She rubbed her leg against Leroy, but she was staring out the window while she did it, as if her mind were somewhere else. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And no matter what you asked her to do, she did it without questioning why.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“What was left of it. The point is, at every turn the children have behaved with courage and intelligence. I’m sure they’ll keep on doing it.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They do it deliberately. By denying it, they can pretend it doesn’t exist. No racism. No global warming. No refugees dying. It’s all about denying the truth.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

What did it mean to translate it as “investment” or “charge”? And what good did it do to translate it as “cathexis”? What did “cathexis” mean? The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hated to do it, but I had no choice. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Better eat what we can get now, while the Cauldron-Born give us a chance to do it. I shall help you. I know all about foraging in the woods, do it constantly...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

"I am calling the police. They'll probably be there before we will. You just wait. We are coming to you. We can do it together. We're leaving now." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I burned the Maps. I did it. I slammed my head on the table so you’d think it was someone else, I lied, burned it all. I did it!” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That doesn’t sound, well, safe, now does it? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I didn't do it hard, but she tried to hit my hand anyway, but she missed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

If he were to find Trademaster asleep, then a heavy rock brought down on his head would do it, Gabe thought. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I have to say that I couldn’t do it very successfully. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did it go?” he asked, leaning close to Jam to whisper the question loudly. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I pulled my hand away and swung round on the stool but just as I did it I heard a long, dry rumble. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What good does it do? Bill can’t use it in court.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Once upon a time in ancient Greece, there was an enchanted pool ...” I could do it in my sleep now. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"When you get through your trial period. It's only three shillings a week, but it's better than nothing. Although, come to that, I suppose I'd do it for nothing." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t from desperation that he did it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You told—You did? Seriously? Wow, how did it go?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“People in the crowd call out suggestions of crazy things for them to draw, and then they do it.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It would be hard at first to convince them of her good faith, but she could do it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Couldn’t you do it now?” asked Laurie, so suggestively that Jo shut the gate in his face with inhospitable haste, and called through the bars, “Go away, Teddy, I’m busy.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. We don’t yet know who did it,” Headmaster Clarkson answered, in spite of Mr. Thompson’s comment. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

What would Mo say, she wondered, if he knew I can do it, too? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Andy was the only boy who ever did that and he never did it again. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Better yet, what am I doing it for? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Trim them along here, but not too short. Don’t touch them on the other side of the house, not until I make sure that you’re doing it right.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did a backflip with a little twist on the layout and then I did it again, landing upright on my feet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Hughie,” he said, “I think you got something there. I never would of thought you could do it, but by God you really rang a duck that time.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because if I do it where I live, somebody pours water on me.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

If we must worship a power greater than ourselves, does it not make sense to revere the Sun and stars? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Jackson said, “It’s important we find that ax-head, boy. Which way did it go?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“No biting,” Minya told the ghost, though of course Ruby was right: He wouldn’t have been able to do it unless she’d let him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

What good did it do him to know about the other third child? Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I think people would like you if you did it more.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She might even have been told to do it by a superior commander. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

They were all doing it for the same reason: to better themselves. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why does it have to be this way?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He was thinking about eating meat again but felt the only way he could do it was if he killed the animal himself. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“How long does it take to say, Mom, Dad, I’m getting married?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do it for the children,” he said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are echoes inside him that say, do it right and they will like you. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did it take place outside Baltimore City, in the county, an area where vicious murders were less common, but this shooting involved one of their own. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Cap, I thought you knew. I did it for you.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“No, no, it seems pretty sturdy. An old friend of mine did it. I trust her. She said it should be fine,” Grandma explained. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I was old enough for Boy Scouts, I told my dad I wasn’t going to do it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She did make him wash the windows and then did it again after he had finished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I can do it," I said, climbing fearfully out. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what does it mean? What’s going to happen if it’s not balanced?” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to put down the bag to do it, because his other hand still held his mother’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some say that the god did it himself, others that he got Artemis to shoot one of her unerring arrows at her. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shouldn’t have done it, Grandpa,” Seth said. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why they allow the workers to do it? What if he had spilled it on Angel? See where he must have put his beer can on that platform.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to do it again and again and again. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

My friend Madge, the mayor’s daughter, has a telephone in her house, but if we want to talk, we do it in person. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Trust you? Are you kidding? Then who did it? Who paid you to burn Nicole?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mitraillette says it is not just me, he does it to every woman under 40 who comes near enough for him to touch. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to do it this way. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The rest of us thought it was funny, so we tried to get him mad at every opportunity, just to see him do it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Miss Lulu, “it doesn’t seem probable, does it? She looks like something blown in by a storm.” Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Yet the cold and the damp still make my joints ache, as when they were alive. So what does it serve?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do it outside, then. I’m sick of this hunk of junk.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When we finally realized she was really upset, we tried to get serious but we didn’t do it very well. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He peeked in at the rest of the residents, then turned back to me: “Tell you what, let’s do it tomorrow. We’ll start fresh and all that good stuff. Ha ha!” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The last time I broke into a faction’s headquarters, I did it with a gun in my hand, and I left bodies behind me. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I would be helping people who needed help, and if I was trained, I would get paid for doing it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“She needs help walking her dog, Ziggy, until her knee gets better. Can I do it? She says she’ll pay me to walk him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Seems to me you go to a lot of unnecessary trouble doing it,” I says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way we do it in our community?” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The Second Sons are on the losing side. They need to turn their cloaks again and do it now.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s funny, because he could just arrest me, anyway, based on past crimes, but maybe he has to have something really irrefutable to do it, now that I’m a victor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, occupational hazard. But seriously, how did it feel to be hidden there and have her look for you?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He put the dry and yellowish mass in front of his eyes and asked him: “What does it look like to you?” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

What does it mean that lynchings were relatively rare and that they fell precipitously over time, even in the face of a boom in Klan membership? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

A real, warm smile that seemed to surprise him, as if he hadn’t known he could still do it. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Then, she knew, Einar would tell her to put on her backpack filled with rocks and begin doing it again. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She might even do it later, after the sun had set, when she could paint at her leisure. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

So it didn’t matter to me that Angel Yanagihara was doing it for a good cause, or even that she swooped in at the last minute with her treatment. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Let me do it. I can beat him." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And when did it become a city of people quick to beg and too enamored of free things? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Why, Mami? Why do it? You're never going to make money. The Americans have already thought of everything, you know that." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Arthur telling me I did it makes this whole book thing extra real. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Breakfast, you ready? l did it every game. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t ready to do it yet, though. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The doctor said when they are connected to the other teeth around them, they can do it. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You know, photographers are always looking for models. Lots of the art students did it.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how we done it, but somehow we learned to get along. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami insisted that I take the long way to school and not cut across the projects, but I did it once, because I wanted to find the spot where the little girl had fallen. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He would survive, and he would do it on his own. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“The Gazette doesn’t have any leads on who did it,” Sean said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“You did it,” he said, breaking into a smile. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Not really. Things aren’t so bad at my school, I guess. Why are they doing it where you are?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But my voice wobbled as I said: “If it annoys you so much, I won’t do it any more.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he used a bow like he’d been doing it for years, and soon he was throwing knives farther and more accurately than she. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Okay—there are a few people here who just do it because it looks good on their college applications. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Splendid effort,” commented the Humbug jovially; “exactly the way I would have done it myself.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do it, do it, do it,” Seth shouted, and instantly the class shouted along with him. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realized it was crazy, but I still did it. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“But how did it get out here? Doc usually keeps it in his cabin. We’d never set it out here where you kids could step on it.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I guess the main reason I felt this way was because Papa and I had figured out a quick and nearly foolproof way of doing it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to do it, to make Frank and Gimpy happy and have them like him, and to get the bright good-luck piece that Gimpy has promised him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I've done a little of everything here, because I'm the only one around to do it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: Then you think your little brother did it? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve done it!” said the Englishman, who had also awakened early. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care how you do it. But get it done. We’re going to let the country know what kind of a hero Mr. Ellsberg is.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Admitting that and doing it felt more like an act of bravery than any fight she had ever been in. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Violet: I would have gotten out of it so I didn’t have to do it to begin with. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The devil done came up in your head like he does mine sometimes. He made you do it.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

They never talk about what’s going to happen; they just do it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Why would he come all this way and stop in the middle of a stupid forest and do it here?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Me too. And I hope they do it with a case of poison ivy on the inside of their skin.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Why? How do you do it?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It makes me sick, having to throw back the shorts, but you got to do it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I think he used to distort things physically and now he does it verbally more than any other way. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

My friend would then turn to me, quiet and pale, and would say, ‘No, sir; that is impossible: I cannot do it, because it is wrong;’ and would become immutable as a fixed star. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Rarely did it happen that everything was checked before he went home late at night, after making his final rounds through the clinic and TB hospital. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Orders simply informed men where they were to transport their families, the amount of time allowed for them to do it, and a description of their new assignment. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We understood then that this was how we were going to do it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

‘Which way did it go?’ asked Strider, suddenly and sharply. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t know whether it was a divine stupidity or a great faith that let them do it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I want to tell my dad to choose a school for me, because what does it matter? All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Please, Mother,” I said in pathetic tones, “let me do it tomorrow. I think my eyes are strained.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I motion for her to pull the blanket farther down, and she pushes the potato sack in front of Max before she does it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe what I did was wrong, but I’d do it all over again if I had to. I mean it.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, Bigger, if you didn’t do it, just tell me and I’ll fix ’em. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Easy does it,” he told me, “just a side wound, no problem unless you’re pregnant.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like I mentioned before, this is the only way to do it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see that. I done it again. I was for sure catching a bad case of Quincy-mouth. “ Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“And is that stuff you have put there going to do it?” asked Quincey. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But we were both sort of laughing when he did it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He speaks better now than he did in Erhenrang, more simply and more subtly; he has learned his job in doing it, like us all. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother had already done this, but she made Phoebe promise to do it as well. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I think I did it, I thought, and I glanced around the room at my classmates to see if they, too, were thinking about what I’d said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She was determined to do it, even though she was terrified by the idea of getting up on stage, so she started spending her days planning her speech. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But none of them did it as fast. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Half the time, she wished the doctors would just kidnap her in the middle of the night and do it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I always knew the woman was pure evil! Are you going to let her do it?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then she lifted the lid away, nearly choking with fear but knowing she had to—she had to do it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have a strict policy about who is allowed upstairs, and if you change it for one person then where does it end? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And at the sound, so gentle and familiar, my finger went limp on the trigger, and I could not do it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If you want to go for it, Grace, do it,” Joaquin told her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“How many words does it have to be?” was all I could think to say. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to say I sold the wand that did it,” he said softly. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He did not have to water anymore because the sky did it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I heard people’s sneakers slapping the deck in an anxious attempt to stop me, but I knew I could do it. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But Deborah didn’t do it, because she was afraid of what she might find and how it might affect her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

She stood close to King Ogunwe, as if for shelter, and said, “How does it work? What does it do?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Ducking his head in the mine all day probably didn’t do it a lot of good. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Calvin asks me, “How did it go? With the lieutenant?” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

It was too big of a hurt, too wild, too incredible to not ask Hibiscus if it was true, why he had done it, why he had become a monster. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I can do it as long as he can, he thought. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People,” he said at last, no shadow of a grin remaining, “people would say I did it for the money.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, someone has to do it,” said Oz. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t unna-stand why; the man didn’t have to help put our horses up but done it anyway. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“I did it,” I shouted with excitement as I raced in the front door where Grandma was standing in her usual place to welcome me home after school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It isn’t right to keep it going all hours, but I do it to keep myself awake. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You seriously couldn't find a way to spend five million in a month? I could do it in a week.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thyon Nero wasn’t the only one exhausting himself—though he was the only one siphoning off his own vital essence to do it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

One way or another, she would do it. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

How long did it take to build a house? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“It still amazes me when I give a test in grammar and the kids can do it,” said English teacher Elodia Hilliard with more than a touch of sadness in her voice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would do it myself if I were qualified. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why does it have to be in front of everyone? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did it take me forty years to figure that out? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. I called him earlier today to ask him why he did it.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Private Goring, I am indebted in so total—,” and I stopped him, wishing no more Gratitude for doing no more than he had; though I han’t done it to try and Die. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But because I’d snapped at her, Ruth glared back and said: “What does it matter anyway? What’s the rhubarb patch got to do with any of this? Just get on with what you were saying.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saved a town, and when his dad died, he was the only guy who could do it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. We did it in sophomore year. I did some sneakers. Everybody did some sneakers. No one could master the laces.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And of the two thousand who do, about one thousand will be standing in line waiting to do it. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope we can do it again soon.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“When we were young, your dad and I used to be street performers, before we had regular gigs. Lots of musicians do it.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He had found out that the harder it was to do something, the more comfortable he felt after he had done it. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Would you have done it if I had?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

‘Why shouldn’t I? I could do it just as well as you.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m the only one who has a chance against her. You can’t do it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“How can I do it when I don’t know how?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“They don’t even talk about it. Except to tell me to stay away from anyone who does it because they can hurt me. But I don’t think you’d ever hurt anyone.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t feel heroic when I did it—just too scared to jump. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Wonka was wringing his hands and saying, “No, no, no, no, no! It isn’t ready for eating! It isn’t right! You mustn’t do it!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, I try to help them do it themselves because it's better that way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Turns out falling from a boat is dead easy—any fool can do it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If I were caught doing it, would it count? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roza's bragging and the way she makes life so unbearable at the clothing shop drive me to do it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

When they’d had the “little talk” the next day, he knew what his mum had done and why she had done it. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“He actually has a reason to hate me, though. Everyone else does it because it’s expected.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Anybody has to do any bathroom stuff or anything like that, you do it now.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The way he half tucks his shirt into his jeans, the way his shoes are worn down at the heel, the way he touches that scar on his eyebrow without realizing he’s doing it. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

"Camellia will do it because I want her to." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I can see it in his eyes as he picks up the gun and opens the chamber like he’s done it a thousand times—and maybe he has. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I knew exactly what I was doing, exactly who I was doing it to. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you just love him? If he called up and asked me to marry him I would do it in, like, one second.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And if he hadn’t cooked up such a great idea himself, he’d have been tempted to go along with April’s version just to see how she’d do it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like singing in tune: he knew he was doing it at the same time as he did it. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Because I mean to do it all myself. One keeps a secret better than two. O you enemy, you enemy!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like if you tried to ride a bicycle here—if they had one. 1 bet you could do it without thinking. But do you remember learning to ride one?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

He would do it all in the kitchen, he told himself—if only he could get in there without Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker seeing him. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I usually put the school in order after the children leave,” he said, “but I’ll do it in the morning before they get here.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t just do it out of the blue,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Too quick for me to see how Maxim did it. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I kept doing it until I got better and better and before long I was bouncing off the lockers because I was dizzy too. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh come on, man, you’re new. We do it every morning.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I honestly don’t remember when I did it, but from the look of my hair, I must have grabbed a pair of scissors and just started cutting without strategy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I do the thing, like, at the end of Scooby-Doo and tell you how I did it?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And, boy, did it make the wrong impression. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

A few months ago, I would have done it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I was not very eager to do it, partly because I was tired, and partly because it seemed strange and unnatural. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Knowing that it can be done stimulates you to try to do it yourself, but your eventual specific solution may or may not resemble that of the first inventor. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you won’t do it for yourself, at least do it for all the people on the train who had to suffer through your cologne in such tight quarters.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

She did it even as a girl in Soweto. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He does not want to hurt me, he told me so, he only does it when I give him cause. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Members of my family have been doing it for nearly seven hundred years.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“How did you do it?” he asked after a moment. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Now, lets see you do it by yourself. Remember all the things you did from the beginning. Now, go ahead.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jody patted their heads—Doubletree Mutt with the big thick tail and yellow eyes, and Smasher, the shepherd, who had killed a coyote and lost an ear doing it. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do one if you do it first,” I challenged him. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

What qualities does it share with anyone in possession of a penis? Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I wore your clothes, and I won’t do it again. Okay?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Soon, fencing became my number one diversion, so I did it as much as possible. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say I’d do it, sonny, don’t try pressuring a miracle man, not this one; you try pressuring me, out you go, how much money you got?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought for a long time about whether I should do it. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Our Zemeni stepped on it and tore the hem. I think she did it on purpose.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And then, because they won’t do it, I send myself to my room. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If he’s getting his heart broken tonight, he’s sure as hell going to make Henry have the guts to do it right. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

That’s when they do it, which seems almost unreal, doesn’t it? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In almost every MacGyver episode, someone gets tied up, so I know how to do it. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to tell the truth, if any of us was meant to do it, it was Ruth May. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, let’s go. We’ve got to be there. You never know, maybe he will do it this time.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, man. Speak. You can do it.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen,” I tell him, “I gotta go. I’m sorry about the Forum. Maybe we can do it another day.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: How does it make you feel when you know that the building where he was thrown from . Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m Lithuanian. Of course I like amber. Your eardrum has ruptured. This is recent. How did it happen?” she asked. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I have found many Readers more interested in what I wear than in what I think, more avid to know how I do it than in what I do. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s doing it on purpose, if I am. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I can do it, Father. I can walk down there tomorrow morning and be back by suppertime.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ian Rider had done it all, on his own, and he had never stopped...not until the day they had killed him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On a day like this he would do it. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She was the only one who could read their wretched Shadow out of the book for them; no one else could do it—except Mo, and they hadn't caught him yet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gale’s convinced the Capitol does it on purpose, rigs the drawings to add extra drama. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Marion tried to get Security to open it for her and they wouldn’t do it.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I can do it. I can fly again. I know it’s in my path.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Yes, this is perfect! Don’t bite any more, Centipede, or we’ll sink too fast! Gently does it!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lill, who was saving for a pair of roller skates and wanted the money, kept insisting she could do it. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as long as he answered them, I didn’t care if he patted me on the head while he did it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“This Plymouth can do it if you can, Daniel.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Monica gave me five euros today. We did it right before lunch. I just want to make sure she’s not taking advantage of me.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even when I was nine and Big Ma had told me to bring her a chicken for supper I knew better than to do it in front of my sisters. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

In a little while she would walk in the door and this time he would let her do it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I also forgot to tell you how often I do it now, which is a lot. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I also told him to take his term behind bars with a smile U done it yourself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The regular officer—he always lets me do it.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Make yourself do it and devise some simple and sure way about the lines. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could have done it with my eyes closed, I realized, my arms cradling her like a hammock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But when he imagined returning to tell Miss Perumal of his success, hiding the fact that he’d cheated, he knew he could never do it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote a paper about Walden for Bill, but this time I did it differently. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“And you were right. I was uncomfortable, and I hated that whole thing, so I shouldn’t have done it.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Me teaching you to do your makeup. She told me to offer to do it. She said you would probably like it better if I helped you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“And when he does it again? Don’t mind what people think?” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been forever since I had done it, but I felt like I was ready; plus, I was tired of eating burned bodega bagels. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I might have done it,” he mused, “if she had not lain in my bosom and smiled like that.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I did it all the time at the Mosses’.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Octavian reportedly replied that if Mark Antony really wanted to kill himself, he should find an easier way to do it. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

He had forgotten how to do it “Merlyn," said toe King, panting, "I want to talk to you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

She does it slowly, making each minute movement part of the show, until her body and head are completely within the box and only her hand remains without, sticking out the top. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The police know who did it, but they ain’t telling nobody his name. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I told myself that I wouldn’t do it again, not after last time, but then I saw him and I w'anted him and I thought, why not? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it did not let the invaders off the hook— they caused huge numbers of deaths, and knew that they had done it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

They gave me frequent warning to start applying myself--especially around midterms, when my parents came up for a conference with old Thurmer--but I didn't do it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The highways hardly even connect because Armelio doesn’t mix up his thoughts; he has one and does it and then he moves on to the next. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Last night,” I said; “you thought I did it on purpose.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“This is how a pro does it. Plucked ’em right out the trees.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

If I expected Nan to give second chances, then I could start by doing it myself. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

She says that they do it in the movies, when their cheeks move about. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems as though he could do that himself. Tom always did it himself.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I said nothing, because that’s what I do when someone yells at me, and I wondered whether she was going to do it again. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My face hurts when I cry, so I don’t do it.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying to imagine how you would do it,” he said. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I gag again, trying to turn away from the guards as I do it, so they think I don't want their attention. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Then all of a sudden, she said, "Oh, why did you do it?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I hear like the fella talks about it don’t never do it.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided I’d ask her to be my valentine, but I had no idea how to do it. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Killing isn’t free. It takes something out of you every time you do it. You get their life; they get a piece of your soul. It’s always a trade.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guy said Papi had done it when he parked the van, but Papi knew it was already there when he arrived. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But before stepping forward to receive her award, Stephanie hugs me and whispers in my ear, “I think you did it, Vanessa. That crown is yours!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“All of us. Even if we didn’t realize we were doing it.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I thought I could get up then and walk away, but my legs wouldn’t do it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did it cement our friendship but it also provided us our first and likely only opportunity for a good brawl. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you wanna run off into the unknown to do it?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t do it, she couldn’t offer herself, she couldn’t. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m doing it, I’m doing—! Oh, it’s you,” said Ron in relief, as Harry entered the room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Ernie nodded, then took a bigger bite—a chomp—which meant that now Genie had to do it too. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We had my aunt on speakerphone and my mom had said, “Take it from me, hermanita, they dance at the wedding and then they never do it again.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

They both pointing at you, crying, wondering why you done it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"It was all a bit hairy, Grandmamma. I wouldn't want to do it again." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Please, I want him to think I can do it on my own. I want him to think I’m... worth the trouble.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We’d been doing it for years, so it was no wonder kids talked about us. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She has a system for packing; she talks to herself while she’s doing it, reminding herself of details, and she likes us out of the way. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’m reciting the nines times tables,’ I said, and I showed her how to do it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How long did it take Dad to get to his favorite topic, the Erik Fisher Football Dream? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

One sip would have done it, and the baby had had—well. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

AND even if that somehow, in some way that only you can understand, is your business, how is it your business WHY I didn’t do it? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was wondering, should I tell Biddy ’bout this Stephen this morning before we go down to breakfast or let Lizabeth do it? Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And where did it get him, tell me that?’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice shook, as if the words were heavy, impossible to lift out of her, but she did it anyway, because she loved us. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I touch Rhiannon’s hand a few times when I’m making a point, so it doesn’t seem so unusual when I do it to Justin. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I didn't realize how much it was going to suck doing it alone. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, before they adjourned, Mr. Tuffett would say he knew who did it, and if the party wished leniency he would appear at his office not later than two o’clock with a statement in writing. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Ingestible Knowledge isn’t just a theory, Dr. Blackbridge. Cognitive enhancement through the bloodstream is possible! This boy is proof! Living proof! I did it.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Ruth and Tommy never did anything gross in front of people, and if sometimes they cuddled or whatever, it felt like they were genuinely doing it for each other, not for an audience. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I spent too much time wondering exactly how I would do it. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Or, well, to have it destroyed. I am not made for perilous quests. I wish I had never seen the Ring! Why did it come to me? Why was I chosen?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They were very nice and let me bring the work home instead of do it there.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

August and June each took one of May’s elbows and guided her through the door in a movement so smooth it was plain they’d done it before. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better we don’t do it, then. We can pretend tea, though.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How come your mom gets to do it?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I made a grave mistake in marrying Tonks. I did it against my better judgment and I have regretted it very much ever since.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He knew that when he was ready to pull it out, he would have to do it quickly, before the ground above it collapsed. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Well, in a way—and I have no wish to minimize his peculiar role and his peculiar achievement—it is not he who has done it but time. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I kept worrying about all the homework I had to do and the little time I had to do it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

They decided to untie Grandpa and make him do it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

There, I had a friend’s face under my gaze; and what did it signify that those young ladies turned their backs on me? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

This is mortifying but at least she does it indoors, where no one can see her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, when the musical monks finally started doing it, their caution was staggering. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Worst of all, did it make me a disappointment? The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I look at it now, years later, and I can’t believe we did it. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And it would’ve been much easier to sit back while all of Lily fell under the awe-inspiring spell of the possibility of second chances, or rebirth, but we just couldn’t do it. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“But what is it, what is it? How can I do it if I don’t know what it is?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know how to do it, but when he climbed down from that tree he felt he was a different boy. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have not done it justice, or rather mercy. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then the sun came up and it was time to do it all over again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do it, Mr. President,” said the badly offended Wheeler. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

As she stepped into the woods, she considered rushing back to see if she could find Kiyoshi, and finally she decided to do it. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And he did it because he didn’t care—because he doesn’t care. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

And I purposely left them at home tonight because I just don’t think I’m old enough to do it yet. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He would do it himself, or he wouldn’t. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’m glad for Lem, Amanda, but I didn’t do it for him. He did it for himself. He worked and studied harder than any man in the crew.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, to make it short, we want you to do it again.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But then I started to think about how her mom not letting her dance wasn’t so different from my sneaking around with the band, afraid Mom wouldn’t let me do it if she knew. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who signed up Hilly for that pie, but I sure know why she’d eat alive anybody she thought did it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t dared her to do it, but I was glad that she did. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Why did it feel like an entire lifetime had passed in the past few weeks? Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I didn’t let myself wonder if I could do it again, let alone test it out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, in the middle of the night, I can almost convince myself that I’m going to do it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have sufficient motivation to work together and the ability to figure out how to do it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I noticed him doing it all the time when we came in before. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

And in my case, the whole thing was made more complicated by the fact that two of the girls I was closest to definitely had done it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But usually he didn’t do it unless he was deeply disturbed or concerned about something. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he had to do the Written Comments at the end of the charts, he told me what to write, and I did it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Something strikes you as odd, does it not?” he asked gently. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Sam. Mum’s done it! She’s on the way back down now.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A few hours ago I might not have done it either. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After that, she was gone for weeks, and I missed her so much that I would curl my hair around my own fingers and pretend it was her doing it. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Why did you do that?” asked the Wart “I did not do it on purpose.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, tell me this, Bigger. Why did you do it?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I do, but I...I don’t want to do it in the car,” I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe her mom had done it to protect her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If I could take back that night, I’d do it in a second. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’ll tell you all the details about how the ladies died and how Spizz did it—and I bet it will make your nose bleed too.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

If I don’t do it now, I might never have the courage to say the words out loud, I might lose them altogether, they might stick in mv throat and choke me in my sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He'd do it, finally, but it took him a lot longer if you asked him to. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, what good does it do to complain about it all the time? Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

His face was smeared with grease, and he was wearing his wizards do it with wands T-shirt. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

White people did it more, but African Americans did it too. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I do it quietly, still in my bedroom with the door shut. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And while he was doing it, dragging that buzzing machine over her skin a few times, scraping green into brown, Aurelia told me a story to keep her mind off the pain. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Southam’s lawyers argued, “If the whole profession is doing it, how can you call it ‘unprofessional conduct’?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I did it to give them an outlet,” he explained. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t treat Mormonism as the objective of human history, but neither did it discount the contribution Mormonism had made in grappling with the questions of the age. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

No one else would do it, and he wouldn’t ask anyone else to do it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Empire soldiers who died in battle, who died with honor. I’ll celebrate them. I’ll mourn them. But I won't regret what I did. I did it for the Empire. I did it for my people.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Big Foot crosses his arms in an imitation of me, which Fry finds so hilarious, he does it too. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He had done it to remember his grandfather, and he loved the flames. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

By the tenth wave he knew they couldn’t do it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was noticed that Gawaine had put himself in the habit of speaking for the throne, and that Arthur let him do it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me do it,” he said, reaching over the top of the writhing legs for the body. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s here. The newspaper did it—they printed the article about my losing my job!” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why does a memory like that ff om childhood remain with me so strongly, and why does it frighten me now? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“But what does it matter to you, anyway?” she said. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I’m not so sure I can do it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“If Jack and Sarah did it, so can we.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You can map in three-D, manipulate space. Engineers do it, surgeons do it. Mathematicians. Also architects and artists like Michelangelo.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Your brother would never have done it....Well, it was the truth, Harry thought as he ran on again; Dumbledore, who had defended Snape for so long, would never have held students ransom.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t care how you do it. Make an excuse.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Even the new experience of riding on a cow becomes dull when you do it everyday. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Aunt Nancy said that you all learned to sing because of Frank. That he could do it in a way that was special, and you all had to learn, too.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. But I can do it. I can feel it, Kira. With a gift, you know.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I felt very distant, as though I was watching myself do it from afar. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Bailey told me after that Joyce had hairs on her thing and that she had gotten them from “doing it” with so many boys. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How long did it take my mom to cry?” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Only in that unpossessiveness does it perhaps differ from what we call the “maternal” instinct. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the time came, the real time, the time when he would leave for good—he would do it alone. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His daddy say, You gonna do it Harpo nearly big as his daddy. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you be embarrassed to do it for me?” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I wouldn’t even want to do it hypothetically. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why I did it,” and suddenly he was silent. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He has to do it right, the way Gimpy wants him to do it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had almost beat Qareeb that last time, and I knew I could do it if I had one more chance. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Little boys got to see they daddy doing it standing-up style, little girls got to see they mama setting down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I almost do it—almost force the question out. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if they have a DVR, they can rewind and watch me do it again! The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe this time I’ll do it—let the air carry me away. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He was a famous, famous man, he trained most of the other famous medical geneticists in the world. When Dr. McKusick said, ‘You go back to Baltimore, get this blood drawn,’ I did it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Why does it feel like I can never get anything right? The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"I'm back! I did it! I poured it all into their soup!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

We have to give speeches in her class tomorrow and she wants us to each do it from the stage in front of a mike. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been in there twice already. Everyone does it, or else how would you have any fun at a feast?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad finally stopped coughing and grabbed Mr. Bundini and argued with him. ‘Don’t do it, Martin!’ he said right out loud. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But then Edward remembered lying on the ocean floor, the muck in his face, the stars so far away, and he said to himself, What difference does it make really? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“The Mark of Athena, the twins, Ella’s prophecy...how does it all fit together?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do it, Percy. My searcher’s license. Pan. I’m going to lose it all. I’ll have to start a puppet theater.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think that all they wanted was to find a way out, and to do it themselves. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

What was the word that would do it? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I say yes, I will have to do it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And probably better to do it now when he seems relatively alert and we have daylight on our side. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“One more will do it!” shouted the Old-Green-Grasshopper, looking out of the tunnel. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Botha had long talked about the need to cross the Rubicon, but he never did it himself until that morning at Tuynhuys. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But without them, I would not have been part of a larger plot to overthrow the Capitol or had the wherewithal to do it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I badly wanted to do that; no one in the family had done it; that was my dream. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d told me what to do, and I hadn’t done it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I need him to hold my hand as I walk through life because it’s so much easier than doing it alone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I knew better than to ask him if he wanted to know why I did it. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

George lay back on the sand and crossed his hands under his head, and Lennie imitated him, raising his head to see whether he was doing it right. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a finger. What does it look like?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

You weren't allowed to smoke in the dorm, but you could do it late at night when everybody was asleep or out and nobody could smell the smoke. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“She does it just right, doesn’t she, your Highness?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If he wanted to do something, he’d have done it by now. Everyone knows he doesn't think—he acts.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And you don’t have to do it alone. I’m here with you.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s only doing it because he can tell he’s getting to you.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Was it all the I’s that did it or the mental picture that streaked cometlike across the unfocused lens of her mind? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A time came when he could do it six times running. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I didn’t mean to do it and didn’t know I was going to. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t mean I have to sell to him, does it? Just means I’m going to think.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She poured out Danny’s booze, and she risked beatings to do it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ripping: what did it mean?—God knows, I did not care; it was the sort of word that schoolgirls had for hockey, wildly inappropriate to those past weeks of misery and exultation. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

In two seconds I think: If she’s asking me this, does it mean she already knows, and this is a test to see if I’m a hail Or is she just suspicious—fishing for info! Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he persuaded her to attend the lectures again, and if so, how he did it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“They let you do it. You can all come and visit me. Except Tommy, that is.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said I couldn’t do it, and he asked me why. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jared jumped in, “Yeah, that’s how they do it. They come over without any papers.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do it,” he said, and backed away from the bed. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

When they had run out of the food in the satchel, and if they had still not found a way out, they would have to do it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder if that’s what I looked like when my father did it to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

That was most often the boys’ job, but she had persuaded the rice chief she could do it. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, yes, I can get you a small chicken, but I cannot do it now. You have to come back tomorrow. Come at the same time tomorrow.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Goldman explained, “Lopsang was totally loyal to Scott. To me it’s inconceivable that he would have short-roped anybody unless he believed very strongly that Scott wanted him to do it.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Then why does it matter what I do in the meantime?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I kept thinking, as long as I got wet quick enough, there’d be no problem, and I did it a lot on my own just to make sure. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But yeah, we’ll do it quick so we can talk to them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“What difference does it make ?” the mother answered in the same mourning tone, without looking up. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Willie introduced himself and presented Booth: “Here is a wounded Confederate soldier that we want you to take care of for a day or so. Will you do it?” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, I wouldn't have the guts to do it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“The first time I did it,” Chapter Eleven now confessed, “the car started going up to the top. I thought I might get crushed. But they leave some air space.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“In fact, you’re the one who told me he is doing it to us by keeping us in combat so long.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Thomas blinked, momentarily surprised by the voice since she hadn’t done it in a while. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"Now the first thing you have to do,” he said, "is to learn the dead man’s float. If a dead man can do it, so can you.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could do it this afternoon, with six men,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“How did you do it, this rotten thing?” he asked. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes he stam-mered, “What does it mean, they await my owl?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Shhh! I know who is stealing and I know how he is doing it.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don't know if you've ever done it, but it's sort of hard to sit around waiting for somebody to say something when they're thinking and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The girl who can’t sit down without making you stare at her because she needs to do it 3 times. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“My mind-set was: Let’s send a message, but do it with a different charge, a lesser charge,” he says. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

True to his notion of seeming to do it all without preparation, I heard Wemmick say to himself, as he took something out of his waistcoat-pocket before the service began, “Halloa! Here’s a ring!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wanted me to pull out the bed, but I'm not going to do it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She knew this because she’d done it once, held a trapped fish firmly out of the water, felt it struggling in her hands, felt its struggles cease...Afterward she’d felt sick. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“But I couldn’t have done it without you guys.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But whether you fought or ran, you did it together, because that is the part that was in our control. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I do it just to make sure I still can.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“No, brother. I do not think that I will. I think that if I did not have another reason to cross you, I would do it for spite.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Why did it feel like everyone was looking at me? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it, and you didn't know Allie. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I swear she’d do it right here in the walk-in freezer if she could. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Everything they did, they did for me. Because I loved doing it,” Tiara whispered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He knows she didn’t do it and he’s still going to sack her! Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

If someone gives you a mindless job to do you can do it automatically, even if your heart is in pieces. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He’d had it dredged, and then built out the docks and the quay, and he’d had to mortgage the Crow Club to do it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But now Shay had done it again, disappearing like the track below, leaving Tally in free fall. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s see if she do it one more time fore I go home.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Ignoring the eyes of the workers, I shuffled about beneath one of the loudspeakers, twisting and shouting, mumbling insanely, “Go! Go! Do it, baby, do it! Hear me talkin’ to ya. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do you have any idea who might be doing it? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Some of us is the wrong color. Some is the wrong size or got the wrong face. But that don’t make us wrong people, now does it?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Well, son, I reckon if’n you jest got to git ran over by a train, how you done it was the best way.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He does it to try and pressure me. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I did it to him this time. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If I say I don’t want a do it anymore, then everthing I been writing and still have to write ain’t gone get to be said. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Corporal Whitcomb, an atheist, was a disgruntled subordinate who felt he could do the chaplain’s job much better than the chaplain was doing it and viewed himself, therefore, as an underprivileged victim of social inequity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If I do it, it’s ’cause you want me to,” she sobbed. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He just wants to make sure first to drown out the old But why do it this way? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wasn’t his physical bearing that did it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to do it now?” asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’d been stupid enough to think she did it out of sympathy. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“But if you need some mending, I can do it for you.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But also I’m cheesed off because the Art Gallery of Ontario wouldn’t do it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t force myself to do it. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just . . . didn’t . . . know how to do it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You can do it. We both can. We’re victors, remember? We’re the ones who can survive anything they throw at us,” she snarls at me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He needed to get fluids into him, I knew, and without an IV, we’d have to do it the traditional way. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now keep your eyes out for anything that seems amiss. If Balekin’s going to move against Dain, he’s going to do it before the ceremony starts.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He leaned over Augustus to look at me and through tightly strung vocal cords said, “She didn’t want to do it after.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you not think you can do it?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But you couldn’t even be sure who was doing it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d made that mistake once before, and I wasn’t about to do it again. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Marlee, at some point you just have to believe that you can do it.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Five minutes before I need to glitch myself into the game—only this time, I’m doing it on purpose. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She probably wouldn’t like me doing it here for Pollux even, but at least I’m not—wait, no, I’m wrong. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“And why did I do it, I should like to know?” exclaimed my sister. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Unlike your father, I know everyone is doing it. You don’t have to talk about it, but just promise me you’ll be safe.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He did it three or four times before I blacked out. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I guess she looked so fierce and so sure, he did it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Just do it,” said Somkit, making the same eyebrow cough as he walked away. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I regretted the many times, over the course of our seesawing friendship, that I’d insisted she was making a wrong move, when possibly she’d been doing it right. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hence I suspect that Clovis hunters did it, but the debate remains unresolved. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving was a different statement, and the fact that I chose to do it with a white guy who was dressed as a Klansman...well... Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“There’s your colt. I promised. And there it is. I had to do it—had to.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat down beside him, but I did not know how to do it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

And you must do it economy style, no motels, do your own cooking, as a general rule spend as little as possible and you will enjoy it much more immensely. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It came from my throat, so I did it again, this time from my stomach. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m only doing it so you’ll leave my garden alone,” she shouted. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s survival. I, your elder, command you to do it. Now go. I’m exhausted with talking and need to sleep.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So does it say how to destroy Horcruxes in that book?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Why does it have to be like this? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And honestly, she was going to code this app somehow whether or not she came to Insomnia Con, but the idea of doing it on such a large scale was even more thrilling. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And he explained in a tone of prostrated resignation: "I had to do it so that the animals would keep on breeding." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if I did it right.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...I don’t want to look for her. You two can do it if you want, but I’m out.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Nancy thought only briefly about this and told her brother not to do it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she suggested that he send for Shreve right off and do it, and he wouldn’t do that, so after that she was hardly civil to Shreve. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I got this plan forming in my head to ask your daddy to apply for this job. I hadn’t been managing the park for years. I just couldn’t do it after...” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“So how did it go down? Tell me everything. C'était un surprise,” I add as Madame Blanc makes her way up my row. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Just do it, he thought, and then realized he was saying it out loud. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Why did it seem as though the voice came from the grandmother-shaped impression in her spirit? The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And I guess they liked it, so they kept on doing it. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’re absolutely, one hundred percent positive? I don’t want to do it if you’re not ready. There’s no rush, you know.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I’m worried about Annabeth. If she has to face Luke in battle, I don’t know if she can do it. She’s always had a soft spot for him.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When she asked her players to run five kilometers, she joined them, but with a challenge: “Because you’re younger, I expect you to do it better than me,” she told them. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

They just stand there as if they’ve been doing it for a long time. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

We used to call that “Mommy’s madwalk,” and if she was doing it in your direction, all hell was gonna break loose. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose not, Madam. But it’s a great shock, all the same. We are most distressed about it outside. And coming suddenly, just after the party. It doesn’t seem right somehow, does it?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Then I said to her: “Ruth, I wanted to ask you. Do you ever get so you just really have to do it? With anybody almost?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And here was someone who had done it! Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless it is a good deed for whatever reason,” said Wang Lung, “and some must do it out of a good heart.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I can marry only once,” he tells Theo, “and when would be a better time to do it than with her.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Was it the words that had done it? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Please, Citra, it’s not killing, it’s gleaning. It’s important. It’s necessary. Sure, nobody likes it, but everyone agrees it has to happen and that someone has to do it. Why not you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We do it to keep people on their toes. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t do it for long, because his shoulders and arms, his whole torso and waist, were aching. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It was my journey and I had to do it without help. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Just remember, this won’t hurt and it won’t take long. Lots of kids have done it. It’s a breeze. The most important thing is to lie still.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks! And I did it all by myself.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I must have done it a hundred times. I could whip up a Mandrake Restorative Draught in my sleep —” “Excuse me,” said Snape icily. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m having a hard time doing it all.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“That may be, but I think my luck’s about to change, my friend. I’m doing it. I’m going to San Francisco.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Moss, you got your first number on the train! How does it feel? You’re practically an adult.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do it ourselves! Let’s build a house here!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done it for you,” Milton answered, smiling briefly at the evidence that his book had been read. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did it so often, the guard got used to me, just shaking his head and keeping one eye on me until I went away again. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I'm glad you did it," he mumbles. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was just like a man to do it with a gun. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, it doesn’t matter much, does it? We each have a good life now. Better tools than we did before. Good food. Work to do.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did it take him so long to return? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You would never tell me why you did it.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to do her job and do it well. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They did it expressly to exclude me from the conversation, I think. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In any case, if you guys pray or chant or speak in tongues, now would be a great time to do it. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She knows right where to go for us to get candles, and then she has us stand with the big group, and she does it without saying anything. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Bodega did it to protect what was his. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

What does it mean for a civilization to be a million years old? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outmaneuvering Madoc wasn’t nearly as satisfying as I wanted it to be, especially since I was able to do it because he never thought of me as someone who would betray him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If they all flipped the same, they just did it again until someone lost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other guys were saying, “We can do it. Be brave, everyone.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I go, “It’s perfect, Mr. Woodwell,” and that makes him smile and nod to himself, like he wasn’t sure he could still do it until he started. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Over and over I tried to subtract the numbers, but I didn’t want to do it on paper because I didn’t want Mom and Dad to know I was subtracting, so it was hard. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

But he wasn’t just doing it to be stubborn and thumb his nose at the town. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“When they fixed it, did it hurt much?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know why I did it, maybe I wanted to protect you and Dad or maybe I just didn’t want it to be this way. I didn’t want her to be this way.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I resisted spinning the combination when I sat down, even though everyone else was doing it, because she had specifically told us not to. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I never seen a guy really do it,” he said. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to do it or not?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would have done it right then and there, but he wasn't yet strong enough. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I — I — I is not doing it, sir!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Fine, so how do we do it? I want to know who I am just as much as anyone else. Obviously.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z

She knew I didn’t know how to read or spell very well and when I did read, I had to do it very slow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“If it can be done, those boys will do it.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The others called it “The Stretch,” but then one time when they were about to do it to him, Colin shouted, “Don’t give me an abdominal snowman!” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Very well, I shall do it on one condition,” he said. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I knew you could do it. You might be a terrible racer, but you are a masterful fighter,” said Edgar Allan Toad. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“When I’m your daemon, you’ll be able to see how I do it, but until then it’s got to be private.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And if so, how would she do it? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, not fast or anything, but I can do it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I told T, Shut up—Junior did it, because it's the last thing I wanted to think about, then or now: how people don't usually get what they deserve. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Why did it then take thousands of years to add the ideas of ink and a press and arrive at a printing press? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“If you would do it right the first time, it would be easier.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

What did it matter who the old woman was? Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

But arriving at his door, Vincent asks if they can do it here instead. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He's the type who would tease me about it until I was sixty, and then lie about how he had already done it before. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As the policeman approached the tin bucket, Beatrice shouted, “Don’t do it! You might get bit—” Officer Delinko didn’t flinch. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hull did it every single day, singling out certain kids as if they were the gatekeepers to some greater friendship. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everywhere we went, people received us with great enthusiasm, and said, “Well, we finally did it,” meaning that we humans had finally reached the surface of another world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not when he did it, trust me. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I doubt she'd do it, but I think about that sometimes. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"What did it cost you to have that lung removed?" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The thing with kids is, if they want to grab the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can do it all day long and never be caught. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Summer,” he said, “I don’t know that I can do it.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was just trying to—” “I know why you did it. What’s your number?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It’s hellishly complex, and my father was probably the only one in the troupe who could do it justice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“He hadn’t upset me or anything. I just did it. I was fourteen. I would have been incredibly satisfied if he drank it, but of course Olanna ran and changed the water.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Because if it is about Daniel, we can just do it right here. He’s my boyfriend.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And, by the looks of it, she’d done it with a single touch. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I suggest you take that money and save it for your advanced-degree program in agriculture, where you can tell internationally renowned scholars they’re doing it all wrong. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s not that much farther. We can do it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The place of shade without trees where you know you are not and never again will be loved by anybody who can choose to do it? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not only does it give millions of little girls a doll that looks like them, it means you see us and that we matter,” I said, trying to regain my composure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Why does it have to ruin her life, though?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“She was talking hard about you and the pageant. How she saw Mrs. Walton asking you to do it, even though you don’t stand a chance ’cause you too dark skinned. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I need to seal that fracture now, and I need to do it without using the patch kit. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

So evil days came on them, and she who had been angered, Zeus’s dangerous grey-eyed daughter, did it, starting a fight between the sons of Atreus. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it doesn’t seem likely they were just strolling down Tottenham Court Road at the time, does it?” said Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve done it before. And you shouldn’t be on the bus by yourself.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever she was doing it tight and right, it hurt enough to make me want to cry. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I tell myself I’m not ready because to me sex is a Big Deal, even if some of my friends have been doing it since ninth grade. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Then just tell me what you want me to do. I’ll do it,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have to do it. She isn’t making me. I want to show where we live. Folks will find out anyway.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But the younger Parks insisted he could not have done it alone. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

And she knew Will was watching, and she was happy that he could see her doing what she was best at, doing it for him and for all of them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When it is time for you to do something, you will do it, Amah had said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She’d told me once that she didn’t believe that any one religion was doing it right, but that she was open to the fact that there might be a higher power. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I got the idea ’cause kids used to do it at my school back in Stockton. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He had done it all, went the story, to win the heart of a girl. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“How long does it take to get from here to the house?” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There’s no easy way to put this: I didn’t do it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you do it, Archie,” Carter was forced to admit. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re sick, and I’m to take care of you, I can do it better in the house.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only now did it occur to me that maybe he still was. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the same second he heard what had made her do it. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us do it automatically now, even Dad and Grandpa. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She would abide by this commandment from her father herself, and make him do it too. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we can do it, a little at a time, a quick move of the head, up and down, to the side and back. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quizzed him a lot on this point and I suspect the truth was that it was like a lot of things at that age: you don’t have any clear reason, you just do it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I got to do it. Our luck’s just got to change. I heard Granny talking to Mother. She’s worried. She said if things don’t go better now, she didn’t know what we’d do.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could do it with just a flick of her left hand and a jiggle of her right knee. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. I couldn’t have done it without you.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“So he knows you didn’t do it, right?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Her argument was basically, “All men do it.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Thomas couldn’t help being impressed—Minho didn’t even need to slow down to do it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It was everyone’s place to do it,” said the old man in the same cold way. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How does it look to you?” he questioned. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I know now that they just did it to help us, because they, like everyone, shot their own rabbits. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hated those cups, but I let him do it. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He told her the alcohol had made him do it and that he hadn’t meant to kill Ivy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow he knew he had to do it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I almost tackle him with a hug but catch myself before I can close the space between us and do it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Papa seldom spoke to Caucasians during those years, or at any time afterward; when he did it was a point of honor to appear supremely dignified. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And for the record, you should’ve did it in a way where the paint dripped. Almost like vampire blood style.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Bod took a step towards Scarlett, said, “Look, it’s over. I know it was hard. But. We did it. You and me. We beat them.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Kendall had done it, in anger, and I wanted to scrub it all away. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“See? I told you I can do it big.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Knows what it’s like to be out there doing it,” said George impressively. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And if I wanted to keep going but needed more support and resources to do it, he’d figure out how to get them. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Just do it for me, my dear old love,” whispered the nurse. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t hurt, did it? When I hit you?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the way his mother did it, as if without thinking. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This hidden trail—where does it let out?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

After seeing other people do it, I shove my bag into the space above my seat, and then sit down. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely incredible. So—how does it work? Will all the images be this detailed? This colorful? Are you some kind of prodigy, destined to animate award-winning films for Disney?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If he was in Flint and you told him not to do something he’d go right out and do it, but now he was acting real dull and square. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt funny, strange, making up lies as quickly and smoothly as if she’d been doing it all her life. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

You said he tried to do it to you when you were sleeping on the couch. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if he was going to do it, he needed Toby to come up for breath with him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Now do it again,” Mr. Stokely said after flipping me the ball. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't understand why he does it," she tells her sisters out loud. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The pictures were religious, even the large tinted photograph of his dead wife, who, if Masses willed and paid for out of her own estate could do it, was in Heaven. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t think I could do it to him. He’s got a right to live, too, I guess.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“If she wants to do it, let her do it herself,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Finally he realized he needed to get out, and he didn’t want to do it by committing suicide. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But my brain is not coming up with the first way to do it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I'm not doing it to upset you, okay? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You go first or I’m not doing it. I almost fell and wet my pants at the same time.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

What difference did it make if he knew? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You saved everything because you felt lucky. You did it all yourself.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“As truth,” he said, with that half-raising of an eyebrow that had to be a new quirk; she did not remember him doing it in the past. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes, he was. And she was very shocked. I’m still not sure you should have done it.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Law, I’m on have to do it while the ladies is here, I guess. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Mom says it was partly a blessing in disguise because Dad’s always talked about starting his own business, and now he’s finally done it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

If Dr. Bledsoe could do it, so could I. Before going to bed that night I wiped off my brief case with a clean towel and placed the letters carefully inside. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I knew what to do, and how to do it! The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

It was a silly thing to do, but I did it instinctively, without thinking. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I did it,” he says, not looking at me. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you have time to review yesterday’s assignment? I want to make sure to do it even though Mr. Fordiani didn’t say I needed to.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

But if he asked this I would have to do it, because any hesitation on my part would place me beneath consideration. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Might as well go on and do it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It’s such an awful thing to accuse a person of that I almost can’t do it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I still don't know how she did it.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What did it matter that Raymond was as much my friend as Celeste, who was worth a lot more than him? The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I have a feeling,” Anne said, "that I’m in for a fairly disagreeable evening. Oh, well, somebody had to do it, and I’m the oldest.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did it—I made the trip by myself—but there’s no one to share it with. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

And Jude, of course, though mostly silently because that’s how we do it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She always said we all came from the same place, if you go back far enough, and what did it really matter what names they put on the headstones? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I care for nothing now,” he answered hotly, “except to wipe out this brute from the face of creation. I would sell my soul to do it!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I had my work to do and I ought to do it as before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I guess Fidel did this when he was in prison in the Isle of Pines, and so we have to do it, too. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did we do it, I wonder, why were we such children? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Do you think he could have done it? 10TH JUROR: Sure he coulda done it. 11TH JUROR: He can only walk very slowly. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the house? How did it get bigger?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t do it the way I wanted you to, but he’s still gone. He won’t attack people anymore. That’s what matters. So thank you.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But I also understood why Liam had been so reluctant to do it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Well, she supposed, he always looked a little bit angry, like he hadn’t smiled in so long that he had forgotten how to do it. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

If I was going to do something, I was going to do it directly. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, let’s do it. Grandpa would have liked that.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“He won’t. Anyway, it’s the end of the world. What does it matter?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I did it really softly so he wouldn’t wake up. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I can do it tonight when we set up camp. I can’t protect us as we are moving.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We taught Ginger to bark on cue, and the more she did it, the more it sounded like Arf! The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t tell anyone I let you do it,” she begged. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It would be Mr Hooper, he knew, she would be doing it to please him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

How many cauldrons of this beautiful soup does it take to bring me back to life? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You did it," Zero said, taking it from him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I’d done it the first time, grudgingly, not telling him how much I hated typing, how I did all but the final drafts of my stories in longhand. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe that was why she didn’t want to do it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What difference did it make that he was on his own mattress? Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Let him do it his way. He’s going to anyhow.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it just feels wrong...for him to do it for the first time, and not know it. I feel like I’m taking something from him if I do that. It doesn’t seem right.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Fine, so how do we do it? I want to know who I am just as much as anyone else. Obviously!’ The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

"It's no ones fault but the Mask who did it. And I'm better now." An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I didn’t do all that just for him. I did it because the whole world was in danger.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“What does it mean if someone only likes to be in the dark?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was harder to do what I was asked without speaking up when I didn’t want to do it at all. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Remembering what he had said about crosses, and concerned that he might do it some harm, I said, “I’d rather not.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But I sure hate to see you do it.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Escalante, whose efforts were chronicled in the film Stand and Deliver, did it by turning his class into an important symbol of status. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve watched a hundred videos about making ice cream. I can do it in my sleep. Trust me.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“El-ahrairah did it once,” said Bluebell, “and it worked. Do you remember?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Sorry, diary, I was going to try not to do it tonight, but the little baggy of white powder is calling my name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

August had said, “I guess you need to grieve a little while. So go ahead and do it.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe the baby was breathing normal when the kid comes home from school, and the kid was the one who did it. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t mind doing our part because it had to be done, even though we always didn’t have answers to why we were doing it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted Caitlin to know how much I appreciated her generosity, but once again was not sure how to do it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“The acorn doesn’t fall far from the oak, does it, now?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t change the contents of the syringe just by doing it myself, but at least this way, I am the instrument of my own destruction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I hadn’t expected to be the one doing it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you just hunt down the ones who did the killing? Why kill innocent people? Why not just those who did it?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

But so did the teacher, so I tried to pretend I had done it on purpose. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

He won’t understand, and I knowwithout exception now that if I’m going to be this messenger, I have to do it alone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

"Tariq liked to screw with us while he was alive, and now he's doing it dead," I answer. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes; we ought to do it, even if we are afraid. I say he may come, and his grandpa, too, if he likes.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you ever get drunk and take a notion to call me on the phone, just remember this and count ten before you do it. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's going to be tough but I'm determined to do it. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique, who was old enough by then that he usually squirmed away from my mom’s embraces, must have known the situation was serious, because he let her do it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Why does it always come back to this? Get this through your head: I’m not getting married. Not yesterday, not today, not next year!” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what did it look like when she finally left him? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Smiling made the lines in her forehead deeper every time she did it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do it, Flint Avenger! It’s a trap!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I did it up fast, but it’s right, Judge. Lays it all out plain and simple. What I want to look for is a murder weapon, that’s all, if there’s a chance of that.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to walk around with a compass and a notepad. There’s no other way to do it. They’ll shoot me.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“So how does it feel to be president?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Whatever it was she did, I will not do it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew my mother was considering sending me away, but I never thought she’d actually do it. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I made her do it. She didn’t want to go—” Laila didn’t see the punch coming. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I did it strongly enough, I don’t know....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t do it, he was chasing the ones who did.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What does it mean to be . . .” I hesitate. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“And he stinks to beat hell. Tell you what. I’ll shoot him for you. Then it won’t be you that does it.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she did it, I looked across the room and saw Violet talking to Calista, and both of them were frowning. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"For us, for our little group, for the whole resistance—this war is a race against how many people we can save, and whether we can do it faster than the Nazis can take them." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But instead she said: ‘Just do it for my sake, Tommy.’ Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How did it get in my quiver? I don’t remember any nick.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s toyed with us every step of the way, and now he’s doing it again. Why else would he require three copies of the Crystal Key to open the final gate?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

There had been all the planning, and now, there was doing it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“We have been playing at this for more than a decade, when does it end?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“That dirty Mexican woman did it so Ulibarri could get rid of those worthless cattle. They gypped him. They made an old fool out of him.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

And that was when she said: “What does it matter anyway? What’s the rhubarb patch got to do with anything? Just get on with what you were saying.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The truth is, I really don’t know exactly how I did it. Something about it just felt like the right thing to say.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’m sure it makes my family wonder: Grandma’s my only connection to being Jewish, so if she’s against it, why am I doing it? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He did it again and she was very pleased. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Ahn-ahn, but that one is a small problem: they do it so that you don’t buy the medicine from someone else,” Zemaye said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

What does it mean that he doesn’t love the way we do? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn't so cool with that, only because he was really buggin', but I knew I'd better do it before Doris got busy on me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He used to do it a long time ago, and I think Aaron’s forgotten it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I struggle to remember the good words—My daughter, she can do it—but they feel flimsy and light, as though they could blow away in a gust of wind. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to explain how I’m sorry, how I needed to go to the memorial, and how I’d do it again if it meant I’d understand him better. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I wasn’t about to do it with my foot. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She had not bothered to do it up. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was no use, it changed nothing, it did not produce more chocolate, it did not avert the child’s death or her own; but it seemed natural to her to do it. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at him, but he was staring at the Hee Haw Honeys so intently that I couldn’t be sure he was doing it on purpose, so I knocked his hand away without saying anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

We make plans to do it all again next weekend. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Just do it,” I snapped, a little louder than I’d meant to. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“This album partly makes up for it. Just, don’t do it again.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He would go, he would do it, it would be done. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"No. We already did it. Momly helped me," she said, then started kicking the seat again. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Still, I don’t want to do it again.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t do it for your debt,” Tool said. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever done it with a guy?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Why you did it. Why didn’t you just let the venom spread? By now I would be just like you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“To quote you from five minutes ago. Here’s how you do it: You open your mouth and say what’s true. ‘Mom and Dad? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not crazy enough to do it all by myself! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I might have said yes, but I had the feeling he would be glad to catch me in a mistake, and that he would be able to do it easily. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

That kiss was awful, and even if I had been playing Command too, Tyler shouldn’t have done it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I've always wanted to do it, but I never asked because I thought she’d say no or that we didn’t have the money. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

I notice that if I don’t do it, I don’t feel as well, and I tend to get tired more easily. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know who did it,” I said finally. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had never done it, not even as a girl down home in the church they had gone to in those days. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And what difference did it make that one of the mourners was her sworn and hated enemy laying white roses on the coffin, taking away one the color of her dress. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time they started doing it, Alaska commenced with her righteous indignation. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I never told him that I would not do it, but I never took any of the actions required to implement the plan. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I didn't do it to make me feel tough," I blurted out of nowhere. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He did it out of the good of his heart. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She could see what it was like and then never do it again. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Like, “Haha-haha, not only does she have to beg for food, but she has to do it in front of Milez. Hilarious!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

You don't do it in Biology till the third year. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Three years ago this spring we started watching Mr. Fitzgibbon to learn what he did, and how he did it, to bring food out of the earth. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But it was probably something like, "It's okay, it's okay, settle down, you're still in it. But if you do it again, you're disqualified." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I try not to do it too much because my head mostly gets stuck on bad stuff, but this time something good actually happened: the judge only gave me a year in a group home. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was never distressed enough to do it before. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Joaquin had read about people doing that in books, but he had never seen someone actually do it before. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But I did it, and I did it good, because my dad was pretty much making me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Anyway, first he'd take a swallow and squirt it all over her, then she did it to him--they took turns, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The morning after the lieutenant’s speech, we proceeded to practice killing the prisoners the way the lieutenant had done it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I guess. But why do you want to do it at all?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Shady, you can do it. Just show ’em what you know.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

To pull on you, take both of your hands, even if they were doing it with a nice thought. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

If I do it just right, the crowd gasps aloud — they genuflect, weep, stretch their hands out, and touch. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

"I've done it badly," he said, "but you must believe that I am trying to advise you what is best for you." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't do it," he said, and put his head deeper into his arms. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s such an unconscious movement that I doubt he even realizes he did it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It is a great deal to ask of you, but I know you will be able to do it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa said, “I don’t know, Leroy, this is something you been waiting on a long while. We best give it a little more time so we can do it right.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"I...got it. I...can...do it!" she growled, yanking at the doctor's legs, his pants lifting enough to see his yellow dress socks. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I had wanted to ask the same thing, but was glad that Steph did it for me. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was the right time to do it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more I thought about it, the more I realized that we had to take the initiative and this was the best way to do it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to do it properly,” were the first words of which Harry was fully conscious of speaking. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh! that’s all. I have nothing more to shew you, or to say—except that I am now going to throw them both behind the fire, and I wish you to see me do it.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Dude, are you serious? I would have done it for five thousand. And anyway, he paid me the balance.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But we kept doing it because it was our thing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I did it at first because I thought, you know, that’s what people needed to see. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“There you are, Marcus! I was looking for you. Tell me all about the visit! How did it go?” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

If he does it with you, he’ll do it to you. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why did it have to fall short the one time she was watching? The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He’ll be out in the road there with nothing to do and nobody to do it to. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Having to wait to do it at all until he broke out and tried to run a little girl down on the street with her own father looking at him. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Tell me what happened. Why did he do it?" Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Why does it feel like nothing will ever raise me to such a fevered place again? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sherbet fizzed in your mouth, and if you knew how to do it, you could make white froth come out of your nostrils and pretend you were throwing a fit. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you wanted something to be different, you had to do it yourself. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Robin, “but I can do it. I know I can.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

"Varys will tell you, it was the boy, his squire, Hugh he was called, he must surely have done it, ask your sister, ask her." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If her father could do it, she could too. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"That doesn't answer the question, now does it?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

So much depended on exact placement, and Iorek could not stop and correct each one; Will had to understand, and then he’d do it properly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I could do it,” Yossarian concluded, after weighing the idea in silence awhile. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But at least I get why she did it. I don’t think it was to be mean.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Judging by the downcast eyes and bored expressions worn by most of the class, I was the only one who’d actually done it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The article says to do it several times a day. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I guessed it would hurt just as bad if Chas knocked my teeth in, whether I watched him do it or not. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t do it! This is a serious and snitching subject. May I continue?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I get is fifty for it,” he grumbled; “an’ I wouldn’t do it over for a thousand, cold cash.” The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he wasn’t rowing, studying, or sleeping, he was working, and just barely keeping himself clothed and fed doing it. joe found it comfortable to be around McMillin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She died, and I did not get “home” to ask her how she did it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We could do the same thing someplace else. We just over here killing people to let everybody know we gonna do it if it got to be done.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m just writing it anyway ’cause I know that’s how those authors I’ve been reading would do it, like in The Color Purple. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“It was just something to do, and he was someone to do it with. The only boy alive.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I did it for us, and Libby and I are practically one. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why I do it—to reassure her? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Why did you do it?” the psychiatrist with the severe pageboy questioned her, as if Felicia were a willful child. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew just how he would do it too. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I was ripped with guilt for what I felt I should be doing for him and fueled with anger for his denying us the right to do it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wooden leg was at once a certificate of proof of his soldiering and a guarantee that he wouldn’t ever have to do it again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Where “chivalry” entered into this, he thought ruefully, he was not entirely sure, unless it counted as chivalrous that he was not calling for Hermione to do it in his stead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t exactly sure of everything we were laughing about—I was just glad we were doing it together. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I don’t even know why you doing it. You know about me—you can guess why I’m in it. But money ain’t never been what you needed or couldn’t get.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one authorized that either. I didn’t get in trouble, but I should have. So stupid. Why did I do it?” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

They were laughing and laughing, so I did it the whole day. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what the hell he was talking about, but he had a very Seymour look on his face, and so I did it. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

All he knew was that, when he got back to the city and walked its streets, breathing in the noise and bustle and craziness he was used to, he did it in secondhand gear. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“This hidden trail—where does it let out?” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"You mean she did it, that skinny little woman over there!" shouted Mr Jenkins, pointing at her with a long finger. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Lennie begged, “Le’s do it now. Le’s get that place now.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, that is hardly the sum of it” Nor does it sum up Hamlet’s case, I think. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It was important that I do it, because they were meant to transform her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

If he had done it, it was the crime of the century. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t like the idea of my doing it alone. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time I’d done it to somebody else, especially a boy older than me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And if our ancestors could do it, then we can, too.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Who is it from? Who is it for? What does it mean?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Powell maneuvered his head outside, “We did it all right. Look at those saps. That must be a ballet they’re doing.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"Who cares who did it? It's just a car. But we'll tell them the truth, don't worry." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wonder if he’s doing it to hide something from me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Now you show me how you, your brother, and friends did it,” the chief said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Coming out of the huddle, Mike bumps me and says, “Let’s do it.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

"I'm awful. Haymitch called me a dead slug. No matter what we tried, I couldn't do it. I just can't be one of those people he wants me to be," I say. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Please, Dupre," she said, "please. You know my time's almost here . . . you know it is. If you do it now, where am I going to go?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope he still remembers how to do it,” said Nala. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t realise I was doing it. I must have just picked it up.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t do it until I said the actual word, so I said it. Just wish I hadn’t. It’s not like I loved him.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Just the thought of robbing a corner store made me cringe, especially knowing all the drama it caused my family when my father did it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“But, Mr. Bowditch, why are you doing it?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t really understand what it does—it just does it. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I may have been doing it as much for me as for Nicole. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

If he’d have done it any faster and with any kind of rhythm, it would have come pretty close to being dancing. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I s’pose I could always attack someone in front of Moody; he might do it for me. “I don’t think he’d let you choose what you wanted to be turned into, though,” said Hermione seriously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We didn’t do it when people were around. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only Will could feel exactly where the edges were, and he did it cleanly and quickly. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

"I don't care what y'all do, just do it quick so we can go," Coach barked. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever China went through in 1948 — whether she sadly fell or was gladly liberated — she did it, for an old lady, fast. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed to have this lady kneeling in front of me while everyone watched, so I texted Augustus while she did it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Miss Bush, who owned the riding stable, was really strict about cleaning the tack, and we had to do it even after the longest days. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we really do it alone?” asks the boy. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

They had to stand on the planes’ wings to do it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

No one knows why he did it, but he left his foxhole after dark and was mistaken by that medic for the enemy. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should all be able to do it with your eyes closed.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, then, do you think the white player might have done it?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

When they got outside, Guiteau told the two officers, "I did it, and will go to jail for it. Arthur is President, and I am a stalwart." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“They look so much alike—does it matter?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lie to me! Why did he do it? Did you have an argument?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think I’d like to be able to do it, too.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And I’m sitting and watching—and this sounds so self-confident—but I said to myself, Hmm, I wouldn’t do it that way. I wouldn’t have them there. I wouldn’t have them say it like that.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was covered with soot and grease and full of empty cans and piles of newspaper; no longer did it produce platters of roast pork and aromatic dishes as it had before. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as far as I know Bilbo alone in history has ever gone beyond playing, and really done it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His twin called after him to hurry up, and he must have done so, because a second later, he had gone — but how had he done it? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Amara says, “Let’s stop there. Five steps are more than enough for one day. Want to go outside? It’s five steps down to the street. Now you know you can do it.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I can do it,” I said to Coach, to my teammates, to the world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But to do it, he needed to complete school. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I’m pretty sure he only did it to spend time with his sickeningly adorable girlfriend. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Embryo wants to know what’s wrong and why I look like this, and does it have something to do with turning eighteen soon. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t never forget to feed them. When we gon’ta do it, George?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What does the passage mean? What does it mean to you? How do you apply it to your life?” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“To me, from Abby. She gave these to everyone in class, but she only wrote a note for me, and she put it in my cubby. What does it mean?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I forced Maria to do it,” he said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you were saying...yes, you have managed to introduce Death Eaters into my school, which, I admit, I thought impossible... How did you do it?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“If they find us here with him they’ll assume we did it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“How long did it take him to die?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had done it slow, over time. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What difference does it make, if he’s dead?” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

How after less than an hour I was so mad tired I didn’t think I could do it even ten more minutes. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stopped thinking about the task and just did it, looping and tying off lines, slowly extending her woven net over the pit. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I do it all the time,” I said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

"Mother was in the Kurnugi before, and she got out. She can do it again, I know it. There are ways." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kay asks me, “So, how does it feel to have two mothers?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It was so sudden, so devastating, that to this day, I have no idea who did it to me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This account presented Muslim and Christian philosophers with a problem which had not worried their pagan predecessors: how did it come about that the four elements did not form perfect concentric circles? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“But what if we did it like this?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Okay, fine. Take him a good ways from the train to do it.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“And he just does it, no complaints. He’s amazing.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what your problem is, but I have been trying to write for two hours and I can’t do it when I can hear you pacing.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pushed myself up to see who did it when BAM! Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Watching him your heart rose and you began to believe that he could do it, get it all back again, have the type of season that he wanted so badly to have. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only her voice weren’t shaking so much, but it wasn’t easy to kill, even if someone else was going to do it for her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"You'd do it in an instant, if it meant your life. You were quick enough to silence your friend Chiggen when he caught that arrow in his belly." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And I don’t even know why I did it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Shall I do it here, in front of your men and those women? Shall I tell them about your parents?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Act, Zachary Martin Glass, when and where you want to, since you feel you must, but do it with all your might. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Then tell me what will help, Jude. Tell me, and I will do it.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fourth time I kept the suit turned off, held my breath, and when the time came to light the fire, I did it very slowly. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pity the men who had to do it.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was enough just to be able to create this place. To be able to say I did it. To say I nurtured a medieval atmosphere in a modern, incredulous world.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that she had to cook everything herself, just that she got to say who did it and how. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to skip school. I’ve never done it before. Honest. But I’m going to do it tomorrow.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew the job, and I did it quickly for her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why, for instance, did it spread to Ethiopia and Arabia from the Fertile Crescent, but not to the Andes from Mexico? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t defeat the lich at Joust. I’d been at it for weeks when this punk showed up and did it on his first try.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been reading about you in the papers and I could no longer resist the temptation to visit you. I still can’t believe you did it.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They caught the guys who did it,” Lydia said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Mariela knows she is struggling, so when Volpe calls her out in front of the cast it is not a surprise, nor does it anger or embarrass her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Elowen has to be stopped,” Con said, “but I will do it.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He did it as a poultice to his own pride and also as a kind of prize for Adam. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“As to that,” he said, “the deed was done, and there was no question as to who did it.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

Shirley keeps asking me if I’m scared to go to high school, and how does it feel to be so grown up, and what am I excited about the most. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I knew it must have been, if Potter could do it....I bet you’re not dangerous at all, are you?” he said to the hippogriff. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t do it now, there won’t be another chance.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Now he was doing it for the Queen of England herself and he was frightened of nobody. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though, if I struck him, it would be because he had made me do it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And the devices do it with lights and sounds that capture us beyond our ability to control. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We are put here to do it and we are expected to do it well. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I do it all the time, Squint” He winked. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to take Bill Galvin his dinner all the way down the Dock Road, but Mam says that’s sixpence we could use and if I don’t do it I’m going nowhere else. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He only gets a chance to bang them a couple of times during a whole piece, but he never looks bored when he isn't doing it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She did it because Mr. Chris made her feel as if every flower was a particular old friend. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

They always flop, though, and it drives my mother crazy when he does it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t do it just to keep house for him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Anyone with his phone could have done it. Open the app, attach the picture, hit send, done. What I don’t get is why he doesn’t take it down.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how I’m going to climb onto that shelf, but I can certainly do it a lot more easily than digging through a wall.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I am glad I think so, Pip. A little redness or a little matter of Bone, here or there, what does it signify to Me?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

But these people were doing it legally—and doing it for all of us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The truth was, I had been quietly giving it some thought all along, especially with Miss Riley often asking me if I’d decided to do it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And Amity kids would he causing a ruckus. Just do it, okay?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“This canyon is nothing but a knackery, and now it is pulling us apart too. It never shuts down, does it?” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I know that was a lie, but then she said that if Mrs. Zamborska didn’t want her to smoke in the house, she wouldn’t do it again. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he could do it, with his cold face and empty eyes. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he’s too proud to ask any of us to do it for him. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that still leaves the question: Why is he doing it? Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

But what did it mean on the sugar plantations—which had depended on extremely cheap labor to keep up with the twenty-four-hour cycle from harvest to mill? Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But maybe it was okay to do something wrong if you were doing it for the right reason. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Milo, how do you do it ?” Yossarian inquired with laughing amazement and admiration. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Usually toward the front of a line, and do it with the skill of David Copperfield making the Statue of Liberty disappear. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Cheating, if you did it right, could help a little. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I can,” he said, “I shall. The knife comes from here, does it?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He had become the living representation of how men liked to think of themselves: one man doing an awful duty and doing it well, against the odds. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I can do it. Just don’t stand and watch.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, rolling my eyes at her, mouthing Just do it before I headed to the refrigerated section along the back wall. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I bumped smack into old Phoebe when I did it, because it was so dark and she was out of bed and coming to tell me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We’re sweaty and covered in paint splatter, but we did it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how he did it—except that he is a lot more competent than he appears to be. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s easy, and yet I’ve never done it before, he thought. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jesus, but you’ve done it now. I’ve been in town two hours and already—I don’t care,” he said in reply to another murmur from Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He let her do it, then looked around for his fingers. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do it with you so you don’t have to sing alone,” she says. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gum Baby ain’t doing it, Bumbletongue,” the doll said, popping back into view, “so don’t even fix your mouth to suggest it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“We can do it! We have a plan. Listen....” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she had to do it laboriously, and her grip was failing, and she mustn’t fail because otherwise everything would fail... The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But he didn’t do it all the way,” she said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Uri did it. He tried to kill me, but he missed.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Not everybody stops, and not everybody throws cash into our hat, but it’s still fun, and I don’t have to sneak around selling candy to do it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then he opened both his arms and said to the people, “And y’all choosed the most beautifullest, most perfectest day for doing it! Only thing I’s got to ask is, what kept you?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Your daughter repainted those four panels. That’s why I kept her here for so long. I wanted to see if she could do it.” Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

If he panicked, he didn't do it in front of me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Yes, he hated the thought of being a scythe—it sickened him—but what sickened him more was the thought of just about anyone else he knew doing it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Only then does it go to the copy editor, who starts another couple of rounds of tweaking. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I tell her about Coach West asking me to come out for track and how I am going to do it. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

There was no question that she had done it intentionally. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And I know exactly how I’m going to do it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“The Grievers will come after us whenever we try to do it. All of them. The final test.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Why does it always have to be about race with you?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“OK, I'll do it. If you teach me how to be a detective.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He scrubbed the kitchen floor to surprise his mother, but she assumed that Pete had done it. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Here,” I say, “I learned to do it here.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I tell her I didn’t mean to do it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They were embarrassed that it took a teenager to do it.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

All this dumped on him just because he tried to do the right thing, and he didn’t even want to do it. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I know she does it to spite me. She sees all my kin are here. It’s nothing but pure spite and you can tell her I said so.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I do it again, hard enough to knock me off balance. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If I don’t bring ’em here, what does it matter?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He wouldn’t even give it to me until I’d taken the engine apart. I have to do it myself or I can’t have it.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to do it tomorrow after I’m done cleaning up the turkey. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had left the aspirin bottle on the counter and surreptitiously I went over and got a couple for myself, but Henry saw me do it. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In the example of the sentence-completion task I gave you with all the words about old age, how long did it take you to make sentences out of those words? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He turned his head away from her; he couldn’t remember when he had lied to Jenny, and he wasn’t sure that he could do it well. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not it, but like, how did it make you feel?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“If you refuse to use the bathroom, then you’ll just have to hold it in the rest of the day, because there’s no other place to do it.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No matter what I ask you to do tonight, I want you just to do it. No questions. No arguments.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do it. I just want a make sure she understand, this ain’t no game we playing here.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We were still holding hands, but it felt like the moment could slip away at any time if we didn’t just go for it, just finally do it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“We could do it with a spray botde, of course, but the connection isn’t as good, and my arm gets tired of pumping.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

—Lord Byron—just do it for the bucks? Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“That ought to do it,” she muttered as my eyelids drooped. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you insist, Miss Vivie. Though bar nuts would do it for me. What about you girls?” he asks the other two. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

We got to the books and she told me to do a problem out loud so she could see how I was doing it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not everyone could do it, and she wanted to know if I wanted to. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He hasn’t always been able to do it. Remember the ‘modifications’ he wrote about in his journal? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aurelia knew I was going to do it, and she gave me a high five before shaking her head and saying, Him need to fix his attitude. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nor did it leave off when two men in leather jerkins and helmets strode onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Possibly he had done it; perhaps the extrasensory node of his brain had finally grown back. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There’s plenty of girls in Grafton Hill who do it right in the alley among the garbage and the foul smells. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I did it straight from memory. Think I'm gonna give it to her tonight." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

If we don’t like a guy we can say, ‘Get the hell out,’ and by God he’s got to do it. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had to stand on her tiptoes to do it now. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He described to me a dozen times how he was gonna do it, how him and Perry was gonna tie them people up and gun them down. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know anybody who would do it for the love of his brother or at least for cheap?’ Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If we thrust a crowbar between the spokes of a wheel it makes no difference where we do it, the wheel stops turning. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody but me ever looked at my feet, so nobody knew I was doing it. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Christopher, I said that I wanted to explain to you why I went away when L had the time to do it properly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, maybe I can get one of the Duchess’s girls to do it?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They were playing basketball in the driveway of a different house, and even though Gus was tiny, he could dribble like he’d been born doing it, running circles around his sisters as they laughed. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Only every time I do it, it feels like my hair is being ripped from my scalp. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Moreover, she would be doing it with the taste of Jude’s exit in her mouth, with the resentment and shame that even yet pressed for release in her stomach. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll do it?” she says, looking at me from under the veil. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this case, Livingston would recall, he was operating “more or less intuitively—I didn’t have any reason for doing it except that I had an urge to get something out of the way.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It lasts all summer. One of the girls from work is doing it.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If you are thinking about doing a thing, you ought to make up your mind if you are going to do it, or not do it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they said they were doing it for religious reasons and I shouldn’t take it personally. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he recommended the player not to saw the air thus, the sulky man said, “And don’t you do it, neither; you’re a deal worse than him!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

When I do it right, it’s so good it scares me. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

She looked around the room, wondering if she should just pack a bag right now, but she couldn’t bring herself to do it. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“She needs a cut and a perm. And this purple tint in her hair, she’s been doing it at home. She’s never had anything professionally done.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If he did it before,” they said, "then he might do it again. He knows how these powders work.” The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

The woman who wrote the article described seeing the bubbles, but her description didn’t do it justice. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Why did it never occur to me that only three people in the world knew that particular fact: Tori, Caleb, and Tobias? Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She'd done it, even if only a little, quelled my rage by giving me a little hope. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why must Joe be so mad with her for making him look small when he did it to her all the time? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“So you think . . . that dream . . . did it really happen?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Once I even decided how I would do it—with a knife, so I could feel the warmth leave him, so I could be close enough to watch the light leave his eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Now, so many highly respected writers adopt the splice comma that a rather unfair rule emerges on this one: only do it if you’re famous. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

And why did it have to be our teacher in a coma? Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

"We never do it unless we have permission from the parents. Some of them refuse to be separated. We only hide the ones whose families believe they'll be safer away. I thought you knew." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Since there is no reason for doing it I can see no point in running the risk of getting into trouble by disclosing it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I should never have patted a wild animal. Was it my imagination, or did it talk?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’d been doing it for as long as we could all talk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It could have seemed dramatic if someone else had done it, but with him it was not. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He knew he could do it if Leslie would let him use her paints. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

She’s always said she likes me too much to do it with me, and, personally, I’ve never tried to get her naked and new and all shivery in front of me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You already abandoned him once. What’s to stop you from doing it again?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve often thought that helping that bird was my first act of kindness, something I did because I wanted to help another, and not because my dad or some teacher expected me to do it. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He can do it, though. He’s a genius at that stuff.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You wouldnt know if you wanted to do it or not. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“What I got to tell you for you to believe I can’t do it?” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

She did it slowly and silently, as though it were part of some ceremony. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“How long did it take for you to be okay again, after your brother...” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But we know the ending—in our heads, we scream, Don't do it, Eve! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I'm not the type to be rash, like Noodle, or to do it out of pride or some sense of street justice, like Brick. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She did it with the support of the whole town and with a magnificent funeral. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“They exiled her. And if I decide to forgive her, you had better try to do it too! I’m the one who got left behind, not you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn’t do it, because I didn’t know what to pray for. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, will they stop being able to do it suddenly one day, or will they just do it less and less?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s this place that Mrs. Wexler wanted me to go, I think. I don’t think I could do it, though.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Long brown hair all wavy going down her back, like she’d done it up especially for the party. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Guys always wondered how Chris was doing it—how he was getting all the ladies. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He continued for another year to do it secretly, in the still remaining woods, but an old woman whom he had never seen or heard of had told. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Another one came at me, gloating in his blear- eyed heroism, maniacally joyful because he had bragged that he would die for his king and he was doing it. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, he was strong because he kept doing it even though he was afraid. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He would do it—not for the old potter, he thought bitterly, but for Ajima. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“And your regimen. We do it my way.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I can see how much she wants this, but I don't want to do it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He tried to take a sip of his cappuccino but couldn’t quite figure out how to do it without getting whipped cream on his nose. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

If only she had done it by herself. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“She did no such thing,” Henry says, but I can tell by the way Ruby shrinks that she did do it. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I hadn't actually done it, but it sounded like a good idea to me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t see well enough to do it, so I swiveled, shouting. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

And you have to think very carefully about whether you want to cross it, because once you do it’s very hard to get back to the world you left behind. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She had worked out that if Hattie told me to do something, I would do it, and if she directed me to do the same thing, I would do that too. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had thought it was German or Romanian, but only now did it occur to me that it could have just as easily been a language that Yakov had known. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If he planned to leave and get medical help for himself, the time to do it was now. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put on her boots and pulled my sled up the hill, even though I said I could do it. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

What did it matter, if they failed to graduate, if they had to go back home? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, you get out there and do it too. He’ll chew up all my shoes if he’s cooped up too long.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It's why they call it the doggy paddle. They do it naturally.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he’ll do it like this: the forest a blur of green over our heads while we lie on our backs, playing Rochambeau. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They made us do it to each other in the first responder class. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Agravaine had done it on the spur of the moment—in his outraged passion, he said —but they knew by instinct that it was from jealousy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not a new emotion for me, since I’ve wanted to do it since I was ten, but this time he’s finally gone too far. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And they can do it this way, too.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Rufus could have done it himself too, I thought, though I never said it aloud. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't mean to, but I did it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Lily would do it—and dare anyone to even look at her funny. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“God does it all the time; if it doesn’t bother Him, don’t let it worry you.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"What's happened to me! I look terrible! I look just like you gone wrong! I can't go down to the garage and sell cars like this! How did it happen?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“And you want me to do it without Mack’s permission?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“There you go, you did it!” she cheered. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You give it to me, I’d do it. Just to see what it was like.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“You can keep your nod, I know you’re not going to do it. I’m just saying, you might try to let some of these girls get to know you. They’re not so bad.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How does it feel to be in Little Rock again?” a reporter shouts. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why’d you do it? I mean, it couldn’t have been because she was hot.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I want to slap the words from the Director’s mouth, but I don’t have the strength to do it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Well, I did it,” he told the family at dinner that night. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

There have been a total of eight incidents, and nobody has a clue who’s doing it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And the way he did it made my rat thing seem about like putting a frog in somebody’s bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Though Poky doesn’t do it, the rules also permit feedlots to feed cattle protein from other kinds of animals. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I said I could do it; I said I had it under control. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Berger, who means to finish off the dog, is carried away with a wound in the pelvis, and one of the fellows who carry him gets a bullet in the leg while doing it. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do it,” Gogol says, getting up, irritated by his parents’ perpetual fear of disaster. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You can have it rebuilt. My dad could do it.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Nor does it matter if you live in the most remote corner of the most northerly province in Canada. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you know who did it? Any of it?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I did it by working backward, using the commentary as a base, then asking myself what passage among the four versions the commentator could have had before him as he wrote the commentary. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Oh, the cabbage will do it right enough. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I be looking at her when she do it—they look like brains, man! Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he wanted that now—if he wanted her to beg for forgiveness, for mercy, if that was the price she had to pay to stay—she'd do it. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Ben wanted to say something to hurt her, but could not force himself to do it. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are we going to do it?” he asked, not daring to pronounce the terrible word. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had seen these boys do it before and he knew they could do it now. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But here I am, graduated, and I still do it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m staring at her, getting my fix in, because she’s too distracted to tell me to quit doing it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“My great-granny likes being left to herself. But I’ll pay money to see you get a woman who knows her mind to change it. Go on, Brooklyn. Let’s see you do it.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At first I thought they were doing it so that the open gashes on her scalp could heal. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Because he did not look up to ask if it pleased he did it all for himself inside, and it strengthened him, and yet he did it for her, too. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

And if you do it that way, nothing ever goes wrong. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was too shy to solicit orders, so I did it for her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get the new girl to do it,” Heather chortled. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

God knows what, but I couldn't do it inside the House in the Woods. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“They’re not important, not with everything that happened. Why did he do it?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I just couldn’t do it, and I guess that wasn’t good, because I missed my chance to tell everyone what Abuela meant to me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I have no idea what my siblings did when they did school, but when I did it I opened my math book and spent ten minutes turning pages, running my fingers down the center fold. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He did it coldly, mechanically, and, listening to him, I had the feeling I was watching some sort of human machine at work. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"That's what I'm saying. But now the fun's gone. And you still got to do it again, and again, and again." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I wondered how they did it without getting caught. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And yet”—she looked sadly at them—“you did it.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s draw it in, then. Where does it go?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As she did it, she concentrated so hard that I kept silent, afraid of breaking the spell. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There were many calls of thanks to my mother but no promises of doing it again soon. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Of course he wasn’t; but he did it anyway. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all urged Uncle to do it, but Uncle shook his head determinedly. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, you do. You get everything you want out of people. I don’t know how you do it, but you are a born wheedler.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did it mean that every guess they’d made so far was wrong? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Since many of them had done it before, there was no particular trick to it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

How did it feel to listen to things like that every day, knowing the people you worked with thought horrible things about who you really were? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So I didn’t understand the problem. I know how to walk around without a safety net. I’ve done it all my life.” Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I love the way you smile like you don't realize you’re doing it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“You should do it too, Ivy,” June said, as though reading her mind. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Listen, mouse. I don’t want to hear how you did it. Probably wouldn’t believe you anyhow. But here you are, and I suppose that’s that?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Tricky, but I think I’ve done it okay; anyway, I managed to fit everything we need in here.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know if he realizes he’s doing it. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He did it gently and with quiet warmth. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It would take time for them to scale the wall, but Gregor knew they would do it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Can I get my friends and you do it for them? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Diego did it for one week last summer and we pretty much almost died, man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I put my bongos aside and try to think about what I’m doing as I do it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m nervous, but I think I want to do it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Ivan,” Bob whispers, yawning, “what you said...about the zoo. How are you going to do it?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

What she did—and how many times she did it—was with deliberate and evil purpose. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

You done it; now you pays for it.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Not only did it end his season, it eliminated any chance he had of going pro. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It impressed me, the casual easy way he did it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I know why I did it, but I don’t think that’s going to help my case. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the ringleader and his buddies walk away, I can see him doing it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is so deeply gratifying that I do it again. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want your help, and soon. I need someone to persuade Marcus to cooperate, and I think you can do it.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a plié. You do it on all the positions. It’s very good for dramatic moments. Do you want to learn leaps?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even when it took me an hour to get a bathing suit on once when I was eight, they still hadn’t done it for me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

How long does it take for a man to strangle a woman? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In other words: When the people were doing two tasks, “their brains weren’t working as hard to do it.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I don't know why I did it, but I did it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t, Life. But I’m going to do it anyway.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, she wants to see you. Texting you was clearly hard for her, but she did it anyway. You just have to take your time,” I say. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He turned unsteadily, loosening his tie as he did it, and swayed out of the room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Anyone who plans something like this has to do it in a big way, or it gets forgotten.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"How does it feel to be free of one's illusions?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wouldn't do it. So she threw me out." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Sure it’s illegal. But most variations in sex are illegal. But people do it anyhow.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I know he broke something when he did it, too, because Chas was never one to go soft on anyone if he decided to actually go that far. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I did it wrong, and yet he did not beat me. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Daniel the computer geek showed me how to do it, where to buy the cheapest parts, how to assemble them, how to repair them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I like to do it in the morning,” she says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“You know whoever did this had to have done it during the school day,” I say slowly. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Leave them alone! They’re not Communist sympathizers! They were forced to do it!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

If I didn’t do it now it would be too late. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My pigeons are nowhere close to doing any of that, but if lots of other Afghans have been able to do it, I think there's got to be a way. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Can 1 move my hands to do it?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyways, they’re doing it for us all, said Cora, or so they say. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can call her a liar, but don’t you do it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His parents weren’t going to do it; Ashish wouldn’t do it. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“We’ll do it every day. I will meet you here tomorrow. We could come at midday and eat our food here.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I told you. I didn’t do it on purpose.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

"It's basically saying that their bravery should be honored. That they did what they had to do, and they did it together, even though it seemed almost impossible to win." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

If Pong wanted to tell him anything, he had to do it now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Chet wasn’t one hundred percent sure what his dad did at work, but whatever it was, Chet wanted to do it, too. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

With his usual frankness, the Iceman admitted everything he had done but explained why he had done it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how he does it while fasting on Mondays and Fridays—he’s become more religious—is beyond her. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“They don’t have to be from this city, Corinthians. People will drive to a summer house. White people do it all the time.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s about the child at the priory. For some reason we don’t understand, she’s very important to the other side. Can you make general inquiries, or does it have to be a tightly focused question?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I know how it is, but why does it always have to be that way?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he had in fact saved my life, no matter how he’d done it. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“So that makes you think it was my idea? I don’t come up with this stuff; I just do it for people.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The police had caught the guy who did it and Olivia had testified in court numerous times. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even know he’s doing it, but Vera will understand. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t recall it for you if you showed her pictures of herself doing it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t doubt that you would do it,” he said, just as casually as Thyon. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Or did it have some little life of its own? Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘How does it happen?’ we would ask each other. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’ll take some signs, community outreach, organizing, and planning. But I think we could do it. And maybe my mom could help.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“What does it mean if we go after the cop? If we—kill him.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do it,” I mumbled, standing in front of the stairs. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can do it. Yes, it’s about stopped now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sheriff has this idea that killing one just attracts more of them. If you do it, you’ll get in trouble, and the sheriff is quick with the whip.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Then he laughed, “Come on, tell me. How did you do it? Just sheer blind luck?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now, Camellia, my favorite, do it," Sophia says, returning to her seat to watch. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m going to cry and I sure as heck don’t want to do it out here. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will they come for me, too, Bigger? I didn’t want to do it!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Still, if I asked him to keep moving, I think he’d do it. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t do it to be mean,” I said at last. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I just said I was sorry and that I wouldn’t do it again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The quicker I do it, the sooner I get to go to bed. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She pretended she was doing it on her own but I’m not that stupid yet. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the living room did not convince Hansen that it belonged to “two accomplished and wealthy doctors,” nor did it reflect the “opulent lifestyle that produced the conflict within this family.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

How does it take advantage of the opportunities? The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

They had put up their own pictures because later the children would not have the sense to do it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what is it? Why does it hunt us?” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

For example, how many steps on average does it take to link everyone in Hollywood to Robert DeNiro or Shirley Temple or Adam Sandler? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t plan to do it again in the middle of this crowd.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sad she had to do it this way but we don’t want a blow it fore it even starts. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jacob, with no idea why he is doing it, throws himself onto his stomach. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow doing it himself felt even more treasonous. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“About my typo question—could someone do it intentionally? Publish a book with the typos in it on purpose?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t have to say anything, and I do it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Whatever I did and for whatever reason I did it, I’m sorry. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If there was some way to fight it, if there was some door to pound in response, my dad wouldn’t have done it anyway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She fell to the mat, but righted herself quickly, so it wouldn’t look as if she had done it on purpose. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I can still do it, he reminded himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I can do it. Just show me how.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She had death in her eyes, the haggard look of someone who has killed many times and wouldn’t mind doing it again. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

They were doing it after lunch, right there over one of the desks, and Mr. Jack had come in to get something. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or did it lay untouched on their plates? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Or does it mean it's time to make peace? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sir, but I thought it was Jason Taylor’s turn to read the assembly today. I was really looking forward to hearing him. Is he going to be doing it next week instead?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

If she didn’t like all that baking and cleaning and jumping up to get bottles of nail polish remover and sewing hems, why did she do it? Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Or did the Nazis do it as propaganda? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She found it was generally more difficult showing Ess how to do a chore than it had ever been to just do it herself. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And I asked you who would take care of me all day, and you said, “We’re good, Red. I can do it.’ Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Then don’t do it,” he whispered back, kissing each freckled cheek. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If the whole world did it, that wouldn’t be so great, what with everybody kind of grunting at everybody else as the years went by. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I did it because when we lived on Indian Island we had this turtle named Shelly.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I will not say it is the first cake I ever baked; I have done it before, but always under my mother’s supervision. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nor did it help that when Harry came home from work he often tracked grease and sawdust into the cabin. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, the others thought he’d meant to do it, but I was pretty sure it was unintentional. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that she had only done it because it was the “right thing to do.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He said he was doing it on a bet—that he stood to win a hundred dollars. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did it like one man, all of them turning in the same direction at exacdy the same time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why did it sound so beautiful and impossible? Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Why did you do it, you fool! It looks absolutely frightful! It looks horrendous! You look like a freak!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It had been her nervous habit as a child, and Mrs. Richardson noticed she’d been doing it again of late. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“They send them along with us wherever we go, the monsters. They like to keep track of who they kill and how they do it.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That don’t mean you can’t do your work and get it out the way so you’re not rushing to do it after church tomorrow.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe I thought about it for a minute before I did it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But there was something odd about the way he did it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They going to do it, no matter where they is. Folks do lots of things down home they don’t want nobody to know about.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

That was really what was doing it for her more than anything—her love for Westley would not stop growing, and people were dazzled when she delivered milk in the morning. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ma said, “Well, the body don’t never endure, do it? But I hopes...naw, I knows that something inside all of us be so strong it caint be stopped. It fly on forever.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Better he does it in the woods than in the district. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Usually the girl did it to the boy, just as they were moving apart. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always wish I hadn't, after I take them home, but I keep doing it anyway. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He felt that it was his neglect had done it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he was even a little afraid to try it; because if he did it too soon, or if for any other reason it did not work, his experiment would be a failure. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“How does it feel to know you just lost the contest?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"With my system, one may without effort transcribe the written or the spoken word—" "How long does it take?" the man interrupted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was eager to do it, but she found the process disheartening. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Just do it on the radio. Teams won’t always have paper, not in the field.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Why are you bothering me? You literally never talk to me. What does it matter who I hang out with?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

What difference does it make what college I go to? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sasha was too tightly bound by the corset to put on shoes, so Nemo sat on the floor to do it for them. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the guys that extended in Nam did it for the rank, but some had other things in their heads. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't do it so I could sing, I did it so you could. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe so. But you’re Big Skiff’s son, and he’s Jack Croft’s son, and that makes it complicated. If anything is to be done, your father will have to do it.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He thought they might move my whole house. But how they could do it, I can’t imagine.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Did anybody ever catch the men who did it—who killed him?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sniffed it, sniffed my legs and feet, looked at me for a minute, then jumped right up onto my lap like she’d done it a million times. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But they would have heard all the yelling, and the dog—” “My God, what does it matter? It’s a story—someone made it up! You do realize that, don’t you?” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Why does it have to be from the silent or boomer generation?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Nne, did it go well? Your face is not bright.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t doing it on purpose, but I’d followed her tirade so intently that my reaction was completely involuntary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Two months ago when I did A Raisin in the Sun in Manhattan, and ten years ago when I did it in Montego Bay. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Leah could always do that—she’d take the high road to please Father, or her teachers, or God, or maybe just to prove she could do it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She tried to look away, but she didn't do it soon enough. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I see,” Rariden said with a smile that would have been disarming, if not for the glint of white teeth when he did it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Did it,” said he, “did it soon make you think better of me? Did you, on reading it, give any credit to its contents?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

"I had to find a way to do it. In the country itself I was unable to do any effective work. So, therefore, I had to find a way to leave the country." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t have cared less, I realized, but now that I’d said it, I had to make sure I did it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He began polishing his spectacles again, even though he’d just done it minutes before. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

About fighting injustice, and doing it with a laugh and a dance. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I did it automatically like a shoot inching its way towards the light. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pike was mad because nobody he asked would admit to buying the bike—and probably because he hadn’t done it himself. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Did they do it when you were in middle school? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The links were hard to come by with the likes of Peter and Alexia in our classroom, but we did it. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Put on the dress. Just do it, all right?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because if he hadn’t disarmed him, I would have done it myself. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to do it the night before because I didn’t want it stinking the room up all night. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I did it just as it came to me, but I tried my best to please Raymond because I didn’t have any reason not to please him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But she had to do it, whether she wanted to or not, and she felt her hands weakening with dread as she unclipped the lid and heard the air rush into the frozen chamber. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time we had done it together was when I was eleven, and the year after that, he went out on the ice alone. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Her mother must have done it for her. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was glad there was nobody else to do it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure that amuses you,” I say to her, “but she’s gone now, so it doesn’t matter, does it?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she wants to change her evidence and do it officially or legally. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If I were to ask you to do something really strange, but I said it was the most important thing in the whole world to me, would you do it?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I know. Do you think I wanted to do it? There was no other way. There was no place for them in this world.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At fifty-two, Sonny felt the same way; his doctors said he needed angioplasty, but he swore he’d never do it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

This was her part to play in helping her friend, and she was determined to do it well. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Why did it matter to him whether Tina was good or bad? Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He did it to make a print of my chalk-covered face—something he could ’shape a spirit into and send against you. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I bet Alexia did it, because it happened when she was being nasty to Danielle. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

And I still do it, and it has been many years since there has been gum there. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I admit that was my intention,” said Dumbledore, “but it did not work as I intended, did it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And then Caul did it—he stabbed the icicle into her back. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

"This one is mine. I'm not doing it for her." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now she saw: it was like diving into the swimming pool in early June; you simply had to make yourself do it. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Henry kept trying to open his lock but couldn’t do it. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

What does it say about a man’s character that he would sabotage peace talks to win votes? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So why does Mom let him do it? Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you could do it! And just in time for next Sunday, too!” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter that he’s suspected of doing it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

There’d been no electricity the night before and he was uncomfortable enough with the idea of rifling through his parents’ possessions without wanting to do it by flashlight. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Jay and I are the only ones who want to do it again. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do it,” Benny mumbles, his eyes welling up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“When your conscience tells you it’s bad, you know you ain’t supposed to do it.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I went ahead and did it just the same. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And if he does ask, I’ll need to do it again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

In fact, I was surprised that he hadn’t already done it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Lolly does it too, but his come out of his head. Just his head.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“You think someone killed him, and made it look like he did it himself?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sam and I used to look after the animals, but after he went to college I had to do it all by myself. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did it mean if he wasn’t here? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I don't know why I did it, but suddenly I saw him looking at me intently, and I stayed down this time. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ulbrickson knew that saying it was one thing; doing it was another. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I did it again, and the ball swished through the net. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But what does it matter?” he said softly. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But after he talked it over with his mom, he called Cara back and said he would do it—for Mr. Larson. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to find out who did it?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, take your time and do it all right, Warden. There is no rush,” said Kemmler, urging the warden to make the straps on the head electrode a bit tighter. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the hair shining with Pears oil and wondered if she could really do it, if she could raise a child. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d seen women cross themselves so many times, it had never occurred to me there was a right way and a wrong way to do it. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sharpest question she had asked, “How does it feel not to have a mother?” slipped into his mind. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Law have mercy. I reckon I’m on do it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She does it the best, and it's free. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Bobby wanted to do what he wanted to do—and to choose when, where, and how to do it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the risk, he was glad he had done it. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He almost did it the night of the Ceremony. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. But you can’t do it alone. Where are you going now?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s never done it before,” I tell her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Ordering prayers from Soul Scrolls is supposed to be a sign of piety and faithfulness to the regime, so of course the Commanders’ Wives do it a lot. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what does it meant” I practically yelled. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Gey was relieved that companies had taken over HeLa distribution so that he didn’t have to do it himself, but he didn’t like the fact that HeLa was now completely out of his control. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The minute I did it, I regretted it. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

If they did it well, there in the snow were five holes, shaped almost exactly like four little girls and a boy, arms and legs and all. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lin wanted in the worst way to whip his father at racing, to knock his Seabiscuit down a peg or two, and he believed he had the horse to do it in Ligaroti. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When an animal decides to do something, it can do it for a very long time. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

We have to do this for all our sakes, but in my heart I know I’m doing it for them. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t want to do it at first. They finally caved after I paid for a whole-body spray tan.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“No. Not really. I did it. It was stupid. End of story. I’ll fix the wall.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They were trying to flush out the man who had done it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I shall not march with the colored women...I am not taking this stand because I personally wish for recognition. I am doing it for the future benefit of my whole race.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

So if he didn’t do it, who did? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't know how I did it, but I'm glad I was able to help somehow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I felt like a gump doing it, but all that went out the window when Aaron said, "Nice shoes, man." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

What good does it do to draw fancy buildings and then live in one that is useless? The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He approached everything he did like it was both the first and last time he was ever going to get to do it. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He did it by taking extra shifts and learning everything he could about the aluminum business. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I crack the seal on the bottle of alcohol and, in one motion because I won’t do it if I think, empty the entire bottle over my hand. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got this million-dollar leg wound that will take me out of combat. If that doesn’t do it, there’s a psychiatrist who thinks I’m not good enough to be in the Army.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And neither did it occur to me that I was hiding under a burning house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few days after Lightfoot McLendon and I got caught in the cemetery, I could just think about kissing her and it was like we were still doing it. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

We’ve been laying our voices down, catting and scatting, and following variations of the same notes for so long we didn’t always know we were doing it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“He has a deep gash in his side, poor dear. We’ll take him to the vet later this afternoon. I wish I knew what could have done it.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

As I wormed my way through the crowd, I heard someone cry out, “A Jew did it!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They gesture for her to remove the child, do it quickly. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She saw him do it—the wrong way. 3RD JUROR: That’s right! Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had to force myself to do it, but I did it. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I’m going to unstick you now. I have to touch you to do it. Is it okay if I grab your arm?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Nobody does it quite like the Prince of Lies. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I can do it well enough," Jack said. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Even if my mama done it to me. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Hale said to me if John Ramsey had done it the way I told him to nobody would have known but that Roan had attempted suicide,” Burkhart recalled. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Then how did it end up on the Tumblr?” she asks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He was picking at it, looking angry, and muttering something to the effect that Dustfinger had shown him just how to do it and this must be a very special sort of lock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t imagine how they’d done it, with their parents’ bodies cooling downstairs. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, money doesn’t grow on trees, does it?” demanded the count. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If I ever catch your spy, he’s going to be very sorry. Maybe we could send another messenger to camp—” “I’ve already done it,” Chiron said. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The devil who done it, he lit out of there on one of the Finnup horses, rode east along the river. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your company owns the building in which the Thomas family has lived for the past three years, does it not?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the beginning of the computing pools, the women easily hurdled the engineers’ expectations, raising the bar as they did it. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Why does it appear that class is fading as a force in American life? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Like I said, someone telling you not to do something will sure make you want to do it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I remember I thought about it for a long time, remembering the whipping but remembering also the lovely crash, and after thinking about it very seriously I went out and did it again.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“When this fish talks of ‘money’ what does it mean?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I could have made a speech—I'd done it plenty of times—but for some reason I found my cheeks burning. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Such a young man when he rose to power. Such a clever one to keep it. Flow, you must ask yourself, did he do it? One word. That’s all you really need to know. Poison.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Lookee here—we chopped down that tree that was in the way—did it all by ourselves—and you didn’t even have to waste your time teaching us how to use this thing.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think that was so bad, but Bailey explained that Mr. Washington was probably “doing it” to her. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bridge tilted the phone away from her mouth and said, “Em’s worried it’ll look like she did it. You know, to get him back.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She had done it with an air, publicly, fashionably, in the best taste. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a gas leak that did it, sir,” Wash said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I say, “Do it, Dray. You want to kill me, do it!” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Is it right that it’s me who does it? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, but does it matter? I like it here. I love it.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Or does it need a creator, and, if so, does he have any other effect on the universe? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will’s eye shrank back from looking at it, so sharp did it seem. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m peeling the skin off my feet; I can do it without looking, by touch. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Now Robert does it without my even asking, never will take any money for it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You did something hateful. And you kept on doing it even after you saw how it was affecting people.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m chopping cotton, what does it look like?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how he’d done it, but I knew it was him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to do it now with everyone else,” I said, and held the knife behind my back. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head again angrily in what looked like a refusal, but I knew he’d do it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When there was no answer, he did it again. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In a moment of clarity, Deborah nodded, saying, “And we bring our own body down by doing it.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Let’s do it again, but faster this time!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Gebu had found some other goldsmith to rob, and no doubt a better, safer way to do it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“If we’re going to do it, we shouldn’t have any doubts at all about it, and we should both be in agreement. It wouldn’t be fair to the baby otherwise.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The soccer camp was for girls thirteen and under only, which meant Taryn and Ivy could do it together, away from stupid sisters and the doe-eyed look Taryn got every time she saw Drew. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to do it. I wanted to kill him.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then, far softer, he said, “Well, by all the blessed saints and martyrs, what does it matter what I think? Come closer. I’ll give you some bread.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to reach out to rub her shoulders, but I was too proper to do it. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not feel my body doing it, but I know it’s happening. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Let’s say this is all true and not cheap, coin-trick magic. What does it have to do with me?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

But what difference did it make that she was beautiful? The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

Even though my exercise regime only takes sixteen minutes, I find that I'm thinking about it when I'm not doing it. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

And he wanted more than anything to do it, but he didn’t understand what it was. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Dennis said, “I’m sorry, but it’s impossible for one person to carry that alone,” and he refused to do it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since George Washington, as the editor observed, “has never given bad advice to his country,” did it not make practical sense to “let him point to a map and say ‘here’?” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

The only person I trust to do it is Abby, who puts me in a chair by the window in the girls’ dressing room. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

"Less is more Less is more what? Or less what is more? What does it mean? Less is more." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But he was yawning when he did it. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“No more! Don’t whip me, Chief. Look, I’m going to do it.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I have to do it and not break down. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t do it,” George said quickly, and the blood kin nodded. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How long does it usually take you to read your fairies and tin soldiers and so forth out of their stories?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If it’s just a small step, maybe I can do it. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“I mean I killed him on purpose. I just put the knife in your hand so you’d wake up with it. You should have known you didn’t do it, boy. You don’t have the guts.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Happy to do it. If there’s anything you need, you just let me know.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

But it was funny—the day after Eric got thrown out of the window, in roll call Hixon and I both said at the same time, “I bet Tyrone and Johnny did it.” Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it takes a gentleman to do it,” added the other member of the domestic admiration society. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She agrees, but I bet she isn’t going to do it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Then, for an instant, something different flashes across his face, a regretful scowl, as if to say, Why did it have to come to this? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What gets into somebody’s head that they ruin somebody like that? Did you get any sense from Detective Barrone why Angela did it?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Eltenton said he didn’t know Oppenheimer well enough to do it. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he did it, his whole face had rippled and changed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t get mad about it either. Are you holding something back? Did you go out last night? Did you do it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I guess we've done it a lot, now I think about it. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I did it,” he explained, “because I can no longer bear to have my children in the streets of Chicago....” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Look, if you think about it,” he said, “it’s not that crazy. You could actually do it.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll do my best, guys. I don’t know how long the things in my head will let me do it, though. Better hurry.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I guess. But I’m only doing it for the dogs. Not for you.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t have done it without you, Mama,” Stella replied, knowing in her heart it was true. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The first time I touched Spot’s bag, she reached out with a flying hind foot, aiming to kick my head off and coming close to doing it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all do it — all of us servants, anyway. We just don’t tell the mistress. And it won’t hurt to give it a try.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

They knew the jails were not celled enough for all of them, so if it meant a few days’ incarceration, what did it matter? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The idea of overtaking Slytherin in the House Championship was wonderful, no one had done it for seven years, but would they be allowed to, with such a biased referee? Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mind doing it now,” I said, wetting a rag. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She hugged everybody, the way folks do when they don’t know what to say, but she did it as if there was nothing to be said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Even if it’s true, it’s still ridiculous. I can’t just do it like clockwork, Milt.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby, how long did it take you to get from...this place to my grandparents’ farm? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I've planned several dozen memorial marches; I can do it in my sleep. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She was going through all the nuts and bolts of how you did it, what went in where, the different variations, like this was still Geography. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lavender makes a soft bed for love to lie on, does it not?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I kept peeking at June’s pictures at first, to make sure I was doing it right, but then I got really into the whole thing. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Why did it only ever seem to freeze or move forward at a barreling speed? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“And I suppose you think I did it?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Once I get set up with my knife and my shrimp, Dee asks, “Did you do it?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

My clothes were still damp from my long swim, but what did it matter? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Whatever it is, I wish he would do it in secret. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know what I want to do, but can I do it? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

What difference does it make if families don’t eat together? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I had seen it done, been told about it, but I had never done it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She does it simply because it looks beautiful. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t. I can only do it at home because they gave me the Freedom of the Graveyard when I was a baby.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She didn’t do it on purpose, but when she looked at you, you knew her brain worked on a level many times greater than yours. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

If you want to understand middle school students, there’s only one way to do it: follow the wedgies. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I tried to be strong, I tried to hold myself together, but I couldn’t do it anymore. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He reported back that he had asked Rose, regarding Anna’s murder, “Why’d you do it?” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Now I could have carried that suitcase to my room perfectly well by myself, only the bellhop seemed so eager to do it that I let him. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I probably won’t wait twenty minutes for a cookie again, but I’m glad we did it.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid to do it alone. I’m afraid to do anything alone.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m only going to do what you ask, from now on. I thought of doing it last night, but I never did. And I won’t, either, unless you ask me to.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My boyfriend, Fred Harvey, came to our house and asked to marry me, but my mother said he would just be doing it out of pity. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

She had delivered that baby with work and skill, not magic spells, and Alyce should have been able to do it but could not. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On my old bus, the driver would have held us all hostage until we gave up the person who did it—probably me. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

It was a move without conscious effort; they all did it, to help them understand the news they had heard on the radio a moment before. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t ask me to do it—it makes me feel like a monkey doing parlor tricks.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He made it stronger that way, and did it for himself, too, as well as for her. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps not even a book would have done it, but there was no point thinking of that, since they had no books, only the blank walls and the locked door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Even if you weren’t in the mood, you did it on principle. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Stephen I say, “So what does it really look like?” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She said she would destroy many reputable men in Salinas. She can do it too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Aye, but no doubt I have forgotten, it has been so long. And it will be longer before I can do it again. Curse Gebu and his granite!” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

But I will do it again, and again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to understand quite how he did it. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a thing to do and he knew it but did not want to do it. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing whether the child meant to do it, or even noticed it happening at all. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

And maybe if he didn't...never wake up...he would've done it. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Only then did it occur to me that they might be there for me, but I couldn't imagine why. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She didn't say nothing, so I kept doing it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He sort of showed me his cards when he did it, but I tried not to look, because that would be cheating. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t trust other people. If it’s important, you have to do it yourself.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“No, I can do it just fine. It’s my frame and some needles and thread.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it had been Sorrento’s idea to try to recruit me, or if he’d been ordered to do it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I lift the gun, though it hurts my shoulder to do it, and wrap one hand around the other to steady it. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then I add, “Don’t do it again,” and Tyler nods. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Didn’t even have the courage to do it outright. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No worse than I did. Why did you do it, anyway?” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

My dad shoves a slice of pizza in his mouth, and I bet anything he is doing it to stifle a laugh. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “If we ask him to close up shop it will be like asking him to close his life, and he won’t do it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I just didn’t think I could do it alone. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“Then why does it smell like popcorn in here?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Normal thermometers only read every two tenths. This one does it every tenth. Try it out. Put it in your mouth.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not the runner that you are—yet. But I signed up to run in the 5K with you. I know you’re doing it for your papa Joseph, and I want to, too.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I was grateful I didn’t have to do it strapped to a horse cart here. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I continued to back away, step by step, not sure why I was doing it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He uncovered the boat, his hands working the knots like he’d been doing it his whole life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was cool with my new shoes when I first did it. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“It’ll take a while before you get your memories back, if ever—we’re not scientists, we have no idea what they did to you, or how they did it.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And yet who else could have done it? The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It will fall, and after that ... we must win here if we are to win at all, and we must do it soon. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand had done it all, his hand, with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity in each trembling finger, had turned thief.. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Strider! How splendid! Do you know, I guessed it was you in the black ships. But they were all shouting corsairs and wouldn’t listen to me. How did you do it?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“This doesn’t go in the paper, does it?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

This is dumb because what does it matter if I know the answer? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I knew he wouldn’t do it as some would, just to pick up three hundred dollars. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some people called me a monster for hitting him with a bat even after he was unconscious. But I never felt like a monster. I barely remember doing it—something inside me snapped.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Hazel didn’t understand why, but she shouted at the grain piles anyway: “He’ll do it! He’s crazy!” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The two of them snickered as they watched, knowing they could do it much better than the bunch of white kids out there on the field who didn’t seem very tough or very fast. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You won’t do it, boy,” he said as we walked down the path. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could describe it so well, you would think she could do it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you should do it. You will be the belle of the ball.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What good does it do you or them?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think doing it could actually hurt me? Is that what you're thinking, Miss Honey?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Do all the preaching and praying you want but no need to do it for me. new playmates Beautiful brown dolls come from New York City, fancy stores my mother has walked into. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I reminded myself that I was doing it for Navid. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For example: “I can do it myself” is one, and for that the script book lists fifty potential answers. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each time was a new time and he never thought about the past when he was doing it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did the shop owner do it as a show of Nazi support? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I know how to handle the wagon, Father. I’ve done it lots of times.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Travis tells us that swearing’s the kind of mistake that once you do it, there ain’t no way to make up for it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z