| 单词 | deserve |
| 例句 | He said, “My judgment often fluctuates. Moreover whether a man deserves to be called a theist depends on the definition of the term: which is much too large a subject for a note.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z More people say that he deserved to be alive. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It’s like I don’t even deserve the dignity of eye contact. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z And even though I don’t live with him, he still is verbally abusive, constantly telling me I won’t graduate and that I don’t deserve to be a Freedom Writer. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z He deserves his own page because he is by far the best bed dancer I've ever seen. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z How could anything less deserve to be destroyed? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z His hair was messy, but he had a magnificent smile, which immediately ranked him in the category of human beings who deserved to be painted into the gigantic fresco in her bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Didn’t Clara deserve the kind of justice so many folks never got? Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I felt like I deserved a medal for courage, like the Cowardly Lion gets in The Wizard of Oz. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The girl deserves better than a pig, he thought. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If only for that reason, you deserved all the protection we could muster. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “I hope you have good luck. Only dont catch that old fellow down there. He deserves to be let alone.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “For the way I treated you. You don’t deserve it.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “They didn’t deserve to be trapped there anymore.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z I don’t know what I did to deserve two close encounters of the Neil kind in less than a week, but I wasn’t about to question my good fortune. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z They hated him and he deserved everything that was coming his way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He was lavish with praise when deserved, but was a severe critic of sloppiness and laziness. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Commander Root, sir. I feel I deserve one more chance.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Why does she need to forgive us? What did we ever do to her that she didn’t deserve? Everything’s been her fault. Even before the bad thing, she was mean.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “And Ruby and Bob. But this is a good thing, really it is. You deserve a different life.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z A mother who abandoned her child did not deserve a second chance. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Because all of a sudden, even more people will try to justify what happened to me, and it’ll get so loud that I may start thinking that I deserved it to begin with. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z All I knew was I was not falling in love, no matter how deserving I thought Lio was. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I want him to bleed, because he deserves it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z No one deserves a birthday party with all his favorite people more than Arthur. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I think we deserved a little better than this, Hal. A friendly warning would have been nice. Instead, you call us in here like children....” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “You deserve to win. Your tatting’s the best.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Not that I really deserved any, because there was only one thing I did that remotely suggested that I was on the wrong track. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Which, now that I think of it, he deserves. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He said he didn’t deserve it and wanted her to have it back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please. They don’t deserve to be killed,” I said. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Once I was sure she wasn’t going to hit me with a eucalyptus stick as punishment, I smiled inside, because that rotten, lying thief Alfonso and his wife got what they deserved. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone had shown me what Big Ma called “a mercy” when I didn’t deserve one. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Here, again, was Dumbledore’s tendency to trust people in spite of overwhelming evidence that they did not deserve it! Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Our own code of conduct. I prefer to see each person I glean as an individual deserving of an end that is unique.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z If our souls could go to eternal glory, our hardworking motherbodies surely deserved more. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would fain ask the reader,” Carey demanded, “is this the language of an enemy? Does this deserve railing or reproach? Is it honorable for Jones and Allen to repay evil for good?” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z Papa deserved praise for not choosing to have more sons with another woman, of course, for not choosing to take a second wife. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z “I spoke with your father last night. You deserve to have a little fun. You are fourteen; we’ve got to let you grow up a little.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Though Cristiana is a fool, she does not deserve their scorn! They are not men of honor,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Convinced that the 13 women deserved more than a brief blitz of media attention, the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh decided to honor the Mercury 13 in 2007. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z “The date wasn’t wrong, I just think that if the universe is setting us up here that our story deserves a more epic first date,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z He had done nothing to deserve their contempt. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Editor Hicks said he felt every voice in the community deserved to be heard. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Dussel complained to Mother that he was being treated like a leper, that no one was friendly to him and that, after all, he hadn’t done anything to deserve it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z And I hope your dumb coach lets you play, because you deserve to play more than most of the jerks on your team. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I don’t deserve anything. You stand for what is right, Lina, without the expectation of gratitude or reward. Now, off to your homework.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If suffering led to reward, then Percy and she deserved the grand prize. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z You may make a fine employee or deserve low premiums or a good credit rating, but if your correlatives are perceived to be lacking in some way, you’ll have difficulty, too. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “But that reputation couldn’t be deserved, could it? Because the Cullens never set foot on the reservation, do they?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You are a good lad. You deserve the world.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Not that he didn’t deserve it, but I don’t know anything about him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Finally, my history deserves public notice as no more than this: a parable for the life of its reader. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He often said to them, in one way or another, that people who were weak deserved to die. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Cardan’s words when I asked if he thought I didn’t deserve Locke echo in my head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Then you are an idiot and deserve what you get. Mbandaka is no safer for you than Kinshasa.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Whatever they want, whatever the weakness is in me that I can’t kill a man even when he deserves it, it’s got to change for me to be a man. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Whoever Burma Jones was, he deserved a generous award ... or reward. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z That Harlem coyote deserved to be free, just like everybody else. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I deserve to be locked away in the attic forever, ran through his head. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z That Sandy deserves anything bad because of the things his brother and father and grandfather have done. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z The real question of capital punishment in this country is, Do we deserve to kill? Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I thought he deserved to have a proper conversation about it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I could feel the colour rising to my cheeks; if this man didn’t know 1 was lying then, he didn’t deserve to be on the police force. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember that Mariana doesn’t like the Doctorita, that she’s often told her son his wife is too fat, too dark-skinned, too bossy—far from the slim, fair, gentle wife he deserves. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Just make sure that those you give it to are deserving of such a fine thing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “You ain’t my daddy, and you don’t deserve to be hers!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I may not deserve punishment for this, but I deserve punishment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z How many people had told Moss that his father deserved it? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Many believed that the Jews deserved what they got. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You deserve to be lied to if you’re still reading that muck, Dirk. You want the facts, try the Quibbler.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Someone who looks at you, who doesn’t know you, who tells you it’s OK, whatever you did, whatever you’ve done: you suffered, you hurt, you deserve forgiveness. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Under other circumstances it might have been annoying, but he deserves a moment here. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It probably wasn’t the answer Mrs. Franklin hoped for, but it was honest, and she deserved the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Or maybe even felt like I deserved it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z When he determined that a slave deserved punishment, he experimented with new forms of torture. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z That scares me a little, because I’m not sure I deserve to be trusted with something so heavy. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Many westerners believed that the pioneering women who had moved west and endured significant hardship now deserved the right to participate in government through the vote. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “Well. .He trips about as he drives, and I see he deserves at least some form of an answer. “She doesn’t want to love you,” I tell him. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “Is that all, my dear Henry? How could you suppose that my first thought would not fly towards those dear, dear friends whom I love and who are so deserving of my love?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z An old, familiar feeling washes over me, Matilde’s tender- ness when I least deserved it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like you deserved more than a fake Summer New Year’s Eve party. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It’s what they deserve, they joke, for having listened to their mothers, and for getting together in the first place, and the fact that they are united in their resignation makes the consequences somewhat bearable. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was my brother, who wanted to be a father, and Zooey who deserved to finish college. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If anything, it only further proves my point: Mateo doesn’t deserve to die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z What he deserved, I decided in that moment, was public humiliation and defeat. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mom said, “Don’t worry, Pop. Someday Dusty Muleman will get exactly what he deserves. People like him always do.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And she must know something about me if she thinks my family deserves the front row. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As many of your million books seem to be present and underused, I must beg you to grant me permission to borrow a few so that they might receive the attention they deserve. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Shouts of indignation of “You can’t do this to the Gran!” were met with dueling “It’s for our own good!” or “It’s what she deserves.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Scott Wyatt, the former county attorney in Cache County, the man who hired Terryl, says she “deserves most of the credit” for the law. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He goes on about how hard he works and how he’ll work for the seventh grade so that we’re represented in the way that we deserve. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I wanted to protect him from all of the terrible things that no one deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z She did not deserve the horror visited on her in Volantis, any more than her brother had. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Otherwise, her questionnaire was filled out as perhaps no questionnaire in this world deserves to be filled out. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Although he no longer needed to have food brought to the lobby, he evidently felt that he deserved it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew ahead of time that if someone looked at me with hate, I would have to allow it, to swallow it, because something in me, something about me deserved it. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z “She is the one who deserves punishment, not us.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Strange, every time the girl looked at him he felt a wish to show her that he didn't deserve the distrust he always saw in her eyes, even when she was smiling at him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And field hand that she was, strengthened by hard work, she would probably have given me the beating she thought I deserved. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “Zeus killed her. And you would have me help them? They deserve what they get!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Puppies don’t deserve to be called a litter like they had been dropped carelessly like garbage. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Way I saw it, Mr. Paine was saying all people were the same, that no one deserved a crown or was born to be higher than another. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z When there were only seven minutes left in recess, Danny Hupfer declared that we had served our time, and even if Mrs. Baker hadn’t come back yet, we deserved our cream puffs. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I thought he deserved to know the truth, at least. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Every living thing deserves our respect,” said Medwyn, knitting, his shaggy brows, “be it humble or proud, ugly or beautiful.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z I just think maybe you deserve a day off to be as blank and closed as you want. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She clearly thinks he deserved it, and then she says so. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And this time it feels like I deserve it, even though I don’t know why. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Not that it was boring, it was really fun, but I didn’t deserve it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “She has gone to the heavenly reward she so richly deserved,” he pronounced. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z Camilla falls after giving a very good account of herself; the wicked Mezentius meets the fate he so richly deserves, but only after his brave young son is killed defending him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z But I keep quiet because I don’t think I deserve any kindness. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “But I am sure it’s a vulgar term, and the way Billy Martin used it was unforgivable. People like Billy Martin are the reason Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z He would treat her with the respect she deserved and do only what she liked, only what she wanted him to do. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Sometimes I have to shake my head,’ she’d say, ‘because human beings deserve exactly what they get.’ Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I swear that I’ll never accept an award that I don’t deserve. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “No matter who that poor man is he deserves our respect. He was once someone’s little angel baby.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z She deserves to be here, caged behind iron bars, trapped in her own jungle, left to stew in the memories. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “We’ve been around for nineteen years! No one deserves to expand more than us!” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “So, it seems your request,” the king said, “deserves consideration. The line tells me as much. Let me think.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Mostly, though, I knew I didn’t deserve happiness. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “No one deserves to be whipped like an animal.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Well, don’t you think the dead person deserves a card more than anyone?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Of her telling me I hung the moon even when I didn’t deserve it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was decided in full assembly that the heroes who best deserved them were Ajax and Odysseus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The light from the blaze was finally getting the attention it deserved from Chicago’s citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z I’m the only one in that entire class who actually deserves to be there. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Don’t ask me why, but I feel like he deserved more than this. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Like Aunt Nancy pretending not to know him doesn’t deserve a response. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “He doesn’t deserve you,” I say with a smile. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “Murderer! You deserve to die a slow, painful death!” someone yells. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well...not much better. But perhaps you deserve to be something better than a corn plant. Sorghum? Sorghum is very nice.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “The minute I woke up? Didn’t I deserve to know?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z You deserve it, she told herself, you have spent your life earning it. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I wonder what she must have done to deserve to be pushed like that. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A whale looks like a big fish; Obama has been the subject of rumors about his religion; Nabokov was denied the Nobel Prize in Literature that many critics thought he deserved. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Lily scowls back and forth from me to Mom, like she’s disappointed that I’m not getting the scolding I deserve. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “I honored you enough to come tell you face to face. That’s more honor than you deserve.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z Tristan und Isolde is an out-and-out masterpiece, with sweeping, yearning themes, deserving of its place in music’s pantheon, whatever it may or may not have innovated. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “It’s kind of not fair for us to feel guilty for getting what we deserve. We work hard.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z If Max says I need to learn how to hit a Nazi—or anyone else who might deserve hitting—then they clear a space and assume I’m about to learn how to hit a Nazi. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Yvonne said to me, “Lolly, I am not sure that you deserve me hauling all this yick-yack through the snow and up seven floors, but I love you like my own blood, so...” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I know what we have done, and what we deserve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We deserve that honor. I mean you deserve it, my dear son.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I deserve someone who doesn't look down on me. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “You have to tell us what’s going on. We deserve to know.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Girls like you don’t deserve to wear hijab,” she said, matching my pace. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Still, he retained a deserved sense of pride in having brought Lawrence to Berkeley in the first place. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z No one ever thought of them as deserving pity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a Red now. He deserves what he gets,” Gunwoo said fiercely. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “But you must have done something to deserve free bread,” I pressed. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z According to Pa, deserve is another one of those rattling-snake words, words that always get followed by a nasty bite. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Though I didn’t deserve it, I wanted to rise to heaven remembering something of beauty from the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z And I will that all the world wit that I, Sir Gawaine, Knight of the Round Table, sought my death at thy hands— and not through thy deserving, but it was mine own seeking. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I had no idea what good deed I had done in my life to deserve Blanca, all I knew was that she was there. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “No — no more than Rosier deserved!” said Karkaroff, a real note of panic in his voice now. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Like maybe I’m a bad person, and I don’t realize it, and I don’t deserve a dad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I was half an hour late, having got lost on the way here, and I felt as deserving of a scolding as a schoolboy. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z Smallest Man the Varicose Veins he clean forgot to mention, as he wobbled off with less than half the money he had asked for and less than a tenth of what he deserved. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe he would have saved the world because it deserved to be saved, or maybe he wouldn’t have pressed it because he figured we’d only wind up finding some other way to annihilate ourselves. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z OK, so she hadn’t been so great at the Nevinses’, but she hadn’t done anything to deserve this. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z “There is no one more deserving of help at this moment,” my father said. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z After all that physical labor, I deserved a break. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She definitely considered it an honor for one of her lovies to get to go to high school with Theodore, and she carefully considered who was most deserving. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “The brave lover, I think, deserve another kiss, which he shall have presently.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Just because he’s gay doesn’t mean he deserves to go missing,” I say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “I want you to say that you deserve better.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “I deserve neither such praise nor such censure,” cried Elizabeth; “I am not a great reader, and I have pleasure in many things.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z My imagination boggled at the punishment I would deserve if in fact I did abuse a book of Mrs. Flowers’. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe she would do that to him, he doesn’t deserve that. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And, of course, besides these there was Katie Nanna, who doesn’t really deserve to come into the book at all because, at the time I am speaking of, she had just left Number Seventeen. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z But after staring at it for weeks and rereading the Neither of you young men deserved what happened letter from Mr. Murray, Jus decided to accept the gift. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The warriors had fought the good fight and deserved a rest. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z On education, Barack and I had leveraged billions of dollars to help girls around the world get the schooling they deserve. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He can sense her giving him a nasty look, and he knows he deserves it. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Go on. You deserve it for being so terribly clever. Despite the fact that no one uses gut strings in this day and age.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Never mind that she hadn’t even traveled past Colorado, but Peach deserved better. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Do you know what he said when I told him you’d stabbed me? He told me it was no more than I deserved.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Nothing had been offered, and she knew how insulting it was to treat him like a servant, but his manner was so abject that he deserved it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m willing to bet there was some small part of him that thought I deserved it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But I have to say something, so I say, "They deserve it." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z What had they done that deserved such punishment? The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Then you deserve it. Now come, we need to earn some more.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They were, instead, figuring out how to be good and obedient—what I saw as failing to even explore any chance that they might deserve being equal to the white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The Scholl children asked the teacher’s mother what he had done to deserve such treatment. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “What syndicate ?” “The syndicate I’d like to form someday so that I can give you men the good food you deserve.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She didn’t deserve the look in David’s eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z She wouldn’t approve of throwing a rotten orange in Tom’s face, even if he deserved it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “And if I happen to return somebody’s property, seems to me I deserve a reward.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z But misdirected rage is not an easy thing to hold on to; the last sparks of it get snuffed out, as they deserve to be, in the icy waters of humiliation and defeat. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think something deserves to die if it’s not strong?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Anybody who robbed innocent demigods with a giant turtle deserved a few nasty curses. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Calm down. I didn’t say he deserves to go missing. I just said he’s weird, is all.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z They were determined, however, to get him back and punish him as he deserved. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Of all the wishes people had brought him—money, love, revenge—this seemed to him the most poignant and the one most deserving of fulfillment. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “You work so hard. You don’t deserve to be treated like this.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “And since one good turn deserves another,” Marla’s voice is saying, “Jessica Carlisle wants to help Rosa do something she would never be able to do on her own—go for a run.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z If true, this story deserves to rank alongside the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 as one of the landmark accommodations in American politics. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The girls who enter have got to be proud enough of themselves to say they deserve to compete. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Just to make sure she was getting the best possible deal and not accepting anything less than she deserved. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, he was! And I deserve better. This whole family deserves better!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Make a miracle happen, or, What have I done to deserve this? Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z He felt that Fiver really deserved a short touch of Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d probably have to kick me off, and I probably deserved it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I want you to push your foot all the way to the ground. Don’t you understand I deserve it?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Someday someone will kill him and give him what he deserves.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Here I am frozen, when I deserve to burn. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "Why should Caveman take your place, when he deserves to be at the very front? He's better than all of us. Aren't you, Caveman?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z La . . . enjoy the fame she so richly deserves? The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That even a person like Jimmy deserved a final moment of respect, whether they gave it in their life or not. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “But for what it’s worth, I don’t think he deserves your time or any more attention from you.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He refused to sell the beasts to the rendering factories, maintaining that they deserved something of a retirement for their years of loyalty. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The boy was being paid more money than he deserved, because the merchant, thinking that sales wouldn’t amount to much, had offered the boy a high commission rate. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We wanted to show that we can all unite and stand together for a positive cause and think about the person who really deserves some attention, the seven- year-old child who lost her life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Dear God, please let Littlebit be happy in heaven, and please don’t kill me even though I deserve it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I like to think that my reputation for keeping cool in moments such as this was deserved,” Tibbets said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Calpurnia. I’m sure you deserve a prize as well,” said Mrs. Gates. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z In the end all she says is: “You deserve a little something.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Even the ones who sought celebrity were seen to deserve it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She couldn’t face a cafeteria full of uglies watching her every move, wondering what she had done to deserve her still-ugly face. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Said Pomp, “Vishnoo’s the one body on this ship don’t deserve to get in a soup.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “You’re very special to have come through all this. I thought you deserved a special summer outfit.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon as I heard the Preacher say the word deserve I knowed Pa was gonna be mighty set against this. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z Three, Isaac, was given an Assignment as Instructor of Sixes, which obviously pleased him and was well deserved. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z Bill Bratton certainly deserves credit for invigorating New York’s police force. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I think I deserve a full commitment, too. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Then she kissed him on the cheek and said, “You’re wonderful. And if any of them think you’re less than wonderful, they don’t deserve you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z And if the Colonel could pull it off, it would be etched in the memory of everyone at the Creek, and Alaska deserved nothing less. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Give me one reason why you think humanity deserves to live.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She hops up, and even though I don’t deserve it, she hugs me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I told her we were working on something for a performance. She’s a good woman. She deserves better than lies.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I want you to know you’re taking the bread from the mouths of more deserving people who stayed in this country to do their bit. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She deserved mountain climbers, international voyagers, people who searched the world for the best things, because that’s what Peach was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “There is no emergency. I just thought you deserved a day off, and I missed my favorite daughter.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This book paints with a broad brush, and as a result, many important issues have not received the attention they deserve. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Her confirmed, eternal love of him, love that he didn’t even have to earn or deserve, seemed to him natural. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Like how negative numbers deserve empathy because no one should ever feel lower than zero. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I didn’t know what I had done to deserve Blanca but I wasn’t about to ask. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I know now that I can never really understand how much I hurt them or how bewildered they must’ve been when I left, pondering what they’d done to deserve what they see as a betrayal. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Even now she couldn’t bring herself to suggest—even to herself, really—that perhaps he didn’t deserve madness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z To whites across the state of Texas, Dallas Carter was a nogood bunch of cheaters who didn’t deserve the honor of playing for a state championship. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thank you, Maester, but no. I will not sleep away* my grief. Bran and Rickon deserve better from me. Go and join the celebration, I Will sit with my father for a time." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I feel really bad about the fairy. She didn’t deserve what happened to her.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z Not by the announcement or the necessary apology; those were standard procedures, and he had deserved them—but by the incident itself. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She never minds sliding to the underbelly of things, even though she deserves much better. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't know what kind of man Mr. Nesbitt was, but I know he did not deserve to be killed in his store, left on the floor while his killers snacked at a fast-food restaurant. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z She said the dead body was sacred, it having been a house for the mind and soul, and as such it deserved proper respect. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “I am beginning to suspect that you people are not actually deserving of this cause. Apparently you are not prepared to make any of the ultimate sacrifices.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just you and your girl, I hear Bernie say from yesterday, and I realize that Bernie really deserves more than sitting up in the projection room tonight. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “And the Commandant deserves to know what her slaves are doing. Not telling her is tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy. I’m turning them in.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine what awful thing he might have done to deserve such a fate. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Told me I got what I deserved and to quit sniveling. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Then, turning the volume as loud as it will go, I add, “You deserve it!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One day, Helmuth decided that the German people deserved to know the truth about the Nazis. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z If Sapo killed that reporter then he deserved to go to jail. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z For that, the survey deserved a Nobel Prize. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Even if it’s virtual, they don’t deserve this. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He simply accepted whatever was given him, whether he deserved it or not. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “That scum got what he deserved. I only wished he’d lasted longer so he could have suffered more.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He has decreed that the body of Polynices, Antigone’s brother, who had rebelled against the city, does not deserve a proper burial. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s smarter than most of us put together, and he deserves a better father than you.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Brick tells me, Cut Jack Franklin—he deserves it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Take flight like a bird, you deserve a birdcage.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She'd just left the room for a minute, to get more potato chips, maybe, and soon she’d be back to lecture him again about how they both deserved a better life than hiding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they believe we deserve to be blown up. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z And it’s not that I don’t think she deserves to go to the dance and have an escort. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z It’s not like I don’t deserve it, but I still don’t want to hear it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I told the congregation that Walter’s case had taught me that the death penalty is not about whether people deserve to die for the crimes they commit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He doesn’t deserve to look at her anymore. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He was so old, I figured he deserved a knighthood, simply for surviving. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If I couldn’t reach the tomb on my own, I didn’t deserve to reach it at all. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z So I would just have to put up with this stomach queasiness, because I deserved it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z But, unlike Temple, he deserves to be better remembered. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, he deserved it. He busted my nose.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Jule thought for a bright second then that someone could love her, and that she could love herself and deserve it all. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I thought she deserved it, you know, getting out into the world. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I hopped out of the saddle and walked to give both of us a well- deserved break. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Jason didn’t see how Apollo deserved to be singled out for punishment. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z There was something comical about Tommy at that moment, something that made you think, well, yes, if he’s going to be that daft, he deserves what’s coming. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Yet even with all her skill and experience, it was hard for Elizebeth to get the respect she deserved. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I didn’t usually talk to her that way, even when she deserved it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know if I deserved a friend like him, but I was glad I had him. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z If the master hits you there’s no use complaining to your father or mother.They always say,You deserve it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t deserve to have this special gift from Grandpa anymore. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z She deserved that love in exchange for them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I think how much Noah deserves my spot. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z And in a sudden access of bitterness, “He deserved it.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I suppose I deserve that. I’ll take the long version next time.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Whatever they were called, Matt thought they deserved pity, not hatred. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z From across the table, Sister Yuna said softly, “She is right. She deserves to choose her own path.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z All you Woodson kids deserve to be as good as you already are. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Just the idea that there were important sections of the books and other sections that didn't deserve the swipe of the yellow pen made his stomach hurt. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “I treat my workers with the respect they deserve,” Mr. Katz said, aloof. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Now it seemed to him that he was always saying or thinking that he didn’t deserve some bad luck, or some bad treatment from others. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “The world deserves a few more moments with this face.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Glenn Burke doesn’t get the credit he deserves because a lie drowned out the truth, his truth.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “When you’re unkind to others, it’s usually because you don’t believe that you, yourself, deserve kindness.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z People who get what they deserve are getting their deserts—accent the second syllable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I was gonna deserve to eat the food the girl brought us later. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Tab’s mom said that when people reached out to hurt your feelings, it was because they secretly felt they deserved to be talked to that way. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The others did not deserve what they wouldn’t work for. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I thought you wanted the name of the actress,” the father said, disappointed not to have been given the credit he thought he deserved. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “That’s a load of bull. I deserve to know my own history.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I wondered where they were taking him, what grievous wrong had he committed deserving of being shackled, what type of fiends the two policemen were. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Auntie Lin quickly says, “Aii-ya, Mrs. Emerson good lady,” meaning Mrs. Emerson didn’t deserve such a terrible son. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z An appellate court might decide that de Wet had been too lenient and that we deserved the death penalty. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As I saw it, he just deserved a nice casket. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “We listen to the BBC too. The Berlin Blitz. Well, we probably deserve it.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “A man who could do that to you—he’s not worth your time. Not one moment of it. It’s not a matter of him being only half a loaf. He’s rotten through. You deserve better.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Treacherous daughters did not deserve to be mothers, and this was just punishment. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Either the good Lord is unimpressed with my offerings, or he thinks I deserve this, just as the preacher told me. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z My aunt Alice had never shown me much kindness, but she still hadn’t deserved to die. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Really. I don’t care what Chas does to me if he finds out, ’cause I do deserve it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The kids did not deserve this one little bit. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it was because everyone deserves a second chance. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z “I wish I had! He deserves to die! They all do!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I pull out of the field with a sigh, knowing I deserve whatever I get. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Let him measure his affection in numbers. What he calls love deserves not the name!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Because they hate everyone else more. Their bratty kids are their revenge on a society that has denied them the riches they so rightly deserve.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Because didn’t she, after all, deserve the very best, when it came to sons? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z If ever a dwarf deserved a skinning, I’m him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “She deserved it,” Harry said, breathing very fast. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Jo’s funny hat deserved a vote of thanks, for it was of general utility. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I assumed that if you committed a crime, you got the punishment you deserved, and innocent people would always be proven innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z "They don't deserve this cake," I said between bites. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z We deserved a bit of luck by then, because the day hadn’t been going at all well. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “I now ask the jury,” shouted Mr. Crouch, “to raise their hands if they believe, as I do, that these crimes deserve a life sentence in Azkaban!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Probably the first thing my mother gave me to drink as a baby was some sweet water tea from the pulp of the sugarcane. If anyone deserves to work there, I should.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Why had they believed that two lowly slaves deserved the bounty of South Carolina? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Apparently he thought he deserved only to be loved—from a distance, though—and given what he wanted. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The men refused to fire at him, that man had been brave, he deserved to live. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now that you’re earning money, you deserve a proper place to keep it.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z He’d paid a lot more than an eye, but the minor gods would finally get the respect they deserved. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “She deserved what she got. You keep away from me.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Maribel and I deserved to be together and she deserved to see the snow if she wanted to and nobody was going to hold us back. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “And just as sure as I’ll be having cabbage soup for supper tomorrow, that ticket’ll go to some nasty little beast who doesn’t deserve it!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Fiona hands me a napkin, and I wipe my eyes and choke out, “I love you guys. What did I ever do to deserve you? Thank you so, so much.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I begin to question if I deserve my mother’s love, if I can so easily treat her this way, so easily forget all about her. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Knowing it would not be fast or easy, and wanting, deserving nothing less, grimly, patiently, he waited for death. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It seemed to her that a noble weapon deserved to have its story passed down, and if not to her and Rowan, then to whom? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Even though he was a bully, he didn’t deserve to die, especially because he was just playing around. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She was afraid if she started talking, she’d slip back into the past, but they deserved to know. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Nick deserved a list all his own, and everyone knew it. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, if she were the mother you imagine, or the one you deserve, it would have been easy.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “No. Because Freebie never did anything wrong. He didn’t deserve this. That can’t be how this—how life—works.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I had my chance and I’ve lost and I deserve this and I’m fighting but I’m not nearly as strong as I was before and I can feel the end coming. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Maybe the real reason we didn’t complain none is ’cause secretly, unconsciously or whatever, we thought we deserved to suffer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z Phil complied: “Here it is! ‘I think they deserve a little time to think of what they have done. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z The amount of attention was disorienting, especially because I felt as if we hadn’t really done much to deserve it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “The difference is that Sloth deserved it, and Pima doesn’t.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z My sweatshirt is within reach, so getting dressed is easy, and really, Sherlock deserves better than what I’ve been delivering. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I look at it and feel resentment, because this stupid-looking hat is mine, and deserving of ridicule. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You do a lot of work around here, so you deserve some reward,” he said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z She deserved to hurl whatever was available, to keep us moving, to speak in counterpoint to the deadening strings of my pyrrhic feet. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I tell her I earned a shilling and she says I can go to the Lyric, I deserve it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “And prove that you deserve a place here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z "Hey! Eat us if you want, but this is ours! The finest drink in all Manhattan and thus the whole world. Me and my brother deserve this at least." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z It was his cousin Cletus who had started calling him the big man, but the name was well deserved. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “And I think you and some of your friends deserve to come along. You’ve done the work that’s gotten us here.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He was probably asking himself yet again what he had done to deserve this strange, creature he called his son He wasn't as big as him, as interesting, as disciplined, controlled, dependable, or reasonable. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “He deserves to be here. Maybe he’ll get sick and everyone will ignore him. Then he’ll see how it feels. He could get a doctor for us!” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry he hurt you, but I’m glad he’s gone. You deserve someone way better!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “The girls are new to the city, and they deserve to see something nice after all the hard work.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Tell us straight off! After the way you jumped on me, you deserve to have, your head smacked.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Our friendship, if you could call it that, had started a couple of months before with his mocking me, but in a way that I deserved. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “There is no humiliation that a concubine does not deserve,” Fernanda replied. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Harry, however,little though he knew he deserved it, felt unbelievably cheerful all of a sudden, even though none of them spoke again for the rest of the evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Certainly, he never achieved much, and he disappointed my mother with broken promises, but I don’t think he deserved not a word from anyone in his family that day. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Jo’s keen eyes were rather dim for a minute, and her thin face grew rosy in the firelight as she received her father’s praise, feeling that she did deserve a portion of it. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But they deserve to know everything about what’s happened to our families. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They didn’t deserve to be called black, because they weren’t. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have taken Henry’s face in both hands and kissed him hard and deep and on purpose and said, “Take anything you want and know you deserve to have it.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Mack and the boys were under a cloud and they knew it and they knew they deserved it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone living in the city deserves the same protection. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I certainly deserve it, and not at all because I’m gay. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But it was easier to stay mad at her, and it wasn’t like she didn’t deserve it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z If you’re one of those people who feels you don’t deserve to be happy? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z And she let us, and thereby deserved our contempt. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “My dear friend,” said Mr. Pumblechook, taking me by both hands, when he and I and the collation were alone, “I give you joy of your good fortune. Well deserved, well deserved!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Neither had the chance at achievement that she deserved. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I didn’t want Rufus badly injured, even though he deserved to be. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z That they deserve that much for all their hard work. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He says we should close our borders so that real Americans can get the jobs they deserve. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I don’t let myself say to him what I’d like to, that he probably deserved whatever she did, but he’s just too pathetic-looking. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I have never thought about my deserving the good things that have happened in my life. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Anything besides a simple no, which would be an honest answer, but he doesn't deserve an honest answer from me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I have a few coins in my pocket and I could catch a tram, but I think I deserve the pain. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z So I couldn't help but worry, even when I felt like he didn't deserve my worry anymore. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z It was more than Maya deserved, she realized, but she would take it anyway. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It hexed the boys, who would or would not ask me to dance, and made them less scary and as familiar and deserving of benevolence as girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, stop it. The name’s Charity. Which is a much more charitable name than I deserve, but there it is.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He was great,” I say, “but baseball never gave him the chance he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The family calls us four the Liars, and probably we deserve it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Man, I think if we make it out of here we deserve a Medal of Honor or a Purple Heart. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not deserve such a delicious treat. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I deserve to be cold and uncomfortable, I guess. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z He taught proudly, like a great professor, a professor everyone agreed deserved his tenure. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The dislodged gentleman bounced around for a long breath or two before the Baptist minister gave him his chair, then with more dignity than the situation deserved, the minister walked off the stage. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z His family made huge donations to the school, which translated to Will’s getting lots of playing time, even when he didn’t necessarily deserve it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Julie was alive and she was tough and strong and she deserved to live. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Only a few people said negative things, like Mother deserved to lose her job for being too uppity. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In all my killing the dead, this is the first time I’ve stood over a man I thought deserved it. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He grew up surrounded by people who convinced him he deserves everything he wants and that no one should refuse him anything. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Why wouldn’t I help Clara? She was murdered. She deserves to know what happened to her.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I disappointed you, Your Honor. You’re right; I don’t deserve to bring you your milk.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Will I be deserving of all these honors I have been given? Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I guess this lady figures if two high school kids have the balls to go trick-or-treating this late at night in the nicest neighborhood in town, we deserve some candy. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t deserve a friend like you,” she said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z You deserve to grow up where you don’t worry about saving half a bite of sweet potato. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “The kind of mother you’d have wanted to be? The kind of mother a child deserves?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “All Things — all — are open to you — and you need not deserve, but simply Pluck.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If she was delivering the bitter indictment Robbie deserved to hear, it did not show on his face. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “He never deserved such hard luck,” he said. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Never mind that he probably didn’t deserve their honor—they knew what kind of man he was: arrogant, color- struck, snobbish. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z These racialized narratives tend to confirm and reinforce the prevailing public consensus that we need not care about “those people”; they deserve what they get. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Charles means a lot to me. He’s my youngest. He’s sensitive, quiet. A creative soul. He wouldn’t do nothing to hurt anyone. No one deserves this, but least of all Charles. So please.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Obviously it has something to do with me, so I deserve to know.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “My thanks,” said the dwarf as he rubbed his wrists, but the knight only laughed and said, “Save your gratitude for someone who deserves it, Imp. You will not like this next bit.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z To Casteen, these are steps to remove what he describes as “artificial barriers” to a college education placed in the way of otherwise deserving students. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “That doesn’t seem stupid to me. You deserve all of those things.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z After all you’ve been through, you deserve whatever I have left, which is not much but includes the truth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He deserved it for being such a spoilsport. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The kids in this building deserve a chance: not being around drugs, being able to go to different places and see different things in life. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well!” she went on; “you have a promising career before you. Be good—deserve it—and abide by Mr. Jaggers’s instructions.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z I’m not saying we didn’t deserve to be there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z The Preacher said, “Naw, Leroy, this is something that’s meant to be. The Lord’s putting all the pieces together for you here. He’s rewarding your good works. He’s seeing you get what you deserve.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z But he had that look of eager, deserving expectation. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “He deserved worse. There’s no need to look at me that way.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z There were the good ones, and the brave ones, and the calm ones and the sensible ones, and they deserved it. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z “If they gave him what he really deserved,” Dottie Lynch said, “he would be getting all P’s. That’s P as in pitiful. ” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Anyone else think they deserve half?” the tall man said, his voice growling like a bear’s. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “It’s much better than I deserve, and you shouldn’t have, but I thank you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “If she’s not my daughter, she deserves to be,” he would say proudly. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wait, I have a zit on the side of my nose—does that mean I did something to deserve it?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z You really mustn't let any more foolish ideas come between yourself and the happiness you deserve.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “You won’t press the button to save the world because you don’t think you deserve to live in it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I also told them that I didn’t think he deserved the skin God blessed him with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I know I messed up, but do I really deserve all of this? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z He didn’t think that deserved an answer, because he was always systematic. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Even a condemned man gets a last meal. I’d say that fish deserves nothing less.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z She says, “This dog is a love. And he deserves love. You are his home. So there’s his food and his vet records. And the bed. All you need.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “You don’t deserve an honor like driving the sun chariot.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “You say your mother-in-law is haunting you? Assuming what you’re saying is true...might you deserve it?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Well, Big Ma had gone down to Friendship Baptist Church to hear Senator Kennedy tell the black people they were American citizens who deserved decent homes, decent education for their children, safe neighborhoods, and opportunities. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Maybe I didn’t deserve to be there because I wasn’t as brave as they were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t want them to come back. I don’t deserve to have them anymore. You don’t understand; I did kill him!” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z But he wept for El Patron, who deserved pity less than anyone but who was closer to Matt than anyone in the world. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not deserve the goodwill of her class. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe I deserve to be hit all the time. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Such a climber deserves better than—” He stepped talking then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Master Owens here was frightening some children who doubtless deserved it,” Amabella was explaining. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z The pain was welcome; he deserved far worse. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “You were going to get one of these, but now I’ll find somebody who deserves it.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “You deserve a good name. I hate to see some lordling with delusions of wit saddle you with some terrible name like Midnight or Sooty or Scut.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I deserve to feel good, Moss thought, channeling his therapist. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He has a tough time being rude, even to people who deserve it. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z As if to imply that I didn’t deserve my acceptance. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z A little overwhelmed, I began the generalized evasions which that question deserves. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z And the commercial expeditions actually deserved much of the credit for the cleanup. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z Some people you shouldn't kid, even if they deserve it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z Her teacher had even said that was why it was important to be respectful to white people now, even if they didn’t rightly deserve it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Then she’d shuffle out of the room in her bedroom slippers, muttering about how she didn’t deserve that aggravation. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Anyway, I thought the traveler pretty much deserved what he got and that you should never play games. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes you want to say to them, Relax, take some time off, you deserve it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Poor old Janice? She deserves everything she gets and then some!” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I’m the one who doesn’t deserve to belong to this family. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z You’ve had access to WAY more than he has...would it be fair for a college to consider only GPA and test scores in determining who deserves to get in? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Mr. Remora said that he found the Poe manuscript. He said that he deserved to be partners with you, fifty-fifty.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He not infrequently groups all people together as being hypocritical, hostile, and deserving of whatever he is able to do to them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He who is bodily and mentally not sound and deserving may not perpetuate this misfortune in the bodies of his children. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z And so I begin to question if I even really deserve to be loved at all—and if I don’t deserve to be loved, then perhaps I don’t deserve to be alive. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You so did, but it’s okay. I deserve it. Ask me.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She did deserve help, poor thing, but I personally have a delicate constitution. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “No! She broke the law! She deserves to go to jail!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “If those captains found a way to leave their monsters behind, they deserve whatever peace they find. They deserve resolution. And the beasts...well, they deserve each other.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Mrs. Flowers deserved better than to be called Sister. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was being disciplined, and I deserved it. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops thought the person who had tipped them off deserved the credit, but the neighborhood knew better. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Elena thought she was owed this, Elizabeth realized suddenly; she thought it was a question of fairness, about getting what she deserved under the rules. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They felt that Odysseus had deserved better at their hands and Zeus spoke for them all when he said they must put their heads together and contrive a way for him to return. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z A real musician, who actually deserved to be trumpet section leader. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “He was a Khmer Rouge soldier. He deserved to die. Too bad they are not ali dead,” I say vehemently to Pithy. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly I told her I was sorry I’d hurt her, because a person like her, a great and gorgeous person like her, did not deserve to be hurt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z She said that I deserved it, and I might not ever get this chance again. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe the bird didn’t deserve to get shot by some stupid kid whose idea of fun was shooting at things. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “My momma is passing light, just like you,” I say, because she deserves to know. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Brave wordsI If the only soldiers you can come up with are freaks and children, Zimbabwe deserves to be eaten. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “I have to come back to the Renegades because Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserves,” I say. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Of course, for such a thing to happen, there has to be a kind of acquiescence on the part of the victims, some submerged belief that this treatment is deserved, or at least allowable. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I think he deserves to be in the basement folding shirts and helping my mother. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “Do you think that exonerates you? Do you think that means you don’t deserve to die?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z I knew that in any society, a true leader is one who earns and deserves the following he enjoys. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z All the godspawn had magical gifts, though some of their abilities deserved the term gift more than others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Despite the anguish of that risk-taking move, I continued to believe I deserved to be treated equally. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I’m not supposed to bother you with the details, but you deserve to know,” he told me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I hope so. You deserve it, Deacon. And while I think about it—” I took the letter from my pocket. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, as soon as she opened it, he started complaining about how cheap and small it was, and how she deserved better. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The good news: This pretty much is the hell you deserve. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Has he made any move to deserve my kindness ? Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z “I saw what happened. Bucky doesn’t deserve to go to jail.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He deserves to have his father see what an amazing musician he is. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom, in her way, had given me only one mandate for my year at Fullbrook: Make friends, James; you deserve them too. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “One good turn deserves another,” he replied, and began to hobble away. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Obviously certain people didn't deserve to watch TV in the middle of the afternoon. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She haunted his thoughts, made him wish to do grand and wonderful things in her name, made him want to be a man who deserved to wear a crown. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Good deserves good, urchin. The rice on the ground is yours if you can be troubled to gather it.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I almost feel as if she doesn’t deserve to know, after what she did. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “Are you mad?' he shouts. He cuffs me hard. “You deserve to be hanged!” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Those monsters deserved it, believe me, Dottore,” he said to Scipio. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you dare to suppose me so great a blockhead, as not to know what a man is talking of?—What do you deserve?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z He had been trained by guards and teachers to believe that every time he was beaten, he deserved it—because of the treasonous blood he had inherited from his parents. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I refused to ride in the car; I didn’t deserve it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The man nodded, enjoying his moment, the moment when he got to keep his prize, the one he had stolen, the one he thought he deserved. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He spoke confidently, in a way that made me feel that I deserved to be admitted to Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z That lady went on to tell us how Mama was doing better and trying harder and deserved a chance. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z At that point, Desdemona stood up from the kitchen table and, with a look of triumphant desolation, made a grave pronouncement: “God has brought the judgment down on us that we deserve,” she said. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The bowl is heaping and I tackle it with the ferocity that I think a last meal deserves—shoving it all in me as if it owes me loot. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He deserves the chair. 8TH JUROR: Does he? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z As mad as he was at his father, as much as his father deserved it, Nathan didn’t like intentionally causing his father the same sadness that Nali was feeling. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know,” Haymitch says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “So you’re saying I asked for it? That I got what I deserved?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You have no idea what he did to deserve those things.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “You have my word that I’m going to do my part...I’m going to do my part to make sure the Renegades...that we’re the community it should be, the community you deserve. Full stop.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z What you can get ready for is showing your loved one the respect and love that you think they deserve. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mesoamerica would deserve its place in the human pantheon if its inhabitants had only created maize, in terms of harvest weight the world’s most important crop. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Don’t be sorry. The . . . shank deserved it, and I don’t even know what a shank is. That was awesome.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And after all that watching, she figured the crab deserved a name, and so she gave it one: Zerubabel. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z I didn’t give the lovely villages the attention they deserved, and before long I had crossed into Maine and continued eastward. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "Leave it here. I'd rather it not fall into less deserving hands." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z He deserved to know what they were facing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “That was a really good report. I can see how hard you worked. I rarely give As for these reports, but I’m giving you one. You deserve it.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If the world was going to end in sixty-six days, she deserved to enjoy every last one of them. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I won’t have this namby-pamby, wishy-washy nonsense about not hitting people who deserve it. A good thrashing is what’s needed in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred. Have you been beaten often?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z If that’s all that we are—those shadow moments and a bag of gag gifts—then how foolish of me to think I deserved anything of him. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And I know they all deserve to hear the truth now about what’s gone wrong. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t know why I’m bothering to do this. You certainly don’t deserve any help.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Remora said that he found the Poe manuscript. He said that he deserved to be partners with you, fifty-fifty.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I was aware. Under the Sdrum. I could have lied; I could have kept it from you. But I didn’t, because I thought you deserved to know the truth.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s just say we both got what we deserved,” I said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “There was another kid inside. Martin. He didn’t...he didn’t deserve to...” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Then—to my enormous relief—she nods, saying, “You did right. I love her, too. She deserves better than what she’s had. But it does mean we’re in a pickle.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Part of me said, Go home, hide, don’t go near the house, but a stronger part said, You’ve been lonely so long, you deserve a friend. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Even if she did deserve it, because of signing me up for math club without even asking me. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z The other tenants even said Blanca and I deserved it because we were good kids. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z You have to understand, when he nodded to me or the doorman, it felt like everything was okay and you were a good person and you deserved good things to happen. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z It would be just to slay this treacherous, murderous creature, just and many times deserved; and also it seemed the only safe thing to do. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z That was what I deserved for throwing myself and my mother on display like Vonetta would. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z After that I felt a certain shame for Gatsby--one gentleman to whom I telephoned implied that he had got what he deserved. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z He also deserves a punch in the nose. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “We deserve to have one parent, at least.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He felt that Dobby deserved just as grand a funeral, and yet here the elf lay between bushes in a roughly dug hole. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Reyna didn’t feel like she deserved credit for putting Scipio through so much suffering, but she forced down her feelings of guilt. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Everyone deserves a moment or two alone when they desire it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z That he didn’t even “deserve” to hear all the misery and mutual accusations his parents unloaded on him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “I believe I will. That unnerved me. My God, what a place. This does deserve tearing down. For a moment there...” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Every animal deserves a second chance. Now let’s go meet Tater.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z If he suffers then he deserves to suffer, marrying a young girl like you not ten months afterwards. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Seeing as how you didn’t deserve the punishment you got, and I know how much it’s been bothering you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I did not deserve to be treated this way and I wouldn’t stand for it anymore. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Most likely I will go to hell and most likely I deserve to be there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z What I did to deserve the kindness of these children, I don't know. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Why did you glean that man today without warning? Didn’t he deserve at least a moment of understanding before your blade?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z This is action before thought, and he deserves to suffer the consequences. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She wore it till evening, patient, unresentful, regarding it as a deserved punishment. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Instead of the strong and vibrant young woman she should be, the mother Gabe deserved, she was now an ancient hag waiting for death. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z But they also got a big head start, an opportunity that they neither deserved nor earned. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But they deserve to be warned, don’t they? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “The community everyone deserves is a community that respects everyone. The Renegades respect everyone—LGBT, women, immigrants, Muslims, everyone.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It's not that I think he deserved to get shot or anything; I'm just not really surprised it went down like that, the way he was always hanging with Brick and the Kings. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I’m angry you kept this from me. That you were treating me like a baby who couldn’t handle something big. That you didn’t think I deserved to know.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I assure him that being the building rep is a big honor that he richly deserves. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z She was the same age as me, and I deserved it more. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z If there's one person in our family who deserves the credit for the close-knit relationships between us cousins, it's Dayee Mehrdad, otherwise known as the true patriarch of our massive brood. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “You’re my sister too. You deserve another chance. Come with me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I was the last person to deserve a halo, but I studied the effect, cupping my hands under my breasts, studying my pinky-brown nipples, the thin curves of my waist, every soft and glowing turn. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Congratulations. Everyone knows you deserved it a long time ago.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z She didn’t deserve to call herself a friend. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z How could anything less deserve to be destroyed? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t deserve to get into trouble,” he went on. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Every Tuesday we argue about the best contestant on The Voice and who deserves to advance to the next round. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “You deserve to be laughed at for such foolish thoughts! I spoke from my soul; you speak only from selfishness.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Someday he’ll get exactly what he deserves. What goes around comes around.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z During competitions, the saber fencers were loud and screamed on almost every point, almost as if they were trying to convince the referee they deserved the point. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Every day Fannie talked to Black Valley miners and their families, telling the women they deserved to live like Americans: have bathtubs, indoor plumbing, and sanitary homes with curtains on the windows. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z He did not love himself and perhaps for that reason felt that he did not deserve the love of others. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z You are no longer part of “us,” the deserving. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “He deserves to see his daughter making out with the preacher’s kid as punishment for making me grow up in this hick town. But come on.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “But consider, Crispin, it belongs to no one else but ourselves. Honest pay for honest work. And you deserve some, too.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I deserve to have a life of my own. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She began telling other people that I didn’t deserve it, and that I only got in because of my race. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “It’s nice to know that I deserve these much more than roses.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Besides, Charlie deserves to be in a school like every other kid.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Then he says, “He must be wicked to deserve such pain.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I deserve to know the meaning of my own name. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You must not say this about your father. He is a good man. I acted without his permission, and I deserve to be punished.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Oh mon Dieu, who in this family deserves such a curse! The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z I don't deserve this comfort, but hell itself could not drag me from it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I remind myself some girls deserve to be alone. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Who really deserved the patent for a discovery that might be based on the work of innumerable scientists over years or decades? Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He often got sympathy from strangers for being an orphan, but as he listened to Neville’s snores, he thought that Neville deserved it more than he did. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Is there anyone here who would deny that my son is deserving?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Fischer claimed that at sixty-one he was the oldest prisoner in the center and therefore deserved more deference. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I almost felt bad letting the unruly pirates out, but I guessed they deserved something more entertaining than the exercise wheel after being cooped up in a cage for three centuries. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z When he told me that the movie would be shown, we went into our best behavior and were the exemplary children that Grandmother deserved and wished to think us. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t have ratted on them, but anyone who shacks up with a Jaguar-driving Weekday Warrior like Paul deserves what she gets.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z If he was a monster, he deserved to turn into dust for a while. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z After class everybody told me he deserved it, but I still caught a detention for it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And if he had earned some small part of Kaz’s trust, did he deserve it? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Roosevelt believed Rondon deserved worldwide recognition, just like the famous polar explorers Roald Amundsen and Robert Peary. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Taking his hand and saying I deserve this. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I really wasn’t in the mood to have one more adult tell me that doing nothing was the greatest thing I could do, but I figured my mom deserved an update. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z As far as I’m concerned, Dana must have done this to herself, and she deserves the grief she gets. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z We were asked to write the letter grade we felt we deserved, then write a brief comment on why we thought we deserved that grade. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Science is generated by and devoted to free inquiry: the idea that any hypothesis, no matter how strange, deserves to be considered on its merits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z What was it about this that made us feel we deserved it? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mama and Papa deserve an amazing present from us,” Oliver decided. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Of course those boys went too far. Whatever that colored boy deserved, he didn’t deserve getting shot and tossed into the Tallahatchie, that’s for sure.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Because Sandy doesn’t deserve that, not by anyone, but definitely not by his own dad? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z If you still persist in writing, “Good food at it’s best”, you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z In a bid for the respect she knew she deserved, she signed off with the honorary title that she rarely used—“DR. E. S. FRIEDMAN.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The angels believed and the people agreed that there was a good amount of proper and deserved shame in history and some things were just never going to be things to be proud of. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z If I took home gold, I didn’t want anyone to doubt that I deserved it, so I needed to go out there and earn it. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “The benefits of alternate reality deserve to be given to all. The bulk of our profit comes from the worlds themselves, not the hardware.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “And I told them that your teammates called you on it and that you deserved it.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I give him my reasons why I think I deserve to go. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “They are meticulously prepared remedies that deserve a little respect.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z It felt like something that deserved to be destroyed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "She is of the north. She deserves better than a butcher." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Not one word. She deserves to have the rest of her time thinking both her grandsons will be fine, Otto.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z These insects, so essential to our agriculture and indeed to our landscape as we know it, deserve something better from us than the senseless destruction of their habitat. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z She deserved at least one person who saw her and knew how good she was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Lovely as she was, I couldn’t give her the concentration she deserved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The children of Vietnam, who’d forced him to grapple with his conscience, needed and deserved to be free from falling bombs and searing napalm. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Then I tell him, “Yep. Go for it. She deserves a little happy in her life.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “It was altogether abominable, and I don’t deserve to be spoken to for a month, but you will, though, won’t you?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Even so, even taken on their own terms, his statements were, surely, far too idealistic, far too theoretical, to deserve respect. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s ask Misty. She deserves that. And we’ll do whatever she decides.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z But also upsetting: Christianity decreed that people deserve punishment for offending God, Newman said. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d told Guitar that he didn’t “deserve” his family’s dependence, hatred, or whatever. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d call us her bee-utiful girls and take us for hot chocolate on Mondays, because Fridays didn’t deserve all the attention. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z With the fervor of lawyers, the inmates tried to convince St. George that mess-hall workers were paid so little they deserved any extras they could find. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let them have my spot. Really, they deserve it. I don’t.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As I came to understand what Manzanar had meant, it gradually filled me with shame for being a person guilty of something enormous enough to deserve that kind of treatment. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z She deserved the chill, the loneliness, the drunks and the trash, a thousand worse punishments and tortures. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Hope Springs was a little black dot just south of the Arkansas state line, not big enough for the star I was sure it deserved. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “I felt like I didn’t deserve to go out there and live,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “Why, a beautiful lodge like this deserves a name! We call our lodge Streamcatcher.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Do get full emotional satisfaction from such rare unanimity: You deserve it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She deserved only the best, and he had yet to achieve it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z At six years old, I know I am bad and deserve whatever low life-form I will be reincarnated as in the next life. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Tanner, who’d leaned across his desk with his eyes ablaze and a determined finger pointed at me, Stan and the other fund-raisers/hostages, this watery utopia deserved our most committed efforts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I wondered whether I deserved any of it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Getting an award for not being smart enough to deserve it is the worst feeling I’ve ever felt. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He was only trying to deserve the attention that he had already attracted. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z You decided I didn’t deserve to have it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z That I think I deserve to be there. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “But I wouldn’t trouble myself about it if I were you. Whatever happens, Jack will get what he deserves for this.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “It’s not a question of deserving. I just think a mother has a right to raise her own child.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Competing images of the poor as “deserving” and “undeserving” became central components of the debate. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z So we took our time getting back, him telling me how glad he was that he’d been able to give the woman what she deserved. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “Okay, okay, I deserve that. But I came up here to apologize.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She didn’t enjoy being cruel, but...hadn’t he deserved it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Somehow, Hitler and the Nazi SS who ran the concentration camps had convinced the German guards that Jewish prisoners were subhumans and that all prisoners, Jewish or not, deserved this brutish treatment. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z And she said love words to me and I took them knowing I didn’t deserve them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Bucky hadn't deserved to go to trial for a meaningless accident. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I mean, he’s a nice guy. He deserves to know he doesn’t have a shot with you at all. And then maybe you guys can move past the awkwardness.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z And there’s no sugar- coating it: She deserved better friends. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z He had to admit Minho did look like he deserved a rest and a bite to eat, but he wanted to learn more. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “He’d deserve it,” Cedric muttered, but all the same, he raised his wand and shot a shower of red sparks into the air, which hovered high above Krum, marking the spot where he lay. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z In return, I’ve sent you many form letters, with the hope of one day being able to give you the proper response you deserve. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Because I needed it, not because he deserved it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “It’s what you deserve to hear,” I say firmly, my eyes going cloudy with tears. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Well, you just push those two out of your head. They don’t deserve one more iota of your attention.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “That’s what I had to accept, and I have accepted. When you say I deserve a rest, you are saying that my life is over.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “And let go of her. If anyone deserves to be hurt, it’s you and your wife. Minders? What a joke. Everyone knows what you are.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “For teaching me that desperate people deserve our compassion, not our judgment.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Even last night, before they’d run, Mama had been prepared to take a punishment that she hadn’t deserved, to give up her own freedom so that Koffi didn’t have to give up hers. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Specific tactics included motorcades, parades, banners, billboards, transcontinental automobile trips, and speaking tours—all designed to educate the public about why women deserved the vote. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “More than he deserved. Thank you, my princesses.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Pipes...we don’t have a choice. Hercules will kill—” “Hercules doesn’t deserve this.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Perhaps you think you are deserving of a better position? Perhaps you think this role is beneath you?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Mateo points out the dark nimbus clouds, and I’m straight wowed I get to live in this moment with someone who doesn’t deserve to die. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z They deserve some sort of billing—even if they might not want it. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He certainly didn’t deserve slow suffocation in a bronze jar, and Percy couldn’t stand seeing Hazel in pain. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He had been forgotten by so many people, but he deserved to be memorialized too. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For an hour or two every Thursday, when Jalil came to see her, all smiles and gifts and endearments, Mariam felt deserving of all the beauty and bounty that life had to give. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Five days, really? Well, that deserves a feast,” she said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “A drink this good deserves one’s best posture,” he said. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “And you deserve to name her,” added the other. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Some specific consequences of these barriers within the Americas deserve mention. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She yelled back, “Well, who’s the breadwinner in this house? Who has two jobs? Who deserves to relax at the end of the day?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He deserved to go home at night to a family who loved him, worried about him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “They deserve to hear our sad story, if they wish.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z My mother, your president, is the warrior and the champion that each and every American deserves for four more years of growth, progress, and prosperity. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I know that people go to jail even when they don’t deserve to,” I said. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I wanted to lie in my own waste, which is what I deserved. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He’s given me so much, which I don’t deserve, and yet each day I make so many mistakes! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You were a victim, just like Daddy. You deserve to have your story told too.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “You’re the smartest kid in the school. And I don’t want you to fail. I don’t want you to fade away. You deserve better.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers’ daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z And while I don’t know if that’s true, she didn’t deserve what she got. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Take it out on each other if you cannot take it out on the ones who deserve it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Even without a comprehensible theoretical foundation, however, astrology would deserve respect if it worked, if there were some empirical support for the accuracy of its claims. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “That settles it. She deserves to see for herself that you’re all right. You can have three days. Attend the festivities and spend some time with your family.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I don't know why because he totally deserved to be roasted, but I guess I felt kinda bad for the dude. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I knew I deserved a whupping or at least a talking to. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z People deserve to know about the danger festering underground. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z So all in all, with some demerits for screwups and gold stars for effort, I think it’s fair to say that as a worker, a jobholder, I deserve a B or maybe B+. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t feel like I deserve a gift. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “She died too easily, considering how much torture she put you through. She deserved worse.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She said, "You are such a good boy, you deserve a special treat." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z I deserve to be watching cable, or taking a nap, or even going to Heather’s house. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z How one girl could ever deserve so much. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He deserved that, but even though I didn’t know anything else about him, I’m sure he did not deserve to be killed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z So I said, “Ned? Will you please kill Joey first? He really, really deserves it.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “You don't deserve to live. We should hang you from this tree.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you take those books home with you? I’ve managed to get through most of them, and you deserve some kind of reward.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z I was so excited about the camping trip that I didn’t worry as much about Miss Love as she deserved. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Everyone on earth, they’d tell us, was carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserved some tolerance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I felt like he deserved to know what happened, even if he wasn’t actually a part of it. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Everyone called them the saviors of Rome, and they deserved it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I thought he might help you boys get some attention. Seems to me you deserve some, as hard as you’ve worked down here at this old dump.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z He says I got what I deserved on the bus that day. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z But if there are enough of them to merit an extended discussion, they deserve a section of their own, whose stated point is to examine the contrary position. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z “And, dear Joe, you have the best wife in the whole world, and she will make you as happy as even you deserve to be, you dear, good, noble Joe!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “Well, how wonderful! And you deserve it and you can afford it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z What have my people done to this country to deserve this? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The Chamberlain's Men were more lenient than I expected or deserved. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Mom countered that since she was twice as large as me and therefore required more physical fabric to preserve her modesty, she deserved at least two-thirds of the suitcase. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I’m so sorry that I wasted your time because you really do mean a lot to me and I hope you have a very nice life because I really think you deserve it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z It seemed like more punishment than I deserved for letting Raymond have an accident. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z My evasive action consists of smiling like an idiot, hiding my face in my own shoulder as though I’m too shy to deserve to live, giggling a bit and mumbling. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Still, he didn’t deserve to die so young. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “She did not die. And she did not deserve to die.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The day before Liyana’s fifteenth birthday, he stepped through the door after work with a hefty bouquet of white roses, saying, “What do you think? Fifteen deserves something—regal!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “Not in a suicidal sense. In the sense that I didn’t deserve to enjoy my life.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Mama deserved to be healed right and true. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Even if I feel I deserve something like this, I don’t deserve it at her expense. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z Though the dates given are often conjectural, especially for the Second Age, they deserve attention. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z And, “Maybe that engineer-boy doesn’t deserve either one of you girls.” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z My mom had never hit me before, but I think I deserved it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I’ll be treated as I deserve, not as my father deserved. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t deserve anything. Maybe Sloth was an oath breaker, but she was smart enough to know you don’t deserve things, you gotta take them.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I started to think that making Byron spend all of his summer in this heat was more punishment than even a juvenile delinquent like him deserved. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Sure, the idea of a bed and hot food sounds like something worth getting shot for but maybe it’s a trick and we’re being so stupid we deserve to get caught. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z The gods had been monsters, and had deserved to die. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z He paid good wages, and if you deserved it he was quick to give you a bonus. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know what to do. Give Signor Barbarossa the ride he deserves.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And we deserve better than having everything decided by people like Matt and people like Frank. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah, is that wrong? I figured it was a better speech than I could have written, and people deserved a good speech, so...” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Anya stomped closer to the river, her words ripping out of her: “You broke the law too! Don’t you deserve to go to jail?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z His editor, Ade Coker, had insisted on it, saying Papa deserved it, saying Papa was too modest. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Lannister paid them back in kind. It was no less than they deserved. I shall not trouble my sleep over it." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z With an anger my companion little deserved, I replied, “I wish to know who I am.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Rochester doesn't deserve her, but he loves her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I’d be snuffing out a life, no matter how much the man deserved it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Even though it was dead, it deserved a name, she went on, so she christened it Rufus. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Prentices were too lowly to even deserve mention. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “He deserves your getting angry with him. For abandoning you and for abandoning your daughter.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Here in the Ivy, surrounded by these pristine people, where she didn’t deserve to be, embarrassing the poor, poor mother of a friend she hadn’t loved well enough, or had loved too much. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Anya didn’t think he deserved punishment, but she couldn’t say that. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Do I deserve a bar mitzvah on Saturday? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “She deserved it. Just taking your food like that? Are you kidding?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “But seriously, it makes no sense. I don’t understand why Logan would do that! Like, just because of a class discussion, he had to make it personal? Like totally mean. I didn’t deserve that!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Ms. Faraci deserved better than to be marooned on such a lonely planet. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Maybe because I know so many people who work hard but still don’t get the things they deserve, sometimes not even the things they need. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z "I'm sure the good Lord and Doc Hawthorn deserve most of the credit." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z It felt heavy enough for me to know I could send it down to the other end with force when needed, but light enough that I could deliver it with the finesse it deserved. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He added that we had been justly convicted and were lucky not to have received the death penalty, which we probably deserved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But their deaths still deserved the dignity of a prayer here in the wilderness. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He welcomed it with relief, because it was, at last, the punishment he deserved. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, the tale of their mostly separate progress through time deserves prominent placement in any history of the world. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “Suppose he robbed you through deception. Would that thief deserve the same punishment as a bandit?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Like I deserve to exist on this planet alongside everyone else. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Ray cuts his hair kind of like Bruce Lee, because he says Lee is the only martial artist who deserves to be feared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Mr. Hannon says the man who delivered sixteen hundredweights of coal and turf deserves a pint and the boy who helped him deserves a lemonade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z He really does deserve a kiss this time, but I don’t give it to him. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I deserve better than for people to treat me any old way they want. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “You deserved to be punished. Someone had to teach you a lesson. Your parents never raised a hand to you. They let you run wild. So the duty fell to me.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z You like chickens and deserve some of your own. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “You encouraged her? My sister and my daughter lying to me. What did I do to deserve this?” my mom yells as her eyes grow shiny with tears. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They believed that the gang members deserved the brutal Gestapo interrogations and the jail time. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z I look at our cart, and decide that one good turn deserves another. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z So little is known of Norwood that it may in fact be that he deserved his unhappy declining years. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Helmuth lies awake for a long while, wondering if Germany deserves to win such a war. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z So I think I deserve someone like Harold, and I mean in the good sense and not like bad karma. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I was genuinely angry, because I thought he was lying to me, just when I deserved to be taken into his confidence. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I sit in my chair, waiting for Barb to come to take me to isolation like I deserve. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z After everything he’s been through, he deserves to be happy. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z She deserves it more than any other girl in the pageant. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Well,” thought I, “if they’re such fools, I will get ahead of them and teach them a lesson. One ill turn deserves another.” The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “I’d say she deserves to be grounded until the end of the school year,” said Mother. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Denmark Vesey had said, “You deserve to be.” Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The Colonel knelt down beside me and put his lips to the coffin and whispered, “I am sorry, Alaska. You deserved a better friend.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “You deserve some of Mother’s time too. I’m taking more than my fair share here,” I say through gritted teeth. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The kid deserved a round of applause for how well he was hiding the tremors in his hands and legs from the others, but I had a trained eye. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z ‘The way I see it, I deserve a medal.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky—but all critical to making them who they are. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Such a brave soldier deserves our respect,” he said, “so we give him a burial at sea.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z After all these years, even the crudest gods would have to admit they deserved it. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z She says she deserves to be in that school as much as anyone. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “I think the people of this state need and deserve a helping hand, and I’m going to see that you get it!” he shouted, socking the air. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The eulogy pronounced on the great zoölogist Agassiz was well deserved. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not the death they deserved; it was not the right end of the clever track they had run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Certain individuals, not by any means always deserving, are truly beloved of the gods. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It is a shame you didn’t take out that anger on someone more deserving. In times like these, the Folk go missing.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Because if all they had said was true, then Mae, even if she were the crudest of murderers and deserved to be put to death—Mae Tuck would not be able to die. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They were selfish and awful, and they deserved to be stuck in limbo. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, I think she deserves an honorable mention for her intense, best-supporting cameo in the Luke Hunter: Death Prophet saga, although I came off as a bit of a wimp in that particular episode. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mice may carry disease, and rats scare me, but today I don't think even they deserve to die. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “To prove that we truly deserve to be crowned champions.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z His punishment was deserved, but his daughter suffered as terribly as he and she was innocent of all wrong. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He bristled at the persistent belief that John Root deserved most of the credit for the beauty of the fair. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Your dad asked me if I was staying with him. I told him if I did, he didn’t deserve it. Then you know what he said?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I'd watch a white-haired man slipping out of his back brace and ask myself what he'd done to deserve such a privileged life. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z But on any system, there are five that everyone agrees deserve full marks. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I know I got fully as much as I deserved.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Radiocarbon is plagued by numerous technical problems, of which two deserve mention here. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z He was on the field because he deserved to be. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Come!” said the stranger, “I’ll help you. You don’t deserve help, but I’ll help you. Look at that paper you hold in your hand. What is it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z All he deserved to live in was some filthy sty, some blind hole in the ground. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “You bliddy snobs with your stuck-up schools and your stinking English superiority! But I’m going to show you. I’m going to give you what you deserve!” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “My grandma deserves more than being the punch line of somebody’s bad jokes. Her name means something, just like everyone else’s.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was probably naive to think he didn’t deserve to be in prison. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z All the young ladies deserve to feel safe. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “Well, I think we deserve a cup of chocolatl now,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z It’s weird, even though we’d been in a couple fights, and I still didn’t trust him that much, I thought he totally deserved to get better. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Julia, I didn’t raise my children to be disrespectful. Why are you like this? What have I done to deserve this?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She deserved her chance as much as I did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Adrian was going to get what he deserved. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “If I really deserve better, then maybe Jesse shouldn’t have killed himself.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And even the most painstaking piece of craft does not deserve to be called a work of art unless it involves a leap of the imagination. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Given the circumstances, I guess I deserve one day of indulgence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hell, he would even say he deserved it. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z After the way I’d done bad and brought shame on the family, I deserved the whipping. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “You know better than to go around shoving people. Even if they deserve it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I am confident I shall soon receive the documentarian post I deserve. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “They were vile, but they didn’t deserve to be taken out with the trashV' Detective Hayes said, “And you are... Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Silas, you deserve to be more than tolerated. You deserve to be accepted. You deserve to be loved for exactly who you are. Full stop.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Feathers and Rubio deserve to have those memories of their families back too. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Nana deserves to be happy, for however long we have left.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I felt kind of bad because the woman was only doing her job, and anyway she hadn’t forced me to come here, so she didn’t really deserve my scowl face. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z All of the people who had told him and his mother that Morris deserved what he got. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I have fought battles I should not have engaged in, and walked away from causes that needed and deserved a champion. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z If you go by what I deserve, this makeshift Zoom-bar-mitzvah-buried-in-snow is more than I ever could have hoped for. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I hope he may long continue to feel all the value of such a reconciliation.—He is a very liberal thanker, with his thousands and tens of thousands.—‘Happier than I deserve.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “You hate seeing him that way? Maybe you deserve to feel uncomfortable seeing as how you put him there.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “If ever a man deserved what he got, Ratchett or Cassetti is the man. I’m rejoiced at his end. Such a man wasn’t fit to live!” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z At the cemetery, El Cura said a few words, and then the coffin was lowered, as Juanita’s mother and aunts wailed about what a good man he was and how he didn’t deserve to die. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z I’m the bad daughter who didn’t deserve a quinceañera, but my parents wanted to throw a party for my dead sister. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It shows that you didn’t do anything to deserve what they did,” he continues. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She didn’t think a Negro deserved the title of “Miss,” but somehow this woman seemed to require it. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It says, You don’t get people into trouble by naming them, even if they deserve it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Nothing to deserve the explosive hostility that engulfed him when he said he might have to buy a car. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he made plans about how he could take from the larder what he at all account deserved, even if he wasn't hungry. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z The not-so-subtle message to working-class whites was that their tax dollars were going to support special programs for blacks who most certainly did not deserve them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Even if I was not quite clear what I deserved it for. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, along with the completely innocent people that they slaughtered, are also victims deserving of compassion. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she said, “Most of the time, everyone deserves more than one chance. We all do things we regret now and then. You just have to carry them with you.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Are you actually suggesting, child, that a foul beast deserves the same regard as a human being?” he asked. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They deserve to live, even if I don’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You don’t deserve a good girl like Mtisha,” Mrs. Clark said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z But he thought his brother, too, had deserved it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “And I also really wish the best for you and Anastasia on your wedding as well. I think all of us deserve a little happiness.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Oh my God I am sorry for all my sins, “Because they displease Thee, Lord, Who art all good and deserving...” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “We deserve it, Anna. You deserve it. It’s been a hard year, hasn’t it?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, your dyedushka and I figured a girl brave enough to stand up to a mad Varangian probably deserves a space for herself. Don’t you think?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z I can count on Soojin to end the conversation by saying that I’m better than most of the people on the show, and that I deserve to be on it someday. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “All right. Your name before mine. You are the greatest sword maker, you deserve to come first.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z That sort of question deserved a blank stare, which it got. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry couldn’t think of anyone who deserved to win a large pile of gold more than the Weasleys, who were very nice and extremely poor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Milton wasn’t the only writer in history to give Satan the rhetorical chops he deserves. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z I worried about us not having the money to give you all you truly deserved. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z No, Anne, we have done nothing to deserve such a reproach!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, when she came to die, which she did eventually, looking more grotesque than ever, as she deserved, his thoughts were abruptly arrested, and he was chilled by the expression on her face. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Make no mistake—we scythes are above the law because we deserve to be. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “She understands. You can trust her. She deserves to know the truth.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But there were elements of the Tychonic model that broke new ground, and it deserves more credit than it is usually given. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There’s this awful part of me that thinks she deserves this. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I didn't deserve reconciliation or love in that moment, but that's how mercy works. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Then in my opinion the swine deserved what he got. Though I would have preferred to have seen him properly hanged—or electrocuted, I suppose, over there.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z They all giggle and tell her, “You deserve it!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “You are not a criminal, Rashad. I know that. I know every word you said was true. You didn’t deserve this. You’re not a criminal,” she repeated. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z What had they done to deserve to die ? Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “It’ll be fine,” he said to his sister, because she deserved to hear it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z They'd either hang up immediately or tell him he deserved to die for betraying his oath as a Klansman. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “Well, Robert, I think you deserve it, then.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z They were given credit for this but they deserved none for they were the ones who had stayed out so late that it was morning when they got home. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Shirley needed the time for Mabel to realize that the Chinese had not squealed, and therefore her skin and bones deserved to stay intact. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z I deserve to know as much as she knows. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t use that tone on Mason. He doesn’t deserve it,” Grandma says. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z If he wakes up the world, or Emmett or George or Aunt Nancy, he doesn’t care, because if they knew and didn’t tell him, they deserve to wake to anger. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z What have the Dutch done to deserve the generous help they so clearly expect? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s saying you don’t deserve to be happy,” Philip cuts in. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z And I heard people yelling things out at me: “You deserve it, Auggie!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Like the “coloreds” in the years following emancipation, criminals today are deemed a characterless and purposeless people, deserving of our collective scorn and contempt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The High Blade did not want anything to obstruct his view—and anyone stupid enough to trip over the edge would deserve the time and cost of revival. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But that's not the reason he deserves his own page in you. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I couldn’t even imagine what he thought I deserved for leaving a demonstration without permission. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z We both laughed a little louder than the joke actually deserved, but we were just so relieved that we were still alive after the disaster. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother gave me a warning tap last night, which I deserved. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The one person who’s made me feel like I deserve to be alive. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z —Yeah, he deserves to die—he killed his best friend, he killed women and children, he killed the king. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And even though I knew I was going to get in trouble—I deserved to get in trouble—it still felt good to tell. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Opinion at Booker T. Washington was sharply divided between those who admired Claudette’s courage and those who thought she got what she deserved for making things harder for everyone. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I don’t know who decides who deserves to go bad. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z But neither man thinks Booth’s unusual behavior deserves closer scrutiny. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Tell Mama you love her every day, because she deserves to have someone say it, and since I'm not there, you have to take over for me. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z From that day forward, as more guys came into my life that didn't seem to deserve my love or return my affection, I simply reminded myself of my mom's advice. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “But sometimes we don’t get our way even when we deserve it. That’s true for everybody, even you. I know that amazes you, but that’s the way it is.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She had gone to bed late, and had slept in on purpose, telling herself she deserved it after a rather difficult day. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “But while we’re on that topic, do you have parents? You have people you love? Maybe you deserve to feel what it’s like to lose someone important to you!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Each of them had deserved a little booster, as she’d begun to think of it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He seemed to have reverted to his teenage self in their presence, but he deserved this time to be dumb—parenthood offers no vacations or sick days. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z All she could feel was the shame of being hated, and not knowing what she’d done to deserve it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m also pretty sure that a person who makes her mother cry like that doesn’t deserve a bed. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z He barely raises his voice at me, even when I deserve it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z That she was lovely and brave and better than anything he deserved. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I think I deserve an honest answer, even if whatever’s between us now isn’t going to last.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z “You boys are sweet, courageous champions of your county. The lazy, undriven residents don’t deserve you. Which is perfect, because they won’t have you much longer.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Even if those jerks totally did deserve it.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z They’d been given a clean and pretty place to live, but did they deserve it? A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z So that she finally deserved, as much as the others, the name of Rebeca Buendía, the only one that she ever had and that she bore with dignity until her death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They tell Mam and Dad they’re sorry to disturb them but the Society has to be sure they’re helping deserving cases. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I don’t deserve this kind of understanding, but I am grateful for it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I wished he’d been famous, famous like a movie star, which is what he deserved. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’d feel sorry for you if I hadn’t seen Maria first. And I’d feel more kindly if you stepped up and took the blame you deserve.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Best of luck today,” he told them with a magnanimous gesture that they didn’t deserve. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She once was bold enough to tell her how she felt, and Clara wrote in her notebook that Ferula loved her far more deeply than she deserved or than she could ever hope to repay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You deserve to have these people in your life. Mark and Linda, too. You have to forgive yourself for what happened.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z And they thought Conrad wasn't good enough to deserve that Santa. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Well, I don’t know what you expected, Ron, but you —” “Don’t tell me I deserved it,” snapped Ron. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z She is, after all, a person, and she deserves the right to be happy just like everyone else. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z A little bit of hope—hard earned, well deserved, reasonable—glowed in me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z We had already given a chance to all the other red-necked hooligans in Pearl by then, and were looking for someone who better deserved us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm sure you deserve whatever comes your way now. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Unknown to all these men who risked their lives to fight great battles—men who deserved to enjoy the peace—plans will soon be hatched to seek revenge for the Union victory. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z ‘You are right that, technically, you deserved to go, but, well, I wanted to be fair to the other students,” he tells me. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “This man doesn’t deserve your loyalty. No one has access to your codes but you, Magnus.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I ask, because I want to remind us both that answering embarrassing questions is the least of what he deserves. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “You are ripping up this family because you think you deserve the prettiest house.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Combined with my paid work in Kilvin’s shop, this left me with barely enough time to eat, sleep, and study, let alone give my lute the time it deserved. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Several possible consequences of that Eurasian head start deserve consideration. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “He was our daddy. I think you always put up with him better than any of us. But he was mean as a snake. There’s nothing he got that he didn’t deserve.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t know what he’s done to deserve this punishment, but there is always the chance that there will be more. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z This time I feel like I deserve the compliment. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “I want to be able to pray for her by name. She deserves for someone to know her name.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z He was just a thug who deserved to die. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Back in Battle Mountain, we had stopped naming the Walls family cars, because they were all such heaps that Dad said they didn’t deserve names. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “You’re right. This isn’t only about Marcus. It’s also about justice for Lucy. That poor girl’s family deserves to see her actual murderer behind bars.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “I think we deserve an explanation,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “You committed a great crime, but you at least deserved to be born as a worm or a lizard. I mean, really, it’s a bit drastic to be born as a softskin, don’t you think?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Her feet dragged as she went, because she knew she deserved a spanking. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think that you are a liar and a cheat and that you deserve detention with me every Saturday until the end of term. What do you think, Potter?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Lev, of all people, deserves to be happy—it just can't be with me. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “So my dad deserves to be in there.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I deserve part of the blame. I never should have called him.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how I could explain, but I figured Tyson deserved the truth after almost getting killed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Worst of all, I knew I deserved it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I knew Ben would never convince Lacey to go to prom with him, but I figured he at least deserved the opportunity. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Those guys deserve it,” mumbled a kid who was sitting across the table. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Another fool, and a weakling as well, but he does not deserve what Cersei and I ate doing to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z When Secretary Riley told my students “everybody deserves a college education,” I interpreted it as a personal challenge to make sure that all the Freedom Writers would go to college. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t know. Don’t care. I’m just glad Marcus got what he deserved.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Tally deserves to know,” David said, his eyes locked with his mother’s. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “The emperor was always trying to steal immortality. He never understood immortality is a gift that has to be given. A gift you will give him, even though he does not deserve it.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “He said Glenn Burke never got the high five he deserved.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter that Charlie didn’t deserve his beautiful, brilliant fiancée. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I mean, I wanted to have it better, but I didn’t deserve it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z Was it that he didn’t deserve to know, or that they didn’t think he could handle it? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z No one deserves to watch life pass them by in a camp. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Once I have given birth, I will give my child to some gentlewoman more fit and more deserving to be a mother than I am. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He takes his phone back out. i sent pics of turkeys so i deserve pics of your animals too. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I’d spent hours making calls to senators and representatives, trying to convince them that our children deserved better than what they were getting. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Surely if anyone deserved to spend his remaining years relaxing under his “vine and fig tree,” it was Washington. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I want to begin at the beginning, be cause that is what you deserve. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Good girl! You deserve to go, and I’m sure you will some day,” said Aunt March, with an approving pat on the head, as Amy picked up her ball for her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But she deserves better than a college dropout pizza delivery guy, too. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Very well, my arrogant young adventurer. Why not test your courage? Every explorer deserves a chance to prove his mettle.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z A new wife deserves a clean bed, that’s what he always said. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “There’s only a sip in here. I don’t deserve to finish your water.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z As I strap on my seat belt, I ask hopefully, “Can we go to Graeter’s? This is an important day. It deserves the best ice cream!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some discrimination would be conscious and deliberate, as many honestly and consciously would believe that black men deserve extra scrutiny and harsher treatment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Those two dwarfs? No, no, no. Oh, no. Not for my sons. Not for my sultans. They deserve better.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I don’t deserve someone as good as her. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It was imperative to my mother that the memory of her husband be respected with the honor she knew he deserved. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you deserve your very own life,” she is saying, waving my protest away. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The maze is my property,” the ghost said, “not Daedalus’s! Those who intrude deserve madness.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Know what he deserves? He deserves to be—” “Paine, that’s enough,” my mother said sternly. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not you. You totally deserved to get in. You’re like a genius. But other people...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z To satisfy them, Archimedes also included a proof, based upon the accepted mathematics of the time, that relied upon the so-called axiom of Archimedes, although Archimedes himself mentioned that earlier mathematicians deserved the credit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Ms. Friendly knew we took her money and didn’t deserve a reward.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z I knew I deserved it, but come on! Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z He insisted that Rush was making more of the reunion with Jefferson than it deserved. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z There were people here that mattered to him, people who deserved someone to look out for them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “You deserve better than a cook. Better than a ditch digger.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z We tell ourselves they “deserve” their fate, even though we know—and don’t know—that whites are just as likely to commit many crimes, especially drug crimes. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z I glanced at Sal, who was concentrating on his basketball like the whole concept of bouncing had just been invented and was really very amazing and deserving of attention. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z But there was no sign of a guardian, so we just kept swapping reasons why Tommy deserved everything he got. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “But it didn’t work out that way. That doesn’t mean I don’t deserve the house.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I waited to make sure Ms. Faraci was finished before I said, “Is this supposed to make me feel better? That the people who bullied you didn’t get what they deserved?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My ancestor was probably only No. 3, and there is a whisper of scholarly doubt about whether he deserves to be even that high on the list. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z But the truth is, no one deserves a grand gesture more than you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “But you deserve every good thing,” I tell her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z I deserve these gummy worms because I do spend all my time considering everything. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that to have risked the princess’s life was deserving of death. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Still trusts me, even if I no longer deserve it. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z You deserve the very best that life has to offer. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “You earn straight As. You excel on all the state tests. You deserve better than we can currently offer you here at Riverview. You deserve to be at Sunny Brook.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z As the Benjamin of the Annex, I got more than I deserve. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For Santa Sofía de la Piedad the reduction in the number of inhabitants of the house should have meant the rest she deserved after more than half a century of work. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I told her thanks, and that we were going to do everything to follow the rules and give her the respect she deserves.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Settlers needed the land, and if the Indians hadn’t learned by then that the white man’s treaties were entirely worthless, Ridgeway said, they deserved what they got. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I still can’t see why they chose me to speak to a senator, instead of a Freedom Writer who deserved it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “A high-ranking Ministry official like Mr. Crouch deserves unswerving obedience from his servants —” “His slave, you mean!” said Hermione, her voice rising passionately, “because he didn’t pay Winky, did he?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Such holes hardly deserve the epithet black: they really are white hot and are emitting energy at a rate of about ten thousand megawatts. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z You seem like a cool guy who doesn’t deserve to die so you should come over to my apartment. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Most of the teachers aren’t in it, and none of them has ever been killed — well, unless you count Quirrell, and he got what he deserved seeing as he was working with Voldemort.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z "They deserve to know. You think Commander Lewis can't handle the truth?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She took him by the shirt collar to the school director’s office, where he got a scolding he didn’t think he deserved. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Look, Brady,” he said, “if he’s stupid enough to be out there today, he can take what’s coming. Besides, he deserves it.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I wanted to tell your father, but maybe you deserve to hear it first. You scored higher than any boy from the Sunderbans in English and Bangla.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z Ruthanne looked sideways at me, I guess gauging if my level of enthusiasm deserved her tale. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Her own father had been firmly convinced that books deserved more attention than children, and when he suddenly died she and her two sisters had barely noticed his absence. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She walks straight up to me and says, “You deserve better, girlfriend. And you know it.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Bitterness dissolved in our delight to give the bus driver and the bus as good as they deserved. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I sniffed and flashed Beau the smile he deserved. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “I am not sorry you lost them, for you broke the rules, and deserved some punishment for disobedience,” was the severe reply, which rather disappointed the young lady, who expected nothing but sympathy. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone around here deserves to be happy and in love if it’s not going to be me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And even when I can finally dismiss all of this as ridiculous, I still feel that somehow, for the most part, we deserve what we get. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z And they really deserved a couple of days up north without any worries, because they worked really hard, Dad with all his inventions and Mom teaching math. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He deserved more than quick prayers in a run-down hut; he deserved a proper burial with token coins placed in his palms to ensure he made it to the godlands. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Only to certain people, people who deserve it. And it will be very, very expensive. But who wouldn’t give a fortune to live forever?” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z But soon I understand why I feel like this—I deserve something. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But instead she looked right at me, eyes full of hope and the shimmery hint of tears, and said, “Because we deserve a second chance.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He listed all of his papers graded as he thought the various committee members would grade them; he listed all of his papers with the grades they properly deserved. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never called her a puta! Though God knows she deserves it!” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bread that delicious deserves a trade,” he said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “This is quite shocking! He deserves to be publicly disgraced.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “I’m not leaving for good. But I have to help these guys. They took me in, They deserve to survive.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z When his father told him about Ruth, he joined him in despising her, but he felt put upon; felt as though some burden had been given to him and that he didn’t deserve it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z "But,” said Baugi, "it was blood compensation for our parents' deaths. Don’t I deserve the smallest measure of it, to show Bolverkr here that I am an honorable giant?” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “It’s walking distance—-just around the corner from the studio. These kids deserve a special night out!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Then you deserve to never see this place again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z He felt that if he were a poor white and did not get his share of the money, then he would deserve to be kicked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You deserve it, I can tell you that much.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z It was like their tears, or my lack of them, were proof: proof that you’d been right when you left me, that I’d never deserved you after all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “A clever slave deserves a clever master, and you lot all look like fools.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z He recognized a couple of them, certain one of them had postulated on-air that Javier was an illegal and therefore deserving of suspicion. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Mom, I do want to date. I want to have boyfriends. I deserve that. Even if you think that I don’t.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As he watched his mother struggle, Shin thought she deserved to die. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, know that I read and save every letter, with the hope of one day being able to give each the proper response it deserves. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z They deserve to see the look on her face. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You didn’t deserve to be lumped in with the two of us.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You all deserve it,” she said, and began to prepare the deep-fried sugary sticks. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Yeah, he said that you deserve a week’s worth of McDonald’s because you were so quiet a blind man couldn’t even hear you,” Dad finished. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t deserve to wear this. You never did.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “We had such a short time together. I don’t deserve to keep anything.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She seemed ...well, alive, like a regular kid with a good heart, who deserved to grow up and have a future. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “How many people are sitting in their homes right now, watching this same news report, and justifying death? Who else is deciding that Javier deserved to die?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “They were big,” Mong said, “but they also knew they were wrong to take our money. They knew they deserved to lose.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Leo Valdez deserved a special punishment,” she said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I couldn’t tell Audrey the truth, partly because I knew she’d feel obligated to tell my mom, but mostly because she didn’t deserve that kind of burden. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “At least when you’re going up against such powerful people. But you’re right. You deserved to know the truth. It’s unfair. And I’m sorry.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I apologize for not paying you the respect you deserve,” he mumbled. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z She deserved to see someone who looked like her in sports. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Over at the country club, or in enormous corner offices with picture windows that seemed to deserve something more than wide-angle views of scrub brush and mesquite, they confused luck with business acumen. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As much as I hate to admit it, he deserves some of the credit for our tolerance museum. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Rahel was trying to not attract the attention that she deserved. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Dareon had been a deserter from the Night’s Watch; he had deserved to die. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Besides, a good idea sometimes deserved to be written down twice. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but it’s barely enough time to prepare. I’m so excited for him. He deserves this after all the hard work.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z That little girl from the department store deserved a role model. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I sometimes have trouble believing in it, because it doesn’t seem like the kind of life I could ever get away with, or deserve. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well. Only doing what I’d want someone else to do. I know I wasn’t friends with her, but she deserves to be found, you know?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “I guess I deserved that,” I tell her. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Some of them deserved a shot at a national varsity championship before they graduated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Someday I hope I can repay him, and give him what he deserves in return for all he’s done for me. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Harry went down to breakfast the next morning with the rest of the boys in his dormitory, all of whom seemed to think the Firebolt deserved a sort of guard of honor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z If she can believe this, she deserves my money. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve killed men and things that were more than men. Every one of them deserved it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You don’t even deserve the mud,” he yelled over his shoulder. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z So she winked hard, shook her head, and said gruffly because Amy was listening, “It was an abominable thing, and she doesn’t deserve to be forgiven.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re soft in the head. You deserve to spend the rest of your life in prison.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “That’s not the point. They thought you deserved some kind of a treat.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She deserved to feel all the misery the Queen was feeling. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z But first he owed an explanation to Ron and Hermione, who had stuck with him for so long, and who deserved the truth. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the modern West, we’re confident that prevention is better than cure; that hard work deserves reward; that no means no; that you are innocent until proven guilty, and that all men are created equal. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Now I can only pity him, though neither of us deserves pity. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She hadn’t done anything to deserve it; it was just there, in the air around them, like something shimmering. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z The bodyguard evidently gave him more credit than he deserved. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I deserve to live out the rest of my days underground, like the naked mole rat that’s absolutely revolting to look at and lives forever in darkness and isolation. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Haven’t they just banned me from their association, so who the hell are they to decide whether I deserve the sponsorship or not? I’m the one who took the initiative to befriend Stan and Marjory.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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