“God Almighty,” he said to no one in particular on the sideline. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For God’s sake, Mother, people are out there dying for you.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

God love her, she doesn’t miss a thing even in her confusion. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Grandma already had God’s grace, and now my mom was being filled with it too. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She really looked like the wrath of God, and I was too scared to go over and buy a package of peanuts for myself. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was willing to bargain and plead with God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, someone tied a knot in my stomach. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

We prayed together and we practised dhikr, the recitation of the ninety-nine revealed names of God. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Please,” he asks God, “don’t let me die without seeing her again.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed inconceivable then that the war could last that long, for God was on his side, he had been told, and God, he had also been told, could do whatever He wanted to. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

When her run is finished and she returns to the RV, now parked at—oh, God—Deadman’s Basin Reservoir, Montana, there is something on her bunk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Swore and hissed, “Chest! Oh God, my chest is coming apart!” Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had read all those books and seen God knows how many Western films and knew that people had used packhorses. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

God had told people that they would have to cease to live as individuals. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In situations like that, God doesn’t mind stealing. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Newton was very worried by this lack of absolute position, or absolute space, as it was called, because it did not accord with his idea of an absolute God. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day God would give him a sign, and the darkness would all be finished—one day God would raise him, who had suffered him to fall so low. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I do believe that under God’s providence I have made a discovery. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

So the God of the Vine was born of fire and nursed by rain, the hard burning heat that ripens the grapes and the water that keeps the plant alive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But God's will be done, whether I will or no,” she added briskly. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name are you talking about?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

And when she stepped into my arms, so help me God, I nearly wept. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"My God, I need a cigarette," Twinkle exclaimed from above. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Every one of them a miracle, in Stevens’s view, providing instruction into the intricacies of God’s design. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

‘Oh, God,’ he kept saying over and over. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” she said, scrunching up her nose. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Please make nothing happen, please make it all right and I will never, never want anything else again, O God... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Thanks to God, maybe. No thanks to books!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was four p.m. when Aru and her three classmates walked together into the Hall of the Gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Thank God you weren’t home when it happened....” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I believe it is the Count, but he has grown young. My God, if this be so! Oh, my God! my God! If I only knew! if I only knew!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They would answer him that they had been many years without a priest, arranging the business of their souls directly with God, and that they had lost the evil of original sin. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Now God be thanked that all has not been in vain! See! the snow is not more stainless than her forehead! The curse has passed away!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Thank God, because yesterday I saw stray dogs splashing in that filmy water, what’s left of it anyway. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had a while to wait and wonder why God hadn’t handled things a little bit better. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said, kicking his shoe. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Looking around her, Bonnie saw a glittering paradise filled with decent, like-minded people, sent by God to give the world a howdy. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s got an armored hull, she’s got missile and torpedo systems that can blow us right out of the water, and we’d hardly have a chance to pray to God before we died.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Please God, she prayed, let some tenant come along. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re thanking God the waste man took away everything we had?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, God,” I whispered, as I headed for home. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anansi tricked Leopard, then brought him to you, Sky God. But he wasn’t done.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She was just asking Charles to accept the love of Jesus, whom she saw as the kind, sweet, loving son of God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I know you're off to Savannah tomorrow, but I hope to God your dad has internet, because I don't think my heart can handle waiting a full week for an email from you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

They pat Annabelle on the back, and ask her questions that she doesn’t mind answering, and they tell her that God is good. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Tortured and sent off to be used as a lab specimen—dear God. That lovely, clever girl. I may as well—I am wretched. No, you’ll not hang.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Even if God’s need for him was the greater in normal times, now it was obvious that his first love’s need was pressing. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were God, I would punish bad people too. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

And as if God flipped a switch, I am standing under what feels like a hot sun. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He was too scared and too chicken to act, and he abhorred the deep-down feeling of relief in himself, for this must mean, surely, thank God, it signaled the end of the affair. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

God’s house had been everything to me: a house of joy and the center of our private sanctuary—where we met to organize and pledge to support each other. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We had drunk several glasses of brandy and I said yes by God on Bulgaria too and on Japan. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, I thought, God had not seen the murder take place, and that is why He had not punished Tenorio. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wept because God was unfair, and because this was the way God repaid those who believed in their dreams. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God bless America, where we turn everyone against each other to keep us safe. Screw trust and friendship.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Nell, what in God’s hell are you doing letting him up? I swear you haven’t got the sense God gave a dog.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Puny and insignificant, you mean. You are dreaming, sir,—or you are sneering. For God’s sake, don’t be ironical!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But we stood firm — my God, Shun, I shall weep—we stood firm. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had a helpless kind of fear about water, about rain, and she’d say God was testing her sense of humor, setting her up in a place called Deep Water. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

That night I wrote in my diary: Dear God, Please walk with Ernie in the graduation line at Central. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

God himself was placing us in her care. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

My mother took me to church occasionally—but I don’t recall ever connecting that up with the thought of God. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God,” Em said to Bridge after last period. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The slaves insisted they were not property; like the Jews in Egypt, they were God’s children, who were owed their basic human rights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Good-bye, my dear. I pray God I may never see your sweet face again. May He bless and keep you!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I’m furious with myself for...God, where do I even start? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“God has not seen fit to be so helpful.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Sure, and it continues: ‘but from the point of view of God’s choice, they are dear to him because of their forefathers.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Could the Drowned God have sent a gift to him, here on the far side of the world? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I play the man’s game. I play the Devil’s game. I play God’s game. And so I stay alive. Alive I can help you. Dead I am no help to you at all.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The plant wasn’t like those pretty, dainty little flowers that we were looking at before, thank God. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. You guys are so different. Like, I didn’t even think that was possible. Aren’t siblings supposed to share the same genes and everything?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

My mom says it’s true, but only because everyone has sinned and needs God to save them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And Muslim saints, and saints in lands where they worship God in all sorts of ways.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

My family were around me; I was in the hands of God. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think God has had some influence on the way your life is turning out?” she said one night after I had just finished reading her Scriptures. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

God was testing him like Job, he declared, and the point of that particular parable was that Job had done no wrong to begin with. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But as I was freaking out that she might have been saying she’d seen me in the video, my pulse suddenly quickened because—oh, my God!—I’d been there with Paul before. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Was he glad that he was having something offered to him that ten million men in America would have fallen on their knees and thanked God for? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Please God let Dr. Bauer not find anything wrong with me. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If Aristotle were to fall, the proof of God—a bulwark of the church—was no longer valid. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

What worried me was that maybe God would punish him by getting him bayonetted by a Lobsterback. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no way he could truly be God’s prophet. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And when God stops whispering, they become desperate for someone who can put things right. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need to thank God for this meal,” June said. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Why do we ask saints and God for help? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thank God no one out here will see my fears either—just my reactions to them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He tells me about God; I tell him about music—the mysteries of each other's worlds. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

A righteous man, a tzaddik, studies Torah, for it is written, ‘For his delight is in the Torah of God, and over His Torah doth he meditate day and night.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I was down in the root cellar all day and then I come up to see what a gift God gave us today. That sky. And them hogs...” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I tried to pray, but I couldn’t think of any right words and all I could do was whisper over my gasping breath, “Oh please, God, oh please, God.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Stay in place once you get there. God go with you.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I remembered how years ago, when Father Russell in our church taught me that God had made me, I’d asked him, ‘If God made me, who made God?’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I—oh my God, I can’t believe I did this. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

For instance, the kabbalah seized upon the idea of the dual nature of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. You figured it out, didn’t you?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It has been a long time since I thought about God, but I think about him now. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He raised his hands high and proclaimed, “Praise Inti! The Sun God has returned to us once more!” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I got to go. You call me Monday, promise? Okay, dear. God bless. Bye-bye.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Dear God, why are you being mean to me? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And for the love of God, will you clean up that mess?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each night, when she hears the train whistle, she asks God to protect the migrants from the trains and the assaults. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In the dark inner chamber the God and Goddess were seated on their thrones, freshly anointed and garlanded with flowers. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did everything I could to fit the description: prayed to God to change the color of my skin; used that Sol-Glo, hoping it would make a difference. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"Do you think you amount to something, Cohn? Do you think you belong here among us? People who are out to have a good time? For God's sake don't be so noisy, Cohn!" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Was that God with the huge lap smelling of baby powder? The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Honest to God, he’s like a freaking anime character. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It would be very difficult to explain why the universe should have begun in just this way, except as the act of a God who intended to create beings like us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We all slumped immediately and unthinkingly into the awkward crouch in which God was addressed at Devon, leaning forward with elbows on knees. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look long at his face, how large and blazing it was, like the face of God. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“For God’s sake, get her out of here!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

God had done a poor job, and Soaphead suspected that he himself could have done better. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, but ever time I looked at you, I thought it. God hep me, I been lovin’ you and hatin’ myself ever time I—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it either. God, I hate it! That woman is priming herself for a nervous breakdown. I just hope she doesn’t have it while I’m here.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Dylan-ing isn’t a bad thing. To Dylan someone is to adore them. Even if they brew the worst coffee on God’s green earth.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“God will act in His own way and time. Do not fear, and do not rejoice as yet; for what we wish for at the moment may be our undoings.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

With God’s blessing and the will of the people, I fought this savage and dreadful system of international espionage and colonialism. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He might get old as midday maybe, but sweet God! the evening cannot come, and the night—? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gracious God, say Squeak, how I’m gonna tune up my mouth to say all that? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked God to answer my questions, but the only sound was always the whistling of the wind filling the empty space. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had said, “God’s speaking. You’re merely the instrument he chooses at this time. God is a wonderful speaker, so you have absolutely nothing to be nervous about.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only God knows when our relief may arrive. But God does know. And in His benevolent service we will stay.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

From there, an illusion of Aru’s mother stepped out into the Hall of the Gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But God knows he has had enough chances to learn. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just hope to God,” she whispered, “that you don’t get hurt.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought, let me out, let me out, let me out, God... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ways of God are mysterious, but if you live it out, just live it out, you see that it always works out. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But we have tickets, for God’s sake!” shouts someone behind her. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Mother of God,” said Francis when he got close enough to see, and started splashing towards us, holding the skirt of his robe out of the water with one hand. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. Gabriel, the Left Hand of God himself,” Rameel joined in, raising his glass of water toward Benton and then taking a sip. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And then he thought how he had a right to live and be happy just like anyone else, by God he had. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Descartes was willing to envision a universe where God set up the initial conditions and then left the machine to assemble and run itself. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Because I actually had believed that if Mr. Muhammad was not God, then he surely stood next to God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was why God had brought her here, all the way across the country. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The floating statues remind me of God’s promise. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, honey,” she said to me, just standing there sort of gaping, the video stiff in her hand. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

She tells them that God has spared them for a reason. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I felt that Joyce had let me down, even as God had. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“God will protect you,” he said, resting his hand on my shoulder. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I think about Grace asking God to forgive her. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dear God, I have everything I could wish for, while fate has her in its deadly clutches. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I was also convinced that those values I was being offered in school were right in the truest sense of rightness, that they were what both the world and God wanted. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

All the darkness rocked and wailed as his father’s feet came closer; feet whose tread resounded like God’s tread in the garden of Eden, searching the covered Adam and Eve. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Turning to walk away, Benton was stopped by a voice, the voice of God. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

And so he cried again; and his cry returned again; and still the silence waited for God to speak. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It was reassuring to see the young soldier’s head nod in agreement— until he added, “God and Trujillo willing.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You, you, God blast you to hell, you vomited on my wife’s rosebush. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

That the spirit of the Lord cannot dwell in an unclean vessel, and that no vessel is clean when it forsakes God and relies on man. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The same tone God must have used when He said “Let there be Light.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He silently asked God to provide him with the answers he so desperately searched for. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But Abel didn’t need a gun to put the fear of God in you. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The conquistadors knew the potential impact of disease, but its actual impact, which they could not control, was in the hands of God. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But if they perceive a slight against God, it is a different story. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, and God, I said, please don’t forget to give me first place, since I have worked so hard. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This old man, like Nat, worshiped a God of wrath, of vengeance. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, what if your first kiss had been here, like that, all forced and crazy. What a story you’d have for your first kiss!” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And she knew full well that the lamp at the end of the Hall of the Gods was not to be touched. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And he can talk about the world without saying God or Allah every other word. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He managed to escape with two of my men, thank God. We lost three fine animals today, but no people.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What is Ewell up to? In God’s name, can he follow no order at all?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, I can hear his heart from inside the cab. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He tries to persuade Theo to turn to God for strength. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

All the adults had said it would be best for me to watch my manners and be a good girl—in following God's will and obeying His rules. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In some, the women were prostrated as if—God forbid this thought—in sujda for prayer. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Would any man in this room dare fling no into God’s face?” the preacher asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I thought, for an awful moment, My God, if this goes on much longer, you probably will. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Oh, my God, the child is not senseless. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God no. I’m just—oh, God. I don’t know. I’m—kinda seeing someone. So this whole Jeff thing isn’t going to work out.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“God worked and rested,” Big Ma told Pa. “The least you could do is praise Him on His day.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When God had made The Man, he made him out of stuff that sung all the time and glittered all over. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The thought of Obinze s mother and Obinze’s wife deciding which translation was better—God's Will or As It Pleases God—felt like a betrayal. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

His speech was a twenty-minute sermon on God’s promises to Abraham. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I just never gave God a name, if you know what I mean. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve never teased you once in my whole life, so help me, God,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in my mind’s eye, I saw a chain of Gods, each having made the last, going back into infinity. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said, making the connection instantly. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They seized on this partly because it enabled them to introduce into philosophy a creator God unknown to Aristotle and Ptolemy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Go back to bed and sleep a while longer. We’ll all pray this afternoon for God’s forgiveness.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It’s kinda like church, but for football instead of God. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Adah was what God sent me, either as punishment or reward. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God bless old U. S. Grant,” they shrieked. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver says, Now what in God’s name is this all about? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I asked God to help me get through it, and my prayers were answered. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“As long as God gives me life,” she would say, “there will always be money in this madhouse.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“It’s by God’s grace that this dog lives.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Our people have an old saying. It translates to ‘Man makes plans and God laughs.’ Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“God be praised. Is that truly you?” he whispered. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And so here we are, sitting in a Kingdom Hall on a beautiful Sunday afternoon hoping that God sees it in His heart to know it wasn't our fault. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The God of Wine could give either to his worshipers. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I done answered,” he said, “already before my God. I ain’t got to answer now, in front of you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you have a little fan club.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

God worried over the problem for days and nights, until one day he stumbled across the solution: He would send to Africa his other children in Europe, who already knew the Word. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry, that was brutal,” she said, untwisting her hair out of the bun. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“But God’s will be done,” the monk said. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the old man’s blood was running backward in his veins and God wouldn’t reconsider. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

We hear many wonderful things about the Negro settlement there and are grateful that God in his infinite mercy and wisdom has seen fit to provide you and yours a refuge. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

In the thirteenth century God was good to the people of France and especially to the people of Chutreaux. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

My relationship with God at this point was, at best, tenuous. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We sleep to time's hurdy-gurdy; we wake, if we ever wake, to the silence of God. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, it was as if God had just remade the world for him, and he was Adam waking up, an entire globe to explore. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

If you got sick, God help you because you just died. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

From that day I stopped parroting the words of Oh, God! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I went to bed each night, I had a talk with God. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“God bless you, my dear friend,” says Booth. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

The judge then asked the twelve chosen jurors to swear that they would render a true verdict according to the law and the evidence—“so help you God!” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most animals are whatever color God made them and have to stay that way, but Leon is whatever dern color he wants to be. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It fell back upon its orthodox teachings—the Aristotelian-based philosophies of scholars like Saint Augustine and Boethius, as well as Aristotle’s proof of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“How do you expect to see him if he’s God?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“It has been many years since a child of the Sea God has been born. We have watched you with great interest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

But worst of all, O God, you let him die, let Coach Murphy die, let Dave die, without my thanks, my thanks, my thanks. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I muddled through, and if God or man heard anything amiss, neither of them called me on it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, there are so many saints, it’s hard to remember them all. All doing God’s work in different ways.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“All I say is, he better bring back my bike. I don’t take stealing from no one, by God.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not turn to God for help. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I know. God, I’m a genius. And her grades were good. And I don’t recall her talking about killing herself.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

But, God... everything I did, everywhere I turned, doors were closed to me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“She will say, God’s Feet, but my sons are of mickle might!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t trouble it, don’t harass them, don’t deprive them of their happiness, don’t work against God’s intent. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it didn’t work. He sure fixed me. I can’t hold up my head. By God! I hate him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I find that my feelings...lie too deep for words, only...God be with you,” I stammered, weeping now for the loss of a second mother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

"God expects young people to serve the Fatherland," he says. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thanked God that I was still alive. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh God. What’s the matter with our class anyway? It isn’t even June yet and we’ve already got two men sidelined for the Duration.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

God knows how many of them will come this time. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she brought the flame closer to the lamp, the Hall of the Gods grew dark, as if a switch had turned off all the natural light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everything is, however, now reopened; and what is to be the end God only knows. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“God sent the flood because people had been bad.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But Zeitoun felt again that perhaps this was his calling, that God had waited to put him here and now to test him in this way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Thank God she couldn't make her mouth work right now, because if she could, there'd be no end to the melodramatic garbage she'd say to him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“God. I remember the head of the Institute asking me once what character from fiction I most identified with, and I said Davy Balfour from Kidnapped.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

So I knew that God could get Sam if He wanted to; and between worrying about that and being confused over which side was right I couldn’t concentrate on church much. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God, yes. For years and years and years. Let’s not talk about it, please.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She’d been staring straight at the Hall of the Gods the moment she was frozen. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knew what he had to say would be shocking to Emma and others who believed that God was the creator of all species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the day my mother lost her faith in God. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d taunted them repeatedly in school, arguing that the idea of God and of organized religion in general was very nearly insane. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all refer to covenants made between God and people. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“If you do, I swear to God I will kill you,” I say. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Thank God I had my teammates there to look after me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, Mom. Why are you doing this?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He thanked God for making him believe in his Personal Legend, and for leading him to meet a king, a merchant, an Englishman, and an alchemist. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was angry at the world, angry at God. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"Seems like only yesterday your grandmother, God rest her soul, was chaperoning your father and me." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“The God of Wild Places disappeared two thousand years ago,” he told me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Muhammad: To God we belong and to Him we return. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Clad in glistening wings, Lumas, God of Love, strode past her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then, like a bloodhound working a trail, she made her way over to me, where she finally said in her most offended tone, “Oh my God. It’s you.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At night I would pray, God, please give me Sanju’s pencil. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Why would any God want to be only large enough to fit inside a certain group of hearts? Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

His first words to me were to speak of how fiercely he felt the eye of God upon him. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He don’t want to live, but he’s gonna live anyway. When he gets out of this, by God, he’s gonna owe his life to the Three Musketeers.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What? Oh, my God. So glad it all turned out okay.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“This bead commemorates the first Son of the Sea God at this camp, and the quest he undertook into the darkest part of the Underworld to stop a war!” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Tall and thin, with fierce black eyes and a beak of a nose, the priest was garbed in mottled robes of green and grey and blue, the swirling colors of the Drowned God. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

On her left Gods Eye lapped calmly against its shores. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Max had been one who liked to talk about the existence of God. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad you didn’t hold out a little longer. Grandpa and God might of give you a ridin’ horse, too.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When she described him—kind eyes, brown hair, a glow like a TV in a dark room, white robes—Ellie gasped and said, “Oh my God, you saw Jesus.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So I started up crying out: “Then in God’s name let us come at once, for we are losing time. The Count may come to Piccadilly earlier than we think.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He did not believe that God created the earth and all its creatures in six days. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mum was about to demand an inspection but, thank God, she changed her mind. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then I fanned hell out of the air, to get the smoke out--I shouldn't even have been smoking, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Close enough, I supposed, so that God would definitely know we were there, but not so close that we appeared to be hogging too much of the Holy Spirit. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

He always says insha’Allah when he talks about the future since it means “God willing.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

If God is dead I will cry into the void. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eminent Archbishop Latour, knowing that his death was imminent, felt God was immanent. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know the answer to that. Be careful, Miss Podgórska. And God forgive us all.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By the grace of God and cement our family has been spared that frustration. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s trying to put God in a corner, because if He can or if He can’t, He’s not all-powerful. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Eager to go meet the representatives of the Christian God, I said to my mother, “Can you take me to the tent without Papa finding out?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I belong to the world of one God, one people. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s proof God has a sense of humor,” Wash said. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” he said, all of a sudden noticing I was still on the ground. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the trees don’t make a canopy; rather, the sky is open and sun shines like God’s or an angel’s light. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, oh my God, she thinks. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But, all de same Ah said thank God, Ah got another chance. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You know you can talk to God best alone anyway. You can just close your eyes and be with him, Cammie—ask him anything you want.” The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I was mighty glad,” said Elisha soberly, “to see little Johnny lay his sins on the altar, lay his life on the altar and rise up, praising God.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She had thought she had known what it meant to be afraid, but she learned better in that storehouse beside the Gods Eye. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Dionysus was the God of the Vine; therefore he was a power which sometimes made men commit frightful and atrocious crimes. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inn beneath the sign of the broken anvil stood within sight of those walls, near the Gate of the Gods where they had entered that morning. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“All things are possible with the will of God. I’d be pleased to ...” “Listen,” I interrupted again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

This battle is but begun, and in the end we shall win—so sure as that God sits on high to watch over His children. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I pleaded with God not to let all the wild green bushes and grass surrounding me bring up my asthma and allergies. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He figured maybe this was just the kind of moment when God wouldn’t mind his stretching. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Evidently, that we can be independent of God. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But that essay isn't about God and country. It makes an idol out of Hitler. And anyone who makes an idol out of a leader mocks God." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

He paused dramatically before his vast black audience for God to act, but God declined. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Luckily, she wasn’t back yet when it happened. She took her time going home. Thank heavens. But you can imagine how she feels. Her finest books—my God!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’d learned by then that a direct approach—'By God, you better not try a stunt like that again!’—didn't work with Chris. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He swears the only reason God spared his life twice is so that he could spread the word about the illness, as if nobody knew what it was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She tells God what she did that day. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name have you done?” she asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Breedlove considered herself an upright and Christian woman, burdened with a no-count man, whom God wanted her to punish. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t have cash, which, God forbid, I would blow at a liquor store, but neither can I have any old food item that might appeal. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least it stood until the worst was over,” said Kali to me, “and by God’s grace we were all spared.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, you would be surprised by how many people died in the killer skunk attacks of 1919, including poor Billy Snagglehook, May God Rest His Soul. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Thank God he’s not turning us in,” I said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“What’s a wine god doing in Kansas? Gods are weird. Anyway, we should reach Atlanta by noon tomorrow, unless something else goes wrong.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I guess from that moment I knew I was going to marry Joseph Wojtkiewicz—God, pope, three motherless children, unspellable surname and all. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy reached through to the Soul of the World, and saw that it was a part of the Soul of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was less furious at God these days, thanks to Dad’s recovery. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Aw, my God! I knew something was wrong. Why didn't you get in touch with me?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Deep in himself he felt that he had been rejected by God, and for cause. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without God, without judgement, without fear of retribution, mankind's biggest bullies could now, in theory, rule supreme. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I turn around and—oh, God—I guess I’m sobbing a teeny bit, or about to. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And sure as God made green apples, they did. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Giving your son a nickel when he’s hungry. If there’s a God, He’ll pay you back.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who in God’s name had let it out? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lord God Almighty, Weiser, are you an idiot? She will not produce anything worth reading when she’s in this state. Look—this is verse. English doggerel. Pages and pages of it!” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He coined the term agnostic to mean one who believes you cannot know whether God exists because you cannot prove God’s existence. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I curse whoever invented adolescence and ask God to keep me upright and odor-free for another eight minutes. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

That night in my diary I wrote to God: Maybe going to Central High isn’t such a good idea after all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I see Doña Ramona, I swear to God, she’s wearing an apron. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I said, squeezing my eyes closed. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug for him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that there could be other gods besides the God of heaven ran through my mind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I mean, I can't. I don't have any way to listen to it. God, just take it back." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Tagging along with his new friends, Shin began going to church on Sunday mornings, but he did not understand the concept of a loving and forgiving God. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Lourdes gives her son a dark prediction: “God is going to punish you,” she says. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

And what is—oh my God!—a man doing his business in the street! Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“That was no accident! Em glad my sister’s not like all of you. Wish to God I wasn’t.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He thought that if he could convert Guenever to God, this would solve the moral problem. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the emcee is saying all this, we contestants are wide-eyed and mouthing, “Oh my God!” to each other. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I trust that you will get on your knees and pray to Almighty God to forgive you for the mistake that you have made. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, give me something, for God’s sake,” he said, swaying forward, pop-eyed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

God—am I making excuses to protect this boy now? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” she whispered, and then she was crying. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Somebody was shouting in Igbo, “My mother, oh! My mother, oh! God has said no!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I told myself that it must be that God liked them better than us. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Holy Gods,” one of her guards muttered as they left behind the throng at the crime scene. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then with dread, it came to me that God had set the man before me as a warning. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The problem of God’s not handling things well troubled Lizzie, too. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

In short, I was certain God was punishing me. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God. You smell like fish,” she says as I arrive in her room. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

But oh God, don’t let Tea Cake be off somewhere hurt and Ah not know nothing about it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I walk in, I hear her say, “Oh, thank God.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Get in and start this thing. Oh, my God. Don’t stick that guitar in my face like that. Why can’t you just carry a purse like a decent young lady?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

No. God was a nice old white man, with long white hair, flowing white beard, and little blue eyes that looked sad when people died and mean when they were bad. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

That whoever recited this verse would be under God’s protection. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

So it is that we should not be jealous with God. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! my darling! God bless you and reward you!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

By next Christmas either I want things to be a lot better at Central or I want to be somewhere else, please God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They needed something bigger they could hold on to—God’s message. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She takes a deep breath: “I want you to know you are looking at a witness of God’s word. It’s real,” she said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Women aren't allowed to get onstage like this, standing alone to tell God's story. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Never shall I forget those things, even were I condemned to live as long as God Himself. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God don’t want us to kill each other, Fern.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“All-Holy, immaculate, most blessed and glorified Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin, do you hear what my son Milton is saying?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“And hurry. Tides and the Scavenge God don’t wait for anyone.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our eyes staring at the sky, searching for God. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Looking at God’s wondrous handiwork was a worthwhile avocation, and in some cases, vocation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, I thought, why didn’t I just yell something? Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

But there were two people who were smiling: the alchemist, because he had found his perfect disciple, and the chief, because that disciple had understood the glory of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine and I both stink to high heaven, and I can’t expect that a man of God will want to tolerate our stench any more than we do. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

To be good in the eyes of God is to walk the narrow one, live a good clean life, pray, do what's right. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

God, if her father ever found out, he would disembowel the Colonel and me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If God spares Beth, I never will complain again,” whispered Meg earnestly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked on the edge of a steep place and their eyes were sightless—God would cause them to rush down, as the herd of swine had once rushed down, into the sea. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

At stops, they kneel along the tracks, asking God for help and guidance. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

My only comfort is that we are in the hands of God. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“She said no,” Henry admitted, “but then I explained it to her again like you told me, about God’s plan, about the twins and all. She listened to that, but she sure didn’t say yes.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If my family could see me now, they’d shoot me. Yes, they would. They were decent people. Except my grandson, God rot his bones.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This was Ezekiel’s wheel, in the middle of the burning air forever—and the little wheel ran by faith, and the big wheel ran by the grace of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“No, it’s not, thank God,” she added, sighing in relief. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Gods be good, what is to become of me! A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Oh God, what are they going to do to me? Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Darling, did you think God wrote it all down in the English of King James himself?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more credulous townsfolk called it a sign from God. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” you say, and you put your face in your hands and almost come back to yourself... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“God is going to save us all. Why don’t you pray to him?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So if I’m sitting by myself, then it’s ’cause God wants me to sit by myself. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The most you can do is pray for God to perform a miracle and save at least some of them. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear God!” says Marlena, clapping a hand to her mouth. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You flaunt the commandments of God by dishonoring your father and mother in this way. There is a place of eternal torment set aside for those who flaunt God’s laws.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

A related question is: What is God’s role in causation? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

This to Paley was evidence of the existence of God and proof that God was the creator of all species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"My God, put a camera in front of that girl, and she'll shine like a diamond! Between the single men and the job opportunities, her phone is going to be ringing right off the hook!" Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There had been nothing left for Galahad to ask of God, except death. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made notes to himself about the strong emotions that make one think about God and heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gods above,” Nox breathed, so softly that his lips barely moved. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“God knows, I don’t. We can love her with everything in us, but it doesn’t matter if she doesn’t love herself. She’s sitting in there more worried about a chain than about her own well-being.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The abbot brooded on that for a moment, and then said, “Fine. If they try to take your underwear—though God knows why they would—you can fight back.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

To small children, though, the idea of praising God in a tent was confusing, to say the least. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It means something like “God is the most glorious.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He had never in his life thought of Leslie Burke as a little girl, but still God was sure to. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Solid line behind him, God bless them, coming on. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the men who objected to including women argued that the presence of women would violate God’s will and bring ridicule to the convention. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Since Fischer’s Worldwide Church of God faith observed the same dietary and many of the Sabbath laws as the Judaic tradition, Grossinger’s was an ideal selection. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Did they preach one thing and practise another, these men of God? Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

God blessed our home with the love that binds . Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was done, she cupped her hands before her face and asked God not to let all this good fortune slip away from her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

God... took him... bleeding down there... his pants... doesn’t talk any­more .. .just stares... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

So if God chose temporarily to create more water he would have simultaneously to destroy the matter that currently occupied the space into which he was going to place the water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When Charles looked at me as if to ask why, Mother explained that God was speaking through her fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

God knows how I walked up the rooty, twisty path from the frozen lake on that busted ankle. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“God’s body, Holly, someone’s beaten hell out of this kid. On Midwinter’s Day, too.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It just floated there for the seeing, if she wanted to, and O my God for the touching if she wanted to. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

God had orchestrated all of it so we could denounce the Medical Establishment and testify of His power. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I pretend to knock on the door so that I can see what’s in the box, a bottle of milk, a loaf of bread, cheese, tomatoes and, oh, God, a jar of marmalade. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“He had a great laugh. He was kind of a quiet, serious person. A total perfectionist. But when he laughed? God, it was contagious. It was the best sound.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

His focus is one instilled by mentors at the seminary: “Either we are with the poor, or we are not. God teaches us to most help the poor. Any other interpretation is unacceptable.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Had she lain in her bed listening to T. Ray snore, reciting it while she fell asleep, wishing to God she could run away with Robert Frost? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Who was he to be living in the visible presence of God? Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t tempted to pray or to settle his accounts with God. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all, if there is no God, there is no heaven. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Do you have an arm like God’s, and can your voice thunder like his?” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s almost time to go “Also,” Minerva adds, “Padre Ignacio condemns fortunes only if you believe a human being knows what only God can know.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others so that God would not take the disdain for His intermediary as a personal insult. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Thank God!” he exclaimed, “that if anything malignant did come near you last night, it was only the veil that was harmed. Oh, to think what might have happened!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

In fact, I hate the idea of things being sold—uprooted from their natural homes, whisked off to some closet that’s in God- knows-what state of disorder. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

That frightened me, because for the first time I began to think about what God means. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at it with no less rapt attention than if it had been God Himself in a golden chariot riding overhead. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lee said, “Well, we have left nothing undone. It is all in the hands of God.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, would they beat her the way they beat the colored boy who used the white bathroom? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

For a short moment, I prayed that the American embassy had revoked the visa, before I rebuked myself and asked God to disregard my prayers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, it's staring at me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

"We're scientists. We must take the risks of our science and our will to achieve. Would you like to resurrect God to take responsibility?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes for a moment and he could see her again, Mary, it may be for years, it may be forever, and Hancock’s face in tears, may God strike me dead. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wife attributes his death to die judgment of God. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Samuel Teece held his empty shoe up in triumph, turned it over, stared at it, and said, “Did you notice? Right up to the very last, by God, he said ‘Mister’!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was there not some wish that he might honor his brother, his family, his God, by doing all he could, by circling the city looking for opportunities to do good? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"Sickness was the physical manifestation of the will of God," Robert Crease, a philosopher of science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I think I was half prepared, in my dark, demented state, to see God, bearded and gray as geometry, scowling down at me, shaking his bloodless finger. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

You live in Los Angeles with sun and palm trees day in day out and you ask God if there’s any chance He could give you one soft rainy Limerick day. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“God bless America,” we both answered at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Her lax mouth hung open in a perfect O, and God alone knew at what her glazed and smoky eyes were staring in such brute apathy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I knew God expected us to share his gifts with others, and we did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They spend a whole morning in Vincent's study looking over his schoolwork and talking about religion, theology, and God. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“He told me they’d help me sleep. God knows I need something, but I’m afraid to take them.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He said it was impossible; all men believed in God, even those who turn their backs on him. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I felt God had deserted me and I couldn’t figure out why because I’d been such a good kid.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Since there could be no natural explanation, assuming the star was indeed in the heavens, the event was clearly a miracle, a sign sent by God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“All right, I’m on my way back. Oh my God!” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I started to cry and plead and call to God to stop me as the lid began to rise. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

And in the morning, just before she pulls her uniform from the closet, she prays, God, please give me and those people marching another day. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

If one likes, one could ascribe this randomness to the intervention of God, but it would be a very strange kind of intervention: there is no evidence that it is directed toward any purpose. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

On Fridays people ate fish or vegetables with no meat because of God. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

When the war is over, he believes that the issue has been settled by combat, that God has passed judgment. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They say there is a God. Why don’t you cure me? Let me see my children grow, if only a little bit?” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

We were destined to live on unhallowed ground, beyond the gated city of God. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not, thank God, offer to help him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would come awake with a start, saying to himself, My God, there’s been an exposure. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One prayer brought God up to date on current events with a view to their revision. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. This is what you do when I’m not home. You watch scripted TV.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

God, I thought, the therapist has shown up. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I asked him to pray God to hold me in his sendee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did God make you?” he asked, and I saw him look down the aisle at Florence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sounded like your father just now. I miss him so much. But it is God’s will, Amir jan. It really is.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed the only plan that offered any hope and they urged the prince to go back and try to win Medea over, not knowing that the God of Love had already done that. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

“They say God’s so great,” said Francie scornfully, “and knows everything and can do everything. If He’s so great, why didn’t He help Papa instead of punishing him like you said?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes said with unmistakable clarity, “God . . . isn’t it awful?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God, Jade. I don’t know how you’ve done this for two years,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“God?” said one kid, and I could tell that even though Mr. Browne wrote “God” down, that wasn’t the answer he was looking for. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And remember this, boys, God did not send His only begotten Son to hang on the cross so that ye can go around on yeer First Communion day with the paws clutching for The Collection. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What, God makes new plagues for us? The ancient ones weren’t good enough?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

If God cared, he would have made the wasp smarter, so it wasn’t stuck, bouncing against the glass, trying to get outside to the sunshine and the rest of the world. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Thank God they are all well. “I am so glad you are all right,” he said. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about Metatron, and what this secret is. Why did that angel call him Regent? And what is the Authority? Is he God?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“God bless you, sister,” he said at last. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Mashallah,” Baba whispers in the pew behind me, uttering the word used to praise in God’s name. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Certainly time had as much to do with the tragedy as the weather, and ignoring the clock can’t be passed off as an act of God. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hassler was a fine butcher for bones but a bad butcher for chopped meat because he ground it behind closed doors and God knows what you got. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, oh my God, why is Felicity wearing those socks? Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I asked God to let it be clear, just this once. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie remembered how Ma used to call it God’s night-light when he was little, and for a second he wondered what his parents were doing at that very moment. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“One of the angels is flying down to carry out God’s orders.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pascal argued that it was best to believe in God, because it was a good bet. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Why will God not save her? He brought his son, who was dead, to life again. Why can he not raise this sick woman from her bed?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He said that Catholicism must translate God’s Word into the many languages and cultures of the world. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, “Mister, I can shimmy a ball down a line so pretty, there isn’t a soul on God’s green earth that can even get near it.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I can’t go anywhere in my pelt so I stay in bed all day reading old newspapers, getting excited with the girls in the News of the World and thanking God for the drying sun. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“My God, you don’t suppose there is a plot, do you? It’s a perfect time; the country celebrates; if Guilder were about to be five hundred years old, I know I’d attack them.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My dad, whose fault this whole thing is, says, “You can’t always see God’s plan.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘My God, this is terrible,’ the wave says. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was God’s plenty, all right, he thought bitterly as he stared—liver, lungs, kidneys, ribs, stomach and bits of the stewed tomatoes Snowden had eaten that day for lunch. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I also couldn’t help but think about her mother, in the front row, heaving and rocking, and occasionally lifting her hands as if begging God for some kind of help. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We walked back silently, shuffling our feet and wondering if God was unhappy with us. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I get off the phone, I look out the window and think of the God in the sky. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He said the issue at hand was bigger than race—it was about the value of human beings as children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He taught that God’s plan was for all people, not just certain groups of people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They'd just as soon kick as kiss me. Thank God, I can kick back!” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God. I didn’t realize. I’m so sorry.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If God is perfect and you are perfect, Bailey, does that suggest something to you?” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And may God grant that you never have a child who dies in the ocean.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He thought himself too dull to read God’s plan, thought he was not meant to know God’s plan, a servant only. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who has made you swear something in God’s name?” he demands. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

"Kabir, when I see you, all I think of is how great God is. You are a miracle we never dreamed about, never prayed for, never could imagine." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

She said that joy and confidence came from totally trusting in God and trusting in yourself to have the skills you needed at hand. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ever since then I have believed that God is not only a gentleman and a sport; he is a Kentuckian too. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dan was still fighting with him, and the only thought that came through my mind was “Oh, dear God, don’t let me hit Dan.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He doubted that God Himself could give him a picture for that now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A passing proof of God’s sense of humor. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I even held my breath, for God's sake. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had to trust God to someday take charge and change everything. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Guiteau shouted at the judge, “God Almighty will curse every man who has had anything to do with this case. Don't you forget that.” Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit like the old paradox: can God make a stone so heavy that he can’t lift it? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, I hope Dad’s driving them home tonight, wheeling into the side yard sometime between now and the next school year. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

God, to go back to when my biggest fear was a hallway. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You think that’s cool? Oh, my God, you just ruined the whole thing.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He thought, to God: if there is any mercy in you at all you will finish it now. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Student! Which side are the English arguing? God or free will?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Only if God wills it,” she said sadly, putting her arms around Roberto and me. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Please God don’t let them try to come through here. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I was like, Where’s your deep voice now, God, when I really need help? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s the worst thing that anyone can ever do. Even God doesn’t forgive that. You know that, don’t you?” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, as a child, there was Judaism, of which he never really felt a part; then Fundamentalism, until he became disillusioned with the leaders of the Worldwide Church of God. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if this was how his brother Aeron felt when the Drowned God spoke to him. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He said him and St. Francis were the only two asking God to help those animals walking the cold streets not to freeze to death. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

He does not thank God; he openly reveres Marx and quiedy refuses religion. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mam says, That driver is nothing but a dirty old drunkard, God forgive me. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When I could hold my head up again, I asked Anatole quietly, “Do you think this is the hand of God?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God you’re alive! The whole thing’s horrible. Horrible, horrible, horrible!” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

There is heavy breathing.The priest has his hand over his mouth and he’s making choking sounds and talking to himself, Mother o’ God. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“God no. But she named them, you know. They were called fried burritos when we got here, and Alaska started calling them bufriedos, and then everyone did, and then finally Maureen officially changed the name.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The bugs were all over me, eating my skin, starting at my ankles and crawling up under my pajamas till they would end up only God knows where. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we pulled onto the Ohio Turnpike, which is the flattest, straightest piece of road in Gods whole creation, Gram interrupted my prayers. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

God moves in mysterious ways His wonders to perform and surely He has a special purpose for Mikey, fits and all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thus I sank to my knees, and putting aside the dagger, prayed that God on His throne, with my mother by His side, would judge Lord Furnival for what he truly was. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

God may not see it like that—but the Devil and Dudley are now as one in seeing it like that. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

And he saw, in this wandering, how far his people had wandered from God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Some blacks even saw the chance to migrate as a gift from God. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Most people think he has to look like something or someone—a roofleaf or Christ—but we don’t And not being tied to what God looks like, frees us. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God, I didn’t know you were up,” she says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he prayed, asking God to take care of us and our loved ones, things like that. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had always thought God made our features so we could be comfortable in the hot African sun. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

God, that was only a couple months ago. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

In the back seat, brimming with hidden intentions, Ben drifted like a cloud into secret prayer leaning back on his pillow and silently turning his thoughts to God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I'm walking up to that lunch counter and taking my seat, I pray to God, don't let anybody spit on me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No reason. Why do we have to get up at five? The war’s over, for God’s sake.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, when people die, they say prayers to thank God and—” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She was used to his gentle jibes about her social-service faith and she would have responded to say that she was not even sure she believed in a Christian God that could not be seen. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The small children, on this day, in this place, and oppressed by their elders, tried hard to play without seeming to be disrespectful of God’s house. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“My God, I feel as if I’ve just been through the seven gates of Hell.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Here would be Sir Gawaine sitting on his antagonist’s chest, and finishing him off, through the ven tails of his helm, with the long sharp poinard called the Mercy of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If there is a change, it is usually for the lesser rather than the greater; many people seem to lose God along life’s way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God, I've honestly been so bummed out thinking about you leaving.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And rifles and bad test grades and grey fields full of grey cows, and—oh, God. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

But God, when her lips come apart, everything turns warm and her sugar sweet breath is in my mouth, and I probably taste like hot dogs but I don't care. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“God, Abby, how dense are you? Seriously? I draw a picture where we’re practically on top of each other, and it didn’t occur to you that maybe, just maybe, I might actually like you?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Then rising an octave like “The Star-Spangled Banner”: “God stirred up the holy spirit of a man named Daniel!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Richie drove down Park's street on the way out of the neighborhood, but Park wasn't outside, thank God. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Let us be dissatisfied until every state capitol will be housed by a governor who will do justly, who will love mercy, and who will walk humbly with his God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was God’s fault, for taunting her as He had. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I know it’s not Mom or Dad or Sarah; they’re coming tomorrow for one last time, when Dad brings Blade II. I hope to God it isn’t Aaron or one of his friends. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

God, angels, and extraterrestrials have yet to come to our assistance; yet more and more phenomena have proved explicable by the dim reason of human beings. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thanks to the mathematics of zero and infinity, Pascal concluded that one should assume that God exists. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Blessed be the Almighty . . The voice of the officiating inmate had just become audible. At first I thought it was the wind. “Blessed be God’s name . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed this weird, hysterical laugh and rocked forward, and God, I was sure he was going to swan-dive off the roof. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

God, who had played the biggest joke on us, could stand a little teasing. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

God forbid he hear about what people like me have to deal with on the daily. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he would stop just as he was about to throw another punch, and look at his fist, then look at me and say, “Oh my God, babe, I’m so sorry.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

That night I wrote five letters to God, telling Him about my anger and lack of faith. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“God. She’s so nosy! No offense, but why does she have to know everything about all of our projects? She’s the school secretary.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I thought of the prayer I had said when I had asked God to help me get two hound pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe we have perhaps chosen you too quickly to be a missionary. What I thought was great potential to spread the word of God turned out to be, well...” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I do, Sander! As God's me witness, I do now!" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The impudent child was detested by God and a shame to its parents and could bring destruction to its house and line. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, going north, and rising on the wings of power, had become white, and Allah, out of power, and on the dark side of Heaven, had become—for all practical purposes, anyway—black. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

The truck driver hadn’t been able to maneuver his long limbs farther than that, thank God—otherwise Chubs probably would have been in the grass with the driver. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If there really was a God and he supposedly loved me as I was, which Dad claimed he did, I didn’t understand why I couldn’t wear my shorts and T-shirt. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He was going home to the master he loved, and with the help of God, he would make it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, I love it when a kid's nice and polite when you tighten their skate for them or something. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I knew any plan, any power, I’d believed I had, had been given over to God, gravity and the boy on the wall. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I called again to the God that was within me, but there was no answer. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knows that his belly, his lungs, his tired legs, his appetites, his prayers and his mind are cherished in some profound involvement with nature and God. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God loves you, you know,” shrieked the woman. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If no one has said outright that spying on Mr. Axelroot is a sin, then God probably couldn’t technically hold it against me. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

There I had asked God to help me get two hound pups. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not with everything closing in on me because there are literally people everywhere who I don’t know and they are having such a good time and, oh my God, what am I doing here? Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Thank God, I didn’t scream out and wake up everyone in the house. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could roll my eyes and go, God, Mom, just because it was my favorite food when I was six doesn’t mean it still is, but the truth is, I’m hungry and I miss her. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Upon hearing that, the Full Gospel Apostles enthusiastically assured her that the moment she began going to church, got us children and herself baptized, God would in no time grant her her request. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

To the Shiite Muslims of Iran, the sayyed were religiously important because the blood in their veins was Muhammad’s, and the blood in his was God’s. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. Simon was such a sweet baby gay, writing the gayest fanfiction. I love it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“And when I start to carry them out, may God have mercy on Bobby Lee, for I shall have none.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

If I had believed in God I could have cursed him and died. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those who found protection in church and the judging, angry God whose wrath in their behalf was too terrible to bear contemplation. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, his Pietism embraced the relationship between God and science. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“God made the Devil, so God is here, too,” Rivka said. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Straight ahead, instead of a stone image of a God or Goddess, hung a wooden cross with a carved figure of Yesu, bleeding, with thorns wound around his head. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I went to a British school and every morning we sang “God Save the King.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thundering toads,” Jennet would say, “I am but a poor woman with this wretched inn and a blind man to care for. I am sure God does not begrudge me my little economies.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But all the same,” insisted the Savage, “it is natural to believe in God when you’re alone—quite alone, in the night, thinking about death ...” “But people never are alone now,” said Mustapha Mond. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the fulfillment of God’s promise, and the justification for their view that South Africa should be a white man’s country forever. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And the name of God,” Graham pointed out. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was my sacred duty to help the head priest pull the Sun God back to the world. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

At other times he tried to explain to her, in confused words and at great length, about his discovery of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that so much to ask of God? I don’t ask God for riches. Or other things.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

If they prospered, they thanked God for His kindness. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z

The only authority my mother recognized was God’s. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I came to see God’s power only much later, as I looked back on the difficult journey. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear to God!” says El, only loud enough for me to hear. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

"Besides, your mother is suffering overtime. God only knows why she loves an ingrate like you, but she does." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Gareth was fonder of me than he was of his brothers. I was almost his godfather. Oh, let’s leave it, for God’s sake.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God lives, child. He does live. He does listen to prayers,” she sobbed. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time for every purpose and every work.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no baptism for Bengali babies, no ritualistic naming in the eyes of God. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone laughs, and honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Emma wondered if he was keeping himself open to the possibility of God. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had walked in hell for three days and on the third day he had risen and was sitting at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth— Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they had taken the initiative again, driving methodically toward Paris, and God knew when they could be stopped—if they could be stopped at all. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

God alone knows who, or where, or what, or when, or how it may be.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The rabbi’s voice replied calmly, “We are in God’s hands now.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can hit a baseball so high that God can catch it without stooping. You don’t have to be fast at painting shutters.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I think about God sometimes, whether He’s watching us. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“So? It could happen. It could happen. If it’s God’s will it will happen,” she insisted, laughing in spite of herself. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

If the Storm God spared them, by now they could be in the Gulf of Grief Three hundred ships, perhaps as many as five hundred. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Let us trust in God with all our heart and lean not unto our own understanding.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Though Grandma Caye was now in heaven with God, singing that hymn always made us feel closer to her, as if she was right there, still holding us in her heart. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The infanta was royalty, and by God she would get the royal treatment. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“When the family just disappeared, I went to her friends and begged them to tell me where she went. God, it was pitiful. I was crying on Sarah Bishop’s front doorstep, for Christ’s sake.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Remember when I told you I saw him naked awhile back and it made me feel some strangeness down in my secret place? Well, in these dreams, he’s like...God, this is embarrassing!” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He sighed, looking up at the ceiling as if he was praying for God to give him strength. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh . . . my . . . God!” she panted, and grabbed at my body as I tried to wiggle away. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I thought, in the night time, that perhaps it was aiming too high. If people reach perfection they vanish, you know. It may mean the end of the Table. Supposing somebody were to find God?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grandmother Defile who died with a bald head in a prison, because God had given her wings. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She spread her arms, appealing to God, then beat on her chest, and finally took hold of her left sleeve and ripped it off. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you give them these books about God?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward I always felt guilty and recited the Repentance Psalm: “Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam Mina still sleeps; and, God be thanked! she is calm in her sleep.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally the friend agreed but in two days, two! she went right back to him God help us all, and Neola never spoke to her again. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once us feel loved by God, us do the best us can to please him with what us like. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

If laws of nature are something less than mathematical truths and something more than perceived regularities, then it would seem clear that they exist only because God has chosen to make them apply. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Finally, a guy at the next table said, “Oh my God, girl, you are fabulous!” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Thirty to forty thousand children from France and Germany set off to Palestine, believing that God would favor their cause because of their faith, love, and poverty. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you’re relentless,” I say, throwing my hands up. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“She said God made me with all the right ingredients, so it’d be a shame if I burned in hell.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God,” El says as were waiting in line. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In doling out our respective gifts God had given me all the important ones. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I jumped up, terrified, and she said, “No no, God, it’s just a garter snake.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

One man began singing “Nearer My God to Thee,” and immediately a few thousand people joined in. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God!” he cried, as the phone fell from his fingers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The God of Fire, sometimes said to be the son of Zeus and Hera, sometimes of Hera alone, who bore him in retaliation for Zeus’s having brought forth Athena. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come, son, let your old mother take you to God,” she begged. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God!” he screamed when he saw what was before him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes these spirits have been more real to me than people, more real than God. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Thank God for his pointing finger, his flushed face, his staring blood-shot eyes. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“God doesn’t do all that for you,” she said. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Please, God have mercy, make it stop hurting. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Anna and Dorus tell him, “Be brave. You have now taken the first steps which may lead to an independent life, should God give you his blessing.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then she began to pray aloud and Ben, her son, had an image of her prayers floating light as pollen into the ear of God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not think that I could live without God. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” he says, because really, the last person Zahra needs to be concerned about leaking sordid details is Henry. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. Suzuki says somewhere that to be in a state of pure consciousness—satori—is to be with God before he said, Let there be light. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Crash, I guess we just feel that animals are God’s creatures and that it’s not for us to, uh, consume them.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Not exactly. Home as in heaven. To be with God. Do you get my drift?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I can’t say for certain whether God was listening, but it wasn’t long afterward that I heard the wheezy chug-a-chug- chug of a small outboard motor. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“For God’s sake! He’s capable of standing on his own hind legs and finding something to eat!” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doesn’t there seem to be a God managing things, punishing, rewarding?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The former portrayed God as an old blue-eyed white man with a long white beard, sitting between white, fluffy clouds, flanked by two bearded white men. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just wondered where God was when I was being mopped by that cop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

God helps those who help themselves, Mom told Maureen, and so for her own good, she would have to leave the nest and make her way in the world. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I did say something like: “God, Tommy, these must take so much concentration. I’m surprised you can see well enough in here to do all this tiny stuff.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father informed her that God showed no mercy upon those who flouted their elders, and that he, Reverend Price, had washed his hands of her moral education. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God, Jude. Can’t I have a friend? I totally hooked up with Heather, if you didn’t notice.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He huffed and puffed all over the court, ran around his backhand, double-faulted God knows how many times, cursed himself for missing easy shots. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Islamic statement of faith, in transliterated Arabic: there is no God but God. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

I felt the breath of God grow cold on my skin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Balanced on a high peak of need, agonized by indecision, Ralph cried out: "Oh God, oh God!" Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Supposing somebody put a gun to your head and forced you to choose, Ishmael. Is there a God or isn’t there?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Gods, the Imp was right, was right . . ." "Help him," Sansa commanded two of die serving men. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Kill her? I did not kill her! I do not believe she has died at all! She is doing God’s work in Burgundy as we speak!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I tried not to forget. Honest to God I did, George.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May was right here with us, just now. I swear to God. I felt her, Summer, all up and down me like I’d just poured her in a glass and drunk her.” Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

And was this imprisonment God’s way of curbing his pride, tempering his vainglorious dreams? Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

God didn’t cook the meal, God didn’t harvest the rice, God didn’t grow the broccoli. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“This time I’m sure because I feel that God is on my side,” she said with quiet assurance. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God’s body, you certainly have a heavy pair, don’t you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Is that a chaplain I see over there? That’s really a fine thing when a man of God begins hanging around a place like this with a bunch of dirty drunks and gamblers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She believed that men and women were equal before God and that it was her obligation to work to make the world a better place. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Nolan, time has passed since your husband—God rest his soul....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In effect, God was confined to the areas that nineteenth-century science did not understand. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Down she had gone that day, alone, a heaviness intolerable at her waist, a secret in her loins, down into the darkness, weeping and groaning and cursing God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

When she rose, and as they walked once more through the streets, he had called her God’s daughter, handmaiden to God’s minister. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She replied that such wastefulness was certainly a mortal sin and that God would punish all of them for spending on nouveau riche vulgarities what they should be giving to the poor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Sam fight? Is it worth war to save a few pence in taxes?” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we caught our breath and waited for the police to come and drive us home, she said, “Well, at least we’re safe, thank God.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I have no idea why only Christ’s face was blown away in the explosion—I have to wonder if perhaps that’s just the way God allowed it to happen. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Gods in their natural state are about twenty feet tall, so I could just reach the edge of the seat if I stretched my arms. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He said that people had rearranged God’s order by segregating the races and that the Civil Rights movement was attempting to restore a rightful order to the universe based on biblical principles. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In California, Shin began giving God all the credit for his escape from Camp 14 and for his good fortune in finding a way out of North Korea and China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“He probably feels that in his gut as well. And peasants, too. Is that God, telling him to hate me and Jeanne?” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

You forgot how and when to be God. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face is to the floor but that is her orange T-shirt, and blood is flowing down her back into her jeans, and beside her, lying beside her—Jesus, no, Jesus, God—it’s Will. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then he had come to his senses—after nine days God gave him the power to tell her this thing could not be. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were companions of Apollo, the God of Truth, as well as of the Graces. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the Soviet Union these include capitalism, God, and the surrender of national sovereignty; in the United States, socialism, atheism, and the surrender of national sovereignty. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She opens her eyes only to cry out to God, like a lost child. She does not see us here,” says Marguerite. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

‘Portia, Hon, supposing you reads to us a little while. The word of God sure do mean a lot in a time of trouble.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

He just looked at me and, God bless Bucky, he smiled. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

"My God, what did they do to you?" The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that he was really saying, “Good-bye—God bless you.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in God’s eyes and theirs, every hateful word and gesture was the Beast’s desire for its own filth. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

John smiled, too, observing with some wonder that a saint of God could laugh. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

And looking out over the water, she called to God, her small voice carried up by the gulls to heaven. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God is always with you,” she whispered as she blinked back tears. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A teacher hugs him and mutters, “Thank God, Enrique’s out of here.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

In India, for God knows how many centuries, it’s been known as japam. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“We must spend the Sabbath in prayer that God will grant us patience.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“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

There could be thousands of other Earths, each teeming with creatures; it was certainly within God’s power, whether Aristotle agrees or not. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At prayer meeting she moaned and sighed over Cholly’s ways, and hoped God would help her keep the children from the sins of the father. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, don't let Maxim lose his temper. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I see now that Baba was wrong, there is a God, there always had been. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I say it is the Ordonance of God Almighty, in the Constitution of human nature, and wrought into the Fabric of the Universe,” Adams answered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t think the Word of God could do her no harm.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Then we passed the church and I thought about God’s punishment for sinners. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the demons who believe in God, I had accepted my fate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“God, I understand whale anatomy. Can we move on now, Herman?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all that,” Teddy said. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Thank God I was done with the last growth spurt. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, this man, God’s minister, had struck John’s mother, and John had wanted to kill him—and wanted to kill him still. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

It took many repetitions for Ifemelu to understand that the woman was saying, “I’m like, Oh God, I was so mad.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And if one despairs—as who has not?—of human love, God’s love alone is left. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“God has given him a special calling. To help people. He told me how he helped Sadie. And how he helped you.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Act for God, if you want to—be God’s actress, if you want to. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thank God for that, and I feel more determined to solve my problems or get over my sadness, or whatever. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Like I’d talk to a priest, someone who’s vowed to love only God forever and ever, about the way I’m feeling. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was all booze and God, booze and God, booze and God. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

In school, most children are taught songs like “America the Beautiful” and “God Bless America.” An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Run, Grummore, run! Left, right! Quick march! Double march! Faster, faster! Keep in step! Oh, my poor heels! Oh, my God! Oh, my hat!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Solemn, silent rows of people being taken to God knows what, and we stare after them, helpless. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I am only baptizing in water, but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. He is God’s Lamb, who is to remove the world’s sin.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, replied Hatsue, was personal; only she could know what Cod wanted from her. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps God was too busy in heaven to worry or care about us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamá told us everyone was equal in the eyes of God and Papá told us we should respect everyone. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to try one of the hotels, but, God, I’m in no mood to argue with a hotel clerk about my color.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know what all he won’t do. We don’t know anything about him. He’s a stranger in the family and always has been. Pray God I don’t get there too late.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was already dark, but when I looked up at the sky, I saw a big old moon like God’s own halo hung up there as a mark of his covenant. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to offend you, Petra or J. T. or whatever, but my mom says that’s against nature and God.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Under God’s sky, you do this to people!” she hollered in a brazen Creole. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Thank God for that. You can shut them, say, ‘Hold on a moment.’ Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name are you doing in that bizarre outfit? You look like Charles Laughton in drag as the Queen of the Gypsies. What are you supposed to be? I really want to know.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My secret is out, I guess. God, I feel so much lighter.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Help us! Pray, Trevor. Pray to God to kill the demon!” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There were tears streaming down his cheeks as he sang, louder and louder: Glory to God and Jesus, too, One more soul got safe. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward he nuzzled at her ear and whispered, “Gods grant that we have made a son tonight.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, Lawrence, Great God A-Mighty—” “You just be careful of the name business in front of the men. Listen, we don’t want anybody to think there’s favoritism. ” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God help me—” Nick cringed in preparation for the answer to his next question: “Where, up there, Shorty, did she stop?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think that you have in your heart the gift of God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I reckon,” Florence said, “your soul is praising God this morning.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The black Christians we “fished” to our Temple were conditioned, I found, by the very shock I could give them about what had been happening to them while they worshiped a blond, blue-eyed God. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jen decided that if God wasn’t putting any faith in her, she wasn’t putting her faith in Him. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But God, I have to get out of Mississippi. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

We didn’t know it then, we were all too happy to be together, but this was when the men should have been going to God with their heads beneath the prayer shawls. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

It’s funny but last year the Sex Pistols ended up doing the same thing with a photograph of Queen Elizabeth on the cover of their God Save the Queen single. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘There be some things,’ she said, ‘that seem to me to depend entirely upon God.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Then you don’t care if his life is spoiled and his poor body rooted up and—oh, my God almighty!” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If she worshipped with the prosperous, she said, then God would bless her as He had blessed them. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

And it was right then that God didn’t handle things too well. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I prayed that God would forgive me — that the muck would come out of her dres; that my stepmother wouldn’t die. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Every morning, after Miss Lumley blows a thin metallic note on her pitch pipe, we stand up to sing “God Save the King.” Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God we heard the automatic garage door opener when we did. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was built upon rational numbers and implied the existence of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You’re ashamed to take it. God, boy, don’t let a thing like that stop you from taking a dollar and eating.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if there's a God, He won't mind, considering the situation I'm in. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Granddaddy, one of fourteen children, always talked about how God had taken care of his family. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My God,” Brother Eugene cried as he entered the classroom and beheld the bedlam. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex begged God’s forgiveness, and unstrapped the watch off the dead man’s wrist. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He goes back to The Hague, away from his parents’ life, religion, God. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“God knows,” answered her neighbor on the left. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Jim grinned, then clapped Dad on the shoulder and said no righteous God would deprive a man of homemade strawberry ice cream on a hot summer afternoon. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

In February of that year, while passing out tests, the teacher had pulled back the girls hijab and said, “I hope God punishes you. No, I’m sorry, I hope Allah punishes you.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

All honoring the same God Allah, all in turn giving equal honor to each other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amaka says people love priests because they want to compete with God, they want God as a rival. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Why were we just waiting on God to make things better? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I will live for many more years, with God’s help,” my father said, trying a smile. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

That God would come down and give Apa a spanking, I tell her. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

"What kind of God is that, who would write such sad songs? Why would He make us suffer—for a beauty we can't even see?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Herold, impatient, hissed at him, “Lloyd, for God’s sake, make haste and get those things.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

All God’s creatures have names, whether they slither across our path or show up for sale at our front stoop: bushbuck, mongoose, tarantula, cobra, the red-and-black monkey called ngonndo, geckos scurrying up the walls. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Josh and I started dating—are you there, God? Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever knew what he meant by God's thumb, including himself. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think God tells you nothing,” I say. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Truly I hope that God will bless always this kind and noble man—and me. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“God has told me my path,” he says. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“It does not matter. But there in my country it is understood that a man may love God. It is not a dirty joke.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

There, lying on the ground as if scattered by God just for Alyce, were apples, red and yellow, large and small, sweet and tart, firm and juicy. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh my God, thought de la O, what is he telling me? Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“All these rules. Like God cares whether or not you’re wearing a tie.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Good God, what is there that is sacred to me?—such things change pretty quickly with us. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. Why would you tell him that?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“That makes God weep and you know it!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“God, you’re naive. I guess this explains how that League woman was able to trick you into thinking you were something less than a monster.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When Jamie proposed a toast to the “broads of God,” I raised the bottle to the painting and drank a swig, same as the guys. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The point is Papá is feeling better, and we should thank God for it.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how many times I prayed to God and my ancestors for protection. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so I had no sense that any just God was on my side. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“If God is really taking a hand in things,” I informed Thérèse, “he is bitterly mocking the hope of brotherly love. He is making sure that color will matter forever.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thank God on my bended knees that we did not make the uranium bomb,” said Hahn. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked God’s forgiveness for having spawned a monster. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand I didn’t want to not be close to God. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only God can help you now, boy. You’d better get your soul right!” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Heaven, she had explained, was up above the clouds, a place where people of pretty much every religion agree God lives. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

I wonder why God doesn’t do that now.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

‘We beat them. We Yankees did. God was with us.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The command was his, yes, but his men had a faith in the Drowned God that they did not have in him, and they were terrified of Aeron Damphair. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Please, God, keep us under your protection. Please let my parents be okay. Please let this work.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Anatole said suddenly, “Don’t expect God’s protection in places beyond God’s dominion. It will only make you feel punished. I’m warning you. When things go badly, you will blame yourself.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He mutters, "God, it's Maura," as if I'm going to know who Maura is, and he just stares at the phone, seeming unsure of whether to answer. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He says, My God, that was a lovely night, Frank. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I stay still as I can, hoping to God Miss Hilly didn’t hear what she just said. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Still, they watched enough to put the fear of God in us. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I started praying to God and to Saint Jude,” Monaco said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one is my mother, God bless her and love her, The other is my sweetheart. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“My God! what has happened to him? Poor, poor devil!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And oh God, it wasn't until she stood and turned to me that I could see why Lucas was in the chair: Both his legs were missing. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Instead they were to be required to instruct that the earth was created by God, in seven days, sometime, oh, before the turn of the century. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I think it is a smile from God. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes you want to fall on your knees and thank God in heaven for all the poor news reporting that goes on in the world. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I hoped she would handle it like God. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Any number can be written as a string of zeros and ones; to Leibniz, this was the creation ex nihilo, the creation of the universe out of nothing more than God/1 and void/0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

"I pray to the God of Life every day that Charlotte wakes up before I die so she can take her rightful place as queen. To be at my side when I announce my illness." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Son, read the Book of Revelations and pray to God!” she had kept telling Shorty, visiting him, and once me, while we awaited our sentencing. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her curse had devoured the first Royal; he had been begotten in sin, and he had perished in sin; it was God’s punishment, and it was just. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

God knows what he’s wearing, God knows what they’ve put him in. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

But by the time we were reunited last fall, I was unsure enough of God and too mad at everybody else to offer any kind of salvation. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would say something silly or sarcastic, such as, “Tonight we can eat the word of God.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Dear God, watch over her and bring her back to us. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, if that’s all you want, pray on it and God will provide,” he said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“For God’s sake, did you lose your other jacket, too?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy said, “When she was living, Bud, God rest her soul, what’d your momma look like?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My God, why can’t we go home? This place is diseased.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is what I must have learned, the night God turned his back on me: how to foretell the future in chicken bones. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, oh, God, Yossarian had been pleading wordlessly as he dangled from the ceiling of the nose of the ship by the top of his head, unable to move. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Come on, now. I know you keep it for fruitcakes. Gracious God, Sister, get me some whiskey! Go in the living- room, Jean Louise.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes! Every day is like a treasure hunt. It’s too good. God only knows what else we’ll find, no pun intended.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh, for the love of God,” I say. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I believe God felt sorry for the Africans after putting the coconut so far out of reach, and aimed to make the mango easier to get a hand on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God for mother’s sake, and dear Arthur’s, and for all our friends who have been so kind! Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

But if God didn’t want me sitting by myself, I wouldn’t be sitting by myself. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

‘Yes. God give us strength to resist. That tea cannot be allowed to land.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God only knows what I have got under my skin from being here. I may die of tuberculosis, or perhaps there are worms right now eating me inside.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

“Please, God, spare her. If Thou wilt just let her live, I promise I’ll be a better boy. Please, God. Please....” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Like I said, I only wanted to be with you guys—I cannot eat God,” he added. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The...I’ll tell you later. God, I hurt, and I’m so tired. But it doesn’t matter. I’m home.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

But God knows that the world takes enough of us. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

God created the world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God—” he said, “I knew it was going to be bad getting old.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy God yes, it’s marvelous. You can just look forever.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

God, I would love to live in a place like this all by myself. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and start to pray, Please, God, please make everything better. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

She may be Irish but she doesn’t look it, thank God. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When Papa prayed for Papa-Nnukwu, he asked only that God convert him and save him from the raging fires of hell. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Replace God with Marx, Satan with the bourgeoisie, Heaven with a classless society, the Church with the Party, and the form and purpose of the journey remained similar. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good night!” she’d exclaim in the middle of the day, with the same blast of exasperation someone else might say, “Oh, for God’s sake!” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Your grandma is with God now,” she whispered. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He reads Walt Whitman’s poetry, which speaks to him of God in nature, of the future, of eternity. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Therefore, on the part of God and of the Christians, I beseech you to be their friend, for such is God’s will, and it will be for your good.’ Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Here is where God speaks. Here is where I listen.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But she whispered back, saying that was un-Christian-like behavior and that God was watching. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“And what in the name of God is this?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

No, her God did not approve of segregation and neither, then, did she. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And for God sakes, put a coat on that baby!” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Take care then, sir!—for God’s sake, take care!” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I thanked God, in an improvised prayer, for having created mud in His infinite and wondrous universe. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, to hear her say that, I want to cry. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This God created a world that ran like clockwork, with every plant, animal, and creature a cog in the great machine. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, why not? Even God, he have to make the world twice.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Catholic God made me to be the person you write those things about. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

So fifteen years later, when I was selected to integrate Central High, Grandmother said, “Now you see, that’s the reason God spared your life. You’re supposed to carry this banner for our people.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

One can imagine that God created the universe at literally any time in the past. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“May God show them astronauts and their families a mercy.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Before I get back into bed, I say a quick prayer like I promised, Thank you, God, for not telling Uhmma about the lie. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Which is pure folly: ’tis surely God’s will that fish should rot in the water, but the beasts should rot on the land. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

And Enoch, who did not die but was taken away by God and made into the angel Metatron, kept God’s throne, invented the art of writing, and communicated God’s word to those on Earth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The basis of my beliefs was the conviction that there was a God in heaven who looked down on us with infinite concern. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

"Good God, Eleanor, stop. You're blinding me. Is that why you keep that smile locked away, because it's too powerful for mortal man?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he was experiencing God or having some sort of erotic flashback or going into seizure again or what, but whatever it was, I wanted to put an end to it, fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

God, if I get sent back to General Thomas Junior High, I should just wear this all day long: a padded bruise protector. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The entire empire would suffer if she was offered to the Sun God, and the Sapa Inca would be cursed. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“Thank God my moustache filters out some of the stench. My olfactories are already beginning to send out distress signals.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my whole sixteen years I’ve rarely thought I was worth much more than a distracted grumble from God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you can make the sounds of my language, we might be able to communicate, one day. God knows how. Mary,” she said, pointing to herself again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“They strayed long ago from God’s path,” said the imam. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s not ... I mean, God, it’s not even water, it’s like mush or something.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They want to keep tabs on who’s voting and how. They know when each man’s due at the polls and God help him if he doesn’t show up to vote for Mattie.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So wrong. But His Excellency has handled it all well; God knows how many would have been killed if he did not have the Northern soldiers sent back to the North.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The last thing he needed was for a bunch of upstart sophomores to start thinking they were God’s gift to rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God! You let him touch you where?” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Yes, there was a reason to struggle for freedom, and it would come in God’s time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

God, she really has a way of messing things up. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

"God, don't write that, my mom might find it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“If God wills, it will come soon,” the stranger said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Handdara is a religion without institution, without priests, without hierarchy, without vows, without creed; I am still unable to say whether it has a God or not. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m making one to Shiloh that I will, God strike me dead. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

During his time in the desert, he had learned that, in Egypt, the scarab beetles are a symbol of God. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson then launched into a sermon on God's will, which he described as patently proslavery, based on several passages in the Bible and the pronouncements of every Christian minister in Georgia. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was a Jew when he died, not an observer of the Commandments, but not a convert, thank God. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“They’re not sitting around getting wasted, denying the existence of God or anything. My dad considers himself a believer. But he also believes in enjoying a glass of wine now and again.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We asked Grandma and Mother Lois, "What makes the clouds look like puffy balls of cotton, and what makes the sky always blue? Does God live above the clouds?" March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I learned an answer like, God made us to know, love, and serve Him in this life, and to be happy with Him in the next. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It also means God lets people go without meals and get sick and get punched around. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I felt a little guilty about waiting until I got to Nam to think about God. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No, you won't. There's such a thing as gravity. God made that, too, you know." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Clouds, a sun, a moon. And he told the God of the Ground to make delicious fruit in her honor." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had not settled in my mind whether I believed in God or not; His existence or nonexistence never worried me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The park is liberally sprinkled with public campgrounds and rest stops with restaurants and shops—and the AT, God bless it, pays nearly every one of them a call. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“God has always used wealthy people to help the church,” Havens said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

The detonator is a remote and it’s right here in my God Bless America crystal flag pin. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve lost track of all the times I’ve thought Oh God, oh God, she’s finally going to let me, only to be hit in the face with Dear God, she wants me to stop NOW? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The air felt stacked with weeping and raging and praying to God by all the different names. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I have heard! I have heard the word of God, alleluia! He said, ‘You witches come out. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God had any justice, I thought, tromping up and down the hilly road, he would answer my prayers for Mr. Zielinski. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Benton’s suicide, the Book of Enoch, the Watchers, the vision of God, Gabriel, and the bird. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Let her continue to think so, for in truth you soon will be, God willing and your health permitting, for I have requested the Prior to arrange your journey with all speed. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing wrong with that, Mr. Blakeslee. God wants us to ask for His healing hand on—” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

His father had provided an illustration of the Ptolemaic cosmos in which the outermost sphere was labelled ‘Here the learned do appoint the habitacle of God and the Elect.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Our teachers always told us, though, “God won’t give you marks if you don’t work hard. God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I stare at the liquor place, then the God place, and back. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Immediately he starred unearthing bones, as it had been the custom during the early days to bury the dead inside the House of God. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama used to tell Jaja and me that God was undecided about what to send, rain or sun. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I’d always known that my father believed in a different God. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Thank God the gigantic pimple on my cheek is gone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But if you know about God, why don’t you tell them?” asked the Savage indignantly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have taken this journey and arrived at this place in God’s name. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

So he had sought for a new channel, had sent them out on God’s business, searching for the Holy Grail. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The location of their airfield is one of our most closely guarded secrets and I thank God I don’t know its name or have any clue where it is. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

And if an interracial couple got caught, God help them. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“God can turn the hearts of men,” he marveled. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

To Las Casas, the Americas seemed so thick with people “that it looked as if God has placed all of or the greater part of the entire human race in these countries.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The actual quote was: "It seems hard to sneak a look at God’s cards. But that He plays dice and uses ‘telepathic’ methods...is something that I cannot believe for a single moment." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I pictured the man as a raging demon, slashing with his pen, consumed with hate, denouncing everything American, extolling everything European or German, laughing at the weaknesses of people, mocking God, authority. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing how wondrous are the works of God, I thought that perhaps He—in His awful mercy— was speaking to me with this dreadful vision. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

And Dill’s heart sings because he feels that he’s pleased his father and God. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

So let’s thank God for small favors anyway, Shorty thought dispiritedly. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see how the Lord God puts up with such waste,” she said grimly. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God, you made it home,” she gasped. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Mr. Shears said, “Thank God for that.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m in the tub, for God’s sake, Mother.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Blessed be you, Oh God... Adonai... Blessed... Blessed be—” Tears are running down his cheeks. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“God made us so we want to stay alive. He put healin’ power in our bodies. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She had believed him when he said that God had sent him to her for a sign. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I decided the moment was now, right here, right now, with the bright lights of the house of God shining on us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that I minded him being religious, it was just that I didn’t want him being closer to God than I was. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Have any of them ever denied the truth about God? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"We can't blame God for Hitler. The German people gave us Hitler, when they voted Nazis into office. Like it or not, he's our Führer." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Where was God when kids were selling rocks at twelve years old, and their parents encouraged it because the kids were the main breadwinners in the home? The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

"My God!" he said, "isn't it an awful face?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Hera, enraged at this honor to her rival, persuaded the God of the Sea to forbid the Bears to descend into the ocean like the other stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God,” Izzy said, “imagine the rats that must hang out here.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Our poor dear child has had a very short life, but I trust happy, and God only knows what miseries might have been in store for her,” Emma read. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

God had helped me to win, to overcome. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

It catches the light of both moons and my God it’s a powerful thing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, God knows he don’t need any brains to buck barley bags. But don’t you try to put nothing over, Milton. I got my eye on you. Why’d you quit in Weed?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon is a stone and the sky is full of deadly hardware, but oh God, how beautiful anyway. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A man’s plumbing is like his mind: simple, very few surprises. You ladies, on the other hand...well, God put a lot of thought into making you.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the child who screamed at that moment in the churchyard had cursed, and sung, and been silenced forever before God gave him a sign. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Gods be good, no wonder the Hound was frightened. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I wondered now about this God who was beyond our understanding. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

"God. You, too? Why do you guys call him that?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

If God had sent this man all the way from Texas to barge in and tempt her, she sure had been found wanting. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“All crosses had their tops cut and became T’s. There was also a thing called God.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God,” he said, when I looked into his eyes. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There will be money enough for all this, you will see. God has given us another chance in His mercy.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, I knew God was white too, but no one could have made me believe He was prejudiced. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I swear to God I won’t pick up any more psychos.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I’m so sorry!” the lady cried. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They were not individuals inclined to soft-pedal their views about national politics and national security or, in Neylan’s case, about Robert Oppenheimer, whom Neylan described as “a man so conceited he just shoved God over.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They knew how to fire up a church the old-fashioned way, without talk of politics and bad mouthing and negativity but with real talk of God and genuine concern for its parishioners. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Quakers here didn’t hold with slavery and tried hard to convince others that slavery was against God’s will. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name happened? Did you punch one of them?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I used to pray to God to make me just like him. Smart and righteous and adequate to His will,” I confessed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told me about Hell and sinning and how we go to church to learn how to live in God’s image. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

O Ali, Lion of God, King of Men, Bring joy to our sorrowful hearts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly, the Pilgrims and the Puritans, the first groups from England to settle what became the United States, believed they had a covenant with God to take the land. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

Cicero ends with a final address to Catiline, and then with a contrastive apostrophe to Jupiter—effectively putting Catiline’s decision to depart under the compulsion of a God. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You tell her what we talked about? Sharing a path? God’s plan? The conviction you’ve been feeling in your heart?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s all over! Jena MacNeil and the unstoppable Demon Brigade—taken down by the Phoenix Riders in the most stunning upset we’ve ever seen! Oh my God! The Phoenix Riders win!” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I was sure God wanted me to go to college, because He’d given me that twenty-eight. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“As God intended, it is just the two of us left in this Garden of Eden. Marry me. —E. Spizz.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Would a lovin’ God kick a boy unhappy enough to do what pore Camp did?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

My relationship with God is personal and has nothing to do with you. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He then said, with great volume and force, “Benton, you have been called to bring change to the world. You have found favor in God’s eyes.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It cemented a faith in God and eternity that could have dwindled otherwise. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh dear God, he was an honest-to-goodness hippie. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I hope that everyone here finds the love and understanding they’re looking for. God lives in each and every one of you,” she says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I hand her the few bills and she says, “God bless you.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

If there is no chance that God exists, Pascal’s wager—as it came to be known—makes no sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it was God’s way of telling me something important was about to happen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“God, one hundred and ten,” she said finally, rattling the paper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd may have agreed intellectually with McKissick’s response—that yes, blacks had suffered terribly under whites, but that all God's children were capable of redemption—but emotionally they backed Malcolm all the way. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He had been brought up to know that what God hates as much as anything is waste. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“How many persons are there in one God?” he continued. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says singing takes too much heart and her heart is too heavy to give to God. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“God that was boring. That was almost worse than class.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

My faith in God and in the Catholic church slipped several notches at that time. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t God who saved me—it was medicine. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God, that is a brilliant album,” Radar said without looking away from the computer. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Faith in God is an opening up, a letting go, a deep trust, a free act of love—but sometimes it was so hard to love. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would God the Father allow His only Son to mix with this crowd of cotton pickers and maids, washerwomen and handymen? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we know that God is watching and don't even dare touch the money. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Forget about the future, and live each day according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing that comes out of my mouth is “Oh my God.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God. Thorns stuck all over him.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Bible say honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon die land thy God giveth thee.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ask and ye shall be granted, God says. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

They held his jaw in place with a handkerchief and placed his black hat on his head, because he had repeatedly declared that he wanted to take it off when he said hello to God. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I’s gone use it, knowing it’s a sin against God, but I wasn’t in my right mind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“God bless you! I was coming to fetch you.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Of course he felt that God was better than Guenever or Arthur, but the point was that he was personal. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that is why creativity was once a concept reserved for God, as only He could give material form to an idea. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

By God, ’tis a desperate situation altogether when you can’t turn your back but tenants are not paying their rent and making walls and rooms disappear on top of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Motion passed. Discipline will be set at a formal letter of apology tendered to—” “For God’s sake, Arthur,” Hemme broke in. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I love her as much as you love any bird or beast or fish and will you tell God take the consumption away and I promise I’ll never go near her again. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

What if, we said, what if in another universe, a split reality, God reached out his finger and lightning struck the Clairmont house? We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Her husband dead, three children sold, the fourth defective, and her having to thank God for the defect. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

My father wears his faith like the bronze breastplate of God’s foot soldiers, while our mother’s is more like a good cloth coat with a secondhand fit. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hands of this God would be bright with flowers that would never die and this God would sing and stutter and limp along an alleyway and pass judgment in the land beside the river. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw her dull face, but I thought she was just fasting. You know she’s always fasting. She will fast and fast until God gives her a husband.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He warned Mother not to flout God’s Will by expecting too much for us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kepler’s God was the creative power of the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But, Camellia, ambition leads to insanity. The God of Madness feeds on it." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“I can’t even remember her last name. God, has it been that long?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My father, of course, was bringing the Word of God—which fortunately weighs nothing at all. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then she said, “Oh my God. Christopher. I didn’t... I didn’t think I’d ever . .. Why are you here on your own?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

‘I doubt God cares even a little bit whether Mr. Hancock has any silver. It’s better to break faith with him, isn’t it, than with the Lord?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In The Origin, Charles wasn’t trying to murder Emma’s God; he was trying to show how he believed creation really occurred. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This must be how God does things, I thought, as if He has all the time in the world. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My God, there’s lots of rocks,” he said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Americans, in a real sense, have never betrayed their God. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“The Chief God’s purpose in the creative advance is the evocation of novel intensities. He is the lure for our feeling.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

They said, voices muted, awed, that she talked with God every day, just like Moses. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he delivered an opening prayer, giving thanks to God for the gathering as the crowd stood quietly in head-lowered reverence. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He followed me wildly into the kitchen, closed the door and whispered: "Oh, God!" in a miserable way. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Heather was gone—off at OSU, she was the real Buckeye, for God’s sake—but what she'd told me about listening had really stuck. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize the concluding phrases of Mustafa’s passage that refer to forgiveness and God’s mercy. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

This God created a world with people at the top, near the angels, and all the other animals down below, unrelated to human beings. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

—I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God she hasn't lost her cooking skills, even though her hands aren't as steady these days. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Us worry bout God a lot But once us feel loved by God, us do the best us can to please him with what us like. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Europe was overwhelmingly Christian, and society structured itself around the belief that God’s rule over mankind was absolute, as was a king’s rule over his realm and a husband’s rule over his household. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“What kind of fisherman are you? Poor Joseph McHill is probably shaking his head up there in heaven, having left you his boat when God took him.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

"It is a sign from God! This is not His will! Call them back!" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

God’s love resides inside us, so whenever we go out into the world, we take the church with us. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, you saw it? Has everyone seen it? Everyone’s seen it, of course.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Although to be honest, now I kind of wish I was too. God, I'm going to end up in community college. I'm going to end up here.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

If our outsides look pious but our core is not mindful of Him, we are not true servants of God. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

God would never forgive them for what they had done, but here on Earth there was a way of undoing some of the damage. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the big “may God continue to bless America” finale, Laura pressed a button and the screen went black. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Mount Everest is God—for me, for everybody,” Lopsang solemnly mused ten weeks after the expedition. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Abby, did I mention you are the absolute best person in the entire universe? Oh my God. I love you so much. I love you more than Nick loves you.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

But the religious boy, God helping him, did not speak. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we know this: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday are reserved for God's work. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh my God. It was . . . just, like—" She spread out all her fingers. "—so awesome." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“If she is, God forbid that she should suffer as guilty. She is to be tried today, and I hope, I sincerely hope, that she will be acquitted.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z

With my mother and little sisters across the Atlantic and my father somewhere beneath it, Mrs. Brenner had declared her intervention a mitzvah, a commandment of God. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Why for God’s sake didn’t you go to the police?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“You will never, as long as you live on God's green earth, do anything that stupid again!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure says, “I heard that the diamond is like a piece of light from the original world. Before it fell. A piece of light rained to earth from God.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“God made us to love, honor, serve and obey Him.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad gaped at me in disbelief, then he began to testify—not about God, but about Mother. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But natural history became his true passion and now, after the voyage, in 1838, Charles was having serious doubts about God and Jesus, about the Revelation, about heaven and hell. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when speakers stood up when the occasion demanded and said “Our beloved Mayor,” it was one of those statements that everybody says but nobody actually believes like “God is everywhere.” Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“God, don’t talk so loud. And I’m not. I’m not. “ All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Colonel Cathcart gave up the idea himself once he realized enlisted men pray to the same God as officers.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Then the funeral was accepted by Bishop Alvin A. Childs for the Faith Temple, Church of God in Christ located at 147th Street and Amsterdam Avenue. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me to ask that profound question of modern agnosticism: Is God dead? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked to the altar rail where the idea of God assumed a shape and a scent and a taste. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It makes you wonder about God up there on His throne with no mercy for the little unbaptized babies. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Sometime in the night, God knew when, Finn’s brother had cleaned things out, scrubbed things down, as if a girl could be washed from memory just by washing the floors. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

My teeth—God—huge, protruding from my jaw. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“So God will tend the laurels and keep them wet. And I will tend the players and keep them dry. And wiser minds than mine will decide when to bring the two together.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“It is my belief God sends the solution first and the problem later,” replied Dr. Javid. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She’d been struggling to push out that lamb God knows how long, and me lying asleep. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

“What,” asked the middle-aged woman a moment after I’d snapped the picture, “in God’s name—” and then she stopped talking. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

God would have helped it, given it a good life. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“God despises a coward who runs while others stand and suffer.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But why did Grandma have to behave as though she was praying to God when pleading with them? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Because, by God, I am sick of potatoes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

A century earlier, God was the king of Creation and all nature reflected his power. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Church had always been a special place, a haven where we worshiped God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Grace says, “God makes babies,” in that final way of hers, which means there is nothing more to be discussed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had grown up believing in America and the individual and it was a stronger faith than his faith in God. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Even God himself didn’t—” I cut him off yet again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It allows the God of Envy's snake to enter your veins. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One man, a minister, shouted that God himself had created segregation back in Genesis when He made night and day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Twinkle, please, I didn’t mean it.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh boy... God’s not black. He’s not white. He’s a spirit.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wastes no time, but sits him down to tell him about God the Father, Jesus the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and how he must bring the message of salvation to the other Powhatans. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

You can raise the money, Carolyn, God said to my spirit. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“These lords of the realm own more land than God Himself. Now we need to hurry.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dear God, All of a sudden Shug buddy-buddy again with Mr. , They sit on the steps, go down Harpo’s. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, boy...okay. You really think I’m powerless? You really think I’m useless? Gods of Olympus, your brain must have freezer burn. You don’t know my secret, do you?” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“Southern Presbyterians are as much God’s Chosen People as Jews are,” he said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was entitled Brown Face, Big Master, the “brown face” referring to herself, and the “big master” referring, in the Jamaican dialect, to God. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Although the MSA had been a critical part of keeping me focused while at Duke, I had now developed my own routines that reminded me of and kept me close to God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

In religious instruction classes, Sor Juana had told how God clothed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden after they had sinned. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“By God, I got creepy! Is there something wrong here?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God thank God thank God. Where have you been?” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Our weekly lunch menu consists of brown beans, split-pea soup, potatoes with dumplings, potato kugel and, by the grace of God, turnip greens or rotten carrots, and then it’s back to brown beans. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It might have comforted Ruth to talk to God, but it made me feel like I couldn’t breathe, like drowning, the diving wells again. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, Augustus, we have to get you to a hospital.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He could not have felt more changed if he had put on the silks of Father Pinckney, prayed over a piece of unleavened bread, and felt it quiver with the life and light of God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inscription under the hand read: God’s finger touched him and he slept. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I know that in the end, God will forgive. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What in God’s name . . . ?” For a moment I’m not sure myself. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Another argument was put forward by St. Augustine in his book The City of God. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tired of invoking God through the three-legged table and a cloud of hashish, he had decided to seek Him in a region less harsh than his native land. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So everyone on Malaga is gone. And my father is gone, maybe to do God’s work in heaven. I don’t know. All I know is that they’re all gone.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She did not remember ever hearing his voice before, but what was there to say that the servants of the Many-Faced God could not change their voices as easily as they did their faces? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God! Is it a ship? It must be a ship! Ship! Ship!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I was mad at God; I was mad at Jesus. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined loading the God of the Sea into a taxi and taking him to the Upper East Side. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

If they rush the words, God will not mind. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Instead, zero shaped humanity’s view of the universe—and of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It is my guilt, which I will have to carry before God and the German nation,” he told the court. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I am God, and God does not fill out questionnaires. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

From Aristotle, Maimonides had learned to prove God’s existence by denying the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“It is God. It is all from God.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother patted his back, told him God would provide another job and, until then, they would manage on her vice-principal salary. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dr. King told us that we ought to be able to use the public water fountains in the city because “all water is God’s water.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to confess to me. Your faith, your deen, is between you and God. I won’t judge you; you don’t judge me. Simple.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I want to believe you should love your neighbors as yourself and the Kingdom of God is within you. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How can this be happening if we’re all equal in the eyes of God? Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

She saw the charming, ugly face, talking so seriously about the interests of its honest heart She loved these interests—loved the old soldier to follow so faithfully his innocent love of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

God only knew what was living in his hair! Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

This enemy who tells you that you are both supposed to be worshiping the same white Christian God that—you are told— stands for the same things for all men! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time she passed by her house and noted the progress of destruction she took comfort in the idea that God was listening to her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I was pregnant with Fern at the time. I thank God I didn’t lose her. Leafie came to stay till I was up and around again.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

All I could do was pray to God that he would get a handle on it. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Now that my faith in communal Catholicism is so changed, my faith in God is without certain foundation. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, God, I said, get me out of here. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“African bugs, Leah. Creatures fashioned by God for the purpose of serving African plants. Look at this thing. How would it know what to do with a Kentucky Wonder bean?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I leave this place, I shall make my way to that fastness, and, God willing, shall there be reunited with several of my Regiment, Pro Bono and Nsia Williams first among them. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He needs to feed them, to hold them close, and he needs to show them that God had a reason for their trials. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Hoping for a miracle, my mom began praying a novena, which is a series of prayers asking for special graces from God. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I totally ruined another one of your relationships.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

If God had not ordained the hierarchy everyone lived by, then England could tumble into chaos. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma put her hands on Mother’s shoulders and said, “Perhaps the boy was telling the truth. Who’s to say that he can’t be one of God’s good white people?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Max, so help me God, I couldn’t do nothing when I turned around and saw that woman coming to that bed. Honest to God, I didn’t know what I was doing. . . .” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t remember if it was important or not I wish to God I knew what it was.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She kept thinking that if something happened to Milton, if he was wounded or, God forbid, if he didn’t come back—she would be somehow to blame. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Ow! Great God almighty, Orleanna. How did this curse come to me, when it’s God’s own will to cultivate the soil!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God hasn’t done anything that I should have to thank him for.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Any GOPers still backing Richards after his actions toward a member of the First Family—and, now, this week’s rumors of sexual predation—are going to have to reckon with their Protestant God tomorrow morning. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We should go to church and thank God for that, but Momma and I are too tired to sit through less than an hour of anything. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Like imagine some heina’s acting all mad ’cause Diego forgot it was her birthday or he didn’t call her all weekend even though he swore to God he would. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right. God bless you and the children. Bye.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in chinch? The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Americans deify democracy in a way that allows for a dim awareness that they have, from time to time, stood in defiance of their God. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“My God!” he said again, “between the two of you, you did more damage than the criminal.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers their vows spoken in front of God and everyone. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“The servant of God, Calliope Helen is baptized in the Name of the Father, Amen ...” and he pushed me under for the first time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

If I hadn’t already had so many hours of Joust practice under my belt, God knows how many attempts it would have taken me to beat Acererak. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend time with God, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I figure God got more important things to do than help a boy catch a fish, but you never know. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

God help us, I thought, should the playhouse catch fire or collapse. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We had a long talk about Freud, Freudians, psychology, psychoanalysis, and God.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“God said so. It’s in the Bible,” he says. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Gods and goddesses may occasionally help, but they don’t mess around with affairs that affect only humans. To them, mortal lives are but a speck of dust on the eyelash.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And if Andy had never arrived at Camp Four after reaching the summit, what in the name of God had happened to him? Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

After the Independence cut off our stipend and all contacts with the larger world, it seems God’s plan called for Mother and Ruth May to fall sick nigh unto death. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad says Eugene is lucky to have brothers like Malachy and me because we help him forget and soon, with God’s help, he’ll have no memory of Oliver at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Praise God. We could not spare General Hood.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear God above, I don’t know why children have to die but that is Your will.You told the river to kill and the Shannon killed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Great God, he is alive!” someone cried as the witnesses rose from their seats. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, after Mama told us what had happened, how it had happened, Jaja said, “It was God’s will, Papa,” and Papa smiled at Jaja and gently patted his back. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Save me O God for I have come into deep waters where the floods overflow me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Thousands, believed to be working against God on behalf of the Devil, were put to death by drowning, hanging, or burning. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Fletcher repeated his gratitude toward a God that looked over a white man and his interests. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

So she finally figured she’d better love what God gave her. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Thank God it’s a twist off,” Ben says, gathering a handful of robe and then opening the bottle. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t talk to me about God anymore, and I never saw him as worked up as he was that first day. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Because they thought the rules and the laws and the Word of God would save them from any more pain. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“God bless America,” I chimed in at the exact same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

His wife, Nivea, preferred to deal with God without benefit of intermediaries. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God HIMself came down from HEAven and he saved me.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“God created a world of work and rewards,” he elaborated, “on a big balanced scale.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as broad as my hand and had a yellow 8 on each clear wing, as plain as if some careful schoolchild or God had painted it there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Trevor! That’s not how the Devil works. This is part of God’s plan, and if He wanted us here then He had a reason...” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When Tempier declared that the omnipotent God could create a vacuum if he so desired, Tempier insisted that God could break any Aristotelian law. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then they would pray, asking God to reward Sister Beatrice s generosity, and add more blessings to the many she already had. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But we’d live them on our own terms—and if we were going to die, by God, we’d take a few wights with us along the way. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“God the Son and the Holy Ghost, I wouldn’t wonder? Say, boy, you got one named the First Baptist Church?” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were waiting for further instructions from God because they hadn’t received a complete itinerary. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“God Save the King,” the American national anthem and the Russian “Internationale” were played. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I am in a sense something intermediate between God and nought. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The Welsh, yonder, long have wanted this castle, for it be strong. Now, with fog to help, and so few to guard the walls, there is chance they might get it, God forbid.” The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

I always feel better with Grandma on my side, even when she’s telling God what to do. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Here men sought their center in God, whereas outside they sought it in themselves. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If Elijah wants to kill the memory of his wife and marry some woman, that’s between him, God, and that some woman.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

"I wanted some answers from God. But I didn’t get any." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

My God, the screen just went blank after reading “Situation Normal”! • parentheses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That's the way God made the universe, without beginning or end, in all directions." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had begged God with such fervor for something fearful to happen so that she would not have to poison Rebeca that she felt guilty of Remedios' death. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“My God, what are you doing in here?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

"That isn't nice. What are you--a child, for God's sake?" The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Honest to God,” he was saying, “I’d consider it an honor just to be water boy for these kids.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I believe there is something good for every evil, that every time there’s a bad person, God sends a good one. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

At these rare moments when Lana Lee grew sentimental or even religious, she thanked God for His goodness in forming a body that was also a friend. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But was God going to end the war today? Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you beat him in every test, Rosie. Thank God you inherited your mother’s brains.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"Thank you, God," Jacob murmurs, his throat thick, his nose running. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh for God sake! You don’t know what I’m talking about. No, of course not. Not you.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

She threw it back in and muttered, “God take power from the devil.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Da. I am one of the Hounds of God,” said Miss Lupescu. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“Gosh. Do you think God punished her because she was so mean?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God is in control, my precious,” her mother said. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh my God, Alex,” she says, lunging at him to yank him into a rough hug, “you made a friend!” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This was ‘a New and Invincible Argument for the Being of God’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She herself, by accident, or intuition, or the grace of God, had come all the way from Dorchester County on the Underground Railroad —and on her own two feet. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, Via,” said Mom, remembering now how she had completely ditched me last night. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe God really wants it this way. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I asked God for the strength and courage to make the world a better place. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One time on maneuvers Billy was playing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God,” with music by Johann Sebastian Bach and words by Martin Luther. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely he’ll say the things he’s always told me, like how music makes him feel closer to God and that my talent is a gift from Allah. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Here comes my family, Mr. Teece, oh please, please, oh God, please!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He crossed through the courtyard and entered the orchard, followed by all the inhabitants of the house as well as the foreign midget, who was smiling scornfully, these poor savages, oh God! The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

So God and them love him the best. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got all the way to the bed before I noticed—thank God they didn’t wake up—that they were all curled up together on their left sides. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately for Cantor, not everyone had the same vision of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered if God was truly on the watch or whether religion, as well as my belief in God, would turn into yet another disappointment. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A Jewish homeland created by Jewish goyim was to be considered contaminated and an open desecration of the name of God. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And the hands of death caressed her shoulders, the voice whispered and whispered in her ear: “God’s got your number, knows where you live, death’s got a warrant out for you.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

There should be a horn or gong or something to wake God. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. God, I’m bored. Are you far away?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Instead, he said that time was a property of the universe that God created, and that time did not exist before the beginning of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what this means, maybe something about the force of fathers, or the Catholic God. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If his son wanted this, and if his son was destined to swim—if God had made him a swimmer—then Mahmoud could not stand in the way. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Many eighteenth-century atheists, such as d’Holbach and Diderot, were to take their inspiration from Descartes’ mechanism and turn it into a systematic materialism with no room for God. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

If a man’s been horsewhipping himself for two years, it seemed to me like not even God would want to punish him anymore. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

God was always unoccupied in Finny’s universe, ready to lend an ear any time at all. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you look adorable. Take back what I said about you looking like your dad—you look like a doll. Oh, God, I see the appeal of dressing a child.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

In some way, no one knows clearly how or when, the God of the Vine, Dionysus, came to take his place, too, at Eleusis, side by side with Demeter. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh God,” Mary Lou said, and threw up in a bush. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you think God listens,” she says, “to these machines?” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pray to God and everything will be better. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“But the Number is God’s too. Got to be.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And it befell that when Zacharias should do the office of the priesthood in the order of his course before God, New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was ready to escape out the back window, diary in hand, but thank God, I ran to the front one to check first. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“John told your dad, ‘I don’t often agree with you, Homer, but by God I trust you. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You understand but you do not love God.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Is it wrong to make a deal with God? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But I want the world where my daddy is and don't know why anybody's God would make me have to choose. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“No, thank God. It’s characters like that ruin your investment.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, we need to fix your hair.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I let the scents of my food fill me up with nothing but joy, because this moment is like a hug from God. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“For that even more I thank God he’s gone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Use my handkerchief, for God’s sake. What the hell’s the difference?” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Adam said, “Let me tell you. The proofs that God does not exist are very strong, but in lots of people they are not as strong as the feeling that He does.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bri died on my birthday after thanking God that I was still alive. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“God, Beaumont! What the hell is wrong with you?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

And not being tied to what God looks like, frees us. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me and Peaches have been best friends for as long as I can remember but wrong is wrong and everybody knows what God don’t like. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, well, I’m English and German, and Abby’s, you know…” Oh God, I don’t know anything about Africa, and I don’t know if that makes me racist. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“Thank God,” I said to myself, “she cannot be far, as she is only in her nightdress.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

And hadn’t God led His people out of slavery for a purpose—to be free and live in equality? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Please don’t harm my schoolchildren, he wrote, because the God you believe in is the same God they pray to every day. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He contemplates the “bond that never lets go of us, not even when we suffer the most, the bond of God’s love.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

God must have very strong ears to hear the words. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“God,” she whispers, “grant me one wish. Get Mexican immigration authorities to catch Enrique and deport him back to Honduras. Send him back to me.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Even as people threw their heads back and screamed to God for help, the concrete and dust kept falling. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I always thought that this was God telling us to go out and save people.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I trust that you are improving in health, my son, and in God’s Grace. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

First, I knelt on the woven mat and prayed: “My God, give me the power to cure.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Henry fumbles with his shirt tail, eyes wide, and starts humming “God Save the Queen” under his breath. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I didn’t even understand what it was all about until Grandma, seeing that I had come in, said, “Tell that viperish adulteress to listen to God’s Word!” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“An offense against God’s creation, to cut open a human body?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, you are a child. If we leave you alone here, you’ll freeze to death, you’ll starve to death.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

You cannot run from the hand of God. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The plates came that afternoon, the doctor had said by God he would have them that afternoon and he did. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“God does not forgive those who kill others,” Grandma said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every breath you breathe is the gift God is giving you. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Why can’t Mummy like the things you get from The General without pretending they are from God?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Bigger, for God’s sake!” the mother sobbed, rising and bending over Vera. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She’s got those big black eyes with plenty shiny white in them that makes them shine like brand new money and she knows what God gave women eyelashes for, too. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

He says they’re more interested in starting a revolution than getting right with God.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"It's too involved to go into, for God's sake," old Luce said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

For Catholics, this moment signifies you have been fully welcomed into the Christian faith community, and that you have pledged to let God’s love and grace guide you always. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Mommy took great pride in our relationship to God. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God for the aged,” sings the poet: Thank God for the aged And for age itself, and illness and the grave. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was relieved of the burden of being alone before God through my membership in the Church. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, that don’t sound like Aaron at all. He was always saying, ‘God hears’ and ‘If one of us falls, we all fall.’ The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The home owners aren’t going to thank us for a job well done, and God knows, people on the street aren’t going to hail us as heroines of proletarian labor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For certain the pumpkin flowers do their work, but I believe it is the love of Serafina and the many good souls of this dusty village and God that makes me once more whole. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘Turn from arrogance. Commit yourself to God, become a monk, be as pure as you can be. Every day of your life fight the evil of the Devil.’ The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“All these things ... your cross, your prayers. As God is near—and surely He always is—you need no special words or objects to approach Him.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was sometime later that I heard Dr. King’s speech: This afternoon, we gather in the quiet of this sanctuary to pay our last tribute of respect to these beautiful children of God. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at me and said, “Oh my God, I love your hair.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They’re not from the Doorman,” I say, wondering why in God’s name I would choose to be obstinate in this situation. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She said something like: “Oh my God, look at that one. You’d think they’d at least try to come up with something new.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God,” I whispered at his retreating back. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I’m sorry—I’m so sorry—I—” Liam sounded agonized, like his guts were being torn straight out of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I prayed to God I would see him again. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

To Bach, the point of music was to glorify God, to reflect upon, interpret and celebrate the meaning and mystery of the scriptures. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But his father was only a caretaker in the house of God. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The time spent theorizing and debating over the fact that God himself had stifled the greatness of human potential. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

"You still going around with that same babe you used to at Whooton? The one with the terrffic--" "Good God, no," he said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

She thought she’d be a nun when she grew up, and live a quiet, contemplative life serving God. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Other times I was sure I’d be rejected, and that God would punish me for applying, for trying to abandon my own family. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was the one prayer he could think of that God might accept from him. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But outside the house—my God!—I talked. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he was my father and I loved him, but I wish to God he had let ideas alone.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Gods give me strength to reach the deck . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Some fell on their knees and offered thanks to God. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Eyes of God run over all the earth. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were days that August when I felt as though God had lowered a giant glass lid over the whole steaming Bay. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nelson says everybody’s got their own little God here to protect them, special African ones that live in the little tiny thing they wear around their necks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You believe in God, don’t you?” they asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be up to Catherine and God to decide that. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It makes him feel drawn to God, as if God is drawing him toward heaven. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I had somehow lost my innocence and let sin enter into my soul, and the knowledge of God, the saving grace, was far away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Only God in his Heaven knows,” he replied. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

How could anyone serve God on Sunday in less than an hour? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, is that like a fire alarm?” he asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I just want to love God,” I blurted out, and looked down, red in the face. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you’ve seen it on those Web sites you visit—” “Oh my God! Mom! Have you been going through my computer?” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

But God has painted this place gray and brown. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before I could object, my mom pulled me up, and we both swore before the council that we were going to speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help me God. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“My father...he’s trying to get hold of someone on the faculty. Oh God! Erin’s parents! She hasn’t told them about—I mean, they don’t know.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The appointed time had passed and God had turned His face away. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

I swear to God, Mr. Wellins looked so emotionally moved, I thought he was going to start sobbing. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Surely God Himself put us all in our places: Lords to rule and fight. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday mornings in this year of grace 1965, imagine the “Christian conscience” of congregations guarded by deacons barring the door to black would-be worshipers, telling them “You can’t enter this House of God!” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. Do you think she genuinely thought she was being helpful, or do you think she’s afraid if you look nice, people will think you’re prettier than her?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“God be with you, boys!” he said, and that echoed and echoed. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if the Scavenge God had come amongst the ships, slashing and chopping, dicing the huge iron vessels into pieces, and then left the corpses scattered carelessly behind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God, Nathan, I’m sorry. I just—I didn’t ask for this.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank God it’s going to rain at last.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

God bless the USA, where you can love or hate anyone you want as long as you don’t kill them doing either. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t get an immediate sense of a calling from God— it was something that evolved over time. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I thought I heard God calling my name from up in the clouds somewhere, man, and I thought he was telling me I was the chosen one. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“God, your mom. Whenever I meet her she acts like the nicest person in the world, and then you tell me stories and I don’t know. Have you ever wondered if she might be bipolar?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And what God had done for others, He could also do for him. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“She is like us. The only régime she believe in is God’s régime. She says she wants to write things down for posterity.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

God, I felt stupid just thinking about these things. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And raised conscious, in rejection of a Christian God, I could see no higher purpose in Prince’s death. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was just saying, If there is a choice, dear God or whatever you are, here’s where the odds should be placed. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God all the air lines and valves are standardized across the mission. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I will reply, ‘Yes, for the love of God.’ The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was expecting God to do something special on this birthday. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

God, did Meade have the whole Union Army here? The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Distinguishing the voice of God and the voices of those around us is no easy task. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my, God!” she yelled for everybody to hear. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God bless you all in the name of Christ!” she shouts, striking at the air with her fist and sitting down, her face red, nose red, tears everywhere, in my own eyes as well. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Holy God, yes,” she said, her eyes wide. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

A cardboard sign is propped up by his feet, with the words “Anything helps, God bless” penned in blue ink. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“God, please let me be dead until the end of the year.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to take God into my body and have Him answer my questions. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

But—with God shoved aside—what was the driving force behind the origin of species? The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The rent man says, Dear God in heaven, this beats Banagher, this takes the bloody biscuit, this is goin’ beyond the beyonds. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

More than that, you never turn your back on God. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Church attendance rose and fell; Jesus may have sounded like a helpful sort of God in the beginning, but He was not bearing out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A creaking sound echoed outside the Hall of the Gods. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

God’s house was her house, too, she argued. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What about after he got better? Did he ever say what he meant by God's thumb, or how he survived?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, never mind,” I said quickly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I thought, the power of God failed where Ultima’s worked; and then a sudden illumination of beauty and understanding flashed through my mind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know all white people can’t be bad, ’cause God made us equal. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

God though he was she hated him, especially when the time came for her child to be born and he showed her no sign, gave her no aid. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gun made a ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They all lie somewhere between God and nought. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Because I need to spend time with God to hear His answer. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“You can just thank God you got there in time,” he said over and over to Mrs. Ames. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God! There must be glass left inside,” cried Rosa. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He gets started with the church stuff, and suddenly everything he wants is ‘God’s will’ for me. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could anyone, even a God distracted by many other concerns, allow this to happen? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God. We don’t have time. We’re lucky if we get to the game on time.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Then, mercurially, as though he’d read the letter, by God, for the last time in his life, he stuffed it like so much excelsior into its envelope. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Every deed and intention calls for careful discernment. An evil will can never be God’s will,” she says simply. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“God let him jump,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please, God,” she whispered into the palm of her hand. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God had not meant for Africans to be enslaved, they wouldn’t be in chains. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Real men didn’t read poetry—and God forbid they should ever write it! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thought how if there was really a so-called God he better be seeing Rondell. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It’s a prayer we say over challah, thanking God for the bread we eat. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

So many drowned men, the Drowned God will be strong there, Victarion had thought when he chose the island for the three parts of his fleet to join up again. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

If there was a God, then there was a man in black waiting. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I mocked a crippled man, then God would make me crippled. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Communism was the declared enemy of God, George recalled thinking. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Like my own mother did in times of stress, I turned to God. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘This is the church and this is the steeple. Open the door and here are God’s people.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Only when he, himself, reveals it. And God only rarely reveals the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it’s a future that was written so as to be altered.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably Lancelot made her understand about his God at last, and she made him understand about her missing children. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if you even believed in God. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

In my diary I wrote: It’s important for me to read the newspaper, every single day God sends, even if I have to spend my own nickel to buy it. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not because God had made everything from a pattern, as some people thought, but because we all evolved from the same pattern. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the night before the hearing, I took Grandma’s advice and let God worry about what was going to happen in that courtroom. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After their meeting, Scoville announced to the newspapers that the man was insane and had acted alone, believing he was carrying out God's directions. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They placed us on different shifts for the next three weeks, and every day I was at a different post—thank God. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Don't you just love storms? Especially ones with snow? The God of the Sky helps us cleanse the land. Rid the kingdom of things we don't need. It's fitting for tonight." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“Chaplain, did you say you did believe in God in answer to my question? I don’t remember.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

God had given one regulator the gift of a newborn son, and two others had observed their birthdays. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We are not in the sky with God? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“God, please let Grandma Caye be all right,” we said over and over. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Grandpa Dan wasn’t in the camps, thank God. He was born in America, just like you. That’s because my family came over to this country in the early 1900s, second class. Not steerage.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of that time—well, we are in God’s hands. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We all know that the existence of God is a matter of speculation. The Bible is nothing but a collection of stories by whites.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had, in the years since they got married, grown an intemperate dislike of single women and an intemperate love of God. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In the darkness, Booth threatened to kill Lincoln: “Now, by God, I’ll put him through.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. So that's how it’s done. I used to think African-American women with braided hair had such full hair!” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

After playing for an hour, we began to hear the cries of a desperate prisoner, pleading, “God, help me. God, help me.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“By God, you’re right,” he said, and then he chuckled and the tension went out of the room. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What are they-oh God! I'm hungry-" The towering rock seemed to sway under him. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I never before heard anyone say that there might not be a God. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I thank Papa Legba, and Ezili-Danto, and God, and all my other spirit guides who have yet to reveal themselves to me, and I fall into a deep sleep. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Please God let them leave by the back end. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I weren't an atheist, God wouldn't have punished me by having one of the most popular girls in school walk into Photo Drive-Up at the very moment my picture was being taken. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he was asked how he had lived so long, he said he "found refuge on God's thumb." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Even more than of these good and lovely endowments, he is the God of Light, in whom is no darkness at all, and so he is the God of Truth. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my God,” Conor said again, his heart beating nearly out of his chest. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You do your duty, you do what’s right, and the rest is in God’s hands.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When I’m in town, I invariably sit talking by the hour with my old friend Yama, the God of Death, and a private phone’s a must for our little chats. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nicholas was sure that God had, indeed, created an infinite number of other worlds. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

God help you if, while she’s following your “get out and about” admonition, that girl is attacked again. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Mikey tells her God is not going to afflict you with the fit and then boot you into hell on top of it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thank God there was one from the Arlington News. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I saw my child sick for five days. When that child doesn’t die, then you tell God, ‘Thank you.’” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“If you cannot do God’s work then you should go. Go.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

You are a true son of the Sea God. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe God had created her just like this, plunking her down old and white and with her hair tied back, without any preliminaries at all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Chamber- lain took a deep breath, smelled wet grass, hay, felt his heart beating, looked up into God’s broad sky, shivered as a thrill passed through him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had known his father when lightning flashed and thunder rolled through Heaven, and his father said: “Listen. God is talking.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s wicked to cause pain, but if I share it, God may forgive me.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I teach is that which God says to us in this Book. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had never thought much about religion or God, despite having grown up Christian. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Please God, out of this New England soil such men would forever rise up ready to fight when need came. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And religion—whether you believe in God or Yahweh or Allah or something else, odds are that at heart you want the same things. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

God, now, please give me some sign you are there and you are gonna do something to change my life. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my house in which I had spent years seeking my God, fasting to hasten the coming of the Messiah, imagining what my life would be like later. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to throw something all the way to heaven and knock God clean off his throne. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God!” my father said, his eyes wet with joy. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

My parents pay more atten- tion to the gods of the mountains and sun and rain than to the Christian God. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, the lot of widows and homeless children is very hard, and it is to their defence, not God’s, that the self-righteous should rush. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God ...” I said, gulping down my misery, “has willed it otherwise.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would wail and beat the earth to make the River God pay attention, but I knew how busy the River God must be. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles hadn’t always thought about God or religion as a problem. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

God, I see him think, but he doesn’t say it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I know, I know! Excuse me. Christ, I’m losing my mind. Honest to God, you sure I didn’t wake you?” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to hell, Florence, because you don’t believe in God!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He told me I expanded his thoughts on God, but I’m not really sure what he meant by that because, like I said before, we didn’t talk about it that much. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh God...No, I didn’t mean...You know what I mean...” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Good God. I think I’d better have a doctor out to look at you.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Tears were running down her face, she was already berating God for taking her husband from her, but on the other side of these proper emotions was an altogether improper relief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

After all, hadn’t God made both of them? Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I held on to the oar, I just held on, God only knows why. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a dark confused world the kingdom of God may yet reign in the hearts of men. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Good God,” he muttered, having torn open the latest arrival and scanned it with disgust. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He thanked God for the Church, without which he would be lost. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Mother of God. Sit down, Carter. What happened to you? Sit down.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Charlie! My God, what a shock! You might have gotten in touch and warned me. You should have called. I don’t know what to say...” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But, I realize, if God is ready to take Reverend Hunt up to heaven, it is not my business to try to stop Him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I prayed for God’s forgiveness for lying as I drove away. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Weasel glances over his shoulder at Marmeluc, and his look says, What in God’s name are you doing? The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“God is hearing every word,” the preacher underscored her plea. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God, is she ever going to go away? Is she ever going to just let us be happy?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It may be said that God did not create all the species at once, as you have been told to believe. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Before God, sir, I do not know this man; and I have never seen him and did not hire him to dig a gutter for me.” Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no more exciting experience than to be on the road to communion with God! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God you didn’t marry him,” her mother said, watching her fold the letter. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Thank God you will never know what a mother feels.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that exacting, tyrannical God of his has left me for good. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman with the maroon hair had fallen to her knees and was asking the sky, “What I done wrong, God? Tell me, Lord. I been good.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We needed to show God that even here, locked in hell, we were capable of singing His praises. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It speaks to me in feelings, and it projects into me hopelessness of such immense weight, it could crush the very spirit of God. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“Let them hear how all this talk of God ruined my life and took my family.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

They stood and gazed, and they made little comments on the sadness that this should happen at a time of joy, and they said, “All things are in God’s hands.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I had had the sense that God gave sheep, I would have made my escape at that moment. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I was praying to God. He’s called our father.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their faith in a living God would be strengthened, their faith in themselves would be renewed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I believe I will. That unnerved me. My God, what a place. This does deserve tearing down. For a moment there...” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, that had nothing to do with you. Straight up.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When the president of the United States reached the gates of Heaven, God got up to greet him as well. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

So I can finish this diary; and God only knows if I shall ever begin another. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The old man wailed, “Oh, do not hurt me. I did give him the child, but do not ask more, master, for the love of God.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

If this person, I kept telling myself, was one of God’s chosen salesmen on earth, then there must be something very wrong about the whole business. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God. He's just being nice. I know the two of you were scoring last year, but like, I'm sorry. It’s all set up.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Well, they were sure easier to stuff in our pockets than whole vegetables would have been, but I doubted if God took any real interest in travel difficulties. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“Oh, God,” he mumbled, “and now that man is dead. That old man. He was afraid of me too. Remember how he ran away from me? But I never did anything to him! I swear!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Remember what I told you: the world is only the visible aspect of God. And that what alchemy does is to bring spiritual perfection into contact with the material plane.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that I’m a very devout person, and I like to call all men of God Father.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I knew that these people were Jews—God knows I was told it often enough—but I thought of them only as white. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Reverend Hunt tells us the story of creation, how God made the world and all things in it in six days, and rested on the seventh day, the Sabbath. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Sit down, first, please Not there—here. God!” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

You could turn up your nose at the president or Coke or even God, but there were names for boys who didn't like sports. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He told me about his direct line to God and said I should think seriously, very seriously, about coming down to the church for a chat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how you can stand this heat. I’m going to have to go back inside for the day. Thank God for air-conditioning.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My goodness, Tandy Angel! The spitting image of your mother, God rest her soul. We have so much to talk about. Please, come right in.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

The same sort of voice God uses, perhaps, when He calls souls to Him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Thank God for your safe delivery,” she said and stood up. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I knew where they was going now, didn't I? Didn't he say Lord Bertulf's? So what reason on God's green earf could you give for me for sticking around after hearing there's a dragon about?" The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

We must put our feelings aside; we must be brave and strong, bear discomfort without complaint, do whatever is in our power and trust in God. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

‘Since nothing can be made from nothing: God could not construct the world without matter.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Longstreet thought: it isn’t God that is sending those men up that hill. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drop to my knees, beg the forgiveness of the most high God. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I remember thinking: God is not going to suddenly drop us some food and money. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Wash and Naomi were wrong, and their borrowed time had nothing to do with God. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is more seemly to regard it as the last message to his fellow- creatures of a man who laboured with all his strength to propagate the noble truth - Love is of God. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“What do you want me to do?” she asks God angrily. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Thank God for the way he stood there swaying on his two feet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the pictures of his children on the dash can, maybe God can. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I swear to God, man, I almost told her the truth right there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The secular calendar whirled like a carnival wheel and offered carnival prizes—a fat Santa instead of the infant God; colored eggs and chocolate bunnies instead of the death and resurrection of Christ. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time I thought about God. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I have a hard time believing that all of Travis’s memories—everything he loved, all that he was—don’t exist anymore somewhere. Why would God make such a universe in someone and then destroy it?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

And her temper was such that if King Edward VII or the Lord God Almighty Himself had been around when she got mad, she wouldn’t of talked any less awful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

It was an easy step to the proposition: as a clockmaker or millwright is to a clock or mill, so is God to Nature. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They believed in God’s power to heal; we left our injuries in God’s hands. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I have a dream that God calls her name, and I wake up and go upstairs just to see if she’s still there. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a first prayer, he prayed for the fighter pilots in his squadron, for God to keep them safe in His high dominion. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was like bloodying the nose of God. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Plus, God isn’t the one we need to be talking to. We need to talk to the chief of police, the mayor, and the governor. They’re the ones with the power to make change.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

God, let this plane taxi the runway! he prayed. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“And God wouldn't lead you to kiss a girl unless you were supposed to marry her, so God wants you to marry the girl who believed I was a Frenchman suffering from hemorrhoidal Tourette's?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

She knew who he was—the God of Loss, the God of Small Things. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But like Emma, Newman believed that you could get to heaven only through accepting Jesus’s teachings, by achieving a full sympathy of spirit with God’s spirit. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, God! Oh, God!” he repeated to himself in almost unendurable agony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the proselytizing of the Mbekela brothers, my father remained aloof from Christianity and instead reserved his own faith for the great spirit of the Xhosas, Qamata, the God of his fathers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They prayed about God's calling Reverend Buckminster home to do His work in heaven. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Oh God, this is bad. It’s so much better with milk. This better be point two-four.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe anything. It isn’t in me. Besides, I don’t know what you mean by God. If you tell me what he is, Mom, I’ll tell you if I think he exists. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

When I look at Tom, I thank God that he found me, too, that I was there to rescue him from that woman. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have prayed a thousand times for God to tell me: Did I do that to Adah? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

"To warn you, so you could stay away from them! I never meant to flight them! Gods, Cat, do you know what you've done?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“My God, what an earful I could give him on the subject of Writers I’ve Known.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

His name wasn’t on the list, and thank God it didn’t have to be for us all to be here in Police Plaza. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

For once he had no words to instruct our minds and improve our souls, no parable that would turn Ruth May’s death by snakebite into a lesson on the Glory of God. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

If God was watching, then why was he like this? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asks God to watch over him, guide him. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Now we’re going to offer up a prayer for your healing, son, believing that God’s gon’ mend you,” the pastor said. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"The will said, Sing in praise of this generous land. The will said, May God thy gold refine. America, Angela, America! Purple mountain majesties, Angela. Whoopee!" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like Giordano Bruno, he did not believe that Jesus Christ was God incarnate and he suffered the same fate as Bruno for his beliefs, but at different hands. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, God smiles on the fox and puts the rabbit right in his path. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

But the Gods have other things to do: they cannot attend to the pleas of every supplicant who dares to raise his cares to heaven. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

These laws may have originally been decreed by God, but it appears that he has since left the universe to evolve according to them and does not now intervene in it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“God’s Feet!” said Uncle Dap, with other exclamations of the same kind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I should lose my faith in God, I would have no place to go to where I could feel myself a man. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

God knows he won’t be doing much but reading and looking out the window. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Richard was the miracle son, the gift from God, the Einstein to disprove Einstein. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“May God have mercy on all of you,” the doctor replied. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Promise me you’ll pray. If you pray, then God will answer,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Faith in the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and even in His creation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear God, Now that I know Albert hiding Nettie’s letters, I know exactly where they is. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squared my shoulders and tried to remember what Grandma had said: “God loves you, child; no matter what, he sees you as his precious idea.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s no serenity, for instance, none at all, no closeness to God. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, I don’t know. Oh God, let me think.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think,” he says, smiling, “God overdid it.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear God, what did I do last night? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

One last chance for God to speak to him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

But Father skipped over all that and went straight to the dire consequences: “The emissaries of the Lord smote the sinners, who had come heedless to the sight of God, heedless in their nakedness.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not true. Promise you. And God, you should’ve heard what she called me when she spent the whole morning in the hairdresser’s”—Ewan pulled this funny guilty face—“and I didn't even notice.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

There was the entire Incan court, as naked as God had put them on this earth, or barely clad in theatrical costumes. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thought Francie, “If I could only have one of those, I’d never ask God for another thing as long as I live.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cause of this blight was well known: God had sent it as punishment for our sins. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart tree is as deaf and blind as our Drowned God. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I love the desert. God, I love the desert.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

By the time we’ve taken just three steps, the rain has started to come down like God pulled the plug on his bathtub. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He gives me a small nod, like he knows I’m trying to say Oh my God. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Then, as though God were sitting in the car with me, I heard a voice say, “Carolyn, it is not a faith walk if I give you a calendar.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“That night we found out Grandma Millie was in a coma, you said that her accident proves that there’s no such thing as God.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I felt that God was calling me to be part of this effort to bring people together, to demonstrate a tangible expression of interracial progress. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

What if they could tell I didn’t believe in God? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A long, dark night came upon me in which I sought the face of God, but I could not find Him. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank God that I have lived to see this,” Lincoln cries. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

This newfound weight on my shoulders changed and reshaped my conversations with God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

If we plagued him with our worries about Mother, he merely snapped that she would heed God’s call soon enough, and get herself up and around. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Save the preaching, good father. Make haste to marry us, and God will reward you.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Because it’s on your head—the highest part of your body and closest to the skies—many Africans viewed it as a passageway for spirits to the soul, a way to interact with God. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my Prayer, nor His Mercy from me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“If I give it up I shall lose my soul. Go thou also with God.” The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was your father, not God, who left you,” I said. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Much to the chagrin of some of the servants and to the consternation of Emma’s sister Elizabeth, the children even used bad language such as “the devil take” or “I wish to God.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's the wife, doctor. I can't get her to wake. My God! I can't get her to wake. And—and she don't look right to me." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I figured whatever it was, it wasn’t one of God’s creatures. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, the beautiful river, Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The night before the sheriff was supposed to pay us a unwelcome visit, I prayed to God for a way out of this madness. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“That I’m the closest thing to glory he’ll ever see on God’s green earth. What does, your daddy say about you?” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The idea that space and time may form a closed surface without boundary also has profound implications for the role of God in the affairs of the universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But this Vermont God cared enough about me to go to a lot of trouble kicking the hell out of me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"God bless you, Sister Harris," I said, taking her extended hand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z