‘But I knew in my heart that he really meant to go. He always used to joke about serious things. I wish I had come back sooner, just to see him off.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

They were wretched, flimsy things, but cooking pots of any kind were always difficult to get. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not because she isn't nice, because she is—she always hand-makes birthday cards, and she even sent me an e-mail when she heard I was applying to Prism to tell me good luck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Those people who are always so quick to blame the girls. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any mention of her ‘works’ always had a bad effect upon Jo, who either grew rigid and looked offended, or changed the subject with a brusque remark, as now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was coming on, always singing, with a slow, heavy pace. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was always held to be the real founder of Rome because Romulus and Remus, the actual founders, were born in the city his son built, in Alba Longa. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mind was always on what was coming next, today or tomorrow. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Theories, it is said, explain phenomena, not data, and it is always possible to open up a gap between data and phenomena as well as between phenomena and theories. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Yes, Yoyo has always loved poetry. Why, I remember the time we went on a trip to New York. She couldn't have been more than three." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Of course Sam was that way, always shooting out whatever came into his mind and sometimes even getting hit by my father for it. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reasons people marry the people they do are not always evident to those involved. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Why, they were right in that parlour wall, not six months ago. One was always picking his nose; it drove me wild.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the houses, the streets, and the high school will always be there to remind me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I always went back, too—back to his house, the abuse, and him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He always says he will, but there’s always an excuse. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hadn’t there always been people who were poor and hungry? The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Bobby withstood a relentlessly harassing attack, but always found a way to defend. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He is wise in all such matters, and has always given me good counsel.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Pretty speeches! When a man can make pretty speeches, I always wonder how long he’s been practicing! Come on, Nat. Let’s tell mother!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always carried a Bible with her and never talked bad about anybody and at school she only hung around with her Pentecostal friend, Lucy. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Internal affairs will always be stable when external affairs are stable, provided that they are not already disturbed by a conspiracy. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a fact, because when conductors and music directors and maestros held auditions, the men always seemed to sound better than the women. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He said, “You got to always keep in mind, Elijah, that I’m growned and you ain’t. You got to always ’member that we gets ’long just fine but I ain’t your friend. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Northeastern? Boston College? I've always wanted to play for the Kings, man. Think about it. You play ice hockey, but in LA?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I rounded them up, dumped some dry cereal in a bowl—because you can always get on top of the situation with little kids by offering treats—and put my creative powers to work. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can always try again,” Reynie said, looking over Sticky’s shoulder at the drawing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The answer was always the same: “They call me Chief.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he always felt he was an alien and never a true resident of Budapest. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics mean “the rock crushed my hand, grandma,” and is meant to assure the child that there are always people to take care of them in their lives, either in their family or village. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to do that. I’m going to keep my name, Nancy Saldivia, and my friends can always call me Blanca. The only time I’ll change my name is when I get married.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He always had a daily lunch special and a daily soup. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Goodbye to the three electric lights in the ceiling that seemed always, no matter where you sat, to cast the shadow of your head over the page you were writing on. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something, boys,” she’d start, “why are you two always going after each other? Every time I turn around. Can somebody please explain this to me?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was a matter that concerned him a good deal, for the giving of names in his family was always surrounded by what he believed to be monumental foolishness. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that the pictures always show you with a lion skin.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

His dad was always bragging about being in the best shape of his life. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But Mr Cardinal's columns did not prevent him being a frequent visitor at the house; indeed, his lordship never forgot that the young man was his godson and always treated him as kin. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s an important book that we black people must have in order always, and carry with us at all times.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there are always a handful of wild cards thrown into the draft, amateur players nominated because they are so good at the game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Was she like Fred? I mean, did she always keep aquariums and hang out in gross places?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“The rules, the rules, the stupid rules. Everything’s against the rules. How can you have any fun when you’re always worried about breaking rules?” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

They live down the street from each other, which is why Malik always rides to practice with them. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

But Morgan’s fruit fly genes did not always behave independently. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her words were always tinged with apology, like she knew she was saying the wrong thing but didn’t know how to stop herself. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I chilled there for a while, watching Sicko push everybody around until what always happens happened. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I always did say that when Little Arliss cried he could shed more tears faster than any crier I ever saw. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The collections always covered the rally expenses, and anything beyond that helped to continue building the Nation of Islam. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked them why they gave him that nickname, and they told me it was because he always had to be the center of attention. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Suddenly he was there again, sitting in front of the A&P supermarket awning, playing the same songs on his accordion that he had always played, his black Labrador lying down in front of him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His overheated house is always smelling of some­thing delicious. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d always been a little grumpy, but then he started drinking a lot. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“No, that’s not all,” Bull shouted, enjoying himself as he always did when facing a man totally without humor. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt, as always, the loss of her mother, but she knew that was not what Gwen was asking about. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That's what they do, they always go barefoot. Do I have to change for this festive occasion, too? What does one wear to attend an execution? I imagine I will be sitting beside Capricorn?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes like I always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I knew Jeffrey was bruised up from his fall, and I also knew that bruises always look worse on the second day. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke always felt a little embarrassed for them, showing up like that. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Kate’s hands were always busy, mostly at drawn work on the sheerest of lawn handkerchiefs. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

About how the moon is always falling in a circle around our Earth. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The party’s always facing a crisis,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is always how her tirades begin and end: “If Anne were my daughter…” Thank goodness I’m not. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And I would always know what he looked like even when I grow up. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He taped another set into his daybooks, so they’d always be with him, in case something happened at home. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Al doesn’t like anyone to finish the season broke. He always holds back four weeks pay. You’ll get it at the end of season. Next!” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The truth was, I intended to do everything—to work with purpose and parent with care—same as I always had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I've got CF and you remind me to always stay positive. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Once the grain was shocked and standing, there was always the fear of fire. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Still it was nothing new, white folks seemed always to expect you to know those things which they'd done everything they could think of to prevent you from knowing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were both on the line, but Dad was always so much louder. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And he was always brandishing an oversize plasma rifle the size of a snowmobile. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

People will look at us, she always said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it’s the iron gray of the afternoon sky overhead, casting gloom as it always does this time of year, but today the two of them look especially worn down and tired. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She said her mama had always wanted to go there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Live & let live and in many cases my children would tell on each other when doing wrong and the guilty one would always admit, and come forward, willing for a spanking. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t smoke any of it because I wasn’t in the mood, and they said what they always say. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“SC, ” I sighed, “it could always be worse.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I still don’t really know who the woman in black is—if she’s my guardian angel, if she’s an ancestor from my past or my future—but I know that she’ll always be with me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I knew Daddy supported it, and I’d always thought it was a good idea myself. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

A modern woman, she always implied, was capable—nay, required—to have it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They have always made me feel like a dumb white boy because I’m not in their honors classes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I have kept the book, through many years and many moves, always on a prominent shelf, and have never once held it in my hands without thinking of Volpe and rereading his words. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, her letters go on and on until the ink gets smudgy and I am not always sure what she is talking about. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He always gets emotional when he talks about his wife with me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My mother always said that once you start a lie, you gotta keep lying. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Johnny was always ready to do his share, or more than his share, in fanning up friendship—or enmity. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I was always stepping on them. He must have had hundreds. A whole army of them.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In media photographs and video he appeared to me as an ambitious minority politician and what being one had always meant— the adjutant interest groups, the unwavering agenda, the stridency, the righteousness. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always doing that, explaining which way to go, what rocks to stay clear of, and where the channel markers were. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he always takes the last and smallest portion of the leftovers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your dad’s always saying that,” Malcolm pointed out, “but you always tell us anyway.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I take it, my eyes flickering as always to the scars on his knuckles. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mom always took care of me when I got sick. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He was caring and devoted, attentive to detail, always a card on my birthday, always my favorite food and toys when I came for a visit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Because Poppy had always, forever and ever, called it Palestine. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The other mother followed her about, looking at Coraline with a smirk always hovering at the edge of her lips. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

It’s always been like that with them, ever since they first met at a charity event when Alex was fourteen. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It frightened me, as always, when some of the white faces glared at us as we drove past. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"Kill him, do you understand? Didn't I tell you what he's like? He wants the book, and he always gets what he wants. It's ridiculous to believe it will be safe from him here." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

There was always more activity at the enlisted men’s place. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I always play well when I start out in a bad mood, for some reason, plus I had been practicing so much that my wrists were just superquick. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is serious and does not come on with all of that pseudo stuff like you always did. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he thought about it too much, Joaquin could almost feel the warmth of her skin, the heat of her mouth, the way she always smelled good, like soap and shampoo. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Ma always liked having cheese danish on Christmas morning. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Meggie rested her head against his chest, the way she always used to at home when he was telling her a story. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Satisfying needs is the burden of the poor. The wealthy and powerful can afford to indulge their wants and whims. If you pass on this opportunity, you will always wonder what you missed.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

From her father’s response to this silence, I can imagine this is how their mornings always go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

We now know it is impossible to have an infinite static model of the universe in which gravity is always attractive. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“People don’t always understand why something is necessary until you show them.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t mean she always agreed with him. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And it's not even strange that it feels the way it's always felt like the place we belong to. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You always got something to say, don’t you?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I mean he reads too much, and he’s always worrying about getting liver trouble and things like that. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I have always wanted to say to you that was DESPICABLE. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All I looked at was the snow at my feet, and he was always there. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He’d always known what to do, always had her back, whether she wanted him to or not. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s not meant as an offense, poppet. Beautiful ladies are always associated with the Crown Prince—you should be flattered that you’re attractive enough to be considered his lover.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pretend that this is no big deal, that guys always pick me up in a cab and open the door for me all the time. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Annex: “It’s always the same old story. No one wants to see the danger until it’s staring them in the face.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The traders always tried to use a little Navajo, but they knew very few words. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was always a man for stating the obvious. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Chedu is always welcome, of course, but we don’t like strangers. They bring contamination.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

He always wore sharp suits, and my mom would always talk about how nice his shoes were. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He always did better when he knew exactly what was expected of him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Don’t leave me,” he says, running his hands over me; always before, not after. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was allowed to sleep later than I was in the morning, was given more food to eat, and had fewer tasks than I did, always the easier ones like airing the quilts and pillows. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Why doesn’t the subway always stop at every stop? Where do you buy a bus pass? Which way is Brooklyn?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Mother was always telling us to turn the music down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You’re told that in this town a daughter, if there is one, always answers the door. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he always makes me a giant cake for my birthday.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She did not want to bring her personal drama to rehearsals and to be around her former boyfriend every afternoon and feel that everyone was always looking at her. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

During the day I couldn’t eat this food that should have been thrown away, so I was always hungry except in the Mess Hall. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet thought: you always know the truth; wait long enough and the mind will tell you. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Georgie had said, the old man could always get another one. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

When I came here as a child, he would always remove the bullets as soon as he walked in the door. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Charles was always one to anthropomorphize creatures, seeds, rocks even, and could be overheard talking to them as if they understood. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's always a temp agency or consulting firm that can farm out someone, but it's hit or miss with temp hires, who typically don't really care. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Not moving, not going anywhere, always in the same place, it’s hard to tell if a new day has begun or an old day has ended. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I promised her, and myself, that I would always work as hard as possible. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn't have to explain that I always got just fries so I could save a dollar to get sunflower seeds later. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He realizes that this is a place that will always be here for her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I'm out in the open doing what I have always wanted to do. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

She looked right at Jinny, just like she always did, like nothing was different. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The pledges, who weren’t as fortunate as I was, would always laugh and joke around about what happened to them the night before. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m just always around to fix it. So I told her that I couldn’t take her bike. Not without giving her something in return.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He chose the girl who had always been kind, who had never seemed hell-bent to marry, who made the whole venture seem like his idea, his conquest. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Henry and Esme are always calling themselves optimists and telling Olive to not be such a pessimist. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I remembered another Ji-li, one who was always praised by her teachers and respected by her classmates. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Compared to how it was growing up, when jobs were like unicorns, now it seems like opportunity’s always knocking. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked me swiftly toward the house, eyes always roving through the night. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

To him this felt profoundly rude, but doing otherwise always seemed to make the Helpers uncomfortable. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were never more than two servings of lunch on that train, and always plenty of places for both of them. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You always waits at the gate; don’t you, dear boy?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He always looks good to me. All my children and grandchildren do.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Riots have almost always been the result of poor prison administration or operation, not inmate knowledge of our top secret aikido grips. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of my mother’s paintings were trompe l’œils—à la Magritte, as she liked to say—in which the subject, person or thing, always seemed to be trying to escape the frame. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

The same way I always felt when I was near him. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I would always remember that judge and his huge, piercing dark eyes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what had always amazed me most about Guzzo’s brother, Paul, was how he had made time for me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The one she made right before she went and got the money from Aaron, who always had it because he got an allowance. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I had never thought about where Viola came from; she had always simply been there, punching down dough, peeling apples, preparing huge roasts in winter and frying up mountains of chicken in summer. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even Dad called her that sometimes, but always in a jokey, complimentary way. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me had always thought they’d be better off without me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She looks at me for a long time in a way that makes my heart start to pound like it always does when I’m scared. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Ahmet used to visit Turkey every year. Since the towers fell, he’s always searched, held at the airport when he tries to fly home.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

I would always yearn for them and remember them, but there was nothing left for me in Europe but ghosts. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The flat portion in the middle always reminds me of the racing scene in Grease. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

One thing you can say for Tiny: whenever something awesome happens, Tiny is always the first to hear. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

One of them—I can’t tell but Safer says it’s always the same one—keeps leaving and then flying back to the nest. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

When Rigo would bring photos to him, Bobby almost always rejected the women as not having all or enough of those qualities. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, everyone kept staring at me, as they always do here. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bathroom worked “most of the time,” according to Kev, “but if it ever gets dicey, there’s always Old Reliable.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I have found that the dictionary doesn’t always explain everything. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the town there were two mutes, and they were always together. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I remember Dad talking about it with my mother, who always wondered how a charter-boat captain could afford to put away so much cash. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

He needed to write about how they always, always answered the door in Blundermeecen. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yes, vanity is a weakness indeed. But pride—where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Faro had always recognized the command “Close,” but in the past only when there was a gun along. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

She always seems to wake up when I do, even in the middle of the night. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Several years ago she had always tagged behind her older brother. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You must always take care to be here when the bell rings.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He always forbade baby talk in the presence of Anne or any of his subsequent offspring. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I remembered Popo once telling me four is a very unlucky number because if you say it in an angry way, it always comes out wrong. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, save for an accident of weather, they might always have lived that way. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nigel’s cheeks were bright red, as they always were when he drank. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He was always the calm one of the family. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Shay always worked so hard, diving in first, always taking the hardest jobs. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And he’d always thought that the Soviets wanted him dead, because of the international embarrassment over the 1972 match, and his accusations of Russian cheating. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept plugging away at the trees like he always did, making the same music, stopping every time someone came up only long enough to see if they were gonna tell him something. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But still he wandered through the streets of the town, always silent and alone. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay. Well, my dad always tells me to be one step ahead of the game,” she said, looking pleased with herself. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Daddy is always nice to me, and he also understands me much better. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

To Pappa and Ma, he was careful to always say comics were just a fun hobby, inconsequential. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Yet he is always ready to acknowledge the potential salvation that resides in a sinner’s heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello, Natalie, what is it?” he said, all formal and weird, like he always gets when he’s working. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He always knew those sorts of things, but he never discussed them with me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It means,” I say, “that you may have said you just wanted us to be honest with each other, but I think you really wanted me to always agree with you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Better check with that foreman in the factory. What’s his name? Look, suppose you sign those letters like always. I have to go.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This pipe is always falling,” he said as he picked it up and put it back in place. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we were good at the dentist's, my mother always bought us a swanboat ride. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Mercy, no! I love the dear boy, as I always have, and am immensely proud of him, but as for anything more, it’s out of the question.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always felt like lingering after Winnie left, just to retain the sense of her presence, but I would not let the warders see such emotion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were looks you’d expect—piercings, tattoos, infinite hoodies and sweatpants—but then, it wasn’t always obvious who was secretly the best. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It always ends up making you blue as hell. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Polyneices could murmur a few words: “My brother, my enemy, but loved, always loved. Bury me in my homeland—to have so much at least of my city.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mikwam was very funny, and the camp was always full of laughter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I always feel such matters are safest in your hands, despite the burden it places on you. How are your headaches these days, my dear?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

War, for me, had always been terrifying but also abstract, involving landscapes I couldn’t imagine and people I didn’t know. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Hannelore’s heart always seemed to soften when I brought her sweets or swept the sidewalk. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hunger had always been more or less at my elbow when I played, but now I began to wake up at night to find hunger standing at my bedside, staring at me gaundy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suspected that part of the reason I wasn’t attacked was that I was a girl — Mom always said the bonobos had a harder time with men. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

My childhood would always have a line drawn through it, the before and the after. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As always, he snarled and then retreated when Omakayas grabbed a stick. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My father, in his classes and when he studied with me at home, always used the latter method. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Dad might have helped you see the best parts of yourself, but they were always there, and no one can take them away.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were always stealing our stuff, and one time, after Brian’s pogo stick had disappeared, he saw one of the old Gypsy women bouncing down the sidewalk on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I admit: I had always thought I was above this kind of typical teenage pettiness, but I felt a lump in my throat throughout lunch. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, not all the time. I mean, most of the time. But my mama comes to visit a lot and she’s always writing these notes.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Kira always stood at her mothers side, never touching the fragile ancient cloth, marveling each time at the rich hues that told the history of the world. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exceptions.—X final, being equivalent to ks, is never doubled; and when the derivative does not retain the accent of the root, the final consonant is not always doubled: as, prefer' + ence = pref'erence. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know he left, and maybe that wasn’t right, but he’s always felt more present in my life than Mom, and she was living in the same house as me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In the stories I heard, it seemed like things were always happening there. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

We met only at mealtimes, and I was the one who wound up doing all the talking, because she was always in the clouds. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, I think I would give most anything to hear my father’s talk again, the crash and bang and stop of his language, always hurtling by. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t lose hope, Frank. Rainbows always stand for hope.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

What I saw around me that summer in Harlem was what I had always seen; nothing had changed. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Then he tells me I’m not alone and I can always talk to him, his door is open, he’s here, and he’ll see me on Monday. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He had neither strayed from his balcony nor opened a newspaper since Independence, but in spite of this fact, or maybe because of it, his opinions were always highly esteemed. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

And the prose in the memoranda of other officers was always turgid, stilted, or ambiguous. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I always wear them to his class so he can see them. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

For the first few months, the staff would use their own judgment in evaluating chest pain, the way they always had. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“He was always cheerful, and gave everyone confidence that we would get out,” said Bakewell, oblivious of the Boss’s unease. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I don't know how long it was before I realized that, this time, gone meant forever and always. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can’t seem to wash away this feeling of deja vu as I think of my Freedom Writer family leaving me; this family that has always made me feel at home. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yet there will always be animals that seek to escape from zoos. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He could quote Browning or Tennyson or Shakespeare at the drop of a hat, and the quote was always apt and telling, never pretentious or affected. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure why, but I’ve always been pretty keen on the male forearm. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She has always been in control of every emotion, every desire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

These—oral culture, written culture, the culture of print—these have always been considered the great epochs of man. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The herald goes on about how life isn’t always fair, then lists some events I could participate in today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You know that hallway down by the science labs? The creepy one where the football players always take their girlfriends to make out?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It may not look like I am, but I am. I’m always trying.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Unlike academically oriented research organizations, the NACAs laboratories always strove to live up to the “practical solutions” of their founding mission. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted you to know that you can always count on us.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Easy for you to say. You human persons are always flip-flopping about. Changing this plan. Changing that plan. All that flexibility is simple for you.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But after a few weeks, she and Dad would always get into some nasty hollering match. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Momma always said that common sense was far from common, that’s why it was so special when you found it. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Maria, who is always in a good mood, started throwing crayons. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I told her we would always love each other and that Grandma was insisting I give her away because she was so precious. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Joaquin tried not to feel the carpet on his back, the way his hair tangled against it as he writhed on the floor, howling for something, for someone, that was always just out of reach. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He had always felt the danger in his brother, but now he understood that he must never win unless he was prepared to kill Charles. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are not made up, as we had always supposed, of successively enriched packets of our own parts. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was always the one who came to help you. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

People are always reminding me about my manners, but where are theirs? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“It may only be beans, but you always have food here.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, as he remembered it, there had always been a kind of joy in attacking a thing that could not be hurt, a kind of satisfaction to be derived by all parties involved. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he thought of death now, he always thought of his wife, and when he thought of his wife he always thought of losing her. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Same reason my book probably won’t happen. There’s always someone more dedicated than I am.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Inmates were always messing with their toilets, and early on I tried to find out what they might have done to cause the problem. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the teachers always seemed to enjoy Dad’s visits and the attention he gave them, and the principals—even the Nishuane principal—always were after him to speak at the school assemblies. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Ji-li who always pushed herself to do better, achieve more. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregory says you were a good guy, always inventing things. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Let’s get him in a sitting position, I think, don’t you? I always find it’s easier swallowing sitting up than lying down.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

How he was a good kid who never got into trouble, always wanted to help others. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He always ended these interrogations with an exasperated, loud private conversation with God concerning our hopelessness. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, my daddy goes back there all the time, y’know, to hunt. And he always talks about how that house is full of birds. Full of ’em. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

How she’s always making excuses for why something is the way it is, and her reasons are never about the fact that I am black and that sometimes it really is about race. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

His parents had always taught him to go by the rules. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But it was too much apparently, because it always looked as if he'd tossed the whole thing at the ceiling and let it rain down wherever. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“That is the great secret of men. We aim for manhood always and always fall short. But my boy, I have seen you reach at least halfway.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I was always eager and excited to read for them, because it made me feel that I was really good at speaking the English language. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It couldn't always be this hot, he thought. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

From the way Pa had warned me, I’d always pictured these woods as having so many bears hanging out of the trees that the sunlight would’ve been blocked off from hitting the ground! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He always falls asleep quickly, the moment his head touches his pillow. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Isabella, Julia, and I always pick a costume to do together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

His eyes have always been the most alive part of him, but when Bubbe Frieda died, they seemed to die, too. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

She kissed his hand as always and he her brow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And perhaps they will rejoin the Queen and it will be as it was, as it always should have been. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa’s always telling me how being in America is unbelievable hard for slaves. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

His manner was always casual and relaxed, and his uniforms were custom-made. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t especially tall, but something about the way she carried herself, always very straight with her head right up, made you think she was. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t dare claim that for myself, though; I’ve always thought the latter was the most natural and best thing.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Even in battle, she is always cool, controlled. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I said, “I don’t know, sir. She always had them.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“She always talking ’bout me,” I finally say. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

May always said that once she got with Ob, her mommy and daddy could rest easy, and they finally flew off to that big church picnic in the sky. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The whole lot of them have been in Slytherin; he’s always boasting about it. They could easily be Slytherin’s descendants. His father’s definitely evil enough.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Mollie had always assisted the authorities, but as they began looking into Roan’s death, she became uneasy. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“This is your home too, and you are always welcome here. And in the meantime, I want you to do something for me,” Thaya Jaan says. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’d always been colored, but now I saw the walls that came along with it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing Dad would say to Jeff Garnet if he wasn’t always upstairs in the garage attic exhaling out the right window depending on the wind. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

So I’m always listening, watching, thinking in secret. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Perfect. One is always much braver with an audience,” he says. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The human eggs that jump-started their development were always in demand, and commanded a high price. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were always ready for a fight on the playground, and Mother was too busy to keep track of all of us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

But his heart, thought Wiglaf, was as big and brave as it had always been—that would never shrink. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Glen were dirt poor, but Marsha had always compensated for the things she couldn’t give her kids by giving them all of her heart. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And her way always seems to be the exact back side of mine. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s expressing himself through food,” Helen always says. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I made you a promise that day, outside her office, remember? I told you that one night, you’d be alone in a dark hallway and I’d find you. I always keep my promises.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was the way I always went home, but Laura had said there were a lot of soldiers in the area. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Size comparisons, Lelia might joke, but then she always referred him directly to me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. van D.: “No, I don’t. I always keep my answers to the bare minimum.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

As always on these streets I feel disliked. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, you got the best manners I ever see. You always dress up nice. Your clothes never got wrinkles—and you don’t slurp soup.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He kept Pong's bracelet supply up, always replacing the frayed ones just before they snapped. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was turning into Dad, always saying the wrong things, hurting everyone’s feelings. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not so sure a sock would really cling to a mouse,” said Gordon, a thoughtful boy always interested in facts. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There is always some delicious cheese or pate to snack on, always some good wine to drink. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, sometimes I felt a buried anger for my yarmulke and tasseled tzitzis, which I feared would always exclude me from becoming truly, visibly American. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

For the likes of yourself, it's always been easy to exert your influence. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had always been—existing from before time—like a goddess in perpetual perfection. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I still speak to him. I think I will always speak to him.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Mom had always been the strong and stoic one, carrying the family on her shoulders. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Had it always been like this or had it changed so much in her absence? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He goes back over the last twenty-four hours in his head: the sleeplessness, the pills, the tense little grimace Henry does in public that Alex has always read as aloofness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She stood still at the stove with her back to them like she always did when making her banging macaroni and cheese, and also-banging-but-in-a-lesser-way collard greens. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They inspected underneath stunted bushes, turned over chunks of rock, crawled beneath huge slabs, always watching keenly for the telltale single winding track of the adder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They had always known someone would hunt them down, eventually, but they had always thought one of them would survive. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Whenever she comes in, it’s always the same thing. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It looks like both a room that wasn’t always for this and a room that couldn’t be for anything else. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept expecting her to start talking, to give me advice like she always did. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was looking, as he always was on some level, for hints of the Unseen City—which was how he chose to think of it, since Weep still brought the taste of tears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Once I lost sight of them, I felt pain in my chest, that same pain I always felt whenever they left Trampita and me alone. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve never liked her and always accused her of ripping you off!” the vendor from the nearby fruit stand shouted. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“There are always going to be jerks in the world, Auggie,” she said, looking at me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Often these were cash-strapped independent merchants and laborers, and I was always surprised by the joy she took in saving a few dollars at their expense. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Around him were silence and night and snow falling, falling as though it had fallen from the beginning of time and would always fall till the end of the world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The way it works is, T always comes by in the morning around 7:20 because my place is on his way. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There were always suitcases and bags in the flat; sometimes a relative or two would sleep on the floor of the living room for weeks. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He can wear the reading glasses he always insists he doesn’t need. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I want time to pass, but time is always here, around us, not flowing, but static as thickening concrete. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Obviously I’m still alive, which is always sunny news from my point of view. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Haymitch stops by occasionally to bring me news from town, which is always bad. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had captured his curled lip and the surly expression he always wore. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

That was one of those things you always heard in the war. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Bessermann was always muttering about bread and cheese,” he says. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Wasn’t that what you wanted when we started out, Claude? I always thought it was.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t understand,” I said, even though I was always trying to. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he came back in the room, Uncle Sammie announced, “Your grandpa is coming over. We don’t see him much, but he always asks about you.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She told us about the neighbors who always had a hot meal for you and looked out for you if your parents weren’t around. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Anyway, how it is now is how it always was. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

They speak to me, as John Kwang could always, not simply in new accents or notes but in the ancient untold music of a newcomer’s heart, sonorous with longing and hope. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s always the same story but it happens a thousand different ways. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

On Ludus, it was perpetually daytime, regardless of where you stood on the surface, and the sky was always a perfect cloudless blue. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

As good as things might feel in the daytime, I always picked up Pete’s baseball and looked at it each night before going to sleep. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wrapped myself in an illusion that can only be smelled instead of seen. You never know what supernaturals you’ll run into at the Bureau, so I make sure to always hide my magician’s scent.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He always rushed to ask me what I wanted, picked it out himself, put it in a bag, and handed it over. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’m always weird about new people, I guess. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

They could see it was a magic pool: instead of reflecting the tree and the sky it revealed cloudy and colored shapes moving, always moving, in its depths. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Wilderness Adventures will always mean belonging to a crew, a team. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

You always knew that the next monster you fought could be your last. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I question her intentions, as always, but it’s not like we have any better options right now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It’s always: two rocks, two papers, two scissors. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“No point in building a good house unless you put down the right foundation,” Dad always said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t expect this at all from Twinkle. I always thought she was such a good person. You know?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think that pull, that hurt, will always be there. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I always let you talk me into things. It’s not your fault.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, yeah. It's like I always said: you just can't—” Somkit coughed again, this time so hard they had to stop walking. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

As if it was okay to rest sometimes, to not always act, think, perform. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go, "You always say that, and you always forget." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You were always going to betray her,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, melodies don't always divide into clear, separated phrases. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad would always say I was the most understanding little girl in the world. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A parachute dive. Without a parachute,” he always answered. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You always get exag-gerated notions of things you don’t know anything about. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

The presents were always nice, but being together—with the fireplace going, and Dad’s favorite Motown Christmas album playing—was the best part. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

When he was honest with himself, he supposed he always felt it in a way, lurking in the back of his mind, waiting for the quiet moments. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing ever rode the Gytrash: it was always alone; and goblins, to my notions, though they might tenant the dumb carcasses of beasts, could scarce covet shelter in the commonplace human form. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every single time I’m frightened in here, I think that I’ve never been so scared; but always, always, I keep finding there’s another level of fear I had no concept of. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Tiny dominating at dodgeball despite his width, and always letting me finish second just by virtue of putting me in his shadow and not spiking me until the end. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, we join hands in the living room like we always do, under the framed poster of the Ten-Point Program, and Daddy leads us in prayer. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she hadn’t always felt that strongly, but Frank had trusted her with his life. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He’s just a little afraid of you, always has been.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“It was the first time I realized that Quinton always had my back, no matter what.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the middle of Christmas scenes or birthday parties there always came a moment when Milton’s eye would fill the screen. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

You did not light me: I was always a mad comet; but you have fixed me. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be no hope of ever leaving the cay, yet I knew I could not always live this way. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger had always been proud of his own agility, but the boy was far nimbler, fast as a deer and with legs just as agile. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I always entered through the main office, where the men in suits worked. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Unlike Mama, he didn’t worry about folks thinking bad of him, but he always made sure they thought well of him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

That’s why operators are always real polite to people calling from prisons, Shadow had decided: they knew that he paid their wages. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

But young women who spoke their minds were not always welcome, even at college, and at times she found herself seething with frustration. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Before every debate he always wrote lists of his argument’s strengths and weaknesses. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He churned through the same line of questioning with Nasser, always disguising it with good cheer and innocent curiosity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Besides, Blanca was not given to psychic experiments; even though she had always been extremely close to her mother, she had never shown the slightest curiosity for mental phenomena. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always thought the words a joke among the weavers, but here was this strange-smelling foreigner sucking Lyddie’s shuttles, leaving her spittle all over the thread hole. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Upon occasion, the patrons of the stall would offer her wine or ale or great, greasy sausages, and always she would decline. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

That always went over well when Emily tried to explain their frequent moving to people. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But I must have overdone it because the old bat gave me a hard smile and said, “Why, hello, Calpurnia. Aren’t you just charming as always?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I always said he was a thief. And my mother! To forsake my father, who was like Hyperion, the sun god, and bind herself to this demon! Where is her judgment, where is her reason?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Time is always difficult here. I honestly don’t know, Percy.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It means,” said Hanuman loudly, “that your fathers are mysterious, but always for a reason. These gifts from them are intended to help you in your quest.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Think about what you know—how the mornings always come too quickly and the weekends don’t last long enough. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His signature was always the finest in the book. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was angry now, but once Ned was safely out of sight, his rage would cool as it always did. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He proudly introduced us around his glass factory, and he always welcomed David and me at his work. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Of course, he always experienced a certain anguish when hanging around with Lydia’s family at their home, by virtue of the contrast with his own family and home. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The band was always getting letters from Japanese teenagers begging them to come play, and offering up their homes as crash pads. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finishing a conversation with Ms. Steinert always made him feel like he had just escaped from drowning. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“No. You don’t understand me. You are not a person who gives up. I have always admired that about you. No matter what, you have never given up.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thus she was always forced to eat her evening meals out of TV-dinner-trays in front of the dreaded box. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some part of him always wished it to be over. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

And endings are always the beginnings of something else. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

A letter with ill tidings was always preferable to no letter at all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Father always says, if the Lord can’t inspire you to leave off sinning any other way, why then, it’s His business to scare the dickens out of you. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And always I remember that this huge area had once been much more settled and was now abandoned to the creeping forest, the animals, the lumber camps and the cold. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m waiting for her to say something profound—I always am, even though it’ll never happen. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Esmeralda, try to form those letters better. I always have trouble reading your handwriting.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Cyril, whining a little always, pulling at her hand. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He said he had always wanted a game system when he was little, but your parents never had the paper.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Could thine eyes be seared, but for an instant, with the red glare of wasteland burning always! The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He shot a nasty look sideways at Harry, whose untidy hair had always been a source of great annoyance to Uncle Vernon. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"You know,” Dicey said, "we don’t have to go anywhere. We could always travel like this, following the warm weather, like Will said he did. We can take care of ourselves.” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke’s mother always said her people were hot-blooded, angry like a stick of dynamite. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As he turned to leave, my dad said, “You know, you’re such a big help, Jackson. You never complain, and you’re always ready to pitch in. We really appreciate that.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I think we can always do better," I told him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Piano lessons with Mrs. Virgil were always full of small fears. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

For instance, my acquaintance is always wanting me to show him the way you pinch your nostrils together when you put pepper on your food. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He’s the doorman and security guard, and he’s always cracking jokes while he’s waiting to carry suitcases up and down the stairs. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ryan, the fourth member of our group—a guy who always talked at me and never looked me in the eye—chose that moment to yawn. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I always use to say that I waren’t gonna go down that cat’s throat without a fight, without at least getting me some good bites in on his tongue as I was getting swallowed. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick. A dopey is always sick,” he said to Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search Horatio’s face, but as always there is no guile in him. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Medication was always available to citizens, even to children, through their parents. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Hell, he’d always thought of himself as one of the good guys. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a small pair that I almost always use, but Dad gave me a set of noise-canceling ones for my birthday years ago. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Perhaps this was the result of growing up in Muscatine with a cosmopolitan mother who’d always urged her son to live “as if for eternity.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

At night they “always had pitchers of ice water and fresh fruit with fruit knives” placed at their bedsides. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wished that somehow he could always stay part eagle in his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She always covered her mouth when she laughed because of her snaggletooth. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It was Eddie’s habit always to shake a little angostura into the jug just before he left. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I always thought the Wyrd was an old term for Fate—or Destiny.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Of course, in the past Dr. Z had always met his plane, waiting at the gate, craning his neck to look down the jetway to get a first glimpse of him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For always. They make a promise to live together for always.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

You always used to think that was funny, how everyone in our town stuck their lawn chairs out way before parade day and how they didn’t strap them down or lock them up, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The fundamental mistake I had always made—and that she had, in fairness, always led me to make—was this: Margo was not a miracle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he always stopped when there were a few bites left and said what he said now: “I’m full. Does anybody want what’s left?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I always tried to be decent to the warders in my section; hostility was self-defeating. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I love the brief Queens sunlight at the end of the day, the warm lamp always reaching through the westward tops of that magnificent city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was always aware of the seriousness of their duties, what they were willing to sacrifice in order to keep me safe, and I never took it for granted. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I always tried so hard to be everything they wanted. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh well, it’s like I always say: people who are cut from the same cloth can’t see the forest for the trees.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her daughter was always off and away in her mind, grappling with some unspoken, self-imposed problem, as though the weary, self-evident world could be reinvented by a child. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She rested her hand on her backpack, which, since they’d left Charleston, she always seemed to have with her. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’d tease her, gently, but he was always listening and always attentive. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Then they leave, clutching bags filled with things—bright things, soft things, big things—but no matter how full the bags, they always come back for more. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

He said people always asked him if he was religious or secular. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

So he often speaks, frank yet cautious, ironic, as if always aware that I see and judge as an alien: a singular awareness in one of so isolate a race and so high a rank. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if they succeeded, and turned themselves into the deathless demigods they’d always dreamed of becoming ... Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

In detective stories, when the sleuth revisits the scene of the crime, he nearly always finds a clue that has been overlooked by the ordinary police. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has the power to recall this forever, it will always come back and stand before me. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I understand. He's what you always imagined. Just ask yourself one thing." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

TV shows and movies and books always have angry librarians following loud kids up and down, telling them to hush, but our school librarian doesn’t care a single lick. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Even when the weather was warm, they’d have to stay out there for days, because it was always so damp in that hollow on the north side of the mountain. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes C.P. visited these men in their offices, but the meetings were always “unofficial.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hear my parents telling me not to be negative, which is funny because I’ve always been the happy one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Women, said the people, were always running away from the O’Sullivan men, and wasn’t that a shame, particularly for Sean, who could do no wrong. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Had I been paying attention, I might have somehow got away before Willow was—as always—successful. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was always filled with rumors but this time they grew out of the Room Nineteen incident. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she always treated Jack like a goofball. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Aunty Clouds children visit her on Saturdays and bring her sweets—and she always brings some back to share with us. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“So I hope you change your mind. Remember that I have always been your friend, Marcus, even when you did not have many to speak of.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was always reminding myself that I must not do anything that would make any of them feel they would not want me in their homes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was young, growing up, I always thought I was invincible. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And the sparrows are always here,” Harry said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went to algebra, my last-period class, feeling confident because I had always done well in math. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The radio talked about the fighting in Denmark and Norway and Belgium and the Netherlands, but since it was a German station, they always said they were winning. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

The body always demanded and received payment for the punishment it endured in a basketball game. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can always move in with us, you know?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s weird that Thanksgiving always comes on a Thursday. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

You always hear about parents who disapprove of their kids’ friends, and my mom’s the exact opposite. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was a suspicious boy, always on his guard, always careful except when he played with fire. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“My mother loves this book. She was always trying to get me to love her English novels.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lolo always brought ripe mangoes; he’d score lines into the flesh so we could flip the halves open and eat the sweet cubes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He was becoming what she had always wanted: someone who could not only make sense of the outside world but become part of it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

We pass and she always tries to catch my eye or rub elbows, pretending it’s an accident, but I keep walking with my eyes straight ahead, like I don’t notice her. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always did that in open spaces, running until she got to the thick shade of trees that would give good cover in case of an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Joaquin liked both of them, but he liked Mark’s ability to be quiet, to not always need an answer right away. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He always started out slow, with lots of pauses. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

They snap on their rubber gloves, clean him up, change his clothes—he always wears sweats—and sit him back in his chair. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, My mom always says, “Silence will get you nowhere in life.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It helps us a lot, she always says. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Abolitionists had always been run off here, he said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

In the place from which I escaped there was always an atmosphere of pomade, spice, excess and inertia. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d always said she kept her most valuable treasures up there. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was always a strange and moving experience to walk with Malcolm in Harlem. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I always look like I’m about to cry. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My grandmother does not always tell the truth. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Eventually, her thoughts turned to Amman, her family, and especially her late grandmother, who had always told her as a child that things happened for a reason. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

To help her Johnny always kept a finger on the lines as he read. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Hunger Games aren't a beauty contest, but the best-looking tributes always seem to pull more sponsors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He always said human beings spent more money feeding their pets than they did feeding the world. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And when she sees me in the hallway now, she always gives me a warm hello—regardless of whether she’s with Savanna. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He always bets when he is angered, and so he usually bets foolishly. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Girls always have them on their thighs, Ammu used to say. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why bullies always have such a good sense of humor, but they do. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always that impulse: to keep it inside, this part of herself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lolo was the one who always used to help me with stuff like that. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

For students of color at Princeton, she was like an über-mentor, our ultra-hip and always outspoken defender in chief, and for this she was universally appreciated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Try to remember it always,” he said once Gogol had reached him, leading him slowly back across the breakwater, to where his mother and Sonia stood waiting. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stand the way I always stand, easy, natural, and lift both my arms, squeezing the gun with one hand and steadying it with the other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Except for being a little grimy, she looks like she has always looked. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Ash always feels like needling our rivals a little before the games. But if you don’t want to talk to the Demons, you don’t have to.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She always sounded like Madu when she spoke about His Excellency. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The words you miss just tell me what you don’t yet know, Ms. Laverne always said. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was disorienting, like seeing a door that had always been open suddenly shut. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I always give extra credit to my students who paint flats and build sets!” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where do you get the time? I thought you people always studied Talmud.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“It always tickles me, these names you southerners come up with. Earline, eh. It sounds like something you put in your crankshaft.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a stupid thing to say to the god of war, but being around him always made me feel angry and reckless. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

As a child in church, he had always looked at the image of Saint Santiago Matamoros on his white horse, his sword unsheathed, and figures such as these kneeling at his feet. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The police know it’s happening, they show up in droves, it lasts an hour, and it always ends terribly.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

As a leader, I have always followed the principles I first saw demonstrated by the regent at the Great Place. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started after them, not waiting for Lindsey, even though this was her event too, like always. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The police always seemed to be on the front porch, trying to talk sense into Louie. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

If you’re scared of both the past and the future, having a dismal record in the former and no ideas for the latter, you can always just wallow in the present tense of demonstrative rhetoric. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

But she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat, and I always tell her she’d look good in anything. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Son, I just stopped by to tell you that God is with you. He’s always with you,” the pastor started, predictably. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Because June is always Pride month, and I’m always in Montana in June,” she said, moving her shoulder straps so I could reach better. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

No matter how fast I ran he was always just far enough ahead of me that I watched him disappear around corners, catching sight of a sleeve or the heel of a shoe. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, they weren’t in on the doctor’s-appointment-early-return-day for Ryan Dean West, and I’m going to get a little sidetracked here, but I was always totally convinced that Mr. Farrow was completely gay. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

While there’s only a few stops after ours, it always feels like the longest ride. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Kim said that in the five years he was based in Pyongyang for the state insurance corporation, bags of cash always arrived in time for his leader’s birthday. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

First of the month, there is always a long line at the cashier’s office. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Young, pretty, unassuming, the sort of girl that always worked at little inns like this: a Nellie. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

To go into it, I’ve always thought, would only cause embarrassment for all of us, a sudden need to be elsewhere, which is the natural response to a confession. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably? You sound like a sophist, boy. Hasn’t it always fallen before?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Wherever we went in the Pacific campaign—Guadalcanal, Bougainville, Guam, Pavavu . . . the rain always seemed to follow us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Negra’s explanation was simple: “She was always jealous of his hair. Popcorn had the best hair in the neighborhood and that girl was shallow. So shallow, I’ve stepped in deeper puddles.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

‘Yeah, they didn’t name the school Robert Frost Junior High, why we always reading him?” someone else asked. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It’s only to say this: love always changes everything. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“He hates to see you go. But don’t let it get to you. Be patient with him like you’ve always been.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“But this isn’t math. This is the Dewey decimal system and there’s always three numbers to the left of the decimal point.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She and her husband both came from Japan, and her long aristocratic face was always a ghastly white. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

While his father was involved body and soul with his water pipe, the willful first-born, who had always been too big for his age, had become a monumental adolescent. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

So if you’re out there somewhere, looking out for me, like you always said you always would, thank you. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It had always discomfited him, the pleasure she took in being mistaken for mixed-race. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘She told me ... she always said .. Mr. Lyte opened his jeweled snuffbox, took snuff, sneezed and blew his nose. ‘I can go on from there, boy. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m his baby, and I’ll always be his baby, and if being silent means I’m safe, he’s all for it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I had always been close to my mother. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They had always been busy with cleaning or needlework or polishing. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you told me pot always makes you paranoid.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I shall always be very sorry that you went to the sea this autumn, instead of coming here.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“We won’t get anywhere without knowing our goals. Everyone always says that and it is so true.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The merchant was the proprietor of a dry goods shop, and he always demanded that the sheep be sheared in his presence, so that he would not be cheated. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because everyone knew Ty's gaming skills, his classmates were always trying to convince him to play on their squads, but Ty only played with the best. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

The USO’s dance floor was always full of beautiful young ladies, but one enlistee stationed at the naval school had eyes only for the club’s secretary. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

That night, and always from then on, he offered and gave Ged friendship, a sure and open friendship which Ged could not help but return. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And why would it always be the same music? The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The white girl never bothered her again, but Joycelyn would always consider the incident a personal defeat, saying, “I felt I should have been stronger; I should have been above that.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I always felt terrible on the trail the first day after a break. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Getting your clothes off gracefully, always such an impossibility; thinking up what to say afterward, without setting the echoes going in your head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Phil continued reading aloud, “The article goes on to say that the Mosses’ attorney said, ‘Marjorie Moss always got the worst of the worst... We felt that Mrs. Moss probably did the best she could.’ Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She kissed his neck, his ear, in the way that always made him pull her close on the nights that Ugwu slept out on the veranda. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But don’t be too trusting. The world’s not always a kind place for two poor girls like you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

You fellows, you're always locked up in these big houses helping out, how do you ever get to see around this beautiful country of yours?' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the little joke he always had with us. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But she was always hovering, like a ghost waiting for someone to join her on the other side. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She always had her head in the clouds. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You know, I always wanted to be a teacher when I was growing up in Minnesota.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Hank said wearily, “The thing I hate most about this place is you always have to climb back up.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“That wouldn’t interest me very much. Doctors stay too right on the surface. They’re always talking about cells and things.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The room was always cool, even in the summertime, and it smelled like the dried apples in flour sacks hanging above them from the rafters. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our first day of a new move always started at City Hall. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

And I’d always think: How could someone forget to support a child? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No wonder she was always so sleepy, so cranky, so stubborn. She’s two!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I pay attention to everything you say. Which is not always easy, considering how verbose you are,” Erin said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Three friendly faces,” Fezzik said, kind of bouncing up and down on his heels, which he always did when things were looking up. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But she could always tell when something was bothering me. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

One could argue this result is a tragic, unforeseeable mistake, and that the goal was always crime control, not the creation of a racial undercaste. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

His closest companions—his only companions since moving to Boulder City—had always been his father and Harry Junior. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Maxim, “he’s perfectly harmless, and I’ve always let him have the run of the place.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And my problem was that I always tried to go in everyone's way but my own. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before, he had always seemed civilized, even sophisticated. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

My friends always boasted that their fathers never laid a hand on them. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

My brother, sisters and I, unable to fully understand why our parents had to constantly be on the run, would always ask our mother to explain. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have always found such liaisons a serious threat to the order in a house. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you always have to be like my mom?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It was like watching one of those nature shows about weird animal species on TV that her dad always got obsessed with. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But it’s always there, if you know where to look. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She’s always asking us at the end of dinner: “You guys finish your cup of milk?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In my family, the funeral meats have always furnished the wedding tables. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Not unless you include hospital stays, but even then Mom or Dad always stayed with me overnight. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She knew there was going to be trouble, she could always tell when it was coming, by the peculiar fluttering of her heart. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You always seem to have a mouthful of opinions,” he said. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Still, his grandma always said, “Where there’s life, there’s hope.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure. I always wear skirts when I visit my old teachers. You look smoking hot though.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There is always something strange about him, despite his many good points.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was what she nearly always drew—the other city—and every time she drew it, she had the same frustrating feeling: there was more to be drawn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And somehow this had always lightened its effect on him—even, on occasion, cheered him right up. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If she wants to change her name, I’m sure she has a reason. People always have reasons for what they do, even if we don’t know what they are.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you always kill people when they blow their nose?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And the very first thing he did was to grope in his wardrobe for a bottle and a wineglass which he always kept hidden there where Aunt Letty could not find them. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Her makeup is done and her hair is perfect, and she's wearing the vanilla perfume she always wears when she goes out, but never when she's inside the house. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He’s always in black—pants, T-shirt, thick jacket, heavy Doc Martens. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“People have always liked my jokes,” Lolo says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“But no, I don’t think she lives in town. I see her off and on. She travels, always here and gone again.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Minerva always says writing gets things off her chest and she feels better, but I’m no writer, like she is. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But to me, I’m afraid, you will always be Tom Riddle. It is one of the irritating things about old teachers. I am afraid that they never quite forget their charges’ youthful beginnings.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re always safest out of doors, no mike, and why would they put one here? They’d think nobody would dare. But we’ve stayed long enough. There’s no sense in being late getting back.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ana was always up to something. Tell them about when I had to pick you up at the police station.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

If the base sequences were always the same, all DNA molecules would be identical and there would not exist the variability that must distinguish one gene from another. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Like always blaming broken things on little Junsoo, when most of the time it was her own carelessness. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure there's a scratching sound coming from the window, except you can't always believe what you hear in the dark. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He always knew how I felt, and I’d gotten pretty good at figuring out most of his looks and quirks. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She had always been nice to us, waving from her porch and letting the twins play with her little white dog. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He had always wanted to be an American and now he got to see what his fellow Americans were like. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

San Francisco always felt like an island to me, surrounded by the mythical East Bay with its restaurants and parks and North Bay with its wealth and its redwoods. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

As always, I was adept enough with white kids not to get bullied by them, but the white kids were always going shopping, going to the movies, going on trips—things that required money. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Beowulf had always been his favorite nephew, even when he was a weak and sickly youth and 110 one else had any time for him. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

It transforms science from knowledge of the truth, regarded as indisputable, into a form of progressive knowledge in which established truths may always be disputed and in which an ultimate truth is never attained. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

But there was always one or another of them riding home for a tool or with a message. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like her brothers, she’d always struggled in school because she couldn’t hear the teacher. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

With no overhead lights the courtroom, always pallid, seemed grayer and duller than ever. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The walls were lopsided and cracked and the floor had been made of packed earth, but he had always been warm there, even when they let the fire go out. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

There always seem to be more of them in the room than there actually are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bitter always needed to organize, to tidy up, and right then Pet was an explosion of loose ends she couldn’t ignore. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He took no interest in the stacks of books that Regina, an avid reader, always had in the house. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I always check with everyone to see if no one else wants the lamp a certain night, and I never hog my turn at the window for fresh air or drying laundry. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got it here. I always carry it, just in case I can see her.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They had been going uphill and now were at the top of the ridge—that ridge which had always been the boundary of Shasta's known world. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“How was it down there?” asked Mr. Little, who was always curious to know about places he had never been to. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Teachers were always looking at him and saying to each other, “There goes the future governor of South Carolina.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s always sniffing around to see that nobody wastes time. A most unpleasant character.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her smear of blue eye shadow is an unheard call to the person she always wanted to be. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You'll find that although the chords change from one key to the next, the pattern of major and minor chords is always the same. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

There’s always something to occupy the inquiring mind. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was old Natty Prine, calling to her from the bench where he always sat. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Such monstrous deeds always angered the gods and they served him as he had served others. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is it you’re always sleeping when I come to see you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And even though he is always ranting about politics, he's still a cool dude, and everybody respects him because he has the cheapest cuts in town. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

As we came near, I could always feel his hand slipping over my collar. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

He had no problem finding other people and other things to occupy him—men were always climbing the stairs asking for him, and he was happy to accompany them, leaving her alone. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said, for those willing, there was always work on the coffee haciendas. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was not always a joy-god, nor was Demeter always the happy goddess of the summertime. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

That feast was laid before us always, and yet we ate so little. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I was the only Muslim on the team and one of only a handful of people of color, I always felt safe and that I was exactly where I belonged. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“People are always afraid of things they don’t understand, darlin’,” said Gram. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Every year she makes us a sweater,” said Ron, unwrapping his own, “and mine’s always maroon.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There’s Chapter Eleven, always so pasty, and bald by the age of twenty-three, so that he makes a perfect homunculus. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I always knew that we could get more people excited about student government if the popular kids were more into it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

In a world where people are always being ripped away by the undead plague, I'd thought his words had destroyed my heart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

They’re not going to care that June always sneezes three times in a row. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

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

Their shipmates would gladly have killed him, but the captain forbade it; a fighter was always worth good silver. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We were always nice to the chief of class. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Laika had curled up between my hand and my hip, waiting for me to come back, like she always did when I blanked out. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger was always surprised to find how easily you could scare the man with a few words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I always knew it would be hard to get to six million links, but I never thought the reason would be the school board going cheapo on us! Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It just was and it had always been. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember Belleville because someone was always giving us hand-me-down clothes there. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The teachers always had an eye out for pregnant girls—it was very common. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Courage was not always a matter of yes or no. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

As always, the best way to perform such notes depends on the instrument and the style of the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Of course it was Loki. It’s always Loki.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You’d sit on the porch, and you wouldn’t be able to talk, but somehow you always felt welcome,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

What is the question we always ask about the successful? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

You always hear it and always it stings. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their Match, which like all Matches had been monitored by the Committee of Elders for three years before they could apply for children, had always been a successful one. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s always something to do in New York.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“I figured it wouldn’t matter if I drank it. When I swim at Cape Cod, I always drink a bunch of water by accident.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had always been a team player, but this time I felt so much personal pressure from the president. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always told Ob he was my moon and sun. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll always love you. I don’t care what else happens. I’m always going to love you.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And as I always say, forests are way better than racists. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Some places were starting to wear smooth where I always stroked them with my thumb. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

When scientists calculate the amount of matter needed to hold things together, they always come up desperately short. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And it always slides off my bed in the middle of the night, just when I’m sleeping too hard to know it’s gone. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always was one to want a big meal in the middle of the day, and he told Miss Love so. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The sight of women preparing dinner always reminded me of the times I used to watch my mother cook. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

In later years, she told the story of the flight many times—always with a shiver in the telling and a sense of wonder at her own survival. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“He was all peevish that you always take the car because of your, what did he say? Oh yeah, selfish nature.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Money is tight, as it always is in the Van Gogh household, but education is a priority. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Kindness there was and endurance, but in silence, always in silence. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It's soft purple, and leans back, and Darryl's always lint-rolling it, and brushing its bulky arms softly with the palms of his hands, like patting a son that's made him proud. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

As its most eminent member, he was always given the red carpet treatment whenever he entered. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

People always think there’s this huge hundred-foot-high barrier that separates doing good from doing bad. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When you leave you must remember always to come back, she said. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in the end the question that always came back to me was this: How could I, of all people, chastise someone for their past? The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But she and Peris had always been very careful about not getting caught on these expeditions. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Made a few dumb mistakes of my own, but I was always grateful for a second chance. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I shall always receive your commands with pleasure,” Madison wrote to Jefferson in 1794, “and shall continue to drop you a line as occasions turn up.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Only his daughter Pearl was as attentive to him as always. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Papa always said it was because he and Mom were smart, and they had big ideas about what black people like us could be and could do. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as the earth warmed, the birchbark house always took shape under Nokomis’s swift hands. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She had always burned the books I had brought into the house, branding them as worldly; but she would have to tolerate these papers if she was to keep her promise to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You poor child. Is your father always so strict?” he asked Meggie as they climbed down the steep staircase. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We have to go back. But we always have next time.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Justin and Kristina drive there together and are ten minutes late, as always, and to avoid being stuck with Jeff by myself, I wait in the alleyway behind the diner until I see them park. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were narrow and close and always on the sharp for the least bit of spilt flour or the odd crumb on the lip. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want to remind her that Daniela's bones will always drift back to their original shape, and that some are more stubborn than others. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He was always leaving her presents and he must have saved these from her sister’s house. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The class began the day as they always had, with glee. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“He always wanted to make a difference in the lives there.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Somehow I didn’t think it would be appropriate. But—a Fflam is always obliging, so if you really care to hear me play...,” he added, looking both delighted and embarrassed. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Deep down I know I’ll always believe that I was so wrapped up in myself that I dropped the Mango ball. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“A-B-C,” said Boots, which is what she always said when she saw letters. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a child, the boy had always been frightened to death that he would be captured by Gypsies, and this childhood fear returned when the old woman took his hands in hers. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always apologize to people when my name confuses them. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You could always tell when Mr. Clifton was about to say the punch line, because he’d clear his throat and look like he was about to say something super serious. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When a plane went down they mounted extensive searches and almost always they found die plane within a day or two. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when full daylight came at last, they all got to their feet and stretched their poor cramped bodies, and then the Centipede, who always seemed to see things first, shouted, “Look! There’s land below!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most did, but there were always a jew running around saying “Nubian this” and ‘Nubian that” and always talking about Africa and all this. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then you were wrong, shank. They always come out at night. That doesn’t mean they never show up during the day.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

By the time summer came, she had seven shots that she thought might have something, as Pauline had always put it. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jasmine thought about it as they turned left down Marston, a street lined with houses that her mother always said had been around for a long time. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pontellier was a great favorite, and ladies, men, children, even nurses, were always on hand to say good-by to him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He always came with lots of talk about new things that made my candle of hope burn brighter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He always hoped that if he did the correct things, said the correct things, no one would realize that he was a foster kid. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I give her a half smile because Ayesha always gets to the heart of it. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Unlike dirt, water seems alive, moving and shifting, always making lapping sounds against the boat and shore. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“It felt like grit in your teeth. The soup always smelled and tasted horrible, but we were all used to it,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Bree always said afterwards that he never heard, or never understood this; and as he was in general a very truthful horse we must accept his word. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

There’s always pot at Aaron’s house; he has a room with an entirely separate ventilation system and lockable door that his parents could rent out as another apartment. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

And then: urgency in their voices, someone always rushing back upstairs for one last forgotten something, until finally—kiss, kiss, love you!—the door slammed behind them. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He’d hit the ground rolling, yelling his head off with the pain of the blow; but somehow he’d always roll to his feet. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke has longish, wavy blond hair that curls out from beneath his baseball cap, which is always worn backwards. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Windmill or no windmill, he said, life would go on as it had always gone on—that is, badly. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Beefy made the face he always made when he was pooping. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He will always be Harry Potter, you know that, right? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The dream was always the same: a shy boy—not unlike Virgil—gets terribly lonely, takes a walk in the forest, and begs a rock to eat him. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I miss the way my body was always aware of his. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He always had to ring the bell after that, and sometimes it took a long time for her to answer, and at other times his ring was not answered at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Take one of them dames that’s always carrying soup to somebody—she wants something, and don’t you forget it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It’s custom for the firstborn son to inherit everything from his father, but it doesn’t always work that way. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

People who leave are always worth staring at. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Despite its dilapidation and squalor, Maxwell Street had always felt secure and familiar to me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He could have ripped through the blanket and torn my flesh if he had so chosen, but the Handsome One was always gentle with me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

But in every dream there are always the clouds just beyond my grasp. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Worry was always part of her mama’s scowl, but now it etched deep lines in her brow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Big Tony was always trying to get rich quick. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Well—” “I know I would. I always like a person who comes right out.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As she always told me, “I’m not your fan, Simone; I’m your mom.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She would remember, too, that all the way home she tried without success to find the answer that Hannah had promised could always be found in her own heart. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“The peasants are always the last to understand. We don’t know what’s going on in other parts of the world,” he said. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Invading armies would always burn a city down. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t have kept smoking if my mother had been there, although he didn’t always pay attention to my mother. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He neither claimed to know the butler's name, nor anyone who had known him, but he would always insist the event occurred just as he told it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ma’s hand would always quit moving at this part of the story. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Each afternoon they returned, as they left in the morning, always together, speaking in Spanish as they climbed the five steps of the porch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She always did like him,” remarked Sarah into the silence. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was something of a fashion plate, always well dressed and forever drawing the eyes of the young women around him, though he did not seem to have a steady girl. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

All we people in there try to touch through the spirit One man I always see swinging machete is leading the service, singing with eyes dosed, calling down the spirit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stick always stood up for me, tried to keep things from me, but I could be brave too. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“The scented candles that are supposed to smell like summer night never smell this way. They always smell like scary-guy cologne.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Adam treated her the way that I’d always imagined he would treat a girl like me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always sat at one of the red booths. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have always enjoyed the cut-and-thrust of debating, and was a ready participant. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

My frog hopped this way and that, always staying just out of reach. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Brother Apunda, the temple’s head custodian, was a stern old man who always smelled of spoiled legumes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The adults on T & T were always going bananas over something, so I wasn’t surprised when the police, the superintendent, the principal, the bus company owner, and Mrs. Donnelly all took turns screaming at me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“But it was always summer when I came, and I never believed them.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I would always have to wear glasses, but I could see. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Getting shot, I’d always thought, would hurt a lot more than this. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Mop and Bren were honorary Zamoras and almost always attended Sunday dinner. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

At least he was saying thanks the right way, the way we always did after a meal. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s always a risk for humans to be around the cold ones, even if they’re civilized like this clan was. You never know when they might get too hungry to resist.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He was always saying, “I don’t believe in them.” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Panting, Black Dog cut again and again at Father’s head, but he always just missed. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t, but it was always worth a shot.“Nancy, Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Fazio always lets my mother bring me to the shop. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A notable element of all these East-West rivalries was that the western rep-resentatives nearly always seemed to embody certain attributes that stood in stark contrast to those of their eastern counterparts. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I always knew I couldn’t be Candor. I mean, I try to be honest, but some things you just don’t want people to know. Plus, I like to be in control of my own mind.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“So what are you guys doing today?” asks Sneaky’s mom, like she always does at breakfast. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

One requirement has always been that the Hole, wherever it is, have a door so that I can shut it. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The end of the warm months brings change, Maman always said. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

We got back into the car, and Mom motioned for me to take out the notepad and pencil she always kept in the glove compartment, so I could take notes as she dictated the menu. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

His eyes were closed—he always prayed from memory, except during a Festival or a High Holiday Service—and he was swaying slightly back and forth, his lips murmuring the words. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was strange to see that expression on his face, because Rocky had always known what he was doing, without asking anyone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The sensation, as always, was pleasant and induced in him a warm languor, like the feeling he got after sitting too long in front of a hot stove. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Adam had occasionally tried to get me to “jam” with him and I always refused. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, getting to the police station and the first things that happened there were always hazy in April’s mind. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t surprise me that she’s not watching the news, which always emphasizes the gloom and doom. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Momma is the youngest of ten kids, and her brothers and sisters were always terrorizing her. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

As the youngest child, I always got the hand-me-downs: shirts, shoes, pants, and toys. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In various unrevealed capacities he had come in contact with such people but always with indiscernible barbed wire between. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I'm filled with awe, as I always am, as I watch her transform from a woman who calls me to kill a spider to a woman immune to fear. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Next week is teen week, the time of month when Amu discusses topics of interest to young people on his website, and there’s always a host of interesting questions that his blog posts generate. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I put down the bucket a Sunshine cleaner them ladies is always smiling about on the tee-vee. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She always smelled clean to him, even in this reeking sty of a city. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy said, “How do you say bone in French? French always makes things sound a lot classier.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was written in her perfect looping cursive handwriting and in the careful English she always used when she wrote something. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And if she didn’t, you could always count on her to make up a few, just to keep things going. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always told me to follow my dreams, too, do whatever it was that made me happy. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Belt? Oh, you mean this belt? Mouse always have belt for many long time. Not know where me get.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Miss Mortimer had always advised her to assume that things had happened for best and focus on her studies, and Penelope had done so willingly. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She always thought she would draw something wonderful, but what she actually drew never quite matched the feeling. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The nights were cold and the days were hot, and there was always a breeze even in the heat of the day. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t you always talked like I was the same as your own son?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Monday always arrived first to school, sometimes two hours before anyone else even thought of showing up. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It's why I came now, because Elsbeth's family always had a big Sunday dinner at her grandmother's house, and I bet this tradition has continued even through the war. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Mother has always wanted an engineer, a real doctor, a poet, and a lawyer. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He preferred always to enter a room that had the overhead light on. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Suddenly they can get access to the same advantages of scale that the bigger guys always had.” The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

At half past ten he began to worry; by eleven his legs were pulsing with pain, which was always, with him, a sign of approaching panic—“bubbles in my blood.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Threading hurt like a mother, and my eyes always watered from the unbearable pain. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Virgil applied more pressure and said, “Why is it, Bull, that I’m always about five steps ahead of you?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But mostly it smelled of hay, for there was always hay in the great loft up overhead. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“When I go out and hopefully have an impact on society, I will always remember that I don’t need praise, in fact, not only do I not need it, but I don’t want it.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh! My handler said you should act like the cameras are on you at all times and always be at your best.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It had always seemed unfathomable to her, choosing a career where all you did was put yourself out in front of hundreds or thousands of people and risked rejection in real time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He was always getting drunk and doing things like setting fires, or stuffing freshmen down chimneys, or throwing beer kegs through plate glass windows. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hate burns, have always hated them, even a small one gotten from pulling a pan of bread from the oven. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The big house was always open and full of people, but she had lost her ability to laugh easily and was often to be seen staring straight ahead, lost in thought. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he’s really awake, is he always sleepy? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Right, Low Cuts. Short Cuts. Whatever. You'll always be knuckleheads to me." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He’s cautious, always observing and adjusting his behavior to the situation. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“During the summer, it’s always the two of us. But when school starts, you go back to Jasmine and Maya, and it’s like I don’t matter to you anymore.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Thin but not muscular, with wavy hair that always looks a bit messy, grays sprouting up here and there among the dark chestnut brown, and black-plastic-framed glasses that he prefers to contacts. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Five feet away from me, that night at the pool, walking to see the lights, on the other side of the glass that last night, always that longing between us to close the gap. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She always looked softer in the middle of the night, her hair down, her makeup gone. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As always, Will had managed to chew up and spit out his enthusiasm. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But they all did and I always wondered about it, and I wonder to this time. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hercules, whose life was one long combat against preposterous monsters, is always said to have had his home in the city of Thebes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always had roast beef or turkey and ham for Christmas. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We joked and talked, but his chief concern had always been my “schoolin’ ” and “church raising” as he called it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

First off ’cause they’re always telling us how smart Mr. Frederick Douglass is. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I have always been an early riser and this hour was not a burden to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always was a miserable little crybaby, and clearly nothing has changed. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Others need to be reined in, but he is always careful about that. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Why is everyone always looking at me when they are about to say interesting things?—“eyes on the back of his butt.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Not that they’re pleasant, but they always feel like they could be so much worse. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

He ran backwards and forwards along the cliff, his face always to the sea, and his voice rose insanely. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

They always paid like they promised, or most often sent home a slab of beef or salt pork in exchange for my work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are always people ready to tell you who you are, like a nerd or a jerk or a wimp.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Like most uglies, she was rarely up early enough, and in any case the horizon was always hidden behind the skyline of New Pretty Town. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I was up early that day,” she always began, “because that naughty goat escaped again. I’d just reached the top of the hill when everything started to shake.” I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

“I love seeing people get involved in their community. I always try to encourage that in my work.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She always says we look fine, even if we’re in shorts and T-shirts while everyone else is in button-ups and jackets. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I have a weakness for casaba melons. I’ve always had a weakness for casaba melons.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I think about all the conversations we’ve had, how Sam always looks at me like she is really focusing on my words, taking all of me in. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

This, of course, had always been the fear—that some drunk, some group of high-school or college kids would be bored and use the plane as a temporary distraction. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It floated like a magic carpet into the thick September air and settled perfectly ontoListening Rock, as it always did. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Despite Park’s anger—at the rottenness of North Korea, at his wife, at himself—he always carried himself with dignity, especially when it was time to eat. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I knew he needed to be with his brothers, and that we would always be in touch. But parting was painful after what we had been through together.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have always heard that Maine people are rather taciturn, but for this candidate for Mount Rushmore to point twice in an afternoon was to be unbearably talkative. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before I left, my parents always used to make me feel bad. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You have always felt sorry for people who don’t need you to feel sorry for them.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The good soldier will always engage the enemy and retreat only if retreat will lead to victory.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knows Jaja always eats right from the flask, yet she takes a dinner plate with her every time, changes the colors and patterns weekly. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The old people, Ultima said, always helped each other; through good or bad they stuck together, and the friendships that were formed in that desolate llano were bonds for life. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She talked to herself nearly all of the time now, and there was a crowd of new white people entering the picture—always asking questions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every year at Christmas, Mr. Washington always made sure that Angel and Gerald had something special under their tree. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Friends described him as shy, smart, and always ready to help anyone who asked. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

This light always took forever, so he pulled out his phone from a pouch on the shoulder strap of his bag. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His eyes are too full of guilt to really see me, to see his reflection in my eyes, the reflection of my hero, the brother who tried always to protect me the best he could. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I always thought Father might be the one who got rid of Dumbledore,” he said, not troubling to keep his voice down. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I always assumed that Mr. Ingman had an easy life. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“We always knew this. It doesn’t happen right away.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how it can be a trap, and anyway we can always run.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s where you can always find a dictionary of standard English in a library.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes always got darker in the middle when she lied. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What does Bessie care for me? She is always scolding me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I still think of the poster that way—like it’s this guy, Sir Ott, who has always lived with us. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You could always hang with me during the drill,” Ms. Dale adds. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was always arguing that comic books were literature too. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And yet his brown skin and black hair have always set him apart. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

All of the adults had seemed especially bleary, exhausted, and sad—except Milligan, who always looked that way—yet even so, there was a flicker of excitement, indeed of hope, in every eye. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Eberts hired professional gardeners and various domestic troubleshooters—plumbers, electricians, and handymen arrived in step vans to do their dirty work—but the Crows always hired neighborhood people. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Colonial societies could not become too oppressive, because their members—surrounded by examples of free life—always had the option to vote with their feet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Tomorrow afternoon. Three o'clock sharp. The Conte will wait for you in the first confessional on the left. And don't be late. The man is always very punctual." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was always alone, it seemed, these days. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He was a real hustler, too, always trying to cut a deal, work an angle. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We would single out someone, or a couple, or sometimes a whole family—although for the purposes of the game, it was always better to single out a person shopping alone. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It always had a funny stink in it, because he was so crumby in his personal habits. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It be like knowing you can always start again, that you can always create and make something because you are made for birthing. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

They are always teazing the Negro on his Silence, in hopes of drawing him out, saying, “The Negro stares at a Tree. Han’t he seen a Tree before?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“He always tells what it will be like someday,” Louis threw in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The garden is challenging me, as always, to see my own situation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Ms. Porter always tells us to be creative and open and free, to write or draw or spill whatever we’re feeling, as we feel it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, and straighten up tall like Momma is always after me to do. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Whenever Quincy held the broom, he would always try to yell to break my concentration.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My mind stumbles to a comforting conclusion: I can always try going back to school...later. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The air always seems to taste slightly of cinnamon, and the trees are red, yellow, and gold, like fireworks frozen just as they burst in the air. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, because Momma did always tell me what a special girl I was. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Though he is invited to join them, he always says no. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She smells like the orange-blossom treatment they always put in her hair to bring out the rich coppery color. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I’m hardly ever by myself in the apartment because Amá is always all up in my business and won’t leave me behind. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Go get your gun, idiot,” the man answers with a sideways look that leaves no doubt how he has always treated the woman. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

They hear themselves, which they wouldn’t hear otherwise, even though those noises are always there. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We always have homemade bread in the bread drawer. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In fact, his father offered to pick Clayton up every other weekend, but Ms. Byrd always said, “Not yet.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Shoo. You’re making me nervous, always looking over my shoulder, spying on me.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She would always have been Wife Number One and the Boss no matter how many wives he had, but she would rather be no wife than head of a string of wives. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He runs faster than anyone I know, so he always gets away. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The exercise always left me utterly drained from the tension, yet exhilarated. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told the preacher that there would always be men like him, and people like me to stop them. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Instead, I always went in through the side door. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But in class, I always see you with a book. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It made him rather vain of his bridge game, and he talked several times of how a man could always make a living at bridge if he were ever forced to. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The serpent keeps recurring through the earliest cycles of mythology, always as a central symbol for the life of the universe and the continuity of creation. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After my mother leaves, my grandmother pulls us further into the religion she has always known. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You know you’re always welcome. And thanks for taking care of Moss.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

When she knocked on the door of a farmhouse, a place where she and her parties of runaways had always been welcome, always been given shelter and plenty to eat, there was no answer. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laura and Mary began to be tired of staying always in the house. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know where to sit, so we always ordered to-go. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The new science often presented itself as a system of axioms and demonstrations, in Galileo’s Two New Sciences for example, or Newton’s Principia, but it was always grounded in facts and, less surely, in analogies. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Pennsy, ever busy, always on a schedule, rushed the little girl and her mother through Union Station so that they could catch their next train. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It was just Lloyd and Richard. He was always following behind Lloyd.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Or have you always been in my class?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lorraine inquired, which was a little uncalled-for since all you had to do was look at the tray, and you could tell it was the usual rubbery eggs you always get in a hospital. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Our school was public, but one of those progressive ones that always got written up in national magazines because of its emphasis on the arts. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since doesn’t always mean “between now and” or “from the time that.” Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are several other weak spots in the fence, but this one is so close to home I almost always enter the woods here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Hugo knew it meant clock maker, and he had always thought he would be a clock maker like his father. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Again he felt the roll of crisp bills in his pocket; if things went wrong he could always run away. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He carried Robin in and out of halls and chambers, kitchen and parlor, cloisters and outer court; through refectory and almonry, stopping, as always, in the chapel to say a prayer. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And Mother Fletcher went off into telling stories to Meaghan about how long she had known Santa Claus and how she used to have to lend him her handkerchief because his nose was always running. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a rumor the Soviet Union’s feeding the Argentinians satellite pictures of our fleet, which is why they always know where to find us. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mr. Cobb sometimes subbed for their Social Studies teacher, and he always managed to slip in a story about the Vietnam War, even when their class unit was on ancient civilizations. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That's the word Principal Marshall always used on the phone with my mother. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He always made a great show of waiting on the Tates; he kowtowed to my parents when they came in. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Like I always tell Will: If you dress like a hood, you will get treated like a hood. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I shrug it off, but always it climbs back on. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now I would always have two pairs of Special Sticks. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It struck him that in moments of crisis one is never fighting against an external enemy but always against one’s own body. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Brian had once had an English teacher, a guy named Perpich, who was always talking about being positive, thinking positive, staying on top of things. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Snow during a wedding means a cold marriage. My lady mother always said so.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I'd always known that my mom and I had completely different upbringings. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there is an apple or a banana, and when there is, I always think about him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

There’s always one ear higher than the other, or too-short fingers, or visible eraser marks. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

In fact, I had always believed the opposite. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anything to get out of this bathroom, to escape the sterile bandage smell, except it's always with me, the faint scent of bleach. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I had not heard from Jonathan for some time, and was very concerned; but yesterday dear Mr. Hawkins, who is always so kind, sent me a letter from him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She peeled potatoes for French fries quietly, her eyes always on the sky. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nurses and doctors always asked how I was feeling and if I was hungry or needed anything. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always believed emotion is good for painting, but I'm afraid I'm not in the best mood to create anything today.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which was why she would always start over with Abel like it was a new day. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Then, like we always do after she does my hair, we passed out on the couch. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Uncle D never mentioned getting sick over there, but now he always kept a cold. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

And I always keep my window open, about an inch or two, to let in fresh air. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Because if she kills Ben, she will always have killed him. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

My own hair had always been bright red, but lately it had started getting darker and kinkier. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s always saying that he doesn’t see the color of a man’s skin, but I know that’s just politically correct talk. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you always eat rice with a fork and a knife and napkins?” she asked, turning to watch me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The study was the darkest room in the apartment because it had no windows, and my father always worked with the desk lamp on, the yellow light bathing the desk and the floor around it. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Time passed painfully slowly, as it always does when you’re waiting for something with your heart thumping hard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once in a while she got a felt slipper for Christmas or her birthday, but they soon disappeared, for Eva always wore a black laced-up shoe that came well above her ankle. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

In the towns he found that people threw newspapers and magazines into trash barrels, so he could always find something with which to practice his reading. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t say I always wanted to go to school because that wouldn’t be exactly true. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He always sounded like he had to blow his nose. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe I saved that coat. I always hated it.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

That was all right; she was feeling as he knew she always felt. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I always know when there’s a black widow in the garage because of the web. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Ethan had always wanted to stand up in a theater and yell Bravo! The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was always the chance that they alone had been given the answer. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always knock the people in Blanca’s church, but a lot of them were right there that night helping us move our things, everyone splashing around ankle-deep in water. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Because theories are always being changed to account for new observations, they are never properly digested or simplified so that ordinary people can understand them. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m the privileged one, and the old lady will always be marvelous. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After each hunt, I always took care of my dogs. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Gryffindor won, Harry knew that the whole House would forget that they had criticized him and swear that they had always known it was a great team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Of course I had always been clumsy around him, but at least I knew I had been in love with him for months. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

As always, he’s so close to the camera that the frame shows him only from eyebrows to mid-chin. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, Reading The Color Purple really makes me uncomfortable because Celie is always getting beaten up by Mister. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Because we’d like to think that this is your home. You can stay here for ever and always. If you want to.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe our friendship had always been about convenience—he didn’t have anyone cooler than me to play video games with. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s always ranting and raving about how awful colored people are. That's when he’s not yelling at my mother and smacking her around.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We would ride back in a railroad car at the end of the day and it was always quiet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always just took the broken-down sectors of Chicago in stride, as evidence of what happens when people are without community. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There seemed always to be something smiling inside Papa. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bo, however, would have loved to sneak with Scipio into the city's most elegant houses to steal all the amazing things the Thief Lord always brought back from his raids. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were always posing some scientific hypothetical with each other for fun. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Pa is relieved but, as always, worried about what the future will bring for Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If it was warmer, I could take Charlie to the park that we always pass on the way back from the library. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“White people always wanna split up, and when they do something bad happens.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel pretty—I feel stained by all the blood, always anxious it might soak through my skirt. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because Pisces are always at odds with themselves. They’re never quite sure what to do. No self-confidence. Overly sensitive.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was always someone willing to take the extra chore for the extra food. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Anyway, she was somebody you always felt like talking to on the phone. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They always had to rush back in, bringing all the horror. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Surprised—it always surprised him to find himself awake without prior notice—he rose from the bed, stood up in his multicolored pajamas, and stretched. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

This is what he does—this is what he always does. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I had always feared, no, known, the trials had been for nothing. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the other side of the bed Betsy groaned and turned over, but Lyddie was up, dressing quickly in the dark as she had always done in the windowless attic of the inn. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We always took two cars because Deborah didn’t trust me enough to ride with me yet. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Leah went first as always, Goddess of the Hunt, her weasel-colored pixie haircut springing with energy, her muscles working together like parts of a clock. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did her own shopping, always carrying the same blue cloth shopping bag, and always walking on the sunny side of the street “to keep the bones warm.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lynnie had always thought crickets and even crows were good luck. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a cold. I always get them this time of year. Come on, let’s show Mr. Turner what you’ve done.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d always loved the excitement and drama of tumbling on floor. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Her heart pounded through her body as she waited for the response bubble, and then Claire was there, as steady and sure as she always was. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I always enjoy a good digging story,” he says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Rameel, sitting up in his bed one night, looked over at Benton and said, with sleep in his voice, “You are always with God, Been-tone.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

There were so many things Mother and Father always wanted me to be. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“You always are,” she says with a little laugh. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Why is she always telling me I’m supposed to know this and that? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Autumn was always a fearful time, with the specter of winter looming ahead. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Being a singer has always been my dream, and I know I'm a much better singer than I am a mother. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He and she always had lunch by the livestock pens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking, as he always did, about precision of language, Jonas realized that it was a new depth of feelings that he was experiencing. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Questioning always revealed that spraying or fogging had been done in the area where the birds were dying. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

My uncle Paul is gay, and they’ve always been accepting of him and his partner, Simon. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Their Frigidaire was always stocked with newly acquired pieces of ham, half roasts and quartered chickens. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him sternly: “You’re not always with us on the drive; you don’t know how hard it is to go six hours without entertainment.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The most important thing had always been what other people thought—appearances before herself or her family. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to practice and practice, always balancing something on my head. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Is your mouth always open, or are you able to shut it?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“A good time of night. I have always liked this time of night.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom always said those kinds of jokes didn’t bother her, because Persians couldn’t be terrorists. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He always needed one more deal, one more zero added to the end of his back account. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’ll shout, “You! You! You!” as if it was always Saturday! Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My house is always full of five kids and neighbors and a husband. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Jesus has never promised us we would not suffer pain or sorrow but He has always said He would be there to help us bear the sorrow and the pain.’.. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I’m sick,' Hooper said primly, 'in storms. I always have been sick. At school I’m allowed to go out of form and lie down, if it thunders.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Yet a faint air of dis- reputability always clung to him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The coyote never succeeded; instead, his plans always backfired. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The Supreme Court decided that as far as schools and education were concerned, the separate-but-equal concept did not apply, because the facilities provided were always unequal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

They were always to rebuild such a new world as never was seen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

People who are kind and feed poor kids are always beautiful. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The people in my community always greeted my brother and me with smiles and hugs, telling us how smart and precious we were. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Is this how your new life will always be? says a voice inside me. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Adam’s father Cyrus was something of a devil—had always been wild—drove a two-wheeled cart too fast, and managed to make his wooden leg seem jaunty and desirable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a sweet old lady in her mid-seventies, and she always seemed to get up ridiculously early. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Being angry didn’t always mean a person was bad, especially when they had ample reason. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Grandma,” I said, as much to myself as to her, “it’s got to be okay. Government’s always checking it out. Ferryboat’s got to be safe or it won’t get a license. Government controls it.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was Jack, waiting for her by the big slide, as he almost always was. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My only Mecca was, is, and shall always be Howard University. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Midland was the fair-haired, goody-goody one, always doing the right thing, never a spot on that pleated dress, always staying up late to do her homework and prepare for the future. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know if you say anything the grown-up people will tell you, Never mind, you’re always gawking, none of your business, go out and play. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen these letters in our mailbox dozens of times before but always figured it was junk mail. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“When Uncle Albert wrote to me, he always said he felt fine.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

On such occasions, Dad would click a stopwatch, which he always carried in his vest pocket. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

This came as a strange letdown, to see how the game always went to those who knew the rules without understanding the lesson. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had filled out and become a man; he was charming, friendly, always well dressed—and still in his physical prime. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He never said much in any case and what he did say was always restricted to the simplest, since he spoke no Lapine. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This incident of the master’s death following so swiftly after her reiterated plea, Kill him, Lord, left her with the conviction that prayer was always answered. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must you always interrupt like that?” said Tock irritably, for even he was becoming impatient. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was unprecedented on his part—he had always been eager to have the president’s ear. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I got to eleven, he was at five, and so on, always across from me. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She could always tell when Mo was lying, however hard he tried to hide it from her. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Z has always been my favorite letter, and twenty-six is my lucky number. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Dad always invites me to come, too, but I say, “No, thanks.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was first getting cool with the coming-out thing in school, I always felt super self-conscious in gym, like everyone thought I would try and check them out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“So it was because Markov always tried to take care and see that we were protected that we made it back,” Katya concluded. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

We don’t walk home together anymore either, ’cause she’s always off to practice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Laws” sounds like a rather obvious thing to take into consideration—but it’s not always straightforward. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Jason always tried to build a good relationship with the people on his team. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Pim always acts like the elderly father who once had the same fleeting impulses, but who can no longer relate to me as a friend, no matter how hard he tries. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Noah, like always around Brian, can barely keep his head on his neck, he’s so happy. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

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

Also, as always, there were urgent messages to be sent in our code when we were out in the field with the enemy close by. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bush you always park your car close to your tent so that you can leap into it if there is an emergency. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

For every rule there is always an exception: this too can be depended upon. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something I’ve always wondered. Why don’t you ever rob people in richer neighborhoods? They probably expect it less and are carrying more. You wouldn’t have to rob as many times then.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d be impressed by that, because he’d run for town council once and was always talking about “what a pleasure and a privilege it is for one citizen to serve another.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will always be a part of you, and this will always be my home even if its called something else. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She always looks so pretty, as if she’s going to a party. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I moved a finger and the chord went minor in a way that always sounded to me as if the lute were saying sad. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wanted to be wrong, but I always came to the same conclusion: Koch and Lange weren’t saving the treasures of Europe. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“My whole family loved him. We all loved music, too. My brother and sister and mother sang really well. My dad just sang really loud, loud and happy, though always out of tune.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Too, as always, there was the problem of money. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He always got scared and his fingers started to tremble every time. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I still don’t like that our house always smells like onions and spices, or that Mama runs her catering business out of our kitchen.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The best of the true progressives—always a small group, in the North or the South—did attempt to reach out to this rejected crowd, but they were usually rebuffed. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

And he knew that shepherds, like seamen and like traveling salesmen, always found a town where there was someone who could make them forget the joys of carefree wandering. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What curious principle demands that a candle flame taper always toward the sky? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were always half a month or so behind, and talked endlessly to him about paying ahead—after they had a preliminary discussion about what he was doing back so soon anyway. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, if you asked me, so did Carl, the way he was always helping her—and us. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I mean, if you want to talk or something. I’m always there. Just stop by.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He was tall enough to play ball, so I always assumed that's what he did. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Dad and Mom have seen me perform, and afterward they always say, “Where did that come from?” and “We didn’t know you had it in you.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

My students always seem to point out the makeshift altars of where the latest casualty went down. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

If there is a hurricane you always see the signs of it in the sky for days ahead, if you are at sea. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always went to Moravian Cemetery to drink beer, which sounds a little crazy, but it isn’t if you explore his source problem a bit. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I'm a lot younger, but I always remember to say thank you. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

My dad always makes the best weapons when he’s angry. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“This is enough for me,” he wrote Rush, adding that he knew Adams to be “always an honest man, often a great one, but sometimes incorrect and precipitate in his judgments.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

What if the white people are always gonna be in charge. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had often heard the song before, and always with lively delight; for Bessie had a sweet voice,—at least, I thought so. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He always added that they were old and dusty and no one else would live up there because the juke box played loud and drunks yelled and stomped up and down the long porch downstairs. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a young man he’d had half his stomach surgically removed, and now after dinner always drank a Pepsi-Cola to help digest his meal. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

One of the masks looked just like the one Scipio always wore. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It always seemed like a snake to him, his anxiety—waiting just out of sight, ready to slither up his spine, hissing its familiar taunt. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Lucas and Papa always sang “Old Man River” and other songs on the porch in the evening. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But mostly I wondered about Prince’s mother, and the question I mostly asked myself was always the same: How did she live? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Without thinking, when I saw Mr. Reamer the second day I was at mission school, I spoke the polite Navajo greeting my parents had told me I should always use to an elder. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Life is good," says a Dutch woman, "freedom is good, but starvation leaves its mark, like rough rope on your wrists, always rubbing, always making a nuisance of itself." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There was always something to explore, always a place to be alone and quiet. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“You can always sell them something else. Some dinner rolls, a coffee ring for tomorrow’s breakfast.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those sad thoughts were always flickering at the edges of Jess’s mind. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even when lower courts granted a stay, the State would appeal, so the Supreme Court would almost always make the final decision to permit an execution to proceed or not. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She always felt respect when face-to-face with a middle or late pretty. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, you’ll always run into people like that. You can hold your own, I bet.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Before, I had always felt like a giant next to her, but when I lay down next to her on the bed I saw that we were almost the same size. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I was in the army: always came whenever I was tired. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And pinto beans—were they always so colorful? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I mentioned what I had in mind—house burglary— Shorty, who always had been so relatively conservative, really surprised me by how quickly he agreed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had always been really nice to me. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“To most people it’s names. Dead people. But I always picture just eyes, eyes, eyes. I can’t go to Washington and face that Wall. I can’t have sixty thousand pairs of eyes staring at me.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

This experience has led me to believe that the people who always tell you that they are your friends, no matter what, are really the first ones to go. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Robin couldn’t always remember which ones came first, but he liked to hear Brother Hubert tell about them. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

It isn't always the people who have no fears at all, who are the bravest, you know. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Can’t I find out how my only daughter is doing? I’m worried about you. I gave birth to you. I will always care about you, no matter how many times we fight.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Papa always said there is no point in your bad experiences except to learn from them. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Riccio could always make him laugh, even if he didn't feel like it. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mom wasn’t there yet, which was unusual, because Mom was almost always waiting for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

My parents have always spoiled me rotten, treated me kindly, defended me against the van Daans and done all that parents can. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the past had they not always drawn the picture for him? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of my profound reservations, I thought I would always treasure Joan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mila always had hers braided perfectly around the crown of her head, and today she was carefully sliding tiny flowers into the plait as she followed Verusha. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“They always pile it on at the bodega.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The only good thing about his visits was the fact that he always arrived late on Saturday nights, after we had had dinner. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like the answer to “Haven’t you heard” always has something to do with someone kicking the bucket. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My dad had always said therapy was for people who are weak, so I was surprised when he didn’t argue with my mom for saying I should go—but I sure did. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

But in a couple of hours, that lifelong fact about me, the one that always seemed to surprise people, would no longer be true. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

For one thing, my nose was always in a book. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Real life was lived like doing a math problem: one and one always equaled two. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Micro-filming didn't pay off; we were always travelling, we didn't want to bury the film and come back later. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The family had always counted on her income, and now, more than ever, it was her job at Langley that provided all of them with economic stability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“The queen your mother was always mindful of her duty.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And everything is always green. You’ve never seen green like that.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, they always seem to run out. Everyone’s always rushing at the end, and sometimes even burning their fingers. Over.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

If I say it myself, Harry, I’ve always been able to charm the people I needed. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears ...” I always recited speeches from Macbeth and Julius Caesar, as those were the adults’ favorites. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve loved you more every day. Watching you grow up. Watching you grow into yourself. Watching you learn to cope with a world I can’t always protect you from. But I wish I could.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But he was always moving like a shark, swimming in order to breathe. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“What’s new? You’re one tough cookie. But the world isn’t always good to people who are different. I just don’t want you to make your road any harder than it has to be.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I’d heard August say more than once, “If you need something from somebody, always give that person a way to hand it to you.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always approached each new person and each new experience the exact same way. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The giants are stomping and roaring to life, hurling their colossal bodies into each other’s arms, fed up with spending eternity frozen, always a breath away from their heart’s desire. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t always wild about the identity, but it was comfortable to have one and to feel like you knew the role you were supposed to play. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Stay; he is himself zoöphagous, and in his wild ravings outside the chapel door of the deserted house he always spoke of “master.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She almost wishes her father were there, as she is beginning to understand why he had always been so adamant about building up her strength and control. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Claudia always dreaded that brief moment when her pajamas were shed and her underwear was not yet on. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, now, that surprised me, coming from Howard, who was always Mr. Positive. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

On the inside of my closet door, I wrote an epic poem to the new owners telling them the house would always belong to me: Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Back in Ohio, where I’d been treated like a homework assignment somebody was always having to do, eating was never a joy of any kind. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

She talked fast, and lots, and always seemed like the sibling go-between, more patient and willing to play with me than my older brothers. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It is a key feature of his work that Galileo always carried out experiments to test hypotheses, modifying or abandoning those hypotheses if the outcomes of the experiments did not match their predictions. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

The bar didn’t change; whatever the color of the walls, they were always dirty, dark grime of stale beer and cigarette smoke; it always smelled the same too, a lingering odor of urine and vomit. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

When someone remarked to him that he seemed always to be at the crest of a wave, he responded, "Well, after all, I made the wave, didn’t I?" A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby always gotta be the mature one. Chestnutt is trying to educate your ignorant butts. Now stop fighting and apologize.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I always go across the yard to the big house. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She had always reminded him to draw a picture when he couldn't figure out how to start a math problem. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

It isn’t always about winning the election...or the race...or the game. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. O’Dea is the one master who can always bring the tears and the shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

There were always multiple Cambridge Tea Room containers on the counter in Grandma’s kitchen, and she even left one at our house. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve always said it was such a disaster,” Ben said to me, puzzled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No porcelain rocking horse, the one Mom always put at the tip-top of the tree so no one could break it. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It always appeared in his pocket later, as needed. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Ma always counts that as the first time I ran off screaming, but who wouldn’t’ve? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

They always said that about my sister, not me because I dropped dishes at them. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is always a hustle to be had. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Whereyagoin?" he asked, running all his words together the way the Americans always did. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Like the night she tried to tell them not to keep the little boy for Sis any more; by then she was even running around with colored men, and she was always drunk. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The water looks clean today, doesn’t it? Though you can’t always tell just by looking.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But an empty bed and house always greeted them, and the footsteps always belonged to a passing neighbor. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he thought of how his sisters always sang “O Holy Night” on Christmas Eve, he teared up. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Bad things always happened when I got put on the spot. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

No matter how much I revealed about myself to her—and I wound up revealing just about everything, including my real name—she always adamantly refused to reveal any details about her own life. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And when April and Melanie started tossing the idea back and forth, decorating and elaborating the way they always did, it Worked just the way it was supposed to. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though their tree would be anything other than it had always been: the huge shadowy thing in a corner burdened with decorations she had had since she was a girl. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay for the two of you to be friends, as long as you’re always open and honest with us about everything. Is that fair?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

She is always giving Declaration advice from the Dark Ages that doesn’t make any sense to me. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She admired the way her clothes were always so crisp and fit just so. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Even if we’re thrown away by people with more money, we can always climb our way out of the messiness and the brokenness of our lives. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Dad would always ask if she wanted him to read them to her, but she always said no. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

What awaited me back then was always a night of easy, dreamless sleep. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Whether in the sugarcane fields or by the leafy stream bordering my family’s land, being outside had always calmed me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I mouthed the dialogue along with McNair: “‘You always were a man-eater.’” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Meine Mutter”—I pictured Cliff squirming in his seat—“always taught me that apologizing is the polite thing to do.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Our clothes always start out that way, too, but once we take them back to 109, the smoke smell grabs them and holds on tight. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Papá and Mamá taught us to always have both hands on the table. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Hers was the only hand that had ever touched me, if I didn’t count Osh or those who came before him, though I always did. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The men always came back down before the women did. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being around that woman always made him different from his real self. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Dad always says you should see things through even when it doesn’t go how you thought,” I insisted. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ms. Whitlock, who my mom used to watch all the time, asked in that weird, phony voice newspeople always talk in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This was no hard-ship to me as I have always found it enjoyable to gaze out the window while driving. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You took care of your own messes, her mom always said, plus she still had to clean up the blood. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

While the outpost was isolated and vulnerable, Rat said, he always felt a curious sense of safety there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went to visit her there over a long weekend and we laughed and had deep conversations, same as we always had. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

"Sore," I replied, pulling off the gloves and unwrapping layer after layer of the white tape Malloy always wrapped around my fists. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

He told me I was like a daughter to him and that I’d always be with him in his heart. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He found his new wife beautiful, the only oddity about her being that she always wore a delicate flower on her forehead. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

This is the way it has always been. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I would always work hard, I told myself. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had Ned's long face, and brown hair that always looked as though a bird had been nesting in it. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“And Grandma always says that things I do remind her of Grandpa. It makes me feel weird, because they’re gone. And it also makes me feel unspecial.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

He is now always surrounded by kids who, I suppose, look up to him. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your roommate will be there! He’s always there!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

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

In spite of the off-grid electrical system that Kelton is always so proud to brag about, the lights in the house are turned off, and Mrs. McCracken has lit candles for the dinner table. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t get visitors, and Charlise always texts or calls before she comes over. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The government men who were always coming around, they were always talking to me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, some bin of unwanted DVDs or an aisle endcap of pointless knickknacks would catch her attention, but her dark eyes would always wander back to where our hands swung between us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I'm so glad you're at Carver. Your parents said you changed schools to get to know me better—I've always wanted the same thing! It's going to be wonderful to have you around more." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The water smelled of rotten fish—an odor she had always associated with Crocodile Guts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hands were always cold; he could feel it even through his hoodie sleeve. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He always had some victories to tell about whenever he came home from college. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Old Rit hated the silence that always fell over the cabin afterward—a hush that spread and spread, and the shadows on the walls seemed to deepen. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of the time life proceeded as it always had. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bran had always been a good listener, but now he sat slouched in his chair and stared at his hands in his lap. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always has to have the last word, so I wait for the inevitable reply: so no news then? hope u didn't get u hopes up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Stella’s nervous. But I’ll be there to sing her to sleep, just like always!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Is it always so chilly in New England, even in May?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

When they met in the street they always turned away without nodding. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Amari was silent for a moment, then she said, “Seem like no matter what I ask her, she always got the right answer. Sure be nice to talk to her one time.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was always Maxwell’s plan for release, which is good. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But this was a rough country, and try as hard as she could, Mama couldn’t always dodge the rocky places. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I came fifth and it was an improvement for me because I came eighth the term before. You know, our class is very competitive. I used to always come first in my primary school.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how much of a hurry she was in, she always had to stop when her Dad called. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“But you always say faith without works is dead, so I would like to do something nice for them.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It made her happy to imagine “a long vacation in that dream island I'm always talking about!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We were always doing the skedaddle, usually in the middle of the night. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s rubbing her hands the way she always does when her arthritis is bothering her. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We collected ferns and sticks to run our own “scientific experiments,” which always resulted in incredible cures: Cure for Hiccups! The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I look up because I don’t want her to say what adults always say when you don’t want to look at them: Look at me when I’m talking to you! Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We always wait to trade with him when his witch of a wife isn't around because he's so much nicer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Still, we always used the butter, for if my mother sent it back to the kitchen, Yang Sze-Fu would lose face and quit. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answer to every question was always no. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grew our own plantains and coconuts, the harvests were good and there was always food in the house—at least a bagful of rice, a little dhal, if no more. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

The robe told how it had always been; and what Thomas had said was not true. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat in a wheelchair, as he always would. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good is subjective. That’s what my mom always says, anyway. This is what you meant it to be, isn’t it? Which means it’s perfect. It’s a story.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I always loved the girl in white, with a hat in her hand. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And then she buries her face in her arm, like the Bollywood actresses always do when they are overreacting to a marriage proposal. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The papers were always talking about the debt owed to society. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

But something about how Edna talks to me always makes me feel like I’m not as good as she is, like there’s something wrong with me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Mama was always getting home late ever since she opened her roadside market stall. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I always pick a gorgeous time to fall over a suitcase or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“C'est moi? Why must it always be I who takes the blame? If your son is such the disappointment, it is as much your fault as mine. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Of course you are, darling. You were born in Georgia and you’ve always lived below the Mason-Dixon Line.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had always wanted a tattoo, and I was finally free to get one. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She was selfish and always made the wrong decisions. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Yes, because the people who make up the rules think like you! But it won’t always be that way.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that there is always a difference between what you think you are doing and what happens to you and everyone else.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thinks I am Chinese or Japanese because I always order in English or by number or by pointing to what I want on another table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was always the chance she had been delayed en route. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Papa always put more stock in what color was inside a pup’s mouth. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s always a terrible thing when a scythe leaves us,” the High Blade lamented, “especially one as well-respected as Scythe Faraday.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The problem was, Dad was always talking about us being ordinary folks—about how ordinary folks like this and ordinary folks need that. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think, through the lens of many years passed, that she had counted on the constant of always being able to love me. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

When I remembered those things, it was always my uncle I saw. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I always said no to those people. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we go out to the cremation grounds instead and bury bone shards? Or we can play Catch the Beheaded Thing! I’ve always liked that game.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We always get the best of you, don’t we, Pasiphaë?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Francis always said what he meant and assumed that I acted the same way. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He was pushing his way impatiently through the crowd, but then he always did that. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He reached over and grabbed his trumpet, which he always kept nearby. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I asked God. Mama always said that’s what you do when you want something. So I did.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When something went to a committee for study, the people always joked about it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was always a pleasure to prowl where fishermen had camped. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother always said the best way to feel better was to do something, anything. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Too late, as always, he was sorry and asked his brother’s help. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught us both, but you were always way better than me. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you always have policemen coming first thing in the morning to flirt with you?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Young people don’t always do what they’re told, but if they can pull it off and do something wonderful, sometimes they escape punishment. How’s that?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am only in part of your head and only because you humans, your heads are always open. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Thus, the experienced caner will always pause between strokes to allow the agony to reach its peak. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Usually we broke down in the middle, and always had a demoralizing effect on the more talented children, and on their parents in the audience. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Seanie always had a way of obsessing about things like they were the greatest trespasses ever committed against his pitiful soul. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Because of our experience together, we have always been close and kept in touch through the years. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It would be joyful news to Clytemnestra and Aegisthus who had always feared what he might do, and they would certainly want to see the messengers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There are such things as ghosts. People everywhere have always known that. And we believe in them every bit as much as Homer did. Only now, we call them by different names. Memory. The unconscious.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I always have to do that when my mom’s parents visit,” whispered Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was always ill after a general anesthetic and didn’t want to brave the dark octopus again. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“There is always a price, is there not?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

These two brothers were very close to one another, a fact which had always been a matter of pride to Ellen, who strove to make family ties firm and secure. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will she always be torn between hope and fear? Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

A lump welled up in her throat from nowhere, just like it always did whenever she thought of her daddy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

If it doesn't work out, we can always return to the United States. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you take tea, or coffee, Mr. Gargery?” asked Herbert, who always presided of a morning. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that we really need one. Nothing’s happened here in Maycomb yet, but it’s always wise to be prepared. That’s where they are this minute.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Everybody is so hateful, I’ll ask Laurie to go skating. He is always kind and jolly, and will put me to rights, I know,” said Jo to herself, and off she went. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah knows, already, that you can’t always have everything you want. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But none has always been closer in meaning to “not any,” and most authorities agree it usually means “not any of them” and is plural: None of Tysons teeth were chipped. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We kids usually kept our hunger to ourselves, but we were always thinking of food and how to get our hands on it. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re always living days we can never get back,” I say. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“He’s always on the road, so I live with my grandma.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Hera, as always, was furiously jealous and she determined to kill Hercules. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It isn’t...always so easy, you know,” she choked. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Many colored people lived in this limbo, a true purgatory, always yearning for the white fathers who disowned them, and they could be horribly racist to one another as a result. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I always say, there’s nothing like fresh hot cake and cold milk to make a body feel better on a funeral day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

"I always thought you liked working in the deli." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even more palpably, the fullest expression of his best energies always occurred when the long-term public interest, as he understood it, clashed with the political imperatives of the moment. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You’re always believing what those Ghost Teachers tell you. Look at the size of the jaws!” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always suspected that notions like a “hot hand” or a “clutch hitter” or a “team that always comes back” were exaggerations used by sports- writers and sportscasters just to have something to talk about. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The curtains were almost always drawn, leaving the house in a tenuous darkness that kept the cruel desert light at bay. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a kind of poem the Japanese write. It never rhymes, but it always has seventeen syllables.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It had never let any but Ged touch it, but it came to Vetch now, and climbing up his arm cowered on his shoulder, its great bright eyes always on its master. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

They had always been there with the people but they were much more than summer shade. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that everyone always tried to pair them up—the two biggest losers at camp! The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s different with a sister. One of us always apologizes. When friends have a falling-out, they don’t talk things over. They drop you. My best chum at school did that to me.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I know the unspoken rules of boys, but with girls I sense that I am always on the verge of some unforeseen, calamitous blunder. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In fact,” and now he was furious again, “what you really want is to have two husbands. Women always want everything.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her appearance always acted as a damper to the curiosity raised by her oral oddities: hard-featured and staid, she had no point to which interest could attach. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Where Tjaden puts it all is a mystery, for he is and always will be as thin as a rake. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Only vain, lad. Theon has always had too lofty an opinion of himself, I fear." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But it doesn’t always work, because you’re giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

We’ve been best friends for years now, but I don’t always get her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was gentle, soft-spoken, and always comforted you when you needed it, even when you’d done something bad, or been told off by another guardian. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The guards are always bringing us the prison mending. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was always saying we should buy the Hot Pot and develop it as a spa. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She wondered if this part of the night, a part she was unfamiliar with, belonged, had always belonged, to men. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes that homework wasn’t easy at all, but I always got it done. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because of the tall crape myrtles and elms standing outside the windows, the light that filtered into the Hall of the Gods always looked a little muted. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Coach was leaning his ear toward me like Mr. Charles always did, as if he was hard of hearing. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He says that his dad wasn’t always this way. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, she used to get high. That’s why she was always so funny,” they were probably saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And I always believed that this would be the time Sal would still be there in the morning. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Her name was Kristy and she had always been pretty nice to him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There’s time, Pearl had reassured him, there’s always more time. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” he said, “but what an unchallenging life it would be if we always got things right on the first go.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

This place would always belong to Max in my mind. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Gangly, bespectacled, hair black as an oil slick and always perfectly combed forward, Tucker was a busboy, waiter, and cashier here at Finnegan’s, not to mention the smartest person I’d ever met. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Age had shrunk his face and delivered the look he had always fallen short of by a fraction. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I asked my father why we needed them, but he was always a little vague about it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

While my parents never carried on much over it, I was always thanked. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But don’t worry. The mom always comes back.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I know he’s not always 100 percent honest about everything. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was never disappointed, since I always expected the worst to happen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Tolerably well,” said Bod, which was what Mr. Owens always said to his friends when they asked him the same question. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

You can always tell when someone just got out of isolation. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

However wide and gracefully they tried to toss it, the net always flew clumsily. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Though his visits were only for a few days, my father always made a special time for me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I had heard the burnout rumors as just the kind of complaints that always swirl around strong personalities. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mack and the boys gave the problem considerable thought and came to the conclusion that Doc always wanted cats and had some trouble getting them. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gives me the creeps just to think about it. He’s just the sort who always stands up in the back of the courtroom during the last five minutes of ‘Perry Mason.’” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I think mothers always blame themselves. Fathers too, I think.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

They worked side by side as always, Irish, Lithuanian, black. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Sean was always at ease with himself, whereas I couldn’t quite figure out how to get out of my own way. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

His brother Jaime had always been able to make men follow him eagerly, and die for him if need be. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Wow,” I say, because it’s what I always say when I really don’t know what to say. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

That was always the best thing to say. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In other years his father had always stopped at the shooting gallery, where flat yellow ducks cruised smugly until shot in the eye: pop ping...pop ping. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“At least Esther is always perfectly groomed,” Prosper answered sarcastically. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hanako always cut his nails into sharp spikes, because he liked them like that. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Around him, the North Carolina night looked just as quiet and peaceful as it always did. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And yet, all the time, I think we must have had an idea of how precarious the foundations of our fantasy were, because we always avoided any confrontation. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

What we have going is great and perfect; Archie’s always telling me I’m the best bookie he has running. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not what I meant, Joseph. We were worried about you. I hope you realize your father and I have always wanted the best for you.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Part of me was always braced for T. Ray or Mr. Shoe Gaston to drive up and end my charmed life. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have always been one of my most important projects and I am interested in hearing of your current mental condition, so please get out of the pillows and write. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark had been playing the “Population Police” joke for years, always out of their parents' earshot. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Catherine, weak-spirited, irritable, and completely under Lydia’s guidance, had been always affronted by their advice; and Lydia, self-willed and careless, would scarcely give them a hearing. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He and his brother were probably born here; Flushing has always been home for them. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She takes a loud slurp of her tea—which always, always gets on my nerves—and tells me I’m going to have a quinceañera. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That's why my mother and Prim, with their light hair and blue eyes, always look out of place. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This warm, devoted circle of people was always on the front lines of the struggle, working to ensure the rightful equilibrium of human rights—not just domestically, but globally—“by any means necessary.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even if Shay still hated her, there was always Peris and all their old friends, waiting across the river for her with their big eyes and wonderful smiles. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her light brown hair was always pulled back into a thin ponytail, and her pale blue eyes hardly ever connected with anyone else’s. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Him? Can it be? Stark’s ward. Smiling, always smiling.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he complained a little of his sons if they came not every day and he said to Pear Blossom, who was always near him, “Well, and what are they so busy about?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure Perkins was always known as the black school, up to when it was closed.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And from what Ophie had seen, from what Aunt Rose had always said, ghosts didn’t always have a choice about what they wanted—or how they went about getting it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’m also thinking about Ursa Major, and how, if you let her, the Big Mama Bear in the sky will always point you in the right direction. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

These women always need their hair done, and sometimes pity darkens their shiny eyes and they tip her a whole dollar. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can always sneak my food out and hide it somewhere until it is found later by one of our helpers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our soldier had been laughing loudly at the riddles he always guessed wrong. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite her flaws, my mom was always there for me. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

One or the other was always pressing pants, smoothing out a tie or ironing a shirt. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabel tells me her ear is always open to our needs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Although she always strapped me in my car seat, her battered truck did not have seat belts. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“The nun, I mean. They always did that, you know. You’ve no idea the messages I’ve gotten from nuns walled up alive.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I'm always dreading the others, but maybe Foxface is the real opponent here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Amá said I embarrassed her in front of the whole family, that I couldn’t change the way things have always been. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Princess was always brightest in spring, just after the conifers emerged from the snow, their deep green needles seeming almost black against the tawny browns of soil and bark. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She quickly found the status report; Watney always placed it close to the rover when rocks were in abundance, usually to the north. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a musician, I always worried that something might happen to my hands, and my work as an artificer had doubled that anxiety. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Also, she has always cleaned the master bedroom herself, as the help have enough to do what with five kids. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And, when she did, she was always accompanied by Tariq, who seemed to relish this chivalric duty. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

For Father, the Kingdom of the Lord is an uncomplicated place, where tall, handsome boys fight on the side that always wins. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how calm she had always seemed when I was little, with her soothing voice and gentle smile. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But it was hot in the gym, always hot in the gym, the leather headguard squeezing his temples, the metal protective cup pinching his thighs. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bennie always makes a big deal out of Mom, pretending he’s in love with her. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But he always heard about Jeff, winning all the prizes at high school graduation, a scholarship to college. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s fine. I’m used to it. Second choice for everything. I’m always getting left behind.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In their own hearts the chief characters of the Round Table felt the ardent feeling! which they had always felt—but now they were figures instead of people. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Yeah. I guess I did. And victory always has a cost.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I have to go, but I will look after you always,” Pa says softly, putting me down on the ground. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Chincha elite, afraid to take on the Inka army, always chose compliance over valor, and were rewarded with plum positions in the colonial government. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But Pop is always like this—better, then worse. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

‘And with Lee Jackson it going to take them all day to get here. I not expecting them till around supper-time. Course Grandpapa always so patient with Lee Jackson he wouldn’t make him hurry none.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Also whenever he went upstairs he went up two at a time, always starting with his right foot. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They’ll always be in charge if I don’t go back to Central and make the integration happen. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We need to get moving before the bedlam that always follows an airstrike tears the place apart. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Does he always speak like that?’ the Queen asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw him once or twice talking animatedly to a crowd at breakfast, or visiting with Zu at Cubbies, but it was always from the window of Clancy’s room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Whenever I came upon the scene she had always just disappeared; I would catch a glimpse of her skirt brushing the door, or hear the sound of her footsteps on the stairs. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Summers had a logic all their own and they always brought something out in me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Because I did good work, one job always led to another. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since sick people were apt to be present, he could not always depend on a lively young crowd in the same ward with him, and the entertainment was not always good. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"Well, it always makes me think of the last words I said to Daddy." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Earline was making a graceful exit and one got the feeling from watching her leave that there would always be grace and symmetry to her departures. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grandma always says you guys were an arranged marriage,” I say. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

As hard as I worked, it seemed that I was always hungry. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You may get that chance one day. Remember what I told you. A Lannister always pays his debts." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She saw him several more times, always on his bicycle, alone, after school hours. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was always listening to slightly eerie Indian music in his earbuds, and he was constantly telling her that her “aura wasn’t vibrant enough” and she should drink more tea. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

One thing I’ve learned after being a middle-school director for twenty years: there are almost always more than two sides to every story. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Vice has always a new fresh young face, while virtue is venerable as nothing else in the world is. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In part because of his undistinguished origins, Hamilton always seemed compelled to be proving himself; he needed to impress his superiors with his own superiority. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She felt anger flash through her; she always did find it easier to stick up for people other than herself. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There’s a familiar calm in the room, but the jingle-jangle of Mrs. Newman’s bracelets always gives me a slight headache. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Into them once strayed old Silenus, who, intoxicated as always, had wandered off from Bacchus’ train where he belonged and lost his way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were at least two always visible, their handlers sure to parade them past the cages in close proximity. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“People always organize into groups. That’s a fact of our existence. I just didn’t expect it to happen this quickly.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’ve always dreamed of going to America!” cried the Centipede. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

I see myself in the back of the truck, singing with the girl, though I’ve never sung before, laughing when I am off-key, climbing trees to pick the apples, always peaceful and always safe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was always there, simmering inside, waiting to be recognized, waiting to join the distilled hum of a hundred million other souls that plays somewhere just beyond our reach. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But there were other mornings—mornings that always astonished me—when Dad huffed out the back door, alone. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

So I tried to play along with the ding ding- a-ding ride cymbal thing that always works for jazz and immediately got the beat all turned around and messed up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

His sadness was for all of it: for Village, no longer the happy place it had been; for Kira, no longer the sturdy, eager young woman he had always known. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Nor should any state ever believe that it can always choose safe courses of action. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

All I knew about him was that his name was always right ahead of me at roll call. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I always expect those who live by the gun to die by it. I am often pleasantly surprised.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went over to Mike and shook his hand and said, “I did always think a son would be a nice addition to this family.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bo stares holes into my forehead as he sets sandwiches beneath the heat lamps or covers sandwich wrappers in unnecessary stickers, something that always wins a smile from me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She could infect a whole house with gaiety and she used her gift as a weapon against the despondency that lurked always around outside the house waiting to get in at Tom. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Brothers were always at the top or the next ones down. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

According to Kuhn, revolution always brings with it disputation and conflict; since there was virtually no disputation, it is all too easy to assume that there can have been no revolution. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“You can always talk to me, Sparrow. You didn’t need to bring me here to talk to me.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The perfect home that could move around, a home that didn’t close you in or tie you down: and a sailor would always be at home if he was on the sea. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think I’ve always known, even from that very first letter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It was almost impossible for him to focus on anything else for too long when the computer was on, which it always was. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To get connected, you’ve both got to reach out, you’ve both got to be willing to give a little. My problem always was I wouldn’t give an inch.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The governess was always getting muddled with her astrolabe, and when she got specially muddled she would take it out of the Wart by rapping his knuckles. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am all alone again, as it seems I always have been, and always will be, except for the woman in black, who I know will never leave. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Talking about that always made Annabeth feel self-conscious, like she was some sort of freak. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

School had always been easy for Melanie; and even though she wasn’t the kind who got elected class president, she’d always had plenty of friends. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so when he came home, it always felt like a vacation for all of them, even if Will and the girls had school and their mom still went to work. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I told them that I was a Christian and had always been a Christian. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he always does, he rushes the email to Dr. Martin. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I learned this living among a people whom I would never have chosen, because the privileges of being black are not always self-evident. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Always remember,” he says, “when yer ma died, you became our son, and I love you and Cillian loves you, always have, always will.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because whenever I saw him, I’d always get something in quick, then rush off before he could say anything back. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine, but that’s the end of it. Tell that colored boy the twins are always trailing behind to pay it for you.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Seven always goes with rock or paper, so I easily win. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Most in the air, three or four on the ground always—this is anguish—let him go or kill me now!” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yevdokia Bershanskaya didn’t always go by the book as the commander of the 46th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, but she was good at her job. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Only problem was, a working compass always points north. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

One day they dwelt in Hades, the next in Olympus, always together. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She always repeats the third verse and laughs so hard she’s crying and I don’t know why. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sam and Father had had fights before, and they always got over them in a day or two. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1844, the philosopher Auguste Comte was searching for an example of a sort of knowledge that would be always hidden. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it’s not always funny,” said Mrs. Baker. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I always feel guilty when I drop them off and then head to Newport Beach. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“He told me what went down today, but you two are going to get back together. You always do,” E.J. says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Sorry about that. Granddad always acts funny when I bring girl friends over.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was always charming and cordial, but there were times when even these traits failed to put his business associates at ease. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They always had waffles and watched movies on Christmas Eve. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She would wait until all the akpu was eaten and then divide the fish so that each child had a piece, and she would keep the biggest for herself, as he had always done. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

They always quibbled, but actually they were very close—closer than most brothers and sisters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Tomas had swum in blue rivers on Earth, with strangers passing on the road, and eaten in strange houses with strange people, and his weapon had always been his smile. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother’s use of the words “had been” always struck me as funny. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It was crazy how much you studied. You always had those cards.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

War Admiral was, as always, fretting and fussing and glorious. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“As Bando always says, Ask nature questions, and you will get answers.’ Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Fascinating. Yeah, I know. You always look like someone’s sucked the life right out of you when something fascinates you.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the half hour, as we cued credits and music, there was always a good feeling in the air, and everyone—victim, jury members, studio crew—mingled and became students again. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

He was baiting Mrs. Tony Robbins as he always did when she came to the store. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Can I do anything for you, Madam Mother?” asked Laurie, leaning over Mrs. March’s chair with the affectionate look and tone he always gave her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they always smiled back and responded and allowed themselves to be wooed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I figured she would tell me the same things she always did, but I never got tired of hearing them. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

They would always find a reason to strike down a black man, especially one with a sharp mind and a dangerous tongue. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Baba clears his throat like he always does when he’s extra serious. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

"It was always my mother's—and sister's—preferred shade." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Their picture had been in the Logan County Gazette a bunch of times, and Sheed always looked like he was trying to suck broccoli from his teeth. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Things will be as they always are,” he tells me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It always changes folks, and sometimes it brings out dirt and meanness dat even de person didn’t know they had in ’em theyselves. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Did you give her sweet potatoes again last night? I thought we stopped giving her those because they always give her the runs.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Romero's bull-fighting gave real emotion, because he kept the absolute purity of line in his movements and always quietly and calmly let the horns pass him close each time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you always travel in pairs whenever you go into the world?” asked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We don’t know why she insists that it must always be the very youngest among us. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Faith had always given us answers to all things. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

My usual time to arrive was after lunch, and I’d come up to find Tommy stretched out on the narrow bed—always fully clothed because he didn’t want to “be like a patient.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And thus he has always accomplished and organized great deeds, that have always kept the minds of his subjects surprised, amazed, and occupied with their outcome. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I always think everything is a trap until proven otherwise,” the Prince answered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt a little better about things, but the thought of walking up to Maxie always made my stomach flutter. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Ashamed for not understanding why we were always paying late fees and overdraft charges. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She and I were always sick with something. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Again I pinch Tram, knowing the plant will be awarded today to the teacher s pet, who is always skinny and nervous and never me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

But we started our dinner preparations early, and our guests were always invited to help. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t help wondering: Why was it always him? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then I decided against it, lowering the barrel to his chest: always go for the sure target. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you always walk around with chalk in your pockets?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

At the door of the study I paused, overcome as always by the high shelves packed with books like a library and the dark wood of the walls and jalousies. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He’s always funny and cool when you watch him on YouTube. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

While we welcomed anyone brought into the struggle by the PAC, the role of the organization was almost always that of a spoiler. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had never looked at her seriously before, she thought; until now he had always been like an adult indulging a child in a pretty trick. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I love playing with children and chatting with them; it has always been one of the things that make me feel most at peace. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teenagers always hide a few things from their parents, isn’t that so? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But you know how I told you Henry always talks to me like he thinks I’m someone else?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

One of the things I always write about is what I observed about Yolanda’s hair. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Ellis’s eyebrows launched into the twitchy dance they always seemed to at the mention of the words, “my mother.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

He always reminds me of a tiger—strong, fast, agile, and mean when he bares his teeth. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think there’s something wrong with everyone, don’t you? But my mom’s smart, and she’s strong, and she always puts me first.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, she's a pretty tough lady and she don't always get it right, but there's no doubt that she loves us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The bread she gives them always means less for us and if we complain she says there are always people worse off and we can surely spare a little from what we have. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was always looking for ways to improve my Afrikaans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn't have a maid or anything, and they always opened the door themselves. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fight with his mom and Ricky temporarily masked the bottomless anxiety he always felt. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

His eyes always sparkled like he had glitter in them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Do you think I always had hands like these? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We lived in Salinas and we knew when Tom had arrived—I think he always arrived at night—because under our pillows, Mary’s and mine, there would be packages of gum. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Why am I always the one being punished? The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He always had an answer, even if it was an annoying one. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s a little early for me, but I can always make an exception for a friend.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And as you know, I always have to add a little marble pillar of history to hold up a story and properly show it off, so don’t put your pencil down.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The interior of his house was always lined with strung skins, hung with lush furs made up into sleeping robes, and red-and-white-point blankets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

With minor variations, it always went like this: I’m crouched in the corner of my grandfather’s bedroom, amber dusk-light retreating from the windows, pointing a pink plastic BB rifle at the door. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She wanted him to know that she was always waiting, waiting, waiting...for something terrible to happen. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Do you always do that when the president rides by? If so, I’ll take a job working for him.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why you stopped eating? All your bum has gone. I always wished I had a bum like yours,” Ifemelu said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I focus my eyes on the ball’s seam, the way Lolo always says, and I make contact. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And even through the children’s laughter there’s this insidious silence that underscores everything; then again, maybe the silence was always there, and I’m only just noticing it now. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was quite fat and his bloated stomach always lapped over his belt. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why is it that someone always seems to be ashamed of me? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Nurse always comes for Yezzan’s water, with four men and a mule cart.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Martin's a lot kinder than Agent 007, and deep down inside, I realized his kindness has always been attractive to me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’s always on the verge of collapsing from one imaginary illness or another. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s always over a woman or gambling, sometimes both. You’re new to New Orleans. You got to watch yourself, George.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mimir’s advice was good, as it was always good. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Whether disguised as Ben Franklin or a lowly drummer boy, he always acted a role in the elaborately staged pageants which he wrote and directed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

A discourse of only one or two minutes on the emotional problems of foreign girls was always sufficient tonic for even the most staid Cambridge evening. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I can tell she is itching to talk about Celia Foote, but she always stops after a minute of it and changes the subject. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the past, the three of us had always sat in those three chairs right in front of the fountain. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then, just as my sister had, just as my father always used to, Lou reaches over to take my hand in both of his. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was easier than my mother’s plight, with eight of us always underfoot or running around. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For those of us who made it home, let us always remember. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The family you can always rely on to make the world a murkier place. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

All my life, everything important that had ever happened had always happened somewhere else. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Being always the first to spot flaws and transgressions, it falls upon Father to deliver penance. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo always raised his eyebrows when he had managed to make her laugh, looking both surprised and serious as if he had no idea what she was laughing at. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I told her that I’m signing up for Philosophy and Letters tomorrow, which according to her is what girls who are planning to marry always sign up for. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The days were so short now that he always came home in darkness. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

"My husband. Unfortunately he had to leave. He would have loved to've met you, but then he's always dashing off. Business, you know." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sensing this, they had always called her by her first name. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The good guys always ride a white horse, and the bad guy is always a black-hearted villain. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men—like Papa—who were forced to work as loggers there had no prior experience, so Hanako was always worried that her father would get killed. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I suppose that could be true. Tehlu always said—” “Do not speak his name!” the Justice screamed, his face a livid red. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On a sudden impulse Nat said, “It suits me fine. Today is Commencement Day at Harvard. I’ve always intended to go.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Olive is wide-eyed, her mouth hanging open just like she’s always telling Ruby not to do. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, a few uglies will make it on their own, following coded directions like you did. But it’s always been three or four in a group. No one’s ever come all alone.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One can show that this increase in disorder is always greater than the increase in the order of the memory itself. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reynie did, but he had always been alone in this, had always been considered an oddball. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The best-known, most prominent family always goes first, then the second best-known and so on, down to the least known. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Brown always gives the not-so-good parts to those of us in class who are Dominicans. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Baba paid for the stylish Western clothes I wanted, store-bought or Ma-made, but his eyes always lit up at the sight of Ma in a sari. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s always nice to be reminded how lucky you are.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In a soothing voice, she reminded her sister of the faith that had always sustained her. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always knew what to say to my grandpa and he always knew what to say to me. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then I was always up early, at least when the weather was good. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," he said, "why. Why are you always so mad at me?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He was almost always home and sober and generous on Halloween. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Peeta .sounded like his old self, the one who could always think of the right thing to say when nobody else could. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Why do dudes always have to take up as much space as possible on the train? This isn’t Manifest Destiny, man.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everything with Bernabe’s wife was always pretty much the same from one day to the next. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I always figure why not get it out of the way? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’d always imagined there were walls behind the dark, and I was surprised when there weren’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was still involved with the legal system and was always under the threat of being institutionalized again if somebody bothered to check on him. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There were times he had to go out and inspect the cabins, or handle an argument, but I almost always stayed up in that musty old room. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

However, the fact that it is both long range and always attractive means that its effects all add up. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like this kid at school everybody hated because he was always pushing little kids around and then one day they found out his dad had hit him so much, he was in the hospital. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

There was always a feast waiting in the carriage. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And when he was around, was always yelling. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I'm restless tonight and, as always, she can sense it. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. No. I’ve always done my job quietly, without complaint. It’s just, Mr. Lewin, sir. I wanted to write an article to bring attention to my roommate Yakov’s death, and he stole my idea!” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Wes carried himself with a reserved, quiet dignity, while his father was always loud and rude. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“They know when the examinations for cops, firemen or letter carriers are coming up. They’ll always put a voter wise if he’s interested.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They wondered how many other eyes were in Count Olaf’s house, and whether, for the rest of their lives, they would always feel as though Count Olaf were watching them even when he wasn’t nearby. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She also claims he’s always looking at me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But we always end up back at his apartment, under or on top of the Mexican blanket. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’s always looking straight up now, paying attention to whatever the teacher is saying, like she’s afraid to miss a word. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear Frankenstein,” exclaimed Henry, when he perceived me weep with bitterness, “are you always to be unhappy? My dear friend, what has happened?” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often his thoughts would wander, but he would always bring them back to the imaginary journey, and something about doing this would often make him sleepy. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were always apologizing, like she was telling me she loved me but in a different kind of way. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had known at once, he always knew. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Whether a piece of music is a march, a sonata, or a theme and variations, the composer is always free to experiment with the overall architecture of the piece. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Annie would have been twenty- two had she lived, but to them she was still ten years old, still the dear and good child she had always been. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how to respond, because it’s always so awkward when adults comment on your age. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I have always appreciated your enthusiasm, Pudge. And I’m just going to go ahead and pretend you still have it until it comes back. Now let’s go home and find out why people off themselves.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They were always laughing, and the men’s eyes were always bright with the sting of whiskey. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But the world does keep turning even when you’re miserable, in case you didn’t know that, so I went to the Chat ’n’ Chew with the honey the way I always do. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I always keep my promises,” he says, smoothing the few strands of hair over his bald spot. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamison came to Kira’s room, as he always did, later in the day. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father always reminded me that neither he nor the world owed me a penny or a prayer, though he left me many millions of one and braying echoes of the other. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Pam may be picky when it comes to drinks, but she always buys good snacks, and my stomach is talking. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As always he wore the dark suit and sunglasses. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Then again, he was always dressed up, so I wasn't sure if anything was wrong or not. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z