| 单词 | fault |
| 例句 | Her fault, her fault, her fault, we chant in unison. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, she keeps saying that this is all Pink’s fault,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z It might not have been her fault, but she couldn’t feel innocent of it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Maybe I was reading too much into it, but it kind of felt like Samira was saying the whole bus thing was my fault. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. I should have taken you off the team a long time ago.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It’s not like it’s their fault, but I can see how, when people feel a threat to their lives, they’ll exercise any option they have. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In retrospect, I realize it was my fault as much as anyone’s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Besides, how could he tell anyone the truth, that all of this was his fault? Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It is my fault, of course, that that was never a possibility, because I chose another faction. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Yes, Jupiter and I being in this freakish friendship purgatory is more or less my fault. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Old he might be, but he was stubborn, and loyal to a fault. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z He figured that if things got bad through no fault of your own, then God should stand up and do something about it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Don’t yell at her! This is all your fault anyway,” Jessica snapped back. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “Well,” said Jo, laughing, “if my people are ‘philosophical and metaphysical’, it isn’t my fault, for I know nothing about such things, except what I hear father say, sometimes. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I should have hoped you were big enough now, to understand that sometimes people are afraid of things, and that it is not their fault. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t start it I guess that was all Orr’s fault for hitting me in the face with his ping-pong paddle. What’d he want to do that for?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I knew not his word, and hesitated; he, perceiving my fault, explained its meaning and derivation while my mother begged for water. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z She knew he had sent the picture to prove that Sissy’s stillborn children had not been his fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t my fault no criminal would ever get caught. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Somehow, for some reason that Cady couldn’t explain, the fault lay with her. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But in any case, Kissinger told the press, the bombing was North Vietnam’s fault. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He was more apt to sulk these days, to fault her cooking, to complain about clutter around the yard or point out even minor uncleanliness in the house. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “I tell you, it’s their fault,” he sobbed. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. It is not your fault. But I would just like you to go, Lance, so as to give me a rest. For a little while. We needn’t fight about it.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Time is running out, and it's all this girl's fault. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z “She’s pretty mad. And Dad agrees with her that it’s my fault for not choosing her as my partner.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “And don’t take that tone with me, as if this were my fault. You might as well blame someone stabbed in an alley for not wearing armor.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t your fault, Pipes. Or Leo’s,” he added quickly. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z ‘I want you to know, Marcus. Know it from me, Salim’s mother. This was none of your fault.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is my fault,” Father said, cutting into a sparrowgrass spear. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Neither did I,” Dad says, which makes me feel bad, because Dad’s life has been pretty bleak, and through no fault of his own. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault. He probably thought he was playing soccer with Kuda,” said Fist. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z After the game, as, I got dressed, I realized it wasn’t my fault—or any one person’s, for that matter. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z So I arrived at justice, and said finally, “I feel that it is in part my fault that you came to Orgoreyn and so to Pulefen Farm. I am trying to amend my fault.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Well, they were all deeply engaged and competitive, and all with the exception of Drave were also hard at work—though, to be fair, this wasn’t his fault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z She was particularly struck by his manner of considering Mr. Elton’s house, which, as well as the church, he would go and look at, and would not join them in finding much fault with. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z It was not Seven’s fault she was a Spare. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z This time they didn’t say, “It’s not your fault,” as they usually did after we had done things they considered wrong and not childlike. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Though she tried, even Sass could find no fault with it. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “She may be a D-E-W-S-H, but it’s not all her fault,” Tiara agreed. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Vivi, there’s no way my deciding to mess up my life is your fault,” I tell her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Bailey is not certain how it is his fault, being the daree and not the darer, but Caroline responds before he can protest. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Not his fault. There aren’t enough middle-class black folks to go around,” Bill said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I would see it as my fault, the result of my failings. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not all my fault and I didn't want the blame, but I did wish to finish out the day. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Seeing it’s your fault, you got to do as I say.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She unfolded it and beheld the words It’s your fault. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z “But to expose the former faults of any person without knowing what their present feelings were, seemed unjustifiable. We acted with the best intentions.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Their single fault, from where Yossarian sat as a bombardier, was the tight crawlway separating the bombardier’s compartment in the plexiglass nose from the nearest escape hatch. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “You know better than that, Bast. All of this is my fault. The scrael, the war. All my fault.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Some of the townspeople said that it was his own fault for being gay, for bending over for all of Tijuana. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It’s not their fault that they’ve been brainwashed into believing silly myths.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s my fault if ten thousand fleas Bite us when we sleep. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “To see Ned get on the train and leave Manifest and the people who love him. Jinx thinks it is his fault.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t the fault of—of the slave Julius. It was my fault.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. My mom explained all about how people who get abused feel they can’t get help.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “You say you have faults, Helen: what are they? To me you seem very good.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z I needed her to say it wasn’t my fault, even though I knew it was. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘It was not the fault of the Dwarves that the friendship waned,’ said Gimli. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Even though we all told him it wasn’t just his fault, I think he still felt it was. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He sits there, still struggling to absorb the information, feeling awkward, oddly ashamed, at fault. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The same happiness, the same sadness, the same good fortune, the same faults. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure if there’s anything I could have done to avoid this, once he saw you. It is partially your fault.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I explained that it was entirely my fault the rehearsals fell apart, because halfway through I had decided to become a novelist. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “What your mother is going through, Natalie, it isn’t your fault,” she said, and she didn’t sound like a therapist. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I want to yell, “It’s your fault, Papi, all your fault!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z That fault could properly be laid to Ernest Lawrence, who was still learning how to balance engineering and hard science. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I know Mae said what happened isn’t my fault, but she was probably saying that to be nice. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z Out of the blue I said, “It’s not my fault.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault. I would do the same for you, and more,” she said. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z No one felt kindly toward him, for it was his fault that the food often came up to us in the line too late and cold. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z If Sirius came back and got caught, it would be his, Harry’s, fault. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “And I hope you know what happened between your father and me is not at all your fault, either.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z While at Mecca, I reminded them that it was their fault, since they themselves hadn’t done enough to make real Islam known in the West. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Up to now I was absolutely convinced that the van Daans were entirely to blame for the quarrels, but now I’m sure the fault was largely ours. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "That. Not his fault, my lo—Tyrian. No. He never meant to kill the woman, that was her own doing. He warned her to stand aside and let him do his duty." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “What? Are you saying that it’s my fault?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z It's my own fault, I guess, for telling him he didn't have to coach us separately. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m the one—it was my fault, I’m sorry.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t June’s fault that she didn’t feel the same. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No, I am at fault. Horatio, I have thought only of myself.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z "It's starting all over again. She did this with Amber, too. Oh, this is all my fault." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “You know how I used to play football? There was this kid named Vinny Dawson. A friend of mine. There was an accident. It was my fault.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It is no fault of the apostrophe that some of our words need so much help identifying themselves. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z I said, “Maybe this is all your fault. You’re the first one I met here. You’re the one who took me around.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s the fault of those terrible middle school teachers and their homework,” I say. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Had Mr. Bykovski’s death—my fault, no question—and Dad’s accident finally got me where I was always supposed to be? October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z She perks up, looking almost pleased that I have found fault with Mother and Father’s little coup. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t his fault, then. Wasn’t because he wasn’t trying to feed you. That man shoveled snow in zero weather when he ought’ve been in bed just to put food in your belly.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z It was as though, stumbling upon himself from the outside, he had suddenly caught himself out, taken himself flagrantly at fault. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, Moss, it’s not your fault, I swear. I just wish people were more sensitive, you know?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was ashamed that I had charged the queen, my mistress, with so many faults. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z How soon before they figured out it was all my fault? Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z What has happened to me, what’s happening to me now, won’t make any difference to him, he loves me anyway, he knows it isn’t my fault. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z "You can count on that. This is a big fault zone for earthquakes." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I mean, it was his own fault, but still. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z You won’t find half so much fault in me if you think of me in my forge dress, with my hammer in my hand, or even my pipe. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z If they died, it would be his fault. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He started yelling at me, like it was my fault, “What happened to you? What did you do? Did you walk into a car?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Again I was sent to a guidance counselor and sat in a wooden chair while he made a recitation of my faults. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z She hated seeing him this way, shaken and withdrawn; it all felt like her fault. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She knew it wasn’t the little girl’s fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Sofia come from crazy peoples, Mr. say, it not all her fault. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is not the fault of the Mission League. No one could have predicted the move to independence would come so suddenly.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z None of that was his fault, and he didn’t want to have to think or be or do something about any of it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not Garcia’s fault. I want it to be his so it doesn’t have to be mine, but I know it’s mine.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I couldn’t get a grip on what was happening, but it was all my fault. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z For a while as I cried I hated my parents, as if it were their fault that Lynn was sick. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z This time, however, Bill did not voice skepticism, since independently he had found faults in Vand’s paper and had begun to wonder what the right answer was. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z But while the riots are my fault, the news basically makes it sound like it’s Khalil’s fault he died. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “My fault? How dare you say such a thing? Nothing is my fault. Nothing!” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z He pulled her into a quiet nook and told her about Mariam, but left out the part about how it was his fault she was lost. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault that I have a working nose,” I snapped back. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Perhaps our memory is at fault, maybe it is not this particular stone pillar but another, there are so many and one is like another, I thought. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z This pity festival went on for at least another hour, with each of us pretty much just saying over and over that this was somehow our fault. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z He was also sure that it was his fault, that he had killed him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z In some ways she was his most vulnerable target—through no fault of her own, but simply because in Greekdom, generally speaking, women are lesser creatures, better seen than heard. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z When I try to tell him 128 it wasn’t my fault, he doesn’t want to hear about sirens and broken taillights. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z I knew he felt it was all his fault. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” I told him, trying to sketch the hairy shanks of shingles. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “No. No, no! It’s all my fault! He didn’t do—” There’s a thump, followed by the sound of breaking glass, then, “Oh!” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault the monster came after us,” she said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “I wish you’d try listening once in a while instead of always finding fault. You don’t want to be a captain all your life, do you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t your fault, okay? It was mine.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The police couldn’t let that kind of thing slide if a reporter were to wonder who was at fault and maybe call for someone’s punishment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I don’t want to make it seem like it was all Tyler’s fault. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “Good. I told them it was an accident. My fault.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z "That's my fault. Don't we pay for all the things we do, though?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “They got worked out. It was my fault. I got all freaked out about her being on pills and we broke up for like, a few days.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s sort of the city’s fault,” Mom told me. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not only her fault, you mean. It was your fault, too.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z So Ranofer reasoned, and could find no fault in the reasoning however much he wanted to, until one night when he was wakened again by the squeak of hinges. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She seemed to enjoy my company, and it wasn’t her fault, after all, that I was in love with her. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Cassiopeia is tired from being kept too long out-of- doors in the cold weather. That is my fault.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z After all, it wasn’t her fault that Imogen had scraped her foot. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Because of his statements finding fault with Jews, he believed that either the Mossad or an inflamed pro-Israeli patriot might also try to kill him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Some other theory that this theory depends on may be at fault, some fact that has been taken for granted may be mistaken, or some piece of equipment may not operate as envisaged. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about everything. It was all my fault.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Davenport gave Henry and me a disgusted look and turned half away as if to say: this is all your fault. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z "They don't know about the rest of us. If we hide, they'll go away, you know they will. It's not our fault Gendry's captured." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It is my own fault. My lord father told me I must charm your brother Robb, but I was only six and didn’t know how.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault they were in this heinous situation. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Was it all the fault of Homo sapiens? Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s not her fault, but I’m so frustrated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Calvin dropped his eyes to the ground, then folded his arms and glared at Alex like it was his fault. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z It was not their fault they could find no work. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The Greek was very fretful, and kept finding fault with the fruit drinks and food that Singer prepared for him. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z “Anna, how could it possibly be your fault?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Queen Marie just didn’t want to think it was her fault—that somehow she had made Hazel the way she was. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “Yes, miss. That’s the day I came in late. It was my brother’s fault, though.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “She called me the day after I left the Vineyard and said everything was her fault and she was running off to Puerto Rico with you for some R and R,” said Brooke. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Which is not anyone’s fault. I thought it’d be easier to find a position of interest that can be managed with our time frame before we go back home.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z And never mind what he said, deep inside I did feel like it was partly my fault. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z If you stay with the man, whatever problems you are having are your own fault. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know, I guess it was my fault. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And it had just occurred to me that, while yes, there was some fault on my end for not asking him more questions about himself, his omission was also strange. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I know. And it’s not your fault anyway. I mean, it might’ve helped if you weren’t . . .” “If I wasn’t a drunk?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “C'est moi? Why must it always be I who takes the blame? If your son is such the disappointment, it is as much your fault as mine. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z How much of my ungracious condition of mind may have been my own fault, how much Miss Havisham’s, how much my sister’s, is now of no moment to me or to any one. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “It was my fault! Mr. Bykovski wouldn’t have been there except for me!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It’s not my fault her brother is DEAD! Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not my fault it’s too dark and rainy to figure out where we are. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z When she just looked at me and didn’t say anything, I stood as straight and tall as I could and said, “It was my fault Mr. Bykovski was at the face.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I get that. But please don’t be mad at me. None of this is my fault. Marcus being in prison is not my fault.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z Daddy rubbed his face with his hands, and Mama said, “It’s not your fault, Peach.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I cannot see my faults, but I know they are there. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “I promise you. What happened today was just an accident. It wasn’t anyone’s fault. It was a fluke. Okay?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z "Any time a fighter gets hit, anywhere, it's his fault." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As for why the three Keeley brothers were running around their neighborhood on a Sunday afternoon like crazed lunatics, grabbing all sorts of wacky stuff, well, it was their mother’s fault. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “It's all his fault. Everything was all right, until he started snooping around here. And now we're all fighting with one another and we need a new hideout.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” she said, almost gently. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But in other points, as well as this, I was growing very lenient to my master: I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp look-out. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “All my fault,” Silena said, a tear streaking the side of her face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Tommy could not agree less that any of this was his parents’ fault. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z It was my fault that I’d barged in on Momma and her fine lady friends who were visiting from Frankfort, even though I’d been told to stay out of the sitting room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z She was past being human, had lost every ounce of sanity, and that wasn’t his fault. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z It’s my fault that our family broke apart in the first place, and Uncle Max knows it, just like everyone else in this house. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “In fact, I’m one hundred percent sure that the breakup with Claire was my fault. I pushed her away.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z One thought stuck in her mind: However it had happened, it was her fault “Shay, if you fall off, take me with you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Economic stimulus packages could have sailed through Congress to bail out those trapped in jobless ghettos through no fault of their own. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z It was his fault that he pressed the wrong button on the camcorder and none of the film turned out, so there was no movie of the day I broke the single-season scoring record. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z Now she’s going to look all tired out, and it will be my fault. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Is that my fault? That he couldn’t have a mature conversation with his wife?” she growls. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You being stuck is kind of my fault.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Finally she came to the conclusion that her husband was at fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your body, it somehow must be your fault. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. I heard the tryout was based on Bureau knowledge and I told Amari about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I know Carlyle’s firing wasn’t her fault, but she’s the piñata in the room, and I don’t mind swinging a bat along with all the others. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “It was my fault. This gosling is the only survivor.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “You know, Terri told me the other day that Anna asked her if their situation is her fault.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "I'm not saying it's her fault, I'm just saying we didn't sign on for this." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “It’s not her fault she had no father to tell her about the family. The history. How could she know what is true? How could she know our father?” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Hugo, it wasn’t your fault” I stroked my little brother’s hair and told him about crimes that had happened without anyone knowing intruders were in the house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z She says, ’Tis his own bloody fault for not goin’ into hospital, so ’tis. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I know. But it wasn’t a hundred percent my fault.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z The first time was from the Gulf station, and it wasn’t his fault. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Two months ago, through no fault of his own, he got a part. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z As I walked, I had another thought: perhaps, in a way, these new things he had done were my own fault. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z It was my fault, the taxi driver wasn’t to blame. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not her fault that she has become a more convenient friend for Patrice. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Brady, I couldn’t fault your mother for that; my love for her runs too deep. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z GINNY: That may be my fault—I persuaded them to put out an emergency edition of the Daily Prophet. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She couldn’t stop crying, saying how sorry she was, as though it was in some way her fault. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “But not everyone does. That awful what’s-his-name who wanted to marry your sister... Wouldn’t take no for an answer. It’s his fault she left!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I can’t take in every orphan I see! You say this is your fault? It seems to me that it’s up to you to make things right.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “What did you mean when you said you think it’s your fault?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z In it she confessed to crimes she could not possibly have committed and admitted faults far beyond her capacity. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your own fault for being so camera-ready,” I tell Gale. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Nothing was the same, and it was all her fault. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “If your son is dead, Lucius, it is not my fault. He did not come and join me, like the rest of the Slytherins. Perhaps he has decided to befriend Harry Potter?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z "We have sore need of you,, my lord. Rebellion everywhere, this grim omen in the sky, rioting in the city streets . . ." "And whose fault is that, Lord Janos?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I’m pretty sure it wasn’t her fault, whatever happened. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z She was beginning to feel like it was her fault. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z But then she say about fault and that tell she was only thinking about her ownself. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It wasn’t really his fault that his voice was so irresistible. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “No, it wasn’t all her fault. She was misled. She loved me. At the end, she tried to protect me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z By the time Dinah got there, I knew it wasn’t her fault—it was programmed into her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Not your fault in the slightest. Warren just wasn’t in the right place at the right time. I’m grateful the rest of us were.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z United States and Britain were totally at fault. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, you know, what happened to Brer Fox,” she said. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “This is totally my fault, and I get that, and just...” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “It is no fault of yours. I trusted Gwydion’s life to a traitor and liar. My own life should be forfeit.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z Whatever happens now, it will be your fault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z But she always pretended they were at fault. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t my fault! I never told the jaguar to attack you!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z He had to tell his family—tell them it wasn’t their fault Mariam was lost. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It’s our fault. We should have left her a note or something.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z And I am promising never to do anything like that again and asking Please don’t let papou die and swearing It was Clementine’s fault. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to let her go! And now it’s for real! Now she’s going to die and it’s my fault!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z It was my fault we were in this mess. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z She was ashamed of stealing after him like this, but it was his own fault. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z It was always my silence, and my fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Are you suggesting this is his fault?” my mom asked. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I felt queasy, like somehow it was all my fault. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s not her fault. I only told her on Wednesday. And don’t be mad at me, either. It’s not like I did this on purpose.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “I hate crying; it makes my nose feel like a melted icicle. You’ve hurt my feelings, you stupid Assistant Pig-Keeper, and all for something that’s your own fault to begin with.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z What happened after that is, I suppose, partly my own fault. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z He paused, his sulking ire turning to melancholy, and frowned irritably as though it were all Yossarian’s fault. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Weren’t your fault you sank,” I tell her. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “If any of it is my fault, I want to be told.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z You forgave faults, found perfection, fell madly; then the next day the sun came up and it was over. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault they were unsupervised. It was foolish of me.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The urgent question always: whose fault was it, hers or Matt’s? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m afraid I will never have friends like Kara and Locke again and it will all be my fault. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I say no to almost anything she suggests, so it’s not her fault, it’s mine. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Dag, it’s not my fault my sister left you — ” I hung up on her and went to wash my face. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “I know. And it would be my fault. If he’s dead, I need to bring him home and bury him. Either way, I’m going to go back to find my fox and bring him home.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “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 However, that was my fault, for he was one of those who used to sneer most bitterly at Gatsby on the courage of Gatsby's liquor and I should have known better than to call him. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z It had been Charles’s fault, if fault there was. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z His fault, for making her go to the bathhouse. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The riots, gunshots, tear gas, all of it, are ultimately my fault. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z As for the Commander, he’s casual to a fault tonight. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Breaking the sceptre wasn’t my fault. We were about to be overrun ‘Oh, the sceptre isn’t important. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “My fellow women are jealous, but is it my fault that their sons have empty brains and my own son won the white people’s scholarship?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “I told your mom that the whole thing is my fault. You’re off the hook.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z We’ve had people come in saying they want to sue some specialist, and we’ll say, ‘We don’t think that doctor was negligent. We think it’s your primary care doctor who was at fault.’ Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “So, you think this is all his fault, huh?” asked Edwin. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The reason men died for her was not her own fault, but her father’s. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whatever I do, it’s your fault,” she says. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not his fault that everyone in the Row came to him for medical advice. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z At last she weakened, and he was able to force her back and plead with her to let him talk, swearing to her that Nately’s death had not been his fault. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Watching Nikhil sign the receipt, she feels cheap all of a sudden, irritated that they have to leave such a generous tip though there had been no real reason to fault the waiter’s performance. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Deny accidents and wrest fault from the stars. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Some might say they were supportive to a fault. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z “Not my fault that you hooked up with him,” he says. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “This is not your fault. I promise you. They were going to find a way to do this no matter what.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. I wanted to go too; I really thought Dumbledore might have left the sword there for you.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “It isn’t your fault, Minerva,” said Lupin firmly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault I feel this way.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “We’re being forced to live together and forced to compete at something neither of us wants to compete over. I know it’s not your fault, but it doesn’t exactly put us in a friendly place.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “I think it was actually all our fault,” she declared. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Just like it’s not my fault my parents are dead. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “It’s here for you and if you don’t get it it ain’t no fault of mine.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “So, you see, dear one,” she said sweetly, “it was her mama’s fault the law went looking for my father on the charge of bigamy.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z The story poured out of Naima like water from a pitcher. “...and it was all my fault,” she ended. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z Despite her faults, Judy was a kindly soul, and she was so bossy and talkative that I felt oddly safe with her. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z You don’t know that when a memo arrives to confirm the assignment, some deep and unseen fault line in your life has begun to tremble, that some hold is already starting to slip. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was not her fault that she was going to die. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z She looked at me skeptically, and I realized it was my fault. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “I...I’m trying to believe it wasn’t my fault. So...I think I need to do this. I want to help, if you’ll have me.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault there hasn’t been electricity since the storm and the stove doesn’t work and I don’t know how to cook,” Alex said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Wang Lung stood sullen and immoveable, conscious of his fault but angry to the bottom of his heart against this man who was his uncle. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “That’s the point. If you don’t, it will change you and it’ll be your fault cause you let it. I let it. And messed up my life.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said he wanted to warn Dumbledore about something. He definitely mentioned Bertha Jorkins, and he seemed to think she was dead. He kept saying stuff was his fault. He mentioned his son.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z "It ain't my fault," I said, my voice choking up in the back of my throat. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z Eavesdropping's wrong, I know, but it was hardly my fault if Mum and Aunt Alice chose to natter right outside the ventilator flaps, was it? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “But it was my fault. I’m the one who led everyone else through the empty house.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She smiled again, reassuringly, to make it clear it was not his fault that she did not want to be in the VIP lounge. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Look, if I get in trouble, it’s going to be your fault.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It was my fault, about the note,” I said into the phone. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z No one could really fault him for trying to protect what was ours. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z One swing of the cutting blade could lop off her head if she got sassy or too close, and it would be her own fault. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Mr. Deputy. But you got to know this was all my fault. Ben just came along for the ride.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z My mom is there now, and I say to my dad, “It’s not his fault.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I felt so certain I’d done something terribly wrong, and it was all my fault. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z But now we sat facing each other, staring at each other as Mr. Castro said, “I can’t do that. How do you not see that it’s my fault?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z When he tried pointing out that he was the one who took the blame for the sunflower seeds, the other boys said it was his fault because he was the one who spilled them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z The only thing I can truly be angry with her for is being gone, and that’s certainly not her fault. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Sairy,” he said, “I just want you to know that if I die, it’s not your fault.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it was my fault he’d killed himself, and I didn’t tell you because I couldn’t bear for you to blame me too.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Make her laugh. This is all your fault anyway.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Some said it was Gasemu’s fault that we didn’t get to see our parents. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Though she knows it’s not his fault, she can’t help but associate him, at times, with a sense of resignation, with the very life she has resisted, has struggled so mightily to leave behind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “Your fault,” he says, confused and just repeating what I said but right on the money, ain’t he? The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z As the night shadows drifted from the peaks, Eilonwy lit her golden sphere and set it in the crevice of a faulted rock. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z But here Zizmo spoke up: “Stop bellyaching. The war was the Greeks’ fault.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It was his fault Principal Rivera had called me into her office. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Celia wonders whether Cuba will be left behind, alone in the Caribbean sea with its faulted and folded mountains, its conquests, its memories. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s my fault, of course, because I behaved stupidly, like a child, because I didn’t like feeling rejected. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I pop a grape into my mouth and think about how maybe the whole thing was my fault. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z The goat limped as it walked, and Thor cursed Loki, whose fault it was that his goat was lame. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “This isn’t your fault, Jez. But you have to be careful. Promise?” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was his fault that Mo had never once read aloud to her in all these years. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault for wanting to go to the river,” Akira pointed out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Is it my fault that you were ostracized?” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It would only make him feel worse, and it wasn’t his fault. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Dad pointed out that, technically, none of the rear-enders had been his fault. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z "She was gone before you got there, Lafayette. I don't know what's gonna make you hear that it wasn't your fault." Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I’m angry with Lisa even though none of this is her fault. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z She starts to say three different things before settling on: “Wait. This is my fault?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Sprouting up from every one of the broken faults in the basketball court grew giant weeds and sticker bushes as high as our waists. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z When she went to the bedroom and cried I felt bad about it and I told her it was all my fault. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “It isn’t your fault, of course,” he added more kindly. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, Gerald, was I bad? Is Jordan going to get in trouble because of me? It’s all my fault!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Somehow Harry connected these unsatisfying, vague images with the destruction of his wand, as if it was the blackthorn wand’s fault that he could no longer see into Voldemort’s mind as well as before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “This isn’t Hina’s fault. It’s my choice. It’s my life, and I have a right to do what I want.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “But facts are facts. This is all your fault.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z It was not the frog’s fault, he realized, and gently he replaced the small green creature in the tall ferns and watched the fronds tremble as it moved away, unaware. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I have a bad feeling about this whole thing, and it is Julia’s fault! A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z When she became a young woman she did not see him at all; but that was her own fault. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I got us thrown off? That was totally your fault!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “It was a bad year. Nobody’s fault. Next year we’ll shake these hard times.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “No, they’ll say it’s my fault. Nobody wants me because of my temper. That is why we’re all there. The Mosses take the ones nobody else wants.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z Don’t worry about it — it was my own fault I tuned out of that class for two months. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all Zoe s fault. That stuck-up, no good—” “Who can blame her?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “My only fault,” he observed with practiced good humor, watching for the effect of his words, “is that I have no faults.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “We didn’t leave them. They left us. They did the leaving, right? That wasn’t our fault.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z "Young man, I have explained to Dr. Bledsoe that you were not at fault. I believe he understands." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I turn on her, even though none of this is her fault. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z It’s not our fault we don’t have jobs and don’t have money, I know, but, still, I feel embarrassed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He learns that the house, for all its beauty, has certain faults in the summer months, so that it makes all the more sense that it is a place Gerald and Lydia annually avoid. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “So I confess only that I have neglected my prayers, which is a fault most common -with us.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Because it was your fault and I told them, it's what they believe. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z After all, it’s mostly his fault I’m here in the first place. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Oh, dear, I know it is not really your fault, but children—that poor, poor squirrel!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Peach buried his face in the lavender pillow and said, in a muffled voice, “I’m so sorry, Comfort. This is all my fault.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “I know you think you’re better than most whites, but you’re not. You mean well, but you’re not. To be honest, it’s as much my fault as yours—I allowed it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z As if it’s my fault that this whole family doesn’t revolve around her. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “She says she is blind to most faults.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “You really should hook up with someone this year, Astrid. It’s depressing. Plus, I feel guilty. You spend so much time with me and Justin, I feel like it’s our fault.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well—perhaps it’s not their fault. The work here is rough and most of us get a little jagged. Fooling around with hyper-space isn't fun.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault at all,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. It’s not your fault,” I say. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Well, it is my own fault then, for I have been indecisive, worried about taking any steps I might regret, or that it might all be too soon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Her figure faults were gone, the too bony elbow having fleshed out nicely; the opposite pudgy wrist could not have been trimmer. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” I say on reflex. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Barack and I were focused on only our faults and insufficiencies, seeing them reflected in that drab room and thrown-together party. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z If she had figure faults, her clothes concealed them; if her face was less than divine, it was hard to tell once she got done applying substances. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “We know it’s not your fault, Alter,” Mrs. Brenner said, righting the fallen chairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I guessed it was my fault that she had had to wreck her own lunch by pounding Gully upside his ugly head with it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “You told them our plans, and they got the police involved, and now he’s dead, and it’s your fault!” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Captain Johnston was shattered; it was all his fault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He blames Caroline for starting it, even though the raising of the issue was the fault of his maternal grandmother. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The fault line spreads and reaches my heart. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Though the jockey was probably not at fault for Exhibit’s change of course, it was common for stewards to briefly suspend riders caught in his situation to guard against foul play. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The massacres had happened over two hundred years ago, but the wound they’d made in our cultural history was left raw and festering, like a fault line that may begin trembling again at any moment. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z I had gotten so angry at myself for noticing her, but I was wrong, it was her fault. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z And she knew it was her fault he wasn’t ready. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I’m working to the best of my ability! It’s not my fault this math is too hard! I’ll never get it right!” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I knew I’d be glad to see him, and have him at home: but still I felt it was partly his fault that Father had died. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a good ingot; the goldsmith would be able to find no fault with it. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z And it’s no one’s fault but my own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t their fault that they were courageous, confident and carefree. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She couldn’t get rid of the feeling that Manny was in serious trouble and it was somehow her fault. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Maybe she knew his accident was my fault. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know if I blame you for my scar, Ucho. But all these years you have tormented me, and that is your fault.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Grandma’s fault that I went behind her back to find Professor Thomas. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z “You have to know, Caden, that it wasn’t your fault,” my father says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “He’ll be mad at Kyro? Look, none of this, none of it, is his fault. He’s aged ten years since the wreck. He wears a Lucy bracelet, okay?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “Listen, it’s not my fault he’s a mysterious and retiring young royal and you’re the tempestuous ingénue that caught his eye, okay?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I was annoyed — obviously the holdup wasn’t my fault. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “I think I lied because I didn’t want it to be my fault,” he says. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Her fault or not, I don’t want her dying in some rice swamp.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I was furious that she was getting all the attention for something that was my fault. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “How is it my fault? He’s not even your dog!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “No fault of yours, or the girl’s or her husband’s,” I told her. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh no, it was my fault entirely,” Nina said breathlessly. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I told him it was his fault because he drew too many angry pictures of the boys who chase him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Mama is very fair in all things but this money might make her see things in a different way and it wouldn’t be her fault. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “None of these things are your fault,” she would always say sternly at the end of every conversation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Well, and it is not my fault if I have not loved her as one loves a concubine, since men do not.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I know in my heart that what happened to me wasn't my fault, no matter what those boys said. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The United States will have done something the French don't like, and people will behave as though it's all my fault. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s not the fault of the Dutch that we Jews are having such a bad time. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You don’t have a thing to feel bad about. It was an accident, and my fault.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z "Not everything's your fault. Just the stuff you do! And why are you so defensive, dude? If this is about the hot dog..." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “They didn’t abandon me. What happened to them was my fault.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A lawsuit probably wouldn’t make much sense; Reggie didn’t have a lot of money and there wasn’t any clear finding of fault. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z She died in the Gateway Motel and it is my fault. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z And if in the present case the staff plan is at fault, blame can be laid at no one's door but my own. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Baba faults her for making us leave India. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Make them pay, Papi! Make them pay! That boy was wrong to be driving so fast. It’s his own fault he died. He killed his friends too.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Remember,” he said, “this is a great country, with all its faults.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Cholly felt sorry for her; it was just as much his fault. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z “His old lady hits him. But I bet you when Gay’s away from her three days, he gets it figured out that it’s his fault and he goes back to make it up to her.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Most important, it was my fault that my skin was brown and Momma's wasn't and that she had the terrible misfortune to love me anyway. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Then he said, “None of this is your fault, Crow. But it has to stop.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “Because they put me in this class. Don’t look at me like it’s my fault.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Since my dad left, I’ve always felt shunned and that it was my fault. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I was such a time, it was Jasper’s fault,” I said, “he kept barking at the man. Who was he?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Dismay is missing, Peach. Missing. And it’s not your fault.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Still, as a theory, this, too, had its faults. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Please. It’s not my fault I’m late. She told me—” Her face hardens. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The first thing Mom does is pull us into a huddle and tell us that it isn’t our fault. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z HARRY: You don’t think this is my fault? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “It took a lot of therapy for me to understand that Jesse committed suicide because he was sick. It wasn’t my fault, it wasn’t his fault, and it sure as hell wasn’t your fault.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z And the truth—the unmistakable truth when you looked at it with honest eyes—was that it was my fault. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z “It was my fault, Daddy! It was my fault she was driving.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Through no fault of her own, of course, since she didn’t make herself. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z “It’s not Ms. Platt’s fault I kicked Callum! She told us not to fight! I just forgot, because I was so mad!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z In the dream, screams rend the air and somehow I know that the pain and suffering are my fault, that the dead have fallen by my hand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z So says Matthew, backed up by Mark I ask you, is it the fig tree’s fault that it’s not the season for figs? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not their fault that the world is full of hard choices and hunger and loneliness,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “They said that I was just a kid, you know? They said it wasn’t my fault.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Jesse is dead, and it’s my fault or her fault or both our faults. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Guilt washed over me as I realized that this was all my fault. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z With every throw, he told himself, It's not her fault. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z “Listen, it’s not my fault Slughorn invited Hermione and me to his stupid party, neither of us wanted to go, you know!” said Harry, firing up. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If I was skeptical, my skepticism was not entirely my fault. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I felt like it was all my fault. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She can run in them if she has to, jump curbs, traverse the buckled, faulted sidewalks of Brooklyn without twisting an ankle. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I didn’t, so it was my fault, too.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I told her, “It’s not your fault. I love you.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “Stole some stuff. We got in touch with his mother. She says it’s not her fault because he hangs around your place all the time.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault that she was drunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “You are to blame! It is all your fault!” she cried. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But not walking her wouldn’t be fair; it wasn’t her fault I couldn’t take the bus. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. I’m mad at Poseidon. I feel like he’s trying to embarrass me, like he’s trying to compare us or something, and I don’t understand why.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Normally modest to a fault, she covered her triumphs in detail, adding that “my own experience has been unique.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dorus himself would have admitted to a different fault: he was a lousy speaker. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Her scolding made me more unhappy, as if being a child were a fault I had committed and must atone for. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “He thought it was his fault, didn’t he, Shady? Because he helped Ned raise the twenty-five dollars to join the army underage and then Ned was killed. Because he thought he was a jinx.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “You’re the one who introduced my innocent being to that den of a bar. Actually, it’s all the fault of that dreadful girl, Myrna. She must be punished for her misdeeds.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt, who didn’t bother about being good, thought it a waste of time to worry about faults. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “You worry too much, Nell. You probably just like thinking it was your fault.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But, in the first place, it isn’t my fault if they buried Maman yesterday instead of today, and second, I would have had Saturday and Sunday off anyway. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I write back to tell him that it isn’t his fault, and that he has to get away from Reverend Poole and try to get back to his normal life. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She looked nervously at Park, like maybe this was her fault. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He always closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I tell him I thought it was my fault. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Or was it my fault for leaving the gate open? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And since I was the “mistake,” I felt like it was my fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “It’s his fault for asking us to act like adults when we’re just kids,” I said, restating Mom’s argument. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “The decision may not have been right, but it’s not your fault. Remember what I said? Sometimes things will go wrong—” “But the key is to keep doing right.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z It wasn’t entirely their fault, though, that the whole thing spun out of control like a deranged top. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I said it was his fault if I let him. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “But she was in the car because of me! Because I forgot my trombone! If I hadn’t forgotten my stuff, she wouldn’t have gotten into an accident! It’s my fault, Isabel! She could have died!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Wasn’t that lady’s fault,” Aunt Aggie said as she told me the story. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It is not the hand’s fault and you have been many hours with the fish. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z If anything happened to Boots, it would be his fault. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z She claimed that the snowball incident was an accident—not anyone’s fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He even wondered who was at fault: him or the monster? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z He felt guilty, because even if he hadn’t set it, in a way the fire was his fault. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z “He couldn’t let a runaway go without some punishment. If he did, there’d be ten more taking off tomorrow. He was easy on you, though, because he figured your running away was my fault.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I went to confession, Ignatius. I told Father everything. He says, ‘It don’t sound like your fault, honey. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z My presence was getting to be a distraction, and Coach looked at me like it was my fault Will and Drew and Steve hated me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z It was my fault for not making the fence higher. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z "You of all people can scarce fault her for that." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s all my fault. I’ll be gone soon, and you and Jason will both get along better.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Or if it does, it cannot be my fault. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t my fault Dad was never home to know what was going on. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Gregarious and good-looking, kind to a fault, Lopsang was extremely cocky yet hugely appealing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The Permian fans got tired of the incessant whining of the Odessa High fans, of hearing that the Bronchos’ ineptitude on the football field was always somebody else’s fault. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Baba’s fault that Neel was going to lose the scholarship. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z “It’s all right, Clarice, it’s not your fault,” I said, and she shook her head, the tears running down her cheeks. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Alex and I were the closest in age among my siblings, and we always played together, and got into trouble together—usually his fault. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z And so here we are, sitting in a Kingdom Hall on a beautiful Sunday afternoon hoping that God sees it in His heart to know it wasn't our fault. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He starts talking about hating history and how he has a bad grade and how it’s all Mr. Powell’s fault. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z And I’m pretty sure it’s all my fault. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z She says, “Nothing that happened is your fault.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “You think it is my fault,” he said. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “But in a small town you have to forgive people for their faults no matter if you want to or not.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It is not your fault that you did such a thing to me,” he said, as he strolled through the dining hall. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Ain't her fault that its pork chop night and I missed lunch because I was taking remedial etiquette training with Miss Anderson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I say this at them, as if it’s their fault. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And it wasn’t my fault that its seams were starting to split. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Me: Don’t apologize, S. It’s not your fault. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was my fault for not explaining it to her, but I didn't want her to know of my struggles. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Since it was partly Lissa’s fault that the old woman was loose, she might as well be the one to fix things. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z My art was rubbish, and that was partly her fault for telling me what she had. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I think maybe it is my fault that they forget so quick and so it is my fault that there are peoples who have to crawl in the dirt. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Once again some of the animals heard this with a certain bewilderment, but Squealer was soon able to convince them that their memories had been at fault. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Even now, the thought of her made Ekon’s blood boil; last night’s disaster had been, after all, her fault. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z It’s not his fault I broke my leg. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “It is all my fault, sir. I was just trying out a new idea.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z If he told her it wasn’t her fault, he’d have to admit that it was his, and he didn’t have the guts to say it out loud. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It isn’t your fault,” he says, touching his forehead to mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “He isn’t my cousin. And it wasn’t your fault.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z More than half a dozen times he’d resolved to tell her that it wasn’t her fault Mariam had been left behind. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Chances are, if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault—it’s the writer’s. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The rice was a little overcooked—her fault!—but it still tasted very good, and even the vegetables seemed delicious. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You did incredible, Moss. It’s that reporter’s fault for surprising you like that.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And maybe because I know whatever I find will be my fault. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t Garrett’s fault,” I tell them, even though it was. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Jessica told me that it wasn’t my fault that Michael died. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The king, as I have already mentioned, had several faults. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z But it wouldn’t necessarily cost that much more money, and it would level the playing field for those who—through no fault of their own—have been dealt a big disadvantage by the educational system. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “And if it’s my fault, I’m sorry for that, too.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault that you don’t know how to drink a really cold Coke.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Whatever has happened to me is my own fault, the fault of what is wrong with me. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It was embarrassing to think about the day that it happened— embarrassing, on top of everything else—because it really was Eleanor's fault. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z It was not his fault his young relatives did not have motorcycles. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z Later, as the sour smell lingered, Mrs. Moss reminded everyone that it had been my fault and made me stand in the corner. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z It sounded true and likely to most of the crowd, especially those who faulted the sister. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z No; for I, too, share these faults of character! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All things considered, Yossarian often preferred the hospital, even though it had its faults. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” Mom told Abbey, “it’s the camera’s.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Occasionally, it was an officer’s fault: The gallery officer might have failed to find the inmate and then forgotten to follow up, or someone might have forgotten to notify the gallery officer. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t even my fault, but I took the fall. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Looking back, Maya realized that it wasn’t really either of their faults. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It’s not her fault you know, except she is their mother and only one against so many. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Aurora would not, but a few vows have been broken. The punishment is severe. The one at fault is banished to live alone in the Underland,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s not my fault you lost your son, not my fault that I am an orphan! A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “Maybe it is. Maybe if I wasn’t hiding I’d have street smarts or something. It’s early to be blaming myself, but maybe it’s going to be my fault, Lidia.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Now that glimmer of hope was gone, and it was her fault. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z But that was not entirely the house’s fault. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “How can they just blame someone for something that isn’t their fault?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Whatever happened that night hadn’t been my fault; I had given her no cause to flee from the house. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “It’s all your fault because you hit me! ” she yelled. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe this was all my fault. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “No, it’s your fault for refusing to fly them,” Colonel Korn retorted. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z But . . . well, it’s not his fault, not the Old Man. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can find no real fault with her save perhaps a touch of laziness, and yet I don’t like her very much. Maybe it’s that scar. How did she get it?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “But of course no matter when it happened it was going to be my fault.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “It was my sister’s fault,” said the Queen. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Finally I say, “Look, can you just call Vanessa over? I’ll apologize, even though I really don’t see how her clipping a hurdle was my fault.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “She can’t go. She has to stay close to home. This is your fault, you know. You’re the one who got her that dumb camera. Always encouraging her.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It was entirely Billy’s fault that this fighting organization no longer existed, Weary felt, and Billy was going to pay. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning the wheel slowly with his knee, he inspected the graceful shape for invisible faults. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “It still wasn’t my fault! But I thought you didn’t care!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The first thing that happened wasn’t our fault. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m fine. It’s okay. It’s not your fault.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I told you about her—generous to a fault. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault somebody threw a punch!” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I spent two years in a juvenile detention center for breaking my father’s arm. Both arms, actually. And his nose. He also had a fractured skull, but that probably wasn’t entirely my fault.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She would have been impressed with my grammar and spelling, though she might have found fault with my penmanship. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I know it’s not his fault, but I can’t help feeling a little annoyed. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If Mummy thinks I am in any way at fault, she will never, ever, ask me. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z It was like he forgot all my faults for a while. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my fault; maybe I was too delirious to make real sentences. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Sam and Mom practically murder me, saying it’s all my fault. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “For not telling you that I was tempering. I know what happened last year was partly my fault.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I felt bad, I felt that it was my fault,” the young lady told me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “This isn’t Jackson’s fault, Robin,” my mom said. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I know I have my faults and shortcomings, but they blow them all out of proportion! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Someone broke in the window. You locked the door, Grandfather. It’s not your fault.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Like it’s my fault the temperature went up to a hundred the weekend before the last day of school. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Which I’ve said was all because of Leah, but really, mainly, it’s probably Father’s fault because the rest of us just had to go along with whatever he said. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “If your mom wins the lawsuit, will it be Alan’s fault, too?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “But I’m so sorry. This is all my fault.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z In his mind it was the circuit board’s fault for being behind him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “As if it was your own fault. As if you were a failure somehow, just because you didn’t know what it meant to smudge.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then it wouldn’t be my fault that I didn’t get to go to Yale and become a doctor. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z It was his own fault that his parents were reacting so strongly. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z "It was my fault, it was me . . ." Suddenly her father's arms were around her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, you know,” she said finally. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z It was all my fault, because I had gone down into the bay. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She glared at me as if all the stuff Artemis had just said was my fault, like I’d invented the idea of being a guy. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He declared in one speech that if there were another war, it would be the Jews’ fault and would result in the destruction of the Jewish race in Europe.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z He chews the skin around his thumb for a second before adding, “But it’s my fault we had to leave HC.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “What wasn't my fault?” she asked, aware that she shouldn't press them but unable to stop herself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z What if they know that it’s my fault that cop hasn’t been arrested? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Perhaps it was my fault in not training that one properly. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault Cliff punched you in the ear,” I said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z But Mrs. Perkins shook her head and said, “Sorry, family history. Not your fault.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z She never raises her voice, gets angry, or cries; she is quietly reproachful, as if her headache is our fault. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “This is all the parrot’s fault,” the captain tells me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z In the morning I would feel one of the staff members wrap a blanket around me saying, “This isn’t your fault, you know. It really isn’t. You’ll get through this.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But more than anything I remember the feeling that I had done something wrong, that this was my fault. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Whenever we siblings got into a minor altercation, I can remember it was never Pesza's fault, even though it might have been. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z One of them hit the machine as if it was its fault he had lost his turn. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z "I feel like that was partly my fault." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He looked scared out of his wits, and Matt quickly said, “It’s not his fault. I gave him the bag.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She waits a second, and I think she’s going to be totally cool, and then she says, “How is this my fault?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “And how will I live? I will hardly be able see over the shop counter now. Why is it all my fault that rotten wing broke off?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z And now, if I tell her about this blood, she’ll somehow find a way to blame me, make it my fault, make me feel like a dirty longa. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z That is too weird to handle, West, and I'm not saying it was your fault or anything. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z After all, it’s his fault I fell in love with making movies in the first place. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Dad always picks faults with what I buy. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was as if somehow every bad thing that had happened to them was now my fault. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z If Heth attacks in force he will roll right over us, and we lose the two brigades and the high ground too, and it will have been my fault. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it seemed as if Bailey had been at fault all along, that Bailey had committed an error, had stood in the wrong place at the wrong time and had caused his own misfortune. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "We'll get you a full write-up of what happened, but it's definitely not your fault. Mark stresses that every time it comes up. It was just bad luck. "Take some time to absorb this. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was his fault, they said, all of it, he was the one who'd gone off first, he had chosen to go into the wood. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Sofia come from crazy peoples, Mr. say, it not all her fault And then again, the sheriff know how womens is, anyhow. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “The one the people are protesting for? Is that your fault? Did you do that?” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “It’s mine. It’s all my fault. Everything is my fault.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not our fault! Agriculture uses eighty percent of the water!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z In a low voice that quivered as he talked, he said, “Billy, I’m sorry about all this. Truly sorry. I can’t help but feel that in a way it was my fault.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The difference in weight would be written off as trash, which defied precise weighing, or laid to a fault in the scales. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault,” I repeated to myself. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Is it my fault, she asks Theo, that you and Dries are no longer on good terms? Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault that he’s deluded himself into thinking I’m going to prom with him.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “It ain’t my fault,” she said, “that you was born a fool, and always done been a fool, and ain’t never going to change. I swear to my Father you’d try the patience of Job.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z If they burned their fingers, that was their own fault; they should have minded him. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was my fault, Little Sister. I didn’t look after you properly. The jaguar never would have attacked you if I had watched over you as I was supposed to.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Biddy been hurt enough for stuff that wasn’t ever her fault. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It's your fault,” he snaps.“You told me to use the bleach!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It is perhaps a fault with us detectives. We expect the behaviour to be always consistent. We do not allow for changes of mood.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s all my godmother’s fault; I must protest against this. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “It’s all my fault, all my fault,” he sobbed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The “cowgirl” jab—well, that was my own fault, he thought. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault that this door is broken,” Dorian hissed at the deranged mariner. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't like that this is my fault, but I also don't want to be one more person telling her what she can't do. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I hated the “It is not your fault” line that all the staff members said every time: anyone spoke about the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know why; all I know is that it was my fault. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “There’s no way a thing like that could be your fault.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “You didn’t do anything. This isn’t your fault.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “It was their own fault,” said her mother’s husband. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z ‘We were all at fault,’ said Elrond, ‘and but for your vigilance the Darkness, maybe, would already be upon us. But say on!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z As far as he was concerned, this was pretty much mostly Grandpop’s fault. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “But that’s not my fault! He didn’t have it on him. I might have been able to talk to the guy about it if the Sundance Kid hadn’t shot him.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Louis Swift recalled his father’s strategy: “When...the strikes threatened his prosperity through no fault of his own, then he proceeded to do everything he could to break them.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I see that I should have had men to deal with as hitherto.—You consider the Almaden affair to be the fault of the Machine?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z "Doesn't matter, son. Point is, it reminded me of your recent run-in with Jared. I spent the rest of the day wondering if you being in that situation was my fault." Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was clean, the people were friendly almost to a fault, everything worked neatly and efficiently, and the girls were pretty. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z In Chicago there developed a confusion of orders—no one’s fault—just one of those things that happens, and Adam’s six cars of lettuce stood in the yard for five more days. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Sickening—if it was a messy death it would all be my fault. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I am sorry that I snapped at you the other day. I know the email isn’t your fault,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z All along I had been blaming Trotter, but the more I thought about it, the more I had to admit that it really was my fault, too, for going along with him. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Octavian pointed out Mark Antony’s faults and failings: Look at the shabby way he had treated Octavia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z “What do you mean, how is it his fault? It’s completely his fault. He’s the one who asked to go.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z That man may have his faults but he’s a struggler, I’m putting my hat in with him.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z Now she was alone with them, unprotected, and it was my fault. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “This is not your fault. We failed you.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She crazy if she think fault gots anything to do with it. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was my fault—I always like to sleep in—and I started to explain. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “It was my fault. I let her go.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z And I don’t believe a word you say, Malfoy— SCORPIUS: It’s all my fault. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Mr. Lapham’s selections for his boys were sometimes designed to point out some fault in a member of his household, especially in the reader. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Love plain admitted that it was her fault. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It galled her when they started moving into that section of town, and she always said it was their fault that Welch had gone downhill. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Listen, I know this isn’t your fault. This was too big a responsibility for a child.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “But surely there must be times when photographs don’t sell. Through no fault of your own, of course. And how much does a photograph typically sell for?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Hazel had already told Bigwig of his promise to Fiver to keep out of danger; and Bigwig, who had changed much since the early days, had no fault to find. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing is your fault, do you understand? Not one single thing.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “But it’s not your fault. It’s not anyone’s fault. I just don’t want to make Ess cry. But I guess it’s like Deen used to say—I don’t always get what I want.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z On another sat Nivea in her slip, head bowed, murmuring over a rosary as if she were finding fault with the beads that dangled between her knees. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “I got a sick headache,” she said, like it was my fault, and put her hand up to her forehead as she faded back into the room. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s not his fault the press won’t let it go, though; that they love the idea of them together as if they’re modern-day Kennedys. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But it did no good, all this fault laying, all these harangues of accusations bouncing in her head. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. I was rude to the interviewer,” I say, with what I try to pass off as penitence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “At this auspicious period,” he wrote, “the United States came into existence as a Nation, and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be intirely their own.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z But the real problem wasn’t that—wasn’t an accumulation of small faults. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And when the other swastikas started appearing—even though I wasn’t doing them, I understood that they were my fault, because I started it. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “Nah, man! They tried to tell us it was our fault for living in a bad neighborhood and that we shoulda had a better lock on our door.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. My parents had nothing to do with it.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t your fault; it was an accident,” I said, trying to calm him down. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z “Just in case something bad did happen, you can’t blame yourself. All you did was open a window. If those monsters did something bad, it’s their fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z It’s not their fault and it’s no shame. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z This was all Jack's fault " 'Course I am. But we're still being fools." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z “Well, when it’s my fault, it makes sense.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Matt says, “Yeah! Who did? And nice try, siccing the cops on us. When the whole thing was your fault! Ha-ha-ha! The hole thing!” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Do you think it’s my fault? Do you think I’m bad?” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not his fault that I’ve always got Jews under my bed or following me down the street, or that I’m always afraid and too full of cares to enjoy one second of my life. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “My own fault, really. This world is built on the power of story, boy. Seems my story is intertwined with this here floating death palace. Cotton and the Maafa.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z It was strange to think of this woman as an assassin, but seeing her now, all of her oddities and faults made sense. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He didn’t want Annie to see this, even if it wasn’t his fault. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Then he said it was my fault, also, that he wanted to kiss me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z ‘That’s hardly my fault. Something is wrong with Apollo’s gifts of prophecy. If I knew how to fix it ‘She’s right.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t my fault, either,” Milo explained haughtily. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Gee, thanks, Chris! Now I’m going to totally mess up my solo at the spring concert. And it’s totally going to be your fault!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Well, the truth is it was your mother’s fault,” Grandpa says to me. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Something terrible is going to happen. Can’t you feel it coming? And it will be your fault, Diana. Yours and hers.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “We took too long in crossing. The fault is mine.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Now she seemed to have on the Professor’s mental or moral spectacles also, for the faults of these poor stories glared at her dreadfully and filled her with dismay. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z But it wasn’t Holly’s fault that she had always known she could walk into a store and ask for expensive sneakers and get them. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It was his own fault for not saying Detroit. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Politics. He doesn’t care about murder. He doesn’t care that it’s his fault Princess Rhyia is dead. He doesn’t care, Jude. He’s never cared. That’s what makes him a monster.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “It was her fault,” I say, looking away. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Buffoon!” cried the fat knight “Well,” said Lancelot, “it is your own fault You should not play dirty tricks. For the last time, will you let me arm like a gentleman?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t be ashamed, babe. It ain’t your fault you got a brat on your hands,” Santa grunted. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s her fault. She’s why I’m here. I was looking for her when everything happened. I thought she wanted to be with my family, but she left us.” Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “Why does everyone always say it was my fault?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault, really,” I said, trying to smile under Farid’s intense gaze. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I have plenty of my own reasons. In some ways it’s my fault we’re here in the first place.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z “I think it was my fault, Vega,” I mumbled. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z It was this woman’s fault, this woman that Master considered too special even for him to cook for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z When Heather sees what I have done, she bursts into tears again, sobbing that it isn’t my fault. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z ‘I have not heard that it was the fault of the Elves,’ said Legolas. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z He stunk something awful, but he was so pleased with himself that it was hard to fault him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “They have. And it’s my fault, because I’m an unreliable witness.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z But we're already outside the apartment door, and I go, "Maybe she really needs that ID card," so it's my fault what happens next. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z It didn’t matter who was at fault for his dismal life. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Margo says, “I know what she’s talking about. The something deeper and more secret. It’s like cracks inside of you. Like there are these fault lines where things don’t meet up right.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z But a fault line ran through the center of his thinking, a kind of mysterious region where ideas entered going in one direction but then emerged headed the opposite way. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It is not your fault, the monster said, its voice floating in the air around him like a breeze. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z Like a broken record, the words played over and over in my head—intervening on her behalf would blur the lines between who was the victim and who was the person at fault. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While I didn’t fault anyone for the confusion, as someone who had failed to qualify, it was a painful reminder every time I had to correct someone to say, “Sorry, I’m not an Olympian.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s nobody’s fault how we don’t talk no more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He was embarrassed, and then I realized it wasn’t his fault, and I was being lousy toward him. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z They didn’t care that it wasn’t our fault. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I’d spoken to police at the scene—it was clearly my fault. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The nondemanding, lethargic nature of the classes he was in made it difficult to fault his attitude about school. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, it was hard to find fault with Mazoe, and the crime rate was certainly low. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Not sure he wants to remember Afghanistan. Or arguing with my mom. Mom says, ‘It’s nobody’s fault, they “grew apart.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z Imani turns to me and pops her eyes out as if this is all my fault. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z And I can’t explain why, but it feels like my fault. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z ‘It was my fault, not Ted’s. It slipped.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever their faults, I’d never known my school friends in Florida to die on me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Then it’s not your fault. Okay? Some really evil people did that.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z “It my fault you might be like me!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Katherine didn’t pick the face she was born with, and it ain’t her fault her perfect smile makes me want to break things. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Why would I hate you for that? It’s not your fault. You didn’t ask to be born.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It’s my fault, this waste of her time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I winced at the reminder that most of this was my fault. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z He had killed him, although through no fault of his, and he cried, “Oh, if I could give my life for yours, or die with you.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What at another time might have been faults became rhetorical strengths. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z They’re sent to Limbo for eternity and there’s no way out and it’s not their fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Now I’d never get to read them, and it was all my mom’s fault. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The Cahokia earthquake, caused by the same fault, was of similar magnitude. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “When you go back to school Monday, everybody’s going to be laughing at you. Everybody, Dana, and it’s your own stupid fault. All you had to do was leave me alone. How hard is that?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t their fault the one they were photographed at overflowed onto the highway, blocking all northbound and southbound lanes. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I never said any of this to Margaret because she is only too ready to find fault with my mother, but she knows that sometimes there are feelings without reasons. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was all my fault. If I’d turned in the one who threw the bottle, I wouldn’t have gotten arrested and none of this would’ve happened.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If it had sold well he would come home in a moderately good temper and say nothing to Shasta, but if it had sold badly he would find fault with him and perhaps beat him. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “I was at fault, sir,” he said, with a dignity Kit would never have given him credit for. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z He’s making my baby sister mad, Because she was the one Missing a tooth, Mv fault because I was racing her around In the stroller And tipped her over Taking a corner. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel a little bitter at this, as if it is their fault for coming here and making me suffer from racism also. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z If the ideas of art were beautiful, that was art’s fault, not the Shaper’s. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a strong and gifted athlete, charming, smart, and immensely good-looking–"handsome almost to a fault," in the description of William H. Cropper, "an Adonis" in the words of another admirer. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Half my paychecks bounced, and she refused to reimburse me for my penalty charges, claiming that it was my bank's fault, not hers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Fine, upstanding people, despite a number of faults that Ophie could see, did not commit murder. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Thoroughly humiliated, he called out to his former friend the cat, “It was all my fault. I apologize to you, Squire Julian.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “It isn’t the chair’s fault, but you kick it anyhow.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault Twig invited him, after all, and I knew he was just trying to be a good friend. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Yes and if he hadn't I wouldn’t have met you. I’m not unfaithful, darling. I’ve plenty of faults but I’m very faithful. You’ll be sick of me I’ll be so faithful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z It wasn’t Prince’s fault there were errors in Moore’s book! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z She’ll think it’s our fault that her brother was attacked by Specters. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The silence between us was so profound I thought part of it must be my fault. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z "Those faults are what makes the dentures look real," the dentist explained. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Girls, I want you to know that your dad and I love you both very much, and this is not your fault at all.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “And no, I don’t have your vegetables, or your washed fruit. But it’s not my fault, Artemis in-sis-ted I come right down....” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Rule number three: This whole thing is not your fault. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z “It’s her fault,” Velia spurted, her hazel eyes burning with resentment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The management clearly had no plan for getting her down, but that wasn't my fault, either. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Please. This—everything, it’s...it’s my fault, and I have to fix it.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Aside from those two events, this month was going to be so boring—and it was all his father’s fault. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I sit for a minute and say, “If I fall and break my neck, it’s totally your fault, dude.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Not that it was my fault, like Fern said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t have played you. I should have canceled the whole game. It’s my fault.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “But if Lice is really dead, it’s all my fault.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The plan may have had faults, but we did not. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “That’s not my fault either. I didn’t invent it; I just bought a little of it while under the impression that the telegraph company would keep me informed as to what it was doing.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z A mixture of fear and guilt gripped Harry at the sight of their expressions; if any of the others had died, it was his fault, all his fault. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now, in Reykjavik, despite being the recipient of numerous acts of kindness and generosity, Bobby began finding fault, negatively overgeneralizing, and snapping at those who’d shown him the most loyalty. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Adults tried to protect us children from what was happening, but through no fault of their own, they failed us.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z I was stressed/overscheduled/manic/no–depressed/no–in need of attention/no–in need of discipline/in need of rest/in need/your fault/your fault/fault/fault. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z But Jiichan wrapped his arms around her and said, “No, no, not your fault. You cannot know. You were look for your brother.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “You don’t need to say it, Joey. I know this is all my fault.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I did not,” said Flora, “dress him up like a baby doll. And this is all your fault.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z “This is my fault—I never told you,” Toby said. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “Cruel? Not at all! She is severe: she dislikes my faults.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. It was mostly my fault. I should have let you finish. I shouldn’t have hung up. And I missed you, too. I have so many stories for you. One involves two married horses.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “It sure hasn’t been our fault,” I said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z I don't know that I've ever felt so cheap, but I rationalized it by reminding myself that it wasn't my fault this person was trapped. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “You don’t know anything! They started the war. They killed my ma! All of it, everything that’s happened, is their fault!” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Then she said, Tm sorry, Z. This is all my fault. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z It wasn't my fault he was shouting loud enough for me to hear. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know,” she confided to Adams, “my friendship for that gentleman has lived through his faults and errors—to which I have not been blind. I believe he remains our friend.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was my fault that I'd beamed when Miss Davenport, Momma's loathsome cousin by marriage, had mentioned what a precocious child I was and how familiar my features seemed. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Well, how could I? I didn’t have that kind of wealth. Besides, nothing would have happened if Goré hadn’t knocked Proud into the coals. They were both at fault, really.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know none of this is your fault, right?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare start blubbering on me. None of this was your fault. It was Winkleman.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “Why does she need to forgive us? What did we ever do to her that she didn’t deserve? Everything’s been her fault. Even before the bad thing, she was mean.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “My own fault, Artemis. Apparently I left a gap in the curtains. Mrs. Fowl couldn’t sleep.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z "But they've paved over it. Which was not my fault. Mostly." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z While the critics praised Marian’s voice, they found fault with her singing technique and suggested that she still had a lot to learn. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z “It is not my fault that your man deserted you, Edna.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z And sitting there, I started thinking, Who can say whose fault it is? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It was all her fault, everything bad that had happened. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Of course, I wanted to build. That part was my fault. The question is, why did he let us go ahead?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet I had not forgotten his faults; indeed, I could not, for he brought them frequently before me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t my fault. It was Charles’s idea.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z She worries that my broken leg is all her fault because I was asleep on her lap when the accident happened. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Aziz wanted to spare Agha the humiliation, and so she said, “It’s me. I’m barren. It’s my fault.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I have not a fault to find with her person,” he replied. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z All of the windows in Pa’s car were cranked down, and Big Ma scolded, “It’s your fault they’re out of hand,” shaking her pointer finger at her oldest son. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Not really. It wasn’t really his fault, Mama. There’s a rally here for some guy who got shot last week, and a bunch of people from the old days were here. They...” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “If my dog gets hit by a car or freezes to death, it’s going to be your fault!” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t Harye’s fault. He didn’t know. You don’t understand. You weren’t out there with us...All those endless days...You don’t know what it was like.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid it’s all my fault,” he said, going into the sitting-room, shutting the door behind him, and I heard her exclamation of surprise. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It is not his fault that there is no food today.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z It wasn’t her fault her dad was Zeus and she got all the attention. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z “All of a sudden, Logan County strangeness is my fault, huh?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Next she'll mention having to give up her family because she married a Jew—no, she never brings that up, Grace with all her faults would never do that. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “This is all my fault. You had a cold to begin with, and then I sent you out into that disgusting air.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There may be a few little faults in the plumbing and minor discrepancies among the staff, but I’m very confident of my service. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thanks to his Jewish advisors. It's all the Jews' fault, you know. All part of their plan to destroy the German Reich." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Then they argued about whose fault it was that we lived like we did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘Johnny—I’ve got to get back to Milton. I’m going to save that silver. It was my fault.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, it wasn’t her fault that a young boys first and only welding job had been to make her a gate with her family name, Redizon, at the top. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I beg you not to hurt me. It is not my fault. I am not myself tonight. Please, let me go. I promise. I won’t hurt you again. I promise.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z She said it as if she cared, as if all of this weren’t her fault. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Robb wants me safe, I cannot fault him for that, but his pretext is growing threadbare. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. I didn’t see it.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z It wasn't his fault the State Department chickened out of the plot they had him organize. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It’s made him very accommodating, since he’s not blind to Mother’s faults. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “I’m not going to lose you guys, especially when it’s my fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Stop it, Mama! It’s not his fault. It’s my fault.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z But the author was strangely silent on such details–indeed, silent on everything but anticlines, synclines, axial faults, and the like. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Some of that is my fault. Most of it is on Mr. Flux. I think you all know that.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault his face freaks me out!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z He says it’s not the Mexicans’ fault that the city council would rather spend the city’s money on new arts initiatives and a big, flashy baseball stadium than more police on the streets. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z They bump into each other on purpose and pretend to argue about whose fault it is. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z It’s your own fault, I tell myself now. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then she said something I didn’t expect: “Frank, this is all your fault.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “I think your father has in him, magnified, the things his wife lacks. I think in him kindness and conscience are so large that they are almost faults. They trip him up and hinder him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Your fault I had to take a second job picking up those lawyers’ trash like some beggar. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It wasn’t my fault I got to keep living, and it wasn’t her fault she was dying. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Elinor cleared her throat and gave Mo a reproachful glance, as if it could only be his fault that his daughter was precocious enough to know such things. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Not your fault, Hazel Grace. We’re all just side effects, right?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z "It was my fault entirely. I was giving her a tour of Trianon." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The next thing that happened was all my fault. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “You can’t do that. Mommy will get in trouble if you do that. You don’t want to see Ma get in trouble, do you? It’s not her fault that you’re adopted, is it?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A couple of the very youngest children dragged the tempo a trifle, but in a way that only the composer’s mother could have found fault with. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She, if anything, seemed the more conciliatory party, which seemed to disprove the hypothesis that he was at fault. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “It will hide any little faults in our make-up. Perhaps the moon will come out later.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not your fault, brother. Kronos does not explode good. Next time we will use a big stick.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z What I want you to know is that this is not your fault, even if it is ultimately your responsibility. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z My heart aches from losing one of my precious few friends, knowing all too well that if this is anyone’s fault it’s mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I was the leader of the BCMA, and it was my fault. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “That’s right. Modesty is one of my worst faults,” Bull shouted, laughing, enjoying himself in the last fifty miles of his journey. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, this wasn’t your father’s fault,” she says. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He says they should reach out to each other, see the other’s faults, and “forgive them & try to nurture whatever is good and noble in one another.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “Everyone says, ‘Suck it up,’ ‘That’s life,’ ‘It’s not a big deal,’ but I want someone to say, ‘Hey, this happened to you, it’s wrong, you were hurt, and it’s not your fault.’ Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He could be generous and caring to a fault, but he had a darker side as well, characterized by monomania, impatience, and unwavering self-absorption, qualities that seemed to intensify through his college years. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sweetheart, it’s not your fault. It’s not your fault,” and I could hear him pull my mom to him. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z One of my greatest faults was that of letting his horse run away, and go down to his father-in-law’s farm, which was about five miles from St. Michael’s. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my tía Gloria’s fault for giving my dad the money that allowed him to buy it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Still, it was her mother’s fault, to so eagerly tell the neighbors her mentor story. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “And it’s all your fault. Why did you have to go around twice ? Why couldn’t you drop your bombs the first time like all the others ?” “I would have missed the first time.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It was my fault! I never meant it to sound quite like that... what I meant was—I mean it is fascinating to think that—” “It was a perfectly legitimate question,” Chacko said. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If it were a catastrophe, it would be her fault— and then what would become of them all? The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “My fault, my fault. I knew this before it happened,” she babbled. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Jorge complains incessantly about him, finding faults where there are none. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He told himself over and over that it was not his fault. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t find any fault with the Littles. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was his fault, maybe he hadn’t said the right thing in the right way. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z His life was over before it had begun, and it was the Shetani’s fault. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “So,” Dad says to Mom halfheartedly, “at least the plumbing problem isn’t my fault this time.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “It’s our fault as much as his. We knew it wasn’t all aboveboard,” Bobby Gene said. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But it was still Myron’s fault—what happened between him and my dad. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It was the fault of the red shoes. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “I’m not a saint. I have all kinds of faults.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z She might have her faults, but Celaena never did anything half-heartedly. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Gracious to a fault, Fowler comforted Lawrence with the gratifying assertion, surely untrue, that “for a long time Rutherford and Chadwick were nearly convinced that your explanation was right.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault, Reverend,” said Mr. Stonecrop smoothly. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z To his mind, of course, the fault lay not with his system but with me, for being so thickheaded. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Then Charles said, in a loud, clear voice: “Henry, why do I think for some reason that this is all your fault?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Well you might. Crispin, forgive me being so angry with you. God knows, it’s not your fault.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z I felt queasy, like somehow it was all my fault. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z They see themselves smiling without their mouth open, or turned to the side where they cannot see their faults. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was my fault. You are right that it was unlike me. It was my fault my fault my grievous fault It was because I laid about me in the press.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault, he said, if some refugees hadn’t learned the rules of the road in the United States. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “But that’s not my fault! He didn’t have it on him. I might have been able to talk to the guy about it if the Sundance Kid hadn’t shot him.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Sorry for your loss, as though her leaving their family was his fault, the consequence of his irresponsibility. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “Implacable resentment is a shade in a character. But you have chosen your fault well. I really cannot laugh at it. You are safe from me.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z But it isn’t the fault of their names. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “That wouldn’t be your fault. The owners should have built a stronger roof.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault, Mama. I did a really mean thing to Emily, and I’m a backbiter, and I’m going to be punished...” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z If they get divorced, is it my fault because I was the one who really wanted Ernie to shoot the gun? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “That can hardly be considered murder. It was an accident. If anything, it was your uncle’s fault.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z "No, it's no one's fault. Just the way it is," says Gale. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But the woman is kind and smiles and apologizes, saying that it was her fault. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “I want my milk for my cornflakes. It’s all that stupid cow’s fault.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z “Dad, it’s not your fault,” I blurted out. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z But for someone who did not believe in taking anything from anyone else, he was generous to a fault. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z And it’s all the fault of the boy who caused the car accident! Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “It’s not Delphine’s fault she knocked the white man’s newspaper down.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” I said humbly, knowing the fault of my face too well. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “False modesty is your worst fault, big brother. You’ve got to learn to enjoy bragging. I love to brag. I just don’t have anything to brag about.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, I am still mad about the emails she didn’t answer— and the loss of the stupid Barbie, though I’m sure it’s not her fault. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Let me tell you, it wasn’t my fault that Mrs. Baker had given me an old pack. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z To Rindlisbacher, it was like Reggie was trying to justify it, “to make it sound like it was partially the other guy’s fault.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z My sister then said that it was all her fault, that she was provoking him, but my dad said it was no excuse. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “Lord Hamlet, it seems you see all women as deceivers, be they beautiful or ugly. Perhaps the fault lies in the man who trusts only his sight and is a slave to his base desire!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “If you get robbed, it is not your fault.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “That’s debatable. But it certainly wasn’t your fault. Are you still in trouble?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault,” Yossarian argued, “for raising the number of missions.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The first time is Courtney’s fault, and Bobby responds by punching her lightly on the arm. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z I mean, the rear half of the train car was disgusting, but it was all our fault. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z "My fault, I guess, if I'm as loud as you say." The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I...I don’t know. I didn’t think anyone would care. They’d say I was just trying to get attention. Or that it was my fault. Or...I don’t know.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I know our fight was my fault, and yet Chou is not angry with me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why do you always think everything is my fault?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault my legs are shorter than yours,” she complained. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Nothing,” she says, not wanting to hurt his feelings, to find fault with his costly gift. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z My fight with Mr. Lasher didn’t happen until the third day, and in a way it wasn’t really my fault. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “All my fault, I’m afraid. Should have kept my eye on the little rascal. We’ll have to organize another search party.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “I always let you talk me into things. It’s not your fault.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z And I want you to know that this is not your fault. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “My brave men! And it is my fault!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z His fault that she died alone in the lodge with no one to lie at the back of her and talk to her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was always something to find fault with for Shasta had plenty of work to do, mending and washing the nets, cooking the supper, and cleaning the cottage in which they both lived. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “Don’t touch me! This is your fault! Do you know how expensive it is to raise an ungrateful brat?!” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z He knew it wasn't Eleanor's fault that she didn't have a phone, and that her house was the Fortress of Solitude, but . Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "It's my fault," she said to herself furiously as she jumped up and began rousing the others. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault,” I said, “you walk so fast. We can’t keep up with you.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Except it’s a white cloud’s fault, not a rabbit hole’s. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t you dare act like this is my fault.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I’ve barely been able to live with myself for surviving something my family didn’t—something that wasn’t even my fault. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was glassy-eyed and barely able to say a word, his thoughts still fixed on what had happened on the field, on what had gone wrong and whether it was somehow his fault. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I always felt that what had happened to me was my fault, but I now know that I was just an innocent victim. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z They invited Cassie back in the tribe, because really, Thatcher was a bully and the whole thing was his fault. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I think she’s trying not to make me feel more uncomfortable, but it’s not her fault. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault. You just got here, and I dumped all this on you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Well, it’s their fault, and they are the ones who are going to be miserable, and alone. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z If we die on the train, that will be our fault, too. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He didn’t try to hide his judgment, and I couldn’t fault his reasoning. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, either of you. You were trying to save the statue.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Her death was my fault. The Council of Cloven Elders said so.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z It’s all my fault I’ll tell them if you want me to. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z "The boys are not at fault," he told the king. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I know it wasn’t your fault. It was the bad men’s fault. The ones who wear the funny green suits.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z A man in the truck’s rear said, “It is not Fidencio’s fault. Hold on to something. The brakes must be gone. He cannot stop the car.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z ‘Mum thinks it’s my fault Salim went missing. Fine. I’ll give her her money back. In my own time. It’s a loan. Not stealing.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Fern added, “It’s not Delphine’s fault I had to you know and the line was too long.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z It wasn’t her fault that all this happened—though that klutzy moment seemed to set this whole thing in motion. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But somehow the only words that stand out to me are your and fault. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z It was not entirely his fault that he lived in a society where a man’s death could be more profitable than his life had ever been. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I started to think the situation was my fault because I always asked for the top video games every Christmas and birthday. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Well, whose fault is it then?” their grandmother would answer sharply. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I said that. It’s not your fault.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It hadn’t been his fault that things changed when he arrived. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “But not knowing the reason doesn’t make it your fault.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "His Highness would not be your son if he did not inherit your conditions. It would grieve your Majesty more if he had to be reproved for the opposite fault." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Culturally, any issue around childbirth was the woman’s fault, whether the child was crippled, or he died. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In some ways it’s my fault we’re here in the first place.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “No, no, it was my fault, I’m afraid. I kept your boy here listening to the wanderings of an old lady.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Lee said again, “It is all my fault,” but they were shaking their heads. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not my fault if his friends hear Doo-doo Face and are laughing right at him. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z If the piece failed to work, it was their fault, not yours. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but that wasn’t supposed to be us. It’s not our fault the virus is mutating.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “Is it your fault? Did you make it happen?” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “It was not my fault about the bombing.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Truth be told, it wasn’t really her fault. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “But you said it was your fault that y’all had to leave, right?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “But it’s not my fault I didn’t like him like that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “You’re right. It is my fault. I am head of this family. It was my responsibility.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z It’s our own fault, but no one is even paying attention. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z That was his mother’s fault, just like in that “Dear Alice” column. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “No. Lexie’s being really mean to me, and it’s all your fault!” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “This is my fault,” she said, running her fingers across his scars. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z All the faults have been put right and everything in use is of proved value. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I can totally believe it’s my mom’s fault. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z When Eva, who was never one to hide the faults of her children, mentioned what she thought she’d seen to a few friends, they said it was natural. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “This is all purely voluntary, you know, Bridge. It’s not my fault your brother loses every— Hey!” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t his fault, though. It was my fault.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys started grousing and said they wanted a raisin and Nellie said it wasn’t her fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The world's a headmaster who works on your faults. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She also frankly admits her faults, of which she has many. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Let us never be blind,” said Mr. Pumblechook, “to her faults of temper, but it is to be hoped she meant well.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z An unconvincing way of saying something is not your fault. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It is my fault, my fault, my fault—and yet they love me anyway. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Lori gave me a disgusted look, as if she thought it was my fault that the car had broken down. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z If Abnegation is fizzling, it’s our fault—Robert’s and Caleb’s and mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z And it was pretty clear from Mrs. Baker’s glares the next morning that, somehow, she thought this was all my fault. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Her voice was soft but angry, as if it were the doctors’ fault Raymond’s foot got snared on a bicycle chain. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z It is my fault she is dead—one of my worst fears realized. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I couldn't fault them for bringing what delighted everyone, and certainly I was grateful. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She seemed to hold Izzy to a higher standard than her other children, to demand more from her, yet at the same time to overlook her successes in favor of her faults. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Not your fault. We do not worry. We will use your father money. He will understand. He worry about future, but I will explain he need to worry about today...” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It’s not Mags’s fault when I begin falling. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte Lucas tells her friend Elizabeth Bennet that it is better to go into a marriage blind to the other persons faults. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But then, unexpectedly, he finds that his fault has been overlooked or forgiven and at once the world reappears in brilliant colors, full of delightful prospects. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z What is happening to me is my own fault, for not having more backbone. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That infuriated them because they felt he had sided with the Greek without knowing who was at fault. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Clearly not all ghosts were angry and vengeful, and Ophie couldn’t imagine it was their fault that they lingered. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Like it was my fault the gods had almost gotten into a civil war? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z “The men are unhappy and morale is beginning to deteriorate. And it’s all your fault.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s my fault that we don’t confide in each other. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Ben’s real afraid, Dad. He was too afraid to let me go with him. If he gets hurt it’s going to be your fault because you didn’t have the guts to help him.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He shoves the stack of slides at me, like it’s my fault he broke the first one. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z But a widespread belief that a majority of black and brown men unfortunately belong in jail is compatible with the new American creed, provided that their imprisonment can be interpreted as their own fault. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, so now it’s my fault we met Medusa.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about it. It’s no one else’s fault. Besides, I’m over it. You kinda have to have a thick skin if you happen to be Muslim and live in America.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Was it my fault they hadn’t noticed me, browsing through Smash Hits behind a pyramid of Pedigree Chum cans? Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He left no note, gave no explanation, but I still know it was my fault. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z "It wasn't your fault. Anyway, thanks for bringing Watchmen. I'm glad I got to read it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z “Had a nightmare. Where I’m put in a prison camp and the Director assaults me and my parents are taken away and people die. And it’s all my fault.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z And when you said "Sorry” to them when they choked or tripped or encountered misfortune, they replied, eyes wide with surprise, "Oh, it’s not your fault.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Yossarian, what am I going to do with so much cotton? It’s all your fault for letting me buy it.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault. I wanted you to study. You preferred to be on drugs.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z My dad’s right—he didn’t volunteer for adventure — me, this, it’s all my fault—and if it wasn’t for you everything could have gone Dark. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Even though the fire was of course not Mr. Poe’s fault, Klaus was reluctant to see Mr. Poe because he was afraid of getting more bad news. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z “I can’t help being strong; it’s not my fault. I don’t even exercise.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Disregarding his faults in personal hygiene,” Miles interrupted, “I still think he needs his head shoved into a wood chipper.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston’s fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Yes, of course it’s his fault. This whole situation is his fault! Julian, what the heck were you thinking, writing notes like that?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “But what if Luke’s body is only a transition? What if Kronos has a plan to become even more powerful? I could’ve stopped him The war is my fault.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z At the time, I resented the fact that it was always seen as my fault, that I was the one letting the side down. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z I said Leah was suppose to be watching me so it wasn’t my fault. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should have known, too. Don’t you see? I had two Geiger counters. But I didn’t even look. It was my own fault.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I tell Matt, “Hey now. It’s not his fault. Just be nice to him. Come on, Matt. Please.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “Okay, sorry, I didn’t understand him too good. My fault.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z This spelling stuff is all his fault, since he’s the one who got it in his head that we all needed to spell the same way. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “It's that idiot’s fault we're in this hole, it’s his fault if they cut our throats, and you still feel sorry for him?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “It was my fault, I forced him to tell me.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It must be my fault this is happening is the only conclusion you can draw, because why are you the only one receiving his wrath? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then he looked at me as if it were my fault Auntie had scolded him. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z There had been an earthquake, all right, and it was Hades’s fault. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She says to me with her eyes fixed on the road, This is all your fault. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “But it’s not your fault you didn’t know; I basically kept it a secret from you. Because you had so much else going on.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Why should I have to undergo such a look, for something that is not my fault? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I feel like following them out and apologizing and telling Mrs. Roberts that it was all my idea and my fault for dragging Dee out. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Listen! It wasn’t our fault. It was Julius’s. And the slaves’. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “Please, Papa. Don’t be mad at Amil. It was my fault. I just wanted a friend, someone else to talk to,” I said. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It was his fault, and Pilate knew it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t looking to punish Reggie for the sake of punishment, but she couldn’t stand someone who victimized other people and just acted like it was the victim’s fault, or there was no blame. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It’s not the cart’s fault it’s messed up. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “You can blame me for anything that is my fault, but you can’t hate me for what the others did to you.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “I will. Don’t worry. It’s my fault, and I take full responsibility for you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I made some sort of soothing reply, but with the licence of age she did not listen, hobbling away mumbling that it was her fault. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second, I have a fantasy of getting better and getting out of here and going to Mr. Dunlap’s house, to relieve him of his burden, to reassure him that it’s not his fault. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fine, be a tattletale. But I’m still going, and it’ll be your fault if something happens because you let me go by myself.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault that you cannot pick up my housecat, Thor. It is a large cat, and you are a scrawny little fellow at best, compared to any of our giants.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z My dad, whose fault this whole thing is, says, “You can’t always see God’s plan.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I know it’s not their fault, but I’m tired, and nothing makes sense, and I desperately want an explanation for something, for anything. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z If he dies, it will be your fault. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “When I heard — well, of course, it was all my fault. Could have kicked myself.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Only Workman gave him a good ride. ... It wasn’t his fault.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother was right: it was his own fault he wasn’t getting a dog. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z But fault lines between the officers and the scientists opened up immediately, as the talk turned to how much money the scientists considered necessary for their research. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Your only fault, Isabel, is too much kindness to the undeserving,” I murmur, thinking of her goodness to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Now we’ll be late for school, and for once it isn’t my fault.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Question: Whose fault is it that it’s broken? As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I look at the trees that don’t belong, brought here through no fault of their own. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But at least it wasn't my fault, right? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Okay, so this might sound weird, but I feel guilty, like...it’s my fault, because it was probably somebody white who put the noose in her locker.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “It will never be the same! Oh, it is the fault of that beastly Crochan! The wretched thing struck at me deliberately, I’m sure!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z If she gets in trouble, it's going to be all my fault. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “No, this is Gaea’s fault. It had nothing to do with you.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “It was my fault,” he said, not listening. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault — I was a fool to expose you like that.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “This isn’t your fault. You want to help animals. I know that.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z My fault, of course—I should have given the girl some fair warning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault, Dad. Kyro’s a great guy. Fiona says I might have bled to death if it wasn’t for him.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Was it my fault that my family was a little better off than theirs? Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They say that Rachel will be self-conscious and embarrassed and it’s all my fault. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “So I do, as far as sympathizing goes, but I think the fault is yours, Meg.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama called, but immediately she sat down, sorry, knowing that the fault lay strictly with herself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, my friend,” he said, and his shoulders rose a little to indicate that the misfortune was no fault of his. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Watson once told a journalist that Franklin’s fault lay in her dispassionate approach to her own data: “She did not live DNA.” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When I allow myself to truly think on it, I cannot fault Locke for choosing her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z "Renly's death was no fault of yours. You served him valiantly, but when you seek to follow him into the earth, you serve no one." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z "This is your fault, and you have to make it right," her mother demanded. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z He looked quickly about to see whether anything was at fault. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve got to tell Jerome’s family. Him dying was my fault.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Either you suffer the consequences of not noticing your fault forever or, one day, you do notice it, and fix it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault,” I said, which seemed like an obvious thing to say. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “But this is my brother’s fault. And I feel responsible.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Behind me, I hear Finch: “We lost track of time. It’s not Violet’s fault, it’s mine. Please don’t blame her.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Not my fault he’s so skinny,” the Turk says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “It’s no one’s fault. Look, I don’t intend to keep badgering you about finishing school. And who knows what you’ll do when you finish. I wish you’d talk to me about it.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “There’s nothing wrong with greed. It’s all that lousy Dr. Stubbs’ fault, getting Colonel Cathcart and Colonel Korn stirred up against flight surgeons. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If she disappeared like Frog, it would be all Calder’s fault. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “You have to understand August. He does this occasionally. It’s not his fault.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z "That would be different. It's my fault, Jake. It's the way I'm made." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z And if something you write doesn’t get your point across, it’s probably not the reader’s fault—it’s yours. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. Life is a gift. Don’t forget to live it.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It was his own fault anyway, for being so stubborn. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z “How do you think I’d feel if this was your funeral...and it was my fault...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They made way for him silently, conscious of his grim mood and the fault at the fire. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z After a long time, Maribel said, “Do you think it was my fault?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He was not sure what he had done, but he knew it was somehow his fault, some accidental consequence of catching the fairy. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “Maybe. Maybe it was my fault. Maybe nobody is to blame.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z It was infuriating to discover the reason for all these terrible disasters and not to be able to tell the public, almost worse than it being the government’s fault after all. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z My father will be angry: a fine silk gown spoilt! but it’s not my fault. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z He complains it’s too much money and it’s all my mother’s fault for going on to Grandma about the low pay. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I cannot help being the biggest and strongest; it’s not my fault.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I liked him right away because, for once, what went wrong wasn’t my fault. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I want to make it clear it wasn’t the crew’s fault. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then again, I hadn’t seen it myself, so how could I fault him? Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z “For what? It’s not your fault I’m crazy.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The pain when she says this, it's not her fault. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Black elites found they had much to gain by positioning themselves as “race managers,” and many poor African Americans became persuaded that perhaps their degraded status was, after all, their own fault. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “It’s — all — my — ruddy — fault!” he sobbed, his face in his hands. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The dream was at fault, for the treadmill mood of it had lingered, making him question Nye’s assertions—in a sense, disbelieve them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z When Mr. Pope was out of hearing, Sander said, "You might have been more kind. It wasn't his fault you had to go." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z And I know who he’s trying to blame—it’s my fault that my parents split up. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z But I guess that’s my own fault for coming in with expectations. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z “I ought to go first,” she whispered back, “seeing it’s my fault.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Humph! Not exactly. Your witch’s skill is rather at fault sometimes.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “I had an accident in the car once. My father was driving. It was a long time ago. It wasn’t my father’s fault, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It said that it was his fault that their son was dead, and he was sorry. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was hardly her fault that Aunt Hermione had run off with some toad who delivered fireside sermons on the wireless every week. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Billee’s one fault was his excessive good nature, while Joe was the very opposite, sour and introspective, with a perpetual snarl and a malignant eye. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z “I would be the last person to say that it was all your fault. The Dixons’ move to Florida, for example. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Chris was well aware of this man’s faults yet managed to forgive them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Darren glared at me the whole time, like it was my fault he threw a potato chip at me and got in trouble, and the whole other side of the lunch table glared too. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Each time he had some fault to find and pulled it to pieces. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s like he knows he’s better than you, but doesn’t look down on you for it because he knows it’s not your fault.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “She tried to stop me. The whole thing is my fault.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He shot Thomas a nasty glare as if it were all his fault. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I am satisfied. I’ve done what I undertook, and it’s not my fault that it failed. I comfort myself with that,” said Amy with a little quiver in her voice. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z For years I thought my sister was right: it was my fault. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She had hated the hand on her shoulder and she had hated Caroline because it was all her fault. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is your fault. The French blood in him has made him crazy.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z Mami and I felt terrible, as it was our fault that this happened. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z White Boy would just shrug and say, “It’s not my fault. I was born this way.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault so many brothers are getting killed,” Hana says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z ‘It’s always my fault. Never Ted’s. I’m always to blame. Ted never does anything wrong.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was their fault they died in the cellar. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z The enmity between them was the younger, and smarter, boy’s fault. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re right. I’m wrong. My fault. Now, have you seen him?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “This is my fault. It’s all my fault.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault that I don’t have more, cariño. I was just a little girl when...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z To its critics, the World Health Organization was an entangled, muddled bureaucracy that had two mottoes: “Slow down” and “It’s not our fault.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z “What if one person only has seven fears and someone else has twenty? That’s not their fault.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “If I talk about tampons or menstrual cups or pads, suddenly it's my fault the guys don't do their homework?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He studied them for a few days, trying to figure it out, looking for individual faults. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s that girl who can see it’s not my fault that a car with my mother in it lost control no matter what I did with this jerkoff beforehand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z “Because I knew you’d blame me when it—it wasn’t my fault.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault if he screams like a little girl.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Percy glared at Piper like it was all her fault. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Was it my fault? Did Dad leave because of me?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “How is it my fault that her boyfriend is a jerk?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z They say it was an accident, no one’s fault. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Because if they get out, even if it’s not your fault, I’d hate to think what might happen to you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z Perhaps it is the fault of the mountains, glowering above us, delaying sunrise and hastening the night. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s their own fault for not knowing all the Schoolhouse Rock! lyrics by heart. How did those fools even get this far?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “I like it good here,” he said uneasily, and his mind cast about for a fault in himself. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z If she couldn’t persuade them to leave, any bloodshed would be her fault. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “Actually, she started out trying to help me, to get him to like me, but it turns out he’s interested in her. It’s not really her fault.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z “It’s my own fault. I used hair remover when I ran away, to disguise myself.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Let it be Kevin’s fault that I was “dressed like a man.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I know it now, and it is my fault. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z The one where you realize it’s your fault that something beautiful is dead. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “You know, it’s my fault you’re not already pretty. I messed up everything by running away. I owe you.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z But Frankie had always been honest and blunt, even to a fault, and maybe that was what I needed most now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Beg your pardon, sir,” he said, though it obviously wasn’t his fault. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Maybe if I finally accepted the fact that it was my fault for going along with Trotter, I could move on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z If only everyone would see that the whole thing was his fault, I’d be able to move on. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z On the one hand, it was her mom’s own stupid fault for even being in rehab in the first place. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “None of this is their fault, you know.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He found fault with Laila, the way she smelled, the way she dressed, the way she combed her hair, her yellowing teeth. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z She was an interested listener at the debates between Mama and Papa on the merits and faults of the party. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who will believe you? It’s your fault anyway, always tagging along and going places with me.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And adding to her irritation was the suggestion—the insane proposition—that somehow Jim had been at fault. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Her face is pointed right at me—but it's not my fault. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Telling himself he was a good guy, and it was my fault if I couldn’t take a joke. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z They had found something in one another, and it wasn’t their fault that he was in so much pain. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Now he’d go nuts on me, and it would be my own fault. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “Not your fault, no, not,” he said firmly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “What is your greatest fault?” asked Fred, by way of testing in her the virtue he lacked himself. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “I know, mi hija, I know. But it is not Ruti’s fault. She is stuck in here all day too, wishing she could walk and run like all children do.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z If he went away alone now, something terrible would happen to Hooper, and it would be his fault. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “I feel like this has all been my fault. I should’ve seen him for what he was and not who I wanted him to be.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Aunt Loma spent most of that morning at our house, fussing about Miss Love and jerking the baby around like it was all his fault that his grandpa had disgraced the family. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z It’s partly my music teacher Ms. Holly’s fault for getting me hooked on it last year when she was trying to get me to sing for our winter recital. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Don’t apologize. It’s not your fault. Mr. Derby needs to have somebody give him a stiff lashing to let him know how it feels!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Back to boxes, and it was all my fault for getting distracted in the kitchen. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I believed he had no human weaknesses or faults, and that, therefore, he could make no mistakes and that he could do no wrong. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z And I couldn’t deny that it was my own stupid fault. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z “You all heard Luke. The poisoning of the tree wasn’t Chiron’s fault.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z "I take full responsibility. I'm sorry, Camellia. It's all my fault." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z They tell you all the nightmares you ever had were your fault, and you were the reason somebody broke your mother’s jaw. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “My mother almost died, will never be healthy again, and it’s your father’s fault!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “This is all your fault,” George said angrily to Wood. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z ‘I think I know why we landed here. It’s my fault.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Eager to find fault and despise any outsider. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The desire had come over him to deny what she said, to interrupt her testimony with the truth about his father, a strong and tireless man, honest to a fault, kind and humble as well. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Words press against my mouth—“sorry” and “All my fault. Earmuff-wearing is no excuse for not being nice.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Everyone said it wasn’t my fault; it was the economy. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “About me? You think it’s my fault? Haven’t you seen me trying to teach her every day?” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “It ain’t every pastor going to set down his own nephew—in front of the whole church, too. And Elisha hadn’t committed no big fault.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I've met four girls this month alone. It’s not my fault none of them is adequate.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Her beauty, her pink cheeks and golden curls, seemed to give delight to all who looked at her, and to purchase indemnity for every fault. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Could she fault him for being the way God had created him? A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z It’s my fault that things went so far. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t have a dry stitch on me,” he said, as if it were our fault that he sweat so much. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z This time it was his own fault, one hundred percent. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Through no fault of her own, she was no longer his equal with codes and ciphers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Her head knew that what happened with Milo wasn’t her fault, but her heart didn’t quite agree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z She peered at me as if searching for faults. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She said, “Whatever happens now, Sarai, it will be your fault.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The first half of 1943 brought crying spells, loneliness and the gradual realization of my faults and shortcomings, which were numerous and seemed even more so. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Then it'd all be my fault for not sticking to the plan. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Clara did her part as well, praising the elegance of his handwriting when Ana showed her his letters, and Lady Isobel could find no fault with his country house — or his considerable fortune. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hey, it’s not my fault what people think they’re buying. How is that my fault? Am I supposed to be a mind reader?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z “But what makes you so sure they've come to Venice? Surely they didn't come just to ride on the gondolas...'' “It's their mother's fault!” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Then his older brother walked in the room and said it was both of our faults if he got sick to his stomach listening to us. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It’s not his fault his family moved to Chicago. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z That you wanted to keep it at first and that everything is their fault. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “It’s not their fault you abandoned them in the arena. Who knows what the Capitol’s doing to them?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Jackson might not have been mine, and it might be his fault that I'm stuck in Summerland in the first place, but I still loved him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The first thing he did was ask himself if what had happened was Loki’s fault. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z I threw the Walkman at her and left, putting my fingers in my ears so I couldn’t hear her say “It is not your fault.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault you’re a Spare. Or that you invoked the impossible task. It was rotten luck, but don’t take it out on me!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z That was my fault--Gatsby had been called to the phone and I'd enjoyed these same people only two weeks before. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z This seemed to be his go-to line, reiterating that the school wasn’t technically at fault. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z There must have been moments even that afternoon when Daisy tumbled short of his dreams--not through her own fault but because of the colossal vitality of his illusion. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I had to remember it wasn’t his fault that Mike and Eric had already used up my quota of patience for the day. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You told me everything was my fault. You made me believe that I was worthless. You watched me suffer, you— He shrugs. “Do you have any idea how boring you became, Rachel? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mostly he kept finding different ways of letting me know if everything didn’t work the way it was s’pose to, it wouldn’t be no one’s fault but my own. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z After all, it was “painful” to imagine that one might be “not just right”— particularly if whatever was wrong was not your own fault but “maybe a thing you were born with.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault. Shay’s board had one too. That’s why we meet you newbies down here.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Nan said it wasn’t anyone’s fault, but I could tell she didn’t believe it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “That’s what I kept telling my manager. I'm a nice guy, I kept telling him. Is it my fault I got clopped? But he lost faith. Lousy manager.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z It felt like the world around him was falling apart and it was all his fault. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Not my fault, I swear,” I said, trying to play it cool. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The last day I work for Judd, he inspects every job I do, finds fault with the least little thing. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z I hadn’t done anything wrong—I never did anything wrong—it wasn’t my fault.... Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z What if it was decided that the bird was somehow at fault? The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z I mean, it wasn’t his fault his boss was gay and cowardly and failing to report for duty. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z It's not my fault Americans are overfed from birth. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z She was totally upset, and it was my fault. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I know this is just the fault of your genes, Nita,” David says weakly. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “She thinks it was her fault he died!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Prudence said, “No she did not, and I wish you would quit acting as if it is my fault that she did not say more than she did.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “So...this whole thing is my fault!” he said. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I think it is not all his fault that he gave up on the orchard. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “It’s really not your fault,” I said to him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. It’s my fault.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Because,” said Thor, “when something goes wrong, the first thing I always think is, it is Loki’s fault. It saves a lot of time.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z “Nothing’s ever your fault,” I snarled at him. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z I want to tell him that it’s his fault that I’m out here. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z We had been bad, yes, but was what Papá did our fault? Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “You just want to manipulate this whole thing so it looks like it wasn’t your fault. Well, sorry! A million tears don’t change anything. They don’t change reality.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault that Melody is like she is.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z “I loved you so much. You were the best cat. It’s all my fault.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “I’m only trying to help. It isn’t my fault they’re going to disappear him, is it? I shouldn’t even be telling you.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, okay? I know that.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z And as a result of her fault she was not here. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Dear Mavor, My brother Danny Chipped his tooth On the cracked sidewalk, His fault really Because he was on His skateboard With his eyes closed And his fat mouth open. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s just as much your fault as it is his, Mary Anne.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt like telling her it wasn’t my fault, but I stopped myself because I remembered that I’d already said that to my boss. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “The little ones aren’t smart enough to keep it to themselves. It’s my fault. I never should have called them here.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “It is not my fault if she is unhappy.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if they didn’t look it wasn’t his fault, he had put himself in the way. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “They just assumed it was your fault. Because, you know...” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t get him in trouble, because then it will be my fault, and he’ll never speak to me again.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Even though she felt it was largely his fault—could his first have gone to his head?—she knew this was something she must clear up before she thought of leaving. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “My mother died and it is your fault!” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “It was all your fault,” she told me. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “No. Not as anything other than a friend. But that wasn’t her fault, any more than it was my fault that I liked her.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Always she had faulted Helen for caring so about looks. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He says he cannot accept what Van Rappard has said—that Vincent's work is extremely weak, that the faults outnumber his strengths. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Wasn’t my fault she lost her balance and fell on her butt in front of everybody. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z To most of his students and colleagues, Ernest seemed generous with credit to a fault. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The first emotion, and it was horror, and that was all my fault. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Or maybe the cleaning fluids are at fault, except that then the rash should have begun on my hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to harder physical work, secondary school students spent more time finding fault with themselves and one another. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “Don’t be stupid, it wasn’t your fault! If anything, it was mine....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I felt myself shift forward on the bed, drawn to the pain there, desperate to reassure him that what had happened there in the snowy field hadn’t been his fault. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “It was my fault. I could have sworn I sensed something. Like a tiger moving through the woods, but not, you understand. Well, of course you know what I thought.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, but I’m not. I can’t help it that I care about animals and don’t want to eat them. And it’s not my fault I don’t like hot sauce or cilantro.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z “That was entirely my fault,” I say quickly. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Hey, Perry, you know ... I land of feel that maybe it was my fault.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z But sitting in the teacher’s lounge one day, her voice soft and weary, she decided the fault might be with herself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “These children have many fault, neh? I forget children tears. I ever tell you your father crybaby when he little? Hai, you would not believe it today, though.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “So you see, it’s my fault she was left behind. I’m responsible.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault!” she said, suddenly cheerful. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “It was not your fault,” she says quietly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It isn’t Daniel’s fault, of course; who’s at fault is a mystery. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “It was all my fault,” she says as the tears begin to roll. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z She tells herself this instead: It is The Taker’s fault and only The Taker’s. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z If he did not profit from his methods it was not his fault, but this arose from an extraordinary and extreme instance of contrary Fortune. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z Petra heard her mother say, “How could a thing like this happen? I mean, whose fault is this?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t. Not again. It’s not your fault. She’d tell you it’s not your fault.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “Hey, don’t put this on me. It’s not my fault your pals are threatened by my game.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “It’s my fault for letting you in at all, but I thought you couldn’t do much harm.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “Your mom did everything she did to try and protect you. It’s not her fault you wrote those notes, is it?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The prevailing theory today is that the straight lines mapped out the area’s many underground faults, which channel water. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “It’s not her fault, Grandma. It’s this new girl’s fault,” I said, sticking up for Lexie the way I always do. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z Every job of work undone, every bill unpaid, every illness, every death was The Man’s fault. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are we not your parents? Did you think we would blame you for what is not your fault?” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look,” said Hermione patiently, “it’s always you who gets all the attention, you know it is. I know it’s not your fault,” she added quickly, seeing Harry open his mouth furiously. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry about me. If I go to jail, it’s my own fault.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She looked right into him and saw his faults, and knew he’d been in prison. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Everything that had happened on this terrible night was because of his very existence, but it wasn’t his fault. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not just Mom’s fault—it’s mine too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z What if they knew it was my fault Mariam was lost? Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z And Sherlock Holmes and Watson shoot the dog, which is one of the dogs which gets killed in the story, which is not nice because it is not the dog’s fault. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Okay, well at the moment it kinda is, but that’s Zeno of Elea’s fault. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I thought your friend Ron might like to keep this owl, as it’s my fault he no longer has a rat. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I think it’s my fault. Other times, Audrey’s. Or maybe his parents’. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “It wasn’t Murray and Ready’s fault. Says right here on the slip that you was to be here for work this morning.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew she would not have to kneel down anymore, at the front of the classroom, and listen to all of us shouting at her that it was her fault. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it was my tío Esteban’s fault for being a jerk who she would need to divorce to get that money. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z It’s his fault that she can’t fall asleep, she tells herself. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Through no fault of their own, those second graders had lost a year of learning. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z After all this time, I still ask myself: Was it my fault? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z “I mean it, Melody. It is not your fault!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z I pointed out, somewhat aggressively, that it wasn’t my fault Julian had decided to leave. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She was still blinking away the afterimage of Rasalas’s gleaming teeth, and the knowledge that it was all her fault. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z They are accidents and no one’s fault, as used to be thought. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe Rashid’s cousins in Palestine were right, and it was Rashid’s fault he didn’t completely fit in, because he did not know who he was or what he wanted. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z It just feels like all of this is a little bit my fault. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It’s kind of sad when you have to run away from something that isn’t your fault. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was infuriating to find herself behind in almost every subject, but she knew that the fault lay in Hollywood Gardens Elementary and not in herself. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Poor man, it’s not his fault there’s a Depression. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z There was a comical moment in the fifth year when our English teacher demanded, “But you have had lessons in grammar?” and we all looked shifty, as if the fault was ours. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z On the other hand, he was stubbornly convinced that Edward was at fault — because, if not for him, I wouldn’t have left home in the first place. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “Anyway,” said Auntie, “you stay out late one more time, it be your fault or no, and your auntie go whip you from here to Cap Haitien.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z We all knew it wasn’t the driver’s fault, but Amá needed someone to accuse. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z On the way out, he frowned at Jon, as if it were somehow his fault. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He gave Sansa an angry look, as if it were her fault. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “It’s very expensive to go to New York. Besides, we’re so happy to have you. You’ve never been to visit us,” she said, as if it were my fault. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, either,” Dad said, before I was gone. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z And so you see, what happened next wasn’t my fault at all. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z This is all my fault, and there’s something back at that party that I have to fix. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z It was his fault that the faraway man in Ammu’s chest stopped shouting. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end she did neither, but said, “None of what happened was your fault. You were just a little boy, and anytime you want to tell me anything, I am here to listen.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault — a villein only gets what the lord lets him keep, and our lord was tightfisted. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Many were at fault, and I was among them. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z She’s referring to the complications she had when she gave birth to me, as if it were my fault I almost died and took her with me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Hush,” she whispered back, “there en’t any choice, Pan. It’s our fault. We got to make it right, and this is the only way.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so sorry! It was all my fault! I should’ve protected you!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “You had a cool plan. It’s not your fault it didn’t work out.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “Who said this had anything to do with fault?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z Now he's the mailroom manager there and says the work isn't so bad, but once in a while people blame you for stuff that isn't your fault. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z I always accuse you of jumping to things and it was me who—Albus went missing and I assumed it was your fault. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Maybe it really is his fault that his sons are the way they are. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z We tried to explain that it wasn’t our fault the doors blew open, but he was still angry. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z None of this was his fault, but it wasn’t equal, either, and for any woman who lives by the mantra that equality is important, this can be a little confusing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “It was my fault she died. I—I killed her.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Whatever is happening to me is my own fault. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “You know it’s not my fault. All I’m doing is trying to look at things objectively and arrive at a solution to a very difficult situation.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “This is all Headmaster’s fault, choosing me to take that exam. I hate that man almost as much as I hate studying!” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z "Is it his fault the old man died?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t be sorry. It’s not your fault. I’ve been mean to you and that wasn’t right. How about if I bring you an ice cream sandwich? Would you like that?” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “It was your own fault! If you had waited...” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “She kept giving me this look. Like I should’ve had the decency to die with all the other folk. Like all this was my fault.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “How dare you get angry at me—as if your lack of foresight is my fault!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It was his fault my mother had disappeared in a flash of light. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She had said this about Papa in a mild, forgiving way, as if it were not Papa’s fault, as one would talk about a person who was shouting gibberish from a severe case of malaria. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It’s my fault for not trying harder, not fighting to keep my place in the friendship. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z How she must have laughed when I confessed my faults to her! Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Maybe it’s not her fault, coming from a family with connections to the KKK. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It was not their fault that they were young and cheerful, he reminded himself as he carried the swinging beam of his flashlight back through the darkness. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He shouldn’t have been so ill-tempered with the poor man; it wasn’t Harrison’s fault that Okeoma felt he was condescending. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “This is all my fault. All of it. Taking the twenty. The wedding video. My dad shutting down our account. Freebie getting hit.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It was without fault except for the old man waiting for bread. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Both felt that it was a period of high visibility, that their faults and blemishes were sinking into obscurity in an inversely proportional manner. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In fact, it was her radiologist who was potentially at fault. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “What happened wasn’t really his fault. His family probably even knows that by now. The war made a lot of men go funny. You knew he was a gunner, didn’t you?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “I couldn’t help it. I felt like it was my fault!” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She looked down at Loo, so close to what had to be death, and she knew it was her fault. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I'm going to say: This was all my fault. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It wasn’t his fault, or John’s, Roy’s eyes said, that they had such a crazy father. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I had told him that he wasn’t to blame for the accident, and that it was my fault for following Trotter’s lead. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. I’m sorry things are bad for you. But what my dad did was not my fault. He got himself into trouble.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z He had a habit of attributing all of Bunny’s faults indirectly to her—his laziness, his bad humors, his lapses of taste. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z A long time before Bas died, we had a pretend argument about whose fault it was that he'd fallen in love with me. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was not her fault, poor woman, that she always said the wrong thing. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z Mr. Frank Churchill, I must tell you my mother’s spectacles have never been in fault since; the rivet never came out again. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I thought things would get better when Shawn dumped Sadie—I suppose I’d convinced myself that it was her fault, the things he did, and that without her he would be different. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “What are you even saying? It’s not your fault. You can’t apologize for racism.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not my fault he goes to my school!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My conscience protests that the deaths were not my fault. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z And when Tommy had protested it was all very well Miss Lucy saying this, but everyone did think it was his fault, she’d given a sigh and looked out of her window. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who was to know this would happen? It was an accident. It’s no one’s fault.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z “It will start women thinking, and men, too,” Stanton wrote to Mott, “and when men and women think...the first step is taken. The great fault of mankind is that it will not think.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “The Churchills are very likely in fault,” said Mr. Knightley, coolly; “but I dare say he might come if he would.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “Look,” she said, “this is my fault. I shouldn’t have gone out with you tonight.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It isn’t my fault the splendor in the earth comes to me so willingly; it’s done so all my life. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z According to Grandma, this whole incident was his own fault. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z It wasn't His fault that He didn't have any time. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z “If a few bottles happen to fall into my satchel as we pass through, that’s hardly my fault, is it?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. This whole mess is Alan’s fault. Me, being petrified, having to go to court not once but twice.” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s your fault Red is targeting Liz. If you’d left her alone like I asked, he would have forgotten all about her by now.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Frank pouted like it was somehow his fault. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z It was God’s fault, for taunting her as He had. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z None of that was Jason’s fault; but every time Annabeth saw him, she remembered how much she missed Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “That wasn’t my fault,” Milo answered with dignity. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z "All right. Have it your own way. Road to hell paved with unbought stuffed dogs. Not my fault." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z I sensed that the fault lay with Charles, who was surly and uncommunicative and—as lately was par for the course—drinking a little more than was good for him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z But it had felt a little like his fault. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z It was during the earliest days in Peshawar, amid the horror and grief, that my father asked my mother, “Is this my fault?” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z They could be tossed out of public housing due to no fault of their own. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He’s a master at it, making me feel as though everything is my fault, making me feel worthless. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not your fault, brother,” the Keeper said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not your fault if he likes you. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Recently it has been decided, grudgingly, that dark skin or lameness may not be entirely one’s fault, but one still ought to show the good manners to act ashamed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "Is it my fault that your fool brother lost his battle before we could march?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z "Pull, gents! Be good lads! It's me own fault, not leadin' you around this bog. Me eyesight ain't what it was, is it, old tars?" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z Did everything have to be her fault? she wondered stupidly. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “This was my fault, and I had no excuse for not being there,” she told her players. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z What I really wanted to say was, it wasn’t my fault. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If the guy didn’t listen, it wasn’t his fault. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “I just dropped it. It was his fault he went and ate it, I never told him to.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Mamani I knew was incredibly independent and stubborn to a fault. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z Seeing her so changed made me feel as if I stood on a fault line and any moment my whole life might crack apart. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z GINNY: Harry, he was kidnapped by a powerful Dark witch, how can that be your fault? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z |
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