| 单词 | heaven |
| 例句 | “Yeah, but then he died again. Or ascended to heaven?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Better than I’d imagined. Lots of copies of Playboy in heaven. Harvey gets me all the latest issues.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The Sleeper intends to slow down the heavens, too,” said Urvashi, her eyes widening. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z If she Put them on She would see me Studying the Incas Who lived two steps From heaven, way in the mountains. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good heavens, child, I really don’t know...I suppose it could....yes, I’m pretty sure it could...of course it could...I wouldn’t like to risk it, though...it might have some very nasty results....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z "With what coin, sweet star of my heaven?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “Thank heavens. There is much to do and no time. The worst has happened, Anne.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z It was part of the concept of the perfection of the heavens that the constellations had been the same for all eternity. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I flashed to Pa saying, “Where’d you go after you cleaned the stalls, Nathaniel? Looks like a rat’s heaven in there.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z I ask to please be taken up to heaven with my mum. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z What indeed is more beautiful than heaven, which of course contains all things of beauty? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Human gods naturally made heaven a pleasantly familiar place. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sleep on, thy graceful soul, till Christ calls you to come forth into His bright heaven.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Whichever door they tell you is the one to heaven, you just pick the other one.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “They kindly offered to take me to heaven.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z When I had thought of heaven as a child, I visualized Papa’s room, the softness, the creaminess, the endlessness. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z It might seem a marriage made in heaven, but there were still hurdles to be overcome before Kepler could achieve the breakthrough that made him a key figure in the history of science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The implication was that Etty, if she was a good girl, would go to heaven, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And heaven, as I envisioned it, had to be a place full of jazz. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It even had elevated towers for the dishes, for heaven’s sake. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “I expect the heavens will survive,” he said, and then he kissed her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Hell had been so hot, but heaven was even colder. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “Yes. I felt like going up to heaven.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Even in such a voice, the verses touched me: “I am the words, thou the melody; I the seed, thou the bearer; the heaven I, the earth thou.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z An astronomer looked through his new telescope into the stars one morning and then refused to ever look to the heavens again. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z I’ve come to think that’s what heaven is—a place in the memory of others where our best selves live on. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The bees zoomed among its bright and sticky leaves, higher and higher toward heaven, and a rope ladder disappeared among the foliage. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Now here I was, banging on heaven’s door again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, speed that sound up, and crank the volume high enough to blow out the windows in heaven. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The first faint glimmer of light was tinting the east, though all the stars above shone as brilliantly as ever against the profound velvet black of the high heavens. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I do not care if we are a step from heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Thank the heavens my precious boy is too young.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “The heavens are different out here,” he says. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Carnage suited me; heaven put those things in me somehow. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Taken all together, the moving planets made a “harmony of the spheres,” and the heavens are a beautiful mathematical orchestra. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z As we talked and sang Great-great-aunt Florentine to heaven, a little bit of heaven opened up and came down to us. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Well, the black man has functioned in the white man’s world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar: and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z O Lord of heaven — place Your hand upon him now, Your palm incised with age and suffering. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some days I was certain I’d be picking rocks even in heaven. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z In one day, my Aunt Fannie Mae went to heaven and I moved to Detroit. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Mike quickly found his PlayStation hockey game and Curtis was in geek heaven when he finally found Bibliomania. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z “Thank heaven I’m not superstitious. I could hear ghosts walk if I’d let myself. I could—” The front doorbell rang. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They made the earth and sky from him, the sea from his blood, the earth from his body, the heavens from his skull. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Joe understood immediately that this dynamite had not just fallen from heaven in order to increase the personal wealth and power of Joe Mondragon, all-around handyman and bean farmer par extraordinaire. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Who wants to go to university for heaven's sake! All they learn there is bad habits!" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z Brahe did not count the star of Bethlehem as a true star, for the Gospel of Matthew describes it as moving in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The sun was low in the sky, but it would not set for several hours, and the disk of the moon was pale, but it was there, high in the heavens, as well. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Instead, he is going to launch him toward the heavens where el Conejo’s outline will remain on the surface of the moon, so all are reminded of the mightiness of such a tiny creature. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z For heaven’s sake, what was there to be nervous about? The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “Polish, what do you think? You don’t need smarts to get into heaven.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It felt like a place you could pray to the heavens and be heard. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “So there are two brothers. One brother always lies, and one brother always tells the truth. You want the door to heaven, obviously, but you’re only allowed to ask one question.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z I send the words up to heaven to her. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Now what connection under heaven can there be between the golden man hanged so long ago and the sweet little bearing mother? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I hoped there would be room in heaven for that poor little girl, in whatever condition she’d arrived there. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, close the door. No use freezing while we wait,” Daddy said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z We first meet him in Book One, after he’s been cast out of heaven. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Almost beyond hearing he thought he caught, high and far up in the heavens, a cry: faint, but heart-quelling, cruel and cold. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z We sat in silence until John jumped up, saying, “Awful price to pay for a ticket to heaven.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z Finally Mrs. Coulter said, “Very well, I’ll tell you. Lord Asriel is gathering an army, with the purpose of completing the war that was fought in heaven eons ago.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When each baby was born, the parents rejoiced, the heavens rejoiced, even the fairies rejoiced. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I knew my father could taste those Kentucky Wonder beans as surely as any pure soul can taste heaven. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z As the people around me started toward the exits, I stood rock still, looking up, like I was looking toward the heavens. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Black clouds roll out from the Wastes, and the heavens break open, rain cascading through lightning-edged cracks in the sky. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The sun set, and a huge spring moon appeared, high already in the heavens. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Therefore heaven was completed first and earth assumed shape after. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s probably already in cat heaven, while some animal lover has turned her into a tasty dish. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “Good heavens, he’s right again!” cried the Old-Green-Grasshopper, clapping his hands. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z My future husband was becoming to me my whole world; and more than the world: almost my hope of heaven. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The only indication of the passage of time lies in the heavens, the subtle shift of the moon. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I opened the door, and there they were, thirty-two perfect little pieces of chocolatey heaven. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Dad said that he wanted to move to Florida where he could buy a little piece of heaven, and Mom had said Norvelt was heaven on earth. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A very limited sense of right and wrong prevailed in Homer’s heaven, and for a long time after. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “The unwritten laws of heaven are not of today nor yesterday, but from all time.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Some day, when he had translated all of Newton, he’d know more about why the moon followed that certain path through the heavens. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” Mom said, and hit the brakes. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Later on I bought him a drink, played the bluff soldier, old Arctic hand, "more things in heaven and earth" line. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In spite of the hellish aspects of life in Alexandra, the township was also a kind of heaven. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “God, please God, let her give him the old heave-ho,” said Francis, turning his eyes to heaven, when he heard this bit of intelligence. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “Don’t stand there in the middle of the floor talking about heaven. Move! You’re a mouse, not a man. Yau’ve got to scurry. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z The next afternoon his wife appears, a tousled little woman with anxious, quick eyes like a bird, in a sort of black crinkly mantilla with ribbons; heaven knows where she inherited the thing. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Mrs. Forbes at school said that when Mother died she had gone to heaven. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It was as if he spoke from the heavens, casting a c^rk cloud of fear over our valley. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Consequently, he insisted on using one single mathematical model to account for a planet’s movement across the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The true believer has faith that everything will be fine and they’ll be saved and go to heaven, which kind of makes adventure less of an adventure. But I’ll risk it.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Good heavens, I’m sure no harm will come to him!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Benny who told me beams of sunlight will take you up to heaven. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “They did not seem to think a motive was necessary. Old Horridge, peering at me, wanting to know if Rebecca had any money troubles. Money troubles. God in heaven.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He laughed, and said he didn’t believe in heaven or hell, just dust unto dust. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z “Perhaps the hand of heaven stays your hand. Or perhaps reason is your master. It is only those who are ruled by passion who allow their thoughts of violence to become violent acts.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We asked for a sign from heaven, and the sign came to cut across the open sea to Euboia, and lose no time putting our ills behind us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I says each time,—and I goes out in the air to say it under the open heavens,—‘but wot, if I gets liberty and money, I’ll make that boy a gentleman!’ Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z "How in heaven's name will we ken which one Nick is in?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Emma Wedgwood now firmly believed in a heaven and a hell. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With the Earth the center of the Universe, with creation pivoted about terrestrial events, with the heavens imagined constructed on utterly unearthly principles, there was little motivation for astronomical observations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Good heavens, it looked like just a splodge of colours and all along it was a kangaroo in football boots having a sandwich! Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z As far as the heavens, the skies soared. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Altars can have different levels to represent places like earth, heaven, or the Aztec underworld of Mictlan. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z It was the first nonmystical explanation of motion in the heavens; it made the Earth a province of the Cosmos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the heavens, five bright blue stars climbed out of the horizon and up into the studded sky. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I sink down on the foot of Therese’s bed and this time address my complaint to the heavens above. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Good heavens above! I don’t know what’s the matter with me!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z And I knew in spite of the anguish within me that the sun goeth down, for the heavens themselves conveyed that knowledge. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Earth, in the evening heavens, following the sun into the hills. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z So they're in academic heaven, talking about this professor and that course, this novel and that poem, and all of a sudden I'm afraid that they might turn into good friends after all. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The view induces the opposite of vertigo, a lurching feeling inspired not by gravity’s pull to earth, but by the infinite reaches of heaven. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z “That might irritate you. Try not to rub or it could end up in the back of your eye. Then we’d be looking into your head, and there’s nothing interesting in there, heaven knows.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I crash through the burning void toward the waters of heaven. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The cries of joy must have reached all the way to heaven, for just at that moment the first snow fell, swirling merrily outside the windows like confetti. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Rain fell in such sheets that the whole heaven seemed falling into the sea and the sea seemed leaping up into the sky. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a sting in this arithmetic: in knowing that in the divine calculus of heaven, one man could balance the equation for countless women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z She dies and he takes her to heaven on his wings. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z The second floor is the opposite of the first, as it’s in heaven. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z You could never convince a monkey to give you a banana by promising him limitless bananas after death in monkey heaven. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Stella giggled and whispered to Jojo, “He looks like he just floated down from heaven or something.” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Mercy, Miss Gilly, I can rest in heaven. In the meantime, it is human company that I treasure. It won’t bother you if I just sit here, will it? I promise not to make suggestions.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z Out over the sea, the dark clouds flicker like heaven is about to lose power. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z 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 “For heaven’s sake, madam, speak lower. What advantage can it be for you to offend Mr. Darcy? You will never recommend yourself to his friend by so doing!” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z Like a perfectly shaven cheek is how you get to some perfect heaven. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z That I might have actually died, and that he’s a figment of my imagination in a personalized heaven. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z The summer I turned twelve, Dad and I took a shuttle from Santa Fe to Rockhound State Park, which was exactly what its name suggested, and also Dad’s version of heaven. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Mr. Underwood said, “Cows don’t go to heaven,” to which Mrs. E.C.B. replied, “This one did,” and explained poetic license. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z "You must remember everything I tell you. After that, all you can do is cross your heart and pray to heaven and hope for the best." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Why in heaven's name did you yell "Wake up"? The writer chose to emphasize the question, not the exclamation. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Kit, for heaven’s sake,” Nat hissed in an exasperated whisper, “get away from this place! Quick!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Big Ma added, “I have a husband waiting for me in heaven. Don’t need another.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z It began, Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Do you think putting black cloths over the hives will help May get to heaven?” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They thought of them as the precursors of men and they defined them far more clearly as individuals than they had earth and heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as though she had touched something that was not quite of this world, the highest point of the heavens, the farthest star. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I remembered the story about how a bunch of angels came down and rolled away the rock that was in front of Jesus’s grave to let him go to heaven. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z When I got Ob and May after all those years of having nobody, that was my idea of dying and going to heaven. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z How to explain the appearance of a new star in the heavens? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I clasped my hands and was about to pray to the heavens when the waters of the pond exploded. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The planets glowed in the heavens; the moon and the sun each glowed with light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Asked what was the purpose of life, he replied, “the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens,” the reply of a true astronomer. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I asked my brother. He says the one question you have to ask is ‘What door would your brother say is the door to heaven?’ Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “To get them well. To make their minds better. Good heavens.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And the stars came out above the two, and swung in the heavens. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “They’re just bodies. Their souls are in heaven or hell or wherever. Probably not Catholics anyway. Come on, take her shoes off. You got to get used to it.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I searched for the right words to tell him so, but all I finally said was “I hope it’ll be years and years before you get to go to your heaven.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Ain’t it said somewhere in there that ‘before one word of this changes, heaven and earth shall fall away?’ I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z And I pictured him running down that pathway in the valley with his own hound of heaven at his heels. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She and Wu Tsing had been joined in tyandi, heaven and earth, so theirs was a spiritual marriage arranged by a matchmaker, ordered by his parents, and protected by the spirits of their ancestors. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stop it, for heaven’s sake,” she said, and got up. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The other night I dreamt that I died and went to heaven. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z And all of us with our closed eyes smelled the frangipani blossoms in the big rectangles of open wall, flowers so sweet they conjure up sin or heaven, depending on which way you are headed. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us say it is a step from heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z ‘She is sitting there all right, ma’am, as clear as daylight, but heaven only knows how she got there! Your Majesty is certainly not dreaming it this time!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few seconds later the balloon passed out of the cloud altogether and, still rising rapidly, soared on into the heavens. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “If we don’t catch this bird, you’re a dead man, and I’m just prayin’ that when you go to heaven you don’t bump into your long-lost feathered friend, Michael Jackson, up there. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Again—in that heaven on wheels—the table was set. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel her in unexpected moments, her Assumption into heaven happening in places inside me. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When seventeenth-century European sailors first saw the southern skies they put objects of seventeenth- century interest in the heavens—toucans and peacocks, telescopes and microscopes, compasses and the sterns of ships. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Are they not mad that they are not in the real heaven? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “And heaven help ye if ye couldn’t tell me what I was meant to be thinking.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I don’t care if August eleventh is Anastasia’s birthday, or that her church is undergoing renovations, or that the heavens have prepared a rainbow just for the two of you on that day! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z We may do something for pity’s sake, for heaven’s sake, for the nation’s sake, for our children’s sake. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z And the same salt waters of the oceans are drawn by the sun to the heavens, and in turn become again the waters of the moon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let me tell you something, Doctor. There is no way in heaven or hell that we will be sending Melody away to a nursing home!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z When finly we got here I was so tired and my dress was wrinkled and full of dust but the minute I saw Shad it was like heaven for both of us. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The horses’ flying feet went through the low-banked clouds near the ocean as through a thin sea mist and then up and up in the clear air, climbing the height of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “It makes me proud. Apparently all you need is three to get into Jewish heaven, so I’m well on my way.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The cars were safe, but the world and heavens were now on a collision course with the basketball game. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z Someday, I will find a tree that stretches to heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z 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 Felicia told me she grew sleepy, and felt as though she were drifting through the heavens, that she was a planet looking at herself from one of her moons. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither man was completely convinced that heaven was anything more than a metaphor. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z ‘Then for heaven’s sake what is the reason?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d give anything to simply touch them; to have access to them would be heaven. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Look at the mountains Such a beautiful sea And there's a promise that heaven is filled with glory. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z 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 “Yeah. She said something like she hoped that when we got to heaven we were all babies again.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Insects have colonies of bacteria, the mycetocytes, living in them like little glands, doing heaven knows what but being essential. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “I had three iodine tablets. I took my canteen cup and I looked into heaven at our Father in heaven. ‘I’m thirsty,’ I said. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “What in heaven is that?” asked Kaitlyn, gesturing to the book. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Wind and time have worn and smoothed the gate's tiered placards that barely show the old carvings of the five colored clouds of heaven. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z On the couch, she tried to calmly explain that Daddy had had an accident and had gone to heaven. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z But the Earth is just right, a heaven for humans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Hill House, she thought, you’re as hard to get into as heaven. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Not only did this imply that the planets—in the heavens—were made of light, airy stuff, but it also meant that any people in the heavens would naturally fall to Earth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z I thought all things were possible in heaven and on earth that day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It is clear then that Galileo had turned his telescope into an instrument that was good for only one purpose—looking at the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Do as I do: trust in God and yourself. Believe in heaven. Hope to meet again there.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z But really, I’m sure it was because she loved throwing a little end-of-the-year party for her bees, seeing them descend on the supers like they’d discovered honey heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is only fitting that we swoop in from the heavens.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Some tenants were gathered around him as if he was manna from heaven sent by the Most High. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z I found myself glancing at the vacant Arizona sky, hoping to see her black form swelling out of the earth, laying claim to her half of the heavens. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They had a year bf joy, twelve months of the strange heaven which the salmon know on beds of river shingle, under the gin-clear water. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In mango season, the tree dangled golden drops of heaven overhead, swaying just out of reach. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z You’ll see that there is life in the desert, that there are stars in the heavens, and that tribesmen fight because they are part of the human race. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, somewhere beyond the Gulf of Mexico, the sun was dropping through a coppery and cloudless heaven. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He is after all the Master of the Universe, the Creator of heaven and earth, the King of kings. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He puts words to the prayers I cannot speak: “Please take James’s soul into heaven with You, because he was just an innocent child.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, give me something to put on!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z But why for heaven’s sake were we in the playground at all? Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The Olympian gods came charging out of the heavens on their war chariots, trumpets blaring, swords flaming. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z When the girls finished their lesson, the petals of the lotus closed over Urvashi and she floated back to the heavens. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z "Don't argue with me, for heaven's sake, woman! This little brute Matilda or whatever her name is has stink-bombed my study! There's no doubt about it! Thank you for suggesting it." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z I look out the window, look up: there are the heavens, there are the stars, where they usually are. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Now Brahe set about proving that the impossible had in fact occurred by showing, using elementary trigonometry, that the new star could not be in the upper atmosphere but must be in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Surely it is the very jewel of heaven,” he said. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z If God was giving stars in crowns in heaven, as Grandma always promised, I’d earned two or three. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, he does,” said Quirrell casually, “heavens, yes. He was at Hogwarts with your father, didn’t you know? They loathed each other. But he never wanted you dead? “ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Maybe I could wait by the bed of a dying person and then when a transport angel comes, I could follow the angel and the dead person up to heaven. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z “Papa used to say they were like stars in heaven. Like apples in a tree. “They are little brown dots, child. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake. You were in a major accident, young man. You need to be horizontal.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z It has an angel and some stupid prayer about heaven. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I was just, a little sherry to get her into heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I often think how mad he’ll be if he was to die and find out there’s not any heaven, when he thinks about that five thousand a year. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t depend on heaven for food, but on your own two hands carrying the load.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “When I look up, I see people cashing in. I don’t see heaven or saints or angels. I see people cashing in on every decent impulse and every human tragedy.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z I thought of Moses leading the Israelites through the desert and God answering their hunger by raining down manna from heaven. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z “Until then you’ll, what, assign him a number? What if he does die? Unless he’s named and baptized, he won’t go to ape heaven.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Then she says, “We belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. May Allah have mercy upon Soheil and grant him the highest place in heaven.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Minnie says there was a holiday in heaven the day this child was made. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Then—heaven help him—he tried to be charming, to appeal to me man to man. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Obviously I had forfeited my place in heaven forever, and I was as gutless as the doll I had ripped to pieces ages ago. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Basil, where in heaven’s name did you get to?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Let them play, for heaven's sake, my grandmother says, when we complain about them tearing it apart. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Wang Lung and his family had come from a country where if men starve it is because there is no food, since the land cannot bear under a relentless heaven. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Still, the physical strength the work required paled beside the dexterity needed to rethread a shuttle quickly, or, heaven help her, tie one of those infernal weaver’s knots. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes she describes a place that sounds like heaven. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z God is love, they once said, but we reversed that, and love, like heaven, was always just around the corner. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake my fists at heaven and God, and when I finally subside into uncontrolled sobbing Queenie creeps out from behind the trunks and slides into my lap. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z The mob gathered and chanted, taste but one drop of the blood of la curandera and the key to heaven is assured. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Animated frescoes arrange and rearrange into different celestial scenes: the gods and goddesses, an everlasting rose, the kings and queens of old, the islands of Orléans, the heavens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Insolent words uttered in the arrogant consciousness of power were always heard in heaven and always punished. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This explained the motion of the planets in the heavens with incredible accuracy; no longer could astronomers object that the heliocentric system was inferior to the geocentric one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And now here I am, sitting in the church, staring at the white spot on my left foot while the minister talks about God and heaven and angels. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z Just as it had my mom, the thought of Gabriel not being on Earth anymore, and also of Oslo in heaven, started to upset me as I walked outside to take the trash out. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z “My God in heaven,” she breathed in horror. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. Christians go to heaven when they die.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z In Westeros the septons spoke of seven hells and seven heavens, but the Seven Kingdoms and their gods were far away. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wonder if my mom’s up there in heaven or simply up there somewhere—maybe even on some after-death spaceship or something, like Boy21 had imagined. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you think I should just fly up to heaven and ask some questions, but it is not that easy. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z There were outside staircases, going heaven knows where—perhaps to heaven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z They would no sooner question the color line than they would the concept of heaven and hell or the fact that man must earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z "I'll try not to be too long. And if any of the fair folk sing their silly songs at you, for heaven's sake, don't throw your crutch at them. They'll only steal it." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “I thought you were my husband coming to take me to heaven.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It’s a place where souls are cleaned so they can go to heaven!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Angela is gettin’ evicted with the children an’ ’tis delvin’ out of the heavens.They need a bit of shelter till they get on their feet an’ I have no room for them. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I needed to know that dying and going to heaven didn’t involve any regrets or sorrows or worries. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z “Christ—and they told me to keep away from Kansas! Never set my pretty foot here again. As though they were barring me from heaven. And just look at it. Just feast your eyes.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He tried to visualize a heaven, a God seated on a throne, but could not. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “To lose both Florentine and Edisto in the same year...It’s a hard blow, for heaven’s sake.” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh for heaven’s sake, ” she snapped, now directing her wand at a dustpan, which hopped off the sideboard and started skating across the floor, scooping up the potatoes. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z So finally I get bored in the down under and I'm hanging out in the so-called back yard, your basic chunk of chain-link heaven. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z An hypothesis was the theoretical model which generated predictions of the future locations of the planets in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Good heavens,” cried the mayor, “is he dead?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “They fed each other! That’s the difference between heaven and hell! In hell we starve! In heaven we feed each other!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Adams concurred that the reunion in heaven would permit them to laugh at their human follies and foibles, though he would talk with Franklin only after the great man did proper penance for his sins. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In the nurseries all the little boys were moving heaven and earth to persuade their mothers to have hard pears for dinner, which were stewed in honey-syrup and vinegar, and eaten with whipped cream. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z And all around heaven were groups of angels—all of them white people. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone once said it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich guy to get into heaven. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Since he’d been known to sleep on Trotter’s couch with his eyes wide open, there was no way under heaven to tell if he were wide awake or dead asleep. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z The sunbeams are a way to get to heaven. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z 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 Stars shone pale against bleached-bone heavens, and all the shadows died. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Hello? Yes, I’m coming. Oh, for heaven’s sake. Just leave it there. I’ll clean it up when I get home.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Christine also took umbrage at the Soviets’ excursion into the heavens. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Uncle Etienne says heaven is like a blanket babies cling to. He says people have flown airplanes ten kilometers above the earth and found no kingdoms there. No gates, no angels.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z By heaven! when she vomited, all the sea was like a cauldron seething over intense fire, when the mixture suddenly heaves and rises. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for him to lecture me about you being in heaven, I chewed a mouthful of rice. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z They had all shared the assumption that such models must involve various combinations of circular movement, because the philosophers had instructed them that all movements in the heavens was required to be circular. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I imagined some old woman telling my mother on me up in heaven, shaking her head and wagging her finger. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After death, the souls of the Orthodox do not wing their way directly to heaven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Not that my mother is the nosy kind, as she believes God in heaven can see you and that is supervision enough. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “Oh, heavens, no, I wasn't allowed to ride,” he answers. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z And I wondered if Daisy was sleeping in heaven right then. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z The deeps of heat there in the Indies — he shall not go there—the ranks of chained men led out to the sugar-fields — the sun, buzzing in the heavens. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z After all, they are watching the clockwork of the heavens—a clockwork that does not hiccup on leap years or reset itself every time humans decide to change the calendar. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “But good heavens, you must be blind!” said James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “With the two brothers guarding the two doors, and one door leads to heaven and the other one leads to hell?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “Of course it’s true! Good heavens, didn’t you know that? It’s about fifty times as big as any other!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I think he liked the fields ’cause if he saw a fresh cow pie, he was in heaven. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t mind going off to meet our father who art in heaven as soon as I can.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “Good heavens!” cried Elizabeth; “but how could that be? How could his will be disregarded? Why did you not seek legal redress?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z They must, because comets come into existence and disappear, while the heavens continue the same for ever. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Look at their faces"—Lev smiles—"the kids' and the teachers'. They're in heaven." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I shrieked to the heavens and pounded the floor with rage. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I just thank heavens that only one of them talks. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Heard? Why, God in heaven must have heard! I’ve screamed it loud enough.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Do you really want to send Harry back to school with that hanging over him? For heaven’s sake, he’s happy not knowing!” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They know who stands behind Mobutu, and that in some place as far away as heaven, where the largest rules are made, white and black lives are different kinds of currencies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z If baptized, the children would be in heaven now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “If it makes you feel any better, I probably will. You won’t—you’ll get to heaven, no problem. I just thought you knew the facts.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone in heaven must be very rich to have so many blankets and wooden doors inside the house. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In the Town Hall to this day, there is a statue of Atlas supporting the heavens, festooned with constellations. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “What do you think they eat in heaven?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She must be loving it up in heaven, where I figure everybody must just let loose. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z She wore a crown on her head because she was the queen of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z His father looked at his mother, then at the heavens. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “No doubt the hearts of most of us beat a little faster at the thought that we were about to jump into the moonlight over heaven knew what,” Haukelid later said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If there is a heaven, which I doubt, I wonder if he has turned his face away. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good heavens! What have they done to him? He’s about ten feet tall and thin as a wire!” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Thus love fuels war, turning it into an inferno whose heat and smoke rise to the heavens. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z I suppose that is because when I was about four and first heard about prayers, I was told that they flew up to heaven. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When I came here, The Wells was the prettiest place I ever moved to in my life—I thought I had moved into heaven. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If I have already been reprogrammed and this is where my mind has ended up, it’s heaven. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Philosophy tells us that the universe consists of concentric spheres; the actual patterns made by the planets as they move through the heavens is a subject for astronomy, which is a sub-branch of mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Atlas, who bore the vault of heaven upon his shoulders, was the father of the Hesperides, so Hercules went to him and asked him to get the apples for him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They shoot off the cannons in Reverend Hunt’s honor; a great man has gone to his reward in heaven. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “And where exactly is this money coming from? Is it going to drop down from heaven and land at our feet?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z If this really were a new star, it would shatter that perfection—and once you accepted that the heavens were imperfect, who could say what might follow? The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z When Bell died would she go to heaven? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I was holding on to that notebook like it was a prayer from heaven. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z To Aeneas he sent this message, that he had a daughter forbidden by heaven to wed with any except a foreigner, and that he believed the Trojan chief was this man of destiny. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Mother o’ God, Mrs. Leibowitz, these twins smell to the high heavens. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She believed that if you were a good Christian you would go to heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun had not risen above the horizon, but it cast a bright glow into the heavens, promising a fair day. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z She had always fought with her mother, but Islam taught her that “heaven is at the feet of your mother,” and this reined her in. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Harry,” said Hermione, exasperated, as one of Ron’s bishops wrestled her knight off his horse and dragged him off the board. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z A streak of it right out of your own blue heaven. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z It took her a moment to register what I was telling her, and then she grumbled, “Oh, for heaven’s sake.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z When she could not find him anywhere in heaven she glided swiftly down to the earth and ordered the cloud off. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She hoped to see them all in heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I began to doubt the prior day’s events, as one would suspect a vision of the open heavens to be a figment of the mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The ceiling above glittered with constellations—even the newest one, Zoe the Huntress, making her way across the heavens with her bow drawn. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z It’s strange the way thirty square miles can look like heaven or hell, depending on what the weather blows in. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z One Christmas we received gifts from our mother and father, who lived separately in a heaven called California, where we were told they could have all the oranges they could eat. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z But, when I asked if there could be ways he didn’t know about, he said, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Sophie Brown, than are dreamt of in our philosophies.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z He says they’re sad because they know Jesus will grow up and be killed so that we can all go to heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Powerful angels, safe in heaven! they smile when sordid souls triumph, and feeble ones weep over their destruction. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Hands cupped in front of their faces, heads bowed, murmuring a prayer: “Merciful God, forgive him his trespasses. Make wide his grave and light his path. Raise him unto the highest heavens.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The suggestion was that they were having their heaven right here on earth. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Non-Catholics had souls too, of course, and somehow could get to heaven. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z One can no longer distinguish whence in this now quiet silvery landscape it comes; ghostly, invisible, it is everywhere; between heaven and earth it rolls on immeasurably. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z As long as Theresa Carmody is in heaven not coughing I don’t go to confession anymore. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She sighs and gazes toward heaven as though asking for help. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “Oh, thank heavens! I was afraid you’d gone somewhere else to hide,” she whispered back. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s what I call a peroration—though heaven knows where Douglass’s hosts would have been looking as he delivered it. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Though maybe it’s a little much to think I’d actually be in heaven. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Suffer little children to come unto me,” Jesus said, “for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Even if they were society’s pariahs, they were going to be angels in a marble white heaven and sit on the right hand of Jesus, the Son of God. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z An angel from heaven or a minion from hell? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They don’t got a playground in heaven for nobody. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z One weathered old hobo told the preacher that if he wanted more pilgrims on that road to heaven, they should pave it with pork and beans instead of onion soup. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z With one stride he covers the earth, with the second the heavens, and with the third he boots Bali into the netherworld. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Had Almighty God, in all His infinite wisdom, really been afraid that men six thousand years ago would succeed in building a tower to heaven? Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Still, life was improved in ways he’d never dreamed possible; in one step, he’d reached heaven, just as in the saying. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Words of the dead, drifting down from the heavens like feathers from birds in flight. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Can there be anything more magnificent than that this barbarian lord should have all the things to be found under the heavens in his domain, fashioned in gold and silver and jewel and feathers? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Once again, she reassured Charles—and herself—that he was a good man, a moral man, and should get into heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The end of another sentence...hollyhocks like distilled sunsets and larkspur like concentrate of heaven. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” muttered Root, elbowing past the brothers. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z How she stood alone in an empty field, turned her face to the heavens and recited the mantra. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When the young Dawn with finger tips of rose made heaven bright, I sent shipmates to bring Elpenor’s body from the house of Kirke. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas also studied the heavens himself, and made observations of a supernova seen in 1572, some of which were used by Tycho Brahe in his analysis of that event. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There seems to be no difference between the heavens and the depths. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Kepler distinguished between a geometrical hypothesis—the mathematical model used to generate predictions—and an astronomical hypothesis, the actual path of the planet through the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Call, did you hear about the lawyer, the dentist, and the p-sychiatrist who died and went to heaven?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why invite me if you don’t want destruction, eh? Why bring ten camels’ worth of powder if you don’t want to blow that thing right back to the heavens?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z As the sky deepened like brewing tea, Minli and the dragon looked in silence at the red line reaching to the heavens. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Stella stopped and watched, then looked to the heavens and gave a simple prayer of thanks. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Would a son in heaven have wives to take care of me when I am old? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Awful old hypocrite, telling everyone else to help you and trying to worm out of it himself. And for heaven’s sake keep away from that horn.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Intoxicated as he was with the heavens, he couldn’t imagine needing anything on earth. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z I remember being small and looking up, wondering if the rumble could unseat the heavens. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z "We were artists, Gerta. We believed in beauty, truth. We wanted to pull heaven down to earth. We had many friends, went to many parties—we were part of a club. A Jewish club." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Instead, both heaven and hell were conditions in which people lived right here on this planet Earth. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “He means to chop our legs from beneath us....But if he has truly awakened, then why are the agents of the heavens...them?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z For the gatekeepers of heaven were to review him in state, that they might make their decision: Would this man be a credit to the empyrean? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Merchants would string tiny white lights up over K Street, where they shone through the night as pretty as heaven. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Our Father, who art in heaven,” began Mrs. Rimas. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The starlit heaven reminded me of a large blue umbrella, outspread and with the handle broken off. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And yet, He had the right to send you to hell or heaven when you died. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Around him, the leather-bound tomes of the Temple of Lkossa’s library seemed to reach into the heavens, stacked so high that some shelves required ladders to reach. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She looked like she was in heaven, surrounded by all the books. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “Not really. I mean, I guess they go to heaven? That’s where my Grans went.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z But Wang Lung said stoutly, “I have never had any good from that old man in heaven, yet. Incense or no incense, he is the same in evil. Let us go and see the land.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Noah, why does he insist on staying in jail? It’s Father’s Day, for heaven’s sake.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z And I raised my camera and took a picture of those angels cooking that food that smelled like heaven. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “Pennies from heaven. And I’ve got just one more ride to get ’em.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, the heaven or sky above him was now a perfect circle. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It is a wonder that God in heaven did not drown out his lying voice with a thunderous ‘NO!’ Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The stars shone through the window and the silence of the heavens seemed to be round him. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Some angels climb to heaven backwards,” Caroline said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Someone who will one day, when he or she dies, rule with Christ in heaven for one thousand years,” she said, excitedly squeezing my arm. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Spirits of dog heaven, I offer the soul of Roger's yellow dog. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z It was natural therefore to claim that, since a clock models the heavens, the heavens are like a clock. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But if Zola is an angel, then maybe she knows where the heaven is and where the angels are meeting, and maybe she knows what the rules are. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z His respect for the Soviet players, from what he knew of their games, was immense, and at first, the reality of being in Russia was like being in chess heaven. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I have seen preachers at revival meetings speak like that, with voices rising in such a way that heaven and anger get mingled together. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, it was heaven to be off my feet. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z People began to sing: “Hallelujah for the Lord in heavens We will applaud you We will celebrate you We will dance for you—” Suddenly, Djo, my new happiness left. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He was a pharmacist, for heaven’s sake," she muttered, "not a threat to anyone.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Before there were gods heaven and earth had been formed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z For a moment, the emperor and his guests could only stare up at the heavens. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At that time, it felt like heaven had opened and everything was clear, except the pain was getting worse by the minute. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z When he asked what should such fellows as he do crawling between earth and heaven, he was encouraged with loud cries of “Hear, hear!” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Never a tremor of wind, or a splash of rain, no errant snowflake comes to stain that heaven, so calm, so vaporless, the world of light. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z For Ferula, who had spent her life taking care of an old lady who was slowly, irremediably rotting alive, looking after Clara was like being in heaven. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z They watched the motions of the heavens and judged the composition of the earth. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "To their own personal afterlives, I suspect. Whatever was deepest in their hearts' desire, whether they knew it or not. What else could heaven be, Sik?" City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z The Colony was, comparatively, a heaven, in many respects. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The space occupied by the stars is heaven, the habitation of God, the angels and the elect. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I imagined the Augustus Waters analysis of that comment: If I am playing basketball in heaven, does that imply a physical location of a heaven containing physical basketballs? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I thought about how this must be what it's like to go to heaven—walking toward the blinding light, with the smell of bacon and eggs all around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z June played with her eyes closed, as if May’s spirit getting into heaven depended solely on her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And then he decided he would fly it up into the sky, right up to the heavens, to see the sparkling blue earth look like a mean shriveled-up thing. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z They were the brutal powers of earth, and in the inevitable contest between them and the divine powers of heaven, brute force would conquer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Arguments over the location of novas and comets in the heavens thus continued even after 1610, after which date the traditional Ptolemaic system was abandoned by all competent participants. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “I don’t know what the neighborhood dogs would do without you, Miss Hyacinth. I thought Snuggles had gone to heaven when he tasted the other dog cookie you made.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Pray for a little child that’s barely two and already playing with his little brother in heaven? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z As I gazed across the sky at this contrail, it occurred to me that the top of Everest was precisely the same height as the pressurized jet bearing me through the heavens. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z The telescope itself provides a form of space travel; as Hooke put it, a ‘transmigration into heaven, even whil’st we remain here upon earth in the flesh’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Long enough to think this is heaven,” I said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The statue of Indra, king of the heavens, was next. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Miss Honey said softly, "Yes, that would be heaven." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z The dragon appeared and threatened Billy, who was dressed as a girl; the angel with a sword and lantern descended from heaven. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z For what seemed like hours, I bounced and twirled and flipped and somersaulted, my beaded braids flying up into the sky again and again, as if they could touch heaven. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Then, heaven knows from what quarter of the world, fatality brought in Odysseus to the swineherd’s wood far up the island. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily, the Old Man of the Moon took pity on the young king and went to the Jade Emperor in the heavens and the Dragon King of the Sea on his behalf. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z When he arrived in Anaheim — and saw the palm trees and orange groves, and smelled the citrus in the air — Carl said to himself, “This is heaven.” Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z They threatened that they would pile Mount Pelion on Mount Ossa and scale the heights of heaven, as the Giants of old had piled Ossa on Pelion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a whiteness in my head and I feel like a boy in heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake, it is! Come on, sugar, let’s get dressed, quick!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Good heavens, what a heartless creature you are!" he whispered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then softly she withdrew to bathe and dress her body in fresh linen, and make her offerings to the gods of heaven, praying Almighty Zeus to put his hand to their revenge. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, just before the nobody died, the heavens opened up, and there was thunder and lightning. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Were they in a book issued from heaven? March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z One of the primary purposes of the first clocks was to model the movement of the heavens, not just to tell the time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Tell me my girl’s in heaven. That she ain’t suffering now.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z For this reason, Alba grew up thinking that normality was a gift from heaven. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I had almost let that day slip by without making my wish, and now here came an acorn like it was dropped right down from heaven. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z With a crabby laugh, I let him lie, kind heaven’s merciful bounty to some sick fox. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z It was our little piece of rock-and-roll heaven. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Charlie,” she says, “stop having such a pity party.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It was said that Green Lake was "heaven on earth" and that Miss Katherine's spiced peaches were "food for the angels." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “He speaks for a lot of men, Polly. I’m not saying there are many as mean-spirited as he is—thank heaven. But there are hundreds—thousands—who don’t believe in ‘book sailing.’ Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z You would have my mother rule my heavens, you would send all sinners to her for forgiveness, but you would also have her taint her hands with the blood of vengeance— Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “The cannons to the heavens, the heavens to earth.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It would be like heaven, she thought, falling asleep in his arms, waking up beside him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I believe that if we can’t learn to live with our brothers and sisters here on earth, how will we get a chance to work it out in heaven? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Pa led me to a temple area where the trees were so tall that they seemed to reach the heavens. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Something in his leisurely movements and the secure position of his feet upon the lawn suggested that it was Mr. Gatsby himself, come out to determine what share was his of our local heavens. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Your hooch and Velma T.’s elixir are a match made in heaven. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 Their leather shoes splash through the shining puddles on the road, the sacks of books bang against William's broad back, and Jeanne shouts to the heavens. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z At the moment he fell still, the vault of heaven, star-studded, profound, was pierced as if by a spear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Our bodies are entangled, entwined, but Helene is foreign to me suddenly, unknowable as the heavens. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z If I ever managed to get to heaven after everything I’d done, I hoped I would get just a few minutes for a private conference with God. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Furlough,” he said, “what is this thing? What are all these colors? Are we in heaven?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z By mid-May the sun was circling high in the heavens, flooding the taiga with light. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Christian, however, looked forward to a heaven of eternal joy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a kindly, peace-loving god, popular on earth as in heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Rosemary appears from a side hall like an angel from heaven. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z It was not the titan’s broad powerful shoulders supporting the bronze globe of the world and heavens that seemed so different. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z That way he can fly as much as he wants in heaven. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Before this new language, clocks could be used to understand the heavens but not terrestrial physics or biology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I can almost see myself looking down from heaven, watching the Doctorita bury my battered body in a cornfield in the dead of night. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “The ruler of heaven himself has sent me to you,” he said. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Nobody never gets to heaven, and nobody gets no land. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy went to heaven almost a year ago. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z The circle was thought to be a “perfect” geometrical shape and the planets, placed high in the heavens, away from earthly “corruption,” were also thought to be in some mystical sense “perfect.” Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And his uncle laughed and said carelessly, “You are under a good heaven. There are men less rich than you who hang from the burnt rafters of their houses.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “Fill this place with a sandstorm so strong that it blots out the sun. Then I can look to heaven without blinding myself.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Beyond its battered frame the black-barked trees grew straight to the heavens, disdaining the forest floor, where tangled heather and brush hid the path leading from this lonely spot. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Can you get your mind off of heaven and back on the Upper West Side? Look up and see the ashes.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “The Pastor says it’s God’s will, that my baby will be waiting for me in heaven. But I want him now. I want him now.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “Hey, remember that riddle with the two brothers and the doors to heaven and hell?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z God in heaven, take me away from here ... Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Mamá said, folding her hands and looking up at the heavens. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z The prayer went thus: Our Father, who art in heaven Hallowed be Thy name, Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys quickly found that they had just landed smack-dab in the heart of hog heaven. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “And for heaven’s sake, Joana, find your own goat,” Poet chimed. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The whole family was standing around the grave, crying and holding hands, offering Grandpa up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Not the song about the fox coming for the big black duck, heavens no! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z But, try as they might, the philosophers could not get such models to fit what actually happens in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cassie thought heaven was a fairy tale for stupid people. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The transition roughly coincides with the transition between dry and wet seasons—the time when the Milky Way releases life-giving water to Pacha Mama, Mother Earth—and divides the heavens into four quar- ters. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It felt like heaven as it flowed over his dry mouth and down his parched throat. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z For those were the days when beasts of the heavens and seas were still allowed to be seen by mortal eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z There was an odd quiet moment when we were all staring at a rope in the clouds, heads thrown back—waiting for a sign from heaven. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Who in my own bloodline will have to miss the Jesus in the heavens because of my weakness?”’ The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Hera is often called “cow-faced,” as if the adjective had somehow stuck to her through all her changes from a divine cow to the very human queen of heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah. For flies. They love that blue light. Every time you hear that buzz, that’s another fly going bye-bye, off to fly heaven.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Well, for heaven’s sake,” I exploded, “you don’t expect to hang around China until it’s all through fighting, do you?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m aware that Rosa is in seventh heaven; that random strangers are talking to her and treating her like a friend. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z I can accept purgatory if heaven is beyond it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Listen to reason, for heaven's sake. You cannot escape the time-field. It has never been done.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z What hound of heaven had driven him to the high hills this afternoon? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z There was no way under heaven that Madam would survive six hours of dancing without having something to eat. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z For a time it was the brightest object in the heavens, other than the sun and the moon, brighter even than Venus. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s a dumb animal, for heaven’s sake! How can a troll follow instructions?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z But I don't believe I was out for more than a few seconds, and when I came to, I was lying on the carpet and I was still, thank heavens, behind the screen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “A place to sit sounds like heaven,” Nan said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And my mom said, “Then we’d go to heaven telling people about the truth and saving their souls.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z When the Turkish Army had attacked Afyon two weeks earlier, Hajienestis had believed that he was dead and that the ripples of light reflecting on his cabin walls were the pyrotechnics of heaven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z He blesses me again, asks me to pray for him, and I’m happy trotting through the rainy streets of Limerick knowing Theresa is in heaven with the cough gone. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth . Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I wanted to go visit Him in heaven to ask Him what was going on and why we had to be treated so badly by white people. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z His small milky-blue eyes would rove the Hall for the full sixty minutes, searching for trouble, and heaven help the boy who caused it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Tempier abolished many Aristotelian doctrines that contradicted God’s omnipotence, such as, “God can not move the heavens in a straight line, because that would leave behind a vacuum.” Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The twins stopped warring against heaven and Poseidon felt pleased with himself, but the fact was that the two had turned to other plans which interested them more. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The whole thing was drawn by a team of seven horses, speeding as if through the heavens. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “For heaven's sake, I should have left you with the marten after all!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then, trying to regain her composure, she said, “Oh, for heaven’s sake. It’s all poppycock.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z 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 “Good heavens, I like that! My dear boy, I am a real violin! It is part of my own body!” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The people were also praying to heaven for protection. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "Thank heaven my audience is not made up of such sobersides. Sander, see that this lad is given instructions in laughing." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z “Sex? Oh, heavens no. They told me they would be holding a slightly rowdy book club meeting in there for the better part of an hour.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z As he ambled down his row toward the front of the room, smiling faces lifted and tilted toward him like the broad front faces of sunflowers as they follow the sun across heaven. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Then came a voice, piped in like a loudspeaker from heaven. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z No doubt Phaëthon had often watched the Sun riding through the heavens and had told himself with a feeling, half awe, half excitement, “It is my father up there.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Above, the heavens glow, the sky pale with starlight. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Instead of sailing from Turkey to America, this time she would be traveling from earth to heaven, where Lefty had already gotten his citizenship and had a place waiting. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z But when Mother died she didn’t go to heaven because heaven doesn’t exist. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z What Ptolemy had managed to achieve was a system that accurately predicted movements in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I shouted as he appeared before me, is there no God in heaven to bear my burden? Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The goal of previous astronomers had been to construct mathematical models that would successfully predict the location of the planets in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The fair wind, once heaven set it blowing, never failed. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Because, through the heavy water, I heard the sound of an angel calling my name, calling me to the only heaven I wanted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z No way in hell he can share a beer with Graham in heaven without getting this job done. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z If my daughter were in heaven could she still watch the baby while I work in my manioc? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Malachy said, Are we going to see Oliver? and Dad said, No, Oliver is in heaven and don’t ask me what heaven is because I don’t know. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Well, if you got to make up a story, Will, for heaven’s sake don’t pin it on anybody that anybody knows.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z I believe there’s some alien creator and somewhere for dead people to hang out, but I don’t credit all that as God and heaven.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Clive Pike tried to get me back, and it went on like that, swerving, eddying, and ramming for five minutes of heaven. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z We thanked heaven that Chairman Mao had started this Cultural Revolution, and that the Central Committee of the Communist Party had uncovered the mess in our schools. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Just throw me in a casket and send me straight to heaven right now! Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Gilbert’s interests also extended, necessarily in a more speculative way, into the heavens. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z We’d stretched our hands out as far as the tips of our fingers could go, touching the wind, trying to reach heaven. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z My mother was born ten minutes before my aunt Julia, who seemed to have become some sort of a recluse that summer, rarely leaving her house and, according to my mom, “stinking to high heaven.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Named after the Greek goddess who traveled the heavens with the speed of wind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Blackish-gray wisps of words and ideas and spirits, a burnt qurbani ascending to heaven for acceptance. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Good heavens! I would never have thought he had so many customers.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The beautiful snow is melting, turning everything into pig heaven, what with all the mud puddles. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z If we cannot preserve it for another year I would be in favor of putting a torch to it and burning it down and let it go up into the bright sky to eternal heaven.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z According to my Baptist Sunday-school teachers, a child is denied entrance to heaven merely for being born in the Congo rather than, say, north Georgia, where she could attend church regularly. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Oh, Mother, I never knew how much like heaven this world could be, when two people love and live for one another!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z After all, if there is no God, there is no heaven. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Easter is better than Christmas because Dad takes us to the Redemptorist church where all the priests wear white and sing.They’re happy because Our Lord is in heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have we not read what is to come in the movements of the planets?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Once or twice it reared its head straight up, as if appealing to heaven—the abomination of the moment was perfectly expressed. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I dropped the mike to the flatbed, raised both arms to the heavens, and howled, “Cap! You were too young to die!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z She was confused but kept her mouth closed, thank heavens. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “What in heavens for? Another drone? New tennis shoes, perhaps?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z It felt like soft kisses from heaven landing on my nose and forehead. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z But if you died with a mortal sin on your soul you could never enter heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z So ended the raid, and no news of it came ever back either to Mordor or to Isengard; but the smoke of the burning rose high to heaven and was seen by many watchful eyes. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z “Not exactly. Home as in heaven. To be with God. Do you get my drift?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z All people who love God will go to heaven someday. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “High up from us,” said the master, “but when God looks down, it’s the bottom. That’s why we call it so. It’s the bottom of heaven—best land there is.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “The retreat is a bloody shambles. For heaven's sake, man. This is your one last good chance to show what we can do when we're decisive and determined. What's more...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z He jumped to his feet, put his hand on the wall to steady himself as he craned his neck to gawk toward the heavens. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake. The only way out is the other elevator.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z He described party allegiance as “the last degradation of a free and moral agent” and claimed that “if I could not go to heaven but with a party, I would not go there at all.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name ... Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Two days before the race, the heavens finally relented. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z These same principles led astronomers to take a new interest in measuring distances in order to establish exactly where certain objects—new stars—were in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The people of Chutreaux did not wish to be outdone, on earth or especially in heaven. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z “This is the way the Lord of light speaks to us. If we accept His light, we will rightly say, ‘Hallelujah to the Lord in heaven.’ Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I was afraid if I said anything, I'd be next, sir.' Well, if this spinelessness is the future of British society, heaven help us.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “But you haven’t learned the truth yet. All those old beliefs are wrong. Only Jesus matters, and our future in heaven.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Balder was the most beloved of the gods, on earth as in heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t understand what the man could be thinking! You’re just trainees, for heaven’s sake!” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I glance up to the heavens for strength and courage. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z When the surly handyman showed up that afternoon to nail up a few boards, he seemed an angel from heaven wielding a hammer. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Some families offered him cookies and tea, which he could snack on during his journey to heaven. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z With two outs, Chase swung for' heaven, three times. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She raised her glass to the heavens, toasting her dad or maybe God. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She is handy at cooking anything living or dead, but heaven be praised, Mother rejected the monkey, with its little dead grin. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought it was heaven when I first found it. I couldn’t imagine anything better than that. And all the time it was full of Specters, and we never knew....” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When heaven and earth were joined in emptiness and all was unwrought simplicity, then without having been created things came into being. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Some say they do. It’s like dying, though, and going to heaven. Nobody ever comes back to tell you about it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Beyond the bright crown of the earth, the heavens were always dark. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z In short, Penelope was in library heaven, and she prepared to start taking notes. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z All his neighbors, though, were certain that it was a sign from heaven of his ill fortune. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Prince Hamlet shone with his own glory, and courtiers arranged themselves around him like the smaller lights in the heavens around their sun. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Do you think, Madame, that in heaven we will really get to see God face-to-face?” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z They tempt them with delicious meats, saying it’s the only way to heaven. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z We all talked in whispers, and we waited for something to happen up in heaven. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z Kepler was never able to be an effective observer of the heavens because of his bad eyesight, and in Graz he had no access to observational data. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Mam looks at Dad as if he just came down from heaven and Dad says, That’s what we did in Antrim long before there were doctors riding their horses. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z You can come with all the Michelin stars in the world, just give me baloney and brown bread and margarine and I’m in heaven. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I figured May must’ve made it to heaven and explained to my mother about the sign I wanted. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice that could order a squadron from the heavens to set fire to Havana or to decimate a Russian fleet or to start a world war. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The living, thank heaven, retain the ability to surprise and to disappoint. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “If there’s a heaven and I’m allowed inside, I’m sure this pool and grapevine will be there.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I laid her head in my lap and with tear-filled eyes gazed up into the heavens. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z My sisters all seemed determined to fly, or in Rachel’s case, to ascend to heaven directly through a superior mind-set, but my way was slowly and surely to walk. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 “No one’s going to heaven just yet,” Emma said, looking worried. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Up in heaven one spring morning as he idly watched the earth, Zeus suddenly saw a charming spectacle. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Too bad about that little girl; the things she’s been through make a body wonder if God’s in heaven.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Some moons will be so close that their planet will loom high in the heavens, covering half the sky. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z A similar but more classic calculation of this type was made by Archimedes, who estimated the number of grains of sand needed to fill up the earth and heavens. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet no such object could exist: Brahe knew his way around the heavens, and it was a fundamental principle of Aristotelian philosophy that there could be no change in them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z A woman so strong she burns heaven and drenches hell. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I love you, Momma, more than anything on earth or in the Lord's heavens above. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z According to the Aristotelian philosophers, epicycles ought not really to exist: all movement in the heavens ought to be circular movement around the centre of the universe. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And the master of heaven and high thunder, Zeus, went to his place among the gods assembled hearing Athena tell Odysseus’ woe. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 It’s heaven to slip into a pair of jeans, T-shirt, and cardigan, and out of my uncomfortable heels. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z "What in heaven's name—?" "It's naught," I interrupted. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Like Maya Angelou’s caged bird being released, flying past the jungle, past the ghetto, and up, up to the heavens. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "For heaven's sake, say something," her mother said. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Our Blessed Mother had been taken up into heaven, body and soul. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The way he went on for two hours about sitting down to the Lord’s great banquet and eating manna from heaven, we had our hopes set a little on the high side. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z You may even plead with them, by heaven! in gentle terms to quit their horseplay—not that they will heed you, rash as they are, facing their day of wrath. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z It had been struck by lightning a few years back, and the pastor had said it was a sign from heaven, like a blessing, and that they ought to leave it just like that. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “Thank heaven! Well, there’s a good night’s work done.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, will you stop that!” she snapped at him. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z At night he saw the stars in the heavens and the sickle-shaped moon floating like a boat in the blue. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z And they don’t have homes in heaven or hell. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z As the buds on the trees turn to flowers, she raises her black eyebrows in surprise above her wide blue eyes and declares: bougainvillea, hibiscus, why, tree of heaven! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Mortimer, don’t put ideas into his head!” whispered Elinor, with a nervous glance at Capricorn. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “No Earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world...” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Tricking the beasts of heaven and sea! The king’s father was crafty.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I nearly cried myself to death thinking about Mama up in heaven, all alone. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Will the castle look like heaven, such as Saint John saw? Will it have towers sparkling with gold and bright gems?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But he himself, left dangling somewhere between heaven and earth, cannot do what they do. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Like a pitcher on fire, throwing fastball after fastball, heaven struck me out and good. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Now the heavens are unpredictable and the sea fickle. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Was she in heaven with her daughter and my grandma? Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z “I swear by heaven, though now I must be shriven for doing so! Therefore come, let us go and together lose our sins.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Oh, my heavens, what a terrible thing!” his wife said, hands on her cheeks, gaping at the fire. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z At this point in their talk the swine had come up to the clearing, and the drovers followed to pen them for the night—the porkers squealing to high heaven, milling around the yard. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When I was young, I thought that was what heaven would be like, all white light and nothing else. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The problem for Kepler was that circles, eccentrics and epicycles were geometrical constructions; there was no evidence that any such gearing existed in the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z If that kid was going to heaven to rule with Christ, then I just hoped he w'ouldn’t forget the little people and would put in a good word for me and Blanca. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z Astern of us the island coastline faded, and no land showed anywhere, but only sea and heaven, when Zeus Krom'on piled a thunderhead above the ship, while gloom spread on the ocean. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the burnt sacrifices in pagan times, the fragrance drifts upward to heaven. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z She loves New Mexico, talks about her little piece of heaven on earth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “But—” “For heaven’s sake, all I’m doing is getting my voter’s card,” said Rosaleen. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The sun was already high in the heavens and the cool morning hours were already wasted. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z Before we end this gallop through early astronomy, it’s worth asking why the ancient Greeks didn’t achieve more in their study of the heavens. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z Money he earns cleaning toilets in a big building and doing other throw-away jobs in a place called Los Angeles, The Angels for heaven sakes. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Mama,” I asked, “do you think God made a heaven for all good dogs?” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And what in heaven's name was he doing here? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “He said that God had picked out his seat in heaven,” she said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s just astounding... of all the things to stop him ... but how in the name of heaven did Harry survive?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z What in heaven’s name was going on here? Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Sounded like a bunch of crickets were singing to high heaven. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “Oh, my heavens!” a voice shouted from the parlor. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She had engaged a maid for me, Clarice, the daughter of somebody on the estate, a nice quiet well-mannered girl, who, thank heaven, had never been in service before and had no alarming standards. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She can hear everything in this world and others, every sneeze and creak and breath in the heavens or the harbor or the gardenia tree down the block. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ptolemy’s clockwork heavens—with Earth at the center—were extremely accurate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “People have gone to war over a beautiful woman. Why not move heaven and earth for one?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The “you” and “I” of the speech situation have been gathered into the first person plural: “we” are making war on “our grand foe” who “sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven. ” Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To be trapped in a hotel room with him would be a kind of heaven. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The thought of seeing something beyond the dark walls of the building was tempting, and Somkit made the Light Market sound like heaven. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Plato urged astronomers to think about the heavens, but not to waste their time observing them. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Our dear parents in heaven never knew a world without Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier and his father, François Duvalier. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z “There’s a capacity for appetite,” Samuel said, “that a whole heaven and earth of cake can’t satisfy.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I imagine Keav in heaven, watching over us, finally happy again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good heavens, they are pushing it off the cloud!” cried James. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z The cheerleaders bounced, sashayed, strutted, preened, and generally acted as if they had died and gone to heaven. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z If the heavens were fair, wartime misfortunes would be mutually exclusive; since Baby was sick, she could not be harmed in an air raid. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Galileo’s first telescope had a usable magnification of 8x; by the beginning of 1610 he had managed to produce one that had a magnification of 3 ox and he had begun to explore the heavens. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “You’ve never been in heaven either, have you? But you know there’s a heaven, don’t you?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Ah, heaven, she gifs me the name that no one speaks since Minna died!” cried the Professor, pausing in a puddle to regard her with grateful delight. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z Before the beginning there was nothing—no earth, no heavens, no stars, no sky: only the mist world, formless and shapeless, and the fire world, always burning. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z But I replied: ‘By heaven, Eurylokhos, rest here then; take food and wine; stay in the black hull’s shelter. Let me go, as I see nothing for it but to go.’ The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And I wondered how it would feel to be in heaven someday and not have my face matter anymore. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Ordinary people could escape the tedium of their everyday lives, see the world, kill Muslims, and go to heaven in the bargain. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z From time to time a few mortals were translated to Olympus, but once they had been brought to heaven they vanished from literature. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Charlotte's body plummets toward the ground like a star falling from the heavens. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He’s the only one of us who will offer a dead beetle up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Irish is fine for patriots, English for traitors and informers, but it’s the Latin that gains us entrance to heaven itself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z At last she perceived that there was no hope for her, either in heaven or on earth, and she took a desperate resolve. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Kepler knew there were no crystalline spheres in the heavens, and so he understood that the planets were moving through empty space on what he called an ‘orbit’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But they both knew why she wanted him to read that chapter: She desperately wanted Charles to believe in Jesus so he would go to heaven with her. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Baleful green tides moved against the bellies of the clouds, and pools of orange light spread out across the heavens. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She worried that she was too proud, too selfish to go to heaven. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z This is my mom telling me Daddy left us to go to heaven. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He prayed thus, and the mind of Zeus in heaven heard him. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 A cup of herbal tea sounds like heaven. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z In my dream I have somehow figured out that to catch a cloud means I’ll fly to heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The kingdom of God would arrive, and they would all go to heaven, to the penthouse in the sky. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z The plastic flags were flapping in the artificial wind while Muzak came out of heaven. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But within the frail, birdlike body of Mrs. Rappaport was the spirit of a dragon capable of tackling the heavens and earth. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Maybe I was supposed to be a different kind of angel, one of those that swoop down from above when peoples die and then lead them up to heaven. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Though I didn’t deserve it, I wanted to rise to heaven remembering something of beauty from the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "My dear chap, for heaven’s sake do something. We have been here all night." The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “But what if you’re left out of heaven in the end?” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “There was no sleep for us until we heard the welcome sound of rain against our windows. How our hearts did rise in thankfulness to heaven for rain!” The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z "Are you all right?" she cries out, liking her role as unidentified voice from the heavens. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z And—I guess there’s no nice way to put it—they stank to high heaven. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Not the priest, but the poet, had influence with heaven—and no one was ever afraid of a poet. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z They were the gods of this strange little heaven, and I was their guest. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Probably in heaven chilling with a little Tonka truck or something of that nature. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It smells like someone opened a window in heaven,” he said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was fixed in space, absolutely motionless, high above the city with no possible means of suspension—unless, indeed, there were some scaffolding in the heavens. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Still others bought little paper horses and carts so he could ride up to heaven in style. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Who? Oh, heavens no. I never even read newspapers.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not so sure they need to eat in heaven.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I walked, my head back, my own nearly flat chest pressed up against the bosom of heaven, dizzied by the winking brilliance of the night. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z These passages show that the great and bitter needs of the helpless were reaching up to heaven and changing the god of the strong into the protector of the weak. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew why some souls went to Limbo after the death of the body, and others went for a time to Purgatory, and why others went to heaven or hell—‘forever and ever.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The only thing that rivaled Americans’ fear of the Soviet Union’s incipient prowess in the heavens was their wounded national pride. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “A minute ago you said he was already in heaven.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There would certainly be an opium farm in El Patron’s version of heaven. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I say loud in my best voice, If this is not heaven, I want to go home. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “Do not keep me from sharing all with you. Evil I share with you is not evil to me. And hear me. Men great of soul can bear the blows of heaven and not flinch.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a child’s dream of heaven come true! A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The agreement was never more than approximate, and it was based on a mystical belief that the heavens must be governed by geometry, not on anything that we would now call science. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z The mothers were told it had been an “angel baby,” which had gone to heaven, to prepare a place for her. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They believed that children float on logs in the heavens until the spirits of pregnant women claim them. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s true,” Lloyd said, “heaven is only for Catholics!” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake, Carl! Turn out the light and go to bed.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a standard phrase that is used over and over again in the literature: ‘Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens.’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I hesitated, but she went on, thank heaven, not waiting for my answer. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z The stars popped in the night sky like distant firecrackers, and beyond them the great streak of the Milky Way came down out of heaven and draped a swathe into the ocean beyond. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “We’re in the Lord’s house, for heaven’s sake. Bet you it’s a knockoff.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z No sooner had Remedios the Beauty ascended to heaven in body and soul than the inconsiderate Fernanda was going about mumbling to herself because her sheets had been carried off. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z I was picturing our beloved Grandma Caye in heaven, looking around and feeling peaceful in the presence of God, but still missing her family. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “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 He would know for sure if that’s a true thing, because if heaven is real, he has gone there. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z Boy21 was quoting verbatim whoever was announcing the launch on the YouTube clip—all the talk about harmony for the heavens and gateways. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The relief it brought his tortured lungs was pure heaven. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “We really wreak havoc on the heavens, don’t we?” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “I don’t want it. I don’t want anything of yours—especially not a saddle that was an engagement present, for heaven’s sake! Take it back to Texas.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z The first three—Yudhistira, Arjuna, and Bhima—were the sons of the god of death, the god of the heavens, and the god of the wind, respectively. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Galileo’s first venture into astronomy was to insist that parallax measurements proved that the nova of 1604 was in the heavens, and this was still an argument of fundamental importance to him in 1632. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Good heavens! Mother, stop that. I’ll be in no condition for my speech.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe Mango was Grandpa’s parting gift to me, and now they’re in heaven together with Grams. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “It may go far, but it cannot reach heaven.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z Felicia collapses on her mother’s lap, sending the swing lurching crazily, and wails to the heavens. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she ushered us into a basement heaven. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Daddy once said that’s a King Lord tradition—they crown their fallen comrades by putting a folded bandana on the body, as if to say they’re going into heaven repping their set. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Biblical writers saw the magnificent, 270-foot-high Tower of Babel as an emblem of man’s arrogance in trying to reach heaven. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z But would heaven have been pleased with Hamlet’s deed? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z As the citizens hesitated as to what to do, Juno herself swept down from heaven, smote with her own hand the bars and flung wide the doors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z The heavens were inhabited by angels, demons and the Hand of God, turning the planetary crystal spheres. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Members of the other churches wondered if the Holy Rollers were going to heaven after all their shouting. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dear God, please let Littlebit be happy in heaven, and please don’t kill me even though I deserve it.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z So if this was a new object it must be located not in the heavens but in the upper atmosphere—it could not be a star at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, let’s not go through all that nonsense again,” the Earthworm said. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z I looked around at all the people clapping their hands and singing Gwendolyn Brown to heaven. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I wasn’t sure whether I believed in heaven or hell or reincarnation. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “Good heavens!” says Captain Keelson, so surprised, he spills lemonade on his shirtfront. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake! That thing’s so heavy it’d break your back. Where are you from?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I myself would not curse, in or out of Methuselah’s hearing or even in my dreams, because I crave heaven and to be my father’s favorite. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I thought they was gods. I thought, Now I'm walking in heaven, and it wotit ever tnatter what happens on Earth!' Together, we looked at the apple-trees against the winter sky. “ The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The supermarket chicken is raised in “a ten-thousand-bird shed that stinks to high heaven.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “There isn’t. Lem Harvey’s born to trouble. He did pretty well while he was drilling the men; that let him work off part of his meanness. Now—heaven help us!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z In Schopenhauer’s world view there is no God, no afterlife, no heaven, no redemption - just oblivion. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “Our father who art in heaven? Oh, you said that last night. Your father is dead?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z He took one look at Petey and said, “Good heavens, is that your butterfly? It looks more like an albatross.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z "It's like a maze. How in heaven's name do you find your way about?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z On the avenue a boy on a homemade bicycle calls out: Ladies, lead me to heaven. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z As the warm insides of the Rangoon splash onto my tongue, I’m in heaven. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z While she spun honey across the tops of a fresh pan of cakes, she explained to me in detail how the Assumption was nothing less than Mary rising up to heaven. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mqhayi then began to recite his well-known poem in which he apportions the stars in the heavens to the various nations of the world. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “What followers of a genius aren't dogmatic, for heaven’s sake? The Freudians have plenty to be dogmatic about. Freud was a genius.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The other two babies were fast asleep like little angels dropped from heaven. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z They would assuredly have cut them to pieces if Iris, the rainbow messenger of the gods, gliding down from heaven, had not checked them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z No heaven was in the sky, Mr. Fard taught, and no hell was in the ground. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Johannes Kepler believed that there would one day be “celestial ships with sails adapted to the winds of heaven” navigating the sky, filled with explorers “who would not fear the vastness” of space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s owned by Israelis, for heaven’s sake,” Naheed’s father kept saying. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z At that, one young man stood up and challenged: “How do you know this heaven exists?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z That involved the invention of many new instruments for improved measurements on Earth and in the heavens—cross-staffs, sextants, quadrants—and it was driven by a new obsession with accuracy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z "Saw who doing what to him, for heaven's sake?" shouted Mr Jenkins. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Frodo could see it from his window, deep in the heavens, burning like a watchful eye that glared above the trees on the brink of the valley. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z I thought I had died—I woke up in a white-walled world, and it had to be heaven. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Another was Ob’s idea of heaven, and I thought his angels just might come off that thing and fly around that house trailer any minute, so golden and light were they. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z Slowly, he swivelled his huge right ear until it was like a great shell facing the heavens. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Of course, Peach had wailed to high heaven when I’d slammed the back door. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z When, in Messiah’s famous ‘Hallelujah’ chorus, the choir sing '. . . and He shall reign for ever and ever’, two kings are being celebrated: one in heaven, the other at St James’s Palace. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Even here, Tycho’s mysticism was reflected in the layout of the buildings, itself intended to reflect the structure of the heavens. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z “Didn’t you know? Hasn’t Atticus gotten around to telling you that? Why, I’m amazed at Zandra not . . . good heavens, I thought all of Maycomb knew that.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I’m not saying Khalil didn’t make it to heaven—I don’t know—but Pastor Eldridge tries to make sure he gets there. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I’d always associated belief in heaven with, frankly, a kind of intellectual disengagement. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Jean Louise, what good was it to Mr. Finch and them?” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z The heavens are made out of aether, or quintessence, which is translucent and unchanging, neither hot nor cold, dry nor damp. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “How can you talk like that? Your words will fly up to heaven and call down the Angel of Death, Lilith’s bridegroom, with his poisoned sword.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Earth hath no sorrow that heaven cannot heal; Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z If you died with a venial sin on your soul you could not enter heaven until the sin was absolved by prayers or rosaries or masses from your family on earth. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z For the first few days, they thought they’d landed in heaven. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, this is pastry heaven. I get myself in trouble when I come here on Fridays. Everything’s half off on Fridays.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Great brown angels with halos of hibiscus blossoms descended from heaven, pulled down by their enormous gourd breasts and ripe honeydew bottoms. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At those moments I forgot the itch of my flea bites and the sting of my cracked cheeks; I felt pure, like a scrubbed-clean angel dropped straight from heaven. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He tells me, I’ll kill you if you drop ’em for ’tis raining abroad, pelting out of the heavens. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Pontonoos mixed the honey-hearted wine and went from chair to chair, filling the cups; then each man where he sat poured out his offering to the gods in bliss who own the sweep of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps God was too busy in heaven to worry or care about us. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Bright tracer bullets scored the heavens just as the song ended. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z That men had built such a thing as this, a stepping-stone to heaven. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He says the prayers of one child like us are worth more in heaven than the prayers of ten cardinals and forty bishops. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But now it sounded like heaven on earth. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z He could be waiting for the light to take him to heaven. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z 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 You could not chase after a boy with your machete and enter the kingdom of heaven. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If what Grandma Preston told me once about heaven and hell is true, and liars go to hell, then I guess that’s where I’m headed. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as he had sprung to earth from heaven he laid aside everything that marked him as a god and approached Argus like a country fellow, playing very sweetly upon a pipe of reeds. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not a great presence but a great absence, a geometric ocean of darkness that seemed to swallow heaven itself. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z And Mama, all the way up in heaven, helped me along the way to finding home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z “Louis,” he said, “I’m glad to see you. Even in the sweetness of our little heaven here, we like to see our friends.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t keep coughing so, Kitty, for heaven’s sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves. You tear them to pieces.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z “Oh, good heavens. She wants us there today!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “But for heaven’s sake — you’re wizards! You can do magic! Surely you can sort out — well — anything!” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Scoob steels himself and heads in what he hopes to the high heavens, as Dad likes to say when he’s being more over the top than usual, is the right direction. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z A god, maybe? a god from heaven, the answer to her prayer, descending now—to make her his forever? The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Adam had seen and studied a fine color broadside which set forth the valley as that region which heaven unsuccessfully imitated. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Are there less fortunate souls in heaven who work in a celestial basketball factory so that I can play? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “You do not know whether there are not ghosts on earth or angels in heaven.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Almost as pretty as heaven,” my dad said. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, in the cold voice of an adder, “The bell invites me. Hear it not, Merlin, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Harabugi, I say with my lips moving but without the sound, if you are in heaven with God maybe you can hear me too. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z It was then that the heavens heard the cries of those men who had died from the lawlessness of the Earth. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Other kids give him a hard time because heaven forbid if you’re a boy and you have a habit of crying when you’re sad. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z “What in heaven’s name are you doing out here?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The lifelong quest of Johannes Kepler, to understand the motions of the planets, to seek a harmony in the heavens, culminated thirty-six years after his death, in the work of Isaac Newton. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As Reverend Richard had said, to look for new heavens and a new earth. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I guess for me heaven was everything good I could imagine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, don’t do anything to annoy your nurse,” exclaimed Merlyn, looking about him anxiously. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a very lucky young man. Go home, and for heaven’s sake keep your head away from baseballs.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “My heavens! You don’t have a poem, too, do you, Cassiopeia? If you do, I think I shall have to lie down for the rest of the day to get over the shock.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Half heaven was pure and stainless: the clouds, now trooping before the wind, which had shifted to the west, were filing off eastward in long, silvered columns. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z “Do you believe in an afterlife? Nick, do Jewish people believe in heaven?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Homer, remain calm,” I heard Mom tell Dad in the kitchen when the coaches from West Virginia University were there. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z It makes him feel drawn to God, as if God is drawing him toward heaven. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z They’re far too interested in watching us, to see what in heaven’s name we will do next. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven—never having to act normal again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z The messenger RNA was neither an inhabitant of heaven nor of hell—but a professional go-between. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z So let’s say Maddie was flying a pink Spitfire, but not up to the soaring blue heavens like the fighter pilots. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We thanked heaven that Chairman Mao had started this Cultural Revolution, and that the Central Committee of the Communist Party had uncovered the mess in our schools. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was wandering around between shelves of nuts, bolts, hubcaps, chrome, and heaven knew what else checking other people’s work. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Cease! she cried to the raging powers, and the power from the heavens and the power from the earth obeyed her. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z There was no world, no heaven and no earth, at that time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Fuxi bellowed a sound of grief, a thunder that shook the heavens and four new mountains of the earth. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Of course, there were many days on the ice when getting a sight from the heavens was impossible. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z I close my eyes tight and pray, Dear Father who lives in heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z He was thinking, I am quite sure, of his beloved daughter, and he was wanting to join her in heaven. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Hadn’t He Himself said it would be easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Papa said that Mama watched over him from heaven. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z “Jackson, Mississippi, is the closest place to heaven there is,” he say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z ‘Dead? You? You lie; you ’re not dead; heaven cannot, and hell dare not, have you!’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z They told stories and talked about their work, and they looked into the spermy-starred sky and talked about the heavens, and the rule of the moon. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The equant was a device for speeding up and slowing down the movement of a body in the heavens by measuring its movement not from the centre of a circle but from another point. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In heaven you have to wear your Sunday dress every day so you can look pretty for God. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “They just feel it. You don’t need your eyes to love, right? You just feel it inside you. That’s how it is in heaven. It’s just love, and no one forgets who they love.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z “Thank heavens we found you girls,” the agent said, smiling. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z However, when the heavens have no water left to give, I’m starting to realize the Powers That Be just find the next best way to screw you over. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Thank heaven you’re here,” she said, peering through the dimness, “thank heaven somebody’s here.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z His words somewhat deformed, he said, “I have been in heaven.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As much as I get sick of eating Mexican food every single day of my life, if heaven existed, I know it would smell like fried tortillas. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Finally one of their sons, the future ruler of heaven and earth, whose name in Greek is Zeus and in Latin Jupiter, rebelled against him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z By 1588 astronomy had become concerned with the organization of the heavens in three dimensions, not just in two. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He had made too many people cry—especially her mother—to go straight to heaven. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z One is a sharp mountain piercing the sky, with stormcloud round the peak dissolving never, not in the brightest summer, to show heaven’s azure there, nor in the fall. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z No such terror out of heaven had ever burned in Shelob’s face before. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Thank heaven Beatrice had telephoned that she could not get over. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “This is so great. If I’m dead, I want you to know I will be sighing at you from heaven every time you ask someone to share their feelings.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The moonlight washed over everything like a rich bath of gold and silver, making the fish shimmer like pearls and the girl glow with a magical glory reserved for the stars of heaven. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Mother Ermentrude smiles and lifts up her hands, their palms facing heaven. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The mathematicians, however, interpreted the apparently irregular movement of the planets in the heavens as evidence that some invisible reality was causing the movement. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Giles and Beatrice were coming for the night, but nobody else, thank heaven, although a lot of people were expected to dinner first. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z She told him to have nothing more to do with the Greeks, and with that she went up to heaven and asked Zeus to give success to the Trojans. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Better down than on deck, where they can be washed away, but perhaps they fear the wrath of the captain more than the wrath of heaven. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z We waited for the wind to blow from heaven while I prayed silently, “May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us. May Allah bless us.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He had the responsibility more than all the other gods together of postponing as long as possible the day of doom, Ragnarok, when heaven and earth would be destroyed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z There is a little heaven, Just around the hill. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “This must be what heaven smells like,” she murmurs. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Gradually the performing range of the tune-carrying top line was extended upwards and higher, a process accelerated by the use of boys with high voices and even - heaven forfend! - women in some vocal groups. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z Most Christians and Muslims believe in a heaven and a hell, though there’s a lot of disagreement within both religions over what, exactly, will get you into one afterlife or the other. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “All of those decades—over a century!—of history. When you stood on the courtyard in the rain, you felt like the gods were singing in the heavens.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z As a girl I had often imagined myself in heaven, dressed in a white gown, standing in a pearly mist across from my husband. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When the Fleshlumpeater saw that he was trussed up like a turkey, he gave a yell so loud that the heavens trembled. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then we sang the hymn that goes All God’s gifts around us are sent from heaven above, so thank the Lord, thank the Lord, for a-a-all his love. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Did you hear that, Paula? This young man believes all books were written in the distant past by dead people who picked up the stories from heaven knows where. Plucked straight from the air, maybe?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I hope you will be happier in heaven, I told her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But unlike Mama, I would not go to heaven. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Well, the black man has functioned in the white man’s world as a fixed star, as an immovable pillar: and as he moves out of his place, heaven and earth are shaken to their foundations. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z The giant peach rose up dripping out of the water and began climbing toward the heavens. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z Loading up on free wood was like gathering manna from heaven, and how could a person be completely cynical about that? The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were closed and she was smiling as if to say, It’s everything I’d hoped it would be, here in heaven! Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Thank heavens she had asked and not ordered. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z As soon as they ate the cake, they could all feel it: Jimmy Zizmo’s soul was leaving the earth and entering heaven, where it couldn’t bother them anymore. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Good heavens,” said Professor McGonagall, stopping dead and staring down at the man on the floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z This was the sticking point in my own little lame march to salvation: admission to heaven is gained by the luck of the draw. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Then how his shipmates killed Lord Helios’ cattle and how Zeus thundering in towering heaven split their fast ship with his fuming bolt, so all hands perished. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The whole time I’m just standing there thinking: If heaven is the place people say it is, won’t it be impossible to be sad about the folks who ‘didn’t make it’ there?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z “You ladies need a critic with some taste and decency. Good heavens! Which one of you did this camellia? Speak up. The water in this bowl looks like motor oil.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So hands were washed to take what heaven sent us. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “In my travels around the world, I’ve often seen people speaking of love and looking toward the heavens,” the wind said, furious at having to acknowledge its own limitations. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no evidence of a heaven and there never was. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z To us for ever are the gates of heaven shut; for who shall open them to us again? Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I don’t know if they float up to heaven, but as he tugs at my pants, the doorknob rattles and Fizz’s mom’s voice comes down. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Others around the tree soon began to wail and cry, holding their arms to heaven. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z He calls heaven, litotically, “very nice”—as Dud might describe a suburban front lawn. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z But she also told me that only people are allowed in heaven, riot animals. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z So overweening, now they have killed my peaceful kine, my joy at morning when I climbed the sky of stars, and evening, when I bore westward from heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Madam—my dear young lady—for heaven’s sake—compose yourself.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z Maybe they’re afraid to get too close to someone who might actually hug them, heaven forbid. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness,” he quoted. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Nations, I do not doubt, wish to embrace something of the power and credibility of the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The last boxcar was the railroad guards’ heaven on wheels. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “So you know who I am, then. Behave yourself for heaven’s sake!” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It has to be worth more than everything else, because heaven’s waiting on the other side. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In the pure light of heaven the angels praise Him and one another unendingly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Then a huge golden moon came down from the heavens and settled on the surface of the calm waters. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Middle Ages the heavens had been compared to clockwork; now the same principle of regularity was, it was claimed, to be discovered in the sublunary world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “By heaven, I swear that I am honest. He lied to me when he swore he loved me!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z That which was clear and light drifted up to become heaven, while that which was heavy and turbid solidified to become earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Meggie, for heaven’s sake! Get back in! We have to leave!” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Look, they’ve come up right under poor old Ambrose! My word, what splendid moles. Good heavens, he’s vanished completely! They must have him inside the tunnel.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “Miss So-and-so has stopped going to school and will go to heaven,” he said. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I could have piled everything from here straight to heaven. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The room was soon set to rights, but it’s a well-known fact that cat puddles stink to high heaven. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Have the hosts of heaven come to claim my patient? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Unlike the suffering, earthbound Christs depicted at eye level on the church walls, our Christ Pantocrator was clearly transcendent, all-powerful, heaven- bestriding. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z About going to a wonderful place called ‘heaven’ where there is no more pain or death and you live forever in a state of perpetual happiness? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Now Surtr, the burning giant, who was there before the beginning of all things, looks out at the vast plain of death and raises his bright sword to the heavens. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Then we were coasting the noble island of the god, where grazed those cattle with wide brows, and bounteous flocks of Helios, lord of noon, who rides high heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I go to my room and begin to memorize: The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Still he continued to follow them until Zeus, pitying them, placed them in the heavens as stars. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His mouth will gape: his upper jaw will reach the heavens, the lower jaw will touch the earth. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z By April of 1972, her application to join her husband in heaven was still working its way though a vast, celestial bureaucracy. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “But why must you be the one to seek justice? To kill a king! Do not think of it, but leave revenge to heaven!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z We went out and scanned the heavens, clear and beautiful, deadly beautiful, not one cloud to mar its serenity. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z But I want to see heaven and Harabugi, so I try to love him. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z One door leads to heaven, and the other one leads to hell, but you don’t know which is which. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z No one living understands dying, and no matter what they dream up—from harps and heaven to pickles in Big Macs—they can’t prove a thing until they’re on this side. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z Then from the heavens, I would look down and gloat over her misery. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If anything, the NACA’s response to Sputnik would only intensify the process of change, as the herculean task of safely navigating the heavens was divided into myriad smaller tasks, tests, parts, and people. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I just wished May had turned around and come back from heaven the way he did. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z And then as if water on earth drew water from heaven it rained as though the earth were in drought. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “That’s the big gun, but it stinks to high heaven. Best to keep that container sealed tight,” she said. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z After his death he was placed in heaven as a constellation, which shows him with a girdle, sword, club and lion’s skin. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She, Aru Shah, was the daughter of Indra, king of the heavens. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was nearly heaven, with that cool water rippling and a high, clear sky all around us, and trees waving along the banks. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine ob- servatory to track the heavens. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z The moon smiled on him and guided him, and his golden body burned with such beautiful brilliance that he became a new sun in the heavens. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “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 In both Europe and Mesoamerica kings ruled by the dispensation of the heavens. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Low she sang in her beguiling voice, while on her loom she wove ambrosial fabric sheer and bright, by that craft known to the goddesses of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z "What in heaven's name are you talking about, you stupid witch?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “There is only one God, maker of heaven and earth.” Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “And why would the ancient Greeks or Romans or whoever need an eagle to fly a lyre up to heaven?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Which, given the fact that she was the chief dancer of the heavens, was probably true. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They raced through the Zimbabwe heavens, black on black, blaring sirens that meant “Make way! Or we’ll run you down!” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z In another week there’s a telegram money order for three pounds and we’re in heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But then it was like an entire zoo had shaken itself loose from the heavens. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Homer makes Poseidon say that he rules the sea, Hades the dead, Zeus the heavens, but Olympus is common to all three. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She was there when the sun, climbing higher, dropped a sunbeam straight though the skylight, like a ladder to heaven she was more than eager to climb. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “So why in heaven’s name are you screaming in the middle of the night, waking everybody up?” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Then the owl returned and gathered up all the babes of Limbo and flew them up to the clouds of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He begins his great work by running through a set of conventional arguments drawn from Sacrobosco: the heavens are spherical; the earth is spherical; the waters are spherical. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” she said, scanning it quickly and passing it to Ron, who read it through looking increasingly incredulous. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And why, for heaven's sake, were all the other witches gazing at her with such a mixture of adoration, awe and fear? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Somehow Alex had thought heaven would always be at seventy-six degrees. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z The ball of the world and heavens toppled and hit the ground with a whump! Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z I don’t know if there’s one big God in heaven or if there’s two or three or thirty, or maybe one for each person. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z But this fact sustains me only in the way that, say, the prospect of heaven cheers a terminally ill person: it’s nice to know, but it isn’t much help from moment to moment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I had the fanciful notion that perhaps we had died in the fire, that we were all lost souls, forbidden to enter heaven. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Gracious heavens! Why should I be worrying if I could remember what it was about?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I wanted to get back to this question of reigning in hell being better than serving in heaven.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Everybody left me alone on meet days because they knew I had my rituals—hair, nails, begging for Flo Jo to give me some of her magic from heaven. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Each tree stood in a space of its own, and the branches zigzagged against the clouds and sky like arms reaching out for heaven. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But when it came to exemptions, my grandmother sought one from nothing less than heaven itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Oh, Lord in heaven!” they heard Mrs. Derby cry out from the first room on the right. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z So when spring break finally came, it dropped as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Nah. Your time expires and, I don’t know, you fade or something and reappear in what people call ‘heaven.’ They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It looked to me, the first time, like a toy that God had been playing with and accidentally dropped out of heaven. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z They had stopped flying and were now perched side by side around the hole on the ceiling, peering down at us from the darkened heavens. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z I think I never wanted something to be true more than my Baba believing, and being saved, and moving to America, and being in heaven together after that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Jacob's dream of a ladder to heaven, and Jesus with the children surrounding him. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Passing the mountains Passing the sea Passing the heavens waiting for me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z And James said softly, “For heaven’s sake, Centipede, don’t make so much noise.” James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, Julius, how much more do you need? We have a crisis here, in case you hadn’t noticed.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z The paw prints lead right off the top of the canvas and, I imagine, straight up to heaven. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Although I’m a caramel lover, these cookies must have been made in chocolate heaven. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z He called upon his brother, the God of the Sea, to help him, and together, with torrents of rain from heaven and rivers loosed upon the earth, the two drowned the land. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then suddenly the heavens opened and he let fly with a series of the loudest and rudest noises Sophie had ever heard in her life. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He brought God into your everyday life in a way that made you think heaven was right next door. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Bowditch, sir, heaven help you, but you’ve got yourself a job.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z With no ideas—and no lightning-bolt suggestions from the heavens—I finished my barn chores. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Up in heaven. dud: Oh yeah—you used to be God’s favorite, didn’t you? devil. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Thereafter when I come home again, I am to slay full hekatombs to the gods who own broad heaven, one by one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z In some worlds there will be many suns in the daytime sky, many moons in the heavens at night, or great particle ring systems soaring from horizon to horizon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, absolutely. Not like a heaven where you ride unicorns, play harps, and live in a mansion made of clouds. But yes. I believe in Something with a capital S. Always have.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Intercede for him so that he may gain the joys of heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “What was she crying about, for heaven’s sake?” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z Would we promote peace by closing our eyes and praying to heaven? Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z In the tenth year we sacked the inner city, Priam’s town, and sailed for home; but heaven dispersed the Akhaians. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The creatures can see where each star has been and where it is going, so that the heavens are filled with rarefied, luminous spaghetti. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m still fantasizing that a deus ex machina will descend from the heavens to resolve the situation. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I open my mouth, inhaling deeply—it’s like manna from heaven. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z “What are you talking about, for heaven’s sake?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He hates that The bride and groom Are the first to cut Into the cake, Sugar heaven for The three baby teeth Still in his head. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z They were always saying that the present one was to be the last, and afterwards there was to be a heaven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody thinks my sister is an angel straight down from heaven, but I know better. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z It's not like he could say he didn't need Jesus or that he didn't want to go to heaven. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z In my dream I saw Ultima’s owl lift la Virgen on her wide wings and fly her to heaven. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Settled with a cup of Perilee’s coffee and a slice of apple heaven on the plate in front of me, I nearly lost my nerve to tell her my story. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z She heard him crying out to the birds as they rose higher, like ten thousand hot sparkles, so many red-yellow fireworks in the heavens, tugging the canopy like a flower petal, burning through the wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Twinkle. The water is a conductor of the heavens. I’m listening for messages.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Therefore he listened in interest to hear further what the rich men had to do with this thing, that heaven would not rain in its season. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z In Kelanna, when you die, they don’t say prayers for you, for they have no heaven and no gods to pray to. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z But if there is a God, you go to heaven and live for eternity in bliss: infinity. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Never was there a clearer case of “stealing the livery of the court of heaven to serve the devil in.” Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z It was neat and trim, and sparkled like a white star in the heavens. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Now close your eyes and grittle your teeth and look up to heaven and say your prayers while I is taking out the teeth of the venomsome viper,’ the BFG said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She might not be anything like Arjuna, but maybe having the king of the heavens as your dad wasn’t a bad thing when you’ve accidentally triggered the end of the world…. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “A man who dreams of fewer things than there are in heaven and earth,” said the Savage promptly. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z He flung himself up and down the aisles, receiving the journals as if they were manna from heaven. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The witch gets chucked into the oven by Gretel, the Selfish Giant goes to heaven. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z Tía Carmen lifts her open hands to heaven, a gesture she no doubt picked up from one of her priest friends. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z One gorgeous autumn day when all the mountain aspens looked like a picture postcard from heaven, Amarante had a conversation with Sally. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Madame Manec says, almost whispering, “Now that I think about it, child, I expect heaven is a lot like this.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This drumming could not outstrip that of the heavens, which opened up upon us with tattoo of rain so furious that it seemed to bring on night. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “For heaven’s sake, yes,” Mr. Morrison answered for me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z From these twisted creatures, the Scholars learned to trap the jinn with salt and steel and summer rain still warm from the heavens. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z The gears of the heavens had gotten gummed up, and now it would be daytime forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Ever since the disgusting baths at the Mosses’ and the quick showers at Lake Mag, my idea of heaven was soaking in a tub of fresh, bubbly water. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z At nine years old they towered nine fathoms tall, nine cubits in the shoulders, and they promised furor upon Olympos, heaven broken by battle cries, the day they met the gods in arms. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z The sweetness of pineapples seemed a gift from heaven. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z She sucks her teeth, because even saying such a thing—heaven forbid. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They wore gloves and hats, and smelled to high heaven of attars, perfumes, eaus, and bath powder. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z If they planned every detail, the Shakers had believed, they could create a patch of heaven on earth, a little refuge from the world, and the founders of Shaker Heights had thought the same. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I lay on the bed, I wanted to feel what you felt, I wanted to tell you everything, she lay next to me, she asked, “Do you believe in heaven and hell?” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z The dogs were just under the windowsill, a tangle of limbs, heads to the heavens, as if they had been waiting, for weeks, for him. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z “Holy underwear in heaven!” she spat out, and pounded her fist into her palm. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z That night, as I drift off to sleep, I wonder about the wasp, if there’s an insect heaven, if it’s the same as human heaven. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z It was hard to believe there was a ceiling there at all, and that the Great Hall didn’t simply open on to the heavens. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The study of the heavens brought Ptolemy a kind of ecstasy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For his first thought had been to thank the heavens it was not his own father. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One of the young marines was holding a prayer book and looking toward heaven, which was a sure Hollywood sign he was about to die with a slug to a vital organ. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I would be obliged,” he said, “for even an old ear of corn. Soup would be heaven.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z We were warned to expect rain in October, but at the close of July—surprising no one in Kilanga but ourselves—the serene heavens above began to dump buckets. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z All things in heaven and earth were mysteriously linked with the divine powers, but beautiful things most of all. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened the back door and let Charley out and stood silently watching, for this could be dog’s dream of heaven in the highest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “All right, you can go. You have gotten what you wanted. But heaven help you if you waste Mr. Hartsfield’s time!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The padlock on its double doors was huge, more suitable for the gates of heaven or hell, I thought, than a little West Virginia church. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z "But," Esther Hartlieb looked so disappointed that Victor almost felt sorry for her, "where, for heaven's sake, was the boat going?" The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z I was watching them through the crack and hoping to heaven they would hurry up and leave so that I might be safe at last. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z “Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. We'll talk about that.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z It was quite easy to read astrological significance into anything visible in the heavens at that time, since much of Europe was in turmoil. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Heavy objects, like rocks or people, belonged on the ground; light objects, like air, belonged in the heavens. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Then suddenly like a reasonless wind out of heaven the thing came near. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z Just as the astrolabe embodies the medieval application of mathematics to the heavens, the sector embodies the new technical skills of the mathematician applying himself to the world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Above their heads, the double-barrel-vaulted ceiling was painted deep blue, with golden stars aping the real heavens just beyond. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “You swear to Christ in heaven that you have understood not a w'ord of this interchange?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Why didn’t you say something, for heaven’s sake.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had already been given a set of rules to follow that assured me, at the very least, that I would somehow get into heaven. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “Dear god in heaven, Strange,” came a voice then, and Lazlo looked up to see old Master Hyrrokkin approaching, pushing a library trolley. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z One star glimmered, faintly, in the indigo heavens. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z Never the flaming eye of Helios lights on those men at morning, when he climbs the sky of stars, nor in descending earthward out of heaven; ruinous night being rove over those wretches. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z During that period I looked at the arch of heaven so religiously my neck kept a steady ache. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z 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 The machine of the world is thus the stable structure of our universe: the heavens, the earth and the four elements. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “It’s an eagle. She’s carrying a lyre up to heaven. See?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If hell is downstairs and heaven is the hallway, then this must be purgatory—what happens in purgatory again? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z At first I’d thought we must be in heaven, but when I looked around, I realized we were still on the farm. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z I called my parents, who cried and cursed the heavens when they heard the news, but they had nothing either. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Snaking down the frozen expanse as if suspended from heaven, a single strand of nine-millimeter rope beckoned like Jack’s beanstalk. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z “Let me feel your hand! Aunt Rachel, for heaven’s sakes, get Mercy to bed quick! Here she’s trying to wait on us!” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It was rare for American cars to come in, but when they did, boy, was I in heaven. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It was Ruth May who hollered out in her puny little voice, “Bird heaven! He’s went to bird heaven, Mr. Fowles!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z For some reason the only food in heaven was bread, but the bread came in every shape you can imagine. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Grandma Post said she was too old for churchgoing and could get to heaven just fine without it. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z All I know of heaven and all I know of death is in this park: an elegant universe in ceaseless motion, teeming with ruined ruins and screaming children. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “A heaven full of spicy flavors that stick to your clothes and make you sneeze? No, thanks!” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z And if I was to go to heaven and look down to see Shiloh left below, head on his paws, I’d run away from heaven sure. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Nathan no longer said perhaps; only a faint spark of hope, obstinately refusing to die, brought him out each dawn to scour the heavens for a sign. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z That is what happens to you if you’re bad and don’t go to heaven, you go and get burned up in the bad place instead. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There, heaven knows, I told the men to wait and guard the ships while I sent out patrols to rising ground. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z After sharing my slice bite for bite because Jude forgot her plate, she says, “I thought Grandma would tell us something awesome in her message. Like if heaven has an ocean, you know?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Hornet was in seventh heaven as she listened to these lies. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z That he had married and was joining his wife in heaven. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z 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 A favoring wind blew from the power of heaven. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z However, Virginia’s legacy as the birthplace of humanity’s first step into the heavens would have to compete with the notoriety it was gaining as the country’s most intransigent foe of integrated schools. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Do their prayers also vanish on the wind, or do they pierce the dome of heaven and reach God’s ear? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z But Iphigenia had not been carried to heaven. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Just like they moved heaven and Earth to keep a lid on the Night of a Thousand Flames, they're silencing you. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I don't understand why but I listen anyway: On the first day, God made the heavens and the earth and He looked at it, and it was good. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z “You gotta have talent to be in a Miss America pageant, you idiot. And Nessy here got a voice straight from heaven. Believe that, boy!” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z 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 Two portraits in particular always had me thinking: one depicting heaven and God; the other, hell and the Devil. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They say the earth, the sea, and the heavens meet at the tip of it, and it is there that the moon rests. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z It was a natural choice; the waxing and waning of the moon in the heavens was hard to overlook, and it offered a convenient way of marking periodic cycles of time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z And these the gems of heaven, her starry train. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z That was because Mrs. Forbes is very old and she believes in heaven. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He had been conceived and born during the difficult crossing of the mountains, before the founding of Macondo, and his parents gave thanks to heaven when they saw he had no animal features. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z “I remember when you first went to Manhattan and you wrote me and said ‘It’s wonderful but its not heaven.’ Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Do people look the same when they get to heaven?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z She worries Mikey might have the fit and die and go to hell if he has any class of a sin on his soul though everyone knows he’s an angel out of heaven. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z 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 An enormous burst of wind and winter ripped through the heavens. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The moon floats in the heavens and in the waters of the canal. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Far to the southeast, along the India-Nepal frontier, colossal thunderheads drifted over the malarial swamps of the Terai, illuminating the heavens with surreal bursts of orange and blue lightning. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z In the Qur’an, Gabriel is described as having six hundred wings, and is assumed to have accompanied Muhammad when he ascended to the heavens. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z The boys lay crouched under the wagons, wrapped in hay to keep their wet bothes warm against the now cold wind, and all joked with one another while heaven fell. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z He had hiked twenty-six miles that day and thought he had died and gone to heaven when he learned that hot dogs were on the menu. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z We had been saying the “Our Father, which art in heaven” for years. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Ruta Skadi said, “The Pole, sir. You said these angels were making for the Pole. Why would they do that, do you know? Is that where heaven lies?” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The zodiac is a band of twelve constellations seemingly wrapped around the sky in the apparent annual path of the Sun through the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a heaven—a temporary heaven—in this room for me, if I chose: I had but to go in and to say— Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z "Then he gained Abubu, the Sky Cutter. A weapon so devastating it could literally slice the heavens." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z There were other divinities in heaven besides the twelve great Olympians. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Or, if he was denied heaven, would he wander through the night like La Llorona, searching for something that was forever lost? The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Part of his purpose was to prove that the Ptolemaic system was an accurate representation of how the heavens really work and not just a mathematical model. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Or—heaven forbid!—for the darkly handsome, brooding, and extravagantly wealthy master of her own household. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Joon nods, his eyes tearing over even though he is holding on to that corner of sky like it is a line to heaven. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z At that moment it seemed that any action under heaven would have been preferable to standing. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “When you’ve had a mother who does a great impersonation of a helicopter, any kind of solitude sounds like heaven.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She didn’t read books so she didn’t know that she was the world and the heavens boiled down to a drop. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z In 1957, the former Marine test pilot had campaigned fiercely— and unsuccessfully—to be the first of the Mercury Seven to navigate to the heavens. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Asgard, the home of the gods, is unlike any other heaven men have dreamed of. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And heaven help the sleepy traveler trying to set the alarm clock in his hotel room who must interpret “alarm function” and “second display mode.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Or: “Is that sulfur? Great heavens. What are you trying to do, woman? Kill the poor child?” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z “You ran there? What do you mean, you ran there? Where’s the car? Christ in heaven, do you know how worried I was? I was worried sick.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I want to say heaven. Truth is I’m not sure. I hope someplace better than this.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z I look at both sides of my Scantron to see wild constellations that don’t exist in the heavens, and yet are more true than the stars we can see. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Devil cow that she was, I felt she was giving me a message from heaven this time. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z The quality of mercy is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “Yes, but for heaven’s sake, look both ways.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “After I said my thing about his fur, and someone else started talkin’, I kept thinkin’ how he could never go to no heaven. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z She clasped her hands in supplication to the heavens; she presented her wrists crossed, as if manacled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Aristotle and Ptolemy had assumed that the heavens were mathematically legible, and indeed Ptolemy had devised techniques for reading them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But at times like this she wished she could be at the church, sending her prayers to heaven in hopes that someone would hear her. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I do not know where heaven is nor where the angel training center is nor where any other angels are. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The heavens exploded into the red glare of rockets and white fountains of light. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look at her. Look at how peaceful she is. She’s in heaven now, with our dolce Virgen Maria, watching over us.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Christy wore a pious look, as if God Himself had just come down from heaven to sit on her desk. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z Cremonini went on to publish a lengthy book on the heavens in which no mention was made of Galileo’s discoveries, for the simple reason that they were irrelevant to the task of reconstructing Aristotle’s thinking. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z On some nights you can see a shower of meteors, always on the same few days of every year—a natural fireworks display, an entertainment in the heavens. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I looked up and there was nothing between myself and the gods in heaven but sky— lovely, blue sky. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why in heaven’s name go with her, then?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z "What in heaven's name are you girls doing here?" How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z |
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