I made up the weight difference by loading 600 kilograms of rocks in with my other supplies. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So the universe does seem to be roughly the same in every direction, provided one views it on a large scale compared to the distance between galaxies, and ignores the differences on small scales. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the differences between the siblings were greater than their similarities. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There wasn’t much difference between longing and greed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“But there’s another difference between you and her. You see . . . Kelly believes in women’s rights so much that she would never let a guy hit her. I guess I can’t say that about you.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But never could they sink their differences in hope. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

And somehow—I don’t know how—I thought of Bobby Kennedy, who could have made all the difference. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

We talked about Berlin and the differences between European countries. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If you put those two together, you’ll see a dramatic difference. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us, leaving our differences behind, stepping on the plane together, sitting side by side, lifting off, moving West to reach the East. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a natural tendency for genetically unrelated cells in tissue culture to come together, ignoring species differences, and fuse to form hybrid cells. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that do make a difference. Let’s talk.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t imagine what it was like to know that no matter whether my eyes were opened or closed it made no difference, everything was still dark. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“The difference is she’s more active in the mouth, and you are more active in the feet.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The differences between the beliefs and practices of groups of ‘animistic’ foragers were probably just as big. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is practically no difference between flying in the water and flying in the air. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the difference is that I do well in school and Amil doesn’t. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

POP!—if you get ’em out of Vietnam-listening every day, every night, and every second, you’re going to see a big difference. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And why should I have to guess what the difference is? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

What’s the difference between liking Jasmine as a friend and liking Jasmine as a girlfriend? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Eunice jumped in and said, “For your information, he’s black and Japanese. Can’t you tell the difference between a Japanese name and a Chinese name?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly everyone was colored, and the few white folks who were gathered in amongst the group seemed oblivious to the differences of their skin. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

This means that there can be no important difference between the forward and backward directions of imaginary time. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

No promises, no wishes, and no prayers were going to make any difference. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Individual differences in music listening responses of kindergarten children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My mom may have been unsure of the differences between saber and épée, but she knew how to help her children get ahead. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The difference between the intervals A to E natural and A to E flat is even more noticeable. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

She kicked and screamed, but it made no difference. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The history of racial caste in the United States would end with the Civil War if the idea of race and racial difference had died when the institution of slavery was put to rest. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Malú, we have our differences, but did you actually think I would want to miss you do something like this?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If the factory whistle blew, he’d take out his stopwatch and time the difference between when the steam appeared and when we heard the sound. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

The absence of overt racial hostility is a significant difference from Jim Crow, but it can be exaggerated. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If the truth were thrown in there, no one would be able to tell the difference. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In the end I decided that the women’s saber team simply wasn’t ready for change—an African-American Muslim was too much difference all at once. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Figure 6.7: Compare the differences and similarities between the two major scales, and the differences and similarities between the two medieval church modes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But of course, it wouldn’t make a difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to make her angry, but I wanted to know the difference. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Like Clavius, we test our knowledge by doing things with it, which is the fundamental difference between our knowledge and most of the sciences of Montaigne’s day. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that we were all a little quieter. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, the differences in sound between a major key and a minor key is one of the first differences that a musician should be able to hear. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, I believe that the similarities between these systems of control overwhelm the differences and that mass incarceration, like its predecessors, has been largely immunized from legal challenge. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you do things for the right reasons and sometimes for the wrong ones and sometimes it’s impossible to tell the difference. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It makes a great deal of difference, unfortunately. If the thing went to trial, we’d be tried here. And not, I might add, by a jury of our peers.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of scene repeated every day in American classrooms—with one difference. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It was full of photographs showing a bustling town not at all unlike the one that stood just outside the library door, but with the difference of thirty-some years. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“One who cannot tell the difference between lilac and hydrangea can hardly speculate about such things.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, who wants to be hated? Though I’d rather be hated than invisible. But it makes no difference.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was a new fragrance, too, rosemary and nectar, and there were other differences, subtler: a slight shift in her shade of blue, an adjustment to the tilt of her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The boy was thirteen and had seen enough people slumped over a plow, or stilled after childbirth, and enough drowned children to know the difference between the quick and the dead. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her people was Spinneys that settled here and got the town named after them, or maybe they named it for themselves, same difference. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The return of Victor in the second half made a huge difference. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We already know the difference between this world and, um, the other one,” she said, as if that was supposed to make everything better. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I cleaned it not long ago. I wasn’t expecting to have it turned into a stable. But go ahead, it doesn’t make any difference.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a difference with his animal cousins: Animals do not blush. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, I’m pretty sure I don’t know the differences among any of those animals. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“We already did tell him that, sir. It made no difference.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Three times today, I saw him undercharging customers and pocketing his portion of the difference as the customers passed money back to him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But then I thought: If you hit a Talib with your shoe, there is no difference between him and you. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I’d counter by saying we were only a couple of kids, that we couldn’t possibly make a difference. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The differences extend to most other significant technological advances, from printing presses to glass and steam engines. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You can make this easy or hard. It makes no difference to me,” he says in a dull monotone. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was so blinding that even closing his eyes made no difference. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make any difference that they had to rent out rooms to make ends meet. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When some guy would make fun of him he’d laugh and say, “The only difference between you and me is what we do in bed.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ben said, “We’re worried about our father, sir. If he finds out we’re suspended I could tell him I had a fistfight with Judas Iscariot and it wouldn’t make any difference.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

However slight you are, however large your lifeboat, you will be amazed at the difference this will make. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Inside out. What unites us? Instead of differences over time—what’s similar? The same?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

And nothing you do will make any difference. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had the opportunity to touch people’s lives and to make a difference in the world. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Then Tommy said: “I don’t see what difference it makes. It was just a bit of fun we were having.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the difference lies in the way we have been growing up. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know there’s so much else that made their lives turn out differently, but he makes it sound like the difference between them was me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The crops in the Eastern Agricultural Complex could not readily make up the difference. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m sure you two will be able to work out your differences. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know the difference, I think to myself, remembering the time on the roof a few weeks ago. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Some differences may appear on the surface to be major, but on close analysis they prove less significant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

If there are significant differences in the surveys to be found, they frequently suggest that whites, particularly white youth, are more likely to engage in illegal drug dealing than people of color. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

How many times had he used me as a go-between to deliver packages to her, undercharging her so that later they could split the difference? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And their loving man was any man, any morning, noon, or night—when one left town they got another—men could drown, it seemed, in their warm flesh and they would never know the difference. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Often she was ready to accept the official mythology, simply because the difference between truth and falsehood did not seem important to her. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The difference is, though, that he wasn’t one person with ties to many other people. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even a single day's difference would result in missing Mars entirely. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The traditional difference here is that disinterested means “unbiased,” while uninterested means “bored” or “lacking interest.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And 1 haven’t asked for more food—it should make no difference to her which bowl… He carted clay again for Min, and by midafternoon he had grown more accustomed to the work. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“What made the difference for me,” she says, “was the advice someone gave to me back when I was in middle school.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, indeed; indeed it does; certainly; my, yes; it does make a difference; undoubtedly.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, though, we must be careful not to assume that differences exist when they do not, or to exaggerate the ones that do. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

A tiny error in judgment or a speck of delay in deciding on a course of action might mean the difference between safety and calamity. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Before Christmas, we continued our preparations as if every action, every minor addition to our stores might make the difference between surviving, and not; after Christmas, we waited. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For sure, the icing made all the difference, but Stella wasn’t sure how to make her writing like creamed sugar. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Annabeth was still studying my face, like she was trying to see differences since my swim in the Styx. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But some of these straight-haired people with blue eyes have been “black,” and this points to the great difference between their world and ours. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that I was a little harder to visit out here, but not too hard. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no one around to notice the difference. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was not, after all, a great difference between the world of the North and that of the South which she had fled; there was only this difference: the North promised more. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“But there are differences. The social studies I’ve read . . .” “They don’t deal with any basic difference in human nature between black and white,” I said. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, there’s one other difference. It takes twenty-four hours for the Big Dipper to swing around the North Star. So every hour space on the clock face stands for two hours.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Presentation always makes a difference, don’t you think?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Kids who are not frightened by differences admire Branwell for his. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The historian David Arkush once compared Russian and Chinese peasant proverbs, and the differences are striking. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

It reflected class differences in working conditions, stress, diet, neighborhood, family structure, and a host of other social and economic factors. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The big difference is that all these management tools, data, or even photos are not stored on your computer as software. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It might have made a difference in what he said.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

If you’re looking for a job, English is the difference between getting the job or staying unemployed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Those four sets of factors constitute big environmental differences that can be quantified objectively and that are not subject to dispute. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Julian said, "I don't know. What is the difference?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually it would have made no difference,” he said. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

When she walked into the kitchen, she felt a difference. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of differences. But it’s not the differences that matter—it’s what unites us, holds together our society. That’s the question we answered.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“What difference is there between a mother and a soldier? None.” Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“We’d have clothes made, or live in a country where it wouldn’t make any difference.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Unlike the negotiations preceding new dispensations in African states like Zimbabwe and Angola, which required outside mediators, we in South Africa were settling our differences among ourselves. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is how many downbeats there are in a measure. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I remember the woman who explained the pros and cons and price differences of various brands, how she measured my foot and told me I have an exceptionally narrow heel. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Finding out the difference between what one expected one’s life would be like and how things really are.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But they don't realize what a difference they've made for me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And I knew that in order to go on living under the same roof, I would have to pretend this was our true difference. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That sacrifice had ultimately made all the difference, but it hadn’t been the only one. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Teapot tasted the difference and refused to eat it. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He's an old-school Republican—another difference between Martin's family and mine. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For example, a quantity of iodine as small as two ten-thousandths of a gram spells the difference between health and disease. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Really, Eva, at this point it makes no difference,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“He’s so little he can’t have enough guts to make that much difference.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The main difference is that a little girl sits down when she goes to the bathroom and a little boy stands up.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As if anything we do would make any difference at all,” I say abruptly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He and Misha stood side by side, and the only difference between them was that Misha would eventually be taller than his father. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The country was united in concern for Garfield, even though the bitter differences of the Civil War had been slow to disappear. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"What the hell, you trying to sabotage the company? That stuff wouldn't work in a million years. It's remover, concentrated remover! Don't you know the difference?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew the difference between my white grandpa and my brown one because they loved me the same. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

However, it made no difference, for it was inconceivable that they could ever meet indoors or exchange any kind of written communication. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

In relativity, there is no real distinction between the space and time coordinates, just as there is no real difference between any two space coordinates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so. His wife—we’ve known her since we were children. But even if he did object, it wouldn’t have made a difference. My father doesn’t take no for an answer.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They said I would be puffy and bruised, that it would take a while before we could see the differences. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Irritations usually go away with a little bit of Fucidin, but my application yesterday didn't seem to make a difference. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau starts talking about chemical compounds and genetic differences, and everyone is bouncing in their seats. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Very good question. You’re half asleep and still sharper than most people when they’re wide-awake. Okay, I can see how it sounds the same. But the difference is important, so pay attention.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It made no difference to him that she was almost a woman, or possibly it was just that difference which made her so appealing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made no difference to the older students who were handing out our new clothing. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

With wights and dogs hunting us, the extra speed might mean the difference between getting caught and getting away. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But I would argue that there is a difference between inheriting a cultural tradition, as the Norte Chico culture’s successors apparently did, and copying one, as the Olmec’s proponents argue. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But that be what they makes you do when they takes you down to St. Augustine. Everybody got paperwork, chile, but the difference here is it make you free.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Immediately the differences in that day’s ride were noticeable. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But in China there was a difference, because the entire region was politically unified. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even small improvements in speed and efficiency multiplied over millions of pilot miles added up to a difference that could tip the long-term balance of the war in the Allies’ favor. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I knew nothing about carpentry, but I caught on fast enough that the dummkopf SS never knew the difference. Work less and conserve energy. That way, you’ll live a long life.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I scrutinized them for any differences from black schoolchildren, aside from colour. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the difference between parents and grandparents was that parents were allowed to get real, real mad. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In the end, this doesn’t make much difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The one difference between the present-day office and this one was that it was snowing in the past; bluish flecks were drifting past the window in the dark and building up on the outside ledge. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they call be the “present subjunctive” and were the “past subjunctive,” but in reality there’s no difference in tense between them. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

None of it made any difference legally, though. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The change was gradual, but by the time I was seven, I had started to notice a difference in the way some of my classmates treated me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

What a difference between the antics of this rabble and the way in which the Abbey defenders went about their business of training! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And the world between us cracked because of the difference in how we understand that fundamental bond. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between “literally” and “figuratively.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He devoted a full two months to revising Washington’s draft, amplifying Madison’s earlier account of the need to rise above party differences and rally behind the elected representatives of the national government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And what if you lose the ability to tell the difference? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But the ones that had made the most difference to me were the words I had heard before and never fully understood their import—words such as honesty and trust, loyalty and friendship. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I seen it over an’ over —a guy talkin' to another guy and it don’t make no difference if he don’t hear or understand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She shrugged sadly, as if to say that if he were meant to die, it might be tonight or it might be tomorrow, and there was no difference. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Mass purchasing power makes the big difference. For example, breaded veal cutlets.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She regularly checks the time difference between different college locations. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Do you know the differences between indentured servitude and g slavery? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Poe pushed everyone away so he wouldn’t hurt them, but it didn’t make a bit of difference. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

With excessive care they continue today to note the difference between private and public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The social atmosphere is that of a besieged city, where the possession of a lump of horseflesh makes the difference between wealth and poverty. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“There is no difference between night and day in this place. I do not see how one can calculate the time.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I did everything I could to fit the description: prayed to God to change the color of my skin; used that Sol-Glo, hoping it would make a difference. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The common difference between the men and the women is the women had fresh lipstick—their one attempt at sanitary glamour. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“And considering everything, you’re actually very lucky. You’re alive, and you still have your knee, which makes a huge difference in your future mobility. BK amputees have it much easier than AK amputees.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“The age difference will matter less and less.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I willed myself to believe it—to believe there was no real difference between what I knew to be true and what I knew to be false. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was made of glass like all mirrors, but there was something different about this one, though Taisin could not at first discern the difference. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Otto reviewed both cards and saw the difference, as slight as it was. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She’s one of those people who could be twenty-five or forty-five and you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Whatever the weird cult members wanted to call each other made no difference to me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Some Marines know what to buy. Your father has some difficulty in telling the difference between treasure and garbage.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I were not a writer, I hope I would still be aware of how words can make a difference. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow their differences don’t matter when they can unite in their shared hatred of Stu Papadopolis and his gang of evil trolls. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“That does not make a difference, Nelson,” he continued. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Mom saw a costume like that, would it make a difference? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t have made a difference, him being a Jew or not. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

They pretend that there is no difference between public and private life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between seeing a tiger on the other side of the fence and then on your own. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The similarities between genomes must explain the likeness between parents and their children, and mutations and recombination might explain their differences. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But the brothers are connected by their differences as much as their similarities. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Similarity and difference; order and diversity; message and matter. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

She's rarely interested in me; it's not hard for me to tell the difference when she actually is. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This difference this time is that Harriot had now read Galileo’s Starry Messenger, which had been published in the spring. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It struck me what a wide world of difference there was between our sort of games—“Mother May I?,” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think there’s going to be a difference between the traditional and the store-bought kernels?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

If Wylan didn’t know the difference between being in chains and out of them, he was about to find out. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because you found that running away from home didn’t make a real difference? You were still the same Greenwich Claudia, planning and washing and keeping things in order?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What difference does that make? They still don’t have enough, so let’s get on with the sale.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And if they’d just sent him on to Jackson while he was under the ether, he’d never have known the difference. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was the great difference between these two who loved each other so well. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Beats me. I haven’t had time to think about it. There’s a difference between remembering and thinking, at least for me.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Another major difference among agricultural systems involved the main sources of calories and carbohydrates. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A subtle but very important difference, my friends. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Addie: Yes, I contend that every act of conscience makes a difference. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

There is a big difference between a coherent passage of writing and a flaunting of one’s erudition, a running journal of one’s thoughts, or a published version of one’s notes. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“I sent Speedy to the nearest, naturally. Seventeen miles away. But what difference does that make?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure you do. You love her, like I love Sula. I just don’t like her. That’s the difference.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gradually, however, I learned to relax, and I found that being left- handed didn’t really make any difference. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make any difference. You don’t mind, do you?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We thank you for all you did on that farm bill. Made a heck of a difference.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So far it had just been a plan, an intellectual exercise by El Genius, but there was a big difference between the planning and the doing. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Alexandra showed little evidence of such activity as she stood waiting for her niece: her thick gray hair was neatly arranged, as usual; she had on no makeup and it made no difference. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But Van Rensburg was in a class by himself, and we believed that if he were gone, it would make a disproportionate difference for all of us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After making excuses, yet again, about missing the Day of Sacrifice, Antain had noticed a distinct difference in his rapport with the Elders. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

On January 10, 2008, she flew back to Tokyo, losing a day with the time difference. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But it was almost like a commercial: You'll notice the difference immediately! The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But, my dear sir, the difference of the journey;—only consider how great it would have been.—An hundred miles, perhaps, instead of forty.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Even if you did get in trouble, it doesn’t seem to have made any difference to you.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many teachers felt that no matter how creative they were in the classroom, it wouldn’t make a difference anyway. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like passing out pamphlets about the gym or the arts center. What’s the difference?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why they got two words for it ’stead of one, if they ain’t no difference?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There did not seem to be a big difference between the two sides. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Why should a thousand feet up in the air make any difference? One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The difference was that he didn’t have any friends or family to help him out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Three of us, and a fourth man wasted guarding us . . . four men can be the difference between life and death up here." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But those average figures conceal big differences among the industries of each country, related to differences in organization—and those differences are very instructive. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Finally when she had gotten the nerve to ask the question, the right question, it made no difference. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but the difference of size isn’t large enough to bank on, not with a margin of error potentially this wide. Now, if you were fifty pounds heavier, maybe...” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

If the difference still eludes you, mentally substitute a pair of words less likely to be confused: Josh ran the race honestly; afterward, he looked honest and he smelled honest. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, though, there are big differences between the productivity and wealth of different business sectors even within the same country. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am a traitor, a wolf among sheep; there is something different about me and that difference is not good. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only difference: her eyes glow crystal blue, like the color of the water in the Royal Harbor, while mine are an amber brown like my sisters'. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between being a spectator at a ball game and one of the players. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Together we will make a difference in the world. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Of course, those technological and political differences as of A.D. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between him and my Baba Haji is exactly one memory. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

His attitude to me was the same as that to the attendant; in his sublime self-feeling the difference between myself and attendant seemed to him as nothing. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tally closed her eyes, which made no difference in the utter darkness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And she frowned a little because she had seen the difference in her father too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It goes from 0 to 10, where 10 is for two things that are totally different and 1 or 2 might describe just the production-range differences between two batches of the same product. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Forgetting their differences, Mr. Stubbs would have gone to her aid. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

You might as well take him away”—indicating Pantalaimon—“and replace him with a doll full of sawdust. That is the difference. Now, where is my armor?” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

What a difference a year makes, especially when you can count on loved ones to lift you up and God to pull you through. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The difference is that things burn much more rapidly in 100 percent oxygen, and within seconds the inside of their spacecraft was filled with smoke and flames. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

What nobody was tuning into was that there’s a big difference between keeping myself occupied and actually taking care of myself. passed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Try to conduct yourselves in a matter befitting a Miss Preston's girl. After all, a contract with a good family is the difference between a future and, well...” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Race is different purely as a social construction, not as an inherent difference. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He might have made no difference except for the fact that he was a host. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny little stories about the bedroom differences they saw between white and black men. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would have made no difference if it had been the other way about. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The difference between British racism and Afrikaner racism was that at least the British gave the natives something to aspire to. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But they had one obvious difference, i.e., their ears. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond these differences are others that are no less real because they are intangible. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then I drove home the point about the difference Mary Miller had made in my life, even though I had not appreciated her when I was younger. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He whispered, “I skimped. I read consumer reports and wondered, ‘What’s the difference?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may make a big difference to your particular environment if you and your group plant trees. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s grown accustomed to texting with Henry almost every day; the time difference doesn’t matter, since they’re both awake at all ungodly hours of the day and night. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see the difference between the two things, so I just said I didn’t know. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

As with language, the system is governed by genes, and there are genetic differences between species and between inbred animals of the same species. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is, I’ve never been able to find something as easy and as obvious as a rearview mirror lying at my feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Can you tell Yollo the difference between a tiger and an elephant?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, it’s all very simple this year. You’re a Chicano. And I am a Jew. That’s really the only difference between us.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her mind, there is a big difference between them and us, between living on a farm and living in The Farm. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fuller resigned that position in July 1995, citing differences with the School Board on a variety of issues. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I reckon it don’t make no difference,” she sighed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He told it with a self-congratulatory tone, as if her difference reflected his own good taste. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is, however, a mistake to look for the differences at the level of the individual or the family. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear of Communism had all but destroyed Americans ability to deal with the complexities of class issues, or even to recognize that class differences exist in this country. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Columns of ants can smell out the differences between themselves and other ants on their trails. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the TV, a shark expert explained the difference between the dorsal fins of the two huge sharks that were possible visitors to the area: great whites and basking sharks. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“We will wait, then. Four or five days will make little difference, after all.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Turning onto the Banks County road, I was thinking what a difference a week can make. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Same with the rocks and the houses and the horses and everything else that I could compare, but the growned folks could see big differences that waren’t plain to me. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Instead of letting go, he jerks my arm forward so we are almost nose to nose—or, given our height difference, nose to chin—and says, “You are not alone.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

In this case the only difference between the regions would be their initial configurations and so the strong anthropic principle would reduce to the weak one. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The deciding difference for some officers appeared to be architecture. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there is an important difference, and that important difference was manifested in Colin's throbbing pain. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

It sounded more sophisticated, although I was not sure what the difference was. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that the head of the classroom wasn’t a woman in snappy, mod clothing but a short man in a dark suit who wasn’t from Brooklyn. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No, that won’t do. There’s not a scratch on him. Well, leave him, anyway. We’ve got to get on, and a rabbit this size isn’t going to make any difference, dead or alive.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there is a big difference between the forward and backward directions of real time in ordinary life. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was one major difference between Dusty Muleman’s operation and the gambling cruises up in Miami: The Coral Queen didn’t actually go anywhere. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The girl smiles, and it's only now that I realize that she's conscious of the age difference. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

But one game in particular made a difference to me. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

The task that remains is to cope with our interde-pendence—to see ourselves reflected in every other human being and to respect and honor our differences. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Obviously, part of the answer depends on differences in human institutions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was desperate to be an engaged parent, 180 degrees of difference from how she felt her parents treated her. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

‘Nothing us could do would make no difference. Best thing us can do is keep our mouth shut.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Imagine if there were 150 Rosa Parks standing up for tolerance, what a difference we would make. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

How can we explain these geographic differences in the times and modes of onset of food production? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The most glaring difference between American and Eurasian food production involved big domestic mammal species. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One of the house servants said the trouble was due to the difference in the price of cotton. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are going to have to lay aside our differences and work together. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy trapped Harry and Miss Goodacre in a corner and gave them a detailed explanation of the difference between the male and female Deinacrida, or giant locust. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

So he finished weakly, “Make a difference in the world.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was then that I began to realize the difference separating the individualistic Protestant from the institutional Catholic. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The glaring difference between us was that my parents still loved me—and despite the problems I’d had with them, I loved them, too, in my own quiet way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It is easier to imagine a world in which we tolerate racial differences by being blind to them. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

We keep seeing all those glaring, persistent differences in peoples’ status. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was a stupid-butt thing to do, but I was so happy to win it didn’t make a bit of difference. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

My motive for investigating these geographic differences in human societies is not to celebrate one type of society over another but simply to understand what happened in history. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Those widening differences have left the educated and affluent in a superior position when it comes to investing in their children. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

That was the difference between her and everyone else, he thought. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

These furrows, he saw out of the corner of his eye, were caused by a difference in the feathering. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew Calista was being silly, because for one thing I knew the difference between real donuts and Cheerios, and donuts tasted way better. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I never was one. That’s the difference between you and me.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I just...wondered if that would make a difference. In general.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Almost a week in, I can feel a difference aboard. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Despite their differences in opinion, Stanton and Anthony always made a point to present a united front. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

It’s amazing how little things like that can make a big difference. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she’d try to pick things up where she left off, but all that lost momentum made a big difference. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result of these differences, Germany became two separate countries for forty-five years. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

One very real possibility is that these are the educational consequences of the differences in parenting styles that we talked about in the Chris Langan chapter. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The height difference between the traditional corn, planted in a spiral, and modern, planted in a square, was minimal. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I remember believing that the key to all life lay in articulating the precise difference between “the Black Aesthetic” and “Negritude.” Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jonas was glad that he had, over the years, chosen to do his hours in a variety of places so that he could experience the differences. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve said before, there is a great difference between being fearless and being brave. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Wells says that a three months’ Pregnancy Substitute now will make all the difference to my health for the next three or four years.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then there is the issue of social networks and support, the differences in the knowledge, time, and attention that a person’s family and friends are in a position to offer. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Which is so completely one hundred percent unfair but she says, This is the difference between being a grown-up and being a child. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sure, they’d had their differences; but after all they’d been through together, Frank didn’t want to see Leo get his heart broken. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The difference between carnal desire and the love for someone's soul. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Given the twenty-year age difference between him and my mother, I wasn’t surprised that this wife too was relatively young. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“You have to try to acclimate as soon as possible to the time difference so you can be at your best when you compete,” he said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

For all our differences in age and outlook, Jake and I became friends. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say her tit. Don’t you know the difference?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

About the difference between deductive and inductive reasoning and how Sir Francis Bacon of the peculiar name got it right. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Knowing that I have real friends who have my back and will protect my feelings—people like Aimee, Michael, and Ronan—makes all the difference. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I did not care if he knew I was not looking at him, because even if I said I knew the difference between truth and lies, he would not believe me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

We were able to make persuasive arguments about the differences between children and adults, but that wasn't the only obstacle to relief. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

We had been inseparable all our lives, but I was starting to see the difference between us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The untrained eye might see little difference between the work of the two men—but in Ch’ulp’o, every eye was trained. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Such cases can often be detected by analyzing the resulting morphological, genetic, or chromosomal differences between specimens of the same crop or domestic animal in different areas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I want to make a difference for others and find a different Mateo while I’m at it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Because the only serious difference between his story and Hickock’s was that he denied having executed the Clutters single-handed. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You tell me what the difference is,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There’s another difference between us, Mr. Scoresby. A witch would no sooner give up flying than give up breathing. To fly is to be perfectly ourselves.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Games have, Wittgenstein said, a ‘family resemblance’, but this does not mean that the term—or the difference between a game and a sport—can be adequately defined. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There was some slight improvement afterward, but not enough to make a difference. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 19.1 depicts their distributions, while the portraits in Chapter 14 will remind you of their striking differences in skin color, hair form and color, and facial features. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a difference, isn’t there? You told me once that grownups’ dæmons don’t change shape. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only were these colts strange-looking, shaggy, and awkward, but aside from the slight difference in their mutually diminutive heights— Grog was a hair shorter—they were identical. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The big difference between them was that for Lawrence, the future might well be now. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even though there’s a big age difference between them, he’s a good friend of Baba’s, and he used to visit us often before he got married last year. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Your family is going to think I’m insane anyway, what’s the difference?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“That makes no difference. It’s still a side,” scoffed Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Another key difference: it is just Daniel and Axel on Saturdays, not everyone else in Friendship Club. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In orientation, we learned that the store’s success depends entirely on us, the associates; in fact, our bright blue vests bear the statement “At Wal-Mart, our people make the difference.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I think I need to. I can’t tell the difference by myself. Not anymore.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“The difference? If you have to ask I might as well not tell you the difference.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he saw Henry Denton or Space Boy, or if there was even a difference anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was keen to elide the differences between ancient Rome and his own London, as well as those between Verona and Canterbury. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

We can continue along this road—it is a road well travelled—but we must admit the strategy has not made much of a difference. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Drink twelve cups at about eleven P.M., and you’ll really notice the difference between going to bed and going to sleep. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The concepts of multiculturalism or cultural pluralism developed partially to create a climate which encouraged understanding the differences between cultural groups. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I scratch my revelation on a piece of paper and tuck it inside the booklet: Jim Crow or Hilly’s bathroom plan—what’s the difference? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The West Side of Chattana was also lit up bright as a sunrise, but with a difference. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Not that I’d want to read these particular books, but I could have if I wanted to, and that makes all the difference. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Yet, thought Wiglaf, there was not so much difference between them. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey can tell the difference, and the fact that she remembers who he is makes him inexplicably and utterly pleased. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

References to "shading" in some of the ancient texts may have referred to differences in tuning. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“That was a great revelation. It explained everything about the difference between both countries,” Emenike said, knowing that they would laugh, and they did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Long before the Negro child perceives this difference, and even longer before he understands it, he has begun to react to it, he has begun to be controlled by it. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“It makes no difference. Sleep now, for we rise early tomorrow.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

But Windy still wants to make a difference. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘Tm eighteen,” he says once to his parents as they drive back from a party, a fact that makes no difference to them. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Steady as a rock, and showed no difference among any of us children. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference between him and Fred was that his hair was long and wavy, while Fred had a buzz cut. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Slave masters thought they were making a difference in black people’s lives too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“L. Roy is a quack. Calls himself a scientist, but most of the time he just makes stuff up and hopes folks won’t know the difference.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She could tell the difference and pushed the hand away. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Was” is the difference between salvation, and doom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Small differences in the balance of the frequencies — how many you can hear, their relationship to the fundamental pitch, and how loud they are compared to each other — create the many different musical colors. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I said whats the difference if you can read it anyway. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to realize that there was a difference between my mother’s public face and what she thought her world was and what was really going on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The difference, however, is that wages and rents in Bangalore are less than one-fifth what they are in those Western capitals. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

From the difference in the apparent position of the North Star in Egypt and Greece, Aristotle even quoted an estimate that the distance around the earth was 400,000 stadia. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was he didn’t see any humor in it the way she usually did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

We ignore equally big differences when we lump Africa’s Egyptians and Berbers with each other and with Europe’s Swedes under the single heading of “whites.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Among the resulting proximate factors behind the conquest, the most important included differences in germs, technology, political organization, and writing. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The principal difference between them and tribal shamans is that modern lawyers tell far stranger tales. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

You wouldn't think that would make a difference, but it does. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes were shut tight, but if he opened them there would be no difference. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

All I wanted was to make a difference for Styx, the way he’d made a difference for us. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s snowing outside,” I said stupidly, as if that made a difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“But Papa,” she said, “he is not a rat. He’s a mouse. There’s a difference.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Nobody notices any difference—not because they don’t care, but because it’s early in the morning, and nobody’s expected to be frilly there. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But a mere laundry list of every possible difference does not constitute an answer to Yali’s question. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were always subtle differences, but for the most part, a lamb chop tended to maintain its basic shape. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was describing them in minute detail, so as to understand the similarities and differences between the different species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bit back the retort that sprang to his lips, that she could take the blackthorn wand if she thought it made no difference, and he would have hers instead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Again, he asked questions scarcely different from those that white men would ask themselves, especially scholars who would discuss cultural differences on a detached plane. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were allowed to pool our food anyway, so that the differences did not matter. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, dear. That doesn’t make any difference,” said the girl, crossing her legs. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that she doesn't make the same mistake twice. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he was telling me the news about Hailsham, Roger had made a remark, saying he supposed it wouldn’t make so much difference to the likes of us any more. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lita made it no secret she thought our world’s leaders needed to swallow their pride and figure out their differences. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The difference was entirely in how they talked to their patients. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Lelia usually doesn’t like this kind of work, even though it pays well, mostly because there are too many students in a class for her to make much difference. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may seem very big now, but in time it will become a small thing, like the difference in the size of his hands and your hands. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could no longer tell the difference between waking and sleeping. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They call the reader’s attention either to the similarities or to the difference. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Well, that is a big difference between my sister and me. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The essential thing was speed: getting their troops on the ground first would make all the difference. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

‘And what difference would that have made, pray?’ said Merry. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

In school, Helmuth must pass tests that show he understands the differences between inferior races such as the Jews and the superior Aryan race. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they talk about me because of my brother, there’s a big difference. I’m not good at everything like he is.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I decided to put aside our differences for the sake of our professional relationship. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make any difference if you were in Lansing, Boston, or New York— what the white racist said, and still says, was right in those days! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make any difference to me,” Billy said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was that here I could disagree with him without risking a flood of abuse or petulance. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was there a difference between a plastic rake and a metal one? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“One black man, two black men, what difference does that make?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The disrepair of the house did not bother her at all, the crumbling plaster, the peeling wallpaper, the faded paints or the columns; none of it made any difference. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A listener can hear not only the difference between an oboe and a flute, but also the difference between two different oboes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Even if you had a device that could travel backward in time, they say, you would be unable to do anything that would make any difference. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She walked in and sat near the front, determined that her new friend should see her and know that he had made a difference. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Michael Dukakis never heard that sound, and even if he had he probably would have dismissed it as some silly tribal rite practiced in the American boondocks by people who made no difference. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he looked at the difference between a student’s score in June and then in the following September, he could see how much that student learned over the course of the summer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

There were few black people in the area, but at my age, which was probably five, I was not really aware of racial differences. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

But would his work make any difference? he wondered. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He proves that one person can stand up to evil and make a difference. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Northeast or northwest, it didn’t really make a difference. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

My son sticks out, so how can you tell me that you don’t see any difference? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

To bring up all those differences isn’t to claim that widely distributed crops are admirable, or that they testify to the superior ingenuity of early Eurasian farmers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference is there’s a walkway that leads straight from the elevator to the pillar. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In truth, Jaime's armor was gilded steel, but this oaf would never know the difference. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Even if we had money it wouldn’t make any difference. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes we have to be patient with each other’s differences.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t matter. They got a new supervisor. He won’t know the difference. It’s a big operation. The important thing is, get my name checked off on the grid.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And it therefore made all the difference in the world. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is an immense difference between the two poets, who are separated from each other not only by six or seven hundred years, but also by the fundamental difference between the Greek, and the Roman. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milkman nodded his head, but it was clear to Guitar that nothing he had said had made any difference. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the examples on page 122, the various locations of only make a big difference. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drake’s vote, along with the votes of millions of other people labeled felons, might have made a real difference in 2004. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“An hour will make no difference, I think.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I already mentioned the ecological differences between China’s cool, dry north and warm, wet south. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference today was that there was no mist, he could see a long way ahead, the sky was smooth and pale. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“But it makes no difference to you, you know,” said Biddy, calmly. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The most obvious sign of the difference between the Physics Department and the Rad Lab was the divergence in their research budgets. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Her work was making a difference in the outcome of the war. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between life and death. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We can change lives. We can make a huge difference for the animals and their future owners and the whole town.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I may have my differences with the Gantrys, Mr. Peale, but I don’t take to low-down tactics. If you’re amenable, Horace will be here to help you with the harvest. For free.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then something of the despair that Iran had been talking about tapped him on the shoulder and he said, “I don’t know; maybe it doesn’t make any difference.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“The point is, you can’t easily tell the difference between the two strains by looking. ” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was obvious, both by the size difference and by his cool gadgetry, that this kid was the leader of the pack. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The number 1 was easy to write: T. Unfortunately, 60 was also written as T; the only difference was that T was in the second position rather than the first. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“How could our weight possibly make a difference on a ship this size?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Though he looked closely, he could see no difference between this stretch of forest and the one they had just passed through. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

It found differences in the views of rich and poor in some areas, including the likelihood of achieving the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She began to laugh, muffling it against Hannah’s back, a sound so close to sobbing that Hannah could not tell the difference. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what a difference in language meant then. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time he came home each day, I just said I’d been at soccer and he didn’t know the difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

The biggest difference in their social behavior is that females are dominant in hyena society, whereas males are dominant in the world of the chimp. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I pay close attention. Mr. Schmidt said exactly, ‘What are the differences between America’s far past and its recent past?’” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if that was the difference between white and colored or how the rich and the poor lived. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, doubting that it would have made much difference that day anyway. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

‘Course I realize that Willie or my Highboy or me—that none of us is scholars. But Highboy and Willie is both good as gold. There just is a difference between them and you.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Well, the guy evidently hadn’t been getting the three-times-yearly preventive cleaning and lubricating, which made all the difference. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Human nature is the same—people at the South are the same as those at the North, barring the difference in circumstances. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We still do not know what causes the difference of outcomes between these three women—but it is some combination of age, exposures, other genes, and bad luck. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The other communities he had seen on visits were essentially the same as his own, the only differences were slightly altered styles of dwellings, slightly different schedules in the schools. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

A legacy left by one girl, carried by one woman, was passed on to a new generation of teens who have the chance to make a difference like Anne’s diary did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This difference in public attitudes has important implications for reform efforts. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I know the difference between a raceme and a rhizome, I explicate photosynthesis, I can spell Scrofulariaciae. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They have their differences, but they almost always present a united front. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

For the purposes of this book, the key question about the laundry list is whether such factors differed systematically from continent to continent and thereby led to continental differences in technological development. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

And, since they always settled their differences by doing what none of them really wanted, they rarely got anywhere at all—and neither did anyone they met. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And Curt said it was not about race, it was just that his aunt was hyperaware of difference, any difference. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I should’ve known the difference between an iris and an orchid—they weren’t that similar—but I’d been too caught up in the magic. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Those words made little difference to most Americans. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The time difference isn't winning me any friends, either. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Nnesinachi always spoke to him in a vague voice, her eyes unfocused, as if his presence made no difference to her either way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could just make out the horizon, the barest difference between black sky and blacker sea. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was the kind of place where the poorest of students lived, where the differences in housekeeping between the halls and the rooms were as dramatic as the occupants could manage. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It probably wouldn’t have made much difference at that point. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“No matter what happened to me, everybody was going to know the difference.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always wanted to live a life of substance and to make a difference. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But it would have taken him much longer if it hadn’t been for a difference in the weather. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He is here at my invitation,” said Dumbledore, looking between them, “as are you, Severus. I trust you both. It is time for you to lay aside your old differences and trust each other.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only difference was now the sound was timesed by five and was added to a bunch of whimpers and the hard sucking in of air. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

To me there’s a difference between not being afraid and acting in spite of fear, as he does. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Many animals could tell the difference between hostile hunters and friendly people by merely looking at them. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it makes much difference where we do a bit of scratching,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how it makes much of a difference,” Coach Noles says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But the presence or lack of an apostrophe suggests a slight difference. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you like him? You’re pretty young, but I don’t think that makes any difference.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The world had been divinely ordered so that our sensations of hot and cold corresponded to real qualitative differences. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But for all the differences, there was no mistaking the family resemblance. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

What’s the difference between three weeks or three years or even three decades of mushy peas, tapioca, and Depends undergarments? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Any differences—between the far past and the recent past? Between older and more current American history?” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could use my personal experiences as an athlete to train and inspire this younger generation, truly making a difference in their lives, including in the life of my sister Faizah. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“There’s a difference between breaking a rule and bending a rule. We borrowed twenty bucks from a billionaire. We bent a law. Plus, we returned the wallet?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found little difference in pregnancy rates or school drop-out rates in neighborhoods of between 40 and 5 percent of high- status workers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see what the difference is, as long as she gets a good education,” Dad says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once again Velutha heard himself say something which made no difference to the man he spoke to. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A similar suspension of disbelief will be necessary for you to master another case of tricky case, the difference between who and whom. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The differences in our families are not enough to explain why we should not be friends any more than the similarities between us are enough to explain why we should be. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It never makes any difference what the English say." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Like the difference between hearing random noises versus hearing an orchestra,” I said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What difference would it make if the Nightingale was brought alive or killed? Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The only difference was he didn’t know that I knew. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But the afternoon passed too quickly for Ash to dwell on the differences between Quinn House and this one. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"There's a difference," Gary points out, "between being in love and announcing it in precalc." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Let us ask Potter how we would tell the difference between an Inferius and a ghost.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ashamed of the difference between their adoration of him and my disgust. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Johnny and Tyrone need to suffer the consequences to show them the difference between what to do and what not to do. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We both agreed that American society makes it next to impossible for humans to meet in America and not be conscious of their color differences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey knew about the difference between outside and inside. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was speechless at the man’s attitude, and at my own physical feeling of no difference between us as human beings. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

If their gods were listening, they might have been much confused by the wild difference in what was being asked of them. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Hogwarts was back to normal with only a few, small differences. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

An important difference between the new Indian number system and the Babylonian style was that Indian numbers were base-10 instead of base-60. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I would make myself think about my future, my career, but nothing made any difference,” he later said. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but there’s a bit of him that won’t be growing with the rest, and that makes all the difference,” retorted Marcus with a smirk. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“You still can make a difference—like when you give your speeches.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

His words are calm, his voice is calm, when he says, “No, Byrd, the difference between truth and lies.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I look at photos from before and from after, trying to tell if there’s some difference. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then Albert comes to my rescue, he is not bashful, it makes no difference to him who is upset. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Killing in one place or killing in another; it makes no difference.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been here a long time. It doesn’t make much of a difference.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could have been going home or dying or passing out; it made no difference to me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Three and a half months of pure devotion to football where nothing else mattered, nothing else made a difference. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a world of difference. And how the hell do you know what I did, anyway?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The difference between them is less than a quarter of a semitone. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The one big difference between John and me, besides the fact that he’s a boy and I’m a girl, is I have compassion. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

She doubted whether she could have told the difference if she hadn't known. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know the difference between aluminum and stainless steel?” he said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only difference between her fibs and mine are that hers are eerie—she’s got a gift for saying things that make you anxious. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ruby demanded, and Sparrow couldn’t tell if she was joking, or truly saw no difference between licked spoons and licked boys. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She could tell the difference between a zebra’s hoof and an antelope’s, or the pawprint of a lion versus a hyena’s. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that one can offer you only suffering now, while the other offers you a way to belong—a way to relieve the loneliness. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that made a difference, Payne found, was slowing the experiment down and forcing people to wait a beat before identifying the object on the screen. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Since vaccination taught her instantly the difference between left and right, she thought that school would bring forth even greater miracles. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a difference in the reaction of the children to these battles. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His visit made no difference to the only reality that mattered: their son was gone. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked the same as he had in Kansas, but Percy still couldn’t get over the differences between Bacchus and his old not-so-much-of-a-friend Mr. D. Bacchus was meaner and leaner, with less of a potbelly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The only difference was the absence of photographers because it was the middle of the night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I saw Robben Island as an opportunity to patch up the long and often bitter differences between the PAC and the ANC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Volunteers like you make a huge difference, and I want to thank you on behalf of the thousands of children that court-appointed advocates serve every year.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He hasn’t seen that it’s made much of a difference, “but they’re trying everything they can.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was a world of difference between a body in the abstract and a body you desired, and Adina desired Duff’s body very much. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Still, it didn’t seem to make much difference. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Where does this difference between the past and the future come from? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between laughing your head off and shouting your head off is that with one you are happy and with the other you are angry. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never dreamed that a bathroom could make so much difference in a person’s life. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So at this point, three more can’t make that much difference.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

After a while, I hurt so much I didn’t feel any difference. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the presence of his certainty, his notion that he could make some sort of difference in the world, I couldn’t help but feel a little bit lost by comparison. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My feet are a little bigger than hers, so the shoes don’t fit exactly, but she'll never know the difference. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Coriolis effect happens because of the difference between these two tangential velocities. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want your grammy to worry or be mad at me. And it makes no difference if I call my father or not. I can walk in at any time.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

What if he’d been color-blind and couldn’t even tell the difference? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What’s the difference if I’m at university or I’m in the hood?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

But if our application for permanent residency got denied by the government and we were shipped back to Iran, then Kia's citizenship status wouldn't make a difference. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Father Byrnes went on to discuss the difference between mortal and venial sins. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you expect Madge to accept your differences, then could you do the same for her?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I can tell the difference between my brothers’ breathing in their sleep. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The word “cat,” in my perspective, would be spelled “tac,” and I could not tell the difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Hello, ma’am, my name is Suesetta. I’m here today to gain your support and help make a difference in our community.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I told him I’d just quit my job, but he said that didn’t make any difference; I could miss paying them for a couple of weeks if I had to; he knew I’d get straight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, even our cognitive abilities as adults are heavily influenced by the social environment that we experienced during childhood, making it hard to discern any influence of preexisting genetic differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He asked how long was the train trip from Texas, spoke of the drought, and discussed the difference between Texas barbecue and the Georgia kind. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her breathing eases for a moment as she notices the difference in the mirror. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But now I know that I am not alone—and that has made a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Except my map is a map of my differences. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The ground was lumpy, but it made no difference. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Die this way, die that way; pass out at hard labor, or get shot shuffling from one mysterious mound to the next—what's the difference? What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It is a matter of perspective, the difference between opponent and partner,” Tsukiko says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Although they had differences, the friendship between Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton lasted more than fifty years. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Some of them claimed they could feel the difference; the air in their lungs was fuller, the race of blood through their veins faster. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Because of his love of words, in a strange way, it was the language difference—English English versus American English—that started Branwell’s fascination with the au pair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more mundane truth is that they never faced and therefore never fully resolved all their political differences; they simply outlived them. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Still, there was a distinct difference from the days of slavery. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Today, I’m trying to explain to her the difference between dipping and polishing the silver, how only the tacky houses do the dip cause it’s faster, but it don’t look good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Today scientists agree that “race” is a meaningless concept since human differences are only skin deep, but the Nazis defined the Aryan race as Nordic or Caucasian people with no mixture of Jewish ancestry. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why would I be—” The knowledge sweeps through me suddenly, and I shake my head—as if that will make a difference. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The difference is that you do not have the privilege of living in ignorance of this essential fact. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She did not allow herself to consider the idea that making a difference in the world might require a bolder venture. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she began to move, Penelope realized that Margaret and Jasper had been right: When it came to dancing, music made all the difference. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The reason organisms are different is the differences in their nucleic acid instructions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

This continental difference in harmful germs resulted paradoxically from the difference in useful livestock. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are videos about the importance and difference of treble and bass clefs; there is a list of music terms and what they mean, and the site even contains videos entailing the transposition of music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Okay, there’re differences between far past and recent past. That’s what Mr. Schmidt wants us to say. So, let’s say it. He’s the teacher. He’s grading us.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“How else are you going to make a difference in the world if you don’t use your voice?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"It's about the difference between National Socialism and a plutocracy." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is between being able and being allowed or permitted. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one dollar a day, you can make a difference in this child’s life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We were even collaborating with other students to host our school’s first Earth Day celebration, where students could share their concerns and brainstorm ideas to help make a difference in our community. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what the difference was, but I knew that Auntie knew. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Every ounce of the noble courage he’d felt, the will to make a difference, the promise to himself to reunite Chuck with his family—it all vanished into an exhausted fog of hopeless, wretched weariness. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The boys had told everyone to show up at five-thirty p.m. but told their coach to show up at six p.m., then forgot about the difference. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I began to look for cues to understand this difference, and once I started looking, I found them everywhere. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Only difference is, Frida's dad didn't die when she was young. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He knew enough about the strange power of unconscious influence to feel that it would make a difference, but he thought the effect would be slight. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Because, even if she had known it, it would have made no difference to her. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never been able to do this, and it had then seemed to him that this was the biggest difference between him and the ordinary people. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, this is two parts alcohol and one part elixir? Smells a little funny, but after a couple stiff drinks, who’ll know the difference?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The most important thing I can say to you—yes, you who are now reading this—is that you, as an individual, have a role to play and can make a difference. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the obvious differences between us, there were also some connections. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We bought them at considerable expense. I think it will make a real difference.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, it don’t make no difference about this old earth. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their five-year age difference made it easier for Ophelia to accept him as her teacher, but Farmer knew so much that age hardly mattered. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Getting students to understand the musical differences between phrases is actually less challenging than you might imagine. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Other doctors claimed that Lister's method made no difference in wound healing. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite our physical differences, it’s like looking into a mirror. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Our people made that choice, the choice to go to Sameness. Before my time, before the previous time, back and back and back. We relinquished color when we relinquished sunshine and did away with differences.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But in school, we’ve been studying New Orleans’s history and now I can spot differences better. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

There was no way to tell the difference, and it didn’t much change the way you dealt with them: Show your ID through the windshield. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It w as so dark that they couldn’t see one another at all and it made no difference whether you kept your eyes shut or opened. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Not giving up. Giving in. There’s a difference.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the dialogue as written is so harsh as to be almost violent, so the editing makes a difference. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It had a more chewy texture than dorado flesh, but I didn’t find there was much of a difference in taste. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This difference in their points of view did not prevent Copley from endowing Revere’s portrait with an ingenious significance and penetrating characterization. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean like how you can tell the difference between a dream and real life. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Those geographic differences constitute important ultimate answers to Yali’s question about why different peoples ended up with disparate degrees of power and affluence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our Baptist ears from Georgia will never understand the difference. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Might just as well be happy, seeing as it doesn’t make a difference to anyone but you if you are or not,” said the soldier. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There were differences between this meeting and the one held in the morning. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

There’s not much difference between my good and bad clothes, so I pretty much look half- homeless anyway. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the bluish pallor there was little difference. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The difference between the two was that the one for whites was bright and shiny and clean. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Again and again, when a single wave of colonists spread out over diverse environments, their descendants developed in separate ways, depending on those environmental differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made no difference to me if the money was going to support throwing puppies off thirty-story office towers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There is nevertheless a vast difference between drawing or painting forms and sculpting them. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This makes no difference to him, however, since he didn’t know I was hiding anything in the first place. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Carmen, honey, I don’t think that shawl would have made a darn bit of difference. You can’t hide your light under a bushel. And that old codger’s got eyes on his”—she notices me. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“At that time, foolish jokes at the crawlers’ expense may make the difference between our existence and our annihilation. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

One could make a strong case that no single person has made as much of a difference when it comes to sending the message about the risks of texting and driving. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“It makes no difference who we vote for—they always win anyway.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick would throw back his head and let out his hearty communist laugh, an extended bray that suggested I was young and could not yet tell the difference between good money and bad. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Adams was distinctive, however, for his tendency to regard even serious political and ideological differences as eminently negotiable once elemental bonds of personal trust and affection were established. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was one difference though: Grant would not give up. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The people financing these elections are largely unconcerned with whatever modest differences exist between candidates on crime, but punishment gets the votes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her time with Tariq’s family always felt natural to Laila, effortless, uncomplicated by differences in tribe or language, or by the personal spites and grudges that infected the air at her own home. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I emerged from an alley and was instantly struck by the difference in atmosphere between this part of the city and where I had come from. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“My last operation didn’t make that much of a difference,” I said. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The difference is, I did that by choice, and not at the expense of others. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

We also talked about doing things your own way, the diary, loneliness, the difference between everyone’s inner and outer selves, my mask, etc. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I never thought that Matthew, who went out of his way to show me the difference between my “pure” genes and Tobias’s “damaged” genes, might be helping Nita. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When one agent was informed that the buyer was black and was asked if that made a difference, he said, “Just to be honest with you, it does.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference this time is that I’m older, I understand more, and I have more fear in my heart due to previous beatings. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I should have mentioned An Yi’s uncle, I thought, but I knew it would not have made any difference. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, when one looks at “real” time, there’s a very big difference between the forward and backward directions, as we all know. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not afraid. Don’t like. I just don’t like them. There’s a difference.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It is the difference between life and death, not something you drink at your leisure. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Magic signs and spells I tell you! The child would never know the difference.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He argued with his dad, the head pastor, about the difference between old country music, which had grit, and new country music, which had music videos. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The difference was that now the United States knew what to do. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The high point in Chargaff’s scorn came when he led Francis into admitting that he did not remember the chemical differences among the four bases. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Telling the difference between instincts and learning isn’t all that easy—especially when it comes to learning how to navigate secrets and lies. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

These policies manipulated the differences between the tribes and ensured that unity would not exist, thereby making the easy governance of such a large country practicable. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the difference in time is one hour, the traveler knows he has gone fifteen degrees. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Well, scientists aren’t exactly sure, but it’s the difference between an object’s mass and the mass calculated by its gravitational effect.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

There is a difference between people who strive and those who merely work hard. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I am,” he confessed, “but I am running to and you are runningfrom, and there’s a world of difference there.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Try to tell the difference—although be forewarned that it’s not easy with the naked eye. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It took me a week to learn the difference between a salad plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see that it makes much difference. They’ll still be one hundred percent as stupid as usual, so I figure my odds will be roughly the same.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between a fast fraction and a slow fraction is often less than a second, and a jockey must be able to discriminate between the two to place his horse optimally. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Use my handkerchief, for God’s sake. What the hell’s the difference?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Didn’t she know the difference between stealing and borrowing? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He wanted to believe that might have made the difference, but the older he got, the more he doubted it would have mattered at all. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Things just have to become different, that’s all. And those cottages wouldn’t make the right kind of difference. The whole plan is as destructive as Pacheco’s pig.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is in where the phrase with four professors is attached. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

While they were next to each other like this, the differences were pretty obvious—they looked like total opposites. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Which is stupid because it never makes any difference in pictures and I doubt it does now. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Some juvenile delinquents become our most successful citizens, while others crowd our prisons. What’s the difference?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But as I think about it, I see that a lot of the difference isn’t between you and me. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference I could see between the blue one and the others was that the others didn’t say anything about Flint on them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I must see it every day, but there’s a big difference between seeing and finding. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Despite I couldn’t know if they still called each other Miss and Mister when it was just the two of them, I sensed a difference lately. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The land must make a difference too, in the shape of the clouds. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only difference was she knew it and would never think to ask for a solo. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Now, huge doctrinal differences hang on the placing of this comma. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Not every Abnegation family is religious, but my father says we should try not to see those differences because they will only divide us. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The difference was that I now had an agent who could help me manage my schedule. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He would prove to us, dipping into die science of human behavior, that the only difference between us and outside people was that we had been caught. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the differences between Ethan and me are right there in my face. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Bad things happened, not good things, and it didn't make any difference what he thought or felt or did. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“No offense, Coach, but there’s a big difference between the way the army treats you and how they’d treat me.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Only difference is, she went to acting school, and he “went with his gut,” as he puts it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But the armed riders made little difference because there were miles and miles of fence and two or three hunters could easily slip between them. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems a great deal of effort for a rather subtle difference,” Celia says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They chose the Andes because they needed to measure near the equator, to determine if there really was a difference in sphericity there, and because they reasoned that mountains would give them good sightlines. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

How do differences in receptivity among societies arise? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Never before had I been more aware of the difference between myself and the other students. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The meeting was not monitored, a critical difference from nearly all of our other visitors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes!—there is a great difference. But Mr. Weston is almost an old man. Mr. Weston must be between forty and fifty.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

And there is no difference between the killing of Prince Jones and the murders attending these killing fields because both are rooted in the assumed inhumanity of black people. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The first set consists of continental differences in the wild plant and animal species available as starting materials for domestication. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d been taught to think about each other, but never about the guardians. The idea the guardians had differences between them, that never occurred to us.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Food production’s spread proves as crucial to understanding geographic differences in the rise of guns, germs, and steel as did its origins, which we considered in the preceding chapters. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

My quota is thirty thousand screws every shift, the difference to be taken from my pay. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I reminded him that I did not like dry wines and I was sure George could not tell the difference anyway. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While Ann backed the lunch-counter protests in theory, a victory there would make no difference in her daily battle to raise her family and improve their lives. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“A kimono is Japanese,” I said, as if I knew the difference. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, John Tu donated thirty-five computers to our class, and what a difference they make! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It is the only thing I can say that might make a difference. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Other people projected that difference on me, because I didn’t ask for any special considerations simply because of what I wore on my head. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that it would not matter much if it did, as the difference between little and nothing seemed a rather fine one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

A group of elementary school kids in Florida hold a bottled water drive—as if any of their water will actually get here in time to make a difference. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The multicultural perspective tends to cast Indigenous peoples in general as an oppressed racial group without considering important political differences between the Native nations and other oppressed populations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Emmett’s death made a difference. His death began the African American Civil Rights Movement.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“But if he knew this, it might make all the difference!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If I did the whole thing in Norwegian instead of Hebrew, they’d never know the difference. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

If one thing marks out that difference, it is ‘the fact’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“The soldiers don’t know the difference. Most of them are like me. They would not be able to identify your cookies either.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see what difference it made, anyway: I never heard anyone say anything important. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the couple seemed to have no troubles with the difference in their historical periods. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It is true that the Chicago students who entered the school-choice lottery were more likely to graduate than the students who didn’t—which seems to suggest that school choice does make a difference. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Scientists usually describe the distance between two pitches in terms of the difference between their frequencies35 . Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

The marines at Da Nang were doing well, but there were far too few of them to make a real difference. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And so the differences between the brothers grow. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were designers. Aren’t you supposed to be able to tell the difference between real and fake things? We’re as real as it gets.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yes, the differences between male and female are biological, but if you look at the biology as a matter of percentage, there aren’t a whole lot of things that are different. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Not at this particular moment. But it don’t make no difference nohow.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“That shows a basic difference between you and me, Ben.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A relation of the bears, otters and weasels, you are the nearest thing to a bear now left in England, and your skin is so thick that it makes no difference who bites you. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they had already waited so long, what difference could a few hours possibly make? The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I declared, as if my few dollars would make a difference. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

After all, to aspire to colorblindness is to aspire to a state of being in which you are not capable of seeing racial difference—a practical impossibility for most of us. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

These patches of disorder make no difference — it is a house too spectacular to suffer distraction, forgiving of oversight and mess. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Something told me it wouldn’t make any difference. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re allowed to look different there because, apparently, it’s a bastion of difference. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The fact that he was a substitute for Randall made no difference: I had not known about either. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

By studying twins, and comparing and contrasting similarities and differences, a geneticist could determine the precise contributions of nature versus nurture to important traits. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

But there is a great difference between a noise heard letting you in with your friends in the morning, and a noise heard alone at nightfall, shutting you out. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It made no difference what I tried; I couldn’t fool them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The change helped insulate agents from local corruption and created a truly national force, yet it also ignored regional difference and had the dehumanizing effect of constantly uprooting employees. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and opened them, and the only difference was the feel of the wind on my eyeballs, because when I closed them I could still see the dotted lights perfectly. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

This difference in the forces would stretch our astronaut out like spaghetti or tear him apart before the star had contracted to the critical radius at which the event horizon formed! A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a difference between those we invite, and those who intrude,” he told her. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then you would barely be able to see a difference between my spots and the rest of me. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

This is a typical human response to recognizing differences that can become a problem when more than one group wants or needs the same resources. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help checking off a list of differences in each room we pass through. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

White acknowledged Farmer’s point—that kind of guilt could make a difference in the world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Those who knew any thing about it, must have felt the difference. The truth is, Harriet, that my playing is just good enough to be praised, but Jane Fairfax’s is much beyond it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“It don’t make no difference. None of it.” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Even though we’re all wearing red body armor, there are subtle differences between the suits. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The difference was an advantage, however, since Maurice could lay no claim to RNA. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Was that when we had a difference of opinion?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it apparendy makes some difference to Headquarters,” he answered in a conciliatory tone. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“What’s the difference?” he snapped, strapping his trusty weapon to his hip. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There were several large Gryffindor banners, faded scarlet and gold, just to underline his difference from all the rest of the Slytherin family. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

On examining the contents of the other packs, I find the only discernible difference is that they contain both gray and white outfits. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“There’s no difference between the interiors—you wouldn’t even know that you were inside it unless someone told you or you looked out the window.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Granted, coaching suburban kids in a sport that they enjoyed was a completely different animal than teaching art history in a struggling inner city high school, but the difference between the students was glaring. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She and Peris had figured out how to trick the house minder back when they were twelve, when the three-month difference in their ages seemed like it would never matter. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

If kids were only interested in flash and dash, that shouldn’t have made a difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet the pay is enough to make a difference at their places. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Father O’Reilly comes hurrying over and says, ‘!And here he is—the man who made all the difference to the year. I’ve been trying to call you.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Lehoux wants to argue that there is no real difference between Plutarch and della Porta, which is fair enough; he could not have made the same argument if he had compared Plutarch and Garzoni. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“It is true. You should be able to tell the difference.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

That had been when I’d finally spotted the difference, the tiny mark on one of the drawings. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Often, my task was to iron out differences in areas that were about to launch actions or had recendy done so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel so happy right now because we made a difference that will probably change some lives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would go on to spend the summer of 2008 moving faster and working harder, convinced that I could make a positive difference for Barack. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I could be killed out here and no one would know the difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ve thought this over, young lady. It’s not the racial difference, it’s the philosophical difference that is most important.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But winning or losing—it didn't make much difference to him. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

“But I am godspawn, and you must see that there’s a difference between being alive and having a life.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“The only difference is who pretends not to.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He said, “Orleanna, the human body is a sight more precious than a pair of khaki trousers from Sears and Roebuck. I’d expect you to comprehend the difference.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is a huge problem, but there are a few simple changes that I think would make a great difference. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I breathe in the difference of being on this earth now and maybe not tomorrow, the precipitous edge of something new for me but as ancient as the beginning of time. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Though the brief exchange over the Mecklenburg Declaration touched on these significant differences of opinion, the diplomatic imperatives of the dialogue ruled out full disclosure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell the difference anymore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I sensed the conversation made little difference, that for a few moments we were safe from the world and we were loath to break the communication and go back to our rooms. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only now do I trouble to notice what intricate differences separated home Catholicism from classroom Catholicism. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the difference between working and pretending to work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could scarcely distinguish between sleep and wakefulness now, on the third day, found no important differences, either, between walking and standing still. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, within just a few hours, as the region continued to collapse, the difference in the gravitational forces on his head and his feet would become so strong that again it would tear him apart. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a difference daylight made to the sinister nighttime appearance of the scene below! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Finally, perhaps the most important difference between almonds and acorns is that bitterness is controlled by a single dominant gene in almonds but appears to be controlled by many genes in oaks. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The first is that little things can, apparently, make as much of a difference as big things. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he couldn’t even see the difference between truth and lies anymore. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Because I wrongly imagined that English was intrinsically a public language and Spanish an intrinsically private one, I easily noted the difference between classroom language and the language of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we fail to appreciate the differences, we will be hindered in our ability to meet the challenges created by the current moment. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was still a very good-looking man, and the only difference Sula could see was the thin pencil mustache under his nose, and a part in his hair. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But if the Interbreeding Theory is right, there might well be genetic differences between Africans, Europeans and Asians that go back hundreds of thousands of years. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gas chromatography of air samples might reveal blips of difference between substances released over a Glasgow football match, a committee meeting on academic promotions, and a summer beach on Saturday afternoon, all highly important. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Folsom was right. An inch really does make a heap of a difference.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The time difference between my world and Alke continued to throw me off. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I wanted to make a difference, just a little difference, before I left this lovely world. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Auditory discrimination exercises work the child’s ability to hear differences in sound in order to organize and make sense of sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Still half-grown, they were as large as any wolf he had ever seen, but the differences were easy to spot, if you knew what to look for. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘Romans called her Victoria, but same difference. Everybody loved her. Who doesn’t like to win? Not sure why we would have to subdue her.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

They didn’t make a difference for me, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a little difference between us at first. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Since twins share identical genetic material, he reasoned, any substantial similarities between them could be attributed to genes, while any differences were the consequence of environment. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My drinking never really bothered me before we started reading all these books about people changing and wanting to make a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I would tell you about Easter Sunday with my family, but I’ve already told you about Thanksgiving and Christmas, and there really isn’t much of a difference. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over further minutes the discrepancy would widen until the two machines were tapping out a rhythmic pattern in the difference between their two beats. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“If you could recommend an auspicious time and place to look for you, it would make a world of difference. ...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try to ignore the difference in decibel level between the applause that has greeted the previous candidates and that which greets Addie. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

These are some of the differences between us. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Punctuation isn’t some subtle, arcane concept that’s hard to manage and that probably won’t make much of a difference one way or another. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, My mom always told me that “one person can make a difference that can change the whole world.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I guess you wouldn’t even know the difference.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

What a difference, he thinks, from the childhood he has known. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was that sun was considered animate, a being, and day was considered inanimate, a thing. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

To the student of broad historical patterns, though, it makes no difference what the specific reasons were in each of those cases. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even as desperately wounded as I was, I could hear the difference. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Guareschi asked, as if that made a whole lot of difference now. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I feel like this explains loads about our differences,” Henry says, and Alex gives a small laugh. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Class differences in health, too, are widening, recent research shows. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

They could have used babies, old people, what difference would it have made? Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He painted diagrams in the dining room showing the difference between meters and feet, kilograms and pounds, liters and quarts. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fourth cook, I knew, was just a glorified name for dishwasher, but it wouldn’t be my first time, and just as long as I traveled where I wanted, it didn’t make any difference to me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is less difference between you and Henry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If, on the other hand, no such difference in human neurobiology exists to account for continental differences in technological development, what does account for them? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The obvious difference is the level of formality: irrealis I wish I were younger is fancier than past-tense I wish I was younger. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not talking here about racial differences in overall crime rates. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

When they combed through the ashes of the house it was impossible to pick his body from those he had harbored, as the fire had eliminated the differences in their skin, leveling them. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I stare into the night, thinking of what a difference a day makes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alongside these parallels, there were also some major differences in food production systems around the world. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before we hung up, she said, “I’ll help, but I might be able to recruit one more person who could make an even bigger difference.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Rivaling germs as proximate factors behind Europe’s conquest of the Americas were the differences in all aspects of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing the difference between the two, I headed to the ones labeled stacks. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

In modern times, a small difference in skin colour, dialect or religion has been enough to prompt one group of Sapiens to set about exterminating another group. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the warm air blowing, but it doesn’t seem to make a difference as my teeth chatter from something other than the cold. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She captured both butterflies and moths, studying their differences. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“There’s a difference between self-control and manipulation,” Gay snarled, and stomped upstairs to her office. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember being conscious of any difference between me and white children when I was a small child,” Anderson told an interviewer years later. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Though it made no difference whether he hid it or not, Hooper would still know. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They didn’t know the difference between any of the Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African countries. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

To recognize the differences between the two, we studied an impact crater in Arizona and volcanoes in Hawaii. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody’s paying any attention to you, so what difference will it make?” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But Betty, a Catholic herself, was not sensitive to these differences. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

None of that made a lick of difference now. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is that people want to hear the stories, whereas I never heard of anyone who wanted to read the essays. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

PBB: As you can see, sometimes the choice of / or me makes a difference in your meaning. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, if I studied hard and learned everything I needed to, I might be just as powerful as she was, and make as much of a difference in the lives of our people. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘Tell me. Can you look at me and see the difference?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The knife could mean the difference between life and death. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It did not make any difference who was on night duty. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His memory underscores some differences in how the children saw their parents, and the strife. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Emily shouted her words into the night sky, but it didn’t make a difference. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But over the centuries, the differences between gantlet and gauntlet have become fuzzy, and today’s dictionaries say gauntlet will do for all occasions. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I could show him myself, if that would make a difference.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“But it’s the waste that gets me. The loss of one more living creature. Couldn’t you tell, Isidore? Didn’t you notice the difference?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And that,” said Dumbledore, “will, I think, have made all the difference.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times my mother told him before a dinner party, “No butter pagoda,” it made no difference. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling about, I early learned the difference between an American and the Americans. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was obvious: one would get me in trouble, the other wouldn’t. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I believe I can best highlight the difference between the generations by expressing myself figuratively. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He turns from the light, groping instead for the darkness which is kinder to him. Already he is beginning to be aware of his difference, baby though he is.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly there were slight differences in the air pressure. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Reports of women in science and other important professions occurred frequently, but there was also much discussion about the differences. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of these, the one linked most directly to the differences in food production was germs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There Molly came face-to-face with the difference in lifestyles between the cosmopolitan Blumers of New Haven and the Lawrences of pastoral Canton. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't trust that my own words would make a difference to anyone, black or white—even if the ink was blood red. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The obvious difference between them was the century and a half of large-scale warfare in the south. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was boring because I didn’t see what difference it made. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

What's the difference between the past past and the recent past? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I can. He always gives off the signals of a psychopathic killer so it doesn’t really make any difference how you interpret them.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As a matter of fact, most cops are good. I worked with a lot of great guys, really trying to make a difference. You need to know that they’re not all wolves.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The meet was in Glasgow, Scotland, this time, and we got there a week early to allow our bodies to adjust to the time difference. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What are the differences between letters of the alphabet and music pitch names? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Other differences between Jim Crow and mass incarceration are actually more significant than they may initially appear. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

What difference was there between them, except the language in which he prayed? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then, with his right hand he felt the difference in the pull of the line before he saw the slant change in the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Grandmamma," I said, "if it's a dark night, how can a witch smell the difference between a child and a grown-up?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Unimportant. We shall conquer them when it suits us. And if we did not, what difference would it make? We can shut them out of existence. Oceania is the world.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“After six months we began to get very big differences,” Bryant said. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What has happened to me, what’s happening to me now, won’t make any difference to him, he loves me anyway, he knows it isn’t my fault. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Certainly; you must be sensible that the last half-year has made a great difference in your way of life.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“They had one water fountain for whites, and one for us. I used to think, What’s the difference between colored water and white water? What does white water taste like?” Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We now turn to another important difference between mass incarceration and Jim Crow: the direct harm to whites caused by the current caste system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"But you were indignant. And sometimes the difference between individual and organized indignation is the difference between criminal and political action," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me think about the difference between Cletus and me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bilingualists insist that a student should be reminded of his difference from others in mass society, his heritage. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the big picture, maybe my being offered as bait will make a difference. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They did not know who I was or why I was to be given particular treatment; their ignorance was evident, but made no difference. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tam Lin might have said there was no difference between humans and clones, but everything in Matt’s experience argued against it. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was such a difference in our ages now that everyone else my age called her “Aunt Sarah.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps you can tell us the difference between a mistake and a lie? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made no difference, however, whether or not I followed the argument. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that will make a difference?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no pivotal moment of creative difference, no storming or flouncing out. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The memory gap between English and Chinese apparently is entirely due to this difference in length. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while they are not in school. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

He’s white and, see, he don’t know the difference because he’s from Seattle, Washington. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Too stupid to know the difference between a wink and a tic until Father explained. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Just having a difference of opinion, I guess.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that I framed mine in a circle, like The Family Circus. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His visits are too short to make a difference, and, within hours it seems, Sunday comes, and she is on her own again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

That can be the difference between passing and failing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Animated by this belief, I paid particular attention to their policy statement and activities, with the idea of finding affinities rather than differences. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have fought anyone who suggested he felt any race difference. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walking into the shop with the goods to strike a deal made all the difference. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Marion, we knew, recognized the difference in Bunny’s behavior as clearly as we did, and was puzzled and angered by it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he had talked about Hooper, Fielding had listened, and believed him, and yet it would make no difference, he was too careless about things to put up any barriers. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“How am I supposed to know the difference?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A giant sack of candy made no difference. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The act of bringing together after a difference, as in to reconcile numbers on a balance sheet; resolution. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

When you’re blind it makes no difference whether you open your eyes or not. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She told me that what she hopes people will learn from her life “is that every individual, even a very ordinary housewife or secretary, can make a difference.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

A lot of people don't believe in yellow-spotted lizards either, but if one bites you, it doesn't make a difference whether you believe in it or not. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I could see no difference between the officer who killed Prince Jones and the police who died, or the firefighters who died. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Obviously, answers to these questions about differences in organizational success depend partly on the idiosyncrasies of individuals. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was simply another campaign stop, another orchestrated moment; the only difference, as one correspondent wearily put it, was that this particular rally had two high school bands instead of one playing at full throttle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Design is same. Only difference is in text, I suppose,” Comrade Pillai said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference being that I’ll know it’s the last day. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The same dark hair, the same hazel eyes, and the same beautiful face I knew so well—with one small difference. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Although there is no real difference between boys’ stretch socks and girls’, neither ever considered wearing the other’s. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it didn’t make any difference what he screamed, because of course I wasn’t going to get in front. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t really make a difference what it’s called,” Jacob says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

For this book, here is such a sentence: “History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.” Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a difference between jumping off a cliff and having fun. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She and Croteau remain conscious of the class differences between them, and the ways in which their lives have been shaped by different experiences. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But I was so nuts I couldn’t tell you the difference between a corner and a circle or a square. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even another week with me might make the difference. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was at least fifteen years older than his wife, his alert determination to make her happy and his qualities as a good lover compensated for the difference. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only real difference was that I now made half my original salary and was trying to cram everything into a twenty-hour week. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But, aside from the laughter and playfulness, there was something different, and I couldn’t quite pinpoint what that difference was. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

You know you can make that pirate ship as real as anything else, because there’s no difference anymore between thought and reality. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“At this stage of the game, it shouldn’t make much difference, Aunty.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For example, the difference between a C and a B flat part is one whole step. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

You don’t always know the difference until too late, but it’s true, too, that ones as disturbed as The Taker’s are rare. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It don’t make no difference,” George said, and he fell silent again. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his boil, he reasoned, was an outward mark of his difference from such as Beowulf. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The experience is so realistic, few people can tell the difference, and many consider Mind’s Eye better than real life. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

At exactly three feet in height, Holly was only a centimeter below the fairy average, but even one centimeter can make an awful lot of difference when you don’t have many to spare. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Emmett murmurs, “Baseball, basketball. Not much difference, is there? Times change.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“Hydrangeas, lilacs. Probably didn’t make much difference in the long run. I don’t imagine anyone could raise a thousand dollars in four weeks.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not mine, but my body’s, if there is a difference. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A big-boned guy with breasts, Sam would probably qualify as a transsexual, but that seemed to be the least of his differences with Baywatch. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what difference does that make?” asked Filch obnoxiously. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s important. A good carer makes a big difference to what a donor’s life’s actually like.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is the difference between us: Gregory’s rope saves him. And your thread will be the death of you.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

So Cara said, “Neither. And I’m not in trouble. The newspaper’s not even in trouble, really. It’s just a difference of opinion about what should go into a newspaper made at a school.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to do something with my life besides fix computers in an office tower. I want to make a difference. I want to do interesting work, to be around ideas,” he said. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aw, let ’em work out their differences,” one of the men said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione hastily dropped down to her knees beside her and tried to comfort her, but' nothing she said made the slightest difference. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Besides, it didn’t make any difference to me if he marked on every piece of paper in the store. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in English, I raise my hand when Ms. Singh asks someone to explain the difference between mood and tone. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And there it was: like a sheet of glass hanging unsupported in the air, but glass with no attention-catching reflections in it: just a square patch of difference. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And looking around the room, I remember thinking that my reading differences were like dragging a concrete block around every day, and how I felt sorry for myself. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Crossing the 150 line is a small change that can make a big difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then it must be the difference between children’s dæmons and grownups’,” Will said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you returned from your relativistic journey, what a difference there would be between your friends and you, they having aged decades, say, and you having aged hardly at all! Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what difference does that make?” replied the officer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the most conspicuous difference was the books. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference now is that he looks angrier. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Would it make any difference at all if I told you not to see him again?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Will it make a difference if she is Croatian, Muslim, Serbian? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think there’s any difference,” I said cau-tiously, not wanting to test the possibility of his wrath at having a Negro disagree with him. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t make any difference,” said Harry bitterly. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't make any difference. Seems sort of idiotic." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I can only say that after living so long with the birds and animals, the movement of a human is like the difference between the explosion of a cap pistol and a cannon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes no difference which enzyme is affected. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

In reality, it made no difference to her where she ate, and not at regular hours but according to the whims of her appetite. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that the boys were violently animated while the donkeys were as static as possible. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only real difference between them was that the cat wore tiny golden earrings and looked a trifle less smug. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

What difference would it make if she had the colored paper, or the shoes? The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately perhaps, people are more sensitive to absolute differences between people than they are to rough equalities between them. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard for her to tell the difference. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

One wants to respect cultural differences, but the effect here is dismaying—the city that gave us Cleopatra now obliges women to hide their faces. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long for me to see the difference ’tween my shackles and the ones the sheriff wanted me to use. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t regard Collins as a father substitute, but as a friend, despite their thirty-year difference in ages. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone who saw the twins remarked on their difference one from the other and seemed puzzled that this should be so. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We may as well face up to it: there is a highly visible difference between the pace of basic science and the application of new knowledge to human problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whether he finds his watch or not will make no difference, at the most one will only be able to send it to his people. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

I doze and I wake, unable to really tell the difference. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Marly couldn’t think what the difference might be with those numbers, only that one was lots bigger than the other. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“And what is the difference between that and a day?” her mother asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Boots was really good at those games where they gave you four pictures that looked alike except one had a tiny difference. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only real difference was that this table was not elevated, and the seated masters were close to eye level with me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To be sure, there are differences between exposing the Ku Klux Klan and exposing insurance companies’ high premiums. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Nelson spent part of an afternoon demonstrating to me that fine linguistic difference while we scraped chicken manure from the nest boxes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the age of five, six, well past the time when most other children no longer easily notice the difference between sounds uttered at home and words spoken in public, I had a different experience. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was this difference, though: the sheds had tin chimneys, and out of the chimneys whirled constellations of sparks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t do anything about that, but at least with the fires threatening the road to Arrowhead, he can make a difference. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Change is gradual and incremental, and when one lives in the midst of one’s family, one rarely notices differences in them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He encouraged their differences in opinion, and inwardly rejoiced at her occasional outbursts of exasperation at his decadence. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a difference in approaches that would follow them throughout their careers. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

If, in fact, my spiritual fathers are those seventeenth- century Puritans, there is one important difference between their writings and mine. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time, of course, there was a difference. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the Americans, owning and controlling property was the difference between freedom and slavery. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The only difference is you didn’t have to plant, water, fertilize, and weed the mushrooms. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And the difference was all the difference there was. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a kind of teasing instead; there’s all the difference in the world. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The big difference between these numbers matters less than one might expect: a few thousand square miles of farmland was enough to feed the millions in the Maya heartland. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Why did I insist she had to go now, when tomorrow morning wouldn't have made much of a difference? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There was a difference amongst them as amongst the educated; and when I got to know them, and they me, this difference rapidly developed itself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was an idea, I felt, that sold us all short, assuming that the differences were all anyone saw. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There were differences among the pigeons as well. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

All these effects that continental differences in area, population, ease of diffusion, and onset of food production exerted on the rise of technology became exaggerated, because technology catalyzes itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She saw Vandara shift uneasily in her seat and knew that her accuser noticed the difference too. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the way he’d imagined, but maybe it made no difference. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Now I am a man that can read and for some folks that makes a difference to them. For some folks, it made a big difference to them when I turned one hundred.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In reality, there is no sharp break, no difference in kind, between the expert and the layman, only a difference in degree. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he looked into the mirror, he saw no difference between himself and the others. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I wanted to tell Sabeen I know the difference between good and bad people. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Often she concentrated all night on raising it, until her mind and soul were exhausted, but she didn’t notice any difference. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He was looking for someone to direct him to using his dollars in a way that would make a real difference in the world. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

It makes no difference, I thought to myself, and found the words being murmured by another. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were just a little kid. It wouldn’t have made a difference. I mean, I’m fine!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a little while during the seventies it seemed that sexual difference might pass away. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have made any difference, Dad,” Ben said, getting back into the car. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The students start in first grade with meaningful, but not overwhelming, differences in their knowledge and ability. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Despite their many differences, all human species share several defining characteristics. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The glory of first love, and all that. It’s incredible, isn’t it, the difference between reading about something, seeing it in the pictures, and experiencing it?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The difference in tangential velocities deflects or distorts it. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It puzzled everybody that an eighteen- minute age difference could cause such a discrepancy in front- tooth timing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

To give you some idea of the difference that articulation makes, though, here are audio examples of a violin playing a legato54 and a staccato55 passage. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

For all their differences in hair, and height, and weight, they shared the same eyes. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

This was the difference between me and the Jack and Jill kids, many of whom were now my close friends. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It won’t. I’ll get caught. But it don’t make no difference. I’m lost anyhow. I was lost when I took up with you. I’m lost and it don’t matter. ...” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At a time of extraordinary advances in medicine, class differences in health and life span are wide and appear to be widening. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Quite ingenious how it works, given all the time differences,” he said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Denmark waits to make selection decisions until maturity differences by age have evened out. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And for thousands of students, that initial disadvantage is the difference between going to college—and having a real shot at the middle class — and not. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Not long after, I noticed another difference, another small shift. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Leah’s already seventeen, which makes a difference in Georgia with your license. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was like the difference between seltzer and water. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then, changing the subject to Alex Haley’s Roots: That book tells us more about his difference from his illiterate, tribal ancestors than it does about his link to them. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

This strain of Ebola knew the difference between a monkey and a person. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This fact creates double difficulties for efforts to test the hypothesis that intellectual differences underlie technological differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or are some people so awful that nothing can really get inside them and make a difference? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And if only she knew: the whole student body, led by James Madison, who can’t even tell the difference between a firecracker and a stink bomb but has somehow deduced that I’m broken. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

My software didn’t catch that but because, as we all know, it can’t tell the difference between sound-alike words: but and butt, need and knead, sew and sow, and so on. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t laugh, but I shook my head; if you were this deep into it, none of these labels made a lick of difference. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And the things he was saying in his final months on earth seemed to transcend all religious differences. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remember when I described the differences between Oklahoma toilets and the ones in Iran and how obviously better they are because squatting is good for flow and washing is good for hygiene? Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I just kept moving the wheel a little to the left and a little to the right, pretending that my small adjustments actually made a difference. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She won’t know the difference ... between the lines, but you know exactly what he meant. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it makes any difference what we call him,” Harry told Luna. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Except the big difference, according to Aunt Nancy, between their first home and their last, is that Pennsylvania hills “have got nothing on the Sangre de Cristo.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What was the difference between the As and the Cs? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I wish I could drive you on a long, long journey just as I did on 12/6/58, with the one difference that this time I’d prefer us to be alone. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t make a particle of difference,” replied Charlotte. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t make any difference to her, she was so evil in the first place,” Harry shrugged. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t care; it made no difference to him. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But the difference was that her mother had been madly in love with her husband from the first moment she saw him on their wedding day. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

But there are detailed differences that prove important: Japan is somewhat larger and more distant. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She fears that it goes away. See, there’s a difference. It’s the fear she’s trying to avoid.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

In social studies, in a unit on basic economics, Jake helped Mr. Lyons by describing the difference between satisfying wants and meeting needs to a group that just couldn’t grasp the concept. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it makes any difference who shows up,” Mother said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one can make a difference in this child’s life. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It resembled MacGregor, of course, because it was his clone, but MacGregor was an adult with differences that made it hard to see the connection. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I'm pretty sure my mom didn't mean to kill my dad, either, so what difference does that make, meaning or not meaning to do something? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The important people know the difference,” Kote said as if he were trying to convince himself, but his voice was weary and despairing, without conviction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“But if you don’t know your history you won’t know the difference between the truth and wishful thinking.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It was jail, and there’s a big difference, as I would soon come to understand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I never was good at understanding that difference so crucial to my sister. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had done what her ex-boyfriend had done but the difference, in this case, was love. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The great difference was that everybody was older. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In just over three years of law practice I had become one of those people for whom such small events could make a big difference in my joy quotient. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The loss of pasture land to raiding neighbours could mean the difference between subsistence and starvation, so there was much less room for compromise. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that in this case they weren’t the same two girls multiplied over and over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Left wheel! I said left wheel, you buffoons. You there, don’t you know the difference between your left and your right? Hold out your left paw.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

What difference do my maps and mazes make? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It seemed to make no difference, except that one’s dreams were more coherent. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“What a difference a day makes,” he says. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Listen, Robert, going to another country doesn't make any difference. I've tried all that. You can't get away from yourself by moving from one place to another. There's nothing to that." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was still painful to realize his baba had died for him, but it made him feel better to know that it had been his father’s choice; that made all the difference. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ve always had our differences, we still do, but I’m grateful he came for me that day. I really believe he saved me.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was especially predisposed to forgive or ignore political differences when the other person had been one of the “band of brothers” in 1776. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The difference in experience between the two labs told the tale: to the veteran experimentalists of the Cavendish, contamination was a familiar and well-understood phenomenon, but not so to the brash bombardiers of Berkeley. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The shell had been running with the tide, but, still, the difference was nearly a minute. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They had made a leap to marry even though they had one big difference between them that could stand in the way of their happiness. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him it made no difference how long the road, or how rough or rocky. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It won’t make a bit of difference, he said to himself as he climbed the porch steps. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Not that they looked like him, though a couple of them did, but they had other facial differences. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

In any case, it makes very little difference who could catch her, because nobody ever did. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s also the second reason Michigan Law School couldn’t find a difference between its affirmative action graduates and the rest of its alumni. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The only difference is the tattoo shop had posters of the outside of people's bodies, and my grandfather's office had posters of the insides of people's bodies. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This is your chance to make a difference. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Deep below the surface of the sea, far beyond the warm reach of sunlight, it will be a blind world, with no difference between night and day. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The continental nature of the crust makes a huge difference to its eruptions. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how it makes any difference,” Matt said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another obvious difference between seeds that we grow and many of their wild ancestors is in bitterness. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Mommy knows this and despite her personal differences with the new minister, she didn’t want to see what amounted to my father’s and her life’s work disappear. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Papa, at seventeen, it made no difference that times were hard; the idea of a teahouse was an insult to the family name. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the end, aside from issues of pride, my screwup would make no difference at all. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to get a better look so I'd know the difference. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You people regard sex as a total experience—and that’s how it should be. Anything that makes you feel good is morally all right for you. Isn’t that the main difference?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the war is over it makes no difference,” Piani said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

His mother never seemed to know the difference between something cool and something for idiots, because all she cared about was that it was something on sale. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he knew the difference because he’s a beer drinker. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And even guilt, that she hadn’t made a difference in his life. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you want to go there, of all places? What’s the difference between New Hampshire and here?” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Especially,” she said, chuckling, “the difference between snack and smack. Remember, Asher?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Any parent who has ever said to a recalcitrant child, “Okay, I’m going to count to ten and this time I’m really going to punish you,” knows the difference between deterrent and empty threat. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But unless the Government was spying on them, he couldn't understand what difference it made for her to write that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time I really saw the difference between those that had and those that didn’t. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t look the least bit like him. And even if I do look like Henry Fonda, what difference does that make?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have a flower on your cheek now. It doesn’t look like it made a whole lot of difference.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The difference is that at least he can go back to Lima anytime he wants. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nonetheless, it makes no difference to you,” she said. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, if one were to draft a list of the differences between slavery and Jim Crow, the list might well be longer than the list of similarities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why you split equal with that weird kid. He wouldn’t know the difference.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was like watching a movie with a voice-over narration, but with one great difference: He was manipulating the pieces and speaking so rapidly that it was difficult to connect the moves with his commentary. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Heck, I could hit four home runs and you could pitch a nohitter today. If he is a scout, he would sure notice, but you know it can’t make any difference.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were clear differences in how the young men responded to being called a bad name. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“They fed each other! That’s the difference between heaven and hell! In hell we starve! In heaven we feed each other!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference is on the ride home, Ma's all high off Jesus and now ready to talk about what I'm normally doing great at, even though not so great this week. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The difference in her rested face was amazing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He always wanted to make a difference in the lives there.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It made him no difference whether I spoke to him or not. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Such differences in food production constituted a major ultimate cause of the disparities between Eurasian and Native American societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had tried plenty of cholent since washing up on Maxwell Street, and no matter the difference in taste or ingredients, it always reminded me of Shabbos mornings. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I said it didn’t make any difference to me and that we could if she wanted to. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

By tallying the accumulated genetic differences in Haplogroup A members, Bonatto and Bolzano calculated that Indians had left Asia thirty-three thousand to forty-three thousand years ago, even earlier than estimated by Wallace and Neel. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Whereas Sirius had sought to advertise his difference from the rest of the family, Regulus had striven to emphasize the opposite. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that there is always a difference between what you think you are doing and what happens to you and everyone else.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew the sun didn't rise and set exactly in the east and west; more southeast and southwest, but he wasn't sure how that made a difference. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Here I had thought they accepted me because they felt that color made no difference, when in reality it made no difference because they didn't see either color or men . Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Australia thus provides a crucial test of theories about intercontinental differences in societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

His voice didn’t break like his mother’s, but Clayton could feel the difference from how his father usually spoke. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Not that it made much difference at Tea Haven. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That would make no difference,” cried Herbie, “since you would know anyway that it was I that was supplying the answer.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

There was another obvious difference—Cecilia had always spoken to her in a motherly or condescending way. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Doña Charito's collected works hung on the walls: mostly pitchers and bowls of fruit, and violins or guitars, I couldn't tell the difference, for we hadn't had music lessons yet. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Significant differences begin to appear only when we cross the threshold of 150 individuals, and when we reach 1,000–2,000 individuals, the differences are astounding. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference between their costumes was the vest of stuffed spider arms that Kelly wore. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It makes a difference to me” she said, and went to her bedroom to play the Monkees. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The eighth victory in any tournament is therefore critical, the difference between promotion and demotion; it is roughly four times as valuable in the rankings as the typical victory. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

In the Theorem, this is the difference in outgoingness between two people calculated on a scale that goes from 0 to 5. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you know the difference between a truth and a lie?” the officer asked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“But it makes a difference on the application, Dad.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Most listeners would not even notice the difference, unless you played it in both keys, one right after the other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There is a world of difference between viewing a work of art and really seeing it—the difference between sight and insight. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

There are tiny differences in color, the shape of the face, the tone of the skin. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Ned closed his eyes and opened them,- it made no difference. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“We’re not going to make a difference in this fight. We can get a head start and be back with Nyame before these beasts even know we left. Thandiwe, you can come with us.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that the hair of the girls was left a little longer than the boys. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry must have had more haircuts than the rest of the boys in his class put together, but it made no difference, his hair simply grew that way — all over the place. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And now the difference between a luxury automobile and a newfangled cartoon car began to show itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I have studied objectively the anthropological arguments, the accepted cliches about cultural and ethnic differences. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarai wondered if the bird knew that it had made the difference between life and death for five blue abominations, or if it had simply been a fluke. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She’s nearsighted, but somehow she’s able to pick out the differences between the fruit vendors and the vegetable vendors, the faces of the various merchants, who has money and who doesn’t. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I identified that subtle difference in his face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The Rule of 150 suggests that the size of a group is another one of those subtle contextual factors that can make a big difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The difference is that you are less sure of yourself than Thalia. That could be good or bad. But one thing I can say: both of you together would be a dangerous thing.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Blinded by her hope to make a difference. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was around that time that he was heard to say: “The only difference today between Liberals and Conservatives is that the Liberals go to mass at five o’clock and the Conservatives at eight.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

When am I happy and when am I sad and what is the difference? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe if I came here, I could make a difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

There is a key difference between Galileo and his opponents: both appealed to experience, but Galileo had engaged in a programme of experimentation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

How can I tell the difference when the two rivers have run together so? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad that Mr. Sayle has such happy memories of our school days together and I’m glad that the two of us, together, today, can make such a vital difference to our nation’s schools.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The difference is, they didn’t exist in great measure elsewhere, either. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The difference involves what I came to think of, rather unfairly, as Holmberg’s Mistake. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that the ones in Boston had been brainwashed even more thoroughly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ever think, Charlie, that our group is the same as any other group like the football team? And the only real difference between us is what we wear and why we wear it?” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I could make a difference before my time ran out. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As his shroud went up in flames, I hoped Ethan knew he had made a difference in the end. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human.That’s because there isn’t any difference. The idea of clones being inferior is a filthy he.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it makes any difference how the wire’s placed, or if this is merely to add to the speculation of the audience. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to believe that taking Walter’s knife didn’t make a difference. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It evidently made no difference whether I was there to look after things or not. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The most straightforward extension of this book will be to quantify further, and thus to establish more convincingly the role of, intercontinental differences in the four sets of factors that appear to be most important. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We could take the work and just not let it make a difference.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fighting had broken out, it was enough of a surprise that most of the Watch kids couldn’t get to the cabins from the outer gates in time to make a real difference. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When researchers have controlled for joblessness, differences in violent crime rates between young black and white men disappear. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t see the difference, but since I’ve already ascertained that it’s a bad idea to argue with August, I oblige. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It made no difference that she was tired. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What difference can it possibly make, you say to yourself. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that difference was only that she wasn’t wearing the road clothes I had met her in, but a long dress instead. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe I imagined it all because the difference is the guy and the girl in that Hollywood movie have fate on their side. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The difference in the speed of clocks at different heights above the earth is now of considerable practical importance, with the advent of very accurate navigation systems based on signals from satellites. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the day came, there was a difference about the salt marsh and the slob. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the difference between being a tourist and belonging to a place. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Gone or resolved to go: is there much difference? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I agreed but, because none of my speech classes ever made a difference, I still prefer to use the word chump. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When you watch birds long enough, you see their differences. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The bell for rising rang, Kira awoke with a sense that something had changed: she had an awareness of a difference, but had forgotten what the difference was. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it shouldn’t make any difference to me now. But somehow it does.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rubbing fish skins and turtle fat on things, as I did, greasing them a little, made no difference. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing I write about Kaitlin is going to make a difference.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Oddly enough, the question has never been raised; yet surely the differences between the two paintings cannot be accidental. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry had only ever seen one person as large as this woman in his life, and that was Hagrid; he doubted whether there was an inch difference in their heights. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Comparable differences separate the lifestyles of other peoples of the world as well. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Catch-22 did not exist, he was positive of that, but it made no difference. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

It seemed that we were all cloaked in an unwelcome garment of racial difference that constrained, confined, and restricted us. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s important to stress the difference between Soviet and American chess teams at that time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the Talmudic cross-references for parallel texts and memorized whatever differences I found. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand the difference between black and white. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In short, Europe’s colonization of Africa had nothing to do with differences between European and African peoples themselves, as white racists assume. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not that it made any great difference in his plans when I came. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be hard, but try not to laugh at her. Instead, smile. There’s a big difference between smiling at someone and laughing at them.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Boy howdy, I couldn’t believe what a difference! Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The real difference between us and chimpanzees is the mythical glue that binds together large numbers of individuals, families and groups. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he was screaming and that it wasn't going to make any difference. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She remembers the time difference—her father must be at work already at the Desh offices, her mother at the market, a burlap bag in hand, buying vegetables and fish. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, I had the bedroom and that makes all the difference. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had stood outside, at the window, and listened as her mother talked about the difference between vengeance and justice. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The difference had been settled with the pose of leadership. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Black rats or white ones? I’m not sure I can tell the difference.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a difference between a slap and a punch. 4TH JUROR: After being hit several times by his father. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They observe that, “surprisingly, strategists on both the left and right, despite their differences, converge on the individual as the unit of power.” The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

That is the road most traveled, and it has not made a bit of difference. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It won’t make a bit of difference,” he said, waving to her on the shore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It’s the difference between jumping and being pushed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think much of this difference until later, after the mufti’s visit to our house. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Five years later, scientists in Cambridge pinpointed the difference between the protein chain of normal hemoglobin and “sickled” hemoglobin to a change in a single amino acid.* The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had tried pointing out that the reason he’d been sent to Green Lake had nothing to do with drugs or alcohol, but that didn’t make any difference to them. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I can even tell the difference anymore. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

She'd always claimed her old nose was much bigger than mine, but I didn't see any difference between them. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

No quarrels or differences of opinion—but hardly an ideal marriage. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Obviously, it was her absence from the radio that had made all the difference. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“This is fundamental stuff. You should have been trained to do this in middle school. This is basic basketball. The only guy to make a difference on the boards last game was B,” Coach said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And when he's done I want to say: "There is a qualitative difference in the visual effect of the room." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“So...is that the only really big difference between the two worlds? Who your mom married? And then did that lead to all the other differences? What state they lived in, and...?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But there are subtle differences in what is expected of individual rowers depending on which seat they occupy. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It had made sense to her, the decision not to marry, the need to preserve what they had by wrapping it in a shawl of difference. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The Battle of Kursk was a huge operation, and they felt that they were making a difference. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was obviously disturbed by something deeper than a need to forget differences. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lourdes slapped her for being disrespectful, but it made no difference to her daughter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since this town had grown up to serve the peculiar needs of the University, a careful observer could note small differences in the services the town provided. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Although she might be puzzled by these differences between man and woman, she knew them and accepted them and needed them. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

These differences stemmed ultimately from Eurasia’s much longer history of densely populated, economically specialized, politically centralized, interacting and competing societies dependent on food production. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the basis of differences among the tools and other remains found there, scholars have divided up the “cavemen” into several groups, each named after a characteristic site. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of us were outside again before my mom even knew the difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

A moment later, he added: What's the difference between who you are and what you have? Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A missed pill or two or ten wouldn’t have made a difference,” Dad says. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He said that only when he returned to America would he become aware of color differences. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie didn’t laugh, so Genie followed with, “The difference is, I was scared.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The difference was that if they were alive, they could not go out, and he could. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had written it down at last, but it made no difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

His breaths, my breaths, his body, my body, we are so close there is no difference. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But the trial didn’t make any difference. These guys got away with murder anyway.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The only difference is that now, she sees a path to actually changing the world. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, did so, because it made no difference, there was no point in having a row. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Imagine the difference to the sense, he says, if you place the comma after the word “not”: “My Son, if sinners intise thee consent thou not, refraining thy foot from their way.” Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

“I see at last a great difference between us, and yet, I admire ye, lad. You’re an idealist, praise be.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the difference between a Hallmark e-card and a handwritten letter. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Acknowledging someone’s differences can be about saying you’re not scared to talk to someone about the things that make them who they are. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know—maybe you can say something like ‘We can make a difference together’ and start lists of ways to volunteer.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The difference is that in virtually every other case they left. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to make you laugh with me. There’s a huge difference.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them were Shay, but there were obvious differences: One looked wild, slightly angry; the other had a slightly distant expression, like someone having a daydream. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sound evidence for the existence of human differences in intelligence that parallel human differences in technology is lacking. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But for all I know, it made the difference between my life and death. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My guess is that most people who make this mistake do so out of habit, without thinking, and not because they don’t know the difference between / and me. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was better than a pantomime, but with one big difference. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference was he drew a Yankees hat on the Hulk, but it looked like it belonged there. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

While a coarse racial classification of world peoples lumps all Chinese people as so-called Mongoloids, that category conceals much more variation than the differences between Swedes, Italians, and Irish within Europe. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then, the groups may begin to emphasize the differences and frame them as a threat. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the difference between your friend “now” and now minus a hundred-millionth of a second is too small to notice. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only difference is Ma got fat fingers, and used to be braiding like she was trying to strip my edges or make me bald. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“What’s the difference? Come with us now and get it over with.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d say the most obvious difference between my new school and my old one is this: At Tangerine Middle, the minorities are the majority. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference is we don’t have the chairs. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship, he told me. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a huge difference in the “drivers’” results, depending on what activity they were doing. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

But when that didn’t make any difference, and there was nothing but a bad silence on the phone, I really knew it was too late. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

They sensed the difference in her when old Grandma or Josiah was present, and they adjusted without hesitation, keeping their secret. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what the difference is between the computing cards and time-sharing?” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The difference it made was startling, as though a person ten years younger were shining through the starved mask; for a moment, he was recognizable as the man who had laughed at Harry’s parents’ wedding. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“But if the good guys kill, what’s the difference between them and the evil people?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Such size differences in other plants go back to the very beginnings of agriculture, when cultivated peas evolved through human selection to be 10 times heavier than wild peas. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the difference between having something and having nothing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The New York Times Clearly, a degree from a four-year college makes even more difference than it once did. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s a difference between a gentleman and a guy with no play.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only difference in code between the gene’s original and the RNA copy was the substitution of the thymine to a uracil. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was only thirty-four, and Papa said he did not have the least idea of what the difference was between right and wrong. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There existed in those days a true camaraderie in our profession, whatever the small differences in our approach. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He serves me with his whole being, as I require. The difference is, he feared you, Percy Jackson. I do not.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Described below are a number of the other important differences between Jim Crow and mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“The difference is ... go fetch me the tripod, would you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What a difference three years made between us. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Everyone knew that the difference between an unemployed mercenary and a highwayman was mostly one of timing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The theory of relativity limits the maximum difference in the velocities of the matter particles in the star to the speed of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How small the difference between victory and defeat, between life and death. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It shouldn’t have made a difference, but all I could think of was my own sisters. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Nobody would know the difference— not even him. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Have you ever noticed the difference it makes in the way you think?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And someone has to flush out the mysterious “we” lurking in the “our” in the “Our people make the difference” statement we wear on our backs. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Interestingly, there was no difference in the amount or quality of information they gave their patients; they didn’t provide more details about medication or the patient’s condition. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Should the charge be less than this amount, you can return balance; if greater, we shall at once send cheque for difference on hearing from you. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

There are important differences, to be sure, among mass incarceration, Jim Crow, and slavery—the three major racialized systems of control adopted in the United States to date. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see much difference between himself and Tom, but perhaps he was different inside. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little preposition can make a big difference. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The only difference between the two giants was that the second one’s hair was green rather than purple. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But before they could be ushered away, the two men were at the quick of their differences. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought talking and not talking made the difference between sanity and insanity. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did make a difference that they came, especially that Kainene came. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I hate them. They don’t make any difference!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“What difference would it make? They should just get married and shut everybody up.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down below, the rink’s surface glistened with water, but not enough to make a difference in dampening the flames. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I hope not. Not that there aren’t days. But I’m trying to channel that bitterness into determination. Maybe I can make a difference for someone else. That’s all.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

If Bubbe talked to Dad like she said she would, it didn’t make a bit of difference. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But there was a striking difference between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres: the degree of interaction between their great cultural centers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The difference would be, the person making the list would have to care enough, and listen hard enough, to hear the music playing in the people passing through their life. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Their size and ferocity might make the difference against a cornered direwolf. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But Hilly’s bathroom initiative is in the open center section with the paper where I wrote Jim Crow or Hilly’s bathroom plan—what’s the difference? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There’s a huge difference between living fearlessly, like I’ve finally been doing, and knowing you have something to fear while you’re out living. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That difference means that Asian children learn to count much faster than American children. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The only significant difference in his life, apart from the permanent absence of his father, is the additional absence of Maxine. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is a difference between being put out and being put out doors. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is impossible to tell the difference between idle threats and serious ones. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

It made no difference, Hooper went on screaming and flailing about hysterically. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

From the historian's point of view, the difference between the two models is unimportant. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There seems to be no difference between the heavens and the depths. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They had raced among themselves so often that it did not make much difference who won. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“He might have died and you wouldn’t know the difference,” said Ron in disgust. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

As I draw my finger through the gooey cream, I think about the words “learning differences.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Finn said, “Funny coming from guys who can’t tell the difference between their cows and their girlfriends.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wanted students more aware of their differences from persons less advantaged. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pops didn’t really make a difference in the set. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Gently, Teacher explained the difference between a lie and a story. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because of the time difference with India, they can work on it while you sleep and have it back in your morning.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Would we be able to make a difference with a few flyers and signs? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

One funny thing was that I didn’t look much different now from the day I arrived in England but the difference was that now I ate what I could. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, the different historical trajectories of Africa and Europe stem ultimately from differences in real estate. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, neither of those factors made any difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just alike. Both of you. Never was no difference between you. Want some oranges? It’s better for you than chop suey. Sula? I got oranges.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was another small difference between us: Barack could pour his heart out through a pen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In our drab uniforms, the only difference between us boys was our size. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The central issue was: Did an election in which only whites could participate make any difference to Africans? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s especially familiar to us that supermarket strawberries and blueberries are gigantic compared with wild ones; those differences arose only in recent centuries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Some days that bit of smuggled food made the difference between hunger and starvation. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There were stark differences of opinion, and tempers flared, but by daybreak the group had agreed to a plan of action. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He noticed suddenly that Mentor’s face looked slightly different, and he could not identify what the difference was. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

It felt pretty nice to know that my last four months of being a practice-pad maniac had made a noticeable difference. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why the scope for such differences of opinion? Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

Early farmers wouldn’t have noticed the difference, in the way that they did notice and selectively harvest big berries. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t wait to share her simple philosophy with my students that they too can make a difference—like Anne or Zlata. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s surprised, and maybe even a little disappointed, but what difference does that make? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Fortified towns emerged in the third millennium B.C., with cemeteries whose great variation between unadorned and luxuriously furnished graves bespeaks emerging class differences. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

That initial difference in maturity doesn’t go away with time. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

But since that night, Ophie had learned how to tell the difference between a ghost and a living person. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t love Pizza Garden. There’s a difference.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When told I'd better hire a good attorney, I ask them to give me a public defender, whoever's available—it makes no difference to me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The planet has a few degrees of tilt to the plane of the ecliptic, not enough to make an appreciable seasonal difference in low latitudes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Below knee. Above knee. In the world of prosthetic legs, it’s a critical difference.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

One in the afternoon or four in the morning, it made no difference. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The differences between, say, a D sharp and an E flat, when this happens, are very small, but may be large enough to be noticeable. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Like everything between us is twisted together, friendship and love and family, so I can’t tell the difference between any of them. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Geographic differences in the means by which food production arose are also puzzling. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was that Flossie Gaddis was starved about men and Sissy was healthily hungry about them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spent six hours examining things, trying to find a difference from their appearance on the previous day in the hope of discovering in them some change that would reveal the passage of time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The difference in the two sets of holidays? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But it was also true that more time wouldn’t make a difference. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

What difference does that make when you are all alone now? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

He ran his fingers over it, but the board was so old and smooth, you couldn’t tell the difference between the knot and the rest of it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Amina, you can only make a difference if you get involved, right? And I want to run in high school, so I need experience.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He would win or lose tonight—it made little difference. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not lying, even if I had been trying, it wouldn’t have made any difference. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But what she didn’t realize was that I’d left Bannon's because it was her coaching style that made the difference for me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

So I speak, hoping I can make a difference. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whether he was clumsy or cruel makes not the slightest difference to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Why should choosing make any difference? Just giving orders that don't make any sense." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I told them I was your mother. How would they know the difference?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He can then convert the difference in time to a distance in degrees. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

A while before, African prisoners had begun to receive bread in the morning, but that made little difference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though black like them, he felt there was too much difference between him and them to allow for a common binding and a common life. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever problems we may have with each other, we prefer resolving our differences one-on-one. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Why...well, yes! Good grief, of course! And thank you....I mean, do you really think it’ll make a difference? I don’t mean to suggest that...I don’t know what I mean. Yes, of course!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They looked identical to Billy— because their sex differences were all in the fourth dimension. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell the difference between people making fun of us and people being nice to us. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I waited for a response while I fumbled again with the dictionary, searching for any word that might make a difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t make the difference between yea or nay, but it might attract some attention. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He caught the words “never been near a Shape” and a moment later Cowslip replied, “Well, it makes no difference from our point of view.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the government pays them part of the difference. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I was burning out the infection in front of someone I cared about, and that made all the difference. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It made all the difference in the world, Harry. You helped uncover the truth. You saved an innocent man from a terrible fate.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

They are trying to hold us down, split us up, and keep us from making a difference. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

These relations may be conveyed without even using a connective word: all the writer has to do is write the statements using parallel syntax and vary only the words that indicate the difference. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Nor would they be led astray by the packaging for Christian Brothers, or be as easily confused by the difference between something they truly don’t like and something they simply find unusual. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I've always felt the same as my sisters—the only difference was that I liked to experiment with my arcana, even if it landed me in trouble. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But there was a difference between suppressing the publication of research findings and restricting the personal give-and-take among scientists that was indispensable for scientific progress. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

The only difference was Grandpop didn’t know about some of it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Those differences arose initially from natural variation among the wild plants themselves. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

What is it about the different organization of these various Korean industries that accounts for their differences in productivity within the same country? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is not easy for us to tell the difference between two mortals,’ said the Elf. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Far’s I could see, there wasn’t much difference ’tween folk in Dee-troit and folk in the city called Windsor. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t understand the difference between right and wrong. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All these differences contributed to a distinct class awareness, and even snobbery, in some of the young women who joined Marina Raskova’s regiments. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

And, having told them, would it make any difference? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway. What others think makes no difference to me one way or another. ‘True gold does not fear fire,’ right?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked to them about the difference between liberals and conservatives in America, especially when it comes to issues of immigration, women, and human rights. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I’d seen how just a handful of votes in every precinct could mean the difference not just between one candidate and another but between one value system and the next. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The more I thought about the operation, the more I wondered how much difference it would make to how I looked. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The difference can be appreciated by visualizing the wh-words in their deep-structure positions, before they were moved to the front of the sentence, leaving behind a gap. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I feel like the traveler in Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken”: “Two roads diverged in a wood, I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Chief Buthelezi agreed to provisionally register for the elections in exchange for a promise to subject our differences over constitutional issues to international mediation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there was one difference in New York it was that we had more high- yellow cousins here in the Puerto Ricans and Dominicans. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

But from that time on there was a difference in their way of life. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dicey didn’t say that wouldn’t make any difference, they’d still be walking. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Theoretical differences amongst those fighting against oppression is a luxury we cannot afford at this stage. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the language they inherited framed the genuine political differences and divisions in terms that only exacerbated their nonnegotiable character. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I learned to tell the difference between Beethoven and Bach, between a sonata and a concerto. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

A second lost could be the difference be-tween making it out and getting caught. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Do you think, for example, that you can accurately describe the difference between Coke and Pepsi? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have made any difference,” Bobby responded. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t obey orders. I told you to get them out, and you’ve gone and brought them in. Can’t you see the difference?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

While those differences constitute the most basic fact of world history, the reasons for them remain uncertain and controversial. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

What a difference, Nat thought, between Mr. Derby and the men who commanded his ships. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

An enormous effort by cognitive psychologists has gone into the search for differences in IQ between peoples of different geographic origins now living in the same country. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

How could doing what seemed like nothing more than warm-ups make any real difference? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Here in the Congo I am pleased to announce there is no special difference between living people, dead people, children not yet born, and gods—these are all muntu. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To determine those differences, the Times relied on a computer model based on the Treasury’s. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

But that explains only some of the difference. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d never had any desire to use the place before, but now he shared it with Hazel, which made all the difference. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When William returned from France, she felt the difference between them keenly. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s not subtle, it’s not difficult, and it can make all the difference in the world. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, too, she would have advised against my marriage to Lelia, the lengthy Anglican goddess, who’d measure me ceaselessly while I slept, continually appraise our vast differences, count up the ways. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see no difference,” replied Fern, still hanging on to the ax. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

But the difference was, I could read them now. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The experience made a profound impression on him that led him to think twice about the difference between spirituality and religion, between faith and the institutions that deliver its message. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The uncomfortable truth, however, is that racial differences will always exist among us. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite aware of my differences. I wouldn’t classify them as weird.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was in such disgrace anyway, what difference could it make? The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had examined him that day, too, looking away when his eyes met mine, for signs of difference, of Godlessness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The one difference was that early in the nineteenth century Manhattan had established very strict quarantine rules. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“If it weren’t for you children and our differences over discipline, we would have the happiest marriage possible. All of our fights are over the children.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

These differences will mean that some individuals are better able than others to draw the right conclusions about the world around them and to act accordingly. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

My London showing earlier in the season had been disappointing, but the last six months of training had made a difference. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't make any difference to me. You don't mean anything to me." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Aside from being completely different species, there is a sig-nificant yet odd difference in the color of the Lazarus woodpecker and the pileated one, the latter having a distinctly darker bill. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A natural writer, he quickly grasped the difference between e-mail chat and the more formal and grammatical prose the school wanted, and labored over his essay. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I became afraid, since I could no longer tell the difference between dream and reality. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It still startled her, what a difference a few minutes of train travel made. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He had understood it all, weighed it all, and it made no difference: all was justified by the ultimate purpose. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect it to stay that way though, and sure enough, by the start of October, I started noticing little differences. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m dead. They’re dead too by now probably. What’s the difference? They didn’t want me to marry on the black side.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let us now summarize how variations in these three factors—time of onset of food production, barriers to diffusion, and human population size—led straightforwardly to the observed intercontinental differences in the development of technology. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They disagreed, they discussed, they debated, they retreated to their bedroom to hash out their differences out of my earshot. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh! yes. But you see there is a considerable difference in age: Mr. Rochester is nearly forty; she is but twenty-five.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then she would make a funny face, and we’d fall apart laughing and forget our differences. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The difference between Bobby and Dickens’s good doctor was the voice: Manette’s was faint, “dreadful and pitiable”; Bobby’s was booming, ferocious and vengeful. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

With both boats rowing at the same rate, Hume’s stroke made all the difference. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What difference could it have made if you were only the third most beautiful. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

On the trip to Holman, Tate was furious that McMillian had involved outside counsel; he mocked Walter for thinking it would make any difference. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Not that it would make any difference now, but he had to know. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

And this is not an argument that affirmative action has made no difference in the lives of poor or working-class African Americans—as some have claimed. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make any difference. That’s what I’m trying to tell you, sir. It’s just not the same with you as it was with Major Duluth.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mai has done a lot of talking, but it's the resident from unit #11 who makes the difference. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There is, however, a clear difference in what happens in our brains when we listen to music and when we make music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It made no difference to Papa that no one was out there to witness his performance. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It states simply that in the long run the difference between the probability of some event and the relative frequency with which it occurs approaches zero. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had, for example, already explained to him the technical difference between “fear” and “fright.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Yet another notable difference between Jim Crow and mass incarceration is that many African Americans seem to support the current system of control, while most believe the same could not be said of Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The other difference between crack and other drugs was its method of distribution. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Shortly after sunrise, Armpit opened his book and tried to understand the difference between fixed costs and variable costs. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The other half had been sued at least twice, and Levinson found that just on the basis of those conversations, she could find clear differences between the two groups. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

This, in his opinion, is the biggest difference between them, a thing far more foreign to him than the beautiful house she’d grown up in, her education at private schools. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

When once you were in the grip of the Party, what you felt or did not feel, what you did or refrained from doing, made literally no difference. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I had just climbed up to a sitting position on my bunk and was explaining to Basil the difference between a single whip and a six-tail when the third-floor steward came looking for me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And let me tell you, there’s a big difference between a slip and a slide. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

That purpose is to make a difference and stand up for a cause. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She loves it. She seems so much more confident now. I think it makes a real difference, being at a girls’ school, you know?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The difference between an E flat part and a B flat part is a perfect fifth. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

That’s the difference between qualifying for a gifted program and not. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

All of those differences evaporated, however, when Levanthal looked at how many of the students actually went and got a shot. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Tories believing all differences could be settled with time, patience, and respect for government. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waved it in the air and held it up toward the nearest window, as if that would make a difference. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see whether the number of jam choices made any difference in the number of jams sold. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She had never seen anyone beg for food in America, but over there if she had given a beggar food, it would not have made a whit of difference. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Stars in the galaxy that come too near this black hole will be torn apart by the difference in the gravitational forces on their near and far sides. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore if this difference was not in the body it was probably in the mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I swear on the Bible I couldn’t tell the difference if I tried for ten years,” Mr. Chris said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference in both pictures was the bride standing next to him. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

To lump people as different as Zulus, Somalis, and Ibos under the single heading of “blacks” ignores the differences between them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What difference does that make? She is as kind and good as — as you are, Aunt Rachel. I could swear to it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“But look at this email,” I tell him, like that will somehow make a difference. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The only difference now was that a lot of people were watching. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"You think it would have made a difference if you had grown up knowing that I was there?" Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

It took a smart man to know where the difference lay between the sects, but anyone could see what they had in common. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had an idea it wouldn’t make any difference. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

These patterns emphasize the differences between the stronger and weaker beats to help the performers keep track of where they are in the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Our idiot government should break ranks with Britain too. We must take a stand! Why is Britain not doing more in Rhodesia? What bloody difference will limp economic sanctions make?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hamilton’s distinction between personal and political criticism was designed to change the dispute with Burr from an affair of honor to a political difference of opinion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Jonathan Schooler—whom I introduced in the previous chapter—once did an experiment with Timothy Wilson that beautifully illustrates this difference. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

It made a difference for a boy, of course, not having a father. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I was born poor and I will probably die poor. No one from my neighborhood has ever made a difference and I probably won’t make one either.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

At a distance I can’t tell the difference, though they themselves probably can. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lot of difference, Mother said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He opened up what looked like the white pages on his desk and started rattling off names and addresses to me as if they made a difference. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t think so. It’s best to play safe. And a captain’s not much difference.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Life’s all about differences and choices. I’m just glad you two haven’t killed each other in there.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Based on the records we have access to, these ethnic differences don’t seem to have affected the way the airwomen got along. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Ranks of folding wooden chairs have been placed along the right side, for the Wives and daughters of high-ranking officials or officers, there’s not that much difference. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The greatest difference from them seems to be in the external shape, and wanting feet. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Is that the difference between a neuron and a neural chip? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the notion of racial difference—specifically the notion of white supremacy—proved far more durable than the institution that gave birth to it. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Not only that: the greater the curvature, the greater the difference in the shadow lengths. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make any difference what I think, son,” he said after a pause. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

What further proof could be wanted to establish that the differences between Aboriginal Australian and European societies arose from differences between the peoples themselves? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

In just a few minutes, there was a long list of differences—things like advertisements, a purchase price, color pictures, comics, gossip columns, advice columns, world news. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“To its owner, it’s just warm. That’s how you can tell the difference between an arcanist and someone who has a knack for finding water or guessing at the weather.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't make any difference with me. It doesn't make any difference with a woman." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It makes a difference where and when we grew up. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Besides, in those days they had been slaves and now they were free, and that made all the difference, as Squealer did not fail to point out. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Which is calculated as a number between 0 and 5 based on the difference in attraction to each other. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I waited for my father to show the mayor the sharp side of his tongue, to explain the difference between mere traveling performers and Edema Ruh. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Some of the animal myths have the ring of contemporary biologic theory, if you allow for differences in jargon. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a vast difference between Mary and those for whom I was leaving her. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The direct harm caused to whites caused by mass incarceration seems to distinguish it from Jim Crow; yet, like many of the other differences, this one requires some qualification. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Because if it’s an actual clue, that could make a difference.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Probably the commonest explanation involves implicitly or explicitly assuming biological differences among peoples. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you can’t see the difference between good, upstanding people and the mentally disturbed, with criminals and imbeciles, you’re not the person I thought you were.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

A kind of temperamental difference, you might say.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So let’s go home before we get sore throats. 8TH JUROR: What’s the difference whether you get one here or at the ball game? 7TH JUROR: No difference pal. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that everything at East Shoal was completely insane. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“If you had only told me about your studies earlier it might have made a great difference, Lee.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We would mix in traditional English Christmas songs with African ones, and include a few protest songs — the authorities did not seem to mind or perhaps know the difference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only difference was the mechanism—how the water was delivered. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t see what difference it makes when I get up, since this is a travel day, but then it turns out that yesterday’s makeover was just to get me to the train station. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were, to be sure, important political and ideological differences between the two men, differences that became the basis for the opposing sides they took in the party wars of the 1790s. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

There was no difference when they were swollen and covered with flies. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She would never know the difference, because she didn’t know how to read. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a world of difference between working on models in the classroom at Engels and having to go to work on the real thing. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We were being heard, we were making a difference, and it felt good. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But with Mister Singer there was a difference. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It took them a long time—too long—but they all knew those weapons could make the difference between victory and defeat if they got them back to camp in time. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

One of the key differences between the two was in the way their communities saw them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s not too late. Kathy, listen, it’s not too late. Okay, so Tommy’s done two donations. Who says that has to make any difference?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the sum total of all those differences is that in certain kinds of situations that require dealing with risk and uncertainty, Danes tend to react in a very different way from Belgians. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Rain said television was a vast wasteland that lowered our standards until we couldn’t tell the difference between bad and good. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It didn’t make a bit of difference that I intended to write stories, not timetables, when I grew up. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The governor got the legislature to pass laws closing the schools. But a new school board,” Mother said, “might make a difference. They’re the ones who set the start dates for the schools and...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference between Euripides’ Medea and Apollonius’ heroine and also Virgil’s Dido is in its degree a measure of what Greek tragedy was. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, we still use Newton’s theory for all practical purposes because the difference between its predictions and those of general relativity is very small in the situations that we normally deal with. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difference in their stations had never bothered her before; in the Wood, when they were alone, she could imagine that they were at the same level. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The age differences in the family always seemed to add unnecessarily and perversely to our problems. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Mad-Eye Moody was sitting there — except that there was a very noticeable difference in his appearance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The mountains, he thought, must make for the difference in temperature. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me for failing to tell the difference.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know, Delsie, you have a lot in common with your mom. You laugh like her. The way you stand. But you have one big difference.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain said, “To me there was never any difference.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The current best estimate for Earth’s weight is 5.9725 billion trillion metric tons, a difference of only about 1 percent from Cavendish’s finding. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The difference between the two types of dates will be explained in Chapter 5. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s one of the differences between you and me. I know how to keep my mouth shut.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It pleased her to make up the difference. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

No one can tell the difference between a clone and a human. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pick up, sweep aside—same difference in her mom's world. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Knowing the difference was critical, especially since Endurance often passed more than 400 bergs in a twenty-four-hour period: it was a crowded sea. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mary thought there was a difference between the sounds for he-zalif and she-zalif, but it was too subtle for her to imitate easily. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

However, the skeletal differences between the earlier hunter-gatherers and the farmers who replaced them are less marked in Europe than in the Philippines, Indonesia, and subequatorial Africa. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It could mean the difference between stability and poverty. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The stripes on the cushions have dulled to gray as if the color made no difference at all. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, this has been more fun than camp. Even the food’s been better. There’s that difference.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Johnny’s tyranny during the week had irritated the old gentleman—who never believed it made the least difference to anyone when anything was finished. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In discussing the ANC’s policy of nonviolence, he emphasized that there was a difference between nonviolence and pacifism. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was scarcely distinguishable from his guffaw, but there was a difference. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Cross your thumb over your pointing finger, like this....No, not with that hand....You must always use your right hand,” she said, holding it out to make sure I knew the difference. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the concreteness of being outdoors was another matter—like the difference between the concept of death and being, in fact, dead. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I also try to convince myself that they don’t have enough brains to know the difference between a hot bath and a slow death. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s such a big difference between being dead and alive, I told myself, and the greatest gift that anyone can give anyone else is life. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is another reason that modes sounded very different from each other, although that particular difference may be missing today when chant is sung using equal temperament. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

But with Catherine there was almost no difference in the night except that it was an even better time. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

But there was a difference: food to Vincent was an unavoidable necessity; most of the time he didn’t care what—or if—he ate. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s not like we’ll have a choice. This is big,” Juanita tucked her shirt into her shorts, as if that was going to make a difference. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

He asks for volunteers to explain the difference between the two. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The music may look quite different, but the only difference when you listen is that one sounds higher than the other. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

TJ spun the black lock dial confidently, like he could feel the difference in the grooves and would know when he landed on the right numbers. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Since Aureliano at that time had very confused notions about the difference between Conservatives and Liberals, his father-in-law gave him some schematic lessons. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

There were almost as many red ballots as blue, but the sergeant left only ten red ones and made up the difference with blue ones. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Too soon doctors would discover and be amazed at the apparent difference in age between his face and his body. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The main difference, of course, is that this tiny town would be circling the earth every two hours or so. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried again to paddle hard to the right, which his muscles liked better than the left; but as hard as he dug and as fast as he worked, it made no difference at all. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The difference between ‘this world’ and ‘the world-to-come’ comes out to nine. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you tell the difference between a boy and a man?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Father washed the spots with herbal solutions, but they made no difference. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“How long have you known?” he asked, as though that would make a difference. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, trying to see the difference. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He concluded that “he who can digest a second or third fluxion, a second or third difference, need not, methinks, be squeamish about any point in divinity.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It wouldn’t have made the least bit of difference,” Millard said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The name isn’t likely to make a shard of difference. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

But overlaid on top of that are tendencies and assumptions and reflexes handed down to us by the history of the community we grew up in, and those differences are extraordinarily specific. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“It won’t make any difference whether I tell or not. Isaac’s a runaway. They’ll have to answer for that, no matter what.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It would be tempting to invite her in, for in the depths of grief, sometimes one cannot tell the difference between illusion and reality. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's a difference between pretty black girls and pretty white girls? How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Tree-ear could feel the difference between the results of a first draining and that of, say, a third. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't make any difference. Any girl. I couldn't go, that would be all." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“The difference between the American and British ‘bye.’” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Every county in the Deep South had a Willoughby, each so like the other that they constituted a category called He, the Great Big Man, the Little Man, allowing for minor territorial differences. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s called a delta. Delta means change—the difference between one value and another over time.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

What differences among societies on different Polynesian islands need to be explained? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The difference was, because of their education and fancy degrees, they could afford to pay money to contribute to their cause. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The difference in our ages meant that my brother and I were never close growing up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The only difference was that Mr. Pirzada and his extra watch were not there to accompany us. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But people like Marina show the rising generations that it is possible to make a difference—and that it is worth it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The fourth and last set of factors consists of continental differences in area or total population size. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

She worried that their difference of faith would be a terrible void between them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

That makes a difference to ‘old men’ like us. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I like to hurt people too. I can make the cruelest choice. The difference is, sometimes I don’t, and you always do, and that makes you evil.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I have always hated the emptiness that winter brings, the blank landscape and the stark difference between sky and ground, the way it transforms trees into skeletons and the city into a wasteland. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was far easier for my wife and family to get to Pollsmoor than Robben Island, and this made a tremendous difference. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of this as a great difference between us. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z