In foster homes, holidays always had a way of making me feel like an outsider—and now the stakes were higher. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Her shoulders feel like chicken bones stitched together. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the plan moving inside me like thaw-time waters rising between cliffs. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the first time in my life I did not feel sad about moving. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

What feels like a solid wall hits me from the side, forcing the air from my lungs, and I fall hard, gasping. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I feel so bad that Sheriff Ocasek seems to think it’s me that I hesitate to try to pin it on anybody else. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He would feel as if it was no longer possible to keep balance anymore, as hopeless as if he was trying to ride a seesaw by himself. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her chest feel lighter, the thought of avoiding that whole ugly conversation, but doubt whispered through her like smoke seeping under a closed door. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The view from the top was gorgeously panoramic, but it still didn’t feel right without Katz, without a full pack. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Feigning a calm he did not feel, he groped in the pouch around his neck and took out the two halves of his broken wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He could feel his moment of greatness slipping through his fingers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Even her gown feels the same as it did, cascading around her and no longer wet from the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I set off twenty-three bombs before I didn’t feel like doing it anymore. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Though there’s a houseful of people down the hall, it feels sneaky and wrong to step into a boy’s bedroom. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I look as old as I feel, my disguise must be perfect. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

These were just things that made me feel I was immune from death. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“How nice for you. I feel like I’ll never know enough.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s like alcohol in my veins, completely dulling my senses except for what he wants me to feel. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But now I don’t really feel like I have a home—it’s more like I live at Dad’s place. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Yet Lord Fredrick had said his friends were “itching” to meet the children; the very idea made Penelope feel as if she might break out in a rash. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I could feel Ma and his parents and Auntie Harm waiting for good news as he held both of my hands. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The bright lights of the school hallways feel garish after the mosque’s warm yellow bulbs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Whenever I get off an airplane, I feel like I’ve been deep fried, dripping in oil. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel the gate at all, but I could smell the bright cold. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We know that they can feel sadness, fear, despair, loneliness, boredom. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia’s calves feel like baseballs below her knees. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But most of all, I feel guilty because I want to go back. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could barely read the words on the page, and they didn’t feel right to me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Something very powerfuL” “And the smell of death,” Nico added, which made me feel a whole lot better. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

For the pictures, we had a simple white screen for a backdrop, and people could sit or stand for their portrait, whatever made them feel comfortable. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Standing on the platform, waiting for the train, I feel dizzy. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, I feel like I’m going to throw up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

At court and in the teahouses, you will find that what you see and feel and hear isn't always real. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Jam could feel a mild frustration in her, that the painting wasn’t clear, that it was hiding around corners from her. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It feels like you want to scream, but your lungs fail. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe when we got together and let our pain out it would rise up and reach someplace where the kid could feel it, too. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A British nurse grabs my arm and I feel the sickening lack of muscle, the bare nerve rolling between my skin and bone. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I could feel her knee barely touching mine. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he failed to respond again, Celaena couldn’t help but feel a bit foolish. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I could actually feel my legs quaking now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She gritted her teeth against the pain, her heart beating so hard and fast, she could feel it in her toes. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It seemed he just didn’t feel like putting up with the Mansfields’ annual August barbecue. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He could not feel the lower half of his body, and so was unaware that the mangled limbs of Ghosh were draped over his legs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel light-headed as I realize what Mr. Post is saying. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The garden was popular and the garden was wholesome, but I also knew that for some people it wouldn’t feel like enough. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Of course, keeping you safe is beginning to feel like a fulltime occupation that requires my constant presence.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feel powerfully vindicated—a survivor—but it would take a long time, probably months, before I could hope to be accepted into this sorority. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He volunteered to read a paragraph aloud during Social Studies, but didn’t feel like helping his team advance the soccer ball in gym. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

I hear a whoosh, feel the bite of the wind as it rushes toward me in a great gust. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Say things that come out wrong. Actually, I do it all the time. But then I feel bad, and I try to fix it.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

What matters is that I feel it, and believe it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It sank in that she was seeing a vision of the murders she had averted, and whatever shame she might have felt at Minya’s tirade earlier, she didn’t feel it anymore. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I honestly feel like my heart is shattering into a million pieces at the thought of Mango lying alone in the cold shed. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Lina didn’t really feel cold but she did feel sad, which was in a way the same. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I began to feel as low as the caterpillar. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that makes me feel better is that, whatever Finch wrote, it will always be there, underneath the layers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It makes us both feel important, and it’s a big help to her. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

He could feel something back there, something of her life which he could not explain. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the tears threatening to come out. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

This, I told myself, is how a trapeze artist in a circus must feel as he goes swishing through the air high up in the circus tent. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Some people feel that their attempt to preserve segregation is best for themselves, their children, and their nation. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

I curve my hands, poise them for just a second above the keys, feel a swell inside my chest, then my fingers take over. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Until it's enough to remind me what it feels like to be close to another person, enough to last me for another span of months. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I could hear my voice saying, far off, “I don’t feel any pain, Timothy. The pain has gone away.” The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I’d have been able to feel the sting in my state; pain didn’t matter anymore, but all the same I wanted to stay alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

After all he had been through, it was obvious that he still remained utterly disposable, even at the crew house, the one place he had started to feel more or less at home. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Moushumi feels sick at the thought of it, of a death so sudden, of a woman so marginal and yet so central to her world. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Naomi began to feel the room close in on her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful did not feel the grip of the arctic cold. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Neither Boy21 nor I say a word, and I have to admit that it feels good not being the only rabbit in the building. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a moment right after set is called when it feels like the world stops. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I could feel Jazz's face turn red without having to turn around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn’t have this guilt—the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it, not even Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It feels so good to zap them into giggles on the floor mat. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Audrey will never feel the arms of that kid, Angelina, wrapped around her neck or see the pieces of the mother all over the supermarket floor. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell Audrey the truth, partly because I knew she’d feel obligated to tell my mom, but mostly because she didn’t deserve that kind of burden. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Whatever. It’s meat, right? M-E-A-T. I feel like I’m about sixteen already. I can feel myself growing.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Khmer Rouge soldiers surely feel these people betrayed them by staying with the Youns.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kneaded his arm over and over until I couldn't feel any bubbles. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

He could feel them pressing in around them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can almost feel the paranoia emanating from the walls, like the terminal itself is terrified of unfamiliar eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Don't make me feel any more tired. What do you want?” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty soon it feel like I can’t think My mind run up on a thought, git confuse, run back and sort of lay down. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel a cold presence in the room, like a coiled sleeping snake. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to feel...apologetic about this trip to Penikese. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Our teachers remind us there are just five more weeks of school, and I should be happy, but instead I feel nothing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I feel there is something ominous in his calm, and shall not forget this night.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I feel horrible for taking something really strange and emotional from her life and making it even weirder. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Not that I feel like I have to check up on you or anything. I’m sure you’re both very responsible teenagers.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though I feel like crying from relief, I keep my face carefully bland and slide another pin into her silken hair. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

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

"Lord Varys, I am growing strangely fond of you. I may kill you yet, but I think I'd feel sad about it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I look at him and smile, but I feel this quiet smack of guilt. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

She’s the only person who can make me feel better right now. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It feels like a huge rock inside my stomach. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe this is the way things are supposed to be, but it doesn’t feel right. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s so cute, my lung function feels like it dropped another 10 percent. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There's so much red and green and gold everywhere, it feels like we’re in a different country. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My brain feels like it is buzzing with information. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It makes Jus feel like cockroaches are walking all over him. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Though he cannot take us in, the man feels sorry for us and looks for a family to take us. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that if he reached out and touched her face, it would feel like butter, the kind Master unwrapped from a paper packet and spread on his bread. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And on bad days, she tried her best to make me feel better. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m personally willing to feel a little pain to make a point,” said Martin, shrugging. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel like I should say something more, but I don't want her to get mad. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The news that a second child was on the way made him feel trapped. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted her to feel the contrast to when Chrissie and Rodney had touched her, and I deliberately chose exactly the same spot. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you all feel like it’s something you can work with?” asks Ren. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe if you tell me what you liked about Alex, I could find a boy who makes me feel that way. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

You can feel it: it’s like the hum of electric lights, the change in atmosphere as the train pulls up to the red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant voice of the answering machine that never had to feel sorrow or pain answered cheerfully, “You have reached the Washington residence. Please leave your number, and have a nice day!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel like I’m going to get yelled at when he’s around. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Hey. I don’t know the guy. I want to feel him out. I wouldn’t loan my car to a stranger. You think I’d send off my son? Out on the ocean, no less?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It is extremely important, I know, and one ought to feel elated by the prospect of taking personal charge, calling the shots, running one’s cells around like toy trains. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels as though the room is empty but for us. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She said, “Khaled, nothing about this sea feels dead to me.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of days later, when Shanon started talking about trying to reunite the family, I didn’t know how to feel. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to admit it, not even to myself, but I feel calmer when I’m near her. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It feels weird knocking on a door that’s already partially open, but I do. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She could feel the medicine burn down to her stomach. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And as I drain the last drops from the cup, I feel myself relaxing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

One more thing that will make him feel warm inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I feel like spitting looking at that picture,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

What does it feel like to stand in front of a firing squad with no way out? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But his “displays” are only ever pyramids of canned pears, and the plastic sheets make the inside of his shop feel like a photograph from Victorian times. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

What had I done to make her feel so scared? Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

You should know that I don’t want to feel this way about her. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I know what that feels like, and I know what this means. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I can feel the weight of the fish behind the skiff. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want to stay out here, be- neath the sky where things feel safer and simpler, where I understand things. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels to Marie-Laure as if they have wound these past four days toward the center of a bewildering maze, and now they are tiptoeing past the pickets of some final interior cell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but I seriously think you’ll feel better if you get out of bed and let me take you somewhere.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I feel sure, though, that her cheerful acceptance was itself a disguise. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"I feel a little guilty about the whole deal, too," said Mother. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was strange to feel those moments of optimism. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he said, “people just have different ways of expressing what they feel. Those kids make jokes and complain. You run around screaming your head off and tackling people.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

"But I'm glad you've started wearing colors again. You look like your old self and that makes me feel young again." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like the way it must feel to fly. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Plus, I really just wanted to feel normal for a second—like nothing had changed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Throwing them into the chasm won’t get rid of them forever, but it might make me feel better. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I can barely move, and I think I understand what shock feels like. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I judged by your countenance, sir, which was troubled when you said the suggestion had returned upon you. I feel sure it will work you more misery if you listen to it.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

They loved him that way; he could still feel the love they had for him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, being back in Flushing somehow makes her feel closer to him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Since my father died and I stopped trusting my mother, no one else's arms have made me feel this safe. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Because you want to or because you feel forced into it?” she asks. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"Well, we all feel a little closer today, don't we?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s okay. I feel a lot better.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I began to feel more nervous excitement than fear during all the preparations and the making of emergency plans. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Though Jonathan, listening to something his father is saying, doesn’t hear, Gogol feels helpless, annoyed yet unable to blame his mother, caught in the mess he’s made. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then why did he sometimes feel that someone was watching him? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must feel bad about scaring me because he adds, “Everything’ll be all right.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

"How does it feel? Do you like the balance?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She makes sure he eats better, and he feels good being her mentor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Looking at it from the roof of her house, she had thought that crossing it would make her feel like a gossamer-winged fairy flying through the air. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look over at Devon’s chest and it makes me feel good. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel the pain when I look at my mother. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I am four times as much, but I feel like I don’t know anything.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some days, when she walked, she would feel tipsy, swaying side to side, needing to rest against walls as if struck by vertigo. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I feel a flash of anger and force myself to nod. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I still see, hear, and feel bits and flashes. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Small men oft feel a need to prove their courage with unseemly boasts,” he declared. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t like the ocean too much after I fell out of Mister Lochana’s speedboat, but with my dad, I always feel safe. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now, remembering, Robin could almost feel the weight of his father’s mailed glove on his shoulder as he said good-by. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

Hearing it made me feel better, for once. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“You sure everything’s going to be okay? At home? School? Do you feel like you did the right thing?” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I feel the warmth, the bond between us. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Iris’s medicinal tea had helped his body feel better, but his mind still hurt. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I feel like such a spy. Bunny just went home. Now the problem is, I think Cloke kind of likes me.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thought to myself, Mr. Ray is right, the person in that casket can’t feel nothing. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

And I don’t want him to know how I feel. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I hope people feel empowered by my fight and know that they have every right to demand a place at the table of whatever life is offering. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

His mother, too, was silent, but he had seen her pray before, and her silence made him feel that she was weeping. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I could feel this awful thing going on in my heart. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

After a time the rhythm began to feel almost natural. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I eat dinner and draw and watch YouTube videos, just like I used to do to kill time pre-Stella’s intervention, but it all feels extra boring now. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

And I feel myself moving away, as though his north pole is approaching my north pole. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would feel different when we came back to the island, is all.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

I’m clenching my teeth so hard I can feel my jaw hurt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They could feel the energy and were transported by it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The Bollywood-ized suburban wedding hall feels pretty cinematic, yet the thought of the awkward social situations to come makes me turn back and look longingly at the doors. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I could feel her looking at me, but I kept myself turned away, looking out the window at the bare trees. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

When we settle back into our selves, everything feels different, like if I turned on the light we’d be bears. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Coach Mustilli had a way of making each of us feel equally valuable, whether we fenced, cheered, or kept score. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The cognac was very, very good, and from the first muttered “Sante” and the first clicking sip you could feel the Brotherhood of Man growing until it filled Rocinante full—and the sisterhood also. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun from outside is behind him like he’s walking out of a ball of light, and all of a sudden, I feel like I’m going to cry. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stand up too, ready to retreat to my bedroom because I feel a wave coming, but I’m not fast enough. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They could all feel themselves getting sleepy, despite the cold. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

My sister heard they donate money to screw over gay people, and I guess it started to feel weird eating there. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I can’t begin to tell you how good that makes me feel right now. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“No. Just wanted to make sure your bike was okay. I still feel bad about that.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“How would you feel about limiting the letters?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Even down here on the ground I can feel the wind on my face. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“But she looks sad all the time. I feel like it’s because of me.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was quiet for a minute, and then he asked, “So, how often do we give Boots that medicine? She still feels pretty hot.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God, that was scary as hell. I feel like we should celebrate or something.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And his father’s smile made him feel as if he might be worth something after all—until he remembered he was out-loud lying. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I never discussed it with anyone, though, for fear of how my mother would feel. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When the cars round a bend, they feel as if they might overturn. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But this new idea about himself—face blind—didn’t make him feel better. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I feel I’m about to get caught Kneeling seems called for. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could memories feel so close and so far away at the same time? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archie repelled him in many ways but most of all by the way he made everybody feel dirty, contaminated, polluted. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want him to feel I’m doing him a favor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried it a few times but, surrounded by their fresh and smiling faces, I couldn't help but feel I'd been wrongly cast in an international Pepsi commercial. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like I’m six years old. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

It looked so pretty that it made my heart feel funny, all swollen and full, and I wished desperately that I knew where my mama was so she could come to the party, too. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

When they depart, they shake hands and embrace like old friends, even if they have only just met, and as they go their separate ways they feel less alone than they had before. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, when you feel up to it.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel he’s losing his balance and I try harder to pull my arms free to catch myself. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel too bad — if I’d been a real bonobo mother I would have struck him a whole lot harder. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why did things still feel so uncertain even after I’d found my dad? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you tell me how you want me to feel?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

On the night I feel that thing again, the hunger that overtook me on the beach, I know this would have happened anyway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

We decided to feel at home on the day that Grosie gave a formal tea in Mother’s honor. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I say, "Yeah but don't tell the bartender," and she says, "I feel like a real pervert right now," and I say, "Why?" and she just laughs. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“It feels stupid with my elbows in,” I complained. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel real horrible about the whole thing, but also glad she’s apologizing. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Man, it feels good to stand up!’’ the first angel said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I guess she was trying to make me feel better, but I find mental disorders to be vastly overrated. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Texas was home, but 1 didn’t feel so welcome there when I got back. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel so bad about leaving him alone. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

The streetlight suddenly feels too bright in my eyes, the night very cold. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My head pounds, and every muscle in my body feels stretched too far. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Jess, feel free to try anything on. That sparkly blue one would look so awesome on you.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

It’s also taller than my good leg, which Hank says it’s supposed to be, but I feel off-kilter. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

The sword, obviously, was the wiser choice—and for Chaol to offer his own weapon made her feel strangely lightheaded—but the staff... Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The memory of the feast returns full-force and I feel sick. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

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

Throughout the village, the pungent smells of goat stew and peanut soup, along with waves of papaya and honeysuckle that wafted through the air, made Amari feel hungry as well as excited. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My dad’s narrow-mindedness only made me feel more connected to Maribel, though. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because the Corcorans were Irish, maybe it was that Mr. Corcoran was born in Boston, but the whole family seemed to feel, somehow, that it had a mysterious affinity with the Kennedys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Fine, if you feel that way, I’ll send the dresses back.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The strange thing is, it all feels so cozy. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

There is this little glow of happiness I feel at her words, and I find myself smiling at my mom. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

For one thing, they didn't feel the same way about living in Little Rock or about the prison the white people had created for us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to use the mood organ? To feel better? You always have gotten a lot out of it, more than I ever have.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I feel one second of relief before I think what must be going on in the attic. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu wanted to say, “I don’t give her too many choices,” because she wished Kimberly would not be so sheer in her yieldingness; perhaps Morgan just needed to feel that her mother could push back. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

My mom works at the hospital, so I’ve been in enough of them to know what it feels like when you’re inside of one. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Reading the poem certainly made me feel less worried and confused. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to feel like some escaped convict hiding out from the cops. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone could feel how the creature was focused on the young girl, the way its edged protectiveness was biting through the air. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Dear God, I know I’m not real big on prayer, but please feel free to rain down fire and brimstone to take me out like you supposedly did at that Sodom and Gomorrah place. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It feels like I’m the only person in our whole school who doesn’t want to play, and that’s cool with me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He could practically feel his father’s strong hand resting on his shoulder. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

I felt my skin tighten, I couldn’t feel my face, and it seemed my ears had fallen off; my fingers hurt, and my teeth chattered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Okay, that did not make Finn feel better. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“After so long without her, it’s very hard to explain what I feel. She knows I adore her. That I love her so much.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My whole body feels electric: chest and stomach and everywhere below. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Oakland, California, is a city of more than 400,000 people, but it can still feel like a small town. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I knew if I said anything he’d bring up Mong and what happened, and I didn’t feel like having some big talk about it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel Mom back there, somewhere, spying on me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His fingers moved absentmindedly to the little pouch still strung around his neck, through which he could feel the jagged mirror fragment in which he had been sure he had seen Dumbledore’s eye. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And during the day he would sometimes take off all the blankets that my mother insisted I be wrapped in and let me feel the warmth of the sun on my face and legs. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It was nice to feel taken care of. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I could feel her watching me at the door. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vermont’s mountains are comparatively soft and rolling, and its profusion of dairy farms gives it a more welcoming and inhabited feel. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not used to having to vocalize how social anxiety makes me feel. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I began to feel delighted with this man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, in Moushumi’s company, he feels more apologetic than excited. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Using my cane to feel the way, to touch driftwood or coral ledges the night tide might have uncovered, I moved along the damp sand, calling out now and then. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I mean, even though it’s not her fault, I think she feels ashamed. That’s why it’s a secret. Like, who am I to bring it up and hurt her again?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t want to feel anything anyway. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And the fact that he must depend on that red tie seemed to be the sum of the impending disaster; he could almost smell it, feel it above the throbbing of his head. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel his strength waning, and they still had another giant to deal with. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I like reading their little notes, it feels like they can still talk to me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She feels that way, tool He cleared his throat. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d feel better if Apollo would claim him as a son. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m coughing violently, throwing up the water I still feel burning me up on the inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

You need to feel that you are getting small-town personal service from someone who has a calling to the profession. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

They bolted ahead, sleek and sure, and their energy made the sleigh feel alive. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Malcolm felt behind him with his right hand, trying to feel for the knife. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even through the leather, she could feel the dense heat of the bricks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel like this is the worst time ever to tell her anything. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It feels a little weird to see Daddy’s words so big, but it’s also really cool. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Did he feel alone even though he, Big Time, was still there? 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s just weird and uncomfortable, and I feel like a sellout. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t feel the pole in my hands. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carlyle, still fretting over which wire to cut, cautiously says, “Well, Alexa has a right to feel what she feels...” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If I reached out my ghostly hand to his, would he feel me? If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would close her eyes and bury her face in Ess’s hair, and everything would feel better. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Mom and Dad can if they want, because they have stuff to feel bad about. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This is like the king of them all. It’s a device that makes you feel like you’re on fire.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“You said my dad didn’t feel anything when he hurt people.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“How can you not be worried? It feels like there’s nothing we can do to beat her.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Getting their food from Polyface lets them feel connected to their food—these customers know exactly where their food comes from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The weird thing is, doing the translation didn't feel like hours, not once I got going. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

But as the Egypt Game became second nature to its six participants, and they began to feel more and more at home in the land of Egypt, they gradually began to forget about being cautious. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above all, I was starting to feel fit. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about how my feet were already starting to feel cold from the snow. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

How important it is to me, Elizabeth doesn’t say, but I know how she feels. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

But any relief I feel then vanishes instantaneously. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Alex gawks, watching Henry feel around the edge of a seemingly plain wall. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even for soldiers, it was hard not to feel uneasy at such an affront to the gods most had worshiped all their lives. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I pictured her brown eyes, how serious and deep they were, how she could look right into me in her quiet way and make me feel better. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In that instant I feel the thinness of his arms. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blood was seeping from his knuckles though he did not seem to feel it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The boys could hear and feel the jar of his body through the house as he hopped to and from Alice’s bed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Never mind. Let me ask you a question. How would you feel if you were a Martian and people came to your land and started tearing it up?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every minute that ticks off the clock feels like a belt tightening around my gut. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tidbit hovered, trying to make Amari feel better by making little jokes and silly faces. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm surprised by the rush of affection I feel for him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She scoots close enough for me to feel her bare arm against mine. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I wondered what else I could make her feel. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

What would Heather do if she were here and the house didn’t feel like Christmas? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“That new medicine is wonderful. You look dragged by dogs, Joe. Don’t you feel well?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know I should feel good about that, but I don’t. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel out of place as he stood in their midst. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

It feels like you’re on Apollo 11, and the moon is in your sights. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel her standing behind me now, looking over my shoulder; I can smell her smell of hand lotion, and the other smell that is not tea. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. It’s going to feel weird not having snow in the winter.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mom grows quiet for what feels like a really long time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She holds me for what feels like a long time, even after I let my hands fall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m angry! Why can’t you let me be angry? Why do you have to medicate away everything I feel?” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Reading the article makes me feel like I’m not the only one who felt alone. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But I forget all about Quasimodo because my nose starts bleeding and I feel dizzy. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Quincy, I don’t feel so good. I don’t think I’ll have breakfast this morning.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

This year was beginning to feel either like something was very right or very wrong—it was hard to tell which. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a flutter through my chest as it rises, and a force as it flies out of my mouth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was just the time when she slept, the time when she stalked and killed, the time when the stars emerged with glittering beauty and made her feel wonderfully small and insignificant. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

His third question, which seemed simple, caught me off guard: How did you feel on your last day? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about that, Ari. It just makes me feel bad.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The crowd at the Plaza would most likely be dressed up, and I worried that she might feel out of place in an outfit most people associate with hard manual labor. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He’s the one who made them feel ashamed of you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But it’s a fact: If you look right into the sun, you cannot feel scared or happy or anything. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m giving you free work time this morning—I don’t feel very well.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Judith already made me feel guilty. She made it clear how altruistic the rest of you are. I'm not.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Besides you. You make me feel good about myself too.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jordan, the dog who should be dead, climbs into bed with her and I put my hand on him, try to feel his warmth and take comfort from it. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s on vibrate, and it goes off at two in the morning, dragging me from what feels like the bottom of the ocean. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The twitchy squirrel looks like he too might feel a fear. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Emery keeps texting to ask if I’m here yet, which is making me feel even more paranoid. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And knowing he’d done the best he could made him feel more positive about how things would go on Friday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The feel of a tight-knit group pulling together under Ernest Lawrence’s paternal eye was slipping away. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I began to feel sorry for them and myself. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I feel bad about wishing all those nasty notes on Ms. Rochambeau. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel close to them, but he did feel connected, as though there was some cord or pulse or information they shared. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I shall ever feel as old again as I did that Christmas. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like that they make me feel like I’m not crazy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You take the Zoloft with food, once a day. We’ll start you on fifty milligrams. The pills make you feel dizzy, but that’s the only side effect, except for sexual side effects.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking how good it will feel to break my hand on his face, but I’m also focused on the feel of Natasha's hand in mine. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She might feel something for him, but if he told his father about the power of the Wyrdmarks and Wyrdgates...Her blood chilled at the thought. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel at all safe so far off the ground. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk along to math, trying to feel better. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I try jumping over a few hurdles again, this time making sure I lead with my left leg, and it actually feels better. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel real—like it’s happening to someone else. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“This is me. I’m your best friend, and I had to hear it from Jesse Ryder, who said he saw you two kissing in your car. How do you think that made me feel?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I left pretty early and didn’t feel like a big breakfast at that time. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he told me to say that if you feel the need, he will help; but you must seek his aid at once, or it will be too late.” The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I keep my eyes closed, trying to feel pious and sorry for the dead soldiers, who died for us, whose faces I can’t imagine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Of all the world’s errors, he seemed to feel, the most fundamental was the “erasing” of people, the “hiding away” of suffering. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

And every lick of it feels like I been rowing in place, never getting anywhere. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

When she wakes up, the old lady says, “Oh, that’s a nice suit, Jimmy” She even touches it to feel the fabric. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Conquering the circumciser’s knife made me feel that I could conquer all the challenges that would ever come my way. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the desperation all around me, hear it in the voice. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

‘Less us get going. I bet that cold water feels good.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He could feel his trousers sticking to the skin. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The ice starts to thaw, just a little bit, just enough for me to forget that Mom makes the world feel dark. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the eye staring at him, shining like a pool of blood in the torchlight. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Come with me. Come to New York. You can sleep on my couch. We’ll find you a job. I’ll hassle you about the Bible and give you guilt trips to make you feel at home.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It’s the same seriousness I always see on his face, but this is the first time I feel a sense of foreboding from it, like it’s more than just the expression of a quiet creator. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Saying I’m sorry for that thing I did in eighth grade feels stupid—because sorry isn’t enough. Sorry is almost an insult.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But why shouldn’t I reward them, if I feel like it? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel their questions hanging in the air like heavy steam. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I feel nervous, like I’ve come to convince him to let his daughter go out with me. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

With Lucas, I could be my insecure shell of a man and not feel threatened. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Beneath the waves, sucked beneath, the feel of her warm grasp. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

So when it happened, it made me feel bad because I felt like I should’ve spent more time with him. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is her third cake on this trip, and each one feels different. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A second later I feel sick with myself. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They’re so gluey and tough that it feels as if you have rocks in your stomach, but oh well! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She wonders if all of her will ever feel healed at the same time. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It's really good, you know. Everyone at work thinks so. I kind of feel like a celebrity.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

His jaw was tight, his eyes stony, as if he didn’t feel bad at all. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And then: “I feel so stupid. I know this kind of thing goes on, and I should’ve talked to you about it.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

But thinking about her hurts me; talking about how she makes me feel hurts me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After that I don’t feel like talking anymore and get a hall pass to go to the bathroom. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

This is what I feel like: this sound of glass. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we just hang out doing nothing, which is exactly what I feel like doing. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

By doing so, they created a program called “Celebrating Diversity Through the Arts” geared toward teaching tolerance to kids who have been marginalized by society and don’t feel like they fit in. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And then finally I feel ready to banish the quiver Tiny apparently thinks is weakness. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Even in front of him, crushed against the trunk of the palm, I could feel the rain, which was now jabbing into me like the punches of a nail. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel myself redden, even in the dark, and I can also feel myself get ready to argue. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

She is sort of mean and angry-faced, and Annabelle often feels sorry for Zach Oh, but right then, she misses his mother so much that her heart is heavy and hurting with it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I feel as though he’s looking right at me, and I get the oddest sensation—I feel as though n he’s looked at me like that before; I feel as though he’s really seen me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not only because of the ice cream, but because we had seen our own father naked and didn’t care to be reminded of it and feel the shame brought on by the absence of shame. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how do you know chocolate will make me feel better?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I only know the ache that I feel in my heart, my sense of loss. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel that if I didn’t say it, she would stay here forever. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean that when I’m the one doing everyone else’s dirty work, and everyone is afraid of me, I feel safe. I control what happens and to who.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Her heart knocks so furiously against the cage of her chest that she feels certain the man below will hear it. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I can feel the shadows slipping out of the dark, coming for me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

When people suffer a great shock, like death, or the loss of a limb, I believe they don’t feel it just at first. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He could feel his blood drain from his blotchy face as he stared at the toilet. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to make you feel like I didn’t respect you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You’ve been shouting and moaning and...things,” she added in a tone that made Harry feel uneasy. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He looks down at the magazine and feels the corner of his mouth tug upward. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I would see a young man who resembled him, and for a split second I would feel a surge of hope. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I feel like ants are running all over my skin, like I know I’m in a nightmare and I’m clawing to get the ants off me, but all I’m doing is hurting myself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They didn’t seem too surprised by my arrival, which made sense: The fact that Augustus made me feel special did not necessarily indicate that I was special. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Inauguration Day was bitingly cold, with temperatures never going above freezing and the wind making it feel more like fifteen degrees. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

At first it’s the typical rush hour stop and go, but on this particular Tuesday things start to feel different right away. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I feel a soft kick on the heel of my shoe. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I feel something strange in one, something brittle and crumbly wrapped in paper. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just doesn’t feel right,” he told me one night while we sat on the front porch swing watching for meteors. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I feel more miserable than I have in months. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It seemed to me that once we were completely out of sight of land, I would really feel homeward bound. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t feel anything for this baby,” she wrote in her diary. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Neither was Sarai, but she thought if they could act normal, they might feel normal. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The raft followed easily and Brian let himself feel just the slightest bit positive for the first time since the lightning had hit them. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes are dry, but I feel like something wants to burst out of me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The sight of him makes me feel like all the air in the room is heavier, bearing down on me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I like it when Momma calls me her baby, and sometimes, like right now, it makes me feel like I’m about two. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’m floating in the ocean.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His feet feel itchy beneath the table, and he wonders how soon he will be able to escape. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“He seemed to feel that the destruction of the entire human race was imminent.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just know you’re going to be rescued. Don’t feel that you’re alone. I’m sending all my positive energy your way!” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I feel, little girl, that you’re rather missing the point of this being a hunt. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

She could feel the eyes watching her, but she did her best to ignore them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

What I see on the outside can’t make up for how I feel on the inside. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You know, I’m not sure how all of this group therapy is supposed to help. Listening to other people’s problems doesn’t exactly make me feel good.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Number One: don’t make her feel like she has to serve me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I could feel my muscles tearing apart and separating from their anchoring bones. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel something stir in my chest, something worse than sadness, worse than regret. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Coach subs in Boy21 for me at one point and Russ misses all of his shots too, which doesn’t make me feel any better. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first star made me feel less afraid. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely you must feel some obligation, for the sake of history...” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Even though his fingers are callused from years on the streets, they’re so careful and gentle that I feel heat rising on my cheeks. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I inscribed it: You make me feel gold, flowing too. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I could feel my face start to stiffen up. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

By the position of the openings, I feel certain the beast ruptured something vital, a lung, maybe even her heart. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When Pike threw me to the ground, my body was almost too numb to feel my father’s lute being crushed underneath me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I guess I should feel lucky she didn’t give me up for adoption or abort me at the clinic behind the bowling alley that no one thinks we know about. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But he took momentary charge of his psyche, despite his losses, and began to feel optimistic. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like hanging up again but resist. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

After all, I’m already prepared with the markers, and it hardly feels like cheating anymore. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe she thought she’d be adopted by a white family and not feel so different. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Those words feel as good as any hug I’ve ever gotten. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I feel broken into so many pieces, I can’t figure out how to put myself back together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I feel like my wife does every night when I come home.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I feel myself fall, but I can’t see where I am falling to. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately, it is, and even worse, I know exactly what it feels like,” said Wanda. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But this feels really wrong; Rufus and I have bigger things to worry about than getting somewhere late. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I feel something warm and wet on my cheek. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t have anything to say to him; I don’t feel like talking, and I’ll be seeing him soon enough as it is. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Is it because of the graffiti incident? Has that made you feel bad?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

"I don't want to take anything, from anyone. Caring feels like letting you decide who to let in. And you've made it clear that it isn't me." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She blushes easily—“I could feel my face go totally red”—but felt that Volpe and Krause sensed something in her that would project onstage. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Which was all right — it made her feel nearer the center of the household, whatever that meant anymore. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at least twice yearly Momma would feel that as children we should have fresh meat included in our diets. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all a muddle, but I somehow feel that if I went back to the root of our troubles, my actions would be at the heart of it. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I feel my way up the steps to the kitchen and see the glass window in the door has been shattered. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even feel in control of this. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m trying not to. I hate the way whatever the hell they give me makes me feel.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got potatoes and root vegetables in the oven,” he said in a low voice, “for those principled ones among us who don’t particularly feel like eating dead meat.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He looks at me with something I don’t understand—something that makes me feel small. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He could only feel the cold, the disturbing disquiet that carved into your gut and heart and lungs. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel sorry about doing any of this, that was clear. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Mom is pointing in my direction and I feel the sweat collecting at the small of my back. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I was embarrassed because I was positive he could feel my heart hammering in my chest. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I want to nm and laugh and feel like this forever. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now that she’s safe, I feel less guilty for asking her to go. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m just telling you how it sometimes ... it feels.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt again the Negro children’s lips soft against mine, so like the feel of my own children’s good-night kisses. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked her how it made her feel to know that there were homeless people and millionaires living in the same city. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Here, sit down. Make yourself comfortable. Tessie and I want you and Ma to feel like this is your house, too. Now that you’re retired—” “What do you mean retired?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe because it already feels like our feet are going to freeze off.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel that I’m quite near to her and that she’s just around the turn of the road. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

My head is killing me and I feel like I might be sick. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I feel funny and have to stop for a moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Violet knelt at Klaus’s side, giving him a hug to try to make him feel better. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The sound was big, and sharp enough to make me feel like my brain was gonna pop in my head, enough to make my heart hiccup. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“I liked it a lot. It made me feel good inside. Not all goosey, kind of ducklike.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It was an expensive undertaking on a dubious mission, but I would feel as if I’d done everything possible if I met with Dean O’Neill and made my pitch face to face. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His tone is light, but it doesn't feel like a joking question. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“This here’s Bud Caldwell. He’s gonna be our guest over at the Sweet Pea for dinner. Y’all say hello to the little man and make him feel comfortable.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a conversation one might overhear at any rural filling station or feed store; but hearing it made me feel curiously happy, and at ease with the world. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it made her feel isolated. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He did not like to admit it, but he said, “I take her in my lap and pet her till she calms down, and sometimes I sing her a song. You’re making me feel foolish.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It’s scary, but it makes me feel stronger, somehow. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Even now I can see the flash that ignites her, feel the heat of the flames. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I could feel the tears stinging my eyes, but I couldn’t escape, not with Grandfather holding my hand. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel Taisin’s heart beating in time with her own, and it made her light-headed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The door shimmered when they pulled together, a vibration that traveled all the way up their arms, then it opened so suddenly with an unsticking feel—like tearing loose a strip of silent Velcro. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Blackberry was fidgeting on and off the thwart, strung up, able to feel only too clearly all that Hazel felt himself. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed a little bit, only because I was used to my mother being pretty scary, especially when she feels like someone is being treated wrong. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, your mom’s Italian, right? I feel like they were probably swapping recipes for sauce or something.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I totally forgot about our dog—and feel guilty about it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn't feel too much like trying, either. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The music playing makes me feel mad for no reason, and a frown inches across my face. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I am taken with how beautiful she is and feel shame that I have withheld a treasured word for so long. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I feel my arms stretch, my fingertips lengthen, my lungs expand. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but feel a little sorry for him. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

But they both knew they would feel something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

As I climb step after step, and my muscles begin to burn, and my lungs fight for air, I feel the first moments of relief I’ve experienced in days. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to talk about it? I know sometimes when I have a problem, I talk it out with my brother or mom. Even if I don’t find an answer, I feel better anyway.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

If I feel they have ulterior motives or are the slightest bit disingenuous, I try to shelter the kids from them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

What he really needed was a pep talk that I didn’t feel at all qualified to give, so instead I tried to subtly change the subject. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was her opinion that the reason Seema was as withdrawn as she was, was because Ritu auntie hadn’t done a good enough job making her feel welcome in her sasural—bridal home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Kaisha was named after her grandmother; Rawiya shared a name with an aunt on her mother’s side; and Reg’s shortened name helped him feel like he wasn’t just a copy of his older brother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My cheeks grow warm again, and somewhere deep beneath the layers of black skin, I can feel them blush pink. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“No. Afraid it would feel so good, I’d just fly away.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

The ding of metal falling on a brick floor, a splosh of liquid—and just before my vision goes completely dark, I feel myself caught under the arms. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I asked, wanting to feel her hand on my cheek. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

I reached up to feel the nicked spot. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry you feel that way,” said Dr. Jansen, standing up as well. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I still feel uncomfortable with the idea that everyone has been watching us, like I need to cover myself or hide where they can’t look at me anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Some people feel that using such intervals in medieval music is not only more authentic, but sounds better too, since the music was composed for this tuning system. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It feels like this is something people do for only a little while. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had to apologize and he got suspended, but that didn't feel like enough. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She could feel it all the time now, shimmering beneath the surface of things. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Mother and Father claim I will never feel that cold again. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She’s way shorter than I am, but I suddenly feel very small next to this lady who just shot a cow and doesn’t seem affected by it. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Werfel, trying to make him feel better, said, “Oh, of course not—it’s in Old Goblinish. Very difficult even for goblin students to understand. Of course! Of course.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“It feels like the morning after,” she tells me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“If I never had a chance of owning it I might feel very differently. What do people really want with each other, as Nell asked me once; what use are other people?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said: 'I hardly need to tell you, do I, Stevens, what I feel towards his lordship. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He feels selling his eggs or chickens in a chain supermarket supports the industrial food industry, the very thing he is trying to get away from. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I feel like a scientist making a discovery, except it’s not a vaccine or a bomb. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if this makes me feel better or not. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The closer I get to home, the more irritated with myself I feel. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do this,” she tells Ashoke when he brings her a cup of tea, the only thing he can think to do for her, the last thing she feels like drinking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could almost feel the heat that replaced the family warmth around the table. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I will become their daughter, though I never can bring myself to call them Mother and Father—our affiliation feels too formal for that. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Seeing the lobby for the first time feels like I’ve somehow stepped into one of those old black-and-white movies. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Some people need a clique to make them feel safe. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I want to thank the men and Rufus, but I feel myself sinking, dizzy. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When they began to feel that there was this overwhelmingly hostile thing in the world with them, then the simplicity and unity of their characters broke and they were not the same again. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be as short as Nate Foster to appreciate how big a half inch can feel, or look. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He probably brought down a dozen curses on himself, but he didn’t feel them right away, so he kept running. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I tell him my real name, and feel that therefore I am known. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel lonely and worried. I’d like to stay here for a while if you don’t mind.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be too easy to say that I feel invisible. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She could smell the earthy bag again, could feel the cold water rushing in. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I feel like folks behind me are pushing me to climb faster and faster. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

On February 3, according to his journal, McCandless went to Los Angeles "to get a ID and a job but feels extremely uncomfortable in society now and must return to road immediately." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were too far away to hear their hoofbeats, but as they surged down the track, I thought I could feel the resounding force resonating through my bones. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I feel as though I’d eaten a spool of thread. Well, home we go!” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the stone bench, I feel ashamed. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But I can still feel him staring even as I turn my whole body away from him and face his brother. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’ll want my input when the time comes. No Bobcats. I feel like everyone is a Bobcat these days,” he said before he walked away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She could feel her flesh sear and blacken and slough away, could feel her blood boil and turn to steam, and yet there was no pain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

With every sentence, kids are happier and I feel smaller and smaller. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We do not feel the heat of the stars because they are too far away. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be able to see the lights—maybe even a few boats. You’ll feel better when you can see a destination.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I c ould feel the edge of the metal inside me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And it feels great to win—and advance to the semifinals. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

A sudden stupidity overcomes me, and I feel awkward standing there on her driveway. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry that people would do that to themselves, though. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without large, perfectly shaped eyes, their feces couldn’t make you feel that way. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The magic of the night flashes all around us, but I feel only disappointment. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Is it possible to feel seasick in the desert? Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She was starting to feel overwhelmed with exhaustion. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although it didn’t take away from all the suffering he had caused, I did feel vindicated. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if this means we’ll ever dance together again or look through magazines and plan trips to Harlem, but it feels good knowing that we can come together when it matters most. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s the only thing that makes me feel like I'm not a waste of space. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“So you feel it, too? I think my head’s going to split open!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Better. Yes, that has the feel of truth. What’s your name?” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

What a relief that would feel like right now. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It may have been the first touches of green along the French lanes and the haze of bluebells glimpsed through the woods that made him feel the need for reconciliation and fresh beginnings. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So I curse the perfect beach, and the cool, quenching drink that I can feel in my hand, but can never, ever raise to my lips. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like having a conversation just then, so I remained silent. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel tears streaming down my face. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

She could smell his hunger, feel it in her blood, in her fear. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

As to the role of religion in healing, the experts I talked with feel divided. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We should take Alphie with us because he’s small and he smiles and people will see him and feel sorry for him and us. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can feel butterflies now, I’m starting to get nervous. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pictures of all the people I’ve known since kindergarten, who look so obviously different from me that sometimes I feel like I’m a pencil in a box of crayons. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He feels warm and substantial, though he looks pale, washed out, bags under his eyes. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

But I felt awkward and uncertain around other children, and they seemed to feel the same way about me. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

At about noontime, the mumbling got worse, and I could feel him trying to get to his feet. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look. I’m sorry that 1 yelled last night, that things got a bit . . . overheated. I do feel sorry for you, Rachel, I really do, but this has just got to stop.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking maybe if we get enough money, we can find a real nice place to live, and then Mama would feel better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone feels unsure of where they came from, how they got here. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She stumbled along with the heavy basket on her head, but she couldn’t feel the ache in her neck anymore. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The house shook and rattled, but as Dad’s music filled the air, Barry started to feel safe. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I had some in my suitcase, but I didn't feel like taking it out of that strong box and opening it up right in public and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

My face is burning, but the tips of my fingers are cold, and they feel good against my sore lip. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And it only sometimes made her feel like a traitor to think so. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I guess I do feel kind of pretty. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Sitting here, in my usual seat, though not on my usual day, I feel as though I am driving off a cliff. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You have to be patient. It'll talk when it feels like it." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

When the words come back, usually the first thing I feel is anger. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He stretched the fingers of his hand and was surprised that he could no longer feel Lizzie’s hand in his own. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t produce tears for El Viejo, but he did feel sorry for him, lying there like a starved bird in his silk-lined coffin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Act, Zachary Martin Glass, when and where you want to, since you feel you must, but do it with all your might. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Everyone knows how you felt—feel—about her.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

His face is as red as mine feels, but he’s not crying—he just looks embarrassed. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I feel bad, ain’t no two ways about it, my skin’s tingling and sometimes I’m shivering and sometimes I’m sweating and sometimes my head weighs a million pounds. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But I feel scared, like bugs are crawling up and down my skin. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

This is what the school counselor told me to do when I feel mental, or as Grandma used to say: minus some buttons. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Luna, my love, if you should feel any burgeoning talent today—perhaps an unexpected urge to sing opera or to declaim in Mermish—do not repress it! You may have been gifted by the Gernumblies!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel that I’m a threat to you?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s strange, the way I feel when he says this. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels a pleasant ache at his temples, and a sudden gratitude for the day and where it has brought him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Down south already feels like a long time ago but the stories in my head take me back there, set me down in Daddy's garden where the sun is always shining. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to feel like he’d put up a good fight. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Miss Francis,” I say, and immediately feel silly for using her last name. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When he left in November, Eva had $1.65, five eggs, three beets and no idea of what or how to feel. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The sound was so deep and low that I could feel it rumble in my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You can feel that, right? We're still in the Mansion of Night. I do not want to see it.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It does feel good, though, to be at the wheel, and in the captain’s good graces. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

No one ever made me feel like it was okay to cry. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

At first, when I feel the heat behind my eyes, I think he’s found a way to set me on fire, to punish me for what I’ve done, but no—I’m about to cry. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

And eventually he nodded slightly and said, “You want to take responsibility for what you have done, and you find it difficult to do that, to feel fully accountable if you cannot remember it?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Larson felt self-conscious up there at the front of the hall, but he did not feel alone. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel panic rising in my chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She badly wanted to sleep—there was nowhere else besides sleep where she could go to feel better. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

On the Monday after Thanksgiving break, school feels too bright, too loud, too...everything. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mamma was constantly on a mission to make Seema feel at home. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“He invited me to feel his biceps,” Churchill recalled, “saying that a famous prize-fighter had envied them. This was reassuring.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's just that now, since Tariq, everything feels like it's moving in a big circle. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the top of the stairs I feel dizzy again and grip the banister tightly. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the guards could not feel him, they were not afraid of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation was beginning to make me feel self-conscious. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

That made Genie feel a little better, but he definitely kept his eyes aimed at the ground and listened—listened hard—for that hissing sound. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was exactly what I imagined it would feel like. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So childhood too feels good at first, before one happens to notice the terrible sameness, age after age. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first is in duple, the second is in triple feel. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

"How do you feel about all this, boy? I'd be very interested to know. Very interested." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“He probably hired those boys to attack you so you’d feel indebted to him.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel my gorge rise, and I hurry past, down the hall. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He saw right to the core of the problem, which was human beings wanting to feel that they mattered. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel myself smile, and when I look at her she's smiling back at me already. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My fingers, my hands, my arms, my neck, everything feels hollow. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I mean, I didn’t feel like an infant being held by Mommy or anything, but my breath had stopped catching each time I heard a noise. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I guess I did feel kind of bad about that. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I feel as if my life has been saved.” Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she say I feel more happier talking like she talk. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel pretty sick to my stomach—almost like I don't know who I am anymore. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His presence feels like a heavy shadow, a darkness. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He could not yet feel it was really his loaf to barter. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“It feels so good to be out here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dogs stayed so close behind the boys that they could feel their breath on their necks. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Joffrey is as safe with me as he is with you," he assured her, "but so long as the boy feels threatened, he'll be more inclined to listen." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Resting my hands on my belly now, I could feel the butterfly wings start to flutter again. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And so, even with the Sicilian on his neck and the Princess around his shoulders and the Spaniard at his waist, Fezzik did not feel in the least bit put upon. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can imagine that you’re very conscious of it and feel it deeply....Dying pathetically. So young.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

They were all so nice to me a month ago because of my birthday, and yet every day I feel myself drifting further away from Mother and Margot. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

How we feel lonely, sometimes to the point of tears, but we don’t let those tears come because we are not supposed to cry. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now it just feels strange. Numb. Like it’s asleep.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

My palms go damp, and I can feel the heat in my face and sweat at my hairline. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Stick was in trouble, it didn’t feel wrong. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

I have always been grateful for technology, but now it feels as if there’s a little hitch of separation woven into any digital interaction. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Once we’re parked and headed toward our destination on foot, I feel like there are a thousand grasshoppers on speed bouncing around in my gastrointestinal tract. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“It feels like a sparsely furnished apartment,” Emily said, dumping her bin next to his. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

To me, it doesn't feel like a celebration at all. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"I bet that feels good," she said to him. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking of him being so close to my family makes me feel like he’s too close to me. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the flakes on his face, melting as they touched his skin like the gentlest of rains. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I can feel hot tears in my eyes now and try to keep them from spilling out. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Home gradually began to feel more distant, almost like a place in my imagination. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

So he says, ‘O.K., honey. If that’s the way you feel.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kay asks me, “So, how does it feel to have two mothers?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I can feel the plants swaying in the wind and the ground alive below me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Laughing with the new kid didn’t feel like real life. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why exactly, but it feels awful. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

And now through the hot gusts from the underground people were emerging and I could feel the trains vibrating the walk. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think you feel bad now. I think you’re just embarrassed to admit you were wrong.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I almost haven't had time to work through how it all made me feel. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

All I can feel is judgment, not the freedom I was expecting, the release of all this pent-up breath. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At base, though the white brings forth many arguments to justify his viewpoint, one feels the reality is simply that he cannot bear to “lose” to the traditionally servant class. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I could feel all my old class resentments boiling up. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me feel that at least some part of my life was left intact. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the acceleration in every joint of my body, so much faster than when I had fallen. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

But she didn’t feel anything, just a bag of rice. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is true, perhaps, that I feel some trifling dislike of deer, but no more dislike than I feel for other natural things— discounting men. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

She'd feel like she was still standing there in her gym suit. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Then, the last person Ed expect to care about making a little girl feel better scooted over to the tub. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As I walk along I feel as weightless and insubstantial as a slip of paper, lifted by the wind and gliding down the road. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The buildings are blocking the sun, so it’s starting to feel cold. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It struck me that they might have found each other, which, in an odd way, made me feel left out. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Voldemort’s tone was musing, calm, but Harry’s scar had begun to throb and pulse: Pain was building in his forehead, and he could feel that controlled sense of fury building inside Voldemort. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It was like I could feel time slowing down...feel it stopping...going backwards...back to third grade angels...second grade cats...first grade babies...little yellow tugboats bobbing in the water...bobbing...bobbing... Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Drinking was the last thing I needed, but I didn’t want to feel anything anymore, so I accepted the flask. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I expect to feel as though I have something over her, being the one that came from his bedroom, but what I actually feel is a little bit of panic. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Call. It’s a poem. In real life he is far away, but she thinks about him all the time, so she feels like he’s real close.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you feel better,” was all she could think of to say. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The waiter’s comment has discomfited him, making his attraction to Moushumi feel mildly illicit. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I began to like New York, the racy, adventurous feel of it at night and the satisfaction that the constant flicker of men and women and machines gives to the restless eye. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was burning with conviction; I could almost feel the heat rolling off him. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The sight of such soil, curling behind the blade of his plow, must have made him feel happy and confident. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The song of Here still feels like it’s being sung, even if I can’t hear it, even if it’s miles away back on the plain. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He could just feel a corner of it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The blue was gathered in her hand, and she could feel it quiver, as if it had been given breath and was beginning to live. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kretzsky’s face was turned to the drawing, but I could feel he was staring at me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

It feels like the room is getting smaller. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Only tonight it feels more like a jab, jab, jab. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

My shoulder hardly even got stiff from it, although I do feel it now on winter nights. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything else melted away except for the taste, the smell, the feel of the fruit on my tongue. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I feel a pang in the middle of my chest. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I feel the hands that can make art and touch girls—think of all the tools you have. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She smiles back and I feel a twinge of guilt. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As sperm meets egg, I feel a jolt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I want to remember Papa Legba’s words now, but it all starts to feel and sound crazy. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It crossed his mind that if he were to run, immediately and alone, they would probably let him go as he had come, and feel glad to be so easily rid of him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to do PR. You know how I feel about all that.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Chuckling, he said, “Boy, that feels good. Heat another skin the same way.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their curiosity always got the best of them, making him feel like a science experiment, a cautionary tale. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Now plaster was hailing, in clumps so large that even after pulling the covers over his head, he could still feel them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels strangely vigilant, as if, were he to pay close enough attention, some sign of his father might manifest itself, putting a stop to the events of the day. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the clear, cooler air after the rain would wake her a bit and make her feel better. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the sex—carefully scheduled for her most fertile days—had begun to feel like a chore. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I can feel the heat of his fingertips on my belly. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I still feel the pride that welled up within me at that moment. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

As they drew near the cottage, Ivy began to feel dread stirring in her belly. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Gogol always finds the labels unsettling, the sight of them making him feel that his family doesn’t really live on Pemberton Road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he’d at last come to an oasis—ugly and uncomfortable, but still an oasis—where he could feel welcome. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The studio feels eerily still without him in it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Before he can get his head out of the car, he feels a tug on his shirt and is yanked backward. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Fiver, why not do as I say? Have a meal on those roots and then go underground and sleep. You’ll feel all the better for it.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As someone who had matched her hijab with her sneakers since she was in middle school, I was thrilled to have this creative business venture that was also helping other women look and feel good. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was hard to feel alone, but still I missed Luke. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“No, child. Horrors unimagined, I feel, will assault us.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

You hep me forgit the pain, and I don’t feel so sick.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to stay in a shell with Heqet around, and it was impossible to feel altogether gloomy. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

‘Turn round and let me have a look at your faces. I almost feel that I dislike you both, but do not let us be hasty. Turn around!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I turn off the set, but then the house feels too quiet, and bad pictures are bouncing around in my head. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When Lucifer wakes up in hell, it's not sorrow he feels, is it?” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But Monday morning when he sees me from across the courtyard and leaves Merryl’s side to come talk to me, I feel my cheeks flush. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Truth does not care if it feels true or not. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. We’ll say ‘yellow’ if we feel like we are in over our heads.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

She spoke without the desire or envy she used to feel when speaking of the wealth of others. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel her face go soft and gummy. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

There are two of them—non-pigeons—sitting here, and Axel is sure there are more, though on days like this it doesn’t always feel that way. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We look at one another, and suddenly our mouths feel sticky from sugar and empty. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That’s exactly what I feel like: a little rock against a mountain. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“But why would he feel guilty for betraying you if he didn’t love you? ” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t see it but feel the disappointment as I glue my eyes to the desk. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I could feel the blackberry seeds still stuck in my teeth from the preserves he had given me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I sit at the kitchen table and feel quite sure that no one on my anonymous, dew-covered street has had a night like mine. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

You instantly feel like you must have done something you’d rather not have your parents hear about. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

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

I feel sorry for him, but he scares me. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And then I see him and I feel joy and relief. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I feel the heat rising in my cheeks. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I thump my chest like an ape and smile so big, it feels like my face is splitting in two. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is easier to feel no pity for the dead if I think of them as all Khmer Rouge. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the week raced toward Saturday, he began to feel closer to her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Because I want to? They feel like me.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The ground feels extra solid beneath my feet, and a slow smile comes across my face as I bring a spotlight up on Tanasia, who is walking toward the microphone with a guitar. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I know how it feels, is what I really should have been saying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Brother Tarp, you get around and know the members—how do they really feel about me?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wipes his eyes, pulls the curtain from the window, and feels bravery fill his bones. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At the time, however, the rift with Van made Elizebeth feel desolate. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He feels only the raw, impassive surge of the moonlight as it strikes the tent above him and scatters. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Both times I remember wishing I couldn’t feel the hurt, wishing I could just cut my heart out and be done with it. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate that our parents make us feel this way. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I try to stand up straighter, but my muscles feel like a cage, holding my shoulders hunched. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been dancing in this festival since I was little, but this part always feels the same: stomach somersaults and trembly legs. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“I am still the person who would have died rather than kill you,” I say, remembering the attack simulation and the feel of his heartbeat under my hand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thinking on this, I begin to feel better. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I got the feeling he was just trying to make me feel better. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Mrs. van Daan, who feels the need to bring herself into every conversation, remarked, “I'm very modest and retiring too, much more so than my husband!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Todd,” Viola says and I feel her backing away from the bushes. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grace hugs her back and feels so grateful that Peach has someone to hug her like this every single day. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I feel a rush of relief to see my uncle intact, no eyes or fingernails missing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

If her mouth fell down and was unhappy, I too wanted to feel unhappy. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound of running water from the fish tank makes the whole room feel peaceful. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I smile at her, and the blush that rises on her face makes me feel oddly triumphant. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Aragog clicked his pincers furiously, and all around the hollow the sound was echoed by the crowd of spiders; it was like applause, except applause didn’t usually make Harry feel sick with fear. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I have spent years meeting people without ever knowing them, and on this morning, in this place, with this girl, I feel the faintest pull of wanting to know. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

It is the first time I’ve ever written to the person whose life I’ve occupied, and it feels both strange and comfortable, knowing that Rhiannon will be the reader of these words. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When people love something so much it fuses with what they wear, I feel this instant connection to them. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He did not feel either hungry or tired, only filled with wonder. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Everything began to feel right again, so long as Don Hume was in at stroke. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I listen to them and feel comforted, reassured by their presence. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I go, I feel like the elephant in the room. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He nudges me forward, and, despite how foolish I feel, I open my pillowcase. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They don’t believe because I’m some poor refugee kid who smells like pickles and garlic, and has lice, and I’m probably making up stories to feel important. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Senseless gabbings every night. I wish you would stop. Go away and work. Whispering, whispering, making no sense. Madness. I don’t feel like hearing your craziness.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was relieved because I really was afraid she’d want to “talk,” and 1 just didn’t feel like doing that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“When a friend asks for support, you should help them to the best of your abilities, even if you feel it isn’t worth it,” he says gently. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Relaxed was how she wanted to feel, and, at the same time, self-contained. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“If it makes you feel better, then you do it.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Let's just see how it feels," she says. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Except for the hum of the motor, being in this pirogue feels familiar from my time with Wello. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if that was just an act, or if they really didn’t feel any excitement about the first day of school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let him come, let him come, and then when his arm is out far enough, when his nose is extended, I will chop it off with a chop they’ll feel in London. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s more: “I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am arch, gay, languid, melancholy by turns. I am rooted, but I flow. All gold, flowing...” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Here in Oklahoma, I understand why—why humans would sit behind a glass window and look in the faces of families running away from danger and dead sheep, and not feel anything. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s been coming and going all night. I’d feel it, then it’d be gone. Now it’s back, but even louder than ever. If you can call it loud.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I want to look at those photos and feel alive! Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I can feel the tension as Mom and I head toward the Apple Store. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Matty didn’t let her see how uneasy this made him feel. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I start to make a joke about changing my number, when Mom's voice cuts so roughly into the phone that I feel like I've been stabbed with a rusty, jagged blade. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Why are you ruining everything? and then I feel like falling out of that stuck roller coaster. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

What she decides makes a difference in others’ lives, and she feels part of a great historical unfolding. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to click my microphone on, but my tongue feels slow and covered with sand. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

All I hope is that my sister feels beautiful, and her new guy makes her feel beautiful. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had to say something, so I muttered, “I’m sorry you feel like that,” and headed out, without him, into the crowded hallway. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Captain Arensman said we needed to run. He knew. I don’t know how. Maybe he was one of them and changed his mind. Maybe he had a feel for the Fates.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Darius hugs me so tight, picking me up off my feet, it feels as if he's inhaling me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I put my hand down to feel it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I felt her knees give out, and when I grabbed her under the arms to hold her up I could feel how frail and slivery thin she really was. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“She was so little. I can still feel her fingers sliding across my biceps, and then letting go. I never even turned to look back.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t care about Ben’s feelings, how do you think that makes me feel?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel the warmth of her hand through my damp shirt, could feel her fingers resting lightly on my clavicle. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

You might be swimming in a lake and come upon a spot that is cold and murky, and it feels like you have swum through a ghost. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

As it rose, he began to feel ill and nearly fainted. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

There are thoughts in my head, but they don’t really feel like mine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He deferred his departure a whole week, and during that time he made me feel what severe punishment a good yet stern, a conscientious yet implacable man can inflict on one who has offended him. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel the weight of their regard, but I stand my ground. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I feel that we must bear a good deal of responsibility for it, beginning with our cable of early August in which we suggested the coup.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

But it made me feel better as the man led us down the hall and out onto the back porch. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t feel like a holiday to celebrate the darkness that gave birth to the spring light, nor did it feel like a holiday to celebrate the birth of the Goddess’s firstborn son. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She said he crammed his tongue inside her mouth all nasty and she could feel his penis against her leg. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My eye is fluttering, and I can feel the soft pull to the left. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and feel, pushing my thoughts through the soles of my feet. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

‘Ah, there you lay your finger on the sore that many feel!’ said Beregond. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

They speak of New York, of stores and neighborhoods and buildings they either despise or love, with an intimacy and ease that make Gogol feel as if he barely knows the city. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like he’s not telling me something.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When he feels it, it may come across as love. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Still, I feel my voice loosening up more and more. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And then, too,” he says, “not all of us feel the same.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was my way of making the stars, and the unknown, feel within reach. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Our enemies are the tribes closest to us because they feel we are encroaching on their land. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I remember several of the dresses being dense, but this one feels like it weighs a ton. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel horrible, the sick feeling still rolling around in my gut like ocean water. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Seem like now that Robert was gone, I’d feel better, but I was feeling like a fairy story and the children heading into the dark woods. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He could feel its cold fingers on him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He feels that he is a first-rate dog and has no wish to be a second-rate human. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d been about to say that it was all right because that seemed like the polite response, but it didn’t feel right to say. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But I don’t feel like being bothered, and I’m sure she can tell by the scowl I got on my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, of its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

His breath was warm on her neck, and she could almost feel his lips. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If it was possible for Leo to feel worse, he did. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to cry, but I could feel my eyes burning. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“She died,” I said, surprised to feel the knot in my throat. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I told her this while I was perming and cutting her hair, because when you’re a hairdresser you have to chat with the customers and make them feel good and act like everything is toasty. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When were sick, we get the Papa everyone else gets, the calm, gentle doctor who makes you feel like it’s going to be okay. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I drop my chin because I can feel prickles in the corners of my eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel the blisters on my hands anymore, or the ache in my legs. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And as I speak, I feel something strange happen. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

My lungs hurt, and I began to feel light-headed. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I feel rather than see her head turn towards me, waiting for a reply. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pictured their freckled faces, imagined the feel of their hands. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dry reeds hissed and rattled though they could feel no wind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I lived with her my whole life, and now I feel like I didn’t know her at all. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kainene would know exactly what to say and would not feel the awkward ineptness that she did now, Kainene with her sharp edges and her bitter tongue and her supreme confidence. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“My art career is going to flourish in Phoenix. I can just feel it.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But those others, I could feel it in the tension and silence that would come over them when I walked in on one of their conversations. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could she even imagine exactly what it would feel like to be her own brother? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Can you not feel the earth trembling? We, the gemini, are your best chance.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I should know what a Luminous Stone is. There must be a way we could find out.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Drawing June like that just made her feel more confused. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Cora shuddered and he whispered, “I know you were worried. I didn’t feel like mixing with folks tonight, reckoned I’d wait here.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

It feels good to lie down, maybe a little too good. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Frankly, I'm not real sure what to feel. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And if he didn’t feel all these things, then why was he crying all the way to his locker? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking at the mother, I assume she feels happy and joyful wearing her colored clothes. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went back inside, I looked out the den window and could feel Nathan’s watchfulness with every paint stroke. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He did not feel sorry for Mary; she was not real to him, not a human being; he had not known her long or well enough for that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This is weakness, to put fear above ambition, above family, above love, but it feels good. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She endured grins and friendly winks with equanimity—they almost made her feel better. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The way it had me mashed up ’gainst it I could feel its heart flopping ’round in its chest like a fish that had got throwed up on the land. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it’s hurting you? Would you rather I not hold the light and you can feel around in the dark?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The second I reach the door, I feel calmer. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My stomach feels all yucky like it’s at recess which is my worst subject but I take a deep breath and try to Deal With It. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes, the other Messengers told me about that stomach bug. It’s a nasty one, eh? How do you feel, Constance?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the effects of the serum immediately afterward. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But tonight I feel myself dancing with them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They didn’t feel like he meant them, not the way he should. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

That’s not to say I didn’t feel the cook’s usual worries about whether everything would come out right. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel drowsy anymore, but I was tired and my back was hurting me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Anu holds his gaze, and Ranee can feel the intensity in their silence. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I feel a little push against my back. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He and Genie didn’t even have to look at what they were doing anymore; they could tell which pods were ready just by the feel of them. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a small accomplishment, but it makes me feel Dauntless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You have shelter. You have food. You have family and friends. I’m supposed to feel pity for you because of a cut cheek?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The pain was far worse than anything he’d felt before—it made the broken thumb feel like a mosquito bite in comparison. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I can feel a drop rolling down my side as Mama takes a visitor parking space in front of a four-story brick building. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel like seeing if I can track down anybody from the old days, but then I think, what would I talk to them about now? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just feel a sudden impact and I’m falling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He feels reassured because she doesn’t seem all that scared really. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Examining the long, slender body, Leale is disturbed to feel that Lincoln’s feet are now icy to the touch. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Look like to me only a fool would want you to talk in a way that feel peculiar to your mind. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never wanted to feel the stares of folks who heard my leg tapping its cotton-picking tune. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Why do people feel justified in making negative assumptions instead of positive ones? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t big, but it didn’t feel cramped, either. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

George knew Mom was trying to make her feel better, but it didn’t work. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Including the British monarchy. So, I don’t really feel bad for you. Anyway, he was totally fine when I danced with him. I don’t get why you hate him so much.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Scarlett could feel the anger and the rage welling up inside her. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It makes you feel so lonesome and depressed. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I can feel the beat in my chest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mama’s voice was strong and steady, but Ophie could feel the way her mother trembled. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I just closed my eyes, and I slid to her until I could feel the warmth of my own face play back against hers, the reflection like an instant map of heat. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being sick made me feel fragile, like I might break. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like that, so maybe I’m not an—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been writing a bunch of stuff in this notebook, but it all feels wrong.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

But it feels safe, too, because you’re surrounded by so many people. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

This last possibility is one that has given me some concern over these months, and is something about which I still feel undecided. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

This is what a psychotic episode feels like. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The burn in my legs feels less like exercise and more like a dreadful punishment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I know I’m safe at home and that Mama is at work, but it still feels like having this book is wrong. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One minute I feel okay, and then all of a sudden my energy plummets for no reason at all. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now that he is no longer carrying them he feels awkward, unsure of what to do with his hands. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those were some of our best years, the ones where I didn’t feel like he was bigger or better or smarter or more selfless than I was. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Running behind his father, Ben began to feel a disproportionate joy rise in him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I kiss him and it feels really nice, and I really don’t care that James is twenty-three, or a college dropout, or that he smokes. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like he was there or anything, but I still took one of Mom’s dumb little French flags and stuck it in the ground at the foot of his grave. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“So we’ve got ourselves a secret,” she says at last, and when I hear her say “we,” I feel some better. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Eleven feels one-tenth of this with Tim, then I don’t know how she waited so long to have sex, because when Bo’s lips move against mine, I can think of nothing outside of us. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I feel that though few of them liked it, at least a large proportion of them understood that I worked as much for them and their children as I did for the Negroes. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel suffocated, but at least I feel strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The long walks to the dyer’s cott each day were exhausting, but at the same time the fresh air made her feel cleansed and invigorated. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels hands placed on his shoulders and turns to find Gabriel, standing there with a guitar strapped around his neck and arm. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The sugar slowly worked its way into his system and made him feel a little stronger. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But nothing anyone said or did could make Harry feel any better, because they knew only half of what was troubling him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Gregor had pressed his forehead against the screen for so long, he could feel a pattern of tiny checks above his eyebrows. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel one way, then I feel another, and then I don’t know what I feel or what to think or how to do. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

You still don’t feel like talking, but it feels good to be doing something. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. I can just feel it. He hasn’t your understanding.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

All these preparations require explanations to various people who we feel ought to be kept in the dark. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I knew this was coming, but I feel differently than I thought I would. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The conflict arises for men of conscience, for men who think and who feel deeply in every country. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes me forward, and I must be walking, because I can feel myself moving, but in my mind I stand before Eric and he is still alive. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think she’s excited, and I feel a swell of hope— what if Uriah is awake? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Seeing the United Nations get a whole lot bigger feels awesome. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Inside the harbor the water was calm, and as they moved past the massive breakwater Lyra began to feel unsteady from the lack of motion. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d know it if they were there. I can feel it. It’s over.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

He looks older and wiser, and that makes me feel better. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel kind of funny, only not really funny, but sad, and maybe a little mad, to think about how he knew you better than I did. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And then I feel ashamed of my shame. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

This did nothing to help me feel appreciated. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hit feels like thet now, Love. Hit must be what the Bible means by ‘Peace, be still,’ or ‘Be still and know thet I am God.’ Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I dig my toes into it deep and feel a great surge of greenness inside myself, as though I were a growing plant. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you, I miss him. I feel bad about the way I left. I was upset about...” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Several times during our long weeks of interviews, he mentioned a “dead space” inside him, which he said made it difficult for him to feel much of anything. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could feel the celebration only moments away. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It feels good to run, even though Jax and Noah are not chasing us. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I was born in Puerto Rico, but Springfield definitely feels like my home. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe God knew that right then, staying out of the dance didn’t feel like a big sacrifice to me, because he didn’t instantly cure my brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have only a year and a half left, but it feels eternal. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I try not to feel too guilty, seeing as I know something that could help us find Sandy. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I wanna be with you guys. I just don’t want to feel left out,” he said softly. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a pinch of guilt because I can tell she’s hurt. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I had no idea how much it would hurt my throat, but loved the way it made me feel a minute later as I sat on the toilet, pondering the tiled floor. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

IS: The fluffy orange cat is how I feel. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Just thinking it made her feel a strange fluttering inside, even though they were not to marry for years and years. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I feel it wrapping around me, entwining me in sharp fibers. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Capricorn alone seemed to feel nothing of the magic. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I lean over choking and I can only feel his hand wrench the knife away from my own. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The horse lowers her head as I approach, and I feel my spine straighten. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’s so happy being out there on the basketball court doing what she was born to do—and I start to envy her, because I feel as though I might throw up. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he planted SYMBOLS, like the weather, and the whole light and dark thing, to show us how poor Hester feels. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you thought about the fact that I feel as out of place here as you do?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

She’s my biggest booster, but in the end, who knows how she really feels deep down? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I can feel it creeping like the tiger I saw in one of my tata’s books when I was small. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But my assurances appease my mom, even if they feel false to me. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I think it will be over soon. I don’t know why, but I feel it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He gave me a wink and a nudge, and I could feel my cheeks burning. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The second I rise, our mouths are colliding, and he’s scooping me up and carrying me to what feels like both an end and a beginning. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

His face tightened, and he could already feel the warning sirens starting up inside his body. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He pulled her into a hug, and she let him, hoping he couldn’t feel her trembling from head to foot. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But then she adds, “It didn’t feel like being mean as much as it felt like being funny. And I swear I didn’t think you and Tyler would really end up kissing.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Normally they make you feel floaty and think of puffy clouds and hear harps, but right now they look just plain scared. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, some parents feel that there’s enough tension in the air. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

However dissimilar, we feel like an unexpected family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Better not drink too much brandy then. If you’ve got a fracture you don’t want inflammation. How does that feel?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mama said I just had the wind knocked out of me, and I would feel better soon. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It made you feel a part of something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so shocking that I can scarcely believe it, but as I watch the sun rise it feels like mist lifting. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No," he says, and his face is so close, I can feel the heat rising off him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I am so numb already, I don’t think I can feel any more sadness. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

When I feel like the tension’s gone, I say, “I don’t want Russ to take my position.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Sarai had felt waves of Lazlo’s feelings even through the barriers of his consciousness, so did he feel the sudden blaze of hers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was saddened, for I had grown to feel that Aunt Maggie was another mother to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel better, though he felt perturbed, too, worried that this kiss was wrong. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She launches into the story of our first day, and my body relaxes, but I still feel heavy. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Something about him makes me feel like I am about to fall. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel his cell phone shoot out of his shirt pocket, didn’t hear it smash on the concrete and skitter in pieces into the gutter. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to give her enough information so she wouldn’t feel the need to ask me more. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

To make her feel better, I learned everything I could about snakes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

No one mentioned her, probably so Amá wouldn’t cry—which she did anyway when we got home—but we could all feel it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The way she said it made me feel like nothing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hurt more than anything—more pain than a person is supposed to feel—but then the microscopic painkilling nanites in his blood released their numbing opiates. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I can tell by the way the house feels. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Even after the relief of getting a green card or becoming an American citizen, it’s easy to channel my days as an “illegal alien” and feel the anxiety all over again. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I practically ran out of O-Hall, which was a mistake, because the speed at which I was moving made me feel sick again. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Did she feel pity for me, did she want me to suffer? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were just too many things going on in my life, and it didn’t feel like the right time to introduce him to the family. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t know how to handle it. 1 feel so ambiguous. What kind of wishy-washy person am 1 anyway?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t believe I feel the heat of tears; the date was months ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t make me feel good when you say that something I do reminds you of Dad.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I feel this way. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

His mom paused, and he could just feel her wretched pity. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Try to imagine how you would feel if you woke up one morning to find the sun shining and all the stars aflame. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I feel bad, too, that she wasn’t at my surprise party, and that she wasn’t asked to sign my socket. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now, sitting in her cabin aboard the Argo II, she could feel the coin growing warm in her pocket. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I managed to feel my way to the ropes and held on, trying to catch my breath. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels as if the entire frozen lake shifts. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She wanted to leap into those placid blue waters, to feel clean again, to swim and splash and bask in the sun. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Unspoken things have arisen between Helene and me, things that have to do with how I feel when I see her bare skin and her awkwardness when I tell her I worry for her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I let Richard try on my armor and have him fasten the belt around his waist so he can feel the weight of the sword, too. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel all the ways I’ve wanted to feel ever since I woke up. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Who and what was he to feel the agony of a wonder so intensely that it amounted to fear? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He does feel joy, though, as he hangs Vincent's paintings in the new flat. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But I feel like I’ve won, because he didn’t use a slur. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I did, anonymously. I feel that is what your mother want me to do. She was so worried you would not apply. She tell me she was going to send herself. So I do it.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My stomach is sour with the lack of food, but I no longer feel hungry. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There are moments in my life when I feel like I know everything and that I’ve left no rock unturned. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Because I did the thing, and I posted it, and now I feel like Bigfoot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Let them go Communist if they feel like it. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I almost feel like I have to solve the mystery myself, just to get the sheriff off my back. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Some of it feels soon. The rest of it feels far away.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He must feel strongly about whatever people were saying. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to feel what I knew I would feel when I looked at his too-perfect face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It feels good to get inside it again. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It feels unreal to have him here, in my bed, upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was what I came down to Red Witch Bridge to feel anyway, but I’d never expected any help from Miles. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She liked to be in control — it was her safety net — and she could feel that net being ripped away from her by the star-shaped fruit. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The air feels chilly, and I slide my hands into the sleeves of my hoodie. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

And yet she can tell he is visited by fears so immense, so multiple, that she can almost feel the terror pulsing inside him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s old,” Liam said, quickly, like that would make me feel any better. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I still see him, so clearly that I almost feel I can make him stay there forever. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me feels embarrassed, and I’m not sure why. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

As he struggles to shake it off, rubbing his chest, I feel like I can breathe again too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I could feel it, although there were two sleeping bags between us. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When Diana came her way, Lyddie could feel herself stiffening up. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now this year there was a whole batch of new kids from different elementary schools combined, and Naheed swore she could feel everyone jockeying for position, like horses on a racetrack. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

He’d learned to move normally within the Death Mist, more or less, but the magical shroud still made him feel like he was wrapped in a coat of helium. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It worried her so much that you could feel her worry no matter where you were, even if you weren’t at home. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I could feel his gaze on my face, but I kept my eyes forward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

My chest feels tight, like my ribs are a real cage, squishing my lungs and heart. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Mama and Papa sure didn’t feel that way. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I could feel his eyes on me, but I didn’t look up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was hard to feel penitent now, with Father Amadi s cologne deep in my lungs. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He wanted to feel the heavy white door on Not Doctor Street close behind him and know that he might be hearing the catch settle into its groove for the last time. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was an aura in that house that made me feel instinctively, without ever being told, that I was not to shout, not to hit anyone or tear through the kitchen at full speed. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

As someone drives by in a brand-new Benz, he also feels a twinge of guilt over refusing to drive his new car to Martel’s house. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He wants me to feel better and not be sad. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did he always feel the need to bring home every piece of furniture he found, like they were stray animals?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A feeling I’ve had once or twice before, just before I fainted. A lightheadedness ... everything intense... but my body feels cold and numb...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tells me to write down how I feel and what I’m thinking, but I’m afraid to start. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel Cohn wanted to bring up Brett again, but I held him off it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Otto pressed his hands into the new night, trying to feel his way through the darkness, anticipating Mr. Flux clutching his neck at any second. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It feels like a match lit against my skin. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I know how you feel,” Mr. Rolf said earnestly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel Mother’s hand pressed against my pounding heart. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was heady and happy and I could feel myself—a future me—running. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I had once some thoughts of fixing in town myself—for I am fond of superior society; but I did not feel quite certain that the air of London would agree with Lady Lucas.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she reasoned, “like most murderers I’m full of regret. If we give them a proper burial I’ll feel less guilty about poisoning them.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

White people felt equal, after all, so why should black people feel any different? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Wherever possible, I told of Bigger’s life in close-up, slow-motion, giving the feel of the grain in the passing of time. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat up near Faithful Ursywck, but she could feel his eyes crawling over her as she went about her duties. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I feel so defensive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I call back, and it’s true—I feel amazing. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“And don’t you go looking at me like you feel sorry for me,” he snaps. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t matter whether I feel sorry for him or not. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And when things go badly, of course I’m upset, but at least I can feel I’ve done all I could and keep things in perspective. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, more than love or an unfulfilled longing, I feel pity for my biological mother. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She would never feel at home here among the hakujin, and at the same time she loved the woods and fields of home as dearly as anyone could. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Now, we all feel a jolt when we unexpectedly see ourselves in a mirror, which often gives back a reflection that upsets our self-conception. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jesper worried about Nina, but thinking about her made him feel guilty. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I feel the pile of tickets in my pocket and think about a prize for Charlie. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

So they knew something was going on in that booth, they just didn’t feel like helping. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I push past the stars into that dark light, and you can’t imagine how it feels. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was too dark to see, but he thought he could feel a tiny pool of water at the bottom of his hole. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I feel certain they will find nothing extraordinary in them, though. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Kendra tried to steady her, disgusted by the feel of slender bones moving beneath her hands. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

It was starting to feel like the majority of boys weren’t buying into Julian anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But I feel a trembling in my hands, up my spine. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It's not an easy thing to say, but we've come a long way together, and I feel like I should be able to say this much. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Alighting on an arm of one of the green leather chairs, I feel my heart thud dully. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I feel even more different now. I really feel like one of the queer kids in those videos.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

The woods were dark, but she could still see the path, feel the cold. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

My face is numb; my nose feels frozen. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder how she’d feel about my hatred for the Empire. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

‘I feel nearly done in. Don’t think I could crawl away far, even if I was free.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I want to run, but I also know that'll make me look and feel like a real criminal. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

There’s this twist in my stomach, and my brain feels hazy. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Never to see his face again, nor to feel his arms around her? A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I sit up, I feel myself strangely alone. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not feel like a loser, but she did feel a sense of loss. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean to make you feel bad,” I said. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But the strange thing was, as soon as she sat down she didn’t feel like crying anymore. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I immediately feel guilty for my snarky thoughts. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Look at that. Look at all those people. They look like ants. Sometimes I get the feeling that’s all we are—ants. Do you ever feel that way?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But he seemed to feel her looking, and always raised his head a little to look back at her. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The important thing was that he had a feel for me now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And I could feel the hand that was holding the knife shaking even though I wasn’t shaking it. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I also couldn’t imagine another year with people who made me feel uncomfortable in my own skin. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I feel cocooned even in this wide-open space. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The promise of glittering sidewalks feels a long time behind us now, no diamonds anywhere to be found. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel his heart beating, but it beat only twice, very slowly, loud and hollow like the waves on the beach, and then no more. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it makes me feel a little sad that we might not get to dance together for thirty years. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was beginning to feel like a traitor,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It had the desperate feel of the last warm night of summer. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it feels a little lonely, but at least it’s on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The thing is, the shameful thing—he never made her feel like she was the dirty water going down the bathtub drain. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Her lips join up with mine, and I taste her breath and swallow and feel and lunge for it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She continued to massage my back and shoulders until we both could feel the tension slipping away. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Despite family history, I feel drawn to Turkey. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Do you ever have those random nights where your brain won't shut off, even though your body feels like five hundred pounds of exhausted? Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I know I’m supposed to go in there, but tonight doesn’t feel quite right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Do you feel well enough to play?” the trainer asked. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think secrets agree with me, I feel rumpled up in my mind since you told me that,” said Jo rather ungratefully. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that Chris is gone is a sharp hurt I feel every single day. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If the Starks feel the need for gold, they can melt down Jaime's armor." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Mami, please don’t make me feel bad because I love to read.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear or see or feel anything except that throbbing, searing fire centered in my eyes. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think that maybe all of these memories are another reason I still feel like a stranger here. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We all clicked on it and we could feel it tap our credit, and then suddenly it hit me all at once. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have cried so hard over this that I am beginning to feel stupid. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"I feel like I'm racing against an alarm clock, but I don't even know when it's set for," I confess. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to do it, feel her writhing and kicking at his knees, squirming as she fought for air. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cycle through the things you’re supposed to say at times like these, the apologies and the sympathy, and I don’t find a single phrase that feels right to me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The idea of those six-year-olds repeating that I make chicks bleed...it makes me feel sick. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe it let him feel a little bit Persian. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I spoke to your parents, and they are, of course, upset. But I wonder why you feel that this was done maliciously, Miss Santos.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

In the strange stillness, I can feel the breath of Papa’s shame. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He discovered a scheme of energies—the same unfathomable force that kept the citadel in the sky—and he could feel it all. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could feel the eyes of the clubs’ occupants shifting toward us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

When we don’t talk, it feels like we’re no longer a part of each other’s life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"Stop thinking about yourself for a change, think how poor Turtle must feel." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling she would have been crushed to be excluded completely, and this gave her a way to stick around and still feel like she belonged. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A sorrow as black as the night outside invades me, and I feel my throat clamping. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bran could feel the big wolf’s hunger, a shadow of his own. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I willed myself to stay dry, which is a handy little ability, but that didn't help the others, and I could still feel the cold, like wading through a snowdrift. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I feel the rush of water as the creature rises toward me. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He thought that normally he’d feel guilty about that, but it would be more guilty by far to keep Lyra outside in the cold and the wet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Gram says, "She feels bad about how she treated you, Maxwell, dear, and she wants to make it up to you. You don't have to go, but it would be the right thing to do." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

But as I scroll through the pages, I suddenly feel less certain. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

She could not feel so strongly about his mother if she did not still have feelings for him. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But now-I want you to feel old, I want a little of my cowardice to be distilled in you tonight. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He often wished that Anulika wasn’t so flat-chested—he wondered what was taking her so long anyway, since she and Nnesinachi were about the same age—so that he could feel her breasts. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It feels wrong not to pretend after he protected me from those dirtbags. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Kate said, “Oh, I’m glad you feel that way. But you can see that I couldn’t mention it until you did.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like a lifetime ago, like several lifetimes. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By the end, all I could think was what these people must feel like when they go to their class reunions. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she says it’s none of her business, which is perfect, because I don’t feel like explaining. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I figured rereading his old e-mails might make me feel something more. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Like I’m so close to making a move, or at least telling her how I feel, but for some reason the moment never feels right. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Blast the thing,” he muttered, “I knew I was exaggerating somewhat; I only did it to make him feel better. He actually did seem to be fading a bit around the edges.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

As Thomas drew, he started to feel a tickle of panic, a sick feeling that what they were doing was a complete waste of time. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I should know what to say, but I don’t.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Cause I don’t feel like puttin’ on no airs,” he said, ignoring my first question. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Today’s children, if they were to tour the storerooms, would feel afraid. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I feel like I should take the day—” she started, but I cut her off. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I’m here walking around, breathing, existing, but it feels like my life is somewhere else—someplace better. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like I’m back in fourth grade, when I saw Mr. Skerritt every month. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The rope was thick in my hands, and I could feel the holy prayers that it held. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I don't know if that makes sense, but you know how I feel about making sense. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The tinny sound of circuit-phones echoes from the other side, and I can feel small vibrations against my cheek. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“My name is Faith, and if it makes you feel any better, I’m not a real doctor.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It made me feel safe knowing he was here. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Even with my thoughts hazy, I could feel my heart sink as I stole glances at Evan. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Not the kind of scare that makes your knee bones feel like water, more the kind of scare where you go whoa! Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of the glee certain folks at home would feel if I were expelled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, guess I’ll see you at camp. Glad you feel better. Enjoy the soup minus the hot sauce.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I see. I see now. But I don’t think that’s going to work out. You’re human, and humans feel anger.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I’m sure he feels guilty, but honestly, I don’t even have the energy for it, or to imagine anything other than this nightmarish reality that is actually my life. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I could feel the telegram in my pocket. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I stir the next morning, my nightgown and legs feel damp. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She could feel her mind reaching for the right pictures even before the hands were pointing at them, and she sensed the longer needle twitching to respond. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He feels weak and sick; he longs for sun and warmth. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I must look as stricken as I feel, because she suddenly stops and wipes her palms down the front of her thighs. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You know, that’s a very fair question, and I feel silly for never having explained it to you, sugar pop.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I feel his chin on my shoulder and his feet on the backs of my knees. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel my fingers clicking that mouse. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

No one can really know what a cow feels. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Still, I stop short of the elevator and make myself stand my ground, even though I feel like I could throw up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

It feels like there’s no part of me that’s not being kissed right now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I know,” I say The box is empty I haven’t shaved, and I feel like death warmed up at the track. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“There’s a change of clothes and some necessities in there. Don’t take a million years, but feel free to wash that camp off you.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Despite the burn in my muscles, it feels good to run. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel like Mom doesn’t understand me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I was desperate to feel what she was feeling. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She was tall and her hair was thick and auburn and the very sight of her made William feel strange. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I could never write down the things I actually feel or think or do. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shiva took me under his wing, just like Alex used to do, and introduced me to some of the neighborhood kids, helping me feel more at home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I wonder what Mr. Langston Hughes feels about the blues. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I feel like he thinks we’re sharing a secret, except I have no idea what that secret is supposed to be. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He turns then, he looks at me, and I feel as though he’s read my mind because he’s got a strange look on his face—contempt, or revulsion—and I’m repulsed by him, too. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can already feel her getting all obsessive like she does sometimes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

But you can’t feel bad every second, I wanted to tell her. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the bench I notice my heartbeat slowing, my muscles cooling, and I begin to feel a wonderful sense of having completed a task. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lips nestle close to my ear, and I feel his labored breaths on my skin. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I can feel Abby’s arms around me back at the pond, holding me close. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I feel a bead of sweat roll down the back of my neck. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He kept making her feel like it was safe to smile. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Like here, if indeed you do feel safe and relaxed here.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel the incline as it’s measured by Rhiannon’s leg muscles, can feel her breath shift into more challenging air. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

When I feel I’m falling into dreaming, I jolt myself awake. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

It jostles and I feel dizzy, like I need to sit down right now. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She invited me everywhere and helped me feel like I belonged. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She's got this way of lighting up a room and making it feel warmer just by being in it. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“My darling. You make me happy too. Happier than I have ever been. Now I don’t feel alone. Now I feel safe.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This will never do. I feel quite uncomfortable.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I make myself push this aside and concentrate on the feel of her skin until I no longer see molecules but Violet. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Referring to them as sacred might feel uncomfortable, because the First Amendment of the Constitution tells us that this nation legally mandates separation of church and state. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to back up a few times—I didn't want her to feel me or anything, because that would be embarrassing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Which both made me feel better and worse. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She still “feels” the thrill of the treasure. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

No feel of space, of size, a great starry roof overhead, a great wind blowing. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel my stomach and liver and all that mushy stuff that’s in there handling food, happy to be back in use. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

My sisters feel sorry for the parrot but I don’t. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel the centrifugal force pulling me toward the water and dig my hands and feet into the sand, trying to get some purchase on the unstable ground. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I don't want her to feel like I've been spying on her. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How does it feel to be eighteen, sweetheart?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I'm not running, but when I glance at a wall clock, I feel like I should start. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels strange hearing these words from a teacher. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It feels as if someone dumped a bucket of boiling water over my head. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

With my arms stretched wide to feel my way through the hallway, careful not to run into the logs, I stumbled back to my mattress refuge. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And I know that I am going to feel even worse when the shade comes down over Albert’s face. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Blood shines on Marcus’s thigh, and I feel a burst of satisfaction. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing but our pinkies touch, and it feels like a spark on the verge of a flame. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I could almost feel our string sawing his. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I walk down the street and I feel good about it every day,” Miele, a gregarious figure with twinkling blue eyes and a taste for worn T-shirts and jeans, said of his neighborhood. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

A slow bolero starts, and I feel myself being led towards where Trujillo is now dancing with the attractive, blond wife of the old senator. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could still feel the water in her palm like a tiny gleaming star. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Ethan, do you sometimes feel like you are dreaming, all the time?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She would feel different in the halls now, knowing that they were not something special but like any other kids. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"She is frightened, my lord. In the Eyrie she feels safe." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Alex has to look away—even after everything, this feels too private for him to witness. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

No one had yet broken away, no one was running, but Buford could feel them giving, like a dam. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every two feet, Timothy had driven a piece of driftwood deep into the coral crevices so that I could feel them as I went along. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always thought that book clubs were for rich women, but it feels good to be included in something other than basketball. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

May Belle turned expectantly to Jesse, so he crossed his, too, trying hard not to feel like a fool, crossing his heart to a first grader in the middle of the playground. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

We are accustomed to a good deal in the billets, but this makes us feel faint. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But right now, at this picnic table with his arm still protectively around me, Kareem doesn’t feel like the former. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want him to feel sorry for me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Of course I will feel free, whether she tells me to or not. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Two days later, working at the clinic, beginning to feel calmer, he was approached by a former TB patient, a young woman with a baby. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

"I know love is real because I feel it," Tiny says. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

A normal person would feel a shard of remorse, but not Butler. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

There’s a fire raging inside me, and I feel like I could burst into a million tiny embers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Now that the Cranes had spent years bouncing from state to state, their family adventures were starting to feel...Emily wasn’t sure what the word was to describe it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She taught me to listen to the mystery of the groaning earth and to feel complete in the fulfillment of its time. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my chest tighten as the wheels got closer and closer to the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Wasn't something they were proud of, or something they were ashamed of either, even though other kids tried to make them feel a way about it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

There’s another thing for which I will feel guilty forever: Jeffrey was driving me so nuts with his need for attention that I was often relieved when he went back into the hospital. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you feel at the lowest spot on earth?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel her staring, but that's all I have in me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The stolen books in my bag feel like they’re pulsing with heat. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And even though it's being turned up, I can feel it working its way down, pushing behind my eyes, and marching over my tongue, ready to come out. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I was already planning to go home, and even though I feel like this should be my choice and not hers, I’m too tired to fight with her. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Nicole hated that she could never quite feel like she was just herself, just Nicole, but that she was somehow representing an entire race. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

But I told the doctor it was as bad as before and I screamed when he tried to feel my side. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a minute I could feel the Object responding to my touch, the startled, eager wakefulness in her skin and muscles. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Dad looks so appalled, I feel scared to answer the detective’s questions about when it all started, but I figure it’s all or nothing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t I feel bad when it happened? How come it felt so good to see him fall?” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Her foot was resting lightly on my chest, rocking just enough so I could feel the slide of skin over bone. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Pink is the color of medicine and feels drippy and sicky. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘This here floor sure do feel good to my feets. You mind if I just walk around like this without putting back on them tight, hurting pumps?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I could feel the other prisoners tensing around me. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I keep my head flat against the pillow because I still feel dizzy. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I once asked her flat out if she treated me that way because I’m deaf, because that’s what it feels like sometimes. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

She made me feel good in a way, all serious and everything. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

In a way, I feel like I was the one standing in her way, so I’m glad I’m dead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

His dad went on, “And then how are you going to feel when you see this boy in your class the next day?” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The thought of Jess made me feel better, but I couldn’t shake the memory of my mom crying. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I get home with twenty minutes to spare, but my feet feel like toeless blocks of ice. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I feel so bad that Kasim is confused by the new me, but I’m not here for him. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He asked: “How you feel today, old lady?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she sees the tiny pinprick of light that means she’s near the end, she feels relieved but not relieved enough. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“This might not matter much,” he says quietly, “but I know how you must feel.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kissing him feels like the one thing keeping me really and truly alive in this place. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We didn’t let them help us because we needed it, we let them help us because inside of humans is this thing, this unnamed need to feel as if we are useful in the world. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The leaves were edible, too, but they left a slimy feel in Nhamo’s mouth. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has only been a week, but he feels that he is becoming heavier, rounder, softening in this country of New York. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“It is ongoing. Again, I am sorry you feel we have not been proactive. However, at the moment, I am unable to...” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t help but feel just a little proud of myself for finally getting myself in here with everyone, even if it is the last day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Diving in feels like plunging into nothing, not the icy shock I've known forever. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I feel a burn rise up in my chest. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She turns her head to the side, and I feel like I’m in a classroom. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She feels ashamed enough without telling the whole world and wait till her own mother hears. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

It feels like forever since Phil and I have been so close. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know—ask me anything you wanna know. Anything. Once you get some answers, you might feel a little better about being here.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

That razor strop burns so bad, after you go to bed your legs still feel stripedy like a zebra horse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me, steps away, stops, comes back, kisses me on the forehead for the first time in my life and I’m so happy I feel like floating out of the bed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I'm used to going places by myself, but I can see why it would make someone like her feel weird. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He felt the warmth for his brother you can feel only for one who is not perfect and therefore no target for your hatred. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you feel the golden enchantment of it? It is worthy to be”—Jesse looked up in sudden alarm—“in a palace.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

As I got older I figured that he just didn’t feel like being around. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wished his presence could make me feel better, but I worried that I wouldn’t live up to what needed to be done. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It’s extremely lonely up there, and you feel far away from everything. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How come every time I talk to you I feel my mouth is too big?” she said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Once she was there, she could speak to Mary, and she did so with the instant easy affection that we sometimes feel for people we meet in dreams. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I exclaimed, when I had read her letter: “I will write instantly and relieve them from the anxiety they must feel.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel his heart beating, and his cool breath in my face that makes me want to fall asleep. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Big red welts cover our arms and legs.We were so scared we did not feel the pain when we got stung. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And by the end of the week, my ribs feel almost like new, and Johanna can assemble her rifle without help. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some of its great achievements had a decisive influence on Greek and Roman art, and thus we can still feel ourselves linked to the Egypt of 5,000 years ago by a continuous, living tradition. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’d rather pick out something else, there are lots of lovely bridesmaid dresses to choose from. I didn’t mean to make you feel uncomfortable—it just looked like it would be gorgeous on you....” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He wondered if this were a normal way to feel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s what the air feels like in this car, why it feels hard to breathe. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

When we arrived at the lake, I was disappointed to feel no cooling breezes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even if every sentence in a text is crisp, lucid, and well formed, a succession of them can feel choppy, disjointed, unfocused—in a word, incoherent. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

This feels like it should be an awkward conversation, and yet it’s not awkward at all—which makes me realize exactly what we are to each other. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I had made him feel that, if he whipped me for killing the kitten, I would never give serious weight to his words again. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel freedom for the first time in months, and an air of contentedness wanders next to me all the way home. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The water feels cool and soft on my skin, slowly peeling away the layers of grime that has collected. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy, I corrected her, and she nodded in a solemn kind of way that made me feel sure she’d remember. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He does feel warm. Why didn’t you tell me?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her body was hot and sticky, and she was beginning to feel hysterical. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of it makes me feel bad, but it’s kind of nice, too. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though he had killed by accident, not once did he feel the need to tell himself that it had been an accident. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It is, as they say, the straw that will break the camel’s back. Once it leaves the Alexandriaville Public Library, we feel quite confident that Mr. Luigi Lemoncello will want to leave, too.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

In Roy’s mind, he didn’t really have a hometown; his family had never stayed anywhere long enough for Roy to feel settled. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I returned to the garden and sat with him hour after hour saying it again and again, and most of the time I could feel the doors slammed shut so he didn’t have to listen. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t understand that, at least she didn’t understand how it made him feel when he heard her making plans and dreaming about things that cost money he didn’t have. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I feel far away from her," he said. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

But underneath the paint that cannot cover the bags under his eyes, and the fine clothes that cannot conceal the pain he feels when he moves, is a person badly damaged. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And maybe most importantly, despite Toby’s disappearing act—he finally didn’t feel like he was trying to outrun a demon. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I looked at it just to see what it was about, and the first chapter said, “If you feel like harming yourself right now, turn to page 20.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s because I can feel it. I know he’s coming back.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I feel her breath as she blows the prayer over me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It’s silly to feel nostalgic about an email address, but I do. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I tell him about how grateful I am to the Nielsens, and also how tamped down I sometimes feel with them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was too big for her and had a musty smell, but it made her feel as if her sun-and-stars was still near her. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I could feel my heartbeat pulsing in my neck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Only when it had completed its first full turn did Gronau feel the test had been successful, at which point he said, “I could have yelled out loud for joy.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Raymie had not imagined any of these gruesome outcomes in particular, but she did feel a very deep sense of dread. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

I feel utterly helpless as we stop in front of the gate. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She could feel the tension in his fingers. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My neck feels hot, and it’s not from the sun that’s baking down on it, either. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Fred,” I reply, trying not to feel weird about talking to a bottle of champagne in an ice block. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t get it. It doesn’t feel the same at all.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I just did it, and it feels nice.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I still don’t feel entirely at home among men. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“This is how I feel when I mess up in English!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

And even though they are moving away from the nest, away from the eaglet’s cries, somehow they feel louder, sharper, sadder. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Sen told Eliot she didn’t feel right leaving him alone in the apartment, but Eliot knew she wanted him sitting beside her because she was afraid. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Annie told me to switch my good luck charm to my front pocket, because in New York pickpockets steal stuff from your back pockets and you never even feel a thing. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I didn’t feel as though I belonged in school that day. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden liking fall in Chicago and being in a band and having friends made me feel like a traitor. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I have the clearest memory of Scott talking about Megan, saying I don’t even know who she was, and I feel exactly the same way. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None. I’d forgotten what a real night’s sleep feels like,” he says. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even now it does not feel a wholly natural act so much as it feels like ritual. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

"Not really, Brother Tarp, I just feel that way." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whether or not she feels the ship’s pain is important to know. ’Tis a question for which I would welcome an answer.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It’s gotten to the point that I actually know when a bad hunger cramp is coming, and I’ll dig my fingernails in my shoulder so I could feel something different than hunger. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think that her hurting me made her feel worse than I felt. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The black tones it down, but I feel a layer of mud would definitely help. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I catch a glimpse of myself on the television screen on the wall that's airing my arrival live and feel gratified that I appear almost bored. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Knowing they had come made me feel really good, but not as good as that warm-towel session did. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pack my best pencils and feel a horrible ache in my heart when I leave all my acrylics and brushes in the corner. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Middle children can feel neglected, often for good reasons. Or they feel that they aren’t as special as the other children, or even as loved. When that happens, middle children often act out.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Kainene nodded, as if there were no need to feel sympathy at this news. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I had plenty of time to be by myself and to think and feel the magic these events contained. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could feel her mother's tears wetting her own hair. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

My legs are wobbly, and the front seat smells of bug spray and our sweat as we bump along the deep rut in the road, but I feel so good and tired here with Papi. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Then even the static cuts out, and the silence in the headphones feels like something massive moving through space, a ghostly airship slowly descending. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Mom turned her head toward Chess, and even though Mom’s face was completely in shadow, he could feel the anguish in that one motion. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mr. Bonner goes on, “if the person feels as though they have enough information—names, dates, access to primary sources like newspapers and photographs—they can seek out some truth that way.” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The midday sun feels bright enough to melt my eyes when I step outside after class. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Since the accident, I feel next to nothing about everything, so it is possible that this surveillance will be beneficial to me from a psychological standpoint. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

As Harry took off his glasses and climbed into his four-poster, he imagined how it must feel to have parents still living but unable to recognize you. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But the death brought her and her mother closer together, and now Catherine feels like one of us. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

To no longer feel anything, neither fatigue nor cold, nothing. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. But I can’t help it. I just don’t feel anything. When I see you like this, I don’t. I can’t.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Looking at the back of her head as she’s walking, I still feel my heart pull toward her silence, still feel like I’ve lost something terrible, something so sad I want to weep. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Light Hair could almost feel their hands pulling. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I feel like I am an initiate again, storming the stairs of the Hub right after the Choosing Ceremony. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I still feel like he's going to walk through the door any minute. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I slip my hands under his shirt, let them wander, feel him tremble. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“How does it feel to know where you are going?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But there is something about the chapter that feels so familiar. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it awful what we’ll do in this world to feel wanted? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Werner feels as though he and Neumann Two are the only souls awake in the world. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I tell myself that I should be angry—but I don't feel anything except confusion. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Only I can feel the wet in the air as I putt along. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We weren’t so poor that we couldn’t pay seventy dollars for something I had to have, but she would make me feel awful about it anyway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Not that the wife would feel bad about another woman, period, but that she would feel bad because the woman was black. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lizabeth already figured out the one thing that would make Biddy feel better. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My body feels weightless, as it does in water. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking the words made him feel sick. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t get over how warm his skin feels against mine. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He begins to feel uneasy before she even says what the dare actually consists of. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I shift my position and suddenly I feel something in my pocket. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It’s like the secret bottle stashed away by alcoholics: I may have no desire to use it, right now, but I feel more secure knowing it’s there. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It feels special to be up when everyone else is sleeping—like they’re missing out and I’m—what? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Whites are fellow South Africans,” I said, “and we want them to feel safe and to know 'that we appreciate the contribution that they have made toward the development of this country.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the process of collecting, painting, and frantically making notes, Maria began to feel dizzy and exhausted. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“How long did it take after your first dose to feel the effects?” asked Farooqi. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was someone who even I could feel sorry for. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when they changed their plans time and time again, the dates became confused, the periods were mislaid, and one day seemed so much like another that one could not feel them pass. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Well done, all of you,” Mr. Benedict added, with a wink that made them feel a bit better. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

You may feel perfectly satisfied with your pages as they stand, or our reservations may fill you with dismissive anger, or such despair you never want to look at the thing again. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie slowed, letting go of her mama’s hand only long enough to feel for the armlike branch that marked the entrance to the burrow. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Or are you trying to make me feel an even bigger fool for planting foolishness in you?” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

When I get up three snooze alarms later, I feel worse. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” she said, “I feel so bad about that. Rachel must be crushed.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I am afraid that if I begin to feel, I won’t be able to bear it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel frustrated because I could not immediately get to the wild places. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

To display an empathy you don’t actually feel. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel bad that my parents get along so well when Isabella’s parents can’t even be in the same room together. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It feels scary to talk, because once the words are out, you can’t put them back in. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She missed him with the kind of missing that almost feels like anger. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Just the opposite: he wanted to heat up the truth, to make it bum so hot that you would feel exactly what he felt. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets close to me a few times, but maybe he can feel me thinking Go away at him because he backs off. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

But he kept telling her he didn’t feel good, that he just wanted to be alone and sleep in his spot behind the forest, maybe spend some time thinking. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He could feel its presence on the ship now, looming over them, ready to take his Wraith. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I started to feel restless, an itching under my skin that I didn’t know how to scratch. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he simply allowed himself to feel about Milkman what he had always felt about Macon Dead and the Honore crowd. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I mumble, “It...it makes me feel like I’ll grow up to be a nobody.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing as I’d just trashed her future kid’s father, I didn’t feel like I could say no. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

After two hours she finally runs out of steam, and I feel like I’m going to explode from concentrating so hard. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

It feels nice, like I’m included in his life. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Lupin, Tonks...He yearned not to feel....He wished he could rip out his heart, his innards, everything that was screaming inside him.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t want Ford to feel like that. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I swing it a few times to feel its weight and power. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He wished he could feel Mrs. Hurd’s pale eyes, but she didn’t come to church. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He knew that his wand was still stowed beneath his robes because he could feel it pressed between his chest and the ground. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hunch my shoulders up like I don’t care about the office, but deep down inside I feel kind of bad. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It is all dark and horrid to me, for I can remember nothing; but I am full of vague fear, and I feel so weak and worn out. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I feel proud to hear him say that. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was a jerk. I’m taking for granted how normal this all feels.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sirens flashed, and Sean and Jonas Apple helped Finn to his feet, his legs so stiff he could no longer feel them, the air outside him and the air inside him foggy and thick. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But umm there is something that does feel a little bit better. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“It’s just as though there’s a hair that blows across your face. Nobody sees it, but it’s there and you can feel it.” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Already the world feels heavier, now I’m a part of it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It actually made me feel pretty bad about life for a quick minute, and I stared at the rug by his feet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m almost at the station, just passing the Crown, when I feel a hand on my arm and I wheel around, slipping off the pavement and into the road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The isolation of the bayou, while inconvenient, made the Warden feel safe from big-city dangers. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

That momentary connection made him feel, if even for a second, like he was less alone in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He did not feel the wound in his shoulder. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

My face feels as hot as the water now, and I become keenly aware of our bare skin brushing together. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It feels good to say these words to someone who isn’t my guidance counselor, especially because my guidance counselor also doubles as the track coach, and hates me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We won’t really lose what we feel, not if we keep it clearly in mind. You never really have gotten the hang of fusion, have you, Rick?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

It feels more like September than November, and by the time I get to Bloom Street, I'm thirsty. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The surface beneath my feet hardens, and under the carpet of ash, I feel the paving stones of the square. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

‘I wish we could feel sure that he made the marks, whatever they may mean,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had to, to make himself feel better, to feel like they’d been set on a path to relieve his panicked thoughts. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It is all unraveling, Werner can feel it; the fabric of the war tearing apart. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I guess I feel this way because he is such a wilderness bird. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had only a hard-boiled egg on the train, but I was here under his hospitality and I didn’t feel right asking for food so soon. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even as I watched the others weaken, I could feel myself growing weary and nervous. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I started to feel really anxious. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It just feels like I’m on the outside somehow. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The light spiraled around her, dragging her farther and farther from her own body, until she could feel the edges of her consciousness beginning to unravel, dissolving into the endless sea of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

For some of my students, my classroom is one of the only places where they feel safe. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She didn't feel like she could do that. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My head pounds, and I feel kinda full and kinda hungry at the same time. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Does he feel the same urge to occupy the same space, to breathe the same air that I do? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask when I feel like I can’t stand not knowing for even one more second. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I can feel the wind seep through the glass and penetrate my shirt. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even like Batman, but Jamie Merrick gave it to me when I was six years old, and sometimes holding it makes me feel safe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The pancakes could have been cooked shoes for all he could taste, and the sweet smell of the syrup was making him feel sick. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that didn’t make her feel any better. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Guys like that always try to mess with somebody else to make them feel better, and I just wasn’t in the mood. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’d feel sorry for you if I hadn’t seen Maria first. And I’d feel more kindly if you stepped up and took the blame you deserve.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alongside a picture of Ronald Reagan, it says that he made people feel good about themselves. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That made me feel sorry for a minute for the others, the dreamless ones. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I feel a loosening of my throat, and somehow a new voice emerges, as deep and rich as chocolate. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In her shy, soft-spoken way, she helped me feel confident about my studies, and by the next progress report, my grades had returned to normal. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And it feels like someone set my underwear on fire.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I feel around for an answer to her question, but I have none. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“And how will you feel if you did?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry we made you feel left out,” I said. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All that blood and guts make me feel like I’m going to throw up.” P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was something about this indomitable old lady which made him feel flustered and uncomfortable. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I guess that makes me feel better," she says, in a voice that doesn't seem true to that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He could feel all his muscles aching and protesting. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I grab the gun Uriah gave me before we left and hold it out from my body, ignoring the way my throat tightens at the feel of it. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But Chicago had started to feel less and less like Oz. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Reporters and photographers were waiting for her at every stop with a barrage of questions: “Do you feel insulted by this refusal?” The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“Blue mussels here. And here’s a dead stone crab, can you feel his claw? Watch your head now.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I feel the prickling course of electric currents, the cool pads warming against my skin. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

If I thought my sudden allegiance to honesty would make me feel confident, I was wrong. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe I had to talk to her first, and then, after I did, maybe it would start to feel natural. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would feel like a betrayal to my old life, to myself. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then she sidled up to me, put her hand around my waist so that I could feel each of her fingers taut against my hip bone, and she added, “And my lover.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a lovely night with the June moon floating high over Limerick and you can feel a warm breeze off the Shannon River. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I don’t see the knife go in, but I feel it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The table feels shorter and shorter with each tick of the clock. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In my hand, I can almost feel the pulse of the heart card as it sits there and waits. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But when I look straight in through the open windows, I feel like I'm watching the end of a happy TV movie. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

What agonising fondness did I feel for them! Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall never feel the wind blowing again. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, I could feel the air between them expanding and crackling, as if the lightning god himself were about to strike the earth. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I glance over at Viola and I see that her face is pulled as sad as my Noise feels. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

One more thing in Merrimack feels a little closer to all right. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I gasped for breath and reached up to feel my numb neck, the thick dents his fingers left in the skin. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“In my house I do as I see fit and store as many boxes as I feel like! Don’t stick your nose into my affairs!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cry hard, like a child cries, until my face is hot and I feel like I might be sick. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a small ball forming at the back of my throat. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As Tom listened, a preacher read Nichols’s final statement: “Sheriff White has been very accommodating to me indeed. I feel prepared to meet death. My soul is at peace with all mankind.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I hike up the back of my shirt so that I can feel the cold tiles against my skin and I stare at the light fixture on the ceiling. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She was crying now, wringing the sweatshirt in her hands, begging me to touch it, just take it, please, please, maybe I’d feel something, maybe I’d know...I turned and I ran. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I feel every nerve in my arm connect to some other part of my body, and electricity is shooting through all of me, making me sweat instantly. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

His words made me feel like a science experiment. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If there wasn’t a storm before, it feels like there is now, right inside Axel’s tight chest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But when she sent him her help, she could feel that he was on a ship in Da Nang. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I feel a little creepy telling it, too. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And in the morning when Linda mentioned casually “1 wonder how the kids are doing? 1 hope they’re okay—” Bloom could feel himself suddenly grow tight again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk across the yard, and can feel Ellen at my heels. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t much, but it made him feel better. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

It feels more designed to keep us in lockdown than to decimate 13. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The Anchors are things that occupy my mind and make me feel good temporarily. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I looked toward the water because I just couldn’t handle another person looking at me like I was someone to feel sorry for. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Already, I can feel my hip bones a little more when I lie down flat. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I feel like I’m too much for one body to hold. Do you ever feel like that?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Somehow they were small enough to feel like they were holding him up. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instantly I feel how stuffy and hot the room is. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I know exactly how you feel. The head spins, does it not?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

My wrist throbbed, and I could feel the bump coming up on my forehead. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And yet it still feels hundreds of miles away. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stares at me, but it feels like she’s looking at who I used to be, her little girl with ponytails and a snaggletooth who swore she was a Powerpuff Girl. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

With a sigh, he’d close his eyes, waiting to feel Craig’s hands hook themselves solidly beneath his shoulders to start the rescue operation. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I liked to feel his new bristly crew cut. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then he came nearer still, leaning forward and pushing his face so close to James that James could feel breath blowing on his cheeks. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was beginning to feel an elation in him, like a bubble blowing up in his chest. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice didn’t break like his mother’s, but Clayton could feel the difference from how his father usually spoke. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Only the scents of her garden made her feel a little better as she went up the steps to the front door. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She could feel little pinpricks of sweat on her upper lip. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I feel that he is looking at me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My blue chair is pulled up close to the table, allowing me to at least rest my handcuffed arm along it; it feels cool against my aching skin. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But to me it doesn’t feel like she’s suggesting a solution to our problem. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I could feel its heat between my legs as he pressed and prodded me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And I could almost feel the emptiness in Soraya’s womb, like it was a living, breathing thing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You tell him about the invisible lines of meaning you feel stretching and winding through and around the people in your life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She was staring at the river god so intently Percy started to feel jealous. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

What did the bullets feel like going into his face? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the smell of it made her feel ill, and she would take no chances of bringing up the horse heart she had forced herself to eat. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It feels so different now, knowing that Gram is at the center of it all. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Why does Scoob feel like there are bugs crawling all over him now? Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

She feels the entirety of the circus radiating around her, as though a net has been thrown over it, trapping everything within the iron fence, fluttering like a butterfly. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel like a separate species altogether. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, she raced around at recess, and it was all about speed, how fast she could go, the feel of her ponytail flying out behind her. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My toes skim the fine sand below my feet, and I feel as though I'm flying. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

But then Valley would do another awful thing and Seven wouldn’t feel so bad for her anymore. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

All that to say, I feel like quite the “ding-dong,” as I like to call Drake when he’s being idiotic, in the words of Britt-Marie. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

When I say I wish she’d found out the whole score, it’s more because I feel sad at the idea of her finishing up different from me and Tommy. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would kill me if he knew what I was, I can feel it. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She puts out the dishes and I can feel her peering over my shoulder to make sure that I’m still going. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He noticed how much softer her waist seemed to feel now that the sash was gone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And at night, I could feel the crashing loud fights on the other side of my bedroom wall, this girl being beaten to death. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel heartless as I leave her there to face Mother’s punishment. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Or feel like failures because they couldn’t do the impossible. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

But all day went by and it got dark and Mama still doesn’t feel like a new Mama. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I guess I would jump, because then I wouldn’t have to feel pain. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess the aftereffects of the surgery and the morphine made me feel a little high. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

The yard gate was open, and I went in and sat on the jungle gym for a few minutes, letting myself feel how strange it was to be there alone. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I feel light-headed, missing the weight of my headphones. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Made me feel six parts proud and six parts angry that he didn’t see that right off. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu disliked the question; she would have disliked it even if she did not feel, in addition to her depressed uncertainty, the beginning of a headache. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He thought he knew why: Going for seconds makes people feel piggish. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m so scared. My thinking gets all mixed up, and I feel like the whole world is falling on me.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

We've only been away from the hospital for a few hours, but it's been the kind of few hours that feel like a month. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like reading that night, so I went downstairs and watched a half-hour-long commercial that advertised an exercise machine. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It is hard to believe that someone who is 80 years older than I can understand how I feel, but he can. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

When I am old, like Mom’s age, I will always say what I really feel. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I really feel sorry for the family of this guy, whoever they are. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as if my body is dissolving and I am being drawn up and up, like thinning mist, into a vast emptying space. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is her greatest fear coming true, and I feel sorry for her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had expected to feel much worse than I did. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Was it possible to feel nostalgic for something you never experienced? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I feel foolish about it now, but one time I stuffed the gloves with cotton balls and held them through the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel someone next to me and turn to see Suma at my side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

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

“There’s no need to feel ashamed,” the man with the oxygen said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It feels like I’ve been angry since the beginning of time. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, nothing could make me feel worse than knowing I’d disappointed Momma Biles. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Wishing he’d taken the time to feel the softness of Mom’s arm? The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I feel like I’m gonna be climbing out of the one marked “dumb jock” all my life. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only thing that makes me feel good.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel as if he was still alive. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I know just what it will feel like.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Still, I feel this big wave of guilt, like I should have thought of him too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The dark pantry, full of figs, almonds, walnuts, halvah, and dried apricots, made her feel better, too. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She could feel her heart drumming in her throat. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I feel a little proud knowing that Boy21 thinks I’m special, but I also feel a little sad too, because Boy21 is suffering. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was starting to feel that nothing would surprise him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel like I’m not invisible, but not in a bad way like when people sing ‘Happy Birthday’ to you in public and you want to drop through the floor. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

As I unhook the straps, I can feel it's sturdily made although a rather unfortunate color. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel as though the knife in my hand, which should lend me authority, isn’t enough. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mazen looks me straight in the eye, and I feel a bitter appreciation for his honesty. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And with my right hand, I feel around in the dark until I find the controller, then the dial, and then the little switch. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only space that feels like mine is my tiny bedroom, into which a double bed and a desk have been crammed, with barely enough space to walk between them. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” I say, because while I don’t like the way she’s talking, there’s no point in lying for the sake of making her feel better. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress—jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse—Well, how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress? Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The blank form feels like empty promises of what could have been. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“This is the beautiful and utterly original Maribelle, and her girlfriend Joan, who is just as beautiful. They make me feel bad!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I take my medication and I feel better and I think better. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now the house feels a little bit more like home. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I vacuumed books for epigrams, scraps of information, ideas, themes—anything to fill the hollow within me and make me feel educated. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when he is teasing me, I feel the sound of our home language enfold us like a mother’s warm arms. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I could feel my voice starting to get a little more intense. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t want her to feel more pity for me than she already does. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

She could feel the heat of its true face pushing through the gold feathers, warming the skin of her forehead. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The sight of him brought back the feel of the dagger in her hand as she had plunged it into his back, again and again and again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Lyra was so close to Iorek that she could feel a trembling in him like a great dynamo, generating mighty anbaric forces. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z