All the time she was holding Pantalaimon in her pocket with a trembling hand, and he was keeping as still as he could, in the smallest mouse form he had ever assumed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I’d ever gotten to see my own town from above, so I painted that, too, in the landscape under the complex. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

This would be the first party she had ever given. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

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

Here, though, by myself, it’s hard not to wonder if he ever brought Bekah home. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mom, Dad, and I had cake and ice cream and played Monopoly, which Dad declared was the greatest game ever invented. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don't think that I've ever seen my teenage friend so happy. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I hate how adults look at me now, ever since the “situation” started. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

No approach to her was ever made, however. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had no intention of ever honoring the contract he agreed to during the Circle Justice meetings. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Prim forgave her, but I had taken a step back from my mother, put up a wall to protect myself from needing her, and nothing was ever the same between us again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

When the ringing departed from Herbie’s brain, he realized that not only had he ridden a very cantankerous horse, he’d accomplished something nobody else had ever accomplished. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them admitted that this was the first novel they’d ever read from cover to cover. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was a big machine in the billiards room, but I hardly ever played the tape in there because it was always full of people. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It often had a sort of peaceful smell—as though nothing bad could happen ever again in the world. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“That was the best workout I ever had. I’m dead.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

His hair had turned gray, his mustache nearly white, but his eyes were as blue as ever, bluer at this instant by proximity to the sea. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At school, they said that stealing was one of the worst, worst things you could ever do, he had been impressed from the very first week about it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Anybody who’d tried to grow up and sort out what to do and who to become in a world that is too confusing for me to ever understand. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I don’t know that I’ve ever heard Sam shout, come to think of it,” said Ben. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And why it’s the stupidest idea I ever thought of. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And he thought of his home in the graveyard, and now he could no longer remember why he had ever left. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ever say that. Don’t even think it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

From day one, I had access to as much money as I could ever want. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He lifted one down with more reverence than he’d ever felt for the sacred texts at the abbey, blew off the dust, and began to read. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“All this time, did I ever say anything to him? Not once did he even guess what was going on,” Donna says. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yakov had always been this way, ever since he had arrived on Maxwell Street back in April. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Finally he spoke the three simple words that no amount of bad art or bad faith can ever quite cheapen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The muscles of her arms bulge, but her eyes are as flat and dead as ever. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“For pity’s sake, Amelia. Where did you ever hear such pompous nonsense?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Mi niña, mi niña,” she says in her sad voice that is sadder than ever. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I know the world is ever in motion, but the speed of change in the United States is simply dazzling. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bill wasn’t ever a help with anything now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

No one had ever told me that the picture could be so clear, that the cries of pain could be heard so distinctly. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Normally, I was thrilled to get pizza—it was pretty much the best dietary indiscretion ever—but I could feel Dad watching me at every bite, flaring his nostrils. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

His black hair was cropped close, and he had the most elegant Persian nose of anyone I had ever met. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t ever looked quite the way I saw it then: The sheets were wrinkled and shoved to the foot of the bed. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

But only the truly gifted ever leave that stage of traditional competence and become creators in their own right. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dingane, the half brother of Shaka, then ruled the most powerful African state that ever existed south of the Limpopo River. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ever been out on a date before?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But you are more reckless than she ever was.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s an enchanted weapon,” Taran began, more interested than ever in getting his hands on the sword, “shouldn’t we keep it...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You ever think about how many pictures of dead people there are on the walls of Cracker Barrels?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I thought, Maybe Khosrou will die here and no one will ever have to say his name wrong. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The smell of salt air made me wonder if I would ever see the ocean again. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen this many people in the food court at one time,” I say as Elsie sits down at a table with me. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

No one ever apologized and the yelling never stopped. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Could she ever fall asleep in a strange house? The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Months later, Boynton accused him of lying, telling a medical journal that "neither the President nor Mrs. Garfield ever asked him to take charge of the case." Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Is there ever a perfect time to reveal that you’re a freak? The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

After a great deal of pinning and measuring, Bailey ends up with a nicer suit than he has ever owned in his life, nicer even than his father’s best suit, in a charcoal grey. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The water was shared more or less equally—no one ever tried to get much more than his share—and was gone within a few minutes. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

When tiny ground squirrels popped up in front and zipped through the brush, he didn’t flinch, nor did he ever raise his gun as if to shoot the tiny animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can we just pretend none of this ever happened and go back to normal? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The strange, rank smell was stronger than ever and after a few moments they all heard a heavy movement close by. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For the construction crew,” Curly explained, “for when we get this project started. If we ever get started.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside is as hot as ever, but inside I am cold with dread. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did I ever stop to talk to you, you maniac?” the young man asked in a vicious and breathless whisper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A prunus vase, with a plum branch to complete its beauty—his dream of making one returned, stronger than ever now, for it would be more than a dream. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

If ever I have children I will not read their diaries as I believe that even a child is entitled to some privacy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all I ever wanted was to live up to that American definition of beauty. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Were you ever alone in the locker room?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“This must be how Bat Lady goes in and out—through this dirt road. She can park and go in and no one would ever see her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His heartbeat slowed as he watched, trying to pay more attention than he ever had in his life. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Who ever told you boys life was fair?” he demanded. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“That was one of the most amazing nights ever. “ Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The car ride that day in March is forever imprinted in my mind as the worst fight I've ever had with my parents. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever tell this to Sam Hamilton?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

More bewildered than ever, Mr. Cheevers shouted orders. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must pretend harder than she’d ever done in her life. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I had her letter in my desk drawer in case I ever needed proof a girl had actually dug me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Then she wished passionately that nothing had changed, nothing would ever change, that she could be Lyra of Jordan College forever and ever. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You did, too. You said, ‘Who ever told you that we’re going to hide out in the woods?’ From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'd really like to drop it and forget the whole thing ever happened. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she ever saw something she didn’t think needed fixing. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“No, Ryan Dean. I’m just saying. You think every girl you ever see is ‘hot,’ right? Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t let that happen because my sister was counting on me, and this was the first time anyone ever counted on me for anything. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only one who ever got close enough to smell the mint and lived to tell of it. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

I asked her, “Why did you tell Vivian that you had changed your silverware drawers around? It’s been in the same place ever since you’ve lived here.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever thought to look for me there, or to visit for pleasure. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And at Liberty High the track teams are the only ones of any of the sports to ever win league. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Nobody in Karhide had ever asked me, under any circumstances, if I was comfortable. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever want to say ‘I don’t got it,’ just once? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Because Prism is the most beautiful building I’ve ever seen in my life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one had ever been gleaned on the Capitol steps before a conclave, but that didn’t mean that it couldn’t happen. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Calling the Soviet Union an "evil empire," Reagan ordered the largest peacetime military buildup ever. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looked worse than ever, like he’d been hit with a sudden flu. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I ever saw them hanging out. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He had just transferred into Sing Sing from another prison the day before; it had been his first time ever in the B-block yard. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever given them motorcycles, and they were just as good as Ralph. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Look...Rufus, look at me. Have you ever seen me before?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Mexican federales followed and just took the food and livestock that they wanted and things were worse than ever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Please, ever since I can remember, we’ve been put down and stepped on, and now all of a sudden we have the potential to change the world? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Despite the obstacles and unbelievable odds, I had accomplished what I set out to do with my saber, and it was the sweetest feeling of satisfaction I’d ever had. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

One day at the end of March, he woke up and wondered if he’d ever be happy again. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“If I ever had to perform in a place this big,” he says, “I would throw up.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s just about the saddest story I’ve ever read, and I have to wipe my eyes quickly so that the librarian doesn’t ask me why I’m crying. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he had ever had a choice, or if he had ever felt trapped. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He said, “Now, will you ever do that again?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She had been working on the painting ever since Dad took over the mine and we moved into the Captain’s house. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Miig couldn’t explain the science of it, but ever since the North started melting there were more rains. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

‘No one ever has luck in there. You’ll get lost. People don’t go in there.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I will ever take them off again. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he was ever going to quit. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Your anger that night,” she told me on the phone, meaning the night Shawn had killed Diego, “was twice as dangerous as Shawn has ever been.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I don’t know that I have ever found any satisfactory answers of my own. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Honestly, I wonder if I’ll ever be so brave as to wear it.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He also may have been the greatest riding talent racing ever saw. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother is ever so thankful for the remedy she gave us. My brother’s cough has all but gone now.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

For William, who had dreaded the coming of evil times ever since he was a small child, it was like watching a nightmare become real. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

As much money as Hamp has made, and still makes, he would be broke today if his money and his business weren’t handled by Gladys, who is one of the brainiest women I ever met. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the only reason I notice the little white circle now is because I’ve been staring at my lap ever since I sat down in the front pew. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Mr. Flux’s bent knees straightened, lifting the rest of his body to a standing position in a way no normal human could ever manage. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It made her feel like being here in this bombed-out, impoverished nation was the best experience she would ever have in her life and like her hungry stomach was just an adventure. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cletus had simply stared with his mouth hanging ever since Ob passed the “poor little thing” part. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

That anything she ever did mattered at all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Here is her knowing that no one will ever take that child away. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

No other officer, in my entire state service, would ever ask me a question about my past, whether employment or education; the lack of curiosity surprised and relieved me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, she was looking at me, really looking. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you about howl ended up in the city?” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Surrounded by an ever vigilant crowd of baboons, she could hardly be safer finding new hunting grounds. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he’s ever going to change. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered if she had ever looked any other way. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It was the one bit of practical advice I ever got from Hand Clap. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She thought of Ivan’s question: Have you ever hunted a dragon? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

This feeling was their life, vitality locked deep in blood memory, and the people were strong, and the fifth world endured, and nothing was ever lost as long as the love remained. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Like, don't ever say you love me again." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Havermeyer, why the hell don’t you ever take evasive action ?” they would demand in a rage after the mission. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Besides the night Lily did' my makeup, this is the only other time I can ever remember actually feeling like I had a real sister instead of a stranger living in the next bedroom. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

No one ever wanted to bash Jude’s face in. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, this flower is unbelievable! Oh, I’m so moved! The most beautiful flower I’ve ever seen! I mean, you should see this!” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That one word, in the way it was shouted, contained more exclamation points than anything Ben had ever said to me in his entire life. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I did not think we would ever leave, and yet I did not want to leave. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Every time I pull in this driveway, I can’t help but think about the day I left you and Trey here. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten your screams for me out of my ears.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If there was ever a time that I needed, for once, to control a conversation with him, it was now. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Maya, can’t you see that Mayor Graham was so nice to stop by,” he says, ever aware of decorum. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

He seemed okay—maybe not happy, but, then again, when was he ever? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘They’ll never find us,’ he said, his voice rising, ‘even if they knew where we were, even if they sent a hundred people, they might never ever find us.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Up until now, Lazlo had only ever seen it referred to in tales. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had been daily in his company ever since, and was no closer to knowing what any of it meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If you have ever lost someone very important to you, then you already know how it feels, and if you haven’t, you cannot possibly imagine it. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She looks so happy to see me, it’s hard to believe that there was ever a time when I didn’t like her. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“You know, Addie, ever since you started this business of refusing to say the Pledge, I have sensed in you a rebel without a cause.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gale would be my first choice, but it's unlikely I'll ever see Gale again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In a perfect world, no one would ever have opened that box. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It makes me proud—prouder than I’ve ever been of anything in my life. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he loved her children and grandchildren dearly, none of the new spiders ever quite took her place in his heart. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I like to think he’s wandering in another world, seeing things no one can ever imagine. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Better than any eighth grader he had ever coached before. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Nothing was ever said, and the Boyds were never really missed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

That “women been gittin’ pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

His own father really would gut him if he ever got hold of him again; it didn’t matter if they shared blood or not. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever asked my opinion, but it sounded like we were not going to join the fighting. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That a patchwork life was all he was ever going to get. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was the only person she ever knew who could paraphrase three authors into one sentence and have them all make sense. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute, have you guys ever—” “Tried it,” Chuck interrupted before Thomas could finish. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Its pernicious ghost—gray, furry and with unusually dense dorsal tufts—haunted every house that he ever lived in. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was worse than Russ could have ever imagined. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever told him anything like that before. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s a favorite of mine, but I don’t think Bob has ever heard it. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“You were the very best friend that boy ever had.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then came the smells, unlike anything he’d ever known, a sickening combination of vomit, body odor, and rotting meat. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He won’t complain to Grandma because he hardly ever talks outside of a snuffle or two. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you kidding me? This is the greatest prom dinner ever.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Surprisingly, one of the badges is purple and gold, which means Chian was a war hero once— although I have a hard time believing that he ever risked his life to save his comrades. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Things hardly ever work on the first try. We’ll make another, a better one.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever got away with calling Ken a poor sportsman. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one’s ever come up with that concept for a junior high school before,” I said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Will I ever be in a hotel room again? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was bigger than last time, and her fingers were longer than any I’d ever seen. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

With Sally snuggled tightly around his neck, he made his way through the rain to the biggest cake he’d ever seen—a fifty-layer-high masterpiece of sugary wonder. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And by the way, if I ever do meet Percy Bysshe Shelley, I’m still going to punch him right in the face. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She said that if he ever told a bigger whopper than the ones I used to tell, she had yet to hear it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the most splendor she’d ever allowed in her body, but she could tell there was more, so much more. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Make a sailor of him yet, if he ever grows to any size, won’t we?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neel was sure he’d find plenty of mistakes inside these books if he ever got the chance to read them. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

For what seems like the longest moment ever, the two of them glare at each other. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I worried that Ocean would lose everything he’d ever known—everything he’d been working toward since he was a kid—only to discover that, eh, I wasn’t even that great, in the end. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was, if possible, more radiantly beautiful than ever; and I could not believe that she was dead. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“If the emperor were ever to know you were….What did you hear?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Nan, I love you. But I don’t want to keep moving all the time. In fact, I don’t think I want to ever move again.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

How had this place ever felt big enough? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know if your mom ever got the messages? The ones from my mom and the psychiatrist?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So how can we reconcile the conviction that certain usages are wrong with the absence of any authority that ever decided what was right? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you that I was almost an English teacher? I spent a year studying medieval literature.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Then the pain in his legs and in his chest would stop, and he wouldn’t have to ever worry about himself or his mother or his friends anymore. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Not ever,” said Cathy and continued to stare at the ceiling. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Day and night. They dehumanized those people so badly; we never, ever called them Vietnamese. Everything else but.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s not being anything, ever. You might not be tortured, but you’ll also never be touched.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“How could we ever do them a favor?” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had the whitest teeth that I had ever seen, and he was shirtless all the time. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

She realized she hadn’t ever told him, so she said, “Anya.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

In the Age of Sugar, when slavery was more brutal than ever before, the idea that all humans are equal began to spread—toppling kings, overturning governments, transforming the entire world. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

No one could defend them; no one would ever try to defend the fate Pentheus suffered. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the longest rocking hug I’ve ever witnessed, they let each other go. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the puzzle pieces won’t ever seem to entirely fit together at all. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

For the last four years, he had been performing at concerts, antiwar rallies, and marches, but this would be the group’s largest audience ever. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever stepped outside the hut without casting a quick look seaward. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Don’t ever eat them,’ the father had said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was seldom that Biff ever discussed one customer with another. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“If I’d tried to get everything I ever wanted, Will, I’d have asked for a diamond necklace and a motorcar and—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

If ever there was a place where a woman would putter around, patting mud packs on her face and sitting under a drier, it would be a velvetsoft, diamond-gem beauty parlor! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And her ears were ever so slightly pointed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After Mother and Father, he was the most important person in their lives, and yet no one ever used his real name. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The beach was cleaner than he’d ever seen in his life. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

And that no one would ever be that version of herself which she sought to reach out to and touch with an ungloved hand. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if you will ever grow up, Laurie,” said Meg in a matronly tone. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

My aunt wasn’t a timid woman, but even at her slimmest, I can’t see her ever entering this pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or I can find Jeanine in what is probably the most vulnerable state she will ever be in. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was the strangest sensation I have ever had in my life—up to that time, or since. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The truth is that I didn't really ever picture it, even with Michah. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If the RTG ever broke open, it would kill me to death. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bella, you scared me! Don’t you ever do that to me again!” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And he was getting something done, for none of the documents signed with either of these names ever came back to the squadron. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Don’t know why I ever had it long. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Sissy, did you ever get any idea from that Italian family as to who the father was?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t anything I had ever heard about before. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a part of him that dreamed, and he was not sure if that part could ever retreat into an interminable silence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He never comes out here, men never do, they have their reasons, men do, and it’s just me and my dog only ever but here he is and I don’t don’t don’t wanna know. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But how, I wondered, were either of us ever going to learn to control ourselves if we couldn’t practice? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Neither he nor I had ever imagined we’d be able to talk so openly to a girl or a boy, respectively, about such intimate matters. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“You ever think about coming back to Carver?” she asked again. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Those days I wanted more than ever to be able to go to a movie theater and to see a 3D movie. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Now they are clean and cool, like nothing ever happened here. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And if they ever call you by your first-middle-last name, you better watch out. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I never would have dreamed that I would ever depend so much upon any woman for strength as I now leaned upon Betty. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he would ever get to my petition. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one thing, Chigger was the scrawniest boy ever to ride the bench of the football team. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Although he had been on a state championship team, he never saw any of his old teammates, nor did he ever hear from them. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what this whole war story is. A medicinal drug. Listen, did you ever hear of the ‘Roaring Twenties’?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I truly believe that if ever a state social agency destroyed a family, it destroyed ours. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing could taste or smell or be good ever again, because not only was she a Spare, not only did she have to defeat the legendary wolflike Nightbeast, but she was still a Witchling too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Everybody that ever sees our owl just plumb hates it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could hear a shout clearly, or a shot, if such noises were ever made here. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever taken the wrong freeway entrance? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Today is a triumph for freedom as huge as any victory that has ever been won on any battlefield,” Johnson said. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

We discovered early that in order to stop stealing we would, for a while, have to steal more than ever. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Above and ahead of them the Aurora was blazing, with more brilliance and grandeur than she had ever seen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

She did not know that everyone was looking at her, till Aunt Eliza said: “Did you ever see such big eyes!” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one was ever to be refused water. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glared at the wall all night, looking scarier and angrier than Deborah had ever seen a person look. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Wonder if the people in 7 ever bathe. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

More than ever I began to see and understand the environmental factors which made for this extreme conduct. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Cole wondered if the consequences of that moment would ever disappear. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The Minotaur was one of the first monsters I’d ever defeated. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

My whole body is shaking and seems like it won’t ever stop. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’ve ever been a bigger disappointment than right now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

If I ever stepped on one in my bare feet I was sure it would chop my toes off with those big pincers. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The public was impressed, and the FBI came out of the war stronger than ever. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He’d have to not be noticed harder than he’d ever done in his life before, and keep it up as long as he could, till either he found his father or they found him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Jean Louise,” he said dryly, “not much more than five per cent of the South’s population ever saw a slave, much less owned one. Now, something must have irritated the other ninety-five per cent.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The track was as steep as it was narrow, wending its way ever upward. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And she had said, "No raincoat is ever water-repellent. It's showerproofed." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“No, you’re not. Because, well, she’s not real. Bat Lady’s just a myth the big kids use to scare the little kids. I mean, I don’t know anyone who has ever seen her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Essentially, it went where access could be gained, mostly high up on the hills, over lonely ridges and forgotten hollows that no one had ever used or coveted, or sometimes even named. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’m a little shocked, because he hardly ever talks about Dada. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

The currency was automatically converted and my credit counter jumped to over twenty thousand, by far the largest amount of money I’d ever had. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Okay, good talk,” I mumbled, feeling even more pathetic than ever. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I know exactly what he means because he’s been trying to get me to talk about this subject ever since I was a freshman, and it’s really none of his business. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there is ever anything I can do...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Can’t ever be more anyplace, it turns out, as long as I wear this brown skin. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever have a kid, I wouldn’t let them go, ever. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

This had been happening for days—ever since the Head Sister had slid into the forest, though no one knew she had done so. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The inside of the ship was finished, as finished as a ship ever was; that could be told in a single eye-blinking glance. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever seen the Kid standing still. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them ever discussed the reasons why it was desirable to be able to go through the woods soundlessly. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

No place was like the island ever again. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought they’d crawled away and found the sea and lived happily ever after. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t ever answer the phone, though; President Armelio has that job. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Yeah, say Sofia, with a real puzzle look on her face, I wonder why she was ever born. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she was in the kitchen making pancakes as if nothing had ever happened. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“And a prettier inn girl the world never saw,” said Will, “or you would be if you ever got that flour and dirt off yer face. Come talk to me while I unload the cart.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would never, ever do anything at all like what was done in Colorado. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the biggest house I’d ever seen that one person owned. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

If you’d ever wondered about inmates’ lives outside prison, here were some of the missing pieces. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if I’ll ever see the charmed folk again, at least not the way I once did. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

She’d be at school, early as ever, brighter than sunshine, even in the dead of winter with wind that could freeze our eyelids shut. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The air was somewhat clearer in the alley, though the choking smell of smoke and wind-driven dust must have been ever present. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a preschooler’s pause, several beats longer than any adult would ever wait for an answer. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean she's had all A's ever since she started school. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Rusty was the only dog I have ever known who seemed to have a sense of justice. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time I ever heard her say ain’t. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Emotions on top of emotions, all fighting to be expressed, and all anyone ever saw on the outside was an angry boy. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She no longer hopes to live by seeking the truth—if women ever do hope this—but continues henceforth under the guidance of a seventh sense. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one has ever told me I was beautiful. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Soon he was as pale and weak as ever. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was staring at Thor and Loki as if they were the lowest, most unpleasant vermin she had ever seen. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Amaka would ever paint him, would ever capture the clay-smooth skin, the straight eyebrows, which were slightly raised as he watched me. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

One night, a few weeks after the baby was buried, I felt him leaving our bed ever so quietly. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And easily one of the best things I’ve ever seen in my whole entire life. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was not aware that he ever stopped crying. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what the nurses thought a lawyer and a veterinarian would have in common, but they wheeled him on over to sit opposite me that first night, and here he’s been ever since. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever read any of the books you bum?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t mean it about shooting Easter. He likes Easter. That was the first horse he ever owned.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No problem” This would be the biggest secret Benji had ever kept. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

And his lordship's good name was destroyed for ever. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted recognized that now he himself would have to take over direct supervision of the exposition work, but he felt less up to the duty than ever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

None of them had ever seen King cry before. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

At that time it looked as though the match with Spassky would have a total prize fund of $138,000, the highest amount ever for a chess match. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Altogether, they had eleven dollars and fifty cents, more than any one of them had ever had at one time before, even Dicey, who contributed all of her baby-sitting money, seven dollars. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apart from the doctors and the nurses, no one ever disturbed him. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The first time in her life a man had ever touched her, and all she’d done was fret about her brother! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever wants that job, but suddenly I found myself wishing I had it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had been playing an instrument ever since the fourth grade, when his mother enrolled him in music class. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know of one Blue or Green who had ever tried to make a run for it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Now, more than ever, Ivy was sure June was keeping one of her own, something that didn’t have anything to do with Keeper or Ivy at all. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I decided to step out and stretch my legs a little and when I did so, I received a stronger impression than ever of being perched on the side of a hill. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Wes joked about it, putting on a charade around his friends, but it was the most uncomfortable and vulnerable he had ever felt. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“But did you ever sneak out to the ruins?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The men each have something to say: “You were the best president we ever had, sir.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Who You Were in Life: I’m an only child and I’ve only ever really had my dad. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

No evidence ever identified who threw the bomb, but eight men stood trial, and four were hanged. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

She’d already been alive for a whole twelve and a half weeks, and she wanted to tell Brightbill about every exciting thing, and every boring thing, that had ever happened to her. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

That has been my position with science ever since. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

And inside that cage was a small bird, like none Hazel had ever seen, as gleaming white as the feathers of the swanskin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Was that the most exciting thing that had ever happened to his father? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

One might initially wonder how a linguist, studying only modern languages whose unwritten ancestral forms remain unknown, could ever figure out whether Austronesians living on Taiwan 6,000 years ago had pigs. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one else had ever survived such a clawing, and the scar reminded everyone of Vandara's courage and vigor as well as her malevolence. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was all she ever said about her family. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

If they thought he had caused this...that he had gone against everything he had ever been taught... Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I’ve spent all my life defending this family, but nobody ever stops to think what the people will say or that Father Kenneth will call me aside after mass to speak with me.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The basement was the only genuinely dark place Colin had ever seen in Chicago—day and night, orange-gray light seeped through any place with windows. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Of course, ever since white people showed up and brought along their Christianity and their fears of eccentricity, Indians have gradually lost all of their tolerance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first and only time he had ever been in trouble. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Its slender towers twisted ever upward, frozen flames dancing as they reached for the sky. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And none of your petty philosophy or I’ll make you sorry you ever took a shining to that little game.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He says that finally crossing over from slavery to freedom is the most horrifyingest, most bravest thing a slave will ever have to do. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Donovan shrugged wearily, “Nothing ever goes wrong when you watch them. Throw me a butt, will you?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“But can you give us some of the things she needs? We en’t got any money to pay. Please. We’re ever so worried about her.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

And ever men looked northward, asking: ‘Where are the Riders of Rohan?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I lumped him with all the other white men that I had ever seen and tried not to see. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

More than ever before, he wanted to disappear, to sink through the temple’s ancient stone floors and never be seen again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

It is worth noting, then, that there is no record of anyone ever having claimed that Gilbert’s experimental results could not be replicated. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Fine. You do that. IF we ever ger back, Little Miss Perfect!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“I always stay at Hogwarts for the Christmas and Easter holidays,” he said, “and I don’t ever want to go back to Privet Drive.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Orpheus was the greatest musician who ever lived,” said the music teacher. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had embraced their aims with the freest impulse I had ever known. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been Vincent's best friend for most of the last fifteen years, ever since they made a pledge to each other on a walk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But no one who had not been there would ever truly understand. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

No, we had to travel all the way down to our Grandma Dowdel’s before we ever set eyes < n a corpse. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I had ever done such a thing, Momma would have switched my behind for having the manners of a pig. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only person she had ever met who played it her way. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there’s no way I’ll ever end up a Navy SEAL. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was the first gift he had ever been given. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not that I have ever felt 100 percent competent in the writing business, where one day’s success augurs nothing at all for the next. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m talking about the worst thing I ever did to the person best qualified to know how awful it is. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Because in the real world, no one ever drinks Coca-Cola blind. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh really. Tell me, boy, have you ever met a troll?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

As the Boss said later, it was the highest compliment he had ever been paid. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“I mean,” he said, “the second most beautiful sight you ever saw.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was the most unbelievably beautiful game of dots I’ve ever seen. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The moon I had known all my life, that small flat yellow disk in the sky, had gone somewhere, to be replaced by the most awesome sphere I had ever seen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Jefferson remembered it later, “we took leave, and he never after that said one word to me on the subject or ever consulted me as to any measure of the government.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

In my wanderings this year I have taken more chances and had more wild adventures than ever before. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have the story laid out in my mind now, as straight as it’s ever going to be. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Gay mentioned that I had treasured all the gifts she had ever given me and that I still had the music box. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. Same with you...if you ever need to talk about anything.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The universe was vaster–vastly vaster–than anyone had ever supposed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Does anybody think that I ever let any classified information leak out, intentionally or unintentionally?. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

This was the weirdest thing any of us had ever witnessed. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The most intense storm of howitzer and mortar shells, machine gun, and small arms fire any of us had ever experienced was raining down on us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meeting him at the airport, Molly judged him “as near exhaustion as I had ever seen him” and lobbied him again to withdraw from the Geneva conference. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

‘If it is a good one, it is waiting peaceably for ever until it is released and allowed to do its job. If it is a bad one, it is always fighting to get out.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the tickle of her braids against his wrist and squeezed ever so gently, aware that she was so tiny he could strangle her with very little effort. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mounted the stairs to a door that was lettered: The Chicago John Reed Club I opened it and stepped into the strangest room I had ever seen. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the most perfect sensation I had ever felt—Julia Bishop’s long, smooth legs tangled with mine while we kissed. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

So summer passed and it became winter once more and people were suffering worse than ever from want. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

After this affair the sticky, close atmosphere works more than ever on our nerves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It disintegrated into dust before ever it touched the shining god. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Neither had ever taken Major Danby outside and shot him before. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then they said no more, and they ate in silence; but her eyes were ever upon Aragorn, and the others saw that she was in great torment of mind. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Surely so. Ruth lit up like a lantern when she saw them fancy clothes again. Promised to be quiet as ever. Made short work of the gingerbread Madam baked, too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could scarcely imagine that, now, it seemed that this summer had gone on for ever and ever, he could not remember the time of not knowing him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

After I started living as a male, my mother and I moved away from Michigan and I’ve been moving ever since. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing in our whole house that says he ever lived with us, except me. Why are you allowed to erase my father and I’m not allowed to—” “Erase yourself?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Before long they would forget East Texas had ever happened to the three of them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Newt sounded more like a leader than ever before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The Dauntless don’t usually understand restraint, and Uriah has only ever known the Dauntless. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The enmity between Harry and Malfoy was at its highest point ever. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The camp swarms with rateros and killers but mostly with ragged people like me, who have dreams so close that still may not ever be lived. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like the only topic in the world becomes his girlfriend, and I don’t ever feel like I can get a word in about what’s happening with me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

July would be the hottest month ever recorded in Ohio. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But you can bet that none of us code talkers ever went underwater with them. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only people but traffic—bullock carts, jutkas, cars and bicycles, more than we had ever seen, many times thicker than in the town around the tannery. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

This ruling was remarkable given that, prior to the Drug Reform Act of 1986, the longest sentence Congress had ever imposed for possession of any drug in any amount was one year. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

All they ever do, really, is look for food and water. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she said the words that her parents had dreaded hearing for the past sixteen years, ever since the day Grace had been born. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Once, it was said, they had quarried immense blocks of ice from frozen lakes deep in the haunted forest, dragging them south on sledges so the Wall might be raised ever higher. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hated to ask the question, but I felt like I needed to know if I ever wanted to sleep safe again. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He jumped up, nimble as ever, and caught her. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can imagine how worried you were when you got a call from the police,” Mom said to Señora Oralia, ignoring the fact that Mrs. Hidalgo had done the coolest thing ever. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“This farm couldn’t stand any more plowing. In many places there was no topsoil left whatsoever—just outcroppings of granite and clay. We’ve been working to heal this land ever since.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

That one hot July day of filming in the burning wheat field produced the only shots ever taken for the movie. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

While writing that scene, I knew that it was unlikely that so many people would ever be allowed to come into a murderer’s cell. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Why should I mistrust him? He has done everything I have ever asked of him. His sword helped win the throne I sit on." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever watched the dance of the mamba and the mongoose?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova the first woman ever in space. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If the Republic’s most-wanted criminal can pull that off, then how are we ever going to catch him if we’re not just as fast? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

We’d been together a few months, and I’d spent many evenings with his family, before I ever said a word about mine. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

If the American farmer is more productive than ever before, how come so many farmers are going broke? The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t think Dad ever forgave me, later on, for becoming a Free Will Baptist. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got the idea that my eyes—our eyes—were the first ever to see it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m beginning to forget, I think. What they ever felt like. It scares me, what science can do.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then, ever so slowly, like it had been planned this way all along, Catherine turned to look at me. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s like . . . have you ever heard the story of Martin Maskmaker?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Have you ever taken a bath since? Filled the tub deeper than your ankles?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

All her life Marilyn had been awed by that precision and beauty in her husband, in his body She had rarely, if ever, seen him make a mistake off the diving board. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will I ever make it out of here? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Because no one’s ever made it . . .” He trailed off, and Thomas knew what he was thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or, more accurately, things with Joaquin had been off ever since they had given him the car. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

An those teeth behind him at the tip of his tail, as he gave the heartiest jack-knife he had ever given. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever seen the videotape of the assassination attempt on Ronald Reagan? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“How is Javier ever going to like me once he finds out how bad I am?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back, but choosing to quit, to be factionless, would be the bravest thing I have ever done, and today I feel like a coward. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

One thing she was not—ever—was obliging. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You can stand here in the girls’ room and practice saying that name ’til your tongue falls out, or the change bell rings, whichever comes first, and it still won’t ever be true. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though I know it’s probably the cheesiest thing I’ll ever say, before she gets up, I tell them: “I’m just glad to have friends like y’all.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Palmer had ever run with the gang. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The Red City was the closest thing to hell he ever hoped to know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“If a Black person is ever gay, it’s because they’ve been around white people too much.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“But don’t you worry. She won’t be gone often. I shall demonstrate our tender hospitality to you, such that you will not even think about ever going back.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t know where he was going to begin with, poor old thing. He drank more jack-leg liquor than any human I ever saw. That was his one accomplishment.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, Percy, but beware of him. He is more dangerous than ever. And the golden coffin is still with him, still growing in strength.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Matt thought she was the most beautiful thing he’d ever seen. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas ignored him, more interested than ever in the outside of the Glade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I cannot imagine that I will ever come home for a homecoming game after I leave here, but it was fun to pretend that I was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Look, Mr. Donatelli, remember how you said the only way you'd ever know is if I got hurt, really hurt in the ring?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is from this singularity that all the matter and energy in the universe spewed forth, creating all the galaxies, stars, and planets that have ever—and will ever—exist. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Have you ever reflected on this idea with regard to your own mother and father, how your mother’s perfection was chipped by her judgment? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Anya hadn’t ever thought her hands could be as magical to a dragon as his...well, his actual magic was to her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The tallest, blackest, shiniest boots I had ever seen, endless columns. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The NACA’s work—more intense and interesting than she ever would have imagined—would remain her work for the duration. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Of course. I certainly wouldn’t give it to anyone else, ever.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He was a lot more than that. He was only the most famous son of Hephaestus who ever lived.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was proud that not one of them had ever been arrested and that six of them had become preachers. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

One of the most romantic sculptures ever made: a man and a woman pressed together into one. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I think about how Ollie Mae would never, ever let me leave the house, let alone have company over, if my bed wasn’t made. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Josiah could not remember ever seeing her before, but there was something in her hazel brown eyes that made him believe her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like we’re in the computer lab now and hit a snag fifteen minutes ago, and Rae’s been hunched over that notebook ever since. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Adam laughed, and the boys could not recall ever having heard him laugh. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If Permian was to go to State, they would have to perform in ways that no one had ever imagined, rise to heights beyond even the expectations of the fans. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ever seen anything so amazing? All these trees? All these hills? Is that a creek over there?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the boldest statement he’s ever made to her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

‘You build machines. How can you not know what an onager is? It’s just the biggest, baddest catapult ever used by the Roman army.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

His parents died before he ever met Mom. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Grandma’s whole house and yard and her whole Maple Hill were in those words, just the way Mother had described them ever since Marly could remember. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever had my wife and children and grandchildren all in one place, and it was a grand and happy occasion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the name, referred to himself by it, preferred that his closest friends use it, and gave it to every dog he ever owned. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon I was in his garage sorting through new styles when he asked, "You ever smoke weed?" Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I said I coudnt fix the mashine but I could work it because I been watching Oliver ever since I got back. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Auntie Buzz wound up sitting next to me at Sunday dinner and passing me the rolls and acted like nothing ever happened with us. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come to breakfast with me. You ever been to Brown Sugar Kitchen?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It will be the greatest concentration of artillery ever fired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever touched him except to hit him. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“It’s coming back . Karkaroffs too . . . stronger and clearer than ever . “A connection I could have made without assistance,” Dumbledore sighed, “but never mind.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It’s objective, indisputable truth: Every email Blue ever sent me is time-stamped. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He dismissed all the tenants, warning them that if he ever caught them prowling around his property they would suffer the same fate as their animals. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, it seemed, Grace had asked about her biological family. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

And, even though the Klan may not have been as deadly as generally thought, it was plenty violent and, perhaps worse, had ever greater designs on political influence. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I listen as her breathing slows down and she starts snoring ever so slightly. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I asked through my chewing of the best food I had ever had. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The shame was greater than any his family had ever known. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Have you guys ever seen snow for real?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

In the weeks that followed, there was no follow-up, and the police did not ever comment, not that Scarlett could see. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And that idea made me feel more nervous than ever—in fact, afraid. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Actually, theoretical physicists were about to become more powerful than Oppenheimer had ever imagined. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was courtly, and referred to us as “gentlemen,” even doffing his hat to us, something no one else in the prison service ever did. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told her it was too soon to do a show, but she wouldn’t listen to anyone. No one ever told her she couldn’t do something.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The people solemnly repeated, “So it was and ever shall be.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“You ever before in your life seen a rabbit dance?” The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

The ACT was the only exam I’d ever taken, and it had been multiple choice, so I assumed all exams were multiple choice. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“No one need ever know, shall ever know,” I said in a low voice. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

No one had ever questioned that DNA was a moderately strong acid. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I ask, since this is openly spread knowledge—something that everyone whispers, because they heard it from their parents, though no one ever says it to Anise’s face. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And she ran into the school, leaving me wondering if I would ever understand people outside Garland, or if I even wanted to try. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Mark was simultaneously revolted and terrified that he might be looking at the remains of the only girl he’d ever loved. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

His mop moves across the empty food court like a giant brush, painting a picture no one will ever see. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

We seldom, if ever, were willing to take that risk, so we didn't get to see movies. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I need answers about my momma and the fate of Rose Hill, now more than ever. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Thing One was the newly painted high dome of the yellow church that Rahel hadn’t ever looked at from the inside. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

With eyes for the most part downcast and, if ever they lighted on a fellow creature, at once and furtively averted, Bernard hastened across the roof. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boots was confused in people’s minds with Brute, the most ferocious man-eater ever seen in the circus. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

In this place there is a fragrance of incense and the whispers of all the faithful who have ever entered. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was one of those things where you're "dating" but you don't ever go anywhere outside of school. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There was no future in which most of these families would ever have cars. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Miss Mallory’s Home for Lost Girls in Poughkeepsie, New York, was technically an orphanage, but there were hardly ever any orphans there. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I like that and I decide that if I ever get married, I too will keep my name. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Could you ever—would you ever—” She seems to know what I’m asking. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Einar told her of wolves, but she had not seen one and did not want to, ever. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And man, did I ever want to shut his mouth. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. van D.: “But you always do have an answer and you always have to be right! Your predictions hardly ever come true, you know!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It would be a long time before anyone would ever want to play here. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Had her uncle ever been to a husking? she wondered. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He sounds like he wants to punch Alex, which is probably the most Alex has ever liked him, so he follows an impulse and drives his elbow into Henry’s side, hard. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was farther than I’d ever walked on my hands, even when I had gravity on my side going downhill at home. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

There was a struggle, like someone wrestling with something heavy, then a sharp intake of breath, and the smallest rabbit I’d ever seen hopped onto my bed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“We have the coolest job ever. We get to live our whole lives on this ship.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

You can’t ever win an argument with her, so why do I bother? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

So he would never, ever be forgotten, and never, ever be overlooked? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Forget you ever found me. Forget my name. Forget we ever talked. Don't tell anyone about me, don't ever call me again." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever heard someone not clap after a performance? The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was the only time I’d ever heard him talk like that. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not that a minister’s daughter would ever have a chance, jeez-oh-man. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

This rule held even in the comparatively short hop of a mile: In the three fastest miles ever run, the winner’s final lap had been clocked at 61.2, 58.9, and 59.1 seconds, respectively. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The months that followed were the happiest Nat had ever known. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe there was ever a chance I wasn’t going to see Arthur today. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“She says she doesn’t think I have SCID. She doesn’t think I’ve ever had it.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That,” he said in a hushed voice, “is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Tobias grabs my hand and squeezes, pulling me forward, faster than I have ever run, faster than I can run. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

By the time they were facing me, Derrick looked me straight in the eyes and smiled the biggest smirk of self-satisfaction you ever could imagine. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Big,” said Lyra’s muffled voice, “and ever so strong, and pale eyes...” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Highboy, I don’t believe you and my Father has ever truly been introduced to each other. But you knows who each other is.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Thanks to Theo’s influence, to the artists he’s met, and to his own tenacious work, Vincent’s paintings are better than ever: they are imbued with color and light and Vincent’s own particular style. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Like how negative numbers deserve empathy because no one should ever feel lower than zero. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

In the end, the slave’s choice lay before them, as ever: anyplace but where they had escaped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

There was the most amazing bed I’ve ever seen, because it was made out of tree parts. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There’s always the basement, but no one ever goes down there, and it could be weeks, maybe even months, before Mom and my sisters would find me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And I really do mean force:it’s more difficult than I think it’s ever been. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“So it was and ever shall be,” we chanted together. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“The servant died when I left his body, and I was left as weak as ever I had been,” Voldemort continued. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look like any saddle I had ever seen, but it had a funny smell and was covered in lots of little beige hairs similar to a Chihuahua’s, so I guess it was real. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And have you ever noticed how when you do see one of them trucks it got a real big door in the back of it that opens and shuts so you can’t see what’s inside?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that three white men wrote Porgy and Bess caused unease at the time and has stirred a certain amount of discomfort ever since. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But she rose from the couch and stood tall, her posture as stiff and correct as ever. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The frontispiece for Maria’s caterpillar book features the first caterpillar she ever studied: the silkworm, perched on its host plant of mulberry leaves. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Trapper thought it might take Boobie as long as two years to rehabilitate, and he still didn’t know anyone who had ever come back 100 percent from it. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now more than ever, I ached to see them again. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at you. No one would ever know.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It wants to crawl up in a corner and act as if none of this ever happened. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It was the first test I had ever flunked. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked as majestic as ever, but something seemed wrong. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She titled her farewell speech “The Solitude of Self” and called it “the best thing I have ever written.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“I thought they was gods. I thought, Now I'm walking in heaven, and it wotit ever tnatter what happens on Earth!' Together, we looked at the apple-trees against the winter sky. “ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen a dragon with die flux?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I quit every journalism job I ever had. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was studying that big Catholic-looking cross around the neck, and probably thinking over all we’d heard about Brother Fowles going off the deep end, plus every curse word ever uttered by the parrot. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She clears her throat, squares her shoulders, and raises her chin to look me in the eye—cutest show of bravery I’ve ever seen. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Cudgel his brains though he might, Harry could not remember Dumbledore ever mentioning a place in which he might hide something. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Indeed, few Hobbits had ever seen or sailed upon the Sea, and fewer still had ever returned to report it. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

We were thinking not about country but about family as Malia Ann Obama, one of the two most perfect babies ever to be born to anyone, anywhere, dropped into our world. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You could call out to a kid, especially one who blushes easily, and say, “Jeez, you got bad breath, know that? Don’t you ever brush your teeth?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At four o’clock, the two horses parted a sea of humanity and stepped onto the track before a crowd, wrote Grandand Rice, “keyed to the highest tension I have ever seen in sport.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why don’t you ever wear your championship ring? The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

She came and stood by the window, and never in her whole life had Marly ever loved her quite as much as at that moment. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you, Eve forgotten a lot—that’s assuming I ever even had that lovely word in my vocabulary.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

So we switch spots, and his bed is the softest thing I’ve ever sat on in my life. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I thank you for your kind offer,” replied Stuart, “but I am happy aboard the Wasp—happier than I have ever been before in all my life.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

No fruit or box of processed food had ever tasted so good to me. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Almost nothing at all is ever about sex, unless you never grow up, that is. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever find out what happened to Sunjin and his mother?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

He was all she ever dreamt her prince should be, tall and handsome and strong, with hair like gold. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Rarely has he ever spoken this way, to a great assemblage of us, and I am struck both by the power of his voice and the frailness of his person. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hate myself almost more than I ever have. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there ever was a time to complain, this was it. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

This was my first chance ever, really, to build something basically from the ground up: Success or failure would depend almost entirely on my efforts, not those of my boss or anyone else. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, you ever feel like Javier has invaded your heart and mind?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We really went to work on the house and fixed it up better than ever before. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I will give you one more chance, but don’t ever touch anything in this house unless you are permitted. Do you hear me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

In her favorite novel, a brokenhearted boy burns everything his ex-girlfriend ever gave him, including a photo of her as a child. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever dare use that word about us!” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d given up hope of ever finding out who you are and why you gave me away. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sally wasn’t really pretty, but no one ever noticed because she acted like she was. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She goes down the hall, takes the fastest shower ever, and changes into her Batman T-shirt. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps it was for the first time ever. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

In fact, she didn’t believe that Tech Crew could ever be anything but fun. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It was the most affecting sight I have ever seen!” said Squealer, lifting his trotter and wiping away a tear. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Did nobody ever wiggle their toes out there? Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nothing so wonderful as war had ever happened to them before; and they were afraid it might never happen to them again. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I tell you, that Celia must be the worst one you ever had to tend to.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I went back to the storeroom and knelt down on a sack of cow feed and prayed harder than I ever had before in my life. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Live well, Percy Jackson. Become a true hero. Because if you do not, if you ever come into my clutches again . . .” She cackled, savoring the idea. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

At the station I did not tip the porter more than I should because I did not think I would ever see him again. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever dealt with someone this drunk?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Nico had never allowed himself the luxury of friends, but the crew of the Argo II was as close as he’d ever come. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, I couldn’t speak. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the blaze was all a crackle, he peeled off his stiff gloves to warm his hands, and sighed, wondering if ever a kiss had felt as good. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She told them how Pastor Tom was the best thing that ever happened to this oil field. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever sent me such long letter! I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

First time I ever walked slow to the library. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He came rushing up the trail, moving his burly body way faster than Jess ever thought he could. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Since jail, I understand the counterpoint beats better than ever. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She taught me the most valuable lesson that anybody could ever have and to think that she is only fifteen! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

No one else I have ever met could do this. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says to Bridey, Did you ever hear that poem that someone must have made up about me and him? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Turner had no doubt it was the biggest one he would ever get. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Have we ever had an enemy worse than ourselves? Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“But you’ve got to promise me never to do anything like that ever again.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if any of these boys ever sit in a room for boys’ talk night and discuss how to treat women. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was Madge, even fatter since her marriage and seemingly more in love than ever. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama looked tired, and more worried than I think I’d ever seen her. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had routed a force fifty times larger than his own, won the greatest ransom ever seen, and vanquished a cultural tradition that had lasted five millennia—all without suffering a single casualty. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Violet is the only one of my friends who ever thinks about my dietary restrictions. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

More than ever he hated Gebu and his heavy fist, and the evil thing he had done. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Indeed, ever since they had left their home warren, five days before, they had faced one danger after another. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That space I’m imagining between us widens, ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Frau Elena: as close to a mother as he will ever have. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Have you ever heard the riddle about the two brothers standing in front of the two doors? Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we’ll call you,” muttered Ron as the knight disappeared, “if we ever need someone mental.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

In ordinary circumstances, having the military in control would hardly be good news, but it felt like the best thing I’d ever heard. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He stared down at his project, but when he spoke, he blurted out an idea that had been forming ever since Calypso made his new clothes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He takes the deepest breath ever, holds it in for a few seconds, and then slowly blows it out through his pursed lips. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I had ever cried as much as I had in the past month. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Gran wasn’t home to greet us when we got home from school. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I hardly ever seen him anyways. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If that day ever comes!” said one of the others. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

They said the City makes you lonely, but since I’d been trained by the best woodsman ever, loneliness was a thing couldn’t get near me. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus nobody on the bus had ever seen anybody kick like that in real life. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Few mortals have ever done this and survived: Orpheus, who had great music skill; Hercules, who had great strength; Houdini, who could escape even the depths of Tartarus. Do you have these talents?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Both were spoiled, driven, self-centered, quarrelsome, jealous, mistrustful, and ever unhappy. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was the first one of my sisters ever to break any bone but a toe. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like now: he was imagining that he was a pioneer, the first person ever to hike this hill. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had ever submitted the proposal. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

No one knew how long water had been dripping down onto it, because no one ever went in there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, no one ever said anything about the incident. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Things have gone wrong ever since that arrogant swine arrived. He’s the one who led the attack, and the rest followed. He’s the leader. The rest are his filth-eating lackeys.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma only had two songs that ever got any airtime: “Wait Just a Little Bit Longer” and “Even Donuts Have Holes.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He wondered if he would ever see the star again, and he stumbled over roots as the way led him between old trees into the deep woods. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The last stage of their journey to Orodruin came, and it was a torment greater than Sam had ever thought that he could bear. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Daddy’s cheeks looked red and his eyes looked brighter than Marly had ever seen them. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She snuggled into the bed, which was softer than anything she had ever known. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, I force myself to face the truth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a great deal better for it, and ever so much obliged. I’m only afraid you are very tired of talking to me. It was so pleasant, I couldn’t bear to stop,” said Laurie gratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you ever going back, Miss Saunders? Back to working in a big company?” The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Satellites moved in straight paths in the cloudless sky, like ships passing each other without ever colliding. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Punch me in the face if I ever compare them to the sky or the ocean, because they’re much cooler than that. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You will never write of it. No one will ever know. Do you understand me?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

If the empathy link was real ... if something happened to Grover ... would I ever wake up? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of being locked into a monotonous, 365/4-day orbit around the sun, starship passengers would always find the view out their windows slightly different from anything they had ever seen before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In short, it’s the first time she’s ever looked like a woman to me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what any of it meant—or if it would ever mean anything. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I ever tell you about the garden back at Rose Hill?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t reckon I aim to ever get that ornery,” Lyddie said. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

If there has ever been a conqueror who did not exact this most devastating tithe from his subjects, he is unknown to history. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

At which point Mandy has to tell everyone for the hundredth time that ever since she saw her little brother throw up at DeMarco’s last summer, she can’t even think about eating anything with tomatoes. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I feel as tired as I have ever felt, and yet, for seven years, I will not be able to truly rest. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“If you ever managed to find out where your daughter is, would you want to get in touch with her again?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t recall her ever hitting me, but even the possibility seems to shake her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Neither Powell nor Donovan had ever had previous occasion to talk to a “finger.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Harry struggled to fight off the mermen, but they laughed harder than ever, holding him back. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose your eyes ever pop out,” I said. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her ankle-length marigold skirt and white blouse were pinched together with a large leather belt, giving her the narrowest waist Percy had ever seen. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And secondly, here and there on the plain were stands of the tallest trees Mary had ever seen. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

So much hovered over me that, by the time we got to Griggs’ Rigs Racing, I was almost sorry I’d ever thought up the rally to begin with. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But into Mordor, to the Mountain of Fire and to Barad-dûr, since the Dark Lord rose in power again, had he ever journeyed there? The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He wiped his forehead again and then asked, “Did your father ever talk about his home?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

No one has ever said “lucky” about me before. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My sister had the cleanest white tennis shoes of any eight year-old ever. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

With me he was warm as ever, and to Van Helsing he was sweetly courteous; but I could not help seeing that there was some constraint with him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

By far the strongest tournament Bobby had ever played in, the U.S. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Leroy went and ruined all this growned-up talk for me, he said, “Yes, Spencer, I don’t know how I can ever...how I’m gunn ever...” and he commenced bawling again. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Nowadays he’s got more than he ever had in his life, he has everything but breeding, he’s freed himself from every stigma, but he sits nursing his hangover of hatred....” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jesse claimed that if his computer were ever stolen or unplugged, he would read obsessively; Eric didn’t know what he would do, and hoped never to find out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't think I'd ever leave the safety of my top bunk with bars to my back. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

It’s all covered with golden sand, fresh each time, as if nothing had ever happened before—raked and ready to soak up the blood.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I mean the whole night. Can we just forget it ever happened? All of it?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As they climbed the hill, it became clear that the street was actually a long driveway, which dead-ended into the largest single-family residence that Colin had ever personally laid eyes upon. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Then I hear Gina’s voice yelling out: “Nothing interesting ever happens to him.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The only fight he’d ever lost before was the War Between the States. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

You just say, “I don’t expect you to ever really understand why I told Vinny. It’s a long story. I doubt you want to hear it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

And as Booth left the White House grounds, he spoke to companion and co-conspirator Lewis Powell: “That is the last speech he will ever give.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice is impossible to miss, the one no student ever wants to hear in the cafeteria, or anywhere else, really: grizzly, smoked too much over the years, always a few decibels louder than necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Far ahead and to their right the Misty Mountains loomed; ever darker and taller they grew as the miles went by. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

And as she called, two of the largest people the children had ever seen rose from behind the counter and shook hands with Mary Poppins. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Along this they went westward, with the city ever climbing up like a green cloud upon their left; and as the night deepened more lights sprang forth, until all the hill seemed afire with stars. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The only girl who had ever liked me. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was the probation, the durance; they all three accepted it; I dont believe there was ever any promise between Henry and Bon demanded or offered. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the saddest messages we code talkers ever received came on April 12, 1945. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My arms and legs felt like the heavy bags from Dad’s gym, and moving them took more effort than I ever imagined possible. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I had the best time I have ever had anywhere or any time in all of my whole life.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I asked my dad to put Fidel in the basement so I wouldn’t have to look at that stupid wheelchair ever again. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You know, they say that there are countless saints who have nothing to do with church and almost no knowledge of God. But they say God walks with those people without them ever knowing it.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could see myself jumping over backboards, defenders sobbing like babies, spectators gasping at moves no human had ever made before. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And, without exception, every album or musician I’ve ever mentioned in my emails. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Trout had always gotten everything he ever wanted. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I think Roland is a dumb kid who just wants to forget he ever saw the horse. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Since then, the claims of the postmodernists notwithstanding, we have learnt to develop reliable knowledge, even though we as human beings have continued to be as fallible as ever. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the longest evening she had ever lived through. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Every cruel deed with which he had ever credited Basta was probably going through his head. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It ran faster than any computer she’d ever had, could access satellites or Hephaestus-TV broadcasts from Mount Olympus, and ran custom-made programs that could do just about anything except tie shoelaces. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure, with a grandmother like mine, if you can ever become a true American in the sense of believing that life is about the pursuit of happiness. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And then this huge hand settles on my shoulder, and I look down and see the middle school graduation ring he's worn on his pinkie ever since eighth grade and know immediately that it's Tiny. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And with it, the realization that she already missed a life she was never supposed to miss and missed Dill a thousand times more deeply than she ever imagined. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Published in 1971, it may be the most influential book ever written about the Amazon. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

She’s some sort of mechanized humanoid, made up of spare computer parts, all the leafy green vegetables that no one ever eats and thesaurus pages. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I ever have extra money, I’m going to buy them for Henrietta. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She deliberates—and just when I sense that I’ve reached that tipping point where her emotions and better judgment teeter ever so precariously, I give her the gentle tap that ensures which way she’ll fall. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

In any case, that was the last time my then five-year-old brother ever saw our mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That’s about as close as I ever got to the Webbs. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“You used to tell me how no one would ever fly- either,” White Deer pointed out, “and yet the demons ff are. “ Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll go by myself then. It will be ever so much nicer that way. Lady and I will eat all the lemon cakes and just have the best time without you." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Behind Poppy, the dwarf broke into the first smile Liyana had ever seen on his face. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

And this means that time is a mystery, and not even a thing, and no one has ever solved the puzzle of what time is, exactly. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t feel sorry for me, okay? Not ever. It makes my skin crawl.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Celaena, unsure how she’d ever sleep again now that she knew what Cain could do, had been grateful for the company. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The blindness of their limited lives—lives truncated and impoverished by the oppression they had suffered long before they had ever heard of Communism—made them think that I was with their enemies. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

My uncle I had heard was dead—my only relative; ever since being made aware of his existence, I had cherished the hope of one day seeing him: now, I never should. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was a place where nobody would ever find her—a ghost town on a ghost lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

She was working as well and as hard as ever. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Where it comes to the more specific question of living witnesses, Aristotle is as ever pragmatic. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“She was the smartest kid I ever had. She was even smarter than you.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No!” said Harry again, wanting more than ever to leave the room and the heat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The home place flared up—noisier than it had ever been. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I hit the third it was ever so slightly off and I gave one of the tuning pegs a minute adjustment without thinking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Sweetie,” she said, “the only sewage I ever saw was the human kind. That’s what you call the ‘downside’ of my job.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

Gebu would merely deny that he had ever seen the gold. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The winter weather felt colder than she ever remembered. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Does a man named Hatchet ever go there?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’d ever seen a dude his size look so happy. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you ever going to tell me how old you are?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

And after she won, if she ever wanted to escape her servitude to the king...well, now she had a way out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was the first and only woman ever to grace our cells. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not tr—” “Please. You have been eyeballing me ever since we met. Don’t lie. It’s just the two of us out here. You can stop with the We’re All One Big Happy World routine.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I want to stop that moment from coming—and it come in ever white child’s life—when they start to think that colored folks ain’t as good as whites. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It was the only movie we ever saw together,” Liz said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I silently pledged to the Lord that I would express true gratitude for such a feast, if ever one should happen again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think it means that none of us are ever finished.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And then he said, “If you’re ever in Cody, Wyoming, just ask for Wild Bob!” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Genie could tell that his brother was scared. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We now know that the Cosmos is far older than they ever imagined. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why hadn’t she remembered that ever since he was eight years old Nat had been finding his way to Blackbird Pond through devious meadow routes? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Her speaking voice, deep in pitch, slightly husky, was more beautiful than ever. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When anyone asked about the article, he would scream: “I don’t want to talk about it! Don’t ever mention Ginzburg’s name to me!” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever feel that way with Granddad?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Few Americans had ever made it through the Seventh Directorate's net. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was easily the nicest thing Anya had ever worn, and she was afraid of ruining something somehow. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It has been a desert ever since its water started flowing south into Los Angeles, sometime during the twenties. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“How about swings, Dad? Did you ever kick a little kid off a swing?” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe her leg was bothering her, as it seemed to be redder and oozier than ever. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The fires in the sea had gone out, but it looked like Nyame’s city was burning brighter than ever, and the gilded domes and shining ivory towers reflected all that light back onto the bay. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

So I figured I’d say that, too, if ever I got into the same kind of situation.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean it in the our souls were split and you’re my other half forever and ever sort of way. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

No one had ever gotten me a gift like Sohrab had. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, I appreciate it. You ever driven a car before?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since when did she talk so much, Ralph had asked recently; she had shaken her head in answer, wondering at herself, thinking that ever since the addition got going, she’d had to. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski said, "That is either the most honest or the most dishonest answer I have ever heard. I must notify the bus driver that I'll be driving you four souls home." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But Hassan’s face was my earliest memory and I knew all of its subtle nuances, knew each and every twitch and flicker that ever rippled across it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our neighborhood was mostly black, but there were still more white people there than I had ever seen. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He rode the school bus home with Courtney once, felt uncomfortable at comments directed at him, and told her not to expect him to ever do that again. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was a mysterious and reclusive figure whom few had ever seen. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Momma said it wasn’t important, that I was a real handsome little boy, but ever since I’d been born one of my eyeballs had been kind of lazy. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, if I get him in, who knows if I'd ever be able to get him out? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thought back to Simon Bolivar’s last words in Garcia Marquez’s novel—“How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

They know just one thing about foreigners, and that is everything we’ve ever done to them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially since free puzzles are the only "Return on Investment" my father ever gets. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I ever had to do anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then, ever so casually, she added, “I also found another trap.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been dealing with jokes like that my entire life—well, ever since I started school, anyway—so it was nothing new. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

But it’s too dangerous a thing to ever admit out loud. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Count yourself lucky! What kind of life with an old bear hunter like Tallow? Nobody has ever stayed with Old Tallow. She drives them off. Eyah!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The closeness of her was the sweetest, sharpest thing my life had ever known. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What—you don’t think I’m ever serious?” he asked. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

‘And how did the Enemy ever come to lose it, if he was so strong, and it was so precious to him?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was more convinced than ever that the government was behind much of the violence and the violence was impeding the negotiations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that is the most theatrical display of melodramatics I have ever seen in my life.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was maybe the biggest thing in my life ever, but I wasn’t about to share my feelings with the whole world. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

That of all the people lid ever met these were the ones. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

How could I ever forget May 17, 1954, the day the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I’ve made worlds collide, I’m in less control than I ever was before. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I force myself to stop looking, but I can’t seem to quit wondering if any guy—Gavin or otherwise—will ever look at me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

And if it was so important, why hadn’t she ever mentioned it before? The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I look away from her, from her eyes and face, blank and quiet as ever. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The phoenix gains a X X X X rating not because it is aggressive, but because very few wizards have ever succeeded in domesticating it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He owned the only boom box I had ever seen, and next to it he kept a tall stack of CDs with strange words on them, like “Mozart” and “Chopin.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Nobody ever said it was easy. Got to come up here, day after day, got to put out, and some days nobody even looks at you 'cept to say you're doin' something wrong." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty much no one ever knew the answer. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked less like Tom Riddle than ever, his features thick with rage. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Every one of us woke with the most terrible stomach cramps we’d ever had. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve practiced martial arts ever since, in those obscure corners of the globe, mostly as a way to keep in shape for basketball. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But something happened. The next day he read what he’d written and went into one of his dark moods. Claimed the whole thing was the worst idea he’d ever had.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

That’s like gently tossing a ball upward, having it slow down initially, but then rocket upward ever more quickly. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Béene,” he whispered, “for everything that has ever come into my mind, there is already a book written about it.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In order to create a flawlessly real world, you don’t need to draw the most detailed, most realistic 3-D scene ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Had I ever followed the Tour de France? The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Aimee has really gotten into exercise ever since becoming a Pluto. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be trembling more than ever. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Mostly it’s all there and I recognize it, only I don’t think she ever told me that story. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The king handed Minli a pair of intricate gold chopsticks that weighed heavily in her hands, and with his urging, Minli began to eat what was easily the most delicious meal she had ever had. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you actually talked to them about this? Have they ever said, Art is beneath you, Sara?” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Next time...if there ever was a next time. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

And I think I was more depressed than I ever was in my whole life. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then Michael wonders if we’ll ever have a fire and hot tea again because he’s freezing in the bed even with the overcoats left over from olden times. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

A tingle runs through me at the chance to crack this problem, possibly the biggest puzzle I’ve ever been given the chance to solve. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For perhaps the first time ever, there was no gloating over the misfortunes of Midland. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

If ever he went back to Westeros to claim his birthright, he would have all the gold of easterly Rock to make good on his promises. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever go by a name other than Rex?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Turning to my father, he said, “Did you ever notice the way they watch this boy? They see every move he makes.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some of the boys run screaming. But I think she likes you. You’re the first boarder she’s ever referred to as a gentleman.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“What’s your problem? Lumpy didn’t get in your way on purpose. Don’t you ever hit him! He’s never done anything to hurt you!” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

This is the first thing we've ever done together, and I realize that it feels strange. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

At the same time the door flew open, and from the dark interior a hoarse voice inquired, “Have you ever heard a whole set of dishes dropped from the ceiling onto a hard stone floor?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was the only one of these wood or marble or plaster Virgins who had ever seemed at all real to me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a storied career oftwenty-three races, through the Triple Crown and virtually every fabled race in the East, no one had ever seen all War Admiral could give. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the while, our gaunt house by the garden descended ever more into penury. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t ever there with Maddie but I feel as though I was. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And there was the hugest, roundest stove they ever saw in all their lives. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever thought about opening the back door? Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He'd felt safe in the darkness,- when you could not even find your own hand in front of your face, it was easy to believe that no enemies could ever find you either. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The ache would eventually fade, but he wondered if it would ever go away. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Are you two ever going to just stop whatever is between you and get along?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She did not ever want to see that stupid rock again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was already tempting fate more than anyone in their right mind ever would. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

No one had ever written down findings and drawn conclusions. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Yes, echoing inside Father Mike’s head is all the shouting Aunt Zo has done over the years, ever since she was pregnant nonstop in Greece without a washer or dryer. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Besides, my portraits don’t ever turn out so great. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“How could you ever dig out such a big room?” she asked. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I’ve kissed a bunch of boys, it never ever felt like this painting looks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The fact that I can make a vacuum in the laboratory, for example, need not mean that a vacuum can ever occur in nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

There is more, much more than I could ever absorb, even if it were spread out over a semester-long course. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Then if the Ring cannot be kept from him for ever by strength,’ said Glorfindel, ‘two things only remain for us to attempt: to send it over the Sea, or to destroy it.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I haven’t ever seen Papa move around so much in our house the way he did today. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t think he ever heard so much from my mouth. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Big guy," I said, "you ever hear those old stories about the Greek gods? Like Zeus, Poseidon, Athena—” “Yes,” Tyson said. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Pocock circled the shell slowly in his own boat, talking softly to each boy in turn, leaning ever so slightly toward the long cedar shell. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So I figured I could always outrun Chas if he ever went over the edge and came after me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, ladies and gentlemen, the elevator hardly ever breaks.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Aye. Damas had ever a red panache. I think they are for drawing off. How quick they have been!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when she says, I love you, too the South is so heavy in her mouth my eyes fill up with the missing of everything and everyone I've ever known. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He looked bent and old—thinner than ever. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

No one has ever spoken to me like this before, with real respect. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Trains weren’t built for speed, but, as old as this one was, it was probably the slowest train I’ve ever been on, especially after it started climbing. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Build something like that. You ever see the Parthenon, Percy?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, darling. At least I’ve taught you to be a gentleman. That’s something no one will ever be able to take away from you.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spit every obscenity she’d ever heard through her teeth, but it wasn’t enough. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Did my father ever feel like a king? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I'd ever be as careful over anything as he is to keep his little shirt tail full of business from making him more than eight percent. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me have another chance. I will be careful. I will never, ever, as long as I live, break another thing during the holidays. I promise. Please don’t send me away.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

MaWee said, “Preacher? He sure don’t act like no preacher I ever seen.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

John was lying on his back; he had just said that when you look up at the sky, you realize nothing that you ever do really matters. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

How my daddy ever got hooked up with a preacher, I can’t say, as he’s not a churchgoing man. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“True; and nobody can ever be introduced in a ball-room. Well, Colonel Fitzwilliam, what do I play next? My fingers wait your orders.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Once I do, I don’t care if I ever see the supernatural world again. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I hardly ever see Summer during the day, since the only class we have together is English. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I sure hope they don't ever decide to hang around here again. I'll really be in trouble. 34 • Jesus.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve come from thousands of miles away!” the Centipede shouted back, grinning more broadly than ever and showing his brown teeth. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Two one pound notes. I’d sell all the friends I ever had for one, and think it a blessed good bargain. Well? So he says—?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever accused Root of political correctness. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

It was enough that he was the oldest colored man they had ever met, that he had survived every torment big and small white men had concocted and implemented. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing that would ever make me turn her away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing at Old Dan, Papa said, “It’s in his blood, Billy. He’s a hunting hound, and the best one I ever saw. He only has two loves—you and hunting. That’s all he knows.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went from floor to ceiling, and they seemed to me to contain everything of importance that had ever been written on any subject in the world. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Number Twenty-Six and Number Twenty-Seven were down by the gate in all of this wind. Stupid girls. Don’t they know that nothing good ever comes of the Harmattan?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who could believe he would ever need his wretched tattoo? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Dad,” I said, setting the laptop on the end table and holding the CD behind my back, “you know how things have been different ever since you lost your job?” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There are people, people everywhere, more people than he has ever seen. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The first time I ever rode on a motorcycle, Dad displayed a shade of fear I’d never seen before, and said, “Charlie Kahn, that’s my only daughter you have on that machine.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

No KGB official had ever taken a public stand against the organization inside the USSR. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Uh, after that? You mean, like, get into college and get a job and get married and give you grandchildren and stay off drugs and live happily ever after?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

No one ever treated me like I was different in Kansas. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She argued that the milk was delivered in the dark and no one would ever know. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was clear that if workers of the two races ever united they could challenge the industrialists’ rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

That this will be the last time I ever see her. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the most real thing I had ever known. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

She knew, if she had ever doubted before, she was absolutely certain, that Rachel must leave Lowell. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

They were gone now, on to other specimens, and no amount of hoping and praying and wishing would ever get them back. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma was blue-eyed and had the thickest long curly red hair you ever saw, with little tendrils around her face that made her look sweet and innocent. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Doctors, lawyers, Mr. Cross who own the Southern Times, the colored newspaper that come out ever week. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You a Pacers fan? Colts? You ever ball?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“He’s limping, and Flatnose's face has seen better days. Not that he was ever much of a beauty.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I asked her, on the way, if Mr. Cudahy--that was the booze hound's name--had ever tried to get wise with her. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And she was different from any woman I’d ever met before. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

An uneasy feeling grew in Nathan when-' ever he looked at Uncle Jet. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t the biggest disappointment I had ever dealt him, but I could tell it still stung. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

An Austrian, the son of Sigmund Freud’s family physician, he had been, at age seven, the youngest student ever admitted to the Vienna Conservatory. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day we almost died, I was happier than I could ever remember. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t suppose Kat would ever call me cute. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only once in my life did I ever drink too much. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, you two have always been together, your whole lives, but did you ever wonder if you’d be different if you weren’t with her, if you were by yourself?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time I’d ever seen her happy to stay home. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

No reporter ever cottoned on to her fib, but the newspaper coverage rattled her. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Not only do I have the only perfect score in the nation—I’m probably also the only kid who has ever taken the Trial twice. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever wondered how a perfectly good word dies and a useful word at that? If I use a dead word then I think it’s possible it can come alive again.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t ever really thought about it before, but maybe I did. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

True, things were not going exactly as planned, but do they ever? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You were right all along, as ever, and I was wrong.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One had the biggest breasts he had ever seen. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Olinski was the first teacher Epiphany ever had who taught from a wheelchair. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tom just happened to be the neighbor Granddaddy had given his only extra frontdoor key, in case he ever locked himself out of the house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t ever want Dakari to look at me that way. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He said once that I was the best person he’d ever known. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We spoke of everything without ever mentioning those who had disappeared. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulled out her journal and showed her mother the pictures she had drawn, back before they had ever met. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It would be one of the largest buildings in the neighborhood—two stories, with very high ceilings and the steepest roof of any house she had ever seen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

If he ever left, she planned to take his place. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“If you want to come again you have only to tell me. Ring me on the house telephone. I shall understand. I don’t allow the maids up here. No one ever comes but me.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you ever think that maybe that’s why I brought you?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was more wealth than he had ever seen. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There, darling. Now you’re all clean inside and out. Tell me. How many people have you ever loved?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Ivan,” Stella says, “it will never, ever be okay,” and I know enough to stop talking. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

How could she ever have had a crush on that disgusting jerk? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gold coin on the end of that chain was heavier than any coin I’d ever held. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

No one who ever lived, she thought, knew more of shut eyes than she did. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No one had ever traveled to the New World on a purely scientific mission. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Is your son ever home?” the other policeman asked. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t have much pep any more. I guess I feel sad because I won’t ever see my children.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I certainly do forget to think of her,” said Emma, “as having ever been any thing but my friend and my dearest friend.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Probably in the trunk, which was a place I never, ever, ever wanted to see. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But by putting one foot ahead of the other we traveled farther in one day than we ever had thought to go before. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know it won’t ever be like it was before, but just anything would be cool with me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She looks familiar too, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen her. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

No teacher had ever confided in me about anything to do with her personal life the way Miss Riley had just done, almost as if I were her equal. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He had like the whitest freaking teeth I’ve ever seen. I bet he uses those things. The Crest things.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Nothing would ever make Moss trust them again. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My bag was heavier now than it had ever been, so I hesitated on the front step, debating whether to ditch anything. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Late in June the Army of the Potomac, ever slow to move, turns north at last to begin the great pursuit which will end at Gettysburg. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s been reading me your book ever since I can remember,” I say. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Would you ever let the rest of the Jacksons go?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Keep him safe, and never, ever tell him the truth of what happened to me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever been to New York?” she asked at one point. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Lina started to say that she liked running and hardly ever got tired, but Lizzie didn’t wait for her to answer. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When I think about it now, that was the stupidest idea ever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Our voices are stronger than ever—and together they climb right up into the wide-open sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It’s worse than any drug giggles I ever got. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The last conversation I’ll ever have with her, and it was full of lies. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Your father once told me that the Greatjon was as fearless as any man he had ever known." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Paul had said, the flash in his eyes brighter than ever. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

If Mom and I have to move, how will I ever find friends like them again? The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

How could she ever get accustomed to this inferno? Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ever try to steal from me,” he whispered. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She grasped the idea that nothing was ever lost or destroyed. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now Luke wondered if that was ever really the case. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“And don’t you ever forget it,” he says. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

You are a father, a dictator, a servant, the most agile actor this land has ever known. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘This matter winds itself ever in new riddles. Then he is pursuing it?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Not that he's letting on he doesn't feel good, he's acting just as wise and smart-mouthed as ever. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jenny Flick had managed to take from me the only person I ever let in and replace me with beer, sex, and pot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

The thought made her feel more guilty than ever that she should once more take advantage of their trust. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like kids who only ever get socks for Christmas, but still believe with all their hearts in Santa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared back at the wall of pictures, wondering if I would ever get to hear the other stories. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It was the first photograph of him that I’d ever seen. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

The track, flooded with by far the largest crowd ever to attend a horse race in San Francisco, was overwhelmed. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would ever find me there, either, behind all those roses, and just to make sure I would plant oleanders by the road. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing this big, this daring, or this expensive had ever been attempted by a spy service. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How can I be taught to use the splendor well if no one wants me to ever use the full extent of it, to explore its true potential?” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I am afraid he will fall and hurt himself; more important, I don’t know how I would ever get him back in if he does get out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Like being my mom is the best thing ever. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I don't think he ever even gave him my message, though. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But ever since the German Army had come, it seemed like anyone was capable of anything. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I wonder,” he began, “I just wonder whether I ever told you how those thieving Piutes drove off thirty-five of our horses.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't get sore. Don't get sore at this stage of the trip. How did you ever happen to know this fellow, anyway?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe other guys would watch TV all night, but TV was just a bunch of noise, and when Sean came home, if he ever came home, he would tell Finn to turn it off. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

This might be the best your life ever is. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Will Kennedy’s wish of national desegregation ever come true now that he’s dead? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Taran had been trying to follow this conversation of the enchantresses, but found himself more confused than ever. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

And his voice is smaller, softer than I’ve ever heard it before. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s hardly ever this cold in the winter. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

When he received a silver parachute with a trident—which may be the most expensive gift I’ve ever seen given in the arena—it was all over. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the point of view of a mayfly, human beings are stolid, boring, almost entirely immovable, offering hardly a hint that they ever do anything. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matt couldn’t remember ever playing when she was around. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody would ever spank a kid who’d had a dead horse fall on him. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Worries and fears return as the canal grows ever smaller. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Time to write to ever person in Jackson the truth about you. Plenty a time and the paper is free.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They’re the sorest two eyes I ever seen in me life. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

His face was as mild and hopeless as ever; mooning above the snappy, rigid blouse, it gave him the air of an impostor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course there was, because when had He ever answered my prayers? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever talk with Mrs. Parker about the study abroad program?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The only real live Gypsy I ever met was a quiet kid at Miss Throckmorton's. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

It is nice to think that there are so many unsolved puzzles ahead for biology, although I wonder whether we will ever find enough graduate students. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Downward they swooped, their great black wings driving them ever faster. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I have never enjoyed flying much, and while this was the most frightening episode I have ever had on a plane, I am sometimes adept at appearing brave and I pretended that I was unconcerned. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I only meant—do you know where it is? Have you ever seen it?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘For if ever we come through this darkness, many leagues lie beyond, and every hour that is lost there will bring the triumph of Sauron nearer. Follow me!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I straighten, desperately pulling in one more short breath, knowing deep in my chest that it is the last breath I will ever get. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

It takes him a moment to recognize the contortionist, having only ever seen her upon a platform bending herself into impossible shapes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His north sea eyes were colder than she’d ever seen them, empty of feeling, stripped of anything human at all. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Your Honor, if ever there was the unpredictable in our midst, this is it! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

To add to our bewilderment, our mother called us to her one day and cautioned us against telling anyone that “uncle” ever visited us, that people were looking for “uncle.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The issue turned out to be the most successful ever in terms of newsstand sales. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lay in a bright mist, though it was not like mist he had ever experienced before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But why sacrifice yourself just so others can get fat at home? All they ever understand is that they need more money.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had ever cried in front of him. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

You ever see a twig get caught beneath a lawn mower? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I am leaving the Shire as soon as ever I can — in fact I have made up my mind now not even to wait a day at Crickhollow, if it can be helped.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

My mother told me she ate their souls, and that their soulless bodies have wandered the earth ever since. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

"Did I ever tell you about the time I was chased by a bear?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was dressed in a manner that was as close to a movie star as anyone would ever see. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Loving you is the worst thing that has ever happened to me—worse than the Commandant’s whippings, worse than the Trials. It’s torture, Elias.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you ever raise your voice to me again!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever mentioned it; the disgrace was unspeakable. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sickly, feeling abandoned by his parents, quarrelsome, unsociable, a virgin to the day he died, Isaac Newton was perhaps the greatest scientific genius who ever lived. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said it was the best poetry ever written, and that even in French, the language of the arts, there was nothing to compare it to. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t keep it inside any longer, but you have to promise not to tell and to never, ever bring it up again. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But who in the Twelve Towns would ever do something so heinous? Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know I’m far from being what I should; will I ever be? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

AD, I’m pretty sure I don’t want to see Jace or hear his name ever again, especially if his name is anywhere near Isabella’s. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever tried to call me out about Momly before. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The roads offered the wildest drives that I had ever known: nightmare traffic, brakes squealing, skidding cars, and horns blowing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every single lecture my dad had ever given me about strangers seemed to be coming true. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Up until that moment, I’d never, ever heard it as a bad word. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was colder and wetter than I’d ever known June could be. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

If you have ever seen a small dog trying to get its teeth into an enormous ball, then you will be able to imagine roughly how it was with the sharks and the peach. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Just then the bell rang, and I realized I had now officially skipped out of my first class ever. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of them had ever said it while they were sitting in the dark with mosquitoes plugging their nostrils or night sounds so loud around them they couldn’t think. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

When you can “program” for only a few minutes out of every hour you spend in the computer room, how can you ever get in ten thousand hours of practice? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

If something looking as I did then ever came knocking at my door today, asking to see one of my four daughters, I know I would explode. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks me in the eye and nods at me ever so slightly. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mama cooked the best dinner that day I ever ate. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other members were supposed to contribute, and make comments and suggestions—but they hardly ever did. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then he never even called my mother by her name, nor did she ever in my presence speak his. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they saw a great black beast, shaped like a hound yet larger than any hound that ever mortal eye has rested on, and this hound was tearing the throat out of Sir Hugo Baskerville. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Lord and lady, it’s beautiful as anything these hands have ever made.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Fiona hands me a napkin, and I wipe my eyes and choke out, “I love you guys. What did I ever do to deserve you? Thank you so, so much.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

My family's house was beige with navy-blue shutters and a matching front door, which we hardly ever used. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed possible that nobody had ever woken up to find a small child sitting behind the curtains on his or her window-sill. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d probably still get into a good college, end up rich like his parents, and have everything he thought he ever wanted. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

No one had ever told her that her name came from a book. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Not that I even ever set foot in the tub. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t think she’ll ever be able to forgive what he did to her. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The new boots fit him better than the old ones ever had. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

This party better be the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In those cases she would drink it herself, or give it to Rowan, because Scythe Faraday made it clear that nothing in his household was ever wasted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I heard yer Noise yesterday morning coming down the river but it was feverish and sleeping. I been waiting here ever since. I was worried something was really wrong.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was actually a pretty simple day, but still one of the best I've ever had, and I bet Jazz would say the same thing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And supposing he ever did regain the sword, the next problem would be how to take it safely back down to the floor of the Abbey and his own kind. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And three weeks ago, for the first time ever, she had not invited him to her birthday party. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The suit leaks heat faster than my body could ever generate it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above all, what Hutton’s theories suggested was that Earth processes required huge amounts of time, far more than anyone had ever dreamed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I sat watching Mina’s happy sleep, and came as near to being happy myself as I suppose I shall ever be. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It was thinkable that the razor blade might arrive concealed in his food, if he were ever fed. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I saw the sun again, a quarter of it, and then a slice, and then it disappeared, the last time ever that the sun would set on a day my sister had lived. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would be very careful, and more dangerous than ever before. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The smoke is spreading ever faster, approaching the announcer’s perch on the Broadcasting Building roof. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If I ever do write your letter, I’ll tell this part very carefully. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You ever think about getting out of here?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The desert horizon birthed sun after sun, and it seemed as if nothing would ever change. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. I’ll remind you of your promise when that joyful day comes, if it ever does,” returned Jo, accepting the vague but magnificent offer as gratefully as she could. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what do they think and how did they get that way and will they ever change and how the devil did I get caught in this rotten majority? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Dactyl Hill Squad had become the closest thing she’d ever known to a family besides her actual siblings. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Shameful as it is to say, the riots were the best thing that ever happened to us. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Nothing that heavy had ever been lifted before, let alone to such a height. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

At nearly 800 feet long and 110 feet high, it was the largest flying machine ever crafted. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jay Cee wanted to teach me something, all the old ladies I ever knew wanted to teach me something, but I suddenly didn't think they had anything to teach me. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

But through it all, he had always had something to fall back on, ever since 1959 when he had gone to that first practice. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my thirty-nine years on this earth, the Holy City of Mecca had been the first time I had ever stood before the Creator of All and felt like a complete human being. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they made the most wonderful pancakes she ever tasted in all her life. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I said, “Not that I have ever heard of.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last word Nurse ever said was, “No.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was never alone, ever, especially not with a man, and especially not lying down. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the sneakers were his favorite shoes ever—and he considered them lucky. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the real world, I don’t know when I will ever see Pa again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find myself standing on one of what seems like a million floating islands, staring down into the most beautiful valley I’ve ever seen. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I only ever did the things I was absolutely required to do. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I think she loved them, and all they ever did was hurt her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

If it helps, I think your drawings are the prettiest I’ve ever seen. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Neither he nor any descendant of his would ever again be driven into evil by the irresistible power of the past. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will this heaviness in my chest ever go away? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

In desperation the family began to question whether he would ever stop growing and whether he really was a dog. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I don’t want to ever be like him. I don’t want to live that way. And if I were dead, I’d basically be living that way.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not ever!—If she had even one quality an understanding mother is supposed to have, gentleness or friendliness or patience or something, I’d keep trying to get closer to her. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I let myself think over my plans again, details of which have been running through my mind ever since I met Kaede last night. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That has to be one of the most irritating noises I’ve ever heard. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I wondered, riding in the passenger seat of my mom’s car one afternoon, whether there would ever be a break in the silence that now seemed to occupy all of my family’s time together. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My cell phone had no service, of course, not that it ever does around here, and not that there was anyone I could call. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

The smell was thick in the air, worse than ever before. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

He wanted never to have gone to prison, for Laura to still be alive, for none of this ever to have happened. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I ever want to punch someone again. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Did she ever wish she had crossed to the other side like her little sister? I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I ever tell you I was quarterback my senior year? Threw the winning pass against Athens High in the semis. Matt was quarterback too.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

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

“You ever been to a circus, Moon Shadow?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were born in Luxembourg in 1899. You came to live with Miss Thrush when you were sixteen years old, and have been here ever since.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But his oath held him, and he did not fly, then or ever, to the Archipelago. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I been cold plenty of times,” Lyra said, to take her mind off the pursuers, “but I en’t been this hot, ever. Is it this hot in your world?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned his forehead against the greasy pane of the window, wondering whether he would ever be able to give as much as he hoped to receive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, it was a fact that not once in all the years of school were Katie’s children ever sick. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve told you more about myself and my feelings than I’ve ever told a living soul, so why shouldn’t that include sex? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The fourteenth of June: how can I ever forget that day! In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She started to cry and run out of the room and ever- body looked at me and I saw alot of them wasnt the same pepul who use to be in my class. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In fact he was so alive he looked better than ever, but I’ve heard that’s the way a lot of people are when they have heart attacks. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Today in music appreciation, Jonah asked me if I’d ever smoked pot, and I said “No, I bet I’m the only person in here who hasn’t.” Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I’ve ever seen him this happy about anything, so I try to go with it. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

And though the old woman assured the girl that she had always slept like that and nothing had changed nor would it ever change, Luna knew it was a lie. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“But no one has ever taken something directly from the headmaster’s office,” Freddie added. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever kicked out of snow boots and into shoes with a giant crowd watching? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I've only ever been two things,” he said softly. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Understand, Grim never yells at Gram, not that I can ever remember, and Gram, well, the worst thing she ever does is cry when she's mad. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

“In my mother’s house the kitchen was dark and narrow, and nothing you cooked there ever had any taste or color.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Edwin murmured, “He’ll be okay if he ever finds a reason to five.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

That was the only time he ever growled at someone in his own family. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful would awaken, I would feed her, she would fall back to sleep, and I would watch the breath rock her body ever so slightly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The last time he stood up, Toby said, “She’s fine. It’s just parent stuff. Speaking of that, is Doreen ever coming back?” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” the boy said suddenly, after a very long silence, “things won’t ever again be the way they used to be. I know that.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

He apologized and explained he had thought himself the only person on Gethen who ever slipped on ice. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

That many scientists believe that there are more jellyfish than ever before and that deadly jellyfish that used to be only in places like Australia are probably in other places now, too: in England. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would ever really know my brothers, or would they remain but phantoms of my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hotter than ever on this cursed island, isn’t it?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brunner was the only one who ever caught her saying anything wrong. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you believe that name, Auggie? I mean, who on earth would ever agree to have a name like Mr. Tushman?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The gods presented her with a box into which each had put something harmful, and forbade her ever to open it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I decide that the craziest, strangest, most unbelievable thing I could ever draw is me doing something right. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I wonder if I’m ever going to be part of something this big again. Realistically, I don’t know.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

After our miserable lunch, I gave up the idea that there would ever be a good time to tell her the news: that Rich Schields and I were getting married. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were moving the way no stupid Large-Billed Puffin’s feathers could ever move. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Now he was on his way down, heading for his biggest crash ever. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No neighbors ever appeared at the door to bring us up-to-date. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

This was the most Persian I had ever been in my entire life, and it still wasn’t enough. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He was a young man, a Mr. Stone by name, with what Dr. Finch called the greatest talent for dullness he had ever seen in a man on the near side of fifty. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

It was the largest eagle that they had ever seen, a giant of an eagle, and it was laughing at them. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was my first time ever in a cab. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Riley raised her eyebrows ever so slightly and shifted in her seat. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kelton! Are you all right? Don’t you ever scare us like that again!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Leading his horse and the horse limping, head down, head down, as fine a horse as I’ve ever seen — a fair gray palfrey, a wondrous horse — but I was gazing at the boy. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

After four nights of awful sleep in the rover, my bunk felt like the softest, most profoundly beautiful feather bed ever made. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she wondered whether they had ever noticed that they had lost two days in the real world, and came to the eventual conclusion that they had not. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But then, with ever- increasing intensity, I devoted myself to my studies. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever told Lew about him—I mean, at all?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

The inside of the Vanderbilt Hotel is easily the fanciest place I’ve ever been. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The farthest Miranda had ever been was to the Bahamas once when she was a child. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Shorty said, “It appears the natives are getting ever more restless. Cigar—?” “The natives been restless a long time,” the sheriff said, accepting the cigar. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really is the best friend ever, even if—or especially because—she’s willing to blackmail my older brother to save my butt. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Good. Now, your inclinations are to be consulted. I don’t think that wise, mind, but it’s my trust. Have you ever heard of any tutor whom you would prefer to another?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I know where to get some lithium if she ever wants any,” Emery says dryly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lee said tonelessly, “We’ve talked a lot and I don’t remember that we have ever discussed me—ever.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only one of them who’d ever been arrested before. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But no gazelle species has ever been domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Who was he, did you ever see him before?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often wonder, will that ever change or will it remain just another secret swallowed by war? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the memory, her mom was actually laughing and smiling, way more than she ever had with Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back to living with Mom, existing alongside my brothers without ever really speaking, never going anywhere because Emery isn’t there to go with me, and occasionally seeing my dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Who ever heard of angry revolutionists all harmonizing “We Shall Overcome . . . Suum Day ...” while tripping and swaying along arm-in-arm with the very people they were supposed to be angrily revolting against? The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was our family’s cue to eat some and proclaim it the best she had ever made. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had said good-by to caution and stretched himself far beyond any boundaries he ever dreamed he possessed. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There was nothing ever like them. He hits the longest ball I have ever seen.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think maybe coming to J.L.’s was the worst idea ever. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And, man, I gotta state it for the record: Mei-li was probably the hottest hipster Asian chick you could ever meet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The upside was that if he ever decided to go into acting, he’d be able to play a guy who got blown up and shot and look as if he knew what he was doing. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I unfolded it as quickly as I could because what the...and what I found on that piece of paper was the most shocking thing ever. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The first thing Grace’s daughter ever did and it was genius. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

No one must ever ask where another rabbit was and anyone who asked ‘Where?’—except in a song or a poem—must be silenced. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes and woke up to the perfect ending of the worst nightmare any person could ever have; ’twas the cap’n standing o’er me with fire in his eyes. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He had been working with the boys' relay on the field and was now walking toward Lu and Ghost, letting out the nastiest cackle ever. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“And look at you now, going to your fancy colegio, living in your fancy hotel. Nothing stops you! You have as much spunk as ever, little sister.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though he’d clearly mentioned his ex-girlfriend—possibly to make sure I knew he wasn’t into me—I am more confused by him than ever. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They forgot or ignored what little they had ever known of the Guardians, and of the labours of those that made possible the long peace of the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He seems nice enough, although I wouldn’t ever want to make him angry. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Cowardly as ever, I shifted my hair over my right shoulder to hide my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

But, Aglavale, I am trying to make a new law in Britain, by which people don’t have to go on shedding young blood for ever. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d almost lost Tyson once before, and I didn’t want to ever risk that again. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever wanted to hang out with him or get partnered up with him on a class project. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

No mother is ever, completely, a child’s idea of what a mother should be, and I suppose it works the other way around as well. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

By late that afternoon, Joe and his father had moved all the lumber into position, and with the rain falling harder than ever, Harry started to retreat into the house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“From this world to another. Shouldn’t take too long. You ever been to Coney Island, Jax?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Anyhow, what you ever know her to do so bad as y’all make out? Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He looked paler to Úrsula than when he had left, a little taller, and more solitary than ever. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody would ever see that thing in the water. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

To understand why, we must travel north to Scotland and begin with a brilliant and genial man, of whom few have ever heard, who had just invented a new science called geology. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Outside the rain was falling harder than ever. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“If we ever want to be able to sleep again without fearing for our lives, we have to finish them.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

About how on the day I was bom, she realized that the only thing she’d ever wanted to be was my mother. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He stood a minute looking at her with new eyes, seeing what no one had ever seen before, the tender side of Amy’s character. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all understood without ever saying much about it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the shame in my mother’s eyes if she ever found out about who I was, and the disgust. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, ever heard of a barn owl?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sohrab was more of a grandson to him than I would ever be. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The next day, at five minutes to six, Chester was about to begin the last public piece he would ever play in New York City. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will live a thousand lifetimes and it will still be the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The “box” she refers to is the question on job applications in which applicants are asked to check “yes” or “no” if they have ever been convicted of a crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sorry to say the gun was far too much to cope with following my first ever reportable prang, in a plane I probably shouldn’t have been flying, and I burst into tears. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Look, I read your outline. It’s certainly... original, but it won’t work. What maid in her right mind would ever tell you the truth?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she’d ever let on that she knew Cold Sassy laughed at her behind her back, and that it bothered her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When the too-small princess grew older, she passed most of her days and nights hardly ever leaving her tiny bed. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever thought that you didn’t just fall out of that tree?” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was very intelligent and all, but he was one of the biggest bores I ever met. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

None of us had ever heard of the place and we got lost on the way there. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

They know how to make you feel horrible, just thinking of all the stupid things and bad things you ever did. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He split while Charlie and I were at school, and we haven’t seen him since. I don’t think he’s ever paid child support.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Every other house I ever saw, you had to go upstairs to a bedroom. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

They have only ever traveled business class to Europe but have jobs that can’t even afford them a regular flight ticket. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Did you ever see that painting, Grandmamma, with the little girl in it?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Dare? I know kids are going to do all sorts of silly things, but don’t ever kiss anybody you don’t want to, okay?” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t care if I ever really made it to Mexico. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t remember ever being in front of this many people. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He used to think I was the greatest thing ever.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The thing about Margo Roth Spiegelman is that really all I could ever do was let her talk, and then when she stopped talking encourage her to go on, due to the facts that 1. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder if my mother ever worried about dropping us. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking that even if I were suffering hypothermia, I would never, ever put on those mittens. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ye are the most ignorant bunch o’ Yanks I ever seen. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Without the slightest regret I said goodbye to Repton for ever and rode back to Kent on my motorbike. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had never been that scared before, ever. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Our work in bio had become more difficult than ever, simply because I was trying to dislike him and it wasn’t working; he was almost bionically likable. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Your mother ever teach you how to do laundry?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s one of the best things anyone has ever given me,” she says softly. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

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

“It’s the only option we ever talked about, Mom.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“It was the plan all along, ever since you were little.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Besides. Listen to me, career girl. If you ever get married again, don’t tell your husband anything. Do you hear me?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

As soon as she said hello, I started bombarding her with questions: “Mommy, are you coming home, ever? How come you didn’t stay after the recital? Are you still mad at Daddy?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

To go back to England—if I ever do—we will sail still farther north and then east to England to finish the circle. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“And where he is and who he’s with and if he ever thinks about us back here on the island.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if anybody else has ever climbed that tree. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

What ever happened to reading a book because you liked it? Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Booth’s achievement is described in the Richmond papers as “the most deplorable calamity, which has ever befallen the people of the United States.” Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Her long hair was mostly gray, but her cheeks were rosy and her eyes as bright as ever. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know that this is officially the longest email I've ever written? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She wanted to make sure that I wouldn’t fall apart ever again like I’d done at Classics. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He is altogether selfish, she thought in some surprise, the only man I have ever sat and talked to alone, and I am impatient; he is simply not very interesting. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But none of them have ever been called a cocktail party. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Have you ever tried to sleep while a pint-size maniac is rattling off hundreds of detailed inquiries about the web-spinning mechanisms of the common barn spider? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Getting up there in front of everyone like that was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. You have no idea.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Had they ever told stories, joked, and splashed together on the riverbank while they cleaned the day’s catch? Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

It made me pay attention like nothing else I have ever done. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Have you ever wondered, for example, how religious movements get started? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would be alone, and it would be worse than ever before, for now I knew what it meant to have constant companionship, both human and feathered. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

And their pic was the best photo ever. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were the first South African expedition ever to be granted a permit to climb Everest, a mixed-race group that aspired to put the first black person on the summit. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them smiled at Harry, who grinned back, which made Ginny go scarlet — she had been very taken with Harry ever since his first visit to the Burrow. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A less attractive concept if you’ve ever seen a nest up close. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Their cat, Rocket—whom they’d totally ignored, ever since arriving at the house—was just poking his head curiously into the doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And the idea of losing him forever, my best friend, the only person I’d ever trusted with my secrets, was so painful I couldn’t stand it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know Messengers ever got sent to the Waiting Room.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to understand—you’re the first person to ever know me in more than one body. I’m not used to this. I don’t know how you’re going to react.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Under and through, until they catch up to George, who somehow manages to move faster than Axel has ever seen him move before. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It glinted in the sunlight, but still, it was thinner, more translucent than ever it had been before; in places it seemed as if it were made not of silver but of smoke. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was like none of that had ever happened. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t ever say enough to let you guess what was inside, under the eyes. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did she ever take another husband, a circumstance I did not question. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And that was how he knew his siblings weren’t ever going to help him. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At the far end of the drive, Cady could just make out a man on a bicycle, kicking up more and more dust as he headed ever closer. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I’m really happy your son reached out to me on what could’ve been the worst day ever. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine how anybody could ever become an expert in jellies. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They were the fluffiest pancakes ever, and I loved that they were both sweet and tangy—my favorite combination. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Will you ever tell me what you and Will’s dæmon did while we were apart?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was the sweetest voice I had ever heard. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He then turned to me and shouted, “As for you, if I ever see you playing with those Christian children, I’ll skin the hide off you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw before him the possibility of reaping the highest profits ever. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Things have changed. Nothing’s ever going to be the same again for you...for me...for us.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Best Thanksgiving ever, he thought, everybody so easy and pleasant, even Wilson. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once outside the barn, Pita stood behind me, staring at the sorriest sight we’d ever seen. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I could just be me, and for that reason alone, I was more than willing to practice six days a week and work harder than I ever had before. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“I am never alone. Do you not see the crowds always at my door? Have you ever known me to lack a following?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is the most beautiful portrait anyone has ever made of me.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

No one in my family had ever attended school and my mother was unprepared for Mbekela’s suggestion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I got to work. I sure got to keep my job. I sure have to stay on with Mrs. Kelly and get my pay ever week.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Asking you to leave was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” she said. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The following preview has been approved for all audiences by the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. All Charlie Tanner wanted was to live happily ever after. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He wore the largest black turtleneck Percy had ever seen, black pants, and black leather shoes with points so long and curly, they might have been jester slippers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

These feelings are ever there, like a rat gnawing at the edges of my spirit. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Baba, I read Dr. Schneider’s biography in the waiting room. He was born in Michigan. Michigan! He’s American, a lot more American than you and I will ever be.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How close to empty did the wagon ever get?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I feel an odd mix of disgust and sympathy for her as I realize that this is the closest she'll ever come to relating to me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Turner wondered if his father had ever played baseball, had ever hit a fly into air so blue that it hurt his eyes to look at it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

People I’ll probably never meet who care about me more than...well, most people I ever knew. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Few axes had ever swung in that black wood, where even the moonlight could not penetrate the ancient tangle of root and thorn and grasping limb. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

All of the violinists were then asked the same question: over the course of your entire career, ever since you first picked up the violin, how many hours have you practiced? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Good. If those cats ever come out of the house, you do just that.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t come back, ever!” he yelled at her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man—he was like Baba Haji’s age—leaned down and said, “Listen. If you ever see those gypsies walking toward the town, you run back and shout, ‘The gypsies are coming! Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mother began to doubt whether she would ever midwife again, and while she was saddened by this, Dad was devastated. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Papá gave me a kiss on the forehead, the first kiss he had ever given me. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

At this point, my parents were more desperate than they'd ever been. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

May always said we were angels before we were ever people. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ere long, I became aware that some one was handling me; lifting me up and supporting me in a sitting posture, and that more tenderly than I had ever been raised or upheld before. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Shortly thereafter, a New York Times/CBS News Poll reported that 64 percent of those polled—the highest percentage ever recorded—now thought that drugs were the most significant problem in the United States. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

None of our ancestors, as far as I could tell from our distorted history, had ever been shackled and considered chattel, bred and traded like cattle, as the ancestors of the American black had been. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

What was more, ever since arriving in Boston I’d kept catching glimpses of people I thought were him: dark figures dashing by in taxicabs, disappearing into office buildings. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I am sure this is going to be the nastiest pizza I’ve ever tasted. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe you're the only person who will ever read my story. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was the first time she had ever spoken to a young man. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the longest I ever stayed still in my life. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If he took night classes, he said, when would he ever see his little boy? Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“What about this? Have you ever seen it before?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if this means we’ll ever dance together again or look through magazines and plan trips to Harlem, but it feels good knowing that we can come together when it matters most. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She’d baked batch after batch of sugar cookies and peanut-butter blossoms, and Ruth really had done everything that was supposed to be Christmasy even more perfectly than my parents had ever quite managed. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I thought you were the loveliest bookworm I’d ever seen in my life.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Local survivors of tragedy are invariably quoted on TV as saying something like, “I can’t understand it. Nothing like that has ever happened around here before.” Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope it’s just the very best you ever ate, Mr. B.,” she said, as if she’d forgot me and wanted him to have the whole dang cake. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So on the last day of term I zoomed joyfully away and left school behind me for ever and ever. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The casting process meant that no two metal letters were ever precisely the same, even before wear and tear. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Largely because of that, he and Joe had hardly ever exchanged two words, at least not civil words. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What were the chances you'd ever meet someone like that? he wondered. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Which I will be confiscating, by the way. Security is going to be tighter than ever now. This place will be Fort Knox.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He told us we weren’t leaving until that Wendy’s was cleaner than it ever was. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Then one day of light, fresh rain, four dry, hot and clear, and all of Palestine was downy with the cleanest cotton they’d ever seen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the only distinction he had ever been able to secure for himself. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Loma’s so hateful sometimes I’m sorry to have to claim her. But you don’t make her no nicer by outsmartin’ her ever few days or makin’ fun of her. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The quality of Kreacher’s cooking had improved dramatically ever since he had been given Regulus’s locket: Today’s French onion was as good as Harry had ever tasted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The prospect would be of a thousand, or thousands of incarcerated nights, sleeplessly turning over the past, waiting for his life to resume, wondering if it ever would. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you've ever been close enough to see the yellow spots, you are probably dead. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Mr. Jones! Mama and Papa told us the worst news ever today. We’re moving!” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. The only thing I see mentioned is that no one has ever gotten inside. Ever.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Arm realized that no ax had ever been laid to these trees. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It soon grew, thanks to Harvey's stubborn determination, into the largest and most expensive espionage operation ever launched by the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Reader, have you ever seen a king cry? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mala says, and smiles, amazed, as I am, that there was ever a time that we were strangers. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Aunt Sandy and Uncle Del were more than happy to take Dad’s share, and they’ve been living the high life ever since. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“When this is over,” I tell him, “it will be my absolute pleasure to never see any of you ever again. But you especially.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Moreover, no fighting ever occurs except in the disputed areas round the Equator and the Pole; no invasion of enemy territory is ever undertaken. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I always do—and at this moment more than ever. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few days the war was more unimaginable than ever. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza’s mouth was twitching more than ever and tears were filling up her eyes. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

A longer life is all I’ve ever wanted, and I have the power to not shoot that dream in the foot by walking out that front door, especially this late at night. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At twenty feet tall, the Jupiter bird was the largest bird ever to walk the planet, a marvel of science. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

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

“And they crowned him king of the island. He was the best king they ever had.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever think about the war?” she said, laying a hand on his thigh. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nor did his insider knowledge of interest rates ever tempt him to take personal advantage: “But you remember the saying with regard to Caesar’s Wife,” he wrote to Henry Lee. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She wondered if Hercules had ever been as positive as Jason—more upbeat, confident, quick to comfort. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Diary, after all these years, you ever not want to be written in? Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“There was only one left, the loneliest, most pitiful guppy you ever saw. I put him in the bathtub,” Shelly said. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

If I go up, will I ever come back down! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and a robber to boot. Fancy stealing Martin’s tapestry from the mice! What harm have they ever done to him?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I think it’s unlikely he ever acknowledged that old Cray existed, but now that I’m such a nationwide problem, is he carefully instructing Thread what to do? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at him like this, she thought, it was hard to believe that he had ever known a troubled moment. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She claimed to have never tried matching up friends before, and was doubtful she ever would again. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Would you ever go to bed with an android again?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

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

"And even if any one knew, nothing could ever be proved against them," added Philip Lombard. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He looked around at his friends, trying not to feel like this was the last time they’d ever be together. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Gladys was busier than ever, polishing silver, preparing canapes, following her mistress through the house with vases of calla lilies and bougainvillea. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I wonder if it’ll ever be enough to thaw the freeze, or if the ice will just soften for a moment, then harden again. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

This was more than anyone else at school had ever done. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I already did. You wanted more summer. Now you have all you can ever stand.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lord Gyles, more grey of face than ever, stammered out a tale of seeing the High Septon spilled from his litter, screeching prayers as the crowd swept over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to depend on anyone for anything ever again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The compound looks cleaner than ever before, now that I’ve seen the fringe. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

For four more nights they traveled smoothly, heading ever farther away from the plantation of Percival Derby. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Muldoon walks down the line, handing out the most beautiful bouquets I have ever seen. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The orphans’ tears had ended and now it was just plain old raining outside, harder than ever. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Nor should any state ever believe that it can always choose safe courses of action. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of its fourteen minutes, the world of music had changed for ever. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

No one's ever challenged me to a thumb war. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“We might be in the lost wilderness—in the lost, lost, lost wilderness where nobody’s ever been and nobody’s going to get out alive.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I gazed across the valley and tried to remember how Camp Half-Blood looked the first time I ever saw it That seemed like a bajillion years ago. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

No adult has ever winked at me, other than the science teacher in elementary school who had the neurological condition. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

No one had ever told her about the things she told her daughter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soraya told me that, ever since her mother’s stroke, every flutter in her chest was a heart attack, every aching joint the onset of rheumatoid arthritis, and every twitch of the eye another stroke. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

How was I ever going to get anywhere in school throwing my books out the window? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

But Nenny says she doesn’t want to eat at school— ever—because she likes to go home with her best friend Gloria who lives across the schoolyard. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to look at me ever again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But it was too late by then for Joe Bob ever to get on the right track again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Pacific Ocean was a body of water surrounded on all sides by elephantiasis and other dread diseases to which, if he ever displeased Colonel Cathcart by grounding Yossarian, he might suddenly find himself transferred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When she saw Sierra and Robbie coming down the dune, she offered the saddest, most genuine smile Sierra had ever seen on her mom. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Papa had named him Jumper because nobody yet had ever built a fence he couldn’t jump over. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

To one man there, however, she looked lovelier and more desirable than any maiden he had ever seen. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held out the small statue that had been owned by my family ever since it was given to my great-great-great-grandmother Defile by a French man who had kept her as a slave. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Mecca is surrounded by the crudest-looking mountains I have ever seen; they seem to be made of the slag from a blast furnace. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would I ever have stood up to her before my time away from Garland? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

People had taken to calling them “banana boats,” because once they were exposed to water both their bows and sterns tended to curve ever so slightly upward. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“You eat that bacon and you love it because it’s delicious! You don’t fret over whether you’ll ever have bacon again. You just eat the bacon.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They spiraled into coils and then braided themselves, forming the prettiest headband Aru had ever seen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe you weren't my family, but you were the closest thing I had—maybe that I'll ever have. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

That evening I had the most thorough bath ever, more thorough than the one I had on my first day at school. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All its glamor had vanished, and the crudely improvised phosphorus atoms gave no hint that they would ever neatly fit into something of value. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Perhaps we’re only giving each other a break—a chance to pretend my journey into the spirit world will not happen—and we’ll be able to live happily ever after. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was the Hotel California of mental illness: patients who checked in rarely ever left. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard,” said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

At eleven o’clock one night Mom and Dad were still in the bathroom, where they had been talking ever since Dad had come home from work. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody had ever stepped on these white rugs with manure-covered boots. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever thought maybe...” he trailed off, losing his nerve. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But the craziest thing was, I felt like the shot—loudest sound I ever heard—made my legs move even faster. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Some none can now read; and for the rest, few ever unlock them. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

This is the first live naked woman I’ve ever seen, apart from myself in the mirror. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The boat’s ready, and I’m ready—more ready than ever to get off this dumb rock—but I can’t leave yet, because I don’t know where to go. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t you know I’m a VIP here? I get free ice cream, free coleslaw, free arrests, and all the free gold spray-painted rocks my heart could ever desire.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He is the grubbiest person I have ever seen, his skin dark with the dirt of years it seems. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if the Stormbreakers were based on the round processor there couldn’t possibly be any need for such extremes—and anyway, this was like nothing Alex had ever seen before. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It's the first time I've ever kissed a boy, which should make some sort of impression I guess, but all I can register is how unnaturally hot his lips are from the fever. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In the thundery twilight, Blackavar looked more sick and dejected than ever. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was the first wooden foot any of them had ever made. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You aren't going to get through this without disappointing your mom. She might even get mad. Have your parents ever been mad at you?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

He said, “I’ve also got a woolly caterpillar over here. Have you ever raised one of these?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He looked up, wanting answers, but Alby was already gone, a trembling branch the only sign he’d ever stood there in the first place. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“In fifty years, did you ever have a vacation, you little, silly, half-pint, smidgin of a wife?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sammy’s reaction that way to my hitting his woman—close as he and I were—was the only weak spot I’d ever glimpsed. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said that yes, Papi had another wife, and there was no chance we would ever live with him again. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Summer school double-sucks because Dylan has been cracking jokes ever since that day I came out of the guidance counselor’s office with the bad news. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The first minority candidate ever elected to the board, her tenure had been as stirring as it was controversial. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like Halloween, only better. It’s the ugliest, gooshiest thing you ever saw, and I bet both of you wet your pants,” Tom said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you ever hear about how we got opium?” he asked finally. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the night of the homecoming dance and you had the biggest pimple ever in the middle of your forehead. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“The truth is, Mitchell, I don’t really like being by myself. I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, he believed, the last time he would ever sit astride this little horse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dey don’t say he ever cut nobody or shot nobody neither.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when the war is over? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing like this has ever happened in our town before,” added George Rowley, owner of Chokecherry Real Estate and president of the local chamber of commerce. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

But would they ever let me show off my magic? Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for coming, sweetheart,” Dr. Rivers says, pulling Jus into what has to be the most emotion-filled hug he’s ever experienced. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before I could say no, not ever, unless you boil me in oil, he left the kitchen scratching his underarms and then—I winced—his butt. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You broke into the widest grin I’d ever seen and started marching down the street. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was as still as ever, sitting on the windowsill where I placed her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She could remember times that had been nice there, and happy, before Daddy ever went away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“All that did was tick him off! Wood came home with the blackest eye I’ve ever seen. And a busted lip. And he was limpin’.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"Five things, Grayson," he says as he puts the car into drive and speeds off, without ever relinquishing his shaky hold on the can of Red Bull. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Mom said if you ever spit at me again, she’ll—” “I didn’t spit at you,” Zane replied, barely lifting his eyes from his book. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

This was the moment she had seen in that vision, and she felt it anew, and it was so much worse than she had ever anticipated. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I told you our rabbits were more cunning than the Council. I don’t think you’d really understand this part, however carefully I explained. Have you ever seen a river?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew only the moment, and this moment he was alive, the most alive he had ever felt. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Few of those men had ever fought in a war before. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think she would ever stop crying. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

It was like she waited for the greatest question to ever come out of a human being. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If Robert Louis Stevenson had written a sentence like that in Treasure Island, no one would have ever read the book, I thought. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Helen is about sixty years old and is wearing the most colorful patchwork dress I’ve ever seen. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Sort of. I may not ever use it. But I’d like it in case. I’d pay the money whether I used it or not.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one would ever be lord of the crossing but me. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was always with him, ever since I met him. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Brrr—not that I ever want to see her or touch her! The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No,” Ben disagreed silently, “no homeroom president has ever had a single good quality.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m not sure any of my querents have ever asked that before,” she says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

No other generation of criminals had ever been presented with such an enormous opportunity to make so much money or to gain so much status among other criminals. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

I am a more powerful person than my mother will ever know. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

The wandering bands of storytelling Sapiens were the most important and most destructive force the animal kingdom had ever produced. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even his mother said he was worse than Don Jaime had ever been. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A week before Mom died, I spent every penny I’d ever saved on it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At that point I hadn’t seen him in over ten years and didn’t think I’d ever see him again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

A moment later, I was flying higher on my Tkatchev than I ever had. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There was much to be done now, with Westley gone, and more than that, ever since the Count had visited, everyone in the area had increased his milk order. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kendra had felt a new sensation inside ever since the idea had popped into her head. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

"Perhaps," said her violet-eyed servant, "but it does not matter to me. This is the last of these markets I shall ever attend." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s a Blue. You don’t need him. He won’t ever be a fighter, not like you want.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It may be the greatest display of raw speed ever seen in Thoroughbred racing. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked into her bedroom and saw her lying on the bed covered with the ermine cape, more beautiful than ever and with her skin turned into an ivory casing. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She would have called John Kwang a fool long before any scandal ever arose. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And ironic as hell. When you talk about him that way, I hate him for coming between us. Do you think he’ll ever let you... let us...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The only time he had ever had contact with whites was during summer league baseball, but otherwise he stayed behind the concrete wall that fenced him and his friends in like cattle. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man looked at her and his eyes were the saddest she’d ever seen, a muddy brown, like river sludge. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did he ever say anything to you? I mean, about me?” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you I was almost married once?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry pressed the Extendable Ear deeper into his own: Over the murmur of the river he could make out more voices, but they were not speaking English or any human language he had ever heard. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He is and ever was very temperate, and moderate in dyet, etc. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

To be honest, one hundred and fifty bucks was more money than we’d ever seen in one place. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though life would be back to normal next year, or as normal as it ever was at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t know anything about the wizard prison, though everyone he’d ever heard speak of it did so in the same fearful tone. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever considered how lonely it is to be the girl on a pedestal?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Someday I will,” Ranofer said, but he looked at his gritty hands, rough from a day’s sandstoning, adorned with one of the ever-present bandages, and wondered dismally if the day would ever come. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“This is, by far, the coolest contact card I have ever seen,” I said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And I wonder if she’s ever stood outside my door like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was the most difficult thing I had ever done. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure, it’s the darndest house you ever saw. Painted like Pepto-Bismol. Your grandmother surely’s seen it—you go through town on Main Street till it turns into the highway to Florence.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one ever said much, but it was always a good, peaceful kind of quiet invading the car. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Open hallways that rise three stories to the domes. Every classroom looks out into sunlit space. No one’s ever come up with that concept for a junior high school before.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I still went into the office in the city once a week, but this was where John and I lived and worked, our home—the first house I’d ever owned. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told them I'd look them up in Seattle sometime, if I ever got there, but I doubt if I ever will. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Seldom if ever does Nature operate in closed and separate compartments, and she has not done so in distributing the earth’s water supply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The lieutenant then warned Steve that he would charge him if he ever addressed him in that way again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could one of those girls ever be me? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Few of them had ever been outside of western Washington; most had never been on a train. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She took a long time looking at me before she opened her mouth, and then she said, You have the most beautiful teeth I have ever seen, and went inside. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hast thou ever heard slave owners talk? They use that phrase to say the colored men are constitutionally unfit to mingle with whites.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Celia was supposed to tell me what she wanted, but I guess she’s just going to have to deal. If she ever shows up.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"You're the worst whipping boy I ever had! How come you never bawl?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He said the only people who ever called the cops over a street fight were white people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Every kitchen I had ever been in was pretty much like my kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He was one of the bravest people I ever knew. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But Tally was out in the open now, the plains spreading out below her as huge as ever. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Smasher chased the chickens a little to keep in practice in case there should ever be sheep to herd. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t say. But they did want to know if he had ever offered me any kind of illicit materials. That’s what they called it.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are the best thing that has ever come into my life.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I think that’s probably the first, and last time, that I ever saw you without a “proper” hairdo. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think you would ever be into Martin?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He suddenly felt more tired than he’d ever felt in his life. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You ever decide you want a room somewhere beside Men's House, try me," she said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen them driving their cars?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But every time I have this thought, I push it away—because Tess would be back on the Republic's grid if she ever joined a real family. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Do you think he ever had to go and look for material? The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Was there ever a man as beautiful or as vile as this onei "If you said that in my son's hearing, he would kill you for it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I laugh, and it’s laughter, not light, that casts out the darkness building within me, that reminds me I am still alive, even in this strange place where everything I’ve ever known is coming apart. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I think you officially have every baking utensil ever invented,” Papa said, looking at the clutter of the kitchen. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

As awful as he could be, I always knew he loved me in a way no one else ever had. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing to her? Get away from her! I told you what I’d do to you if I ever caught you touching your sister again! Dirty mind! You don’t belong with normal people!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

No matter what Joey said, I wasn’t ever going to be able to stop thinking of Megan Renshaw as smoking hot, and in some ways she was more accessible to me than Annie. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was his own business and he never told: certainly not one pie was ever lost. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My darling. You make me happy too. Happier than I have ever been. Now I don’t feel alone. Now I feel safe.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then a fourth time he screamed, louder than ever. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of the Olympics, the Soviet Union, which had fielded one of the strongest teams ever, came in first and the United States eased into second. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If she protected Håkon, she wouldn’t ever get the money she needed, and her family would be homeless. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I said, “Cows don’t ever get hydrophobia, do they?” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can now make out finer detail on it than the largest telescopes on Earth have ever obtained. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Radio and television speech becomes standardized, perhaps better English than we have ever used. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody ever got hurt. Look at your brother’s eye, baby.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not up to you. You ever think of that?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance was correct, and if you have ever had the misfortunate of hearing a violinist tuning, you will understand the momentary confusion. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

For the next several days, going to school and facing Miss Scalapino was harder than ever. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“This is the first time I’ve ever been picked for baseball. Let’s go before he changes his mind.” Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had just learned more about my mother from this old man on the street than I ever did from Baba. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mom likes to say that he was one of the smartest people she’s ever known, but that he wasn’t “good at school.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She wondered if indeed her heart would ever lift again. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As this date grew ever nearer, the pressures on myself, though of an altogether more humble nature than those mounting on his lordship, were nevertheless not inconsequential. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I looked upon this announcement with enormous relief as the end of any sacrifice I would ever be asked to make for Caroline. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I ever came home. I should have stayed at the convent and died there.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And he loved them then as he had always loved them, the feeling pulsing over him as strong as it had ever been. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I think he might be the best friend I’ve ever had. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Locks and keys are in greater demand than ever. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The only sounds were inside their heads — the moaning and wailing of the ghosts of all the poor slobs who had ever blundered onto Finsterwald’s property. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he knows you have a gun maybe he’ll be too chicken to ever come around at all.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robbie said tersely, “I suppose we are,” and then, to make amends for him, added for general consideration, “Has England ever been hotter?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

If you’ve ever seen a dog bury a bone, or a spotted green chipmunk rooting for a lost acorn, you will know what I’m talking about. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But I don’t want him to access any part of me ever again. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

No sunlight ever reached the caves beneath the hill. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Ignatius had always had a poor sense of balance, and ever since his obese childhood, he had suffered a tendency to fall, trip, and stumble. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She holds her arms out, and I walk into the most heartfelt hug I’ve ever gotten from somebody who’s not related to me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Dad is the most interesting person I’ve ever met,” Mary Anne said thoughtfully. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I agree that racism and racial profiling are unacceptable. How ever, due to the ongoing investigation, there is a lot I can’t speak on regarding that specific incident.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Does that hole over his mouth ever move?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Eventually, because I know Peeta will be worried about me, I head back to the camp, hotter and more frustrated than ever. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Yet should he admit this and risk forfeiting the one friend who had ever “truly understood” him? In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s the only female chieftain among the Tribes. One of the most dangerous women you’ll ever meet. Also one of the cleverest. Her tribe carries weapons to the Marinn branch of the Scholars’ Resistance.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here came the heifer, madder than ever, it looked like. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said you were from Terrasen; did you ever visit the Great Library of Orynth? They say it’s twice the size of this—and that it used to hold all the knowledge of the world.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I trace my finger along her mouth, wondering if she'll ever smile at me again. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It left them exhausted, but stronger than either of them had ever been. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“As soon as ever Mr. Bingley comes, my dear,” said Mrs. Bennet, “you will wait on him of course.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you’ve ever eaten grass by night,” he said. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In her dreams she danced with the beautiful prince, who fed her the most delicious foods she had ever tasted and bestowed one kiss upon her lips every night. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever smelled anything so bright and clean? It’s almost lemony.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

If nobody else ever knew about this distance, she and Tayo did. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had Nan and Pop, who protected me from far more than I ever realized. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And as he waited, he felt, more urgent than ever before, the command that he should put on the Ring. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She wanted to make it up to June somehow, even though she knew nothing would ever make up for what she did. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In fact, I almost never gave him any food, ever. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve always wanted to be an actress, ever since I was a little girl. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess not. But I felt sort of guilty almost, like if I’d kept my mouth shut none of it would’ve ever happened. Like it was my fault.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if he knew, I don’t think he’d ever be okay. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

And that confused me more than any single thing he’d ever said since I met him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

In our last week, Ella has been all the things she ever was. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thoros always needed a new sword after a melee, but Robert had been fond of the man and ever glad to provide one. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

His hands and ankles were cuffed, his feet dragged along in a defeated shuffle, and his ocean-blue eyes, sadder than ever, focused only on the ground before him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Have you ever had hold of the tail of a rat? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wonder if the Folk are ever tired like that, if they ever ache after a long evening. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The wailing, screeching sound filled the bathroom, echoing and reverberating off the marble walls, but it sounded just as incomprehensible as ever, if not more so with all the echoes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He should be so punished, they declared, that no man to come, hearing what this man had suffered, would dare ever again to insult them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can't remember ever seeing snow this far down the mountain, but maybe it was that way once, in the olden times." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It was the first telescope I had ever seen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And I clasped my arms closer round Helen; she seemed dearer to me than ever; I felt as if I could not let her go; I lay with my face hidden on her neck. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If you ever pray, pray for me now,” Truman told reporters when they surrounded him the following day. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next fifteen minutes seemed like the longest minutes ever as she waited for James to come down. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

No one ever assumed the popular girl needed to be given a gift. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The woman turned around and fastened on her the most sorrowful eyes Ruth had ever seen. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of the room was the strangest throne Jason had ever seen—made of equal parts fire and water. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Twenty-eight campers were killed, nineteen of them buried too deep ever to be found again. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m not being negative; I’m being realistic. Nothing we do is ever going to change their minds, so why even bother?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been having a very peculiar dream ever since I learned you were wounded,” confessed the chaplain. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That you were the best friend he ever had,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mom says, “It’ll be here before we know it, and I’m not ready. I don’t think I’ll ever be ready.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was thankful for the gift of dreams more than ever. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever. Imagine how shocked I was—me, this Talentless little thing, making such a world-changing discovery. It was ... I can’t even describe how amazing that moment felt to me.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

No one ever calls me that but you,” and Laurie sat down with an air of great content. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, yeah, my dad would sometimes go on a drinking binge and be gone for a week, but those white dads can completely disappear without ever leaving the living room. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when I waved goodbye to him, I knew I would never, ever see him again, although I would remember him forever. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She staggered down the hill—downward, ever downward—wincing with every step, letting him support her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Filled with gratitude and relief, I seized the hem of her skirt, dusty though it was, and buried my face in its folds, crying like a sorry child that I had ever mistrusted her. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘Would you? How would you do that? Have you ever tried?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One evening the Huntsman came and sat with them, and at first Taisin, Con, and Kaede simply stared at him, for none of the riders ever joined them at the fire. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

On its face was the most surprised expression Marly ever saw. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is ever so with the things that Men begin: there is a frost in Spring, or a blight in Summer, and they fail of their promise.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He was very cool toward Frightful until he learned that she was the best provider we had ever had in our family, and then he continually praised her beauty and admired her talents. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ma, why don’t you ever use those new dishes I bought you? If you didn’t like them, you should have told me. I could have changed the pattern.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I’d ever questioned why Rain and her friends gave up on city life in San Francisco and founded Garland back in 1967, five minutes on that bus explained it. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“If that thing ever comes near me again”—he made a chopping motion—“I’ll whack it.” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He doubted anyone had ever even imagined that a single formula could predict the rise and fall of romances universally. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“Would I ever lie to you, Amir agha?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t think a man was ever happier to hold a baby than I was that day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must be the only one in the Shire, besides you Frodo, that has ever seen the old fellow’s secret book.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was still dark but the moon was shining as brightly as ever. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turtle had to admit to some nervousness herself, but it was the first real order she had ever placed. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I blame you for it, but here I am, all fixed up better than ever. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was absorbed, sir: yes, and I was happy. To paint them, in short, was to enjoy one of the keenest pleasures I have ever known.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No outsider,” he told his foes, “has ever set eyes on the forbidden city. And as long as I draw breath, none ever will.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“He calls everyone here Mother. He has belonged to the whole village ever since we found him abandoned outside the gate. At first, no one wanted him.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

But up until day five—and ever afterward, on the whole—Our Father was delighted with this new attention from the chief. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He probably has had a special hatred for me ever since I outscored him in training. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure I would ever want that, but I said, “Okay.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the great contest over whether a human, any human, could ever be property, the tide was turning. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you think she’ll ever start thinking about something besides pigs and sheep and geese and spiders?” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

I only ever remember birds being nice to me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

How could she ever have thought evanescence was kinder? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was the greatest gift anyone had ever given to him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

By day they followed game trails and streambeds, the "ranger's roads" that led them ever deeper into the wilderness of leaf and root. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And I told her it bothered me how none of us ever talked about Deborah. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They believe it so deeply that if that ever really were the case—and he said here’s the stage, here’s the bare bulb—they wouldn’t question it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

All he had ever wanted in life was his petty share of what others skimmed off the top, and maybe a good time. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know any because I hardly ever sing, which is probably a good thing, with my voice." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

There’s a closet in the Education Center that’s great because no one ever seems to need school supplies. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could not see myself sitting ever in those chairs, standing before that carved mantelpiece, throwing books down on to the tables. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Has a true word ever left your lips?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They probably just wanted to make us laugh a little bit so we wouldn’t be too nervous about landing on the moon for the first time ever. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks up at her, and behind her, at the sky, which holds more stars than he ever has seen at one time, crowded together, a mess of dust and gems. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine, it’s just...no one’s ever said that name before. I’m the only one who calls her Peach.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was in my math class, but he was way over on the other side of the room, and he hardly ever got up to recite or go to the blackboard or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

How will I ever remember all the positions? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Of all the questions you ever ask yourself in life, never ask, ‘What’s the point?’ Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I only ever tasted them once, in the Capitol, and I couldn’t get around the sliminess. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to smile because nobody ever tells me to shush, but I didn’t, and it’s not true either. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Do you know if Gram was ever sick as a child?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I sit there with my heart pounding, head whirling, feeling more alone than ever. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I look over at Lord Roiben, his white hair making him easy to find in the crowd, but he does not acknowledge that we have ever met. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Millard was eating next to me, and I turned to him and asked, “Before this, had you ever heard of peculiar animals?” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z