Had the old fool imagined that marble or death would protect the wand? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘Just a fool’s hope, as I have been told. And when I heard of Cirith Ungol —’ He broke off and strode to the window, as if his eyes could pierce the night in the East. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lying in the blue bed, looking up into the dim ceiling with its remote carved pattern, she asked herself, half asleep still, What did I do; did I make a fool of myself? The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Let me not be that kind of fool, to base my strategies on riddles. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And maybe he has been fooled sometimes; maybe he thought it was a mirage. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Listen to me, you fool! I know what it’s like outside the wall. I was born there.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The article was a furious denunciation of Mencken, concluding with one, hot, short sentence: Mencken is a fool. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they’d camped there at the spring; and the bee myrtle had been blooming white that day, and seemed like in every bush there was a mockingbird, singing his fool head off. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on,” insisted Mpandhlani, “don’t be a fool, take and eat. You said you wanted free food, didn’t you? Now eat; it’s free.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told us that we’d better be running over the summer because they didn’t fool around in high school PE. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Ugwu was certain that Professor Achara had fooled Master into renting the house; there was something wily in the man’s bulging eyes. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, take it easy,” he said, “and keep out of trouble tonight. These people are not fools. They know the way you feel about them, and even if you don’t need them, we do.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Neighbors outside were looking at me act a fool. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You poor fool. El Patron had seven other clones exactly like you, each one educated and believing he was going to run the country.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He led us through the crowd and toward the exit, chuckling and shaking his head to let us kids know that these fools were not worth the time it would take to kick their butts. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sheets are just too personal a thing for folks who aren’t kin to be fooling with. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You better be lucky we love Jupiter, fool.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“He’s a fool, then. Look at him, Matt. Would you believe that’s my grandson?” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blind, gasping for air, and unable to speak, Anya was convinced these fools were going to crush her to death. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You get on out a here, you fool!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nehemia was no fool; like him, she knew that symbols held a special kind of power. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"Louis, sweet Louis, good Louis, kind Louis...I have never known you to be a fool before. Please—call back your knights." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I always thought those prizes were fake. You ought to be ashamed—fooling little kids that way.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kennel crossed his arms in front of him like he was pleased to make a fool of me. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“All three of you are too young to be fooling around with boys. Plenty of time for all that.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Dennis almost starved to death fooling around with that music, which is why I never wanted you fooling around with it when you decided to make a living at it. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sure the lord commander did not come to hear about Robert’s by-blows. Patchface, be a good fool and take the princess to her room.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You have heard of fool’s gold,” the dealer said. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I was no more pleased than you, my lords. The gods saw fit to free him, with some help from my fool of a sister." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He was trying to get her to make a fool of herself. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

International headlines took aim at the United States, with one London newspaper taunting that "the Americans have made fools of themselves." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Joffrey had decreed that he was to be a knight no longer, only a fool, lower even than Moon Boy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know that you’ll make a fool of yourself,” said Ron reasonably. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

"Don't you fools dare follow me! For I not only have the Japanese prime minister's cat. I have his new American puppy, too!" Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So they promised you a throne, did they? Really, Henry, you are not fool enough to believe they will deliver it,” said Ripred, breaking into a laugh. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that saved him from absolute suffocation was the sea breeze somersaulting and fooling, first ahead, then behind, running and panting like a dog ready to play. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

With the stars in her eyes and the Hill under her feet, she’ll never stop fooling herself into wanting the whole world. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like a fool, he thought, I stand like a fool. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he leaned forward and said harshly, “You fool! Did you think I didn't know your name?”his rancid breath was hot against Gabe’s face. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The old man turned at last and said, “Come along. I would actually have let you walk right out of my house. I am a cowardly old fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Has anybody cut himself fooling around with these monkeys?” she asked. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was the one who made me a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It’s funny how you can let yourself forget for seconds, how even in the heat of the horrible you can have moments when you fool yourself into thinking it might all be okay. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And you yelled, ‘This age thinks better of a gilded fool, than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school!’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

The agent does not want to come right out and call you a fool. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I’m starting to feel it. The fool magic! I have water magic and fool magic, Håkon.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Of course Webb, he doesn’t know cool from fool, so he was giggling away the whole time. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Don’t try to fool the populace, McCourt.You’d have to rise early in the morning to fool the likes of me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

"Are you out of your mind? Boxer! Now you better . . . Alfred Brooks, I can tell, you're not fooling, are you?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says to the horse, G’up ower that, and the horse shakes his head and rattles the harness and Mr. Hannon laughs.That fool of a horse loves to work, he says. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Shoot, now I’m wondering if this fool even plans on hiring a maid or if she just drug me all the way out here for sport. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Gives them a good excuse to eat too much, drink too much, and make proper fools of themselves whilst dancing.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How many times must I swear to that? Lady Stark, whatever you may believe of me, I am not a stupid man. Only a fool would arm a common footpad with his own blade." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed the two new kids into the same seat as me and told them, “Don’t you pay no mind to them little fools, they ain’t happy lest they draggin’ someone down.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to let this fool girl mess things up for us. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool,” somebody else would say. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That fool thinks he can just waltz back in here, after all these years. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And then I was a careless fool, and I fell in love with you anyway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Crouched like a fool on top of a white lady’s toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Something in the tone of his voice seemed to add “that bloody fool.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“A fool and his reason are soon parted,” Carolina once said reproachfully. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever robbed Herman’s station while I was there, nor did any customers ever fool with him. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandpop released her and asked, “You know your daddy’s a fool, right?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had a cheap fragrance, which I tried to fool myself would cover the essence of crab. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Almost immediately after that he shuddered going over a painted cattleguard on the road, muttering to himself, “It sure beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you fools with your morals and your sins. It doesn’t much matter. We were going to kill you anyway. We’ll take the belt after you’re dead.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. If you weren’t fooling around with your boyfriend, you’d know that.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nothing could be worse than this, Eleanor thought; I have been a fool. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Lizzie slowly, “as far as the rock coming down on your face, I’m not the fool who threw it up.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“What you think she like?” he asked, or more accurately said, shaking his head to tell me I was a fool. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He might have outfoxed the Owner for the moment, but that greasy-haired fool with his book was making Toby nervous. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When she came, she didn’t fool him for long. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can make money these days and most of them do. But what about people with talent and brains? Name, for example, one poet who makes money.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You just fooling me. You know that. Everybody knows that. When a girl likes a man, she combs his hair.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool, flying through the air. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because I just seen your father right before I stopped in the bodega. He’s over on Albany, standing outside the liquor store with that fool Cork.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Here’s a thing about me: I ain’t all that good at knowing when to keep my fool mouth shut. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Like a pair of licensed fools, we will tweak the beards of our elders.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It fooled me just long enough to give Scooter a head start. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“It surprises me that Sam would be taken for a thief. I thought he was a man of greater patriotism than that, but people fool you.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do not let Solovet’s gentle demeanor fool you. In the planning of battles, she is more cunning and wily than a rat.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool to try to argue,” he said miserably. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I’m immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live." The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I am a fool!” cried Mr. Rochester suddenly. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

One day, Chief drank more cognac than usual, and talked haphazardly about people stabbing you in the back and small boys growing tails and ungrateful fools suddenly thinking they were sharp. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward and said: “Look, you fool, you’re not going to get many more chances. Don’t you realise, we won’t be here together like this much longer?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am not the trusting fool you take me for... nor am I half wildling, no matter what you believe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t care about making a fool of himself that way. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He walked funny, like every step hurt him, but don’t let that fool you. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“No. I didn’t find it. It’s not there any more. Maybe it’ll never be there again. Maybe we fooled ourselves that it was ever there.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba wore only his mask when he ventured behind the fence, even though lately it seemed like the decoys didn’t fool the tigers anymore. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He guessed that he had been a fool and said cheerfully, “I am sorry, Robin Wood, but I am afraid it is much too far for me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two weeks ago she had judged him a fool. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Unable to think of answers, Amarante just stood still, his hat off in the presence of the law, grinning and wheezing laboriously, playing the fool. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swallowed, and said, “Some men say there is wisdom in wine. Such men are fools. At other inns other names are being bruited about, never doubt.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The last time he had seen Ivan, the fool had attacked him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The coffeehouse and the house on Zelverstraat had been nothing more than stage sets, used to fleece fools from the country. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I am such a fool. Why didn’t I remember...? I should’ve realized...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A mistake. The Great Master Hizdahr plays Your Worship for a fool. Do you want a serpent in your bed?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was a dumb small-town girl, but I wasn’t dumb enough to go down there and make a fool of myself. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those fool demons are using too much dynamite. They must have some amateurs on. Why, on the railroads we’d only have used half that charge to blast our way into a mountain.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there like a fool, making small talk and boring observations about stray animals, hoping I don’t embarrass myself with my limited Spanish vocabulary. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“God looks after fools and drunks,” he said with a big grin that showed off his gold front tooth, “and I guess he’ll look after you too, Sonny Hickam.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Going away for a rest to the sea and the beach. Now, Samuel, get out with your fooling.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The unmasked letter had enough false information in it to fool any American who happened to see it. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I may well be a beast,” Narciso laughed, “but I am not a fool!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ll come back without my making a fool of myself in the streets.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yore hopes is makin’ a fool of yore reason, Jeth. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t teach him to be a fool,” my father said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man who can’t learn from experience is a fool, he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Almost thirteen thousand jars? Do you take me for a fool? I'm not about to pay the king's gold for empty jars and pots of sewage sealed with wax, I warn you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

And all our yesterdays have lighted fools the way to dusty death. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt like a fool, a baby, but the tears knew no end. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And if you hear the word “Nuus” on the radio, for example, why, any fool can figure out that means “News.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she protested that it wasn’t necessary, Fay insisted that she would be a fool to go out alone in the city at this hour. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Joe, don’t you have any more electronic devices to fool them with?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

According to this guideline, like may be used only for resemblance to an exemplar, as in I’ll find someone like you and Poems are made by fools like me. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You were just fooling around with your friends. I guess I just...” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“What kind of fool talk is that? That baby is yours and I know it.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“He got away before the storm came. I don’t know anything about the man except he’s a stupid, crazy, monstrous fool. I don’t know what to think.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Then what are you standing there like a fool for?” he demanded. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the bear doesn’t mind being filmed and indeed seems indifferent to his audience, pretty generally some fool will come up to it and try to stroke it or feed it a cupcake or something. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Another fool, and a weakling as well, but he does not deserve what Cersei and I ate doing to him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

When Ma came for my dishes, I said, “Take that clock with you. I can’t make the fool thing work.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t have no call at all to say Pap was a fool. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

If he had not known about their witchery, they might have fooled him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew it! I knew all you guys were going to crack up someday if you didn’t quit fooling around with this hocus-pocus stuff.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man looked at him sidelong a while and said, “The wise don’t need to ask, the fool asks in vain,” and so went on along the street. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I fooled for an hour or so brewing this dish, adding this and that, when I heard the mouse in his tunnel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only priests and fools are fearless, and I’ve never been on the best of terms with God.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He didn’t talk very much, but when he did he always said exactly what he wanted to without any trouble; He never had fooled around with baby talk. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their enemies, he explained, were fools who made more runs than any properly organized warren needed. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will always be a fool for that little yellow bird. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Cats were not fooled by a mummer’s moles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

His disguise would be sufficient to fool the defenders from the distance of the high walls. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“When I raise my left hand, you run. When I raise my right hand, the rest of you fools run.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I knew I looked a fool standing there. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I can take care of myself. Day isn’t a fool—if I have a team following me through the city, he’ll notice it in no time.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I have been making a fool of myself,” he said. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not that powerful, eh? Could have fooled me. You’re the son of the Earthshaker, lad. You don’t know your own strength.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had to become a fool again in order to find Atman in myself. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sergeant, are you trying to make a fool out of me just because I’m new in the squadron and you’ve been overseas a long time ?” “Oh, no, sir,” answered the sergeant deferentially. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Robots have learning capacity, you...you fool—” And Bogert knew that she had really lost her temper. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Sweet enough to look at them, though their father seems a fool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he was just saying that to fool you.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘Old fool! This is my hour. Do you not know Death when you see it? Die now and curse in vain!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Getting ready to laugh at me for an old fool. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

"Under the sea, it snows up," said the fool, "and the rain is dry as bone. I know, I know, oh, oh, oh." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ellsberg stood on the sidewalk outside of a Philadelphia courthouse, feeling like an absolute fool. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Blotchy face? Old, saggy skin? That miserable fool. Of course I remember him." Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course. Where’d you think I live? In the suburbs somewhere? Don’t be fooled. I’m a city girl through and through!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

In those days people didn’t linger and fool around like people do now, with tubes hanging out their mouths and making doctors rich and all this. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just what I always wanted. To make a fool of myself on a broomstick in front of Malfoy.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He had fooled every single docker and newsman on the grounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I got to live with this fool. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

But then again, maybe it wasn’t such a terrible thing to be a dang fool sometimes. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Black moleskin gloves covered his hands; the right because it was burned, the left because a man felt half a fool wearing only one glove. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Had she been a fool to tell him something so personal? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I only hoped that, for the next few hours, I could fool him. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What kind of fools would go waste money on store-bought tables when they can have these for free?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But one of the students was fool enough to ask where the advantage lay. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will go back as soon as I can stir: I need not make an absolute fool of myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

"That it's a fool boy who mocks a giant, and a mad world when a cripple has to defend him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He says they don’t fool around over there. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But was it a threat if they were only kidding, if they were just trying to make a fool out of me? Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Those tennis courts were perfectly fine until that crazy fool from the city went and had them dug up. I mean, come on. What was she thinking?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He said a whole lot of things which all added up to the fact that I was sick. Well, I could have told the young fool that from the start.” Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had fooled himself, and like a child listening to a bubbe-meise, I had believed every single word of it. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And you didn’t give chase? Are you really as big a fool as you look?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She says this lightly but scornfully, as if only a fool would need to ask. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I would’ve been a fool,” I said, but she did not catch the point. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would they get fooled by the Pepsi Challenge? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I have been so silly, she thought, I have been a fool. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it moves and it’s cute and all, but don’t let anyone try to fool you that it’s the same as a dog. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"Away with you. I'll sleep soon enough, old fool. Get out." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

You just need to fool the audience into thinking it’s real. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wait, and when he doesn’t respond I begin to feel that maybe I’m on a fool’s errand. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Finn stood there, frozen, staring down the road, until a voice behind him said, “That fool horse is headed right for the highway.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Three windows of the church have stained glass—the birth of Christ, Lazarus raised from the dead, and the teaching of those fool Pharisees. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She kept them warm under electric lightbulbs and sang Greek songs to them, but the silkworms weren’t fooled. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

No wonder the fool doesn’t have any kids. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool! I’d like to know who got in here first?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden, I was afraid that I was about to make a fool of myself and end up in seventh grade in the middle of the school year. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a bit of fire! Get back up there, you blundering fools! Kill the mice!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Just wanted to know. You can drink here, if you like. Just don’t make a fool of yourself. You can bring your girl here too. Do anything you want, but be decent.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus and I wouldn’t have started fooling around, and I wouldn’t have gone to his party to prove that I could. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t care if he’s making a fool of himself. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll stand here, he told himself, till I get over being a fool! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But after a while he became convinced that if he was ever going to do anything in Milagro besides vegetate and play the fool, he needed mobility. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard he was a dreadful coach and a fool of a man,” she continued as Ben continued to walk up the stairs. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben, for his part, kept driving past his father, changing speeds, and sweeping past him as Bull lunged heavily after a son who had fooled him, betrayed him with speed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is that what troubles you, that some fool might call you craven?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Are you a fool? Do you want the neighbors to hear?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph glanced sideways, smiled constrainedly as though he had forgotten that Simon had made a fool of himself, then looked away again at nothing. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the viper’s pit that was Meereen, honor seemed as silly as a fool’s motley. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She had learned to imitate the symptoms of various illnesses so well that she could have fooled a whole committee of physicians. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wondered how it would feel to never wake in the middle of the night with his teeth chewing on his lips, fooling himself into thinking that he was about to eat meat. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

For the next week I saw no sign of that dread hooded figure, but this time I did not fool myself into thinking that he had gone away. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many were cantankerous fools who unfailingly backed the wrong horses. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Someone has to make sure there are at least a few of us with good sense along. Marshes! Ugh! If you insist on making fools of yourselves, I wish you’d picked a drier way.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

He and I were fooling around in the pool, near a big bronze plaque marked with events for which the school kept records—50 yards, 100 yards, 220 yards. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I will not keep you long, my lord. There are things you must know. You are the King's Hand, and the king is a fool." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It is true I do not suffer fools. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Neither do you. You know a medicated version of him who’s got you fooled—who had himself fooled until now. I’m telling you, he’s going to pop.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he says, ‘Don’t be an impertinent fool, boy.’ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“It is, isn’t it? He’s been trouble already, hasn’t he? You can’t fool me. I was married for thirty-two years, raised two sons, and expect to soon have a husband again.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

‘Fly, you fools!’ he cried, and was gone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The old woman shuffled back to the barn, and after a quick glance at the fools and the knight, Anya followed. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Brent Chisholm’s big smile, put-together outfit, and ease with strangers didn’t fool me for a hot minute—those were all sure signs of someone with a well-practiced set of Relocation Rules. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, honey. You know what Crystal’s like. Don’t fool yourself into thinking she’s changed.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

Robb didn't even have the sense to realize how stupid she was; he was grinning like a fool. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But Elizabeth was not for a moment fooled, and did not, for as long as she lived with her, fail to despise her aunt. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Luggage conveyors fooled immigrants into thinking the Gold Mountain was going to be easy. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"One of the Mountain's men fell off a wallwalk last night and broke his fool neck," she heard Weese tell a cook. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I know that, Harry, but if she wakes up and the locket’s gone—I need to duplicate it—Geminio! There...That should fool her....” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Once again, he had nearly made a fool of himself! And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

The black people I met laughed at me, as if saying, “Didn’t we warn you, fool?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t blather on about it like you fools.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Owen the Oaf began to dance with Patchface the fool, laughter echoed off the vaulted ceiling. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Who is this fool who thinks she can address the Sisterhood of Sorrows with such audacity? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“If ye’ll ride the horse today, Colonel, which the Lord hath provided, instead of walkin’ in the dust with the others fools, ye’ll be all right— if ye wear the hat. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Course I was no fool and I’m not saying that I wasn’t going to pay attention to things. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You was more handsome than that fool,” she said in tones of delight, watching her husband scamper across the field, tilting with the children, playing the Babylon King. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Today, he wore his usual attire, the uniform of a fool: very expensive clothing worn entirely incorrectly. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought I might make a fool of myself by saying I'd have it with ice or gin or anything. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Shut your mouth, fool. If you’d done as I ordered and come right back to report, the way Cheesethief did, we might have been inside that Abbey by now!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He has no chance; he’s a fool for trying. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He paused and then repeated her words, “Those people in your school are fools,” in a good mimicry of a Nigerian accent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If John doesn’t know anything about this nonsense, don’t tell him, and make Jo and Laurie hold their tongues. I won’t be deceived and plagued and made a fool of. It’s a shame!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And what poor fool will get that choice command?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The trick is to fool yourself into thinking that you’re headed somewhere: just pick a spot and set off towards it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt terrific, because I’d fooled them; it would be a great story to tell Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in Sam Hill are you fools all doing out here in the dark? What is this? A mosquito all-you-can-eat buffet?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It's always nice to get out of the cold, but I think this woman was fooling herself in believing that these men would prefer a Rembrandt to a couple of reubens. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“She was a plumb fool bout roses,” he said softly. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course I shall. I’m not a fool.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord,” the fool sang on, swinging his head and making his bells clang and clatter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am still feigning illness, although I’m pretty sure I’m fooling no one. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The film, starring state COs, was a primer on how not to let inmates manipulate you for their own ends and make a fool or a criminal out of you. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t boasting, Tim. He’s going over to Wethersfield. The fools are planning to march up to Massachusetts to meddle in something that isn’t their affair.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these Indians got fooled when they thought it would last. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once he had finished exhaling, he sucked in a short breath and whispered, “My parents taught us that a fool’s true duty isn’t to the tsar. It’s to the people of Kievan Rus’. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

With the ash so thick inside and out, I had few thoughts to spare for that fool. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one thing about Rupa—he could never fool her the way he could everyone else. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

"You fool. This is the Book of Fortune. It holds all the knowledge of the world — the past, present, and future." Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

"No, fool. Needles wouldn't do that," Doris insisted. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Must we play the same fool's game with every meal?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s a girl, you fool,” the tall one growled as he jumped to his feet. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cant fool with you all night tonight. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eleanor clung to the door and laughed until tears came into her eyes; what fools they are, she thought; we trick them so easily. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The other half wants to rage at him for being such a fool. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"Didn't I tell you who I was? Bow low, you fools, and be off!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was because Nazario knew he could fool me and thus fool Bodega as well. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“For a while there he had me fooled but good.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She thought she had probably been a fool to let BoyBoy haul her away from her people, but it had seemed so right at the time. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, let’s fool them white men,” Harrison said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered what that old fool Josiah had done; it wasn’t any different from Little Sister and that white man. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton thinks the president is a fool for ignoring the rumors and argues that Lincoln is risking his life. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

He snorted with satisfaction, as if to say, That's how we run, fools. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

A North Carolina listener wasn’t fooled for a minute. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, until some guy got up on the stage and started shouting what he and his aces were going to do to the white communities nearby. Then some fool started yelling, ‘Burn, baby, burn!’ It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

What if some fool decided to start a fire and she got smoked out or burnt to a crisp? Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She did not trouble to name her fool, but the cowbells on his antlered hat and the motley tattooed across his puffy cheeks made him hard to overlook. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And do she reckon if she ask him, he going to be fool enough to say yes?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tyrion saw one great fool of a knight trying to ride across, urging a terrified horse over gunwales and oars, across tilting decks slick with blood and mAlmg with green fire. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dothraki were wise where horses were concerned, but could be utter fools about much else. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, we ain’t got no ketchup. You go get wood. An’ don’t you fool around. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I will explain, because you must be thinking that hot dogs are the best food and this Khosrou is a lying fool. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The monkey was not going to let himself be caught by some fool of a human wearing a plastic bag. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That ent important! Little boy, ye tell yer da not to challenge him. I know enough to know fool magic when I see it, but Sigurd’s strong. He won’t fall for it again.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For my part, I have had no heart for inquiry since one year an Aitolian made a fool of me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patchface sprawled half on top of him, motley fool's face pressed close to his own. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I won’t fall for some silly trick, because he thinks I am some fool to lose my head over beauty; if I was, I couldn’t last a single day in Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, sir,” I said, trying to look amazed, trying to fool him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Have the rest of you mislaid your tongues? Will no one talk sense to this frozen-faced fool?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Which will do nothing to stop a thousand fools from digging up the rest of the island once they hear what he was after,” Miss Maggie said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Did he? Well, fool, have you done what you came here to do? Have you freed my people from the violence of the Nightingale?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lancel reddened; was he such a fool as to believe his part in Robert's death had gone unnoted? A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I am smeared in soil, and I have just made a fool of myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The fool took his opportunity to escape from the cliff’s edge, heading away from Håkon and yelling as he pulled more watery missiles out of the river. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I knew it could fool demigods too, but... The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Manipulation of the right magic in the right way could alter the trajectory of fate magic ever so slightly, and cause far-reaching changes. Only fools can interact with fate magic directly, and only by accident.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She don’t fool me with her smiling and inviting and thank-yous. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“No, man, she already married this fat fool;” “Then why are you asking her to wait?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve got a bogatyr and an imperial fool in this village,” he hooted, “and it took them hours to find my granddaughter being chased by a maniac in the woods!” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Dancing, his bells ringing, the fool neither saw nor heard his approach. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the end of the 1950s, when the American space program looked as uncoordinated and spindly as a foal, predicting that the United States would best the Soviets might have seemed like a fool’s bet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Black’s not fool enough to try anything in Hogsmeade,” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Son, do not act the fool. Renounce! Repent!” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I hesitated, unsure whether I would look more like a fool by picking it up or by letting it lie, Julian suddenly stepped between us, his stick at broad ward. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he had no training in intelligence, and he didn’t fool the British Secret Service, which had a large network in Paris. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That would be a sight worth seeing. The Dothraki sea is made of grass, fool.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Was he really that much of a sentimental fool? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“If I still had the authority,” he told the doctor, “I’d have you shot out of hand. Not for having saved my life but for having made a fool of me.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Dad was like me, he loved putting on a show, or as Momma said, we both loved acting the fool. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just go home, fool! Enjoy life’s little pleasures, like breathing and eating solid food.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Some fool noticed this lunatic quality and gave her the task of "boosting morale" among us. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“A fool, that’s what I am! A little fool, climbing all this way to be beaten by an old loft door.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So as me and By scraped the ice off the Brown Bomber I wasn’t going to get fooled again. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

China’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Take him away. I'll have him killed on the morrow, the fool." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You trying to make a fool out of me, ain’t you?” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the other part says don’t be a fool. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Obey her. That is all! Go now, girl, and do not prove a fool,” my father said, impatient again. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Célina’s husband was a fool, a coward, and a pig, and to prove it to her, Victor intended to hammer his head into a jelly the next time he encountered him. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“I trust myself not to be fooled by a deep voice and some shallow compliments,” Tao says scathingly. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They only fooled around at parties on Fridays, but Patrick said Brad couldn’t even look at him in the hall, let alone speak with him. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Had him born in Dunfrie, wherever the hell that is, and in the space for his name the fool wrote, ‘Dead’ comma ‘Macon.’ Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He starts gobbling like a fool with feathers. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“You see fools in your fire, but no hint of Stannis?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He might think I’m saying, This poor, inadequate fool can’t even get a full set of lights to work properly. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘It’s not like the kid was just fooling with the gun and it went off by accident. Everybody who saw it said he took deliberate aim.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That silly legend was based on us, you fool. We are empousai, servants of Hecate.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And something tells me that dog is no fool, Butterbean.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“This is one of your fools, Your Majesty. He came here to find and capture the Nightingale.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was a fool all right, but I was a fool of my own free will. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Toby said that was necessary so no one would have a chance to fool around with the oracle before everyone was there. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And from the look on Mrs. Harrison’s face, she was not fooling her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“He says he doesn’t want a lot of fools looking at his tattoo.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

And now I am crying like a silly fool, when I know it comes from my husband’s great love and from the good, good wishes of those other strong men. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

In the gloom they heard the hiss of Wormtongue’s voice: ‘Did I not counsel you, lord, to forbid his staff? That fool, Háma, has betrayed us!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I call this ‘duping delight,’ the thrill you get from fooling other people.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

His pair of gray horses was out under the tree and the men were fooling with the gear when Janie arrived at the store with Joe’s breakfast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He thought he saw Cathy’s door close very silently, but perhaps the leaping candlelight had fooled his eyes, for a portiere seemed to move too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was just a little stream but she was no one to fool with. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“When people ask a question, you answer. No fooling around.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mornings, he would stand midthigh in the surf and feel he understood its power, that he understood greatness — that he was neither fooled by its easy majesty nor afraid of its violence. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He loves the bird in the air and the fish in the stream but he’s not a fool. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Throughout all the years that I lived in South Africa, people were to call me a fool for refusing to live life the way they did and by doing the things they did. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Giggling, the fool rolled off, bounded to his feet, and did a little dance. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking how, ’bout a year ago, I was fooling around up on the ridge and come across a dead dog. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t fooling her but she made no protest. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Liar! Give me that paper or I’ll turn you over to the British commander so fast your fool head will spin.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed like such a sniveling, cowardly fool that no one bothered about her until there were only a handful of contestants left. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Made me look pretty much a fool, as you can imagine.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s something all bar and bat mitzvah kids share: a paralyzing fear of making a fool out of yourself in front of everybody you know and quite a few that you don’t. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“This could steamroll into something as unmanageable as Pacheco’s pig. Any fool can see that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were not so easily fooled now, though, eh?” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

But I am not a lying fool and these hot dogs were not the juicy frankfurters you are probably imagining. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung groaned and held the child to him and said over and over to her softly, “Oh, little fool—oh, poor little fool.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Others might be fooled, but Helms assured listeners in January 1968 that his own finely pitched ear discerned in King’s voice “the crackle of anarchy and the threat of violence.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you fools trying to pull?” he snarled. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Had she been a fool to even try? Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I know,” he said, “but still I acted like a fool. Billy, I had no idea things were going to turn out like they did, or I wouldn’t have called that bet.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Benny, go tell Daddy he better get his fool self out a that bed.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Con could almost hear him warning them: Don’t be fooled by the appearance of weakness. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In a roundabout way it was recalled that Sam Hamilton had been a fool too. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sheriff couldn’t stand to see cows fooled by that phony cattleguard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was feeling like a fool when I had come over to Mtisha’s house feeling good. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You bloody fools,” he said gruffly, looking from one to the other of them. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“The fool barked. Like when humans say, ‘Speak!’ Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I kind of like being fooled about some things.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Queen Selyse descended upon Castle Black with her daughter and her daughter’s fool, her serving girls and lady companions, and a retinue of knights, sworn swords, and men-at-arms fifty strong. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If they did not find him, they would look even bigger fools when they came back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You loving somebody like she loves that fool and you hate to see them looking so pitiful.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them even go viral, but that’s usually only if a rapper acts a fool. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He hides behind the excuse that he’s only fooling around, that everyone else needs to learn how to take a joke. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

He did not like to be made to feel a fool. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

At dinner Mosca and Riccio fooled around so much that Victor grumbled that it would have been quieter with a bunch of monkeys at the table; But Prosper never said a word. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there wasn’t time to mess with a fool dog. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stop this foolishness,” she said, laughing, “and go on about your work. Can’t nobody play the fool with you all morning.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“No, I’m asking you to marry me, you little fool.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it fool magic,” Håkon asked, “or are you just being stupid?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

He always kept his mouth shut and he didn’t fool around with anybody. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

What kinda fool would I be, dressing Brickz in a linen shirt and jeans? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

"Don't get no independent ideas, ye young fools! To the left or right of me is yer death. Do ye hear?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Will he beat me, make a fool of me? Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You make a fool of yourself in a Catholic church, embarrass everybody at the reception, and come to the table to gloat about how wonderful you were?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ray was a fool for stepping to him like that; he’d started something that Wes had no choice but to finish. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t waste any more words on the fool, Sam!’ said Frodo. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Yesterday we were under fire, to-day we act the fool and go foraging through the countryside, to-morrow we go up to the trenches again. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I believed all of it, fool that I was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I told you, my little friend, not all that a man does is done for gain. Believe as you wish, but even fat old fools like me have friends, and debts of affection to repay.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Uh-oh, did Harvey Parker finally catch you fooling around with his wife?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

We put the television on Francis’s dining room table and fooled around with it until we got a decent picture. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Yet his fool's face left no doubt of who he was. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The bandages will fool them,” I told her. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The creature had already seen them in motion and wouldn’t be fooled. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, "You fooled me," he said, slamming two pieces of bread into the toaster. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears the music playing outside and starts shaking around like a fool. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if they were fooling, but right then, in the darkness of those same woods, that image hung before me like the ghost itself. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t even say anything, why fool around, it’s an assignment. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before Anya could say anything else, Misha said, “Where did you come from? The same village as the fool? Or a shtetl close to it?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s as they say, fools and children have all the luck,” he said, but he looked relieved to see us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked along the streets in the winter sun, thinking: Well, that’s good enough for you, you fool. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He absolutely did not want to be either idle or a fool. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Better a company of fools than the company of thieves." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I sit there inside the fog and curse myself for a fool. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She’d heard of a fool, too, but she thought it was probably in a different context from the one he was talking about. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She would have called John Kwang a fool long before any scandal ever arose. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he was glad he didn’t have to fool with her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let him know he didn’t fool me. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never liked him! You tried to make a fool of him!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“That sounds just like something that fool boy would say,” Cook muttered, before sighing. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Old Red, our rooster, woke me at daybreak, crowing his fool head off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went around knowing that I looked to them like a total fool. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Sir Lancelot was led away to the pigeon house, to be King Pelles’ fool—and there he was locked in, and fed by throwing, and lodged on dean straw. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You fool! One arrow is no better than one sword.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

And I’m not sure I could bear it, the delight she would take in telling me that all this time, I’ve been the fool. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody saw Patrick and Brad fool around, but Brad kept saying it anyway. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It was just Savanna and those guys fooling around,” she said apologetically. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Ye think I’m a fool, then,” he answered, his Efrafan accent becoming more marked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about pressing a hot flannel to my forehead, drying it, and then complaining to Mum of a temperature, but she’s not that easy to fool. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

His voice, though, was too rough, and he realized that no girl would be fooled into believing that it was the voice of her young brother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

I’ll make a fool of myself just to make her laugh. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t sure what she wanted to do, except that she knew that if she fooled around for long enough, without fretting, or nagging herself, she’d find out. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His tone is light, but he’s not fooling me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how many poor fools will I be commanding?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He named some of the poor fools that had been taken by that crook. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A clean rock would be about the same to him, only the little fool would swallow it. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Aye, but he thought us friends. A common mistake. - When the old fool gave me his hand, I took half his arm instead. Then I let him see my face." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The way I tried to fool even myself, to shade myself from what I felt, what I believed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wolf’s very growling would keep me alert and fighting him to survive, whereas I might be lulled and fooled by the tricky fox. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel half a fool to talk of such things to Qhorin and the other rangers, but he did as he was com-manded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t put it past them to send the letters to some Filipino they know. He puts Manila postmarks on them to fool me.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I pity any fool trying to climb the mountain in the next couple of days.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“No fool tries to sail in the teeth of the monsoon? Is that what you meant?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when she saw his meaning, Pear Blossom took the packet from him and said no more and Wang Lung trusted her and was comforted for the fate of his poor fool. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I was seeing me with the sunlight reflecting off my dark hair, laughing my fool head off in the passenger seat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Just like in church. You could have fooled me.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes we act the fool on the bus and attract attention. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Breaking in? I have a key, remember? I was trying to be quiet. Was just gonna come in, check on this fool, then leave." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had been laughed at for being a fool, but never for being witty. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I know that to some people that makes me a fool.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

That night I lay in bed wondering how many other times David had grinned and fooled me too, even though he’d felt awful inside. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

People didn’t fool around in a case like that. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“He’s a silly old fool who really has no right acting like a silly young fool. Where is he today ? Dead ?” Nately answered softly with somber awe. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As she said to herself, if she couldn’t read a map by now, she’d be a pretty sore fool. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Being strong was fine, but the last thing I needed was Uncle Stanley thinking I was coming back for more of his fooling around. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was sitting in front of the trailer fooling with the calculator when Annie strolled over carrying one of her poetry books. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't be a fool," Catelyn said, the anger rising in her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And the cowbells peeled in his antlers, singing fool, fool, fool while the red woman looked down on him in pity, the candle flames dancing in her red red eyes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You fool!” he shouted at the vanished Tam Lin. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Deep and tragic wound, take two. For real. How did you end up on this ship of fools?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Once I was back from Mexico, I wasn’t fool enough to just walk into a restaurant or drink at any fountain, but I missed that. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Penelope replied: “He is no fool; he sees how it could be. Never were mortal men like these for bullying and brainless arrogance!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What have you done, you little fool?" he asked hoarsely. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And like a fool, I bought into it. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But if I was afraid of sounding like a social worker, I have come out just sounding like a fool. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will never, as long as the grass is green and the sky is blue, make me look like a fool in front of strangers!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She noticed the fools standing under die galley. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Sorry is the fool who ever underestimates my mother. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Wishing I could go back to being who I was, not somebody’s fool. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool!” shouted the Porcupine over the wind. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Go! Or if you will many, many a fool, for wise men know what monsters you will make of them!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Each moment talking with these fools means were a moment closer to death. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“A car is a fool dangerous contraption. Worse’n a bicycle,” he said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He says it looked as if they were fooling with one of the motors, trying to move it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Thirty? Did I say thirty? Such a fool I am. The price is twenty honors." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure who she thought she was fooling with her sweet little B.S., but it wasn’t me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"Just like he fooled Annie. Just like he fooled us once upon a time. Never again, though. That man tries to set foot in this house, I aim to shoot him." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, maybe I'm fooling myself to begin with—maybe the Girl is wrong and the patrols aren't even coming for my family. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Gum Baby gonna act a fool in a second,” she promised me, and I shushed her. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

An hour later, Celaena was beginning to curse herself for being a fool. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She looked and sounded casual, but she couldn’t fool me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“But there is a power in them. Only a fool would deny that.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Rachel fooled me again, this time hitting me with a fast lunge underneath my right arm. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Powell brushed his mustache the wrong way, “So help me, Mike, another fool remark out of you, and I’ll take away your rattle and teething ring.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Look, Virginia. Don’t throw this away. We’re offering you your own house and an education. Only a fool would hesitate.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

A coward and a fool who believed his own made-up stories. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

After the appearance of the General Advisory Committee’s broadside against the Super in 1949, Strauss became convinced, in his customary fashion, that Oppie was not merely a fool but a traitor. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

He swung the trident in his massive hands and in one shock from top to bottom split that promontory, toppling into the sea the fragment where the great fool sat. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pray that you are strong but forgiving, that you are resilient but hopeful, and that you are kind but nobody's fool. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Simple fool magic. All it requires is its wielder not attempt to use it.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“The truth serum has revealed that while you may be a fool, you are no traitor. This interrogation is over. You may leave.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mama, she said, “No, you don’t even need to wish it! We ain’t raising you to be no fool. We need you here on this farm all in one piece.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We beat them in their own city. Made them look like fools.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“You could have fooled me with the amount of time you and Qareeb spend running around this house,” my mother huffed. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Daddy. You can’t fool us. Is it a boy or a girl? What are we going to name this one? Come on, Daddy. Where have you hidden him?” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

I cursed myself for being a fool in agreeing to come with my father and began watching carefully his every move. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time in living memory people could speak openly of peace without being seen as fools or madmen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said to the men playing cards, “here comes a very strange beast which in all tongues is called a fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. But millions of fools like you don’t know it.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He took something out of his pocket and started fooling with whatever it was. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"They caught you, Daddy, and they put you away forever except then you fooled them and they let you go." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to fool myself into thinking that smoking was actually doing something, as if the smoke rising from my mouth was evidence of a churning industry that thrived inside me. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Behead this fool, and they will claim I am killing northmen to give their lands to wildlings. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

First, fool Lustig, then Hinkston, then gather a crowd; and all the men in the rocket, seeing mothers, aunts, uncles, sweethearts, dead ten, twenty years ago, naturally, disregarding orders, rush out and abandon ship. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She is a fool,” Nathan said contemptuously when I told him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had his will to believe in a new picture of the world made him act a fool and thoughdessly pile horror upon horror? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s short and to the point; it doesn’t fool around. Like my name—Isa. They’re both good, strong Scottish names. Spunky.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your friend, I know, yet a fool nonethe-less . . . and doomed, unless you save him. Today was a near thing. They had hoped to kill him during the melee." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But I’d never heard of the dead sitting up in the funeral home, at the viewing, in front of all the mourners, and wailing his or her fool head off! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There will be no way to fool her. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It was also a way of fooling the outside world into thinking that the government was reforming apartheid. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I say cheat, I don’t mean he got drunk once and fooled around with one girl and felt bad about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The royal ducklings fell in behind them as they made their way across the yard, marching to the music of the bells on the fool’s hat. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Drink had destroyed his mind, and so he ended in that mutilation—fool that he was. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charming? but it was just a pair of kids fooling about; that was all. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ned looked down the council table and wondered which were the flatterers and which the fools. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

If it were true, Tom was a fool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re such a fool. I must have dropped you on your head when you were a baby.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another voice told him not to be a fool; and the darkness and desperate enterprise gave the night a kind of dentist's chair unreality. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

"I agree. The very reason I left the Chamberlain's Men. There were too many fools in it to suit me." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I do not question your right to charge someone with witchcraft, it is so in custom. But you are fools, fools for drinking the devil’s whiskey!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let her fool me with all that rocking and love talk. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Judging from his expression, I guessed Thorn hadn’t been fooled by Thalia’s trick with the Mist after all. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m very, very pleased....Oh, what a fool I am....” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We’re all allowed to be fools the first week or two,” she said, hearing Diana’s voice in her head. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Any man's insane who thinks he can fool the Government and us.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you talking—” “Come on, Julio, don’t take me for a fool.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“But it is for the best. Leo could not be tolerated, even as an ice statue...not after he insulted me. The fool refused to rule at my side! And his power over fire...” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“They were meddlesome fools, too. He turned to go. “ Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“What if it does not end in the way you hoped for? You would only appear to be a grasping fool. And even worse, you would be ... you would be false.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which only a fool would offer as his last words.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool, human. You’re deluding yourself. Mud technology is eons behind ours. There is no way to escape the time-field.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

"Could you make him into a bumbling fool?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Kofi’s parents came from Ghana when he was two years old, but do not be fooled by the way he sounds. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She felt like a fool, but she pressed on. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She takes over the body and fools the boyfriend, she even gets him to kiss her, but although her face is now perfect, her reflection in that one mirror still shows her real, ruined face. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was an outrageous lie, of course, but the man said, “Yes, sir. You don’t catch me fooling around with no strange dog.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kate had told herself she could handle the Executives, but she’d been fooling herself—just as she had fooled herself for so long. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no reason for them to refuse to go to the grave, and already they were thinking of ways of fooling these people under the tree. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Mary walked toward the table, whispering to herself, You re not going to make a fool of yourself and pass out. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It made no difference what I tried; I couldn’t fool them. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Better start pretending you’re a hard worker. It’s just over that rise. And hurry up. We don’t get out there before every other black fool, we’ll be out of luck.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You fool children went to Kiev and back in two days?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Oh, what a fool he had been to build hope upon such shifting sand! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were too old to be fooled like little children. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Urzen said, "If he had sounded his horn—" I am served by fools. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He kicked the snow off his shoes once more, brushed it from his hair, and thought he probably looked like a dang fool standing there in the snow. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The Americans, with Billy among them, formed a fools’ parade on the road outside. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We quickly pretended to be working, but we had not fooled him. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, my languages tutor had a way of making me feel a fool. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not, of course, that I fool myself with thoughts that I’m more noble. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The fools are trying to keep me in.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Big white place further down—What the hell’s that fool doing?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Though I feel a fool myself for not knowing who you were all this time.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

An ugly little girl and a sad fool, and maester makes three . . . now there is a tale to make men weep. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She’s making a fool of herself, a fool of her nice husband, and a liar out of me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“What kind of a fool is the man?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even though all the Egyptians were positive that somebody was fooling and had somehow managed to write the answer to Ken’s question, there are times when being positive isn’t quite enough. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He was old, yes, but a good man still. I hope he has not come to harm. The Lannisters are great fools." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Lee apologized for the dinner like an old fool. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d make such a fool of myself, and I’m already lucky enough as it is, that Kalinda decided to speak with me and walk with me and invite me to her home. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Others warned Smith that War Admiral’s bad works may have been designed to fool Smith about the colt’s condition. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Liars and fools,” she said, rearranging the Mason jars full of peaches on the shelf, pushing them hard against each other until he thought the glass might break. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Why had Johnny been such a fool... why couldn’t he have shown his hand to the doctor? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had most of the letters memorized by the time it was my turn, but Doc fooled me by putting up another chart. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They just fooled around every day, and their grades got worse and worse. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was madly in love, a fool because of love. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or is she just trying to make a fool of me? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am a fool when compared with Your Exalted Majesty,” the king said in a dull, almost practiced tone. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“How often do I have to tell you that fool has no heart? Very well, then. Let me ask you another question, because I’d very much like to know the answer.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I was a fool. I thought I could go anywhere in the Underworld, but I walked right into Gaea’s trap. I might as well have tried running from a black hole.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

That's how it started, really, how we got to be Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He had never graduated from college but had fooled hospital officials into believing he was a trained physician with expertise in psychiatry. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

A person is a fool to become a writer. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was their storyteller’s voice, both rough and pure, their friend's voice that repeated every fool phrase they threw at him in their language lessons. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was not fool enough to let the Patriots hurt me again. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to show her it didn't hurt as much as it did—or maybe I just wanted to fool myself. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“To the sheriff!” he said in disbelief, “and make a fool out of myself.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The king's own fool, the pie-faced simpleton called Moon Boy, danced about on stilts, all in motley, making mock of everyone with such deft cruelty that Sansa wondered if he was simple after all. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I’m not like the fools who watch my show. I don’t like suspense. Cut to the chase.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"You stiff-necked fool," he mut-tered, "too proud to listen. Can you eat pride, Stark? Will honor shield your children?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Nothing. It’s nothing at all. Just my nervous Nellie ears playing tricks on me. You’re an old fool,” she said to herself as she turned back to the stove. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Can’t fool me: her speed may be slow, but her tempo is next year’s news. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“These fools always trying to guess what kind of money folks got based on their caskets.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I wondered what happened to Silly. I sent him on my bike an hour ago. He ain’t come back from Mrs. Bordman’s yet. You think that black fool just pedaled off to Mars?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about ‘Getting that fool out of here,’ and, ‘What’s that boy doing here?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And like a drunken fool he kicked at Odysseus’ hip as he passed by. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant a fool. I’ve never heard of that as a job.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“People are down there hanging out all the time, smoking drugs, fooling around, whatever else. They sleep in their cars.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

So her job is to convince you that a $300,000 offer is in fact a very good offer, even a generous one, and that only a fool would refuse it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I'm sorry. I really, thought you were having fun at my expense. I'm a fool.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You want to go back there, Osha? More fool you. Think the white walkers will care if you have a hostage?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Fools love a fool," grumbled Stannis, "but I grieve for him as well. For the boy he was, not the man he grew to be." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Prussian was not a fool; he bowed, departed. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to be on my way to the moon, instead of fooling around in the middle of an empty jungle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Hold your tongue, Hwin, and don't be a fool," said the other. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

I think of her as a silly girl who’s just fooling around at art school, too dumb to get into university, although I don’t make judgments like this about the boys. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He knew it was going to crash, but he didn’t want to make a fool of himself by saying so. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are easily fooled, and wish to be: for instance, with a few gasps and wheezes they can be conned into thinking they are sexual supermen. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pulling this rickety, wooden wagon on its two wheels behind him, it seemed to him that everyone looked at him for a fool. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“They are fools. They blame us, the ones who look different. That way they don’t have to think about what has happened inside themselves.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But if it’s Ms. Chavez, then we’re in for a rare fight. She’s no fool and her crew is hard and all our decks will be bloody.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Out of my way, you doddering old fool,” he panted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Then go, and good riddance to a fool.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gee, what a fool she was, he thought, remembering how Mary had acted. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Father got into a rage. He said that Sam was too smart a boy to be fooled by sedition.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Presently she said, as if to herself, “What is the old fool doing? I should have brought a whip.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Get up and run for it or stay there, fool. I don’t carry cripples or bunglers.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He speedily learned that Perrault and François were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all have our secrets—though I’m curious why you’re so closely watched by that captain and locked in your rooms at night. If I were a fool, I’d say they’re afraid of you.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, I could always use the ride home, but I ain't no fool. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The legend above their heads was: “There’s a fool like him in every family—and a woman next door to take him over!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was hard to avoid going past, since it was off the only road going north of the village, but it was set back too far from the road for the fools to see. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"I should leave you here with your fool's fire. If I took your horse, I'd have twice the chance to make it through. What would you do then, dwarf?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He thought he was being sneaky, but he fooled no one. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It doesn't fool Emery, who sighs like I'm a little puppy who just won’t learn. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This is April Fools day and the joke backfired and made them the fools instead of you. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Thought he was so much better than us, and he took us all for fools. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And President Snow can’t tolerate being made to look like a fool. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He knew he might be fooling himself into thinking that he could stay. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like a fool, I sat there on the limb, waiting to see him come out at the bottom, and come out he did. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t a fool, and he wasn’t a coward. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I stood by like a fool once before with this girl. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

She would catch up to him eventually, and unless he was a complete fool, he knew it, too. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I knew it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys glanced over; Mapper was making the V and C signs over and over on his chest, mouthing out the letters, and wiggling his eyebrows like a fool. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

"Who are you trying to fool, me or you?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let their innocent faces fool you. They’re traitors to the war effort. Spies for Germany. The penalty for hiding them ...” “We aren’t hiding anything,” the leader said gruffly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Surely you didn’t think you could fool my Whisperer. How typically juvenile. I’m afraid my Whisperer is foolproof, Reynard. Or perhaps I should say childproof—they amount to the same thing.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe so, but right then Joe felt like a lint-headed fool, crazier than she and just as wild as he slipped into mud, tripped over black roots, scuffed through patches of dirt crawling with termites. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If that fat fool Thoros is in there, ask him how he likes these fires." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"You mean while we plan and prepare to make sure you young fools don't get ambushed—" "Enough. Enough!" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here were more crippled human beings, more fools like themselves. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her calmness didn’t fool me for a minute. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to see this, for he felt identified with the blond young man, the fool of his family, and he wished to know more about his so blatantly unkind fate. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“The way to save Wilbur’s life is to play a trick on Zuckerman. If I can fool a bug,” thought Charlotte, “I can surely fool a man. People are not as smart as bugs.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nat started after her, and then turned back, cursing himself for a fool. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Saints, you are something. The mark, the pigeon, the cozy, the fool you’re looking to fleece.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

That fool singer might make a lay of it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Sarai wanted to feel scorn for them for being such fools, but she knew too much to ever scorn them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m not going to take any stinking sass from you. One fool in the family’s enough.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It would not be to Bast’s credit to say that he was afraid of nothing, as only fools and priests are never afraid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At every single step, they had been fooled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t going to let her make him a fool too. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The girls won’t want to know that their dear mother was such a fool. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a fool he had been, to think that it could have carried him as well. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You warned King Cleon against this war with Yunkai. The man was a fool, and his hands were red with blood.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And two of ’em sound like the steps of a fool.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Don’t fool yourselves, counsel told us, you people might go to jail. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were self-appointed jesters in a court of fools. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I figured I had to find a way to protect myself from these fools, and the only way was to get a gun. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Like they were expecting his mom to say April fools! two weeks late. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And then I remembered what a fool I was. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He went by Ivan in the same manner, and the fool startled. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

I screamed the loudest hooray and danced around the kitchen like a fool. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

All I could think of is what a big fool she would make of herself if she did that. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

First I think my eyes are fooling, but there it is, big as life, looking like it missed me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was a game they played—presenting themselves as the “twin front,” fooling people who didn’t know them all that well by making them think they really were exactly alike. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We get mad at those who hurt or deceive us—we get even madder when they make us feel like fools. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But if only a fool goes toward a fire, then he was in good company. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were more clear to him now than the sons who lived in his own house, more clear to him than anyone except his poor fool and except Pear Blossom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"How big a fool are you, old man? If there are enemies in this wood, a fire is the last thing we want." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Not me. I’m done with those bloody fools.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Next thing you know, that fool was doing a full-blown concert in the barbershop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

We all took bets on what these fools were going to look like—black and rich, or white and rich. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What a fool you are, Basta! I’m not talking about children’s magic. I mean the magic of the written word. Nothing is more powerful for good or evil, I do assure you.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I would have jumped like a fool at the chance to offer her another piece. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And I can’t forbear—because I am an impertinent fool—saying, ‘I was to guess her mind from the weather, sir?’ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It was plain that he was getting a big laugh out of how that show-off squirrel had made such a fool of himself. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her the discontented heirs grumbled: He made fools of us all. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why take a fool’s chance when other things, big things, could happen? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Did you understand a single word?" the manager asked the parents, "Is he playing the fool with us?" The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

That man gave me a creepy feeling, exactly the same as the one I’d felt in the presence of the devil in the old days, fooling with my hands at night. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least you were a fool about the right things,” said Faber. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least the fool had the sense to quit that Doctor Tate. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

They say God takes care of fools and babies. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The quarters! Boy, are you a fool? Didn't you know better than to take a trustee out there?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, we fooled him very well,” said my mother. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I switched it off so I didn’t have to listen to them fool children,” he said, adjusting the volume until it stopped squealing. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“You know what he’s like. They’re a bunch of doddery old fools, and they were scared. There’ll be an appeal, though, there always is. Only I can’t see any hope.... Nothing will have changed.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

"I know you're right. I'm just low, and when I'm low I talk like a fool." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Gilly was beginning to feel like a fool lying chest down on a bureau drawer. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let Mr. Humble Bumble fool you, Doctor,” Papi says with a wave of his fork. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Dad kept looking at me as if trying to figure out if I was fooling with him in some way. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I felt myself ’bout to yell at that fool, when I see Biddy’s mouth twitch. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before he bounds away he yells, “Trusting fool! You will never reach the border!” Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

But when Old Yeller and I got well and took to the woods again, we wouldn’t have time to wait around on a fool pup, too little to follow. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are fooling yourselves if you believe otherwise. They will destroy us, if they can. It is time for us to band together. It is time for us to act.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I’ll agree to that,” I say, because I am no fool. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You will always rule my heart. No amount of fools shouting at a kingsmoot can change that.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When he saw how determined I was, he stopped fooling with his pipe. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You thought you fooled me, but I fooled you,” he said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Gentlemen who invented pharmacy. Don't try and fool me on Paris." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It’s unbelievable how many black men and women have let the white man fool them into holding an almost romantic idea of what slave days were like. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like a darn fool I left my life jacket in the bottom of the boat, under the seat. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I would be fooling myself to think that I was meant to be a fearless fighter,” she said in her autobiography. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

“You weren’t going to get her. And we needed a new truck. I’m not a do-good fool—like them.” Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I was racking my head, to spear that fool; finally I held up my hand, and he stopped. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And “liberalism” means “Let’s keep the knee-grov/s in their place—but tell them we’ll treat them a little better, let’s fool them more, with more promises.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got fools enough in this company. Why would we want three more?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Those fools forgot Capricorn’s armchair. We’ve been sent to get it.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She ducked and dodged like Pearly when you ask him why he thinks he’s Krishna. She’s hiding stuff. Don’t be fooled just because she looks so sweet.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

I lured those fool cats right to me and into those infernal sacks. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Julia went home to Chicago, I stopped trying to fool people with my pretense of being okay. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t Shakespeare say some-thing about ‘every fool in error can find a passage of Scripture to back him up’? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why would a murderer fool around writing messages about a missing toy? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Huge amounts of sweets and fats fool our instincts and we wind up eating much more than we should. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if he was human or not, but he seemed to notice our weapons, so I guess he wasn’t fooled by the Mist. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Then he remembered that the fool has said in his heart, There is no God—and he dropped his eyes, seeing that over his Aunt Florence’s head Praying Mother Washington was looking at him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I wanted to yell at her, tell her he had no business fooling around with kids. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

We’d had a fleeting good moment—it wasn’t often Baba talked to me, let alone on his lap—and I'd been a fool to waste it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And to the elder girl he said with great gentleness, “And you, my poor fool, come back to your place in the sun.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I felt I was a fool to be going back into Spain. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was a proper fool, the bodyguard had said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Making mock of another man’s prayer is fool’s work, Pyp. And dangerous.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You fool. I refuse to spend the remainder of my life in a wheelchair.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book was there because his beloved librarian gave it to the old fool when he was the same age as all the library lock-in contestants. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Jasper, come back, don’t be a fool,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was a fool, Tyrion thought, swirling his cup and staring down into the winy depths. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"If you're fooling us-" Immediately after this, there came a gasp, and a squeal of pain. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No, not really. I’m fooling you. A blue ribbon is lots better than a white one. Travis and Bunny won the best prize there is.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But how do you tell a fool like her? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt like a stupid fool, unable to say a word, I couldn’t even understand what was being said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the time being, no one caught him, but the press now knew he was fooling them. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bruised the tendon of my heel, wrenching it like a fool when my foot was caught between two boulders, and limped out the afternoon. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

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

I could never have been a bigger fool! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was his money, and if that’s what he wanted to do with twenty years of money he saved up, then let him make a fool of himself. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not fooling me,” but now I was back on the other side of the wall. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nobody in their right mind’s gonna fool around with a toilet.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were a fool to come here, boy. You could have gotten away with your freedom if not for her.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Master Wheatley looked the fool for keeping a poetical genius enslaved in his household. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Andy, I don’t see why you hang with this big-head fool, except maybe to learn some basketball. What you score tonight—four?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed to enjoy fooling the British, right from the beginning. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I came out from behind the door looking no doubt as big a fool as I felt. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He shook his head, face twisted with anguish, and said, “I don’t...I don’t have any fool magic.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You’re a peasant and a fool and I want my sword.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

You want to agree loudly, but that fool is your teammate, so you just kinda nod. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She could see in his eyes—they didn’t fool her—that he remembered everything. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don't you know the house is on fire, fool?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stood on tiptoes and stared into them, then stamped her foot and shouted, “No, your real eyes! Those fakes don’t fool me any more than your ridiculous lie about Abe!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t make a fool of himself here by getting jumped or ambushed. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When the three fools found the communal kitchen, whose main job was to make lunch for workers in the slaughterhouse, everybody had gone home but one woman who had been waiting for them impatiently. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it would just make me look like a fool. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself to my feet, cursing myself for a fool. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I pounded the pillow in rage at Father for making such a fool of me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was fond of the old rogue, but never so great a fool as to trust him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Adam, you’re a fool. If you had kept your mouth shut nobody would ever have known I was alive.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He chuckled at the way he had fooled the Welshman. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

The fool, more like it, I thought, but I said, “Oh yeah—you’re the girl behind the counter. You work here now?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t suffer fools lightly—and to him anyone who expects others to solve their problems is a fool. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then more and more of us acted like crazy fools and we throwed away hevey cotes and things to make our lodes a littel liter. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no question we’d have to get closer and explore, but that didn’t mean we had to rush in like fools. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Jesse Oliver Aarons, Jr., if you can stop playing with those fool cars long enough to milk the cow, I’d be most appreciative. Miss Bessie don’t take no holiday, even if you do.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You been fooling with the raw chicken again?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I know, but I can’t leave Kenya and Lyric. That fool’s crazy enough to hit them too. He don’t care that they’re his daughters.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And she moved, therefore, through their small community like a woman mysteriously visited by God, like a terrible example of humility, or like a holy fool. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Tell her everything, child. Let her see how thoroughly she has failed. Just like her fool brother.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

People think pleasing God is all God care about But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this time she was really going to send some money to Emma, and she wasn’t going to waste any more time fooling around with Indian war heroes. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only a fool wouldn’t be, despite his words. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Hopefully without making a fool of myself again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But now that seemed like something a child would do, or a fool. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The stuff was so addictive that a fool could sell it. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Friends would teach him how to brush his teeth, use a debit card, and fool around with a smartphone. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I was jealous of him. He had you and Jem to himself all summer long, while I had to go home the day school was out. There was nobody at home to fool around with.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

At the moment, he had NT 5, NT 4, Work Station, Windows 98, and he and Eric had begun fooling around with Linux, the complex, open-source software system rapidly spreading across the world. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. couldn’t decide at first if the large black man sitting across from him was crazy or just a fool. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They are making a fool of that little girl. I wanted you to see her, but they have spoiled her entirely. She’s nothing but a doll tonight.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool, but I’m proud to say, not that big a fool. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fool and her money is soon parted.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could such a weak fool have risen to the highest post in the French church? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

They never told me you were here, Dany thought, or I might have played the fool and sent for you at once. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The revelation of the true nature of fool magic chilled her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I big fool, getting this old lady to talk. The witch doctor hear about you, Nhamo. He smack his lips, you bet. Get out the salt and pepper.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you stupid, if there’s a right way and a wrong way, trust you to find the dumb way; fool, fool, back to the beginning was the rule.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard about your interview. I promise, I can handle that fool for you once I’m out. No question.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Nessy, you know you want to dance! I hope you ain’t still tripping over what that fool Curtis said. Are you mad at me for saying the stuff about Miss America?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Their arrows will go right through a mattress, you fool.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He smiled, and Lee knew he had not fooled the boy entirely. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Some of her friends tell her she would be a fool not to follow Enrique to the United States. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“They think I could hurt you! Fancy me hurting you! The fools!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool. There is nothing that money can’t fix—even the killing of a brother,” Uncle snapped. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What is it now? Perhaps you think Pm lying? Pm telling you, once and for all: nothing will happen to you! Nothing! You just like to wallow in your despair, you fools!” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when she call, Leroy gone give her Miss Walter number cause he a fool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I felt like a plumb fool, but Miss Love guessed what I was driving at. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He almost fools me until I look at his hands. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Old fool. I have five men with me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The old tight-buttoned fool never realized he was only making Cade out to be a bigger, more martyred hero in the hearts of his classmates. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A rising sense that I was on a fool’s errand. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s the first half of the alphabet. That’s all that matters. Just look at all those fools still waiting in line!” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

It’s not my business or my concern if she’s a lazy, drunk fool. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Pretty pigbaby, pretty piglet,” she and the mother would croon, fooling the ghosts on the lookout for a new birth. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ancestor balanced his weapon, feeling how it became part of his arm, and he touched the ndoro to send a prayer to the spirit world— “You fool!” roared the She Elephant down the tunnel. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you fool around with these things?” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I began to see why woman-haters could make such fools of women. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Montag did not hear, he was far away, he was running with his mind, he was gone, leaving this dead soot-covered body to sway in front of another raving fool. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Do you think he died by happenstance, you purblind fool? Cersei had him poisoned, for fear he would reveal her. Lord Jon had been gathering certain proofs—" "—which doubtless died with him. How inconvenient." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had been a fool to come this way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You're fooling yourself," he says, sopping up sauce with his last piece of bread. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“You are an ignorant fool,” he said roughly. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You fool! Don’t you know who I am?” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father may fool Zeus, boy, but I am not so stupid. I see his plan.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

He made the klaxon again a little later, and it fooled me the second time. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The Mist wouldn’t fool Rachel like it would most people. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I get over feeling like a fool! he told himself. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’d be a fool to ignore half the town’s warning, even though you don’t believe the same thing they do. If not shamble-men, what are you afraid of?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The judge said, “It looks like he has them fooled.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She realized that he had fooled everyone, including her. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“No fooling,” replied the contratista, adjusting the scale that hung from a tripod about three feet in front of the cotton trailer. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Father,” said Doon as they hurried along, “the mayor is a fool, don’t you think?” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think men of common sense will prevail. Nobody wants rebellion except fools and hotheads.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I was such a fool. But you know, don’t you? I have no secrets from you anymore. You know.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Don’t be a fool, Shug say, nudging me with her foot You got your own house now. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I presented to Bono that we must return up the hill and liberate our friend; to which he replied that I would be no such fool. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I mean, she thinks she can get away with her subliminal twists by calling them omens, but she doesn’t fool me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

What a fool I had been, upsetting that glass of port. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But neither the kitten nor I was fooled. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Shoot anything that acts unnatural, and don’t fool around about it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

So naturally I tripped coming in the door and made a total fool of myself. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“They say the Americans are a bunch of Yankee Doodles, country fools who don’t know how to fight.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

He had been a fool, a drunken fool, when the man he cared for was crushed with grief. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

His lordship is being made a fool of. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said this must be some kind of April fools joke you guys are playing on me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ought to be glad that fool’s out of my hair. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and so was her brother, who was killed because some drunken fools took him for me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then he would prove to the whole world he was nobody’s fool. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Just like Ariadne. I’m betting you can see the right path. The Labyrinth won’t be able to fool you as easily.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“You came here with it, litde fool, thinking you could you threaten me!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan’s was even shorter, but as a fool, he could get away with that kind of thing. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They shouted at her, telling her that she was a fool and they would make her go back to the plantation with them. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t be a fool, Sam Gamgee,’ came an answer in his own voice. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I knelt and fooled around with my shoelaces as the train left the station. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

If he crept back to Winterfell empty-handed, he might as well dress in motley henceforth and wear a pointed hat; the whole north would know him for a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The man’s a fool. Pawning those things right off like that. With the police looking for him.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was Dorian who was the fool—Dorian who would have his heart broken, if he did actually love her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Hatsue knew she had not fooled anybody, she had not fooled herself, as it turned out, either, she had never felt completely right. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and we’ve got to wait until they find out that some fool has locked us in here,” added Donovan, frantically. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately. I acted a fool. Supreme’s eating it up though. The record exec, too. They think it’s great that people think I’m a ‘ratchet hood rat.’ On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He grins like a fool and is glad no one can see him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered what Thalia had done at Westover Hall to fool the teachers. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But this time you’ll think this fool should see the light, but he’s jumped in a gang and they nickname him “Snipe.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

All the while, in the back of his mind, he knew he was a fool for even considering such a thing. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In a loud voice, I said, “You may have these people fooled with those expensive-looking feathers in your hats, but I know what they are. They’re goose feathers painted with iodine.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but that’s absurd. There’s no need to look a fool. With your appearance, my dear Maxim, you could get away with any costume. You don’t have to worry about your figure like poor Giles.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now Wang Lung had not thought of the girl except as a poor small child who was frightened and he cared as he might care for his poor fool and no more. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

But no, I had to go make a fool of myself in school. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I never knew anything I said upset anyone. You all shouldn’t listen to me. You know I’m just a nasty trash-talking old fool.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, the fools knew where the dognapper was keeping Duke—maybe Tater, too. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That young fool set off a bottle rocket from my window last month. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Say, have either of you fooled with this?’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"I cannot see anything. Maybe it was fool's fire, or lightning..." said Primus. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

We fooled around and smoked pot in his car. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

When I really worry about something, I don't just fool around. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The fool’s listening for the dial tone again, in case someone tries to call. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The French arrive in Rhode Island, beginning a series of moves that will fool the British into expecting an American-French attack on New York. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I knew that Mama and I had been fooling ourselves. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Nathaniel, who is sixteen by now, makes a fool of himself, strutting around in his armor, making a show of his musket and sword. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“You think you can fool me?” the one with Mamá’s voice asked me. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What are the fools up to?” he muttered. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Is that drunk fool still hanging around downstairs?’ she demanded. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The other fool was in a deal worse shape than Drennan. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“My children are all fools. If they inherited Tres Marias, in less than a year it would be a ruin again, just as in my father’s day,” he told his granddaughter. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came into the bathroom and that old fool played with the plastic bath mat like a puppy. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old fool of an Abbot and his stupid devoted band of creatures were all outside, shoring up gatehouses, drilling, fetching, carrying and generally being good and useful. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A valiant gesture, old man, but I am not that great a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

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

“What are you saying? I was right about you? I thought you fooled me,” I say, looking down at my own hands and not at his soft eyes. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“This may be your last chance, you fool! Once Capricorn has the book he'll never let you look at it again.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Some fool,” said Bono, “don’t understand orders. We want to take the town, not burn it down.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“Gaily. And don’t let anyone fool you. I’m the real leader here, not the two geezer shanks upstairs. Me. You can call me Captain Gaily if you want.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We won't quarrel, baby. I love you too much. But don’t be a fool.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Glad I don’t have hair to fool around with,” Jay said, rubbing a hand over his head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Sam, you sweet fat fool, you played me a cruel jape when you made me lord commander. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Dirty, bruised, and bleeding, we two fools started laughing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been injured by human hands, so it will be wary. But don’t be fooled by its meekness. Its heart is pure evil. There is no humanity left in him.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

"If I truly need to tell you that, you are a bigger fool than Robert and I am on the wrong side." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

People gather around us, chanting “Fight! Fight!” and one fool even shouts, “World Star!” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Nicolas made fun of his social concerns, arguing that only a fool with the calling of an apostle would go out into the world seeking misery and ugliness with the stump of a candle. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made him feel like a fool driving Abel’s truck because the boy, frankly, had put too much time into it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Like a fool, I didn’t leave the bar. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guess I did fool Betty Jean, though, because she went over and cut me a piece of apple pie. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That agent’s been fooling around with her. He told you she had a disease so that you’d be scared to bother her. He was protecting her from you.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exhausted and annoyed, he walked down the stairs muttering to himself, “Who in the world ever got this guy into this business? Does this poor baby know what the heck he is fooling with?” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The least they could do was pretend that we didn’t look like fools in our ballooning togas and beards and bows and arrows. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Daniel laughed and told them, ‘Don’t be fooled! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are a fool! You could not even lift it from the lake, much less carry it from the sea!” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

If the fool would just pay her child some attention, this wouldn’t happen! The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I was not brave, I was lucky,” said Tonya; “like all fools I was lucky. If someone had turned me in, of course I would have been shot, shot on the spot.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“A bogatyr? I wish! No. We’re fools. My father heard there are still magical creatures here, so we came to help you out.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Because the migrants try to fool authorities and pass themselves off as Mexican, they carry no identification. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was all a trick to fool people. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“A pack of stinking yellow fools,” Beans complained. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

This old fool is no fool, I’m thinking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A question about fishing. Fishing’s a thing I do just to get food or to fool around. I don’t want it to turn into something more.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Any fool can kill. It’s easy—as easy as throwing a book on the fire, breaking down a door, or frightening a child.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You’re a fool. You’ve nearly killed yourself and you haven’t lost your baby. I suppose you took things too, poisoned yourself, inserted camphor, kerosene, red pepper. My God! Some of the things you women do!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If she sees anything but your blue eyes, then she is a fool,” Gitl said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool, landing on the ground. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes the closest people fool us the longest. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“After our kiss, I am such a fool over you that I can hardly contain myself,” I tell him with as much sarcasm as I can muster. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

As for the terrors ahead—for he did not fool himself that they were all behind him—well, you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to have some fool boy spouting folly, but maesters were supposed to be wise. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"Only a fool humbles himself when the world is so full of men eager to do that job for him." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We were two older sisters watching our younger sisters playing games and running around making fools of themselves. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha, ha, ha, I fooled you, didn’t I?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told them that they were fools, reminded them of things they thought were safely forgotten. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The problem is he’s just a fool, and sooner or later he’s going to say the wrong thing to the wrong person,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The interior voice nagging me not to be a fool—to save my skin and take off my skis and walk down, camouflaged by the scrub pines bordering the slope—fled like a disconsolate mosquito. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

One pudgy 140-pound rider earned a place in reinsman legend by fooling a profoundly myopic clerk of scales by skewing the readout to register him at 110. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That way, Mom pointed out, potential intruders would think the house was occupied and would be fooled into believing that the people who lived there might come home any second. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Try it, Cal. Put your head in the doorway. Yeah, like that. . “Don’t fool with that door, kids.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He grinned like a fool, then cleared his throat, and his stern expression fell back into place. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had been fooled by them before when he had gone hunting with Rocky and Robert and Josiah. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fool had gotten rid of Sigurd last time. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

It was always a game, and I have been fooled. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, all the messages sent by Morse code were false, designed to fool any Japanese monitoring our transmissions. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hate that I can’t just go in there and tell El about what a fool I made of myself when I asked Mitch to this thing. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And always they had been fooling themselves, and they knew it. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool for behaving so much like myself. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"This was your idea, wasn't it? Turning me into some kind of fool in front of the entire country?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And I think I would be a bad fool to ignore what one of the people says, even if it’s not what the tsar says.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Here we eat fish," the fool declared happily, waving a cod about like a scepter. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“He is probably loopy like Wat, and does not know what he is at Let’s go on and leave the old fool.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The fool child is in love with you, Robert." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A. Hopkins Parker was living in a fool’s paradise, wherever he was. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind them stood the queen, with her daughter and her tattooed fool. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was a fool, and he also saw Father Drozdov every week at church. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The red-faced fool went sprawling, broomstick, melon, and all. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The fools never took off their jackets even in this heat—as if they were afraid of falling apart without that black uniform. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Dasch felt a surge of pride that he was able "to fool that little Navy boy." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope so—for at that time I was a fool.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I lol, and feel like a fool for even thinking her a flirt. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Loki’s green eyes flashed with anger and with admiration, for he loved a good trick as much as he hated being fooled. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was going full blast—“... fool... think you are... idiot!”—her words flying together like gibberish, while the neighborhood kids howled, woofing like dogs and enjoying the show. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now you drink it for free. And I know, I know, crazy fool even left it in his will. Don’t need to remind me.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say. Has another tree fallen upon the pompous old fool?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Hype’s known to push the right buttons to make folks act a fool. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean—I just don’t want to see you made a fool of—He fancies you, James Potter fancies you!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

What better way to fool a man, using his own mother and father as bait? The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there and grinned like a fool. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Suicide....God Almighty, that doddering old fool of a coroner got the jury to say suicide. You and I know it wasn't suicide, don’t we?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Henry looks at him like he’s not fooled by any of it. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Pollard began to wonder if the Biscuit had just been fooling around. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sort of thing my dad would call “a fool’s name.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He enjoys fooling the Nazis more than I realized. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The place looked like it had been made over by some love-stricken fool who didn’t know Valentine’s Day was way over. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Why do you fool with these politics?” he once asked Oppenheimer’s younger brother, Frank, a member of the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“We’d be fools not to kill him anyhow,” said the Serjeant. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I used to think that only the most highly developed, civilized animals could be fooled in this way, but it is not so. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they seemed bent on making a fool of him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he fooled Mole by running the tops of fences or turning around and going back over his own trail. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

And every time Bernabe drove over those twelve white stripes, he flinched and, shaking his head, muttered to himself: “It beats me how a handful of white stripes can fool cows like that.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Baba’s favorite quote from that eighties show he loves, The A-Team: “Pity the fools.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

He's gotten the medicine -I don't know how, persuaded some gaggle of romantic fools to sell their jewels -and I can save Peeta! The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And they ended up fooling around right there in the basement. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Farther to the right, you fools!” she ordered the two men who were still struggling with the heavy armchair. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“With Cersei? More fool you. All my sister requires is my head, and you have a fine sharp sword. Why not end this farce now and spare us both?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“She look at me with eyes I ain’t never seen on her afore. She say, ‘What kinda fool I done raised? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“This is just too much, all you gotta do is sign that stupid card and that old fool Mitchell'll give you what you want! Too, too much!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I considered how canny my father was, despite being a fool. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mademoiselle must have lied when she said, “Poor fool, he loves you.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was afraid that there was nothing shared at all, that all her assumptions were wrong and that with her words she had isolated herself further, and he would think she was a fool. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The three of us might look like complete pure fools tracking down this preacher lady and her bats. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wearing a light jacket, but it’s one of those rare warm February days that fools the hyacinths into thinking spring is here. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Some people were initially fooled but eventually figured out that the program wasn’t real. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean—on my feet. It makes me feel like I look like a fool.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had wanted to discuss the fools as well, but with Ivan there, it seemed rude. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Does. Don't want you thinking—" "I know you didn't mean nothing, you never mean nothing. You just fool enough to forget about that alarm." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I need no crown but truth," he told her, removing the fool's helm from his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Somehow she had a notion he wouldn’t fool easily. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned against the wall and began to fool with his yarn. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“The fool’s stuck in the hair dryer hood again. I told her not to put her head in there when she got them big rollers in.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Best fool knows he’s a fool, Miss Love. I don’t know a soul who couldn’t see a fool jest by lookin’ in the glass. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It’s generally among these poor fools that you’ll see a black kerchief over the man’s head, like Aunt Jemima; he’s trying to make his conk last longer, between trips to the baibershop. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, we’ll let him keep his name. Even a prince”— this in her most Terabithian voice—“even a prince may be a fool.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Singer was playing a game of fools with himself at the table. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Those old Martians are just a lot of nonsense. It’s all too silly! We’re going to make fools of ourselves! Absolute fools!” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I will arise,” he replied with dignity, “when thou removes this fool dog off my gut.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

And so the spring passed—me making a fool of myself in class, the herders butting heads with the homesteaders, Ma tinkering up a storm. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Gilly’s a fine name,” said Mr. Evans, which confirmed to Gilly that at school, too, she was fated to be surrounded by fools. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Only fools would stare so openly if they meant me harm. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She has not called me that endearment for years—a name to fool the gods. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gerald,” he said, “you are a good man. You mean well. But you are a fool. Stay out of the way, before you do harm that cannot be undone.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I should have captured him, teased him, tormented him, made a fool of him. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How dare you, brazen fool! How dare you demand an audience of the emissary with nothing to show him!” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But the kitchen light sparked flecks of fool's gold stars, and out of the waves burst hand-painted shells, white and pink, the kind my mother loved. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sticking up straight from the middle of his head was a small pigtail which I knew was to fool the gods and make them think he was a girl. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hadn’t thought you were a fool,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If what had happened to him for fooling with open gates had happened to me, I never would want to see another one. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was all Jack's fault " 'Course I am. But we're still being fools." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Are you a fool? You don’t know who or what is out there.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That was the refuge these poor fools had hoped to reach. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I knew I wasn’t raised to drink every day, to work at a gas station, and to get killed fooling around with people like Herman and his gas station knuckleheads. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Walking backwards, you gonna fool around and fall flat on your backside,” Ma warned us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But all Paul’s fooling about did give me a good look at her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Now were going to be broadcast live to Olympus and look like absolute fools!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But Babulya was heading right for the path down to their house, and Anya didn’t want the fools to wonder where the old lady was going. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And as the blood pounded its way into my head and I gasped for air, he’d acted like we’d just been fooling around, like the whole thing was all a big joke. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I folded my arms and tried to appear the coolest man in the place, because a television camera can show you looking like a fool yelling at a prizefight. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says he used to sell them to the feedstore, to fool people’s chickens into laying. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

That has continued to be the central complaint against rhetoric ever since: that it gives the plausible ignoramus or the self- interested dissembler—the knave or the fool—power over the good and the wise. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I ordered a Coke, but the bartender, who wasn’t a bit fooled about my age, told me to leave. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was left in the house, then, none but the uncle and his wife and son and Ching and the laboring men, besides Wang Lung and his youngest son and the fool. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

He does not fool me: he was planning to do this anyway. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except I had a way of saying things with my fists and my feet even before we became Freak the Mighty, slaying dragons and fools and walking high above the world. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

My mother warned me not to be fooled by my father’s friendly manner; she told me that the judge might ask me questions, and if he did I must tell him the truth. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t sorry this happened to you. With a fool’s pride comes disgrace. Or something like that.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Even foolery is dangerous,” said Jasper, “in the hands of a fool.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though the questions are suitable for a Tribal woman, I'm not fooled. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“You pathetic fool! Someday you’ll wake up from your little fantasy and learn just how good of a friend he is. Now, has! Enough of this. Give us that kite.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The fool turned his patched and piebald head to watch Pylos climb the steep iron steps to the rookery. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But when I went to get a mop I saw something worse—that cat, that fool Pete, up on the kitchen table gorging crabmeat salad. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I—I'm not sure what you—" “Did you think you could fool me? Did you think I didn't know?" An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Erasmus was; he was no fool, but he had neither a wife nor a career. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They’re fools! They don’t realize that the right is arming itself!” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You were a fool to buy such an expensive piece of furniture.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Well, plainly Miss Love wasn’t a big enough fool to mention getting kissed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t believe that fool of a Pimple’s behind all this. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Sitting up in bed, I listened to Pa fret as I tried to fix that fool clock. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

"None," said Tyrion, "but they think to be on the winning side . . . which makes them fools as well as traitors." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Was it because of what Brother Leon does to people, like Bailey, the way he tortures them, tries to make fools of them in front of everybody? The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who can talk to fools?” he grumbled, but there was a pleased look in his eye. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recalled too, what Bear had told me, that he was a fool because he should “like to be in Heaven before he died.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or if we were both only Fortune’s fools—like Romeo. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want nobody fooling with that cabinet under the bar.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d had enough of being talked down to, being made to look like a fool, like a madwoman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good grief, baby, people don’t agree with the Klan, but they certainly don’t try to prevent them from puttin’ on sheets and making fools of themselves in public.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“On my momma they messed with the wrong one. Point them out and I’ll handle them fools.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

No chips yet even after fooling with that wheelchair. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

She had no time to fool with Fern, but Fern stamped her foot, confounded by the effort it took to get Big Ma near the chicken run. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Because boys need to play sports, not fool around on a silly piano. Right, Turtle?” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I pity the fool?” he said in a funny tough voice, like he was imitating someone. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then Wang Lung withdrew more and more into his age and he lived much alone except for these two in his courts, his poor fool and Pear Blossom. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“These idiots came up and made fools of themselves,” said Adams, when she just wanted to be left alone. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“Come back,” said Maxim sharply, “we don’t want to go that way. The fool of a dog must look after himself.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I never, ever wanted to read another darn book like a stuttering old fool. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘Yes, you fool! I will be remembered as the saviour of Rome. Now keep them away while I destroy Gaia!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s a dirty book. I put the cover on to fool people.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Her beloved brothers had been slain by her son because he had made a fool of himself over a shameless hussy who went hunting with men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’d never heard of fool magic until I met Ivan. And then what you did to Sigurd was amazing. How does your magic work?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“And trying to figure out some dumb riddle. And Tee is acting the fool and making the rest of us cringe as per standard operating procedures.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Trouble that we will have to bear, while the fools who gave these orders sit in their comfortable homes in London, and while Captain Newport sails safely back to England.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Further, he would tell us that we were fools not to get what we wanted while we were alive in this world. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The world was made up of suckers and fools, and today Garvey was at the top of the heap. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like to be taken for a fool. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he was a bit of a fool Gareth, the youngest of the full brothers, had retained the traces of his youth. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

So Wang Lung took his youngest son and his fool with him and thereafter he came scarcely at all for a long time to the house on his land. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Only if you were a fool, however, did you send messages disguised by Morse alone. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You speak most exactly like that old fool Vikus,” said Henry. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Too late, Anya realized she had looked at the fool while she thought about them. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, by way of greeting, “the fool is dead, is he?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But my mother did not seem to care; she would always scoff at her opponents and call them fools in letting their husbands enslave them completely. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded and said, “I’m old and blind, but I still hear things. A fool never prospers in peace. Do you know what their magic is?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Are the Olympians being spiteful, leaving you with no company except this undergrown fool? The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Was she a fool, then, or the backbone of a history? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He weren’t long for this world, seeing as how he got put down by a shambler, but I think of that poor fool every time I see Jackson. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“I did fool you, didn’t I?” he says, pulling open a dresser, grabbing a T-shirt, and wrapping it around the ice. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“My so-called wife Sourmelina is a woman of, let us say, unnatural appetites. And you and Lefty? Do you think you fooled me?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m being a fool, but I believe you—and I’m not a fool.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He cleaned that gun more than he cleaned his own trousers, and he had it ready for anyone who tried to fool with his money. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost broke down in tears at the very idea of him being there, and then there he was, soaking wet and grinning like a fool in front of her. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

They're both in their sixties, old enough to start fooling themselves that seventy-seven is still young. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Oh, I railed her about it, but then the fool started boo-hooing so I let her off the hook just so she’d shut up, told her it was her Christmas present. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

There’s Mother, so meek, and blind in one eye, her hair falling out, and her shift full of holes — making a fool of his lordship. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Mom always planted a row of corn even though that was a bit of a fool’s errand. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was lonely sleeping without that fool doll. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool. You’ll find out whether Earth exists when relief gets here next week and we have to go back to face the music.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Gather all the senior officers. I want a meeting as soon as Reyna has left on her fool’s quest. There will be a few changes in the legion’s plans.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On the way home, I get chased mostly by older fools with bats and knives. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Then you are a fool. He is the man most to be dreaded in all Prydain. Will you hear something I learned during my journey, something even Dallben may not yet realize?” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Erik said, “It’s the hair that fooled you. No family resemblance.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weylin cursed her for a fool and told her to get out of his sight. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Nessie, Sallie, make sure those fools have the horse hooked up right and then take those straps.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Miss Nsia said, “I am the greatest fool that ever walk on mud.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I just stand there like a fool, my mouth wide open. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"Listen here, you old fool, don't talk about killing me! Give me a chance to explain. I don't belong to anything—Go on, pick it up! Go on!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that the fear of disappointing others or making a fool of myself always wins. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"As to your daughter, I understand. If my wife looked like yours, I'd send my fool to service her as well." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I says you think I’d fool with that dam car at all if it depended on me. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yeah, fool, the pet store. Ali—cats. They play with yarn." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was the blanket that had fooled Matt into thinking the old man was part of the chair. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tallhart, you bloody overproud fool, you never even sent out a scout. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Then listen to me. Set your price much higher. In short, tender yourself more dearly, or you'll tender me a fool!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Was it good or was he fooling himself? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I might even learn to read and write myself so that the child that comes won’t have a fool for a father. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Just like that, I became a dancing fool. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I will not be able to fool them into thinking I’m Amity with a scowl on my face. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to solve the problem in my head, so that by the time I got to the blackboard, it would be figured out and I wouldn’t make a fool of myself. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Investigating Nature is one thing and so is defending yourself against it, within limits, but fooling with it is quite another. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool about the gas. It’s wonderful.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, in Egypt, she’d put her books down on the edge of the temple floor and Ken had been fooling around and knocked them off. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am thinking for myself. And I don’t want to run on your fool ticket, okay? That’s the bottom line, okay?” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps my wife won’t like London; then the sentence is banishment & degradation into indolent, idle fool.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, feeling like a fool as usual. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

And sometimes, when I did a really good job of pretending, I even fooled myself. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wiped the rain from his eyes and mouth with a cold wet hand, and then he said, "You're a fool, boy. But I appreciate it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“They came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Nina had been a fool, but she didn’t have to be a traitor. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Nawsuh. You got me wrong. I ain’t never fooled around with them folks. Miss Dalton and Mr. Jan was the first ones I ever met, so help me God!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let’s fool ourselves any more, Mr. Longridge,” she broke in. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fools themselves seemed uncommonly lucky, but how far did that luck extend? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

That after I made a fool of myself and didn’t make it past the first cut, I still went to every single game, every single practice. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He might have been able to pass as a twenty-year-old with his facial scruff and solid build, but he didn’t fool anyone while tucked away in sleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"And I know this wrong, man, but the way you hit them fools the other night, they probably got a couple syndromes too now!" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Think you can come up here and hit one of our women, you a fool." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Definitely. Let’s get you to the Ring so you can show these fools how it’s done.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Back to Deep Water, where life would become again an empty trailer, an old man’s declining will to go on, a crazy fool believing in the mysteries of a beat-up vinyl suitcase, and me. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the homestretch, with a sixteenth of a mile to go, Seabiscuit had had enough fooling around and abruptly burst away from Cloud D’Or. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I credit you with bravery. Don’t make yourself a fool.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I can hardly believe he is so gullible that the sailors are able to fool him like this. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Perhaps they fooled the Ghost Teachers and Ghost Coaches, who couldn’t tell smart Chinese from dumb Chinese. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Constance writes in response, ‘Rules and schools are tools for fools—I don’t give two mules for rules!’ The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from its dangerous aspects, the curse often made a fool of me and was partly the reason I seemed so clumsy. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

All the positives in the world couldn’t fool me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t fool Dad any better than I could Mom. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were not about to see their world destroyed at the hands of some old fool like Wick. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Every fool loves to hear that he’s important. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I little understood what I was doing and I do not think I fooled the people of Tongaat. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light was from a different fire after all; he’d been fooled because this new blaze was almost directly behind the still-flickering remnants of the Saturday October 7 fire. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Enough,” the black brother roared, prying the stick sword from her fingers, "you want to kill the fool?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But O-lan, giving her suck, muttered, “Eat, poor fool—eat, while there is yet that which can be eaten.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“That Elias Hasket Derby! Of all the stubborn fools that ever...I wouldn’t command the Henry if he gave her to me!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he and Patrick were fooling around in school. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He might have fooled you with his angelic face, but I’ve been cured—thoroughly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a stem voice, Papa said, “Billy, I don’t want you fooling around with the Pritchards any more. You have plenty of country around here so you don’t have to go there to hunt.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Few trainers, even the most cocksure, were fool enough to buy a horse from the master. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I was a fool to go away," she said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

‘Rest while you can, little fool!’ he said then to Pippin, in the Common Speech, which he made almost as hideous as his own language. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t know who they think they’re fooling with this act, but I’m convinced utterly that they are already well acquainted. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And as we went, she whacked me across the face several times, screaming, “What’s gotten into you, you black fool! Are you mad! What’s gotten into you!” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Negra, don’t try to blame this on la Virginia. It was your dumb idea to hang a plant over the door. An accident waiting to happen. Any fool could have seen that.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, fool magic runs in my family, and my father used it to defeat a bunch of monsters and marry a princess.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

"Is it my fault that your fool brother lost his battle before we could march?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

That’s all it takes for my fantasy to become another fool’s dream. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had imagined her a fool like all the rest of them, her head stuffed with lies and hatred, her belly full of ice. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We were fooling the other day about whose were bigger. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the supplications of reason they eventually added the insult of imprecation, calling him a young cur and a scoundrel and, moreover, a fool. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The fiddlers begin a different tune, the dance picks up around me, and like a fool, I stare into the crush, knowing he won’t come back but hoping anyway. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

What lies have they been fool enough to believe? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I withdraw the offer and go back home looking like a fool. You stay here with that monster Heleen.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The horse stood there calmly for an hour and a half as the man fooled with his feet. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew you were a fool, but a traitor as well?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

There was plenty of work to do so I could fool myself that no one noticed the obvious. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

What fools they are, she thought; now I will have to go into the library. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop fooling around. You can’t just go up there and ask to use their restroom. They don’t know us from Adam,” I whispered. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Spying. I was a cursed fool to let you up above. And I should have let you think your way through the symbols without interrupting.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” Eleanor said, in a reasonable tone, “it doesn’t mean anything to you, no matter what happens. Why should you care whether I make a fool of myself?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me be, you old fool,” she told him fondly. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe because of that Ck’o’yo magic we were fooling with. We better send someone to ask our forgiveness.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Improve that voice,” she had instructed my mother, “or else you’ll never marry her off. Even the fool half ghosts won’t have her.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

You make a fool of yourself one time, and that’s it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You look a fool, boy,” Carter groused as he made his way slowly through the door, walking with the stiff care of the recently injured. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The fool was so excited, I thought he was going to mess around and break a leg before we even got to the party. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It said, “Billy, my man, go ahead and bet this little no-momma fool that he don’t know who his daddy is, then I’d have another nickel to bang around in your pocket with.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I suppose with her gray eyes and light brown hair, Lily could look white to some white people, but she'd never fool anyone colored. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” she flung out, “I suppose you think I am a fool.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know her name, where she came from, where she went, and you can’t describe her. And you think I’m a fool.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And don't be fooled, for these bones shall not rise again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been fooled because my great-great-grandfather wore the same suit and the same grim face in both photographs, his hair thick and long. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

If Francie saw the good in her father, even though most people considered him a shiftless drunk, maybe I wasn’t a complete fool for believing in mine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Macon knew Freddie as a fool and a liar, but a reliable liar. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I ask you something? Do you think it's possible that Leo was right—the boys were just fooling around? And maybe you were being a little too sensitive?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sure that he had taken me for a fool, I gestured to the candle and asked him, “With your permission, Master?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Talk about the boxing fight, you fool,” the boy said importantly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

All his questions and his made-up parents and the way he dunked on fools playing ball and called me Mexico and never complained about anything. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Light enough to walk with my head up, meaty enough to fool everyone. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

And for his sake she was even kind to his poor fool and this was comfort to him, so that one day he told her what had long been in his mind. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes they are victims of professional narcissism and write as if the reader were interested in every blind alley, fool’s errand, and wild-goose chase they engaged in while exploring the topic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"We have found the most splendid fool," he wrote Cressen, a fortnight before he was to return home from his fruitless mission. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But then after the show yesterday, Craig told him that he fooled around with yet another girl the afternoon of the prom. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now I know she’s as much a fool as my daddy was and as Leroy is when he gets on the Old Crow, only she doesn’t chase me with the frying pan. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Which was why, of course, Trotter tiptoed around the boy as though he would shatter at the least commotion, and why she was death on anyone she caught fooling around with him. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I know that, you fool,” boomed the man. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Mayhaps I have been a fool. Lady Melisandre, will you share a cup of wine with me? A cup in honor of your god, your Lord of Light? A cup to toast his power?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dear Header, Nature has sometimes made a fool; but a coxcomb is always of man’s own making. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You crazy fool. Don’t you think I could see your feet was wet where you went acrost the river to get it?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one wants to be made a fool of,” JimmyTrotter said. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Although the government now called passes “reference books,” women weren’t fooled: they could still be fined ten pounds or imprisoned for a month for failing to produce their “reference book.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you young fool, are you finally finished making enough racket to tear down the house?” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

They saw nothing wrong with him and they had been fooled so many times that they went on with their work. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A fool and his money are soon parted,” he says. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Crushing, choking, a promise, unless the fool did as he was bid. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Edwin and I are probably the two biggest fools alive.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Gabriel,” cried Aunt Florence, “ain’t you done playing the fool for tonight?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I ain’t hungry. I want some...some female companionship. I ain’t even talked to a woman since your mama run like a fool in front of that car. Come here!” he commanded. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But to open his door would be the action of a fool. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He stared at me a long time, then spat: “Wright, you’re a fool!” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get that root out. No, that one, you fool.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Though Cristiana is a fool, she does not deserve their scorn! They are not men of honor,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“In case you’ve forgotten, I like girls. If us fooling around got you confused, it’s your problem, not mine.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk fool’s talk. D’you imagine a load of mice in funny robes could take me captive?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“This looks like Shadow’s climbing rope. He’s dead. What are you fools trying to tell me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Now where did I put that fool thing?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“He better be. Your fool granddaddy taught him.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“And do you talk of starving and then laugh at the same time! You fools, starve then!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“Not the key to the city, you fool!” snapped Mr. Iii. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

To see him make a fool of himself? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, hear me out. I like both of you too well to let you think of me as an old fool,” Ben said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But Justis hated the game of football and wanted his son to do the same and had programmed him to think that anyone who played it was a fool. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a fool too. I remember how they talked. ‘Isn’t she a pretty little thing, so sweet, so dainty?’ East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If that fool think somebody saying thank you mean they like you, she need to smarten up. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Allie had this sailboat he used to like to fool around with on Sundays, and we used to take old Phoebe with us. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Helped me look a fool! The way those Temperance League ladies carry on, I’ll never hear the end of it.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I’m not just consoling myself, or fooling myself into believing I don’t want him because my chances of having him have gone from slim to none. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Behind that laid-back attitude and happy face, Arnold was nobody’s fool. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spit her cigar out on the stage and said, “Light them candles up again, you little fool.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I would have been a fool to risk it with Dumbledore close at hand.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

This led to thoughts—as he lay there tensed, waiting for another gunshot—about the ways people tried to fool animals. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he shouted at her, “And shall I look an old-fashioned fool forever? All the young men of the city have their hair cut short.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Corinthians was naive, but she was not a complete fool. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was just too busy low-rating Miss Love to fool with me. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

"I prayed and prayed. Why would they send me a drunken old fool?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You really are a fool, you know that?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He is infinitely a stranger, and I a fool, to let my shadow cross the light of the hope he brings us. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

And if you let those Reds put a lot of fool ideas into your head, then you’re gambling with your own life.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“As to what I really do,” he said with a placating smile, “I’m a fool because I should like to be in Heaven before I die.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What you feed Miss Walters at bridge club today? I worked all morning making that fool a caramel cake and then she wouldn’t eat a crumb.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

‘You will be a fool if you do, Bilbo,’ he said. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Whatever, Ali. I just ain't feel like paying that fool. Figured we could use that money for something else," Noodles said proudly. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I had come blundering like a poor fool on ground that was preserved. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

"The one with the pen, you little fool." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No! That is not true! They are looking for volunteers. And only a fool would volunteer.” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, the boy would return to Hogwarts, where he is under the crooked nose of that Muggle-loving fool from morning until night. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Rather it was at that moment I realized that I was fooling myself if I expected a few weeks of labor to gain me admission to the world of the laborer. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A little voice in my head kept trying to tell me that every word she said could be disinformation and that she might just be playing me for a fool. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, they were fools for thinking that they could tame her! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It made sense, surely, to see if the twins were there, fooling about with the hoses, or floating facedown in death, indistinguishable to the last. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d ever feel happy to see that fool girl. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Only a fool would break into the general’s house.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and who made them up? We did, you fool.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

This was an evening like any other to them, and from here I could fool myself that the massacre at the sanctuary had never happened. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Victarion was no craven, but no more was he a fool; he could not defeat three hundred ships with fifty-four. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The more he fooled around, the more aggravated I became. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“It was there all the time, only some of those old fools were afraid to try it. I guess they were afraid of making any kind of trouble.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He believes it. You can see it in his eyes. This fool’s crazy.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d play his squire just to touch him, and never care how great a fool they think her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Though nominally segregation is not permitted on interstate buses, no Negro would be fool enough to try to sit anywhere except at the rear on one going into Mississippi. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You don't gotta be this far away, fool," she muttered, nudging him forward. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

She reminded herself she was dealing with fools. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She fooled the minders and climbed out as usual, but she didn’t feel much like any real tricks. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I told him he was a Chicago fool. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Viserys had believed that the realm would rise for its rightful king . . . but Viserys had been a fool, and fools believe in foolish things. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“The idealist fooled you again, I guess. You really fall for that Reilly’s line.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But only a fool would try to take Inej in close combat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Her gestures, her voice, her social graces had been so well studied and cultivated that she could have fooled anyone who wasn’t familiar with her past. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“I had everything, you know? I’m such a fool.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Rosencrantz was not at the ball, for he had been sent by Hamlet on a fool's errand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"Surely you do not mean to suggest that Lady Selyse would bring a fool into her bed?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool for saying it, but God’s already heard it echoing in my head. I’m so glad he didn’t cut on Gantry land. I can’t lose another son.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

If I let myself forget, then more fool me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Chella was a small hard woman, flat as a boy, and no fool. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I was so nervous I feared I would bumble and make a fool of myself. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The MartelLs would not commit to actual battle unless Dome itself was attacked, and Stannis was not so great a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I got a right to. I earn it every day working for that crazy fool.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

No one ever explained those two days the fool had been lost in the sea. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What fool thing are you up to?” said my mother. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

He understood immediately she was a gypsy who was not fooled by his speaking French. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

But he seemed mighty pleased, and didn’t object when she said, “Mr. B., don’t go back to the store wearing that same tobacco-stained shirt, or you won’t fool a soul.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He thought I was a fool, of course. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You were a fool, Percy Jackson. I choose this one. Now we drink.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The yards are crawling with fools,” she warned them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Then his voice changed, becoming a husky approximation of Luke’s. "—the prophecy ourselves. The fools won't know which way to turn." The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I guess it’s pretty hard for a young boy to fool his mama. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Illusions can fool any of the senses, not just sight,” says Dylan, grinning. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Jesus, Mary and Joseph, isn’t it enough that you come home without a penny in your pocket without making fools of the children on top of it? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

We must have looked two fools, me speaking English, her talking Dutch, both nodding our heads and wishing we had the right words. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait just a minute, you ungrateful fool,” she said in a deadly tone. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Light spilled into the tunnel, bright and inviting, but I’m no fool. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“It’s supposed to be a warning, you dumb fool.” Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

“He tried to bust into my trailer tonight. Lucky I didn’t shoot his fool head off.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If she kept her eyes closed, she could almost fool herself into thinking she was nine years old again, curled up in her bed with her stuffed crocodile tucked in beside her. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When the fool finally gets settled, I hear his whisper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You want something?” said Gloria, eyes wide in an apparently artless complexity that fooled her huge “nursemaid” not at all. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

What was the use, he wanted to know, wallowing along with fools who didn’t know how to sail? Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would have to be a dang fool to stand on a mudflat that was doing its best not to freeze, in a snowstorm, waiting for a friendly boat to take him across. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It was quite easy to fool the townspeople. All we had to do was keep them busy fighting one another so they wouldn’t notice what we were up to,” Barbatos bragged. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I had fooled myself into thinking that was something important to the rest of the world. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I figured I had as much right to make a fool of myself as he did. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“But the boy did choose to run away. He was a fool to leave my generous protection.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Try not to be a total fool, Samuel,” Emma Lee said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some will. Not all. We have our cowards and our knaves, our weaklings and our fools, as do they.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It had been a good job and he had thought he had her fooled. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The coach said to us, “You stand here by me, all of you. And stand up straight. Don’t let some fool make you bow your head.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ha! You know he would never do that. The old fool wouldn’t have the guts.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m just a fool, I suppose. ... I acted a ninny.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only a darn fool would do what I did. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I went on the other side of the freeway. Couldn’t stay here. Oh nooo, I knew these fools would go crazy. You got insurance? I hope you do. I got insurance.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Because he is a fool, Ancient One,” said the gateman, twirling the hairs of his mole. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

There was a constant tension between the aspiration to be first and the fear of not being believed, of being regarded as an eccentric and a fool. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I managed to speak with one of the rulers of Faerie without making a fool of myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You’re fooling yourself, Rose. It’s not fair to us or to him. Pretending he’s normal. Driving him as if he were an animal that could learn to do tricks. Why don’t you leave him alone?” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He never had many watches to fix, and when he finished he would fool around the house doing any little job that was needed. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

She thinks herself a fool for believing she could have any impact on such things. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Grandfather never fooled around when he counted to three. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Automobile-repair shops hadn’t been created yet—and would have made little sense anyway as few were fool enough to buy a car. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

No more back streets, fool, I tell myself. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I feel like some kind of fool crying and not being able to say anything. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then, poor fool, he thought I would drown — I, who couldn’t drown when I was three hours old! Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“You think me a witless fool,” he whispered. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the way the woman was looking at us—as if we were two fools. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mr. Kazilly has made us do enough poems that I’m not fooled by the tricks that poets play with words. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

The innermost wall was fifty feet of black marble, with carvings that made Dany blush until she told herself that she was being a fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"All the same, you made fools of us. You and Julia." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby Moch—as everyone concerned would eventually learn—was nobody’s fool. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We all knew this was a sign that he was going to start acting the fool. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re a fool,” she said to him in a voice that was equal parts angry and sad. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I decided to fool the Biscuit,” he explained, “to prove to him he wasn’t fooling me.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then you truly are a fool, Prince Frog. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Curly was done fooling around with attack dogs. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I sat there, I thought myself a fool for having tried to fix situations that were so fatally broken. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I pinched my way around the pies with my good thumb, and they did look better, although no one would be fooled into thinking they were Viola’s handiwork. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t try to fool me, Micay. I was there when you were born!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“She seems all thumbs and tears. They be such fools, those Irish.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Briefly, she considered blacking them with her mother’s paint, but the effort seemed too great, and would fool no one. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"The boy's a Stark, true enough. Only a Stark would be fool enough to threaten where smarter men would beg." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“It ain’t my fault,” she said, “that you was born a fool, and always done been a fool, and ain’t never going to change. I swear to my Father you’d try the patience of Job.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Only a fool rushes first impressions with a spirited young Khershaen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m a fool. What good would it do if you understood? It would only make things worse.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Guess who I’m not fooling with that story? Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush, fool! We’ve got one shot at this. Bone ships look scary, but you can avoid them easy enough if you know how.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“You certainly are a prize fool,” he said quietly. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time you see it you get fooled into thinking his girlfriend might wake up and stop him. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“No harm will come to any of you unless Red Ronnet proves an utter fool.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I never heard such a fool thing in my life. Didn’t you hear your mother tell you to shut your mouth, girl!” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Finding no answer, I told myself that I was a fool to worry about it, that no matter what I did I would be wrong somehow as far as my family was concerned. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Spit it out! The clock is ticking, fool!” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“You know where to meet us. Don’t be a fool, son.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Said any fool could see it coming if he paid attention. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

His trips to South Beach, he understood now, were as much for his own heart as they were for hers; he had fooled himself for years into thinking otherwise. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The man is, in any event, by all accounts a fool: too fantastical of temperament and childish of observation to merit trust; but too trusting to merit confidence. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

For they imagined as they wished—that it was a wild shot, an unintended killing—fools, not to comprehend they were already in the grip of death. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be the worst day of that fool's life. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

"Furthermore," Mrs. Olinski added, "sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the poor fool knew nothing, and only she smiled and twisted her bit of cloth as she smiled. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

"Must you waste our time with every rumor the fools care to tell?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What a fool I am,” Theodora said to him, and Luke laughed. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now he knew that he was two people, that he was above all Montag, who knew nothing, who did not even know himself a fool, but only suspected it. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You little fool,” Dorian spat at the sailor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"A whole bunch of love, fool," Jazz said. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

A car alarm on the mainland, or some obnoxious kid fooling around with an air horn. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a bargain. I might be trading one form of slavery for another, but I’m not a fool.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“It hasn’t rained in a month. Your dad’s fooling with you, Sonny. Look, there’s the new walkway. All done. They could’ve hauled the cement and stuff away when they finished.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“The gods made you a dwarf. Must you be a fool as well? You were bom a lion, not a monkey.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He’s making a fool out of himself and doesn’t even know it. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And, I mean, it’s bad enough to go up there and make a fool of yourself if it’s just you and the climbing group. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, shuffling and hopping in that queer sideways walk of his, came her fool. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Lee, men are fools. I guess I hadn’t thought about it, but Chinese men are fools too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We were comparing sensations. I was going to suggest that she had never experienced childbirth ” “You’re a fool,” Gage said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And not only am I going to make a fool of myself, but I’m taking these girls down with me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Stheno, you fool!” she gurgled as her half-made face rose from the mound of dust. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I instinctively jab back with my elbow to knock the wind out of the fool who thinks he can take liberties. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Crocodile Guts sometimes tried to sell them after their eyes had gone milky, but people weren’t often fooled. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And don’t you just hate that, Cerseii "Perhaps I'm dangerous too. You, on the other hand, are as big a fool as every other man. That worm between your legs does half your thinking." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then Ching moaned from the bed where he lay and Wang Lung threw down the umbrella and he cried out, “Now this one will die while I am beating a fool!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

‘A merry troop of fools we shall look! Will Haldir lead us all on a string, like many blind beggars with one dog? But I will be content, if only Legolas here shares my blindness.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She took his money and she went out with other men, and she lied to the student—who was certainly a fool. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“You stay talking on the phone, and chewing with your mouth open, and cursing at the table. Don’t let your aunt fool you, Fab.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He said it with such conviction, he could have fooled me if I didn’t know better. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But sometime Biddy be singing ’bout somebody cornin’ ’round a mountain and she cleaning like a fool, but she happy. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She and her Dad were alike in the way that now they always had to be fooling with something. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“What the hell are you fools talking about?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Peeves, you fool, Peeves! Haven’t you been complaining about him for a quarter of a century? Go and fetch him, at once!” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I’m a fool for thinking that my little stunt last night would have attracted anything less than a spotlight. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was nothing they could do but stand there like fools and watch her shape get smaller in the sky—a distant moon, a fading star, then gone. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As the legacy of Percival Lowell reminds us, we can be fooled. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. It was just the idea of Them watching us make fools of ourselves.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

They should have dissuaded these fools, but apparently he was as much a fool as the rest of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He didn’t often do his volunteer hours with his friend because Asher frequently fooled around and made serious work a little difficult. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was a fool, I realized, to believe that they would care about any of this. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No matter how high-handed he sounds giving advice or how much he bothers me, I would be a fool not to listen. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was no fool about any of this. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ain't even no water nowhere near here, but these fools got BOATS! Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“In almost every family there’s a fool or a crazy person,” Clara assured her while she concentrated on her knitting—in all those years she had not learned to knit without looking. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So Hilly...she probably thinks I was fooling around with Johnny while they were still going steady then.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"Don't pay that fool no mind. He just mad he albino." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The clerks were very nasty and no one wanted to write up our paperwork, but we didn’t let those fools ruin our marriage. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Sea of Flames could have been in the Paris Museum all along—that simpering mineralogist and the assistant director laughing as he slunk away, duped, fooled, inveigled. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

This belief causes them to take up arms against their ruler, but they fool themselves in this, since they then see through experience that matters have become worse. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

No, she was tired of being a minor lady, waiting to be married off to the highest bidder, tired of petty politics and easily manipulated fools. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only a fool would want to see the return of that closed, fusty world. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I be lucky if I make it to twenty-one with all these fools running round with AK-47s. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can do anything to you. Any woman can do anything to you. You’re a fool.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then what is it like? What are we? Just Fresh Prince and fooling around?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He had been a fool to think of the apple as a symbol of himself and Cilia. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t use it. It will go away, and then my fool magic will get better.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“He didn’t strike me as a fool on a lark.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve done what I could; a man that can live as long as I have and not know when to quit is a fool. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re just an old fool afraid of being caught making soup. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was not, however, fooled; she remembered the instant at which her heart had stopped, and she knew that it beat now with a difference. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“When you get in there, don’t be runnin' your mouth like that fool Victor. All you say to Dr. Johnson is ‘Yes, ma’am,’ ‘No, ma’am,’ and ‘Thank you, ma’am.’ Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had fooled her and manipulated her too many times before. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

We are three fools in the dining room crying. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Sometimes what appears to be a leaf or stick in the rain forest is really an insect, fooling a would-be predator by blending in with its surroundings. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“You gone have to ask yourself, Am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I thought I was trying to fool you.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m no fool, Alba,” he said, staring me straight in the eye. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did not blame you, friend. Only a fool pours beer into a vessel without making sure it will not leak. Look, the charcoal is glowing.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Not much. I just fool around. I don’t like that sand, makes me itch.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

This man was the father of the boy she’d met on the road, and the tsar’s fool. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I shot at them fools,” he says between heavy breaths. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s all good. Them fools running around here ’cause the riots happening on their side. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“A clever slave deserves a clever master, and you lot all look like fools.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Most of them, they think it was some battle. A siege, a burning tower, an enemy with a torch. One fool asked if it was dragonsbreath." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Good. It didn’t. Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don’t exist. It’s a fine line to walk, but sympathy is not an art for the weak willed.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

What a fool she was for opening the secret door on Samhuinn! Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She’d fooled me along with Mother, and I didn’t like it. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, I wasn’t a fool and I knew when the police come tearing like that they’re looking for somebody. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All applauded the advice and Agamemnon confessed that he had acted like a fool. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was not finished. You will accompany young Tristan, but I am not fool enough to trust you any further. No, you will need...constraints.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Alyosha shouted, “Oh, I didn’t know fools were experts on love!” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

But the old fool only half grasped what he said. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stop asking why, you fool,” my mother said, her face working up in anger. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Some of us adults went every time. There was a kind of entertainment to it, watching other villagers make fools of themselves. But you didn't usually attend, did you, Jonas?" Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Pong thought perhaps the old man was fooling them all and would live for years and years longer. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Estraven was a courtier, a politician, and l a fool to have trusted him. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be a fool, woman,” barked the bald man. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“They only fool themselves when they think it is theirs. The deeds and papers don’t mean anything. It is the people who belong to the mountain.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"You sit in council and talk of ugly women and steel kisses, and now you expect me to be-lieve that you tried to protect the girl? How big a fool do you take me for?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Of course I do. Don’t play me for a fool.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was a fool for wanting to rob Blum’s just when he was about to get a good job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only a fool would dream of going in unless he had been sent there on very special business. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The maester sat silent while the fool set the antlered bucket on his brow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I was obliged to admit that I did know it for a certainty, and I said to myself, “Pip, what a fool you are!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Whosoever shall say, ‘Thou fool,’ shall be in danger of hell fire,” she quoted piously. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are fools to meet them on the Blackwater, Davos thought. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The whole is a mass of fools and knaves; I could almost except you... Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“He is not mortal. Come, little fools. Come experience the Death Mist.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I guess you did fool me. But you really didn’t have to get into a fight with Warren.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He had even attended school the previous winter when work was slack, which was surely a fool thing to do unless one was interested in “breakin’ up school.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I merely thought him a fool who had long since been left behind.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I'd fooled myself into thinking that if I was outstanding enough, it would make up for everything. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure who she thought she was fooling with her sweet little B.S., but it wasn’t me. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was fooled by my own emotions, by the distance from home. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Crazy fool ... my floor, mess . . . look what you . . . work ... get on out . . . now that . . . crazy ... my floor, my floor ... my floor.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt that it was all right for a man to go to jail for robbery, but to go to jail for fooling around with Reds was bunk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sloth had been both a traitor and a fool, but Nailer couldn’t help thinking the Fates had handed him the biggest Lucky Strike in the world and he’d thrown it away. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Hare was given a heavy piece and as he carried it along he sang under his breath a song which told all about a clever hare who had fooled a stupid lion. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

A friendly hunter looked at me and asked, “Do you think he could have fooled your dogs?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Pink mumbled, “You didn’t have to go do a fool thing like that, Will.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He tells Mr. Banerji that some darn fool scientists are working on a square tomato, which will supposedly pack more easily into crates than the round variety. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was a rattlebrained fool who would undoubtedly giggle and take it as a great joke when the Cauldron-Born came for him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing? Are you fooling with that valve again? Nobody else got him a valve but you. I ain’t got no valve.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed there, sitting, like a bigger fool, with my back to the door, thinking about West Indian Archie. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You are not very well educated but you are really nobody’s fool, I can see that.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I got rid of that fool thing months ago.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say it as if any fool would know this. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The new name didn’t fool anybody, though, and never entered common usage. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't be fools. You can't have both. Who wants love when one can be powerful?" The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“That fool got a point. Folks will need a store around here. Everybody else gon’ leave.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s my fault — I was a fool to expose you like that.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Falconer, I knew, would not be so easy to fool. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the captain mocked him for a silly fool and bade the crew hasten to hoist the sail. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every once in a while, I hug that fool girl. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Listening to Bonnie and Twill confirmed one thing: President Snow has been playing me for a fool. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

For many it was just costume play, but some would actually pretend to be scythes, fooling others, granting false immunity. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Did I make a fool of myself? It’s probably because I’m tired.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No one ever trusted Rattleshirt but fools. Snow’s not that. If his sister needs saving, he’ll send his crows. I would.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He would not be made a fool of, even by one of the greats. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That fool Attendant of hers forgot it, and the house girls sent me out with it.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

As we expected, Grandmother called Father a fool who was a disgrace to the family, both the living and the dead, and so on. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only, thinking about it, he did fool me, didn’t he? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“His brother, who was in the car, had gotten out of the Air Force and wouldn't be going to Vietnam—something to be happy about. Right? Any fool could see that.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

"It won't fool a soul, that note. How could you have written it? Everyone in the castle knows you can't so much as sign your own name." The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Clippinger swore at us at first, calling us fools; and, when he saw that this booted him nothing, grew fearful as the boat dipped lower in the current. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want my leg fooled with by a first captain. If he was any good he would be made a major. I know what a first captain is, doctor.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Luke felt like a fool for asking as soon as the words were out of his mouth. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Had she been fooling herself all this time, thinking that no one noticed the truth? A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Besides, these poor fools are only trying to get a rise out of me. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Well," I said, "don't ask me a lot of fool questions if you don't like the answers." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Was he trying to make Harry look like a fool, so Cho would like hi m even more by comparison? Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you act the biggest fool I ever saw.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he ran down the hall to fool her into thinking she was doing the right thing. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Mercy makes fools of us. I’ve had eleven years of torture to think about all the ways I was made a fool.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just stay home, fool, is what I want to say to her, but I don’t. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

And in this report I do not fool myself into thinking I am dealing with constants. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I should rack my bones to see a pack of drunk fools.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew that never again would a ringtail fool them by swimming the river. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of them looked straight at me, regarding me coldly, and I knew that no cap of invisibility would fool it. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Don’t let her grandma look fool you. She’s a real hustler.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Work, fool,” I said, folding the bills in half. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Mr. Teacher! See you!” the soldier said and Ugwu thought he saw a glimmer of triumph in his eyes, the illiterate fool. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The clouds broke and boiled in the sky, and the ship’s master roared out ragefully, “This fool’s gale blows all ways at once! Only a magewind will get us through this weather, Lord.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I was getting a thrill from it all, as I had never seen them fooled like this. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, in the end, Yifeng did come to the United States anyway, his stomach burbling with fool hope. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was fooling myself that this was important or even instructive. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s their own fault for not knowing all the Schoolhouse Rock! lyrics by heart. How did those fools even get this far?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then, some fool set a car on fire. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He just wanted proof that he hadn’t fooled himself and to let Frankie know eventually that it existed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Not that kind, you fool,” he said angrily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don't take this personal, C.P. But her teacher’s been saying her mama’s a fool to be working with a Klansman. Other kids been fighting her over it.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Run, run, you fool, before the waves of hurt start breaking. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please don’t be mad, okay? We were just fooling around.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Darius, who doesn’t like school, who is sometimes stupid and mostly a fool, said something wise today, though most days he says nothing. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would jump with Mary on the bed, even if I made a fool of myself. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The point is, Doris don't play with her kids fooling around in all that street mess. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“She likes them to know, the fool. She wants them to thank her when she gives them one of her awful gifts.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Even she was sometimes fooled by her body. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“A fool always leaves an opening,” she said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“People told me about you, Cudgeon. They said you’d stab me in the back. I didn’t believe them. I was a fool.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“That name is the only thing that saved you from being shot down on our doorstep. I wanted to see what fool would dare to use it. I should have known it would be you.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hush, boy. You talk like a fool,” she snapped. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one day he would look back upon the fool and know the fool. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was a poker-faced judge who did not suffer fools gladly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Artemis assured us that dawn was coming, but you could’ve fooled me. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I’m a fool, to confuse this with goodness. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I purposely don’t make any opening for some fool to step into. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Janie fooled around outside awhile to try and think it wasn’t so. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Plus watching the Gentry cavort and make fools out of themselves.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And whenever I'm not laughing at those fools, I'm boxing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“And do you think the prophet Elijah walks in every time you open a door? A goy zugt a vertl, there’s a fool in every house.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this was the Preacher, and he was so smart it’d be hard to fool him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I catch the words “sick,” “not fooling anyone,” and “so dangerous.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And he may have fooled Mom and maybe even Dad—we’ve never talked about it, so I don’t really know—but he will never make me think I imagined it. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Well,” thought I, “if they’re such fools, I will get ahead of them and teach them a lesson. One ill turn deserves another.” The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"And we must not neglect the other costs. Robert will want a prodigious feast. That means cooks, carpenters, serving girls, singers, jugglers, fools . . ." "Fools we have in plenty," Lord Renly said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She is not Shae, the dwarf told himself, only some little fool who thinks I play at riddles. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"But only a fool keeps making the same one." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Come on. We ain’t got time to fool with them.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Jay, who usually fooled around, running and ripping, only shuffled his feet along the floor, waiting. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s fair to say the broadcast fooled thousands of people, at least temporarily. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You made me look like a fool tonight! Is that what you think I am? A fool?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Percy, when Quintus showed up at camp offering his services ... well, I would have to be a fool not to be suspicious.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“For once the pig-boy shows sense. Send the little fool back to her pots.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

When one found comfort, he was grateful, but he was never such a fool as to expect a great deal of it. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever she did, I would say, “Treat me like a fool. Treat me mean and cruel, but love me.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I pretended a fly had flown into my eye, but June totally wasn’t fooled. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

My faux-pas was so palpably obvious, so idiotic and unpardonable, that to ignore it would show me to be an even greater fool if possible, than I was already. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Those little fools. They never can behave themselves.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a fool for enjoying the feeling of my heart slamming against my sternum and sweat gathering in the lines of my palms. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Soon our jaws are tired from chewing on the sassafras roots, and for a time our bellies are fooled into thinking we have eaten. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

But it was daylight; I’d be a fool to go up and see. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t simper around these fools and still be what he was becoming for Naomi. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought he was a fool or crazy and had no patience with him.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The man behind the desk said, “I’m a fool, I know, but my first offer stands. I still offer one thousand. What are you doing?” he asked, as Kino thrust the pearl out of sight. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just Black was laid out as the decoy, and I was going to be the fool. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plan, full of details intended to fool Clinton, was put into a pouch and given to an agent pretending to be a Tory farmer. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was bad enough having to come to this broken-down old school but to be behind—to seem dumber than the rest of the kids—to have to appear a fool in front of. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Ares is a fool. He never realized the true master he was serving. If I had time, Percy, I could explain. But I’m afraid you won’t live that long.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir. And I do bad things to him. I cheat him and I fool him. Sometimes I hurt him for no reason at all.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Estraven, sweating like ice in the sun, stays slick and cold as ice, answering Tibe’s murmurs aloud in a tone whose commonplace politeness makes the other look rather a fool. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not being that big of a fool, he told Luther to do the calling. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

All the men that she could get, and fooling with somebody like Tea Cake! Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It would certainly make Johnny look like a fool, after all his fussing. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little did they realise that in our world, the black world, one could only survive if one played the fool, and bided his time. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not possibly have made a more appalling fool of himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It don’t do nothing but fool you around.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said that eye contact is how you agree to fool around anonymously. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you fooled me,” she said. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no fool like an old fool! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With nothing to block it the wind flung wet gusts at me; at any other time I would have felt like a fool slogging through mud and rain, only to look at a tree. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was not such a fool as to try to atone to Lancelot for this, but she had taken a fancy for him as himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought,” Isidore managed to say, “it was a really good job. So good it fooled me; I mean, it seemed alive, and a job that good—” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“When are you two going to actually start fooling around? Or are Annie’s parents going to play watchdog all weekend?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Your father is dead, you fool!” cried the old drunk. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Curzon lifted his head enough to look at me sitting there with a fool grin on my face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could I be when I was on the other cot fooling around with Jerome? . . . and so, just to be safe, I returned my attention to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I was certain of his arrival. And I am certain the man is a fool,” Papa went on. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“What are you, boy? Some kind of fool?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had come on a fool’s errand to Estre, hoping for solace. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You utter fools,” said Tam Lin in a low voice. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, this is what a board weighs when it’s not hovering. Out here, you find out that the city fools you about how things really work.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“She is a great fool for going away, if she liked him.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

A fool and his money were soon parted. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered what a sea demon had once said about Kronos’s scythe: Cartful, fool One touch, and the blade will sever your soul from your body. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was years ahead of me and I was a fool. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rehearsals had disintegrated, Briony had retreated in a sulk, the twins were fooling about, and Lola, if she was as much like her mother as Emily believed, would be tranquil and triumphant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Only two fire companies were not fooled by the misleading alarm. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God! Are you in here fooling around? Did you even look at my proposal? I spent days on that!” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Then Ms. Evans call me and that fool Biddy in her office. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I can fool them any day,” Cordelia says, with a flicker of her old cunning. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Speak! But if you look up and smile with that countenance, I shall swear concession before I know to what, and that will make a fool of me.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But the Bureau made me feel like a fool for fighting for any of it, and for what the Allegiant stood for. And I don’t like to feel foolish.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

"My wives will beat me and call me fool, but I am a helpless child in your hands. Come, right, that is less than it is worth." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It will only crack and burn, and it’s so beautiful, Set Jorah will call me a fool if I ruin it, and yet, and yet ... A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Plus, these fools, and just about everybody else on our team, were already on break, and I was still in school getting academied. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

"A clever fool and a foolish wise man." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Don’t be fooled by her smile, Armpit thought, trying to telepathically send the message through the wall. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Cecilia lit up and said as she exhaled, “I find it difficult to believe. He’s a fool, I know...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I have to admit, though, some of these fools need an attitude adjustment. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"Never, I ... his fool, he made cruel japes sometimes, and I . . ." "Someday you must sing for me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was a warning, and she would be a fool to ignore it. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Of how I fooled myself into thinking that I was a miracle. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He never used to fool around,” said Alice quietly, meaning her dæmon. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

What a fool he had been to come here instead of going to jail. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Pity the fool,” he says, and ruffles my hair on his way out. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

"More fool they. My first rule of war, Cat—never give the enemy his wish. Lord Tywin would like to fight on a field of his own choosing. He wants us to march on Harrenhal." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"They must have been fools, to come so close to Winterfell." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hope he doesn’t get himself in trouble fooling around with those guys. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"You are a hard man to fool, Stark," Littlefinger said with a smirk. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Dear reader, I told you not to he fooled by high expectations. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“How does someone get good at fool magic?” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“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

Some people wouldn’t understand that—Baaz had called him a fool—but she knew better. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She glanced up long enough to smile at the swineherd, then dropped her eyes again, making such a picture of awkward bashfulness that I was almost fooled myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

For the greater number of her twenty-nine years, Bibi Haldar suffered from an ailment that baffled family, friends, priests, palmists, spinsters, gem therapists, prophets, and fools. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“The kings became angry and said, ‘We thought you were God, but it seems you were only fooling us. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You shot up my new drapes! I don’t work all day for you fools to be up here shooting up my drapes!” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Feigned incomprehension is the last resort of the fool, Drake.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

When I thought about Joe I felt fairly bad that he got his head blown off but mostly furious that because of him being such a fool Major Mac had to die. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strange thing is, after playing this poor fool farmer for a while I can’t help but feel sorry for him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They found Her Grace sewing by the fire, whilst her fool danced about to music only he could hear, the cowbells on his antlers clanging. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It was the mandrake, which fools say expels demons and makes women fruitful, but screams when pulled from the earth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure. Like fireflies. I’ll tell them, sir. Some of the poor fools are scared.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many people gotta die to prove to these fools what the rest of us already know?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The position would be far safer if Pauling had been merely wrong instead of looking like a fool. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Only that fool Ted was pleased by that, and he works there cleaning wheels for the Men, where his dad was the Miller and his own master. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe I’ll try to tell her. Before she goes to the Benefit and makes a big pink fool a herself.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z