was likely to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

This laudable decision would have succeeded if he had not erred in his other moves. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

I’m looking to get overwhelmed by love and meant-to-be and destiny so that the decisions about my future will be out of my hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Two days before Judge de Wet was due to give his decision, the U.N. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week passed after the hearing, then two, with no decision made. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Armed with job offers from several elite universities, he informed Lawrence of his decision to resign. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She was biting her lip hard, the way she used to do to make a decision. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I finally begged the club to let me place the matter before the leaders of the Communist party for decision. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had an important decision to make, and quickly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated making a decision, starting on a plan, and then not finishing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It can’t be stressed strongly enough, moreover, that Hall, Fischer, and the rest of us were forced to make such critical decisions while severely impaired with hypoxia. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was when Lord Baelish had said, "Oh, I don't know, Septa. Some of her lord father's decisions could do with a bit of questioning. The young lady is as wise as she is lovely." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Walking back to the meeting point, I swung between peace with my decision and wrenching regret. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Kelley’s decision—go in or fly on—had to be made fast. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The decision to leave home felt momentous, and the drive to California took a week. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“There are only four spots and I won’t risk you stealing one because everyone loves your stupid brother so much. It’s either quit or get kicked out of the Bureau. Your decision.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

So why did Obama, on the campaign trail, go out of his way to announce disagreement with a Supreme Court decision ruling the death penalty for child rapists unconstitutional? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Tliere are many parents—myself included—who question the decision to let this child into our school at all. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Because his unexpected absence from the head of the line had a bearing on the day’s outcome, his decision to short-rope Pittman provoked criticism and bafflement after the fact. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t brought it up at their last meeting because of the Maya and Grace decision. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

First, a centralized decision maker has the advantage at concentrating troops and resources. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It was the worst of all in class, though,” she said with decision. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The accusation must have been orchestrated by Goddard, because he was furious at the committee’s decision to drop the charges—and by the fact that Citra had completely vanished. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He never made unfair decisions, and he never took more than his fair share of anything. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

For Rowan, the decision wasn’t quite so difficult. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The enormity of his decision not to race Voldemort to the wand still scared Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was nothing about the importance of this decision—that it was a major commitment to long-term war. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I had entirely forgotten my decision of the night before. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

As much as I will always love Lucy, it was her own decision to stay locked up in this house. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“We have to make the right decision for us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their lives and futures informed every decision she made. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“When I see other people with children I wonder whether our decision was right,” she said years later. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He said we should pray for the judges and city officials and the President to make the right decisions—to let us into Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But packed inside those few seconds were enough steps and decisions to fill a lifetime. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Both of us understand the very grave questions presented by any decision of this sort. We both recognize that the ultimate responsibility is not ours.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I must do as I think best. With respect, Your Grace, the Wall is mine, and so is this decision.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, it doesn't matter what I think. Pastor Snyder is the Sheriff’s father, and the real power in town. The preacher makes the final decision on all matters. These numbers are for him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We tried to give it time, but three years later we made the decision to leave. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I learned to accept my decision for my own sake, because of me, not because of him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was as uninterested in it as she was in her trousseau, and she left all decisions in the hands of her fiance and her future sister-in-law. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The irony, though, is that that very desire for confidence is precisely what ends up undermining the accuracy of their decision. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Very well, use your sleeve, but wipe your nose dry. We have decisions to make.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our decision had been sudden, and then there had been the planning to do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their new lives—the frustrating job interviews, the bills that arrive with red warning letters on the outside—are consequences of a decision made at age eighteen. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You stuck your finger in a pencil sharpener. You swallowed a key. You lost it at the field trip. Joey, you make very bad decisions for yourself.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard herself repeating what Fin had told her on the beach at the Academy: “All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

A tough decision, but all you could ever lose was a ball. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you familiar with a Supreme Court decision known as the Hazelwood case?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby replied that he had more to gain than lose by the decision. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The act complies with the requirements of due process of law,” the decision read. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

As I drove the boat home after the rescue, I made a decision. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I served notice that I was making my own decisions from then on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we shall see, the legal rules governing prosecutions, like those that govern sentencing decisions, maximize rather than minimize racial bias in the drug war. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Red Team was commanded by a man who looked at a long-haired, unkempt, seat-of-the pants commodities trader yelling and pushing and making a thousand instant decisions an hour and saw in him a soul mate. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It may do some good; we may arrive at some decision.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision meant that no child accused of any crime could ever again be automatically sentenced to die in prison. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to be with Aunt Maggie, but I did not dare contest the decision. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They make all decisions: work details, food rations per family, severity of punishment. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National Advisory Cancer Council reconsidered its decision to scatter its funds in small increments, choosing instead to concentrate its financial firepower on a few larger projects. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

In the twentieth century, what Madison aimed to achieve would have required a decision by the Supreme Court. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Already had a Gathering of the Keepers this morning—made a unanimous decision by the sounds of it. Looks like Ben’ll be wishing that arrow had found a home inside his shuck brain after all.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

In short, Milton was doing what he always did when it came to important decisions. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But in the end the final decision, to include the final choice of words, came together at the center, which was always Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, kiddo. Some of the teachers have been grumbling about Dr. Throckmorton’s decision to disqualify your science fair victory.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

After the marriage, the decisions were made by Dad. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Board of Education, the landmark 1954 decision that banned segregation in all public schools in the United States of America. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The ultimate decision on how to proceed fell to Daines, the county attorney, though in practice this process was more democratic than tyrannical. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

As one judge said after conducting a review of drug-courier profile decisions: “Many courts have accepted the profile, as well as the Drug Enforcement Agency’s scattershot enforcement efforts, unquestioningly, mechanistically, and dispositively.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing much happened in court, other than Du Bois announcing his plans to file a motion contesting the decision to try Richard as an adult. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But the Supreme Court has indicated that in policing, race can be used as a factor in discretionary decision making. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I just think that comfort and prosperity are not a priority for Abnegation, and maybe they would be if the other factions were involved in our decision making.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Congress had moved gradual emancipation off its political agenda; its decision in the spring of 1790 became a precedent with the force of common law. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It had a lot to do with thinking through things and making smart decisions and not taking dumb risks for no reason at all and in fact not taking dumb risks period. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

"So," Bruce offered, "we can have a high chance of killing one person, or a low chance of killing six people. Jeez. How do we even make this decision?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had finally finished the petition and faxed it to the Court late on the night of August 16 and had spent the next morning in my Montgomery office, waiting anxiously for the Court's decision. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I had never allowed myself to imagine what happened after—Dad’s decision to leave him by the pickup, or the worried looks that must have passed between Luke and Benjamin. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to be bullied into making such a serious decision. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was by nature a decisive man, and although this was one of the great decisions of his life and he knew it, he made it quickly and did not agonize over it. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted her life shaped now, immediately--and the decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality--that was close at hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how they make their decisions.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Seattle’s sportswriters weren’t at all sure that it was the correct decision. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Too gloomy to guard his words, Ellsberg shot back, “Henry, there hasn’t been a rotten decision in this area for twenty years which wasn’t undertaken for very complicated reasons.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And as the people of Chicago were learning, these newly arrived black citizens were making decisions that could affect them all. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to make a decision right now,” I said, because I didn’t want him to feel forced. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom told Dad that if he said no, she would consider leaving him and taking me with her so the decision would be all hers. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Supreme Court announced its decision: Life imprisonment without parole sentences imposed on children convicted of non-homicide crimes is cruel and unusual punishment and constitutionally impermissible. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This is the thirty-seventh time I have spoken to you from this office, where so many decisions have been made that shaped the history of this nation.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was a difficult decision—the Yellins had headed enforcement in Florin for generations, and they took their work more than seriously. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She warned me that my decision to have the baby would change my life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It had been her decision to come south, and she was feeling increasingly responsible for them all. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is the second lesson of Blink: understanding the true nature of instinctive decision making requires us to be forgiving of those people trapped in circumstances where good judgment is imperiled. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His feeling of regret was so strong that he actually felt pain walking away from the school building, but he’d made a decision and he knew he had to stick to it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Both men agree with Leak’s decisions and treatment, much to the young physician’s relief. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to make all the decisions for me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

And the boldness of the idea and the anger behind it made me move with decision. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

States found countless ways for individual victims in particular crimes to become decision makers and participants. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was a strong and able man, but he was an individualist who ignored the advice of the executive and took decisions unilaterally. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decision to prioritize a victory in space over problems on Earth was the most widespread criticism against the space program. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“When I make decisions, I pretend it doesn’t exist.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It had been a gut decision to pay off her indenture with the Menagerie, and it had cost the Dregs sorely. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

If I can ask only one thing of the American people, it’s this: Please, do not let my actions influence your decision in November. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was an intimidating prospect—I would be talking to people who make decisions for the entire world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Chester felt very relieved after the decision had been made. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, trying to buy myself more time to make a decision. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Stalin, not a man to pay much attention to the wind, overruled the decision. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like he immediately regretted his decision, because he made a face like he had just swallowed cardboard, and spit out the salmon onto the ground in front of everyone. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"We need to make this decision; it's a matter of life and death." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, as we shall see, food production evolved as a by-product of decisions made without awareness of their consequences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The parties agreed that decisions would be taken by “sufficient consensus,” which was never defined, but in practice meant an agreement between the government and the ANC and a majority of the other parties. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Having made her decision, she plucked some leaves and berries. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

After a week he began to eat, and now seems to have no regrets about his decision to stay with us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the Huntsman came to their door later, he did not seem surprised by their decision. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Her only answer was that she couldn’t make such a decision for me, even though I only wanted to talk it through. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He left the decision on whether to push ahead with the patent on radioactive substances to Poillon, who was not so willing to give up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Constantly make the “right” difficult decisions and represent themselves and their organizations as the leaders they are. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Hale also argued that the government should not be dictating the Osage’s financial decisions. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Before Kepler had time to make any decision, a deterioration in the religious situation made the decision for him. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Candidates for scythehood, will you accept the judgment of the MidMerican bejeweling committee?” he asked—as if it were possible not to accept their decision. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The decision involved impersonating an Air Force officer. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the biggest decisions Andy Blevins has ever made, and one of the few he now regrets, never seemed like much of a decision at all. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Briony did not know how the decision was made that they should all go outside to wait for him. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad and I all agree that going away to school was the best decision. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Even if he was, I knew that boy. Watched him grow up with you. He was more than any bad decision he made,” he says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t planned it out, but my decision was built on a lifetime of nasty experiences. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Now he was ready to write his decision—in favor of the New York Times. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They had to make a decision about whether to turn off the respirator. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out of all the things I have to do in life—chores, church, work, volunteering, school—sewing is where I make the decisions. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Asked his opinion of what the trial had accomplished, Ellsberg gave an answer that applied to everything he’d done—everything he’d risked—since his decision to begin copying the Pentagon Papers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Here we are among fungi and snakes. It’s clear Crystal is making decisions for Alice.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the national association has decided it is unwise to include the colored women, I think we should abide by its decision.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should wake the others. This decision affects us all.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pulling it off was going to mean marshaling all his resources and making some very tough decisions. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Look, don’t say no yet. Let us come back and talk to your mother, explain it all, and then you can make a decision. All right?” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Father decided implants were immoral,” said Mr. Alacran, “and I honored his decision.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of the Armstrong decision, defendants who suspect racial bias on the part of prosecutors are trapped in a classic catch-22. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It seems clear, therefore, that Kendra made a decision to hide her daughter’s existence rather than suffer the shame of admitting that she had produced a Squib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Drivers shout the decision to the rest of the neighborhood. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

One day, while Captain Smith is away on an exploration trip up the river, President Ratcliffe makes a decision that costs him his presidency. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Powell warned us that people would have different feelings no matter what the verdict was, I’m still surprised anyone would think that jury made the right decision. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

That, perhaps, is a lesson for history, and I'll leave such decisions to Jack and his ilk while I try belatedly to study the lesson of my own life. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not quite yet. I haven’t made a final decision, but I do need to give them an answer soon. I booked a flight to check things out.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Surely money played a role in the decision Pollard would make; he was barely able to feed his children. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The train jerks again, and I make my decision. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Hence a large society must be structured and centralized if it is to reach decisions effectively. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t make any decisions based on that information, though. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And because they—or their customers—have made all the important decisions in advance, they have to worry only about the means, rather than the ends, while carrying out this plan. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the decision were based on that, she'd be chosen easily. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

General Grant’s decision has now been made for him. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s still upset about Ms. Fender’s decision, I thought. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want him to get in trouble for a decision that I made anyway. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“A wise and courageous decision, but no less than I would have expected of you. Does anyone else know where it fell?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Seems unsure of himself and has difficulty making decisions. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

I feel as if I’m standing outside a closed door while decisions are being made, disapproving judgments are being pronounced, inside, about me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A decision had been made—without her, it seemed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The Court's decision was widely criticized by prosecutors and some politicians, and it seemed to energize the victims' rights movement. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Supposedly, that kid would make a decision that would save or destroy the gods forever. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I had earned my place in the brotherhood of warriors and could take part in community decisions. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made as few decisions as possible, but those he made were wise ones, even if the wisdom was not always apparent at the time. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

When Mimir was with him to advise him, Hoenir also spoke like a king and made wise decisions. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But that was merely an intellectual decision, taken because he knew that he ought to take it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They make a decision that changes everything forever. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Agha sahib, but our bags are already packed. We have made our decision.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Black told Gold that the Soviet government had abolished private property and was making all the decisions about what the economy should produce, and how goods should be distributed. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to make a decision: in order to walk to that chair he had to weave his feelings into a hard shield of either hope or hate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It would be very nice if we could make a decision irrespective of football,” said school board member Lee Buice, “but that may be where the gauntlet is thrown.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hrothgar met with his council for many nights and days, and they drank and talked and prayed to their curious carved-out creatures and finally came to a decision. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

You all have a decision to make about gangs, whether or not it’s going to be a part of your life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last night I made a decision—a really stupid decision. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A decision was the highest injunction that a Communist could receive from his party, and to break a decision was to break the effectiveness of the party’s ability to act. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not fair otherwise. Finn, they’re places like our world, with a few differences. Or, there could be lots of differences, but they all start with one different decision, and...” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

At this point the Venetians could understand the recklessness of the decision they had taken. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t worry about what history would say about my personal morality. I made the only decision I ever knew how to make. I did what I thought was right.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Local police acknowledged that no significant level of violence was associated with crack in Seattle and that other drugs were causing more hospitalizations, but steadfastly maintained that their deployment decisions were nondiscriminatory. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Even when he was wrong, every decision he made was well thought out and reasoned. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The book also called for us to make decisions we’d never made before: How high and fast was our rocket to go, and how heavy was our payload going to be? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to go up to my room where the closed door, the quiet, and the privacy would force me to make a decision. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, a group known as the Big Six—the country’s three top political and three top military leaders—met to argue and hammer out decisions. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But last year Ted’s feelings about what he called “decision and responsibility” changed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but feel that her decision to join us was a gambit of her own. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“On the contrary, I shall get as many and good offers as possible and allow the decision for next year to be made by the individual concerned in the light of the possibilities.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

For a contributing citizen to be released from the community was a final decision, a terrible punishment, an overwhelming statement of failure. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Flanked by her Roman guards, she consulted with allies and generals and made decisions. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Against this backdrop, the US Supreme Court took scarcely any time to reach its decision on Buck v. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, his decision had yielded an unforeseen dividend: in this moment of crisis, he could hardly be dismissed before he got his degree. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

The total ban on life-without-parole sentences for children convicted of non-homicides should have been the easiest decision to implement, but enforcing the Supreme Court's ruling was proving much more difficult than I had hoped. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His eyes locked with mine, and I guessed he was making the decision right then whether or not to simply tell me the truth. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the Adams version, this decision was truly decisive because it created separate and independent American governments. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The sea was rushing against rock somewhere nearby; Harry listened to it while the others talked, discussing matters in which he could take no interest, making decisions. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It had not been easy for him to arrive at this decision, to convince his family, and to make the long trip to the capital alone and without a centavo to speak with the patron. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no easy reference point for my decision to pursue sport. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She has seen her grapple with the gut-wrenching decision to leave. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, the goblet is almost ready to make its decision,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It would be years, too, before I understood that she had always kept my best interests in mind, even if I wouldn’t have agreed with her decisions at the time. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t there. I had to make a decision. Look, I thought you’d figure out what to do when you saw people in your seats.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was cold, distant; I knew that she had already made up her mind, that a decision had already been made about me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she cursed Past Grace for making such a terrible decision. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“We have to make a decision here. Matt, any chance at all you’re going to weigh in?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was trying to tell them how disappointed he was that he had not been part of the decision. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the fall of 1958, Virginia’s governor Lindsay Almond chained the doors of the schools in localities that attempted to comply with the Supreme Court’s Brown decision. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It seems a very big decision to me, deciding whether or not to run away and join the circus. Perhaps he did not have enough time to properly consider it.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

What had begun as an initiative to put slavery on the road to extinction had been transformed into a decision to extinguish all federal plans for emancipation. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It involves people making very sophisticated decisions on the spur of the moment, without the benefit of any kind of script or plot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But she felt from them neither hostility nor much interest, just a sense of expectation as they waited for her decision. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Miss Kenton appeared to make some decision and went on: This acquaintance of mine. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was Thyon’s decision whether to take offense or not, and perhaps he was just too tired. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a decision that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your decision,” Rachel said, as if nothing had happened. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

They had made their decision without giving me a chance to speak for myself. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell from his gloomy face that she was explaining her decision to join the Hunt. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He avoided commitment and strong feelings, and shied away from decisions. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a small sense of relief in making this decision, even if it's the opposite of what I want. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“There’s no hope left. And all because I left them free to make their own decisions. That should teach me a lesson about discipline the next time I try something like this.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

One of the most significant decisions was one taken in secret and not publicized at the time. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since they weren’t governed by a chief, the decision had to be unanimous. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Her quiet defiance inspired the 381-day Montgomery bus boycott, mobilizing Montgomery’s black community and resulting in a Supreme Court decision that Alabama laws requiring segregation on city buses were unconstitutional. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve had a long talk with your daddy and I have made a decision.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It is a way of understanding decision making on various issues—say, when a person responds to a text—by using economic, or monetary measures and influences. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had a decision to make and she had just a moment to make it. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

This saddened me, and I wondered whether we’d made the right decision in moving back to Birmingham. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking in a split second about possible reactions to one decision and how it affects decisions afterward. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mainly, he didn’t want to fight for the same reason he wasn’t selling the chocolates— he wanted to make his own decisions, do his own thing, like they said. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaranta pretended to accept the decision and little by little she recovered from her fevers, but she promised herself that Rebeca would marry only over her dead body. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I hope the Council’s decisions prove wise,” Athena said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In front of him stood Bigwig, sodden wet, undaunted, single-minded—the very picture of decision. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d made this decision for me—I didn’t want to be there. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cicero ends with a final address to Catiline, and then with a contrastive apostrophe to Jupiter—effectively putting Catiline’s decision to depart under the compulsion of a God. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

By the time morning came, my grim decision was taken. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I chose instead the local secondary school, and as it turned out, that may have been the most important decision of my life: Alexandra Secondary School had a tennis team. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two instantly formed a tight bond: both were willing to work hard and make tough decisions to save wounded infantrymen. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

For the second time in my life, I made an important decision to be with him. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could be compromising our ability to make decisions. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I am worried that you have a knack for making unwise decisions,” he says when he’s a foot away from me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her decision to move back was similar; whenever she felt besieged by doubts, she would think of herself as standing valiantly alone, as almost heroic, so as to squash her uncertainty. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the most graphic illustration of the singular status that Washington enjoyed was the decision of the Constitutional Convention to deposit the minutes of its secret deliberations with him for safekeeping. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“He is at the draining site—” She hesitated as if making a decision, then spoke again. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I wonder if this is what Reverend Hunt means about making decisions out of love—love for our newfound Indian friends, love for our fragile New World colony. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Mary is like a child, so forlorn that she lacks the will to protest as others make decisions for her. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him walk away and, mechanically, as if I weren’t making the decision, rerolled them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I made the reluctant decision to hide away before I was discovered, and slipped into a space between two wooden planks nailed to the entrance. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For many athletes, the decision about whether to turn pro might have seemed like an easy one. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But his good luck caused a third development, so that he did not reap the fruits of his ill-advised decision. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

For us to be here now, each day, was Father’s decision and his alone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She expressed no regret about her decision to marry him, and when Charles visited Maer, she felt happy and in love. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But did her mother agree to the baron’s decision? Did she not fight to keep her daughter?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But always his decision was made at the last minute. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

It was the look he wore when he’d channeled his fear about everything into the singular focus of protecting her, when he had made decisions that could soothe his anxiety with their firmness, their surety. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I make my first decision: I've got to go see Mom and Dad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever triggered Peeta's decision -and I suspect it had to do with my outperforming him in training -I should be nothing but grateful for it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You and your husband have several decisions to make,” he told Mom. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“The decision was made long before my time or yours,” The Giver said, “and before the previous Receiver, and—” He waited. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had been informed of the Foundations decision, and my reception was a cold and formal one. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Now I will rest an hour more and feel that he is solid and steady before 1 move back to the stem to do the work and make the decision. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon after work, I made a fateful decision. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I made a better decision than I think Hamza might have made. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they finished the fruit punch, they willingly accepted Aureliano’s decision. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With that decision, the Seneca Falls leaders established that it was a person’s attitude about female equality and not their sex that should determine who was, in fact, a feminist. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then I made a decision that almost got me killed forever. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Along the way, we'd work to hold the business community accountable for its decision making around issues impacting children's health. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She also had to make what she called “a difficult, even painful decision” before returning home. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“I’d be getting phone calls all through the night. It was obvious that there was no standardized, rational way of making this decision.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The train leaves in two hours, so you have to make your decision now,” Dad says. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Johnson kept moving with assurance, turning the crisis into an opportunity to gain more authority to make independent decisions in Southeast Asia. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I thought this morning might be the one for truly final decisions. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

With the morning, came my definite decision: I must go. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes those decisions require many sacrifices and choices that will change the course of your journey forever. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The idea was still nascent and an actual decision many months away, but clearly it was taking hold in Barack’s mind. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When we should have tried to help ’em live with the decision, it was like Bonaparte’s retreat we ran so fast. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That decision made, I lay down and stared at the stars until I fell asleep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I told Owen Williams that I needed a day to think the matter over and would get back to him; but it was already a foregone conclusion what my final decision would be. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he angry at the lords' decision? For I have heard him speak of the time when he would be king,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They accept my decision, but there’s a kind of longing in them that remains unsatisfied. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I was quite proud of my packing decisions. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The man still said nothing, and the boy sensed that he was going to have to make a decision. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took his decision with the same casualness, the same near-amusement, with which she had taken his fall. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Having made the decision to stay, it would be stupid to get myself fired. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“We must follow the established procedures. A decision should not be made hastily.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

At Room 43, after quickly offered and accepted apologies, the Colonel said, “We’ve made a tactical decision to push back calling Jake. We re going to pursue some other avenues first.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It grinds Helmuth's stomach, the way Hugo makes all the decisions, as if he is the father. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The School Board’s decision was front-page news in every Washington paper. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

The part of our brain that leaps to conclusions like this is called the adaptive unconscious, and the study of this kind of decision making is one of the most important new fields in psychology. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I guess we all decide our children’s fates just by making our own life decisions,” I say vaguely. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Before her marriage, all Mother’s decisions had been made by her parents. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also made the decision to bring a bag lunch and eat at her desk, something many of the employees did. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The decision about who went where was made by Shin’s teacher, the man who two years earlier had saved Shin’s life by providing him with extra food and halting abuse from his classmates. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Whether she liked it or not, she did think of her parents when she wanted to make big decisions. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If the ideas of Pauketat, the University of Illinois archaeologist, are correct, the immigrants probably came to regret their decision to move. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The attorneys for the United States made repeated references to the May 1954 decision. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moment for such a decision had passed, and to return to it would be to return to all the fury and fear of the accident itself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“As they received more information,” Oskamp concluded, “their certainty about their own decisions became entirely out of proportion to the actual correctness of those decisions.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

As soon as they reached the sidewalk, Jamie made his first decision as treasurer. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, Lilienthal confided to his diary: “There is nothing but pain for the decision made today.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“You’ve made your decision and now understand mine. As a daughter, you are dead to us. When you turn eighteen in June, you will leave this house.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The lynching and the callous decision of the Pearl River County Grand Jury were surely on all their minds. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father used to wish the politicians making big decisions would trade desserts. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He presses his lips together for a long moment, studying me, then seems to make a decision. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

There are only 2 minutes left in class, and Windy will probably make all the decisions anyway. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He now knew that the American public had very little idea of how decisions were really made in Washington. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Joey was standing there with us when Coach M made his decision, and I could see he was upset about the call, because he looked like he felt sorry for me too. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or we can try, in an immediate and practical way, to fix the flawed snap decisions that distort the course of justice. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what the police are going to find, and it’s going to be their decision, you understand, but I don’t think they’ll rule it a suicide.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed to be holding on to the words, using them as a rope to pull himself into a decision, something that would feel more useful, like he wasn’t helpless. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“You always say you can’t make an informed decision until you know all the facts, right? ” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

That shouldn't factor in to an ethical decision, of course. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The questionnaire was forwarded to a panel of three Reich doctors who made a life-or-death decision—without ever seeing the patient. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And, one day, the leader of the caravan made the decision that the fires should no longer be lighted, so as not to attract attention to the caravan. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He comes back from the dressing room without any clothes in his arms, looks at me, and makes a decision. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He is the arbiter of all disputes and no provision is made for an appeal from his decision,” the Tribune reported. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Has your son told you why he made the decision to shoot?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"You tell me Park all grown up now, almost man, make own decisions. So let him make own decisions. Let him go." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

As soon as she vanishes behind her bed curtain, leaving Scoob at the table drawing in the margins of his map, he’s made a decision: he’s going to call Dad. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Today the decision to disclose this information is up to the institution, and many choose not to tell patients. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I do declare the bow tie was a fine decision,” she says, nodding in approval. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But I’m going to be the one to make the final decision which song we play, okay? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His wife at his side, Arabella’s father stood at the wrought-iron gates of his estate, first pleading with his daughter to reconsider her decision, then in desperation ordering her not to go. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Polly looked at her for several moments, as if she were weighing her decision. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the General’s decision, Thalia. But it’s good to see you again.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Is it really just an Abnegation decision, or does he intend to do something there—something that has to do with whatever information the Abnegation have? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Exposition Company’s decision raised a groundswell of greed throughout Chicago’s South Side. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t really eliminate the need to make a decision, because the closer South Vietnam got to collapse, the more pressure there would be on the United States to intervene. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Look, I had to make a business decision,” X-Ray said. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know when the grand jury gon’ make their decision,” Daddy says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was a deliberate decision to make field repairs easier. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody looked at me to make the decision. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Prosecutors in many places resisted retroactive application of the Court's decision in Miller v. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

So she just ran down to the Chrises to tell them what the big decision was. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The quiet he beheld reinforced his belief in his decision to hold the militia at bay. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Luckily my financial aid package didn’t require me to fence, so I was free to make this decision without worrying about my tuition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Was He willing to come along with me even when I had made a conscious decision not to obey what I knew were the rules? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

For them, every decision was a joint decision, every endeavor a joint endeavor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It is not coincidence that such a momentous decision centered on the schoolhouse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t know how long it would take for you to wake up. I had to make a decision.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I do not regret the decision, but I often wonder if the Thunderhead would have done a better job. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“You could make better decisions, make a better life.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Well, she never got to make that decision because of what happened next. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma, I am going to go and get us some corn tonight.”With a determined look, Kim has made his decision. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see that Janice senses it’s all her ship, but the waterline is rising and she needs to make decisions. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Judge Rheinbeck says he’s not yet ready to make a decision,” Mr. Richardson told Mrs. Richardson the last week of April. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then she seemed to make a sudden decision. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

But for the Time Being, she said, until she made her decision, she was keeping Estha’s presents away for him. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as I said before, a decision has been made. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Celia restores a tenuous calm, she has come to a decision. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The decision was debated for some time, with committee members growing increasingly frustrated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those decisions made, Dicey went to call the others. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like you quitting anything, but under the circumstances….I just wanted to make sure you’re okay with the consequences, that you won’t regret the decision later. I mean, you love basketball, Finley.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word came back that Clinton would prefer not to make a ruling on the matter, “an unusual decision,” according to Oddsson. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Amalgamation, centralized conflict resolution, decision making, economic redistribution, and kleptocratic religion don’t just develop automatically through a Rousseauesque social contract. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not the one to make that decision,” Adam told her. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

It was evident that the sensible decision had been reached to let the two most concerned fight it out alone. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

One month after her arrival, at the mouth of the ghost tunnel, Cora remained certain of her decision. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

One of them makes a cunning decision to get a cheaper one so he can have two. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

As though reading my thoughts, she makes her decision. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

When we took this decision, and subsequently formulated our plans, the ANC heritage of nonviolence and racial harmony was very much with us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother Ermentrude summons me and in brief terms informs me of the decision. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

So she stayed, teetering on the edge of a decision. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Would he have approved of my decisions, of the secrets I now carried across my back? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, French, you gotta trust that people are making decisions for the better of the community based on things they know that you don’t.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Each man would make his own decision, but Lee could not raise his hand against his own. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eilonwy’s words stung him—all the more because he had begun to regret his own decision. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The decision was the pivot point of his life. : the San Carlos field leaned around the far turn, Pollard was bent over the back of Fair Knightess, who was racing along the rail in fourth. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The frontal lobe, the executive functions, get so overloaded, so taxed, that there are fewer resources left to make a good decision. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dad told Henry that he was sorry, but he’d made his decision. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They detest reminders that I was once a nymph, especially if those reminders imply that I am at peace with my decision.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

My body grows larger with each step I take, every part of me feeling braver, like I know I done made the right decision. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Life is just a series of dumb decisions and indecisions and coincidences that we choose to ascribe meaning to. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. So you see, my decision isn’t as easy as you thought.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not the fact that whoever threw that first punch made that decision themselves. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m relieved when the scholarship decisions are announced later in the festival, and they are in accord with my observations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even though apartheid had ended, my mom had made her decision: She didn’t want to get married. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“That was an unwise decision,” she said, and she stood up. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was in that darkness that duty called and I made my decision. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Human and animal foragers are constantly prioritizing and making effort-allocation decisions, even if only unconsciously. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I respect you more than anyone. But right now I’m wondering what bothers you more, that I made a stupid decision or that I didn’t make your decision.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was a decision that would affect the whole family, every aspect of their lives, for a very long time. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Gaia was whispering in Octavian’s ear, influencing his decisions subconsciously. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

There’s too much ornate woodwork here, and the precious layerings of molding and mullion and balustrade and apse, all those thousands of genteel decisions, the studied cuts, just unsettle me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone had made the decision to put the dead in the Leaner. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

The headlines told of a decision by the Board of Aldermen, after four months deliberation, that the local budget could not afford traffic lights at certain dangerous intersections of the town. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Washington listened to their report, then made the decision in January of 1791—the hundred-square-mile area stretching east from Georgetown to the mouth of the Potomac. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

My sisters put me in charge of all chicken decisions, thinking me the least likely to act on a rash impulse that would cause regrets later. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

While intellectually stimulating, decision theory, econometrics, and similar courses left me feeling adrift. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

From the early years of the twentieth century to well past its middle age, nearly every black family in the American South, which meant nearly every black family in America, had a decision to make. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Although Stanton accepted Anthony’s decision and didn’t quit the group, she remained a bit peeved. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Deciding to work with Akhi had required a wild leap of faith on my part, but it was one of the best decisions I ever made in my life. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

But they also exercised a new freedom to make decisions of their own—about work, housing, school, voting. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Taking the road to Newport News would mean making a decision quickly. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Not only my decision in respect of our evening meetings, but also that episode in my pantry, if one felt so inclined, could be seen as such a 'turning point'. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the middle of a war for survival, given the sheer volume of messages traded back and forth among Soviet embassies and the government in Moscow, making multiple copies must have seemed an insignificant decision. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The judge was announcing his decision, saying that the governor had “thwarted” the court-approved plan of integration by means of National Guard troops. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you made a lot of big decisions on your first day here.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I think this is a very brave decision,” Kainene said finally. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at Frank carefully, as if making a decision. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Lucretia prayed that he could and that the decision to go to the sea was the right one. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was a decision that I believed she often regretted, but still would not have changed. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s best for Jubilee? You gave up the right to make that decision a long time ago,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“My word will be absolute law, beyond appeal. If you don’t like a particular decision I make, I’d be happy to discuss it with you afterward, but not while we’re on the hill.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he was more than a little confused by my decision — like my mother before me, I hadn’t made a secret of my distaste for Forks. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“But we need to do more than just avoid getting into trouble. We need to focus on how to make the right decisions so you aren’t in trouble in the first place.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A decision to talk to the government was of such import that it should only have been made in Lusaka. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The proceedings are complete. We have reached our decision.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your parents trust you to make good decisions. This is hardly the place they expect you to fool around or get in trouble. Just think about how disappointed they are going to be.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

From then on, he would make his own decisions. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would fall off one edge or the other, depending entirely upon his decision, or his instincts. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Someone once said anyone can be great under rosy circumstances, but the true test of character is measured by how well a person makes decisions during difficult times. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Foolish, foolish decision to leave all those weapons out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hate clothes shopping and, even more, having to make any decision. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Not cute little Christmas angels, but high, stern angels in white robes, whose faces were sad and serious from being near God all day and hearing His decisions about the world. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Boy21 looks into my eyes and I start to feel as though he’s making a decision. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said it like it was a decision, like he’d been mowing the lawn that day and thought, I think I'll fall down dead now. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that Ocean’s decision to ditch practice would probably blow up in both our faces, but I was also grateful for the moment of peace. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was Steve Spiegel, then president of Music Theatre International, the leading licensing agent for Broadway productions, who made the decision on what high school would be asked to pilot the play. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Had Atticus known of the secret decision between his sister and his daughter he would have never forgiven them. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the very least he didn’t want to be sucked into such a decision without having his own opinion heard. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ll have to wait until Monday,” he said, nodding once, as if the decision had been made and there was nothing to do about it. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But Washington wanted not a shred of doubt to remain that his decision to step aside was wholly voluntary. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

However, Sergio’s sudden decision to fly down the subway stairs was less made than forced on him. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Good. Then my decision is that you should take off your shirt.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A client's life often depends on his lawyer's ability to create a mitigation narrative that contextualizes his poor decisions or violent behavior. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I consider mentioning her last ill-fated decision—the one about having fun at the revel—but that will just annoy her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She is still torn about her decision to leave her children. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

These decisions can be appealed, but appeals are rarely successful without an attorney—a luxury most public housing applicants cannot afford. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Daybreak is a good time for decisions, Hephaestus had said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

This explains two of his earliest and most controversial decisions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Do you have the right to make decisions for me? The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This dilemma is the main reason a lot of top-level gymnasts make the decision to be homeschooled, but everything in me screamed No! at the idea. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin’s stories were about the difficult decisions you made to become a man. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s there, when things die down, that the learning and memory get strong but, more than that, that the greater powers of decision making come into play. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And I did this by thinking of all the things I could do and deciding whether they were the right decision or not. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew was that I was supposed to make a decision that would decide the fate of the world—but no pressure. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He successfully lobbied for Washington to head the Continental Army and personally selected Jefferson to draft the Declaration of Independence, two strategic decisions designed to assure Virginia’s support for the cause. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The night before the decision, the suffragists met in Catt’s hotel room to discuss strategy. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One year after he joined, Karl began to skip the mandatory meetings, a decision that angered his unit leader. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All the way down to my toes I knew I had made the right decision. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

We just got off the phone with Ms. Ofrah, who said the grand jury will announce their decision in a few hours. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You knew she would. Why are you letting that weigh on your decision?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I was driven to this situation, and I do not regret having taken the decisions that I did take. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When everyone had a sandwich, and James had two, Dicey reached a decision. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But China’s connectedness eventually became a disadvantage, because a decision by one despot could and repeatedly did halt innovation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was typical of him, or at least I thought so, that he had made the decision that horses could never be replaced by the newfangled trucks. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

In any case, the editors knew a decision of this magnitude had to be made by the publisher, Arthur Sulzberger, who had recently left on a trip to England. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Papa had reassured Dimple that he supported her decision to sever all ties with him, even if he didn’t know all the details. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The dog’s big black eyes gazed up at Jeanne, as if awaiting a decision. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He looked up, and it seemed that he had made some decision; his face was less troubled. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“This case has taught me two things,” said Judge Davis in rendering his decision. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Who's queen here? Ah, that would be me. And I have made my decision." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

"Have you made a decision about my request, Camellia?" the queen asks as soon as the door closes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

This is the second critical fact about the thoughts and decisions that bubble up from our unconscious. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

That meant an official audition committee was established instead of a conductor making the decision all by himself. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The Huntsman nodded at her as if she had made the right decision. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The decision to hunt for variation in wild flies proved critical. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I sat there quietly, trying to listen to my heart, to make the right decision. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course. When I said I think it's a good career decision, I meant it.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He goes on about how he feels trapped because there was no way out of the decision, and down at the bottom he says, ‘Whatever you do, don’t tell Ernest I’m scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

And fully remembered the decisions he’d made before succumbing to sleep. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

In the four years since leaving graduate school, Katherine had not once regretted her decision to exchange the high-profile academic opportunity for domestic life. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Because it was obvious, now, that his decision to tell me was a calculated move. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I'd made a decision that there would be no more entries added to the file. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

All he knew was that he wasn’t making good decisions since getting back from Vietnam, and this one almost got him shot. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Brown was so stubborn about his decision that even after the fire he was able to write arrogantly in a letter that “I am still standing the watch that burned Chicago.” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did this the person risk her life for me and my brothers, but it is also the person who has supported every decision and every accomplishment that I’ve succeeded at. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Titid always leave it to us boys to make our own decisions.... Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, morning is just a better time to make big decisions. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord Raiden, with all due respect, this is not your decision to make.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

When I heard this story, I made the only good decision I had made for months: I enrolled in the university counseling service. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But it’s a coldhearted decision to make for other people and those who love them. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"You don't want Mr. Kreuk to question whether he made the right decision in hiring you." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The problem of Chubs rose in the back of my mind, and I had a split-second to make a decision. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“This is chapel, not the Roman forum. None of us has the right to debate God’s decisions.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The realization burned at first, but then it made the decision easy. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and knew I had made a decision. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You have heard of the Somerset decision?” she said to Bono. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lord of the manor was in charge of this decision, and he generally chose the best land for himself. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

In a landmark decision by the Virginia Supreme Court, Ruffin v. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope they do. Otherwise, we’ll have to make some hard decisions.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

People were unable to fathom the full consequences of their decisions. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As their letters gathered on my desk, I delayed my decision. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Booth continued to stall, asking for time to make a decision. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I...Lexie hasn’t talked to me much about her decisions lately. But I’ll call her today if that would make a difference.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“It means the tracker’s plans have changed. He’s made a decision that will lead him to the mirror room, and the dark room.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I wanna get so caught up in him that the grand jury’s decision isn’t even a thing. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The reality of the dreadful decision he’d made earlier squeezed his heart like a crushing fist. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip, tugging self-consciously at my dress and cursing my decision to wear this thing. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

However, if the majority of the organization or the people support a decision, coercion can be used in certain cases against the dissident minority in the interests of the majority. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are assuming that you as the hunter had already raised your gun and have to make the decision.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Reggie left, not waiting for their decision and the boys reluctantly followed. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cara says, “Ignore them. They don’t know what it is to make a difficult decision.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Here was a way to have a part in making the big decisions, of seeing through the mystery of how the country, the world, really operated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And before I knew it, I was saying my conclusion, and Danny had begun his argument on why women could not make important decisions about war or about the prices of oil and gas. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

We had no more voice in that decision than the brutes among whom we were ranked. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was born for Abnegation. I was planning on leaving Dauntless, and becoming factionless. But then I met her, and ... I felt like maybe I could make something more of my decision.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I got permission for my prep team to come along, so I’m relieved of having to make any fashion decisions. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He told me to sleep on it and give him my /final decision the following day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This decision makes me nervous, as if I’m about to steal. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most people saw this as progress toward the goal of racial reconciliation, but I must admit I felt surprised at the city’s decision. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she had kept Lancelot behind so as to be alone with him, and, finding that it was no good being alone with him, had reversed her decision—but we do not know the reason. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a time when middle-class women were expected to retire after they started a family, this was a daring decision. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You made a decision then, a decision not to care, a decision about whose side you were on now. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Both of these decisions paid dividends the following year, when the prospects for an outright declaration of war against France looked virtually certain. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It fell to Yuri Gagarin, the only man to have actually been to space to make the decision. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So,” Father went on, “we obviously had to make the decision. Even 1 voted for Gabriel’s release when we had the meeting this afternoon:” Jonas put down his fork and stared at his father. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Back where it's warm and dry, where you already know about all the dangers, where you don't have to make any decisions. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before her decision to run away, deciding what to do with the ten cents left over from her allowance had been the biggest adventure she had had each week. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ladies and gentlemen, now the moment you’ve all been waiting for. May I have the final decision from the judges?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Each decision meant a turn in another direction. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would visit the Paqo after the greeting to tell him of my decision. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

He's actually a pretty good dude who just made some messed-up decisions. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

By the time he finished his darts, he’d made a decision: He wasn’t telling the Boss about the pirates. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The second lesson is that in good decision making, frugality matters. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Anything that could make that decision would be electronics, which would not be working. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let the slight, soupy breeze cool my cheeks while I come to a decision. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I walked through the front door, weighing the cost of telling versus not telling, when I was saved from making a decision by Mother calling me into the parlor. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

As for the choice you now face between which and that: if you hate making decisions, you generally won’t go wrong if you use that. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was almost like a part of me had already made that decision, and Laura’s words had simply pulled away a veil that had been covering it over. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had to be careful because the decision would serve as precedent for all future Government Pachyderm Carcass Disposals. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard and Smith went out to make their final decision. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, such a decision would create an awkward personal situation. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It was time to make a decision, but the Howards were hundreds of miles away. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word about my decision to play in the tournament reached the S.A.N.L.T.U., and I was ordered to withdraw immediately or be banned for life from black tennis. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Johanna told me once that if the decisions had been up to her, she would have supported action against Erudite instead of the passivity the rest of her faction advocated. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Dimple closed her eyes at the thought of him, at the thought of the decision she had to make that she didn’t want to. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The girls giggled to see their dad in the back seat, still in his work clothes, dirty and sweating—as much from the stress of the decision as from the day’s work. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“You have served this city well for many years. This is not a decision I or any of my advisers have taken lightly.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They wanted the right to make their own decisions and lead their own lives. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And the decision of what to do was clear-cut in Roosevelt’s mind. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

They examined the context—the unconscious circumstances—in which the snap decision was being made. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

So, decisions about the existence of a vacuum should be made not by appeal to authority but on the basis of sense experience and reason. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I fall silent, as if considering, but my decision is made the second I realize that going to Blackcliff is the only way to get Darin back. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By a 2-1 decision a federal court abolished segregated seating on Montgomery’s—and Alabama’s—buses. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She would talk to her husband, yes, but he was dying, and she was the one who now managed the store and bore its responsibilities, and she had come to a decision. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I was bombarded with hundreds of decisions, all of them evidently urgent. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I was growing up and becoming a man and suddenly I realized that I could make decisions. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say it did, but it could explain Brian’s decision if he felt threatened.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Yet in the 1950s, a civil rights movement was brewing, emboldened by the Supreme Court’s decisions and a shifting domestic and international political environment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Dear Dean O’Neill, It occurs to me that the people who will be reading this letter are faced with a difficult decision concerning my admission to the University of Chicago. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They look at it and say, ‘This is nonsense, this is not how you make decisions.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t said it out loud until this very moment, but I made my decision on Saturday night, standing in my driveway with Bo. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” she said after almost a full ten seconds, during nine of which Joaquin questioned his decision to bring Birdie up at all. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The question was complicated by the fact that the students were asked to memorize certain information before they made the decision. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Perhaps there was some sort of twisted wisdom in the decision to have one of them gleaned by the other. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But three subsequent United States Supreme Court decisions had put strict limits on the sentences that juveniles can receive, eliminating death sentences and many sentences of life without the possibility of parole, sometimes called LWOP. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It is this that underlies his decision to declare war on ‘false rumour and the opinions of some, based on unreliable and untrustworthy foundations’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When the senior Civil Servant spoke at last he had already made his decisions. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir,” I said, waiting for his decision. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Valerie’s decision to stay on with the mayor’s office had required some thought, but she explained to us why she felt it was the right choice. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Even when he was in danger, even when he had to fight just to live, his decisions only affected him—never another person. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is she supposed to whip out her own and kill him? Because that’s the kind of decision she needs weighing on her, right?” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Intoxicated by what he heard from the prisoner he was supposed to betray, Shin made perhaps the first free decision of his life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s your decision, Edward, either way. I can’t help you. I have to get this bleeding stopped here if you’re going to be taking blood from her hand.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I think a lot of decisions are made that way, Miguel. People act on impulse. But, bro, sometimes spur-of-the-moment decisions don’t turn out to be so good.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her legal case had died with the appeal decision, and Claudette had lost contact with all the adult black leaders except Rosa Parks. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I made it clear, however, that I would be president in my own right,” he said later, “and that I would assume full responsibilities for such decisions as had to be made.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The judge will make that decision,” he said. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I made my decision and summoned my courage. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be not one decision in all of Florin that one way or another didn’t eventually come heavily to rest upon his shoulders. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

They treated us like we were their own children, which meant we had chores to do, but we were also given freedom to make our own decisions . . . even if they were the wrong ones. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You will need to speak to Lord Ashton about that. I am much too ill to make any decisions,” Lady Constance replied, retreating back inside her private parlor. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They all said the same thing: it was her decision and they would support her whatever she did. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And more as a consequence of the excited state in which this idea put Gregor than as a result of an actual decision, he swung himself with all his might out of the bed. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

These facts, drug war defenders claim, make the decision to wage the drug war almost exclusively in poor communities of color an easy and logical choice. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He’d been holding his whole life in abeyance pending a decision, and they owed him an answer, at least. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were faced with an impossible scenario and made a tough decision. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said Luke wasn’t a fish or a piece of dirt either, he was a human being and could make his own decisions. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex, frustrated and angered by the World Bank’s decision, decided at one point that everything should go to the Ministry of Health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It was the most frustrating feeling in the world, second only to the inherent helplessness that came with being trapped in a camp, all of your decisions made for you. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Which you shall make for me, Jane. I will abide by your decision.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The magistrate seemed to have lost interest in me and to have come to some sort of decision about my case. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Bad weather slowed them down, and as it began to get dark, Marina’s group had to make the decision to come down to earth on a soggy airfield in the middle of nowhere. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The canoes managed to make it through unharmed, and the group’s risky decision had paid off. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

It was a pale and haggard Mr. Popper who was ready to announce his decision the next day. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had never had to make such a consequential decision before. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad had barely spoken to me since I announced my decision. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If I don’t make a decision now, it’ll be too late. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like all writing decisions, the amount of signposting requires judgment and compromise: too much, and the reader bogs down in reading the signposts; too little, and she has no idea where she is being led. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not asking you for permission; I’m informing you of my decision. I am going to New York in August.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It just reinforces for Pete that welcoming his own workers’ families was the right decision. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It hardly seems like there would have been time for them to make such a momentous decision, and I can’t imagine them choosing to leave me behind. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought each fact would help him, but the more he came to know about each of them, the harder the decision became. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it was a hasty decision—a decision we’ll all regret.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that my decision was made, I felt better than I had in weeks. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a night of struggling in my head, the purple light of dawn comes, and I’ve made a decision. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a whole lot of Preliminary Agenda stuff, and Old Business, and procedural decisions, and all that. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I lay in bed, my eyes squeezed shut, unable to make the simplest decisions. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him, “Do you have a decision?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t collapse or make a spectacle of myself; I spoke with reporters, signed the forms, made the decisions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

More in self-defense than out of any decision to wake up, William pulled himself to his feet—like a tree falling in reverse—and stretched his long arms over his head. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” I say, nodding to Dr. Hamid, and the decision is made. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I must admit, beloved, I weakened a bit there, but we reached no final decision. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Men so angry they would never regret the decision, never return or remarry their old spouse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They always knew when the decision had been reached to sell them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as disturbed as I was by these casualties, I knew that such accidents were the inevitable consequence of the decision to embark on a military struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when it came to a decision, I was often outvoted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two full days, on top of the day they’d just used making the decision and getting ready to go. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

Our world requires that decisions be sourced and footnoted, and if we say how we feel, we must also be prepared to elaborate on why we feel that way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

And she has doubts about her decision not to give Theo a chance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

You make the decision: Whom did God punish? Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Of all the decisions he’d made, not buying the flashlight was one he never regretted. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

With such an extraordinarily large population to choose from, decisions must be made regarding who should be targeted and where the drug war should be waged. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Board of Education decision by enrolling at an all-white high school in Arkansas, enduring many months of cruelty and abuse in the name of a higher principle. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The crowd broke into renewed cheers, this time of approval for the Emperor’s decision. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Those who were distracted by doing anagrams—those who were forced to make an unconscious, spontaneous gut decision—chose the best car 60 percent of the time. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Kevin brought samples for Mama to look at, and she picked some and showed Papa, so he could make the final decision. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Chase was not happy with my decision to fly so soon. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But such a decision involved complexity and controversy. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“She’s not there enough to listen. She’s always dictating, then out the door. But starting in two days, when I’m eighteen, I make the decisions.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She was selfish and always made the wrong decisions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

When the court decision came down, of course I felt joy for my people and pride for what I had done, but my day-to-day problems overwhelmed me. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Judge Rheinbeck just delivered his decision. He called us in an hour ago. We didn’t expect it at all.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But sometimes I ignore the whole truth, because it's easier to pretend I'm making decisions for rational reasons. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you could tell me how you came to that decision. I've been wondering what exactly I did to bring about that specific strategy." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe there's one silver lining to my parents' decision? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I want you to leave me alone. Don’t speak to me. Don’t speak for me, don’t make decisions for me. Don’t talk to other people about me. Got it?” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They were all stuck in a caste system as hard and unyielding as the red Georgia clay, and they each had a decision before them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“We’ll never change our minds about adopting you, but you can change yours. Let us know when you have made your decisions.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The marchers were ostensibly protesting the School Board’s recent decision not to take part in a federally funded jobs program, the Neighborhood Youth Corps. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a right to know your decision!” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. President,” began Joint Chiefs Chairman Earle Wheeler, “we fully realize that what we’re going to present to you today requires a very difficult decision.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

When they arrived, they found Alvarez haunting the lobby, prepared to relay the GAC’s decision to Lawrence as soon as it was made. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Mom realized it wouldn’t be the last tough decision she would have to make about my future. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

He liked the length of time it took to count to eight, always the perfect amount of time to make a decision or take aim. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His demeanor had radiated an inner calm and resolution, as if he had finally made a decision he would never be able to go back on. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Paul has a hard job, and sometimes he has to make tough decisions. All I’m saying is, please respect that, and who he is.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She realizes that all big decisions are ones that must be decided and decided again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t so much a question of searching for myself as it was my own decision not to look. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papa said the walls had swayed his decision when I finished elementary school. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Happersett decision said that the Constitution did not give citizens the right to vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

And after its initial unanimous decision, the Supreme Court also sent mixed signals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Police departments and highway patrol agencies frequently declare, “We do not engage in racial profiling,” even though their officers routinely use race as a factor when making decisions regarding whom to stop and search. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He seemed satisfied with my decision to stay with the Who. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Fezzik’s mother answered this one herself; she and her husband had been up half the night agreeing on the decision. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And in that moment I make a decision. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I dressed and attended the meeting that was to make the final decision to dissolve the clubs. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare down the empty corridor as if the decision lies there. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“It took a lot of hard work, but I’m glad every day that I made that decision and didn’t end up with some super-easy profession, like neurosurgeon.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby was supremely obstinate, and although he could not really justify his decision to play, under the circumstances his tenacity, heart, and pocketbook prevailed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the days and weeks that followed Willie’s shooting, Whitiker made perhaps the most painful decision a mother could make in order to keep her family on the straight and narrow. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She curses and coos and does all the things that make calling her the right decision. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Uncle Paul says my dad split 2 seconds after the pregnancy test came back positive, and that it was a good decision for all of us—especially me. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our unconscious thinking is, in one critical respect, no different from our conscious thinking: in both, we are able to develop our rapid decision making with training and experience. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

So Jesse slogged on, still holding off on a final decision, understanding the long odds. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told Guitar of his decision before he told his father. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t a big decision or anything; I just did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I did not dwell on the situation at Fort Hare, but life has a way of forcing decisions on those who vacillate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But her tone of voice was one of temporary defeat, and she was already thinking ahead to some possible satisfaction later on, when something went wrong and it could be traced back to this decision. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And while the council technically makes decisions together, Marcus is particularly influential. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“We...I...When they announced the decision, I wanted to do something. So we came to the neighborhood.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

While Johnson wrestled with another agonizing decision, a copy of the troop request came across Ellsberg’s desk. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Rowan knew they had made the right decision. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

For the first time in my gymnastics career, I was facing an agonizing decision—high school with my friends, or homeschool at the gym? Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When I heard the door slam I knew the decision had jelled. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In later weeks, as the controversy raged, Marvin Edwards defended his decision by saying that it had nothing to do with football. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam felt even more sure that her decision not to tell Redemption the monster was in his house was the right move. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But in his eleven years he had never been faced with the responsibility of making a fearful decision like the one confronting him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The job was full of discretionary power and the decisions about how to use it were often moral. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my toothbrush and almost throw it down again as the memory of my decision not to brush my teeth last night comes flooding back to me. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

But the truth is that for the most important decisions, there can be no certainty. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Mom, I love you, but I don’t think this is a group decision.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, you are a woman. You can make your own decisions — I’m not going to meddle and risk making things worse. I can’t force you to tell the police. But I think you should.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Supporters of the Carter Cowboys were livid at his decision. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer recalled the earliest advice half-jokingly offered by a newspaper editor when the residency question had first appeared on the national agenda: Give the decision to George Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was responsible for his own decisions and direction. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He spent nearly an hour and a half instructing the jurors about the decision they would be making. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I shed my guilt when I accepted my decision on its own terms, without endlessly prosecuting old grievances, without weighing his sins against mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Whatever your decision, one can vary the stakes or the number of people involved so as to induce you to reverse your decision. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those people were so real, with true-to-life problems and big decisions that had to be made. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z