| 单词 | honest |
| 例句 | If I am honest—which is not, of course, what Mr. Sorenson is asking of me—I will say that I simply need a warm, dry place to live. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z If he was honest with himself, it was his cousins as much as anyone or anything else that made him come here today. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Becca asked, in that honest way she was always asking something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure what to make of it, to be honest.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z The last time we met, he called me his true and honest wife. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z To be honest, they could’ve found a statue of Buddha in virtually any store around campus. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z But something about her honesty makes me want to tell her something honest about myself, too. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z I allowed Desdemona to slip out of my narrative because, to be honest, in the dramatic years of my transformation, she slipped out of my attention most of the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I don't know. They can't give him to parents if he doesn't sleep. It would interrupt their work habits to be kept awake at night. But we can't keep him here indefinitely.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z But seriously, I couldn’t get anywhere close to being that honest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z If I had been smart, if I had been honest with my survey, I would have described Hannah. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “To be honest,” she said, “I knew all along it was stupid.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Not a lot, to be honest.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I appreciated her for being nice about the whole basketball idea, but the diagram looked pretty ridiculous, to be honest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This made her laugh—an honest, genuine laugh that involved a fair amount of snorting, which made me laugh too. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Hilly and I’ve always been uncompromisingly honest with each other, even about the little things. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “I merely seek to make your ultimate choice fair and honest.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I was attracted to their guns, because the guns seemed honest. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, I would’ve been okay with her being chipper, telling me how I should have fun and make the most of the day since I at least know what’s going to happen. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The honest answer was “yes,” but he did not want to give it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Mother’s beauty made her powerful and her power made her unflinchingly honest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Phooey, I say, on all white-shoe college boys who edit their campus literary magazines. Give me an honest con man any day.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z If a villein inherited enough strips of land to support his family, or if he was lucky enough to serve an honest and generous lord, he might live in relative comfort. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Tonight I will be honest, and selfless, and brave. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z "No one ever got rich being honest," the father said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z But something really awful has been going on, and the best approach is just to be honest. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “To be honest,” I tell him, “it all makes me wonder about you, too.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “I like that. How do you know until you know the question? I like that. That’s smart—and honest. Listen—you have a brother. Does your father like him better than you?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I need you to open your mind. Be honest if anything—anything at all—seems familiar.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z And the truth—the unmistakable truth when you looked at it with honest eyes—was that it was my fault. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z If you double the size of the chips in chocolate chip ice cream and say on the package, “New! Bigger Chocolate Chips!” and charge five to ten cents more, that seems honest and fair. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z For all she knew, he’d conned some poor honest trader out of his life savings to make the Crow Club thrive. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z No. If I were being honest, to protect myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Straightforward and honest. No screaming. No ‘There must be a mistake, Mr. Charon.’ The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “So I can trust you to give me honest answers—” She glanced up at von Linden. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Oh, for Christ’s sake. I don’t know why I bother to try to get an honest answer out of you. You haven’t said anything...meaningful to me in years.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m not sure, to be honest. I'm sort of here on a trial basis.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z An honest kiss, a little kindness, everyone deserves that much, however big or small. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My dad works a lot and is an honest man. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Well, to be perfectly honest, I am pretty sure she said, “What happened to your head? Is something the matter?” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “No,” says Caleb, “and to be honest, I’m kind of okay with that.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He has come to believe that morale is a big factor—that an office is more honest when the employees like their boss and their work. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “To be quite honest with you, Miss Trixie was beginning to bore me the last few days.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s not much of a race, to be honest. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z It’s better to be honest, especially since I’m lying about near everything else in my life these days. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z If the difference still eludes you, mentally substitute a pair of words less likely to be confused: Josh ran the race honestly; afterward, he looked honest and he smelled honest. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When a seizure comes on, to be honest, everything looks especially beautiful. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, I didn’t much like the idea of being alone like that and I nearly said so. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, considering the time we spend pranking and goofing, we don’t spend that much time laughing. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z He saw a simple, sincere face that was incapable of subtlety or guile, an honest, frank face with disunited large eyes, rusty hair, black eyebrows and an unfortunate reddish- brown mustache. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z To be honest, all us kids in the class loved to see the two of them square off. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z "It's about a gentleman thief who helps honest men ruined by swindlers." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z I had to admit, you couldn’t get more honest than Beth Ann telling her English teacher that she hated symbols and English and idiot journals. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It was as close to an honest answer as I was going to get without being able to ask my father directly, but it didn’t make me feel any better. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z In the old days, when we were more consumed by social class, we were also more honest about it. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was the only time she ever stopped rolling her eyes and flicking her hair, to settle down to a piece of honest work. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if the papers were read out loud in class, the discussions were usually brief, as the combination of good manners and complete lack of interest kept most workshop participants from expressing their honest opinions. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “It’s okay for the two of you to be friends, as long as you’re always open and honest with us about everything. Is that fair?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “For the past two weeks, we've been completely honest with each other. Right?” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Bitter knew her name was heavy, but she hadn’t minded, because it was honest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z My mother is so honest she makes people laugh. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Being honest with yourself is the best policy when assessing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z “My parents are just confused by the whole thing. They don’t really understand what happened, and to be honest...I don’t even know how to explain it all to them.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But if she was being honest with herself, it didn’t seem likely. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I guess that’s what you get for honest work these days.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, and well-off as things were reckoned in Bree; but thirty silver pennies was a sore blow to him, and being cheated by Bill Ferny made it harder to bear. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z My brain was pretty tied up with other matters, to be honest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I tried to think through the drugs, through the distant pain, but there was no honest explanation I could give them—none they would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z I’d just achieved my goal of making the junior national team, and to be honest, I hadn’t thought much beyond that yet. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Well, not much more than an old wagon path, to be honest, but it was heading in the right direction and would be easy walking even at night. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Oh great, so you’re going to punish me for being honest by not going?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z To be perfectly honest, I felt it last semester when he went off to become the GSA president and I fell into the Group of Friends. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Among her brood of six, Reggie was the quiet charmer, a peacemaker, sensitive with a dry wit, both athletic and awkward, honest. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z And one big state full of honest people, sick as hell of being lied to.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, open as the sunrise, cut from the same pattern as Lee: old family, Virginia gentleman, man of honor, man of duty. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z But he regained his composure and conjured an expression of honest outrage. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I sort of skimmed them....” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Which was a bit of a shock, to be honest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z The oblate felt awful hiding even an iota of truth from this honest man. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z It was a vulnerable one, which meant she was interested enough to be honest. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z “The truth of what I did I have told to many men, and as I see it the honest and honorable thing for me to do was to stop the trial and acknowledge the truth.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “If by defeatist you mean honest, then I agree.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z An aristocrat was the lowest form of life, a parasite who expected honest peasants to be his slaves. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His showed a balanced, honest nature, while Areida used to say mine proved me imaginative, impulsive, and always in a hurry. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps the time has come to give up the racial bribes and begin an honest conversation about race in America. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z “You’re a little bit famous, Imogen, leaving school and going missing—then turning up here. Your dad asked me to call you when I was on the island, to be honest.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But there it sat, sagging a bit, squat and honest as her father had built it. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z Though, to be honest, Conor was still a little unclear about why it was the parson’s house that got knocked down. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z I was being absolutely honest about the way I felt. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Back home in Honduras, most smugglers are honest; they must uphold their reputations if they want business. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t think defeatism is honest,” Dad answered. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “Yes, Angel, yes. Later, the boy confessed, of course, because he was an honest boy, and he got a whipping.” The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z The children instantly knew that this was the most honest man they would ever meet. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “A headband? I’m trembling with fear. Now, let’s be honest. I could kill you easily. Two little girls. No training, no valor. Do you really think you can get the celestial weapons?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z All you could do with honest people was lend them money and marry their daughters. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z And I think it’s bad when the most honest way a boy can look at a girl is through a camera. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “You’ve been so nice to us that we want to be honest with you—” “Yes?” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z —Did anything happen with this boy—and you can be totally honest with me, Hannah—did anything happen that might be considered illegal? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Let’s be honest with each other; sure, you’re a genius, but even a genius gets rusty. You were three years out of practice. Forty minutes’ll be plenty.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z I can’t afford to be less than ruthlessly honest with myself. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t have a lot of faith in Sheriff Ocasek’s investigation. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z To be honest, the boss was a little pooped; a bit under the weather; unhappy, and baffled too; call it at loose ends. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’d wanted to shout at her, but thought better of it. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z "What? You wanted honest and intimate. That's way more honest than 'Scottish.'" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z Told me I could be honest with her. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z A lord needed men about him he could rely upon for honest counsel. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z And to be really honest, neither was I—all because of Mr. Goldman and the Long Island Shakespeare Company’s Holiday Extravaganza. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z To be honest, I can’t understand how the Dutch, a nation of good, honest, upright people, can sit in judgment on us the way they do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "What do you know, honest Josie-Jo on the Supreme Court. She was a smart kid, too, but she never once beat me at chess. Tell me about the others, Turtle. How's poor, saintly Crow?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I was planning to go to Seattle in the next few weeks, and, to be honest, I’m not sure if your truck can make it.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Olinski said, "That is either the most honest or the most dishonest answer I have ever heard. I must notify the bus driver that I'll be driving you four souls home." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z She waited a long time before she added, “If I am very honest with myself—and on occasion I can be, you know—when Dad fell in love with your mother, I felt left out.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I find him absolutely ridiculous, and a little interesting, if I'm honest with myself. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I could smell sawdust and honest sweat and baking bread. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Oh, no.. Creepy is like spiders and rats and, you know, things that make chills run down your spine. You’re just....difficult,” said Gregor, trying to be honest but not flat-out rude. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But,’ said I, ‘to be quite honest, I do not think I can live without something of a musical society. I condition for nothing else; but without music, life would be a blank to me.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I was beginning to learn that he had a way of being honest while still being dishonest. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want like, a real, honest answer?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z He had trained me, and now he trusted that I would create something that was true and honest, unflinching but not gratuitous. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “Feeling pretty sick, to tell you the God’s honest truth.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I figured it was probably tough at times, but still, honest. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z To be honest, he’s probably suspended by now, because we definitely aren’t allowed to use the intercom. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And to be honest, I didn’t feel like such a creep about it all like I did when I first started sitting in. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Other times I would have been happier to be picked last—it would have been honest, at least. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z This being totally open and honest with each other. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They wore dark frock coats, top hats they held against the sea breeze, and shiny shoes that probably hadn’t walked on honest granite ever before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z “Well, to be honest, they weren’t very bright.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “They just want me to live an honest life, you know? And I can’t do that here. I just know that I can’t.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z But he seemed okay and I thought he had an honest face—which turned out to be right, except that I’m not sure what a dishonest face would look like. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Forty-six talents and eight drabs, if he’s honest. Forty-six even if he’s not.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z About a billion things shot through my head right then, honest, uncool, brave things I might have dared if I was someone else. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z A hard and silent man, an honest man, a noble man. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He had barely been honest with himself about what he was doing. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’d forgotten about Mom’s cereal idea until that’ moment. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Actually, if I'm being honest, I don't really remember talking to Momly about anything. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Just be honest with Dr. Singh, okay? There’s no need to suffer.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z I’m gonna be perfectly honest here and say that there are boobies everywhere and no one even cares. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z There was something more honest about the lies. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Even if he was being honest, I never heard such a lot of nonsense in all my life.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Now, in this stem man facing her, so totally different from her grandfather, Kit sensed the same quality of directness, and out of an instinctive respect she gave the only honest answer she could. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z Ocean had always been so honest about his feelings. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “That proves you must have been an honest and faithful servant. I will say so much for you, though you have had the incivility to call me a beggar.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z To be honest, my drivers weren’t too suspicious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So, yeah, if I'm being completely honest with myself, I definitely knew at that point. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was on their side. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z “Not yet. To be honest, it’s been hard to talk about this with anyone. I keep finding ways to avoid the subject with Esperanza, and I usually tell her everything, Mama.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Supreme Court had banned the execution of people with intellectual disability, but states like Alabama refused to assess in any honest way whether the condemned are disabled. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z It was too early—or rather, if he was being honest with himself, which he was not, he had woken too late. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z If I’m being honest, I know I push her away because I can’t be the daughter she expects me to be and still be what I want to be at the same time. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z But when she does her inspection of this work, she flares her honest smile again. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z If I was being honest with myself, I knew I was eager to get to school because I would see Edward Cullen. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z That would be the honest thing to do. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Cronkite spoke extensively with journalists and reporters who’d been in Vietnam for months or years, and asked for their honest opinions. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z To be honest, I hadn’t thought of her for months—no, for at least a year. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For some obscure reason he felt the need to be brutally honest; perhaps he had already begun preparing himself for what lay ahead. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z My mother hung up all the dresses, so they’re ready to go, but to be honest, I haven’t even tried one on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I want to tell him my name isn’t Kelly, but to be honest I don’t really care. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I’m not good at talking to old people either, to be honest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z If I’m completely honest with myself, there have been hints I was slipping. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As McCunn’s food supply dwindled to almost nothing, he wrote in his journal, "I’m getting more than worried. To be honest, I’m starting to be a bit scared." Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But the fact that they were honest doesn’t mean they were rash. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not offending you or anything. I just want to be honest.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’m more confused than ever. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Fabyan and Gallup had both died in the 1930s, so there was no reason not to be honest about their failures, but the Friedmans were inclined to be generous, too. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The honest old family retainer, she thought, proud and loyal and thoroughly unpleasant. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He probably employed an apprentice and taught him an honest trade, unlike Dr. Lange, who had lured me with lies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I liked mv job, but I didn’t have a glittering career, and even if I had, let’s be honest: women are still only really valued for two things— their looks and their role as mothers. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, he didn't look like he could even walk in a straight line, so I figured this was going to be pretty funny. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z And if I’m being really honest, I think I felt it several times before then. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I want to be honest and brave and confident in my art. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The Gran had a big announcement to make, and if Seven were being honest, she was pretty nervous too. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I just decided once and for all to use this paper topic last night. It rather goes against my nature. Anyway, pass these around.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I had not been honest from deliberate motives, but being dishonest had simply never occurred to me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You kidding?” the girl said in honest disbelief. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Other newspapers have resisted doing the same because they think it looks weak to admit to routinely making mistakes, but actually, it just makes the newspaper look honest. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z To be honest, on that particular day, Hanako hadn’t felt astonished to see their home invaded. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I should say so most assuredly. Pierre Michel has been employed by the company for over fifteen years. He is a Frenchman—lives near Calais. Thoroughly respectable and honest. Not, perhaps, remarkable for brains.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were honest with me, so I be honest with you.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Emma knew Charles was a good man, an honest and moral one. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m being honest, I’m mad at my dad, too. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was a little nervous. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z To be honest, I missed a few days now and then. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z It wasn’t good, but it was honest, and that felt like the world to me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I thought I was finally being honest about the life I’d had before. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z If he was honest, there was even a small grief. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She was being honest with him, but he was not being honest with her. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The facts were right there waiting for me, hidden in old books written by people who weren’t afraid to be honest. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “And, you know, we wouldn’t have gotten in a fight in the first place if you were honest with me about the Hideout messages.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z “All that and good health, too?” he asked in honest amazement. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not easy to be so honest about where we’re from. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He believed that if the Koreans were honest about where they came from and were willing to confront those aspects of their heritage that did not suit the aviation world, they could change. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But I decide to be simple and honest. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z To be totally honest, there was never a point where I said to myself, Clay Jensen…he’s the one. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z But I wasn’t honest with Rufus, because, on a deep level, I do believe partying on the train is my kind of scene. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I keep holding up my hand, thinking if you don't say the honest thing, it never becomes true. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z He had to be honest with him about it, and now seemed like the best chance he was going to get. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “I would sooner swear an oath on an anvil and do honest work than dupe the world with make-believe.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Life was so much easier being an honest nerd who didn’t do anything. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z It was an accident, a real honest accident, with lots of us to blame. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z My parents were honest, hardworking people who never expected anything they did not earn. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly, talking to Mr. James, and being all honest, didn’t feel so good. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “When I first got Sabrina’s e-mail, I thought, well, if I’m really honest with myself, the truth is I was given some very good advice about dating. I just didn’t listen.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He was gentle, and I could be honest and forthright with him, and he would not judge me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “Found honest work, live a life of industry and prayer.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Nailer couldn’t tell if it was an honest question or if she was making fun of him. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, something about the big houses intimidates me, and I’m already nervous. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was glad, because the ninety-five-degree heat in the summer was awful, and all I could deal with was my loose-fitting jeans. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z My skepticism remained, but to be honest, I figured their enthusiasm would wear out soon enough and they’d all fall asleep eventually. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z No, she thought, you are too honest and too honorable. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I wasn’t completely honest with you, and I think I might be able to help. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I don’t know if I can copy Crocodile Guts’s boat.” A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, our parents was the one thing I didn't want to talk about. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z And I’ll be honest, a part of me wanted to just say it. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z To be honest, these subjects don’t interest me much. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z The data also show that smaller offices are more honest than big ones. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z It is almost always possible to present an intellectually honest and engaging account of any field, using a minimum of technical apparatus. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is I who am sorry to involve you, an honest man, in deceit.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Will I see you again?” she asks, and to be honest, I think I’ll regret what I say next. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Such practices, however, she kept from her young prentice, and as far as she was able she taught him honest craft. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z “Mr. Stevenson, all I wanted to do is tell the truth. I can't go to jail, and I'll be honest—these folks have scared me.” Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Even when he beat me up, it was honest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I let some honest bitterness creep into my voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Martin was the most honest and honorable person I’d ever known. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “Ay, sir, free enough for honest folks. Mr. Kirwin is a magistrate, and you are to give an account of the death of a gentleman who was found murdered here last night.” Frankenstein 1818-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I had thought he would forget. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “Like trying to find an honest man on that silly Council of Defense,” she said. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z I consider this fact for a moment, and to be perfectly honest, I wonder how long it can possibly last. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z She sounded embarrassed, and to be honest, I was pretty embarrassed too. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Your only job—and it’s a big one—is to try to speak and live your own honest truth. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was far from foolproof—and to be brutally honest with herself, it was more like a desperate grasping at straws than a plan. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Kenya could be a model, if I’m completely honest. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Also I believed that the king’s ministers were loyal and the queen’s ladies honest. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Now, my father was always honest with me, I thought, because he said that in the end that was better. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “If my experiments are valid, my name will last beyond my body. It’s immortality I’m after, to be quite honest.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll answer for the Professor. I don’t quite see his drift, but I swear he’s honest; and that’s good enough for me.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The poor squirrel was the only creature that might be trusted to give an honest accounting of the events that had led to its untimely arrival at the party. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Growing more silent and almost unconsciously understanding each other in their glances, they thought that the time was now at hand to seek out a good honest man for her. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t see the point of this part, to be honest. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I was raised to be honest, but the truth can be complicated. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z No. I’m kinda freaked, so I go honest. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z “Sorry ... I didn’t mean to, honest,” said Nick. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Do you want me to be completely honest?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Is that a snide remark or an honest question?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He thought about Benton Sage and his honest words. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z How it was awkward at first, but afterward, Grandpop was honest with Genie about everything, including him being crazy, which Genie now figured was just a family trait. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z To be honest, everyone looked like mannequins, staring at me in wide-eyed shock. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If he expected the other boys to be honest, he should be honest too. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The fat woman yelled to the man next to me, her husband probably, a tall blond guy with an honest face. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z And that I had better start being honest with Mary Elizabeth about how I feel. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z People used to do that, too— have twelve or fifteen kids because they figured some would die, some would turn out rotten, and a couple would be hardworking, honest farmers. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “He would’ve wanted you to know that he did everything his way. He was honest, his way.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I knew that the best way to disprove them was simply to be direct and honest about everything that I had done. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If this is to be a full and honest account of my life and deeds, I feel I should mention that my reasons for inviting Ben into our troupe were not entirely altruistic. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Out of him, it was an honest question, but Robo slid a suspicious glance his way. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But if I'm honest, it's more than affection—this is how I used to feel about my literary crushes. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And that’s when I surprised myself with my own honest laugh. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “You might say that I’m honest about everything except cards. For some reason I’m helpless about cheating at cards.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z “Why are you being so honest with me?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z It was honesty that he valued; he had always wished himself to be truly honest, and always feared that he was not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Well, to be honest, I called home hoping I’d be able to talk to my dad, but no such luck. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Like death, his father’s presence was cold and often callous, but it was real- brutally honest, inescapably dependable. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z But the look of sympathy on the hippie’s face was so honest, so pure, that it planted the emotions inside my heart. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Maybe she knew I wasn’t being entirely honest, but she said thanks, anyway. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “No, really, don’t mention it, Ross. No, honest, you’d’ve done the same for me, I know you would.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Even Charley, who is as honest as they come, is prone to limp when his feelings are hurt. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “What’s your problem, boy? You got a gripe with Mother Paula’s? To be honest, you look like a kid that enjoys a good pancake.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, when it's just me alone in the hut, I get lazy about it. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “An honest man, gentlemen. Simple tastes. Lays his cards on the table. I like that.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z “We just had to be honest with you because we like you more than anyone we know.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z “I’m not ready to put you in touch with the family yet. But I think you’re honest about your intentions. We will talk again after I think. Call back tomorrow.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “In China, my father was government official. Scholar. One-hundred-percent honest type.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z That was the honest thing to do, from the way I see it anyway. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t be honest with me; she had to present her heart as not so much a compass as a two-way switch. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I didn't even know if I wanted to be a lawyer. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Alex tried to come up with an answer that was short yet honest. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z O'BRIEN Do you consider him an honest young man? Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re perfectly honest about it, you think President Snow has probably given them direct orders to make sure we die in the arena anyway,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z “I think I deserve an honest answer, even if whatever’s between us now isn’t going to last.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z "He took it the night you attacked the deli. He said he'd kill me if I told anyone, but I guess I'm more afraid of you. Totally terrified, to be honest." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Zara had said and done a bunch of things that made me furious, but to be honest, I couldn’t remember any actual meanness. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “You’re right. I wasn’t honest with people. And before I knew it, the paper chain was taking off, and if I told the truth, it might have tanked the whole thing.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Within two years the farm was bankrupt and the honest Croak was bankrupt, and had hanged himself in his bedchamber, leaving instructions in his will that all his slaves should be manumitted forthwith. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z These are the people who keep the marketplace honest. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you must be a very fine person, Nell,” he said, and then spoiled it by adding, “warmhearted, and honest. Afterwards, when you go home...” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what Auntie Buzz was thinking, giving three teenagers a car in the first place, but she only sees the positives of a situation, none of the negatives. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom and Dad and I are being honest with each other. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s the honest story I want to tell. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “You would think,” Skarpi’s voice rolled out like thick honey, “fine churchmen such as yourselves could find better things to do than arresting storytellers and extorting money from honest men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m there nearly an hour, and to be perfectly honest, not a whole lot’s happening. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “You killed him because he was honest!” she screams, tearing her hair. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “She wasn’t exactly Bemie Madoff. My mother was honest. Honest people can have enemies. My mother said whatever she believed to be the truth.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z “Okay. Since we’re being honest. This is a competition. And I am in it to win.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z He understood that I meant my virtue, my only wealth, for he replied, “Ophelia, I know you are most honest and virtuous. I pledge to serve you truly and with, honor.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I knew it was an honest mistake for people to equate my career as a member of Team USA with Olympic stature. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’m glad he woke me up. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Three weeks,” Nathan’s reply, grave, sincere, absolutely honest where another might have been tempted to easier words. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “Wow, you are honest,” she says, sitting down. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I could tell that some of them were really honest and sincere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I definitely think I should have been honest then, but to tell you the truth, I was getting as mad as I used to get playing sports, and it was starting to scare me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z This made them laugh because they knew I meant it honest, not show-off. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Also, Anna is honest about all of it in a way no one else really is: Throughout the book, she refers to herself as the side effect, which is just totally correct. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z “My feet are dirty, too, baby, honest. Look.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “Give us a kiss and make an honest pirate of us,” Sinjin said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “You. What’s your name, occupation, and where do you hail from? And be honest about it—I know none of you are bakers and candlestick makers.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z It was impossible to look at Diego and be anything but honest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The president wanted an honest, firsthand report on how serious conditions actually were in South Vietnam. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Sarah Johnston, who, if I had to be honest, seemed pretty okay, actually. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If he was honest with himself, he really wanted to see Sirius again. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “I am fair, and I am honest. A maid no more, but your honorable wife,” I said. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He had not yet got the measure of Fielding, had not met anyone so honest about himself, and able to say and do anything at all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z My father was the only son left, but even if their other sons were still alive, my father might still be their light because he is also a land, honest, simple, and good man. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z “Here, it’s her concert recordings. She was amazing live, so honest, so pained. She was glorious. Take it.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z For us to be honest with one another—to be free to hash out our feelings in the open. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “Palmer”—Henry was the only one who occasionally called him by his right name—“be honest, did you really spit on the floor?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z She was so strong and sincere and honest. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Like, I knew I was being honest and just being myself, but without all the awkwardness I usually have around girls. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And he liked that he could be honest with his parents. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z “Fit Helvar with some shackles to keep him honest,” he said as he headed below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I might say further that he is a completely honest man. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z God’s honest truth, he’s afraid he could get mad enough to hurt them. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “I’m glad you’re being honest with me; I’ll be honest with you; no more charades between us,” the Count said, putting down a number of notebooks and quill pens and ink bottles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Do not doubt, as I did,” the abbot said, his voice gentle, his eyes honest as ever. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z He is too honest a man to hide things, so I know he doesn’t have any more facts about it than I do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z She saw the charming, ugly face, talking so seriously about the interests of its honest heart She loved these interests—loved the old soldier to follow so faithfully his innocent love of God. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose it were true—Adam, the most rigidly honest man it was possible to find, living all his life on stolen money. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m a little talked out. To be honest with you,” she said; “Zooey’s been at me all morning.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He was an honest person, but rarely a direct one. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z His parents believed in the dignity of the honest trades, envisioning the generations of their family branching into the future, each more accomplished than the last. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He sat up, said: “Let’s get it all out on the table, bro. You give me your honest take, and I’ll give you mine, cool?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z If we were honest, though, particularly near the beginning, most of us would have admitted missing the guardians. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z But after everything that had happened between us, I was feeling shaky about her, to be honest. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z However, he suggests that I just be honest about why I want to be president of the class. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As we go through the movements for what has got to be the hundredth time—God’s honest truth—I watch Miss Duncan walking carefully around us, just out of range of our one-two-three-slashing. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z It wasn’t really honest, but we didn’t have any choice. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I had 9 good feeling that Arnold was honest, and smart about investing, so I gave him most of the money, keeping just enough for gas for the mower. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z “Or rather, that I was, but now I’m here in this new world, where nobody puts out ale or milk for an honest fellow, or a loaf of bread come harvest time.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z June has never looked more beautiful than she does now, unadorned and honest, vulnerable yet invincible. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z To be honest, so am I. I’m sure you have guessed that I am making you a quilt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Hell, I could be honest all day long and what does that get me? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was relieved that she was only messing with me and that she wasn’t actually a stalker who ruined boys’ lives. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Mrs. Cooper will look after you better than me, honest. And I’ll phone up and talk to you tomorrow.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ashley,” Mr. Ferris said sternly, “the most important part of someone’s character is being honest. Nobody likes a liar. You keep getting in trouble with these behaviors.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z I’d never met a person who really had skin like that, one of those people who fry at the beach—honest! Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I would confront him with his own question, Are you honest? and observe his response. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z If he was being honest with himself, which he absolutely was not, he may have messed this one up. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They were a way to keep employees safe and honest, and they offered a thrill to anyone who enjoyed watching others take their pleasure. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I just took out a sheet of paper and began to write something that seemed honest. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z So I grabbed my board and headed out, but to be honest, I was a bit of a mess. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “No sorry necessary. If I’m to be honest, I kind of like it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Ama grew up steady and honest and kind, like her mother, and had babies of her own, and then grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z They spun lazily in the warm breeze, tempting honest ration-buyers with glimpses of ripe, naked women lying in pools of fake blood. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, Jinjoo’s interest in the church only grew in defiance of their mother. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Another man who later worked under White said he could be “honest till it hurt.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Timothy was not purposely trying to frighten me about the violence of the storm; he was just being honest He had good reason to be frightened himself. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think I’m just going to be honest and hope people see where I’m coming from. Who I really am.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The fact that she’s out is highly freaking unusual, to be honest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z It just wasn’t the same place, and yet each of us was honest, neither one a liar, both pretty good observers by any standard, and we brought home two cities, two truths. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I am a young man with one bad eye, who hobbles, who has left his family, who has lost a tooth and been broken by bandits to reach this place to find honest work. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Please. I am being honest with you. Have the courtesy to be honest with me. I have a Jew, Jan Dorlich, who would like to be hidden here.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “Be honest. Would you really kill bad guys?” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “Nobody’s really been able to figure out how to ride her, to be honest. A couple of my men have tried though.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Because you being honest makes me want to be honest, but I can’t do that if I’m looking at you.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Although she knew that honest and conscientious doubts could not be a sin, and she told him so, she had to be honest with him about her fears, too. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z HARRY: You told me to be honest with him, but actually I needed to be honest with myself, trust what my heart was telling me . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z Like I could stop her from being honest. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I never really minded sharing a room with him, either, to be absolutely honest. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Well, to be absolutely honest, she actually just said, “Oh, hello. It’s you again,” but I wasn’t about to stand there and listen to her demonic incantations. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Claudia could have kept her doubts to herself, but she was an honest child, an honorable child. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone else had swooped in and taken all the glory, which Fox was going to give him—rightfully so, if Lac was being honest with himself. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I suppose it’s good to be honest if you’re a minister’s son.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z He doesn’t look all that smart, to be honest, choosing something so huge. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “I always knew I couldn’t be Candor. I mean, I try to be honest, but some things you just don’t want people to know. Plus, I like to be in control of my own mind.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z To be quite honest, I must say that since then things have been getting worse and worse. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest with you”—slurp, chew, slurp—“I’m glad she don’t come in here. This is...my private space, y’know?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z There was exhilaration in the collision, the honest contact of football, not as beautiful maybe as a completed pass or a fake that threw your opponents off balance but beautiful nevertheless and manly, prideful. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It might not exactly be cheating Cory, but it wasn’t entirely honest. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z I could not believe she was being so honest. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “To be honest,” Reynie replied, “I knew it the moment I saw how badly you drove that wheelchair!” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z And, if Jackie was honest with herself, she wasn’t sure whether she even believed it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z At least we fight this battle in the light, with the weapons of honest men, he told himself. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z What he read was that I was an honest man, a steadily employed, tireless worker, loyal to the firm that employed him, well liked, and sympathetic to the misfortunes of others. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “We try to be pretty honest about our feelings in Candor. Plenty of people have told me that they don’t like me. And plenty of people haven’t. Who cares?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z “Screw texting. Go see him. I would ask you to swear on my life that you’ll be more honest with him, but we’ve proven today that I’m untouchable. I will walk this world forever.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z She’s always been honest about her feelings and truthful about what she wants. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I tried to sound as nice as I could, because, I’ll be honest, I was afraid of the way Casey Palmer was looking at me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was a little nervous about the being-on-TV part, but I was pretty sure I could handle it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z The real risk had been in whether or not someone as honest as Matthias could convincingly lie to his mentor’s face. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z But I’m still thinking about being born on a spaceship, an honest to badness spaceship. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z Mrs. Curtis is the youngest teacher in the school and is so honest with us that sometimes I wonder if she’s supposed to be telling us everything she tells us. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “Now that I’ve been honest,” Johanna says, a little more calm now, “you can tell me why you asked me to come here.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “George, I’m going to be honest. I worry about you. There are a lot of kids like Jeff out there, and plenty who are worse.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z “I heard you. To be honest, if I had the choice, I wouldn’t. I don’t have much of a stomach for that kind of food. I find it quite distasteful.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Well, to be honest, Joey told it to him, because I was shutting up for the rest of the night. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Why did God put you in my group, Bull? I’m just an honest, hard-working man trying to make commandant.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She longed to point to him, to say It was all his idea, but she was too honest. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z She takes a deep breath and says, “Jax, I’ve always tried to be honest with you, and now I need you to be honest with me. Did you lose the third dragon?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z Wherever those conversations ended up, they started as honest exchanges. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He had an earnest, honest expression, like he really expected me to debate him on this, when all I really wanted to do was tell him to scram. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z I had an easier time making friends in Eden Park, to be honest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “I’m angry at you because you weren’t honest with me.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Bigwig, who was generous and honest, had never for a moment resented Hazel’s courage on the night when his own superstitious fear had got the better of him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now you are relearning. You are learning honesty. I’m sorry to punish you, Matty, but Village is a population of honest and decent people, and I want you to be one of us.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z I didn’t understand Babou—I wasn’t even sure if I liked him, to be honest—but I did not want him to die. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z There isn’t one tight little circle of cheaters and one tight little circle of honest students. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel a little vexed, if I’m honest. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z I wished Timothy would be honest with me. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Job searches take their toll, even in the case of totally honest applicants, and I am feeling particularly damaged. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I decided to be entirely honest with her about my situation. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z In 1926, the Osage leader Bacon Rind remarked, “There are men amongst the whites, honest men, but they are mighty scarce.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z But Pertinax was made emperor against the will of the soldiers, who, accustomed to living licentiously under Commodus, could not tolerate the honest way of life to which Pertinax wished to return them. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z You sound like an honest person looking for answers, but I have learned that not everything is as it seems. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z This can mean being honest about your own behaviors or emotions, or confronting truths with people who harmed you, as Terryl did, and Linton did, and still struggles to do. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “But you weren’t, Charlie. At those times, you weren’t being his friend at all. Because you weren’t honest with him.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z June is often a mystery, a big ball of complex emotions and motivations, but her heart is honest and true. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z In exchange for our honest sweat we’d so far earned flowers and leaves, but nothing we could actually have for supper. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z "I'm honest. It's the world that's awful. Now fly away, little bird, I'm sick of you peeping at me." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z That was something she’d taught Jam—that a lot of things were manageable as long as they were honest. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z My door creaked open to reveal a young nun with a round and honest face. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I was sad, embarrassed, but a little proud that I had been honest. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Our teachers always told us, though, “God won’t give you marks if you don’t work hard. God showers us with his blessings, but he is honest as well.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “If that’s what you wanted, why didn’t you say so? Just be honest.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z Word is he’s a good, honest, and mostly smart man, but to me he was showing signs of being a bit slow. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z Folks were expected to be civilized to one another, honest, and—and clear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m being completely honest, I’ll have to admit that it does matter to me, that I’m trying very hard to change myself, but that I’m always up against a more powerful enemy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He would have spoken some good word of shame, for he was an honest man and only his crying child had forced him to evil. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z I suggested that he be polite but honest, and that he listen to what Appleman might have to say. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z To be honest, this was the reaction he expected from his former coparishioners. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z "And an honest name it is, too," she said with a teasing grin. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I couldn’t explain it either. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Or, if she was being honest, she needed him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z And if we are being honest, we would have to agree he has a point. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Do you want an honest answer, Willodeen? Or do you want me to lie?” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z They think it means, Look how honest and open I’m being. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I wouldn’t mind feeling some of that.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z You know, look me in the eyes to see if I was being honest. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z Since her mother was talking about money, maybe she’d be honest about a few other things too. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “No, I must give it to Hamlet, for it proves the ghost an honest one.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z To be honest, I kind of lumped him together with Garrett. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But Frankie had always been honest and blunt, even to a fault, and maybe that was what I needed most now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z His blue bag was slung over his shoulder, honest industry beamed in his eyes, a determination to proceed to Trabb’s with cheerful briskness was indicated in his gait. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Charlie doesn’t want to leave the next morning after breakfast and, to be honest, I don’t either. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z But he still thought about him from time to time, and he said he had never met anyone more honest, or more clever, or more dependable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to being determined, focused, honest, he was also greatly humorous, delightful, and boy-like, while at the same time a strong, firm male presence in a house filled with little women. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “All my life,” said Matt, deciding, for once, to be honest. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He was only an honest and kindly artisan, just now saddened by treachery. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Or even, if I was being 110 percent honest, I’m a little scared of how I’m changing. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z And to be honest, all I really wanted to do was leave. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “So...be honest, what did you think of the song?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z The woman called a mechanic, and once Gramps was satisfied that the mechanic was an honest man who might actually be able to repair her car, we started on our trip again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z The story was honest, it was impartial, and it lived up to the newspaper’s motto. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z The light was no comfort, but it was the honest gold of real fire, untinged with blue. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He was bit threadbare and scrawny, and not as good-looking as I am, to be honest. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z Okay, to be honest, I can abide by the limitation of obviousness, but the “feels” part was a done deal as far as the Wild Boy of Bainbridge Island was concerned. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “The other reason your grandma was mad at me was because she doesn’t think me or your mum have been honest enough with you. About what’s really happening.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z "Because let's be honest, Private Clown here hasn't got a chance against Nergal. Sik'll go down like the three hundred Spartans." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “I know you think you’re better than most whites, but you’re not. You mean well, but you’re not. To be honest, it’s as much my fault as yours—I allowed it.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z But to be honest—I love the feel of the Persian carpet on my bare feet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I felt kinda bad for him, to be honest. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z And I believe that what happened was a freak accident, an honest mistake. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I should have been honest with Dr. Zimmer's secretary, or pretended to be concerned about the ailing Rosen family and asked where I could deliver a pot of soup. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z It was friendly and honest and slightly embarrassed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “She works really hard and is the most honest person I know—more honest than me.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z But I have to be honest: at that instant I wasn’t really thinking about Ruth. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z And I won’t ask him where home is, neither, so when Ma asks me where the dog is, I can tell her honest I don’t know. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z First of all, and I’ll be honest, I felt really guilty before and afterward. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Matthew was a stout, honest fellow known for his skill with the glaive. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z “Although to be honest, now I kind of wish I was too. God, I'm going to end up in community college. I'm going to end up here.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “I gotta be honest with you. I blew the audition on purpose.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But to be honest, I'm not the forgiving type. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “So did Chandresh. How can I believe that you are honest with me and not with them, when I am the one you have the most reason to deceive?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z To their credit, they were simply being honest. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z She would begin by describing some incident in which she was a sort of honest buffoon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z And I started to be honest — which hadn’t been my pattern for a while. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Jake was looking at me too, pity written across his honest face. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I’m as honest as I can be with him. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Your Honor, I have no desire to be disrespectful to this Court, but I must be honest. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z It’s time to be honest from now on. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z To be honest, they looked pretty silly, and I wasn’t quite sure how well they’d survive, but I couldn’t think about that. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z To be honest, it really didn’t taste like anything more sinister than strawberry lemonade. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The Dream is the enemy of all art, courageous thinking, and honest writing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I feel the hesitation in her lips, and to be honest, I’m a little freaked out by how intense this is too. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z I smiled, pleased that he was still being honest with me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z If I’m honest with myself, it’s been like this all day. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Which, if I’m honest, is one reason I trust him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Just two and a half more years until I could get the hell away from this existence organized by school bells that, let’s be honest, didn’t even ring. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Indeed, you seem honest, but do you act so?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “To be honest, neither did I,” she said, uncoiling another knot in the cable she held. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To be honest, I couldn’t believe it either. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z ForAerys and his queen, for Elia of Dome and her little daughter, for every true man and honest woman in the Seven Kingdoms. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z A name like Dull Mud Hole, while a better fit, was probably a bit too honest. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I’m just trying to get by.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z This is the most honest thing I’ve ever dared to create, and this is going to help a lot of people. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To be honest, none of us was surprised that Susan made the cut. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z He felt it best to be honest; what if he spoiled everything by turning up a hundred miles from where he was supposed to go? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Uncle was a very honest man and would never steal anything himself, but he seemed to admire people who did. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z If I’m wondering who pilfered the petty cash, it’s more reassuring to hear Not Jones; he’s an honest man than Not Jones; he’s a very honest man. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I needed to find someone who was honest and friendly and nice. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s gigantic, and to be honest, I can’t tell if it’s a man or a woman. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z "To be sure. You are an honest and honorable man, Lord Eddard. Ofttimes I forget that. I have met so few of them in my life." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z We drive to our favorite coffee shop, get our favorite drinks, and talk about Jamie and college and our parents, but mostly Jamie if I'm being honest. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z So long as a man was brave and honest, Robert would treat him with all the honor and respect due a valiant enemy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “I always figured nobody else wanted to hang out with me, to be honest,” I admit. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z “I will be honest with you. We do not have any children and have no interest in being surrogate parents. But if you are respectful and hardworking, you will be treated fairly.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z There was a nervous meanness in these long twigs that made us long for the steady stroke of a strap or the firm but honest slap of a hairbrush. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an honest man, and there was nothing that needed concealing from him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I doubt it, to be honest, Harry,” said Mr. Weasley slowly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “And I have to be honest, guys,” Coach said. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z “He’s the most honest man in the room,” declared Clement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z This is not going to lead to anything more than an honest conversation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z To be honest, it did not sound like much of a plan to me. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Being honest doesn’t mean you say whatever you want, whenever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what the difference was between the two. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “To be honest,” I start again, “I lied. I—I got on the bus and got a message from the casting people, and they wanted me to come back and sing for them. Today.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Everything about him felt honest and decent and I really admired him for it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Real fear, honest fear, was chill and motionless. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “To be honest, Mr. Rollins, I never planned on leaving,” I say, my legs not even shaking, rooted again on the centered x. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “This is enough for me,” he wrote Rush, adding that he knew Adams to be “always an honest man, often a great one, but sometimes incorrect and precipitate in his judgments.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z “To be entirely honest, I consider it a rather unsophisticated and rural tongue. I wouldn’t even call it a dialect. More like a bastardization.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z That was partly because of the tape; and maybe, if I have to be honest, because I was pleased by the notion that Ruth wasn’t taking the animals seriously, and everything that implied. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The least he could’ve did was to stick a pistol in my face and make it a honest robbery. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z It was an honest misunderstanding, he said, one that would be straightened out soon enough. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z She will just be honest, like those who love her have advised. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z But, if I was being honest, I had to admit that even in Phoenix, it would cause gossip. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z As the two thieves descended the fire escape, I called down to them, “If you want to find honest work, go to Hull House on Halsted Street. They’ll be able to help you.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z She tried to be honest in her answer. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He looked at Jan and saw a white face, but an honest face. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, she was kind of a bulldozer when it came to getting what she wanted, but I don’t say that in a mean way. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “They scrawl on walls by night and cut the throats of honest freed- men as they sleep. When the sun comes up they hide like roaches. They fear my Brazen Beasts.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Because, to be honest, I usually forgot that part of me existed until my grandmother visited or someone brought it up. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, honest I am,” I told her. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “There is never any shame in honest work,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what he actually does, but it all sounds complicated and boring. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues, and this is mine: I am one of the few honest people that I have ever known. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z “Never be afraid to be honest and stand up for what is right, Stella,” he said pointedly. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He did not wish to suggest in anyway that the Laphams had any part in the imposture—they were very humble, honest, pious folk. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I longed to tell them, “I won’t hurt you, honest, give me a chance, come on. How about it? I’m an average teenager, just like yourself, with the same aspirations and heartaches.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom’s always telling me to smile and hoping I’ll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “No I don’t,” I said, surprised; and, to be honest, the thought hadn’t occurred to me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I was a bit distracted by the smells and the thought of the food, to be honest. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “You know, I brought you here because I wanted to be honest with you, not so that you could make snap judgments about people and tell me what to do!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I liked doing a good job,” I say, finally finding an honest answer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Guilt clutched at her as she thought of his open, honest brown eyes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The pot loosened my tongue, gave me the courage to be honest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z I gave my honest opinion. 4TH JUROR: I know. 10TH JUROR: I suppose you don’t think much of it? 4TH JUROR: NO, I don’t. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Neither Mom nor Dad seemed especially torn up about it, to be honest. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z He came to consider a company “honest” if its payment rate was above 90 percent. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z To be honest, I'd been pretty upset about having a stranger hanging around, even if she was doing chores so I wouldn’t have to. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I am going to try and—be honest with you and . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “The first step to honest communication about race is to realize that you cannot equate all racisms,” she said, and then launched into her carefully prepared speech. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Now, I’m standing here, and I’m thinking about it...A reliable, hardworking, honest, Southern Democrat versus corruption, and maliciousness, and hate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “A horse has an honest smell. That is more than can be said of some great lords and merchant princes.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Way out of Skid’s league, if I’m being totally honest. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “But consider, Crispin, it belongs to no one else but ourselves. Honest pay for honest work. And you deserve some, too.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z People were often so quick to avoid the honest answer to a question. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Although, to be honest about it, I think it had been happening all along with other dogs, horses, and even chickens.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I want to be honest; I think it gets you further and also makes you feel better about yourself. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z People in the black community were thrilled to see honest coverage of the case. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z In the most honest parts of me, I am able to admit that it was a relief to hear Caleb volunteer. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It was a brutally honest admission, spoken aloud in the Oval Office. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Not an indignant, violence-seeking monster, but a human being, honest and raw—trapped in this house with us, and scared to the bone. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Sabatini: To be honest with you, I just think he’s a bad seed. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Anything you like, missus, because I know you’re an honest woman and you got a bunch o’ nice kids there. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z When one agent was informed that the buyer was black and was asked if that made a difference, he said, “Just to be honest with you, it does.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Because to be honest, if I hadn’t lived it myself, I wouldn’t have believed it either. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, to be honest. An activity?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Because it is refreshing to be truly honest with someone for a change,” Marco says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “It was ...” There was no honest way to sum it up. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Lucretia Garfield took Bliss aside and requested that he be honest with her about her husband's condition. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z And if I’m being totally honest, I’m sort of gleeful about that. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “I may look middle class,” said McClellan, who is forty- five, with a square, honest face and a barrel chest. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I’m going to be honest, Marcus. What you said, it hurt. A lot.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z Marilyn came by today and, if I’m being honest, I wasn’t in the mood to hear another speech about how I need to do this or that. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I am being honest. The problem is you think everyone is like you. You think you’re the norm but you’re not.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Who has still not made an honest woman out of me, I might add! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Emily stood irresolutely in the hall, wishing to be in no particular room, straining for the voices of the searchers outside and—if she was honest with herself—relieved she could hear nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “No, it don’t. It’s what happened, and that’s God’s honest truth.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z “Starting today, we’ll be as honest with you as we can. Is that what you want?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z If I’m honest with myself, I’ll admit that it was never going to be enough. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Resentment, frustration, and anger expressed by poor and working-class whites was chalked up to racism, leading to a subterranean discourse about race and to implicitly racial political appeals, but little honest dialogue. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z If I’m being honest, I’m a little excited about the idea of seeing my dad. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z It’s hard to reconcile this August with the other one, and to be honest I don’t try very hard. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z No mirrors, no one to ask but Georgie, who couldn’t be trusted to give an honest answer. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “It does to me, remember that, my lad. I give you entire liberty, but I trust you to make an honest use of it. Promise me that, Laurie.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z His voice was soft and sincere and his eyes were honest, but still Brian shook his head. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z He had a way of looking straight at the person he was talking to, his shoulders set square, his hands on his knees, his eyes unwavering, that always struck others as honest and open. Beowulf: A New Telling 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z He scratched his head and mumbled something to himself “I am sorry about bringing up this matter again. I know it will upset you, but I have to be honest with you,” Leslie said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I told her I hadn’t thought about it, and she laughed and said I had an honest face. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z It must require bravery to be honest all the time. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Once, to be honest, I got as far as the drinking fountain. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I was always honest, saying that I was not ready to get married. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z But the penguins simply refused to eat spinach or oats, and Mr. Popper was much too honest to say they would, even though he knew the money would come in handy. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z Helen had read it in the American newspaper, which was honest enough to admit, one day, that they were right. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z For the next 15 minutes, Mr. Stoker lectures us on being honest and working hard and having principles. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z He was short, with thin hair and small, blinking, gray, honest eyes. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z And I sincerely hope he will live the rest of his life a honest man. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z And to be honest, I don’t even think he was cheating. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “My nephew wouldn’t lie. He’s honest as the day is long. Perhaps you just misunderstood, Lester.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z “I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I mean, honest to God, I’m a freaking moron. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z To be honest, she was more impressed than envious when it came to Mini’s knack for rhyming. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They have faces that make one think—honest peasant faces, broad foreheads, broad noses, broad mouths, broad hands, and thick hair. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z "If only the whole world were filled with people as honest as you, we'd be better off." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Yet if Elizebeth always hoped her story would be told someday, she wanted the account to be an honest one. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z It was a short kiss, and to be honest my first reaction was to pull away from her. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z It certainly didn’t sound like the honest job of a dairyman, or bring to his mind cold bright cans standing on the back porch, glittering like captains on guard. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Well, to be honest, five days is almost nine million miles. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z “Listen, I need you to tell me what happened, Rashad. And I need you to be honest with me, okay?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z This was a little insulting, to be honest, but Twig shut her down real fast. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I couldn’t sleep either. I kept thinking how anxious you must be. Thought I’d surprise you.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z And that’s simply because I’m honest and tell people right to their faces what I think, even when it’s not very flattering. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You’re a good kid. I like people to be honest with me. We’re going to be honest with you. I expect people to be honest with me.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If they were my friends, I needed to be honest with them. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "It's an honest face. It's a face any woman would be safe with." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z Especially now that we’re trying so hard to be honest with each other. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z And, okay, if we’re being perfectly honest, I sound < enthused, too. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z To be perfectly honest—I’ve really tried to be—I wanted Bran to know that I had spent practically a whole night with this person that he had been keeping from me. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In between, in the midst of all those steaming nights and days darkly colored, smelling of earth, I believe there lay some marrow of honest instruction. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Margaret was too honest a person to ever deny that she did not like my mother. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I barely know anything about him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I sometimes heard her giggling through the hallway and, I gotta be honest, it was kind of embarrassing. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I can tell if strangers are nervous or fearful, honest or insincere, just by watching them for a few seconds. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z He’s a weird little man, if I’m to be honest with you. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z That fine spiritual fruit of honest toil, well expressed in the adage, “Live and let live,” has characterized the attitude of the leading white men toward the colored race. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Hitting him was the most honest thing I’ve done in a long time. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And his wild stories had already acquired him the nickname in his home town of Caen of ‘honest Georges’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z In one case, the scores on tests where cheating was possible were 50 percent higher, on average, than the “honest” scores. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had a few plus points, which kept me in everybody’s good graces: I was hardworking, honest and generous. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z “You want to trade places with him? Turn it all upside down—you want that? I mean, be honest.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And let’s be honest, marrying Simon would be amazing—and not just because I had a sad, secret crush on him for most of middle school. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z To be quite honest, I found him rather casual and unconcerned. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, it’s not as good as your houses.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’s honest, private aviation doesn’t really get old, not even three years into his mother’s term. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Well, to be honest, because most people hated him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest,” he said, “I had not expected quite so many.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Well, understand one thing right now. No strange man is going to pay my hospital bill. I shall stay here until honest money buys my freedom.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but you know when it’s lying, if you’re being honest with yourself. Here’s where it speaks.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Someone is always saying something too honest, and voices rise, and then one of them stomps off. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “And to be honest, I haven’t been sure I could handle your reaction.” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z His wife was much too honest for that. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, Blake hated me more, but he hated Cade by association since we were best friends. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z The white Southerner, you can say one thing—he is honest. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Thomas could tell the boy was being less than honest but decided not to press him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I’m just being honest. You need more beauty sleep,” Harriett says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z The thing was, I still didn’t want to tell Sahil about N. I knew hiding this wasn’t the most honest thing to do; it wasn’t fair to Sahil. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Talking about it with her made it all so fresh again, and to be honest, it was the last thing I wanted to think about. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z I’d been having a relationship with one of the veterans, a boy called Lenny, which, to be honest, had been mainly about the sex. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z You could see things clearly if they were honest; you could decide what to do next, because you knew exactly what you were dealing with. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z But Margaret usually honest with me, so I know she saw something got her all scared. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He was honest, and he seemed loyal enough. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes,” I say, although to be honest, I’m not a hundred percent sure. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Look. We weren’t entirely honest with you before, about being blown off course. The truth is, the ratings for Captains Bodacious IV have been down. Really down.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I...believe in you, Ally. Now, forget what you wrote. Put the paper down and take a deep breath. Close your eyes if it makes you nervous to see everyone and just be honest. Be...you.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Another thing I decided was that I would be as secretive about my mission as I could at home, and as honest about it as I could outside home, because that’s what was necessary. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Naw, Dusty bought the whole sad story. He thinks I wanted my job back just because Lice left me broke. And I’ll be honest, the money’s not too shabby.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z The only way to stop it is to burn it to the ground, start over with something more honest.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z “Everybody is hungry in this country, even the rich men are hungry, but nobody is honest.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, it never occurred to me that my mother was concerned about my happiness. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z A little honest loathing might be refreshing, like a tart wine after too much sweet. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Evidently she is persuaded that I am not a weak and sinful girl, but an honest widow and mother to a prince. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “He kept six, I kept six. To be honest, I thought he was going to rip me off, but he never did.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z Because if he was being completely honest, he wasn’t sure this would be happening if his mom hadn’t told Annie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z And maybe, if I’m honest, that’s a small part of my wishing she knew it all before she completed. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’m normally really good at talking to strangers. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z But I’d be less than honest if I didn’t admit that the best thing about him was the fact that he took the heat off me. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z The honest bookkeeper, the faithful wife, the earnest scholar get little of our attention compared to the embezzler, the tramp, the cheat. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z "I didn't mean that, Crow, honest. Look up there at that moon. Isn't it romantic?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Inside, in elaborate script: An honest mess is more beautiful than a perfect picture. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z To be honest, I can almost understand what Mrs. Kluck is talking about. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z He didn't think the trial was fair or honest. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I’ve tried to be completely honest about everything, no matter who I was talking about, but there are things I can’t put down unless I can keep them private— at least for a while. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Yes, she needed a boy, an honest boy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z They are merely honest and call a thing by its name; for there is a very great deal of fraud, injustice, and baseness in the army. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, she’s always been weird around my friends’ parents. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z “Clark? Well, to be honest, he’s a minor figure.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Fair enough. Not the answer I wanted. But honest. We’ll trust the Fates, then.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I’m not sure what I think of a person who doesn’t cry at the end of Charlotte’s Web.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z But to be honest, it must be said that she was beautiful to others as well... The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I settled into outlining a rough draft contentedly, more serene than I’d felt since . . . well, since Thursday afternoon, if I was being honest. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z To be honest, her idea sounded kind of dumb to me, too. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I’m not even a hundred percent certain about that.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “I was not entirely honest about why you needed to stay out of the woods.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “I’m afraid Nico was quite sincere about wanting to help you. The boy is as honest as he is dense. I simply convinced him to take a small detour and bring you here first.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z “I will use my own needles, thank you very much. Good honest bone. None of your nasty jagged iron things, stabbing you like little slivers of hate.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z They talk with pleasure and ease, but I can’t hear what they say To be honest, I try not to. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z And he said, “My old man says you take a good Chink, I mean a good one—why, he’s about as good as anybody. They’re honest.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “What makes you think Mamá knows anything about Tonantzin coming to save us? Because, I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what the heck was going on when the goddess showed up.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z It was a relief to have someone be so honest about the thoughts in his head. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He was, his friend says, an honest man and a great artist. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z “I watched Mrs. Malvolio last night. Her mouth was hanging open the whole time you fielded all those questions. Can I be honest with you, Jake?” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If he was honest with himself, Nailer could admit he had no idea what he was doing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If I’m being honest, the group hug feels a little forced. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Anything besides a simple no, which would be an honest answer, but he doesn't deserve an honest answer from me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Before him was...Well, to be honest, Butler wasn’t quite sure what it was. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You haven’t said anything sarcastic in a few weeks now, which is what’s worried me the most, to be perfectly honest.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “Now be honest,” she whispers with eyes that are pleading for me to be anything but. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “He’s been my mentor all my life, Koffi, and he’s nothing like Father Olufemi. To be honest, I’m worried about him. No one’s seen him since we got back from the jungle.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z And how he seemed so honest about everything that was going through his head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “Hamlet, my husband, this I ask you. Are you honest?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Every honest man in Westerns will turn his head and spit at the mention of the Night’s Watch.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z One of the lessons: Be bluntly honest with students. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z This would suggest that a parent who does so is either unenlightened or—more interestingly—congenitally honest. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z And the...and the everything, Fezzik decided, to be truthful and honest. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z For a while, they eats and I eat and we are all genial; them asking me questions and me telling them stories as to how I’m a honest Dutchman new come from the Antilles. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Let us be honest with each other, Ignatius. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “With my honest labor, one by one, just as you saved yourselves.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z “No, I prefer to referee — I like keeping them honest,” she explained. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z But, to be honest, he would have liked ten million dollars, too. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Her eyes were wide, honest . . . and I didn’t trust them. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Marco looks so surprised that she adds, “I said I would be honest, didn’t I?” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z If your research does not appear to support your hypothesis, be honest about that. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I brought you in my house, and you ain’t been honest ’bout why you hiding? The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z She thought of Sister Ailan, who had always seemed to be so honorable and honest. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I liked the open, honest way in which the man talked to me; and, too, the place seemed clean, brisk, businesslike. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z If I was being honest, I’d have to admit he hadn’t gotten me into this situation—I’d gotten myself into it. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z I know he’s not always 100 percent honest about everything. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I was relieved that I would not have to eat at Margaret s again. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z It probably wasn’t the answer Mrs. Franklin hoped for, but it was honest, and she deserved the truth. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “No, I don’t think he would take it. But, I don’t know. I like to think of him in charge. One honest man.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someone who wasn’t very honest. Someone from my old life.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z And, to be honest, I envy him a bit, with his wild romances. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z She keeps an honest, one price house, sells no hard liquor, and permits no loud or vulgar talk in her house. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Leila had the impression that the trooper was open, and honest, but also dogged. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z “And I’m not saying I’m not going to try. To get you home, I mean. But if I'm perfectly honest about it...” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z I gotta be honest, Martin: your picture is making me a little uncomfortable. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “I wish we had been able to be more honest with each other.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Since the experimenter can’t know what yes means, people presumably will be honest. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And, to be honest with you, the very life he has led has created in him a frame of mind which makes him expect much less of this Court than you will ever know. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Twig’s not the best actress, to be honest. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I’ll promise to be honest, and to work hard, and to listen to what everyone has to say,” she lists, as if she’s already thought about her answer. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I have a trick up my sleeve which I haven’t told a soul about, even though it’s the God’s honest truth and I know it: I have a good shot at the Ambassador. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I should have been honest then, but it didn’t feel like the right time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “No, there isn’t. The other Oxford readers are honest scholars with sound academic reasons for using the instrument.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Be honest to those you love, show your pain. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I know Brent Chisholm and Lexie Kirk are about to play, but let’s be honest, the real reason we’re all here is to see who wins this quilt contest. Am I right?” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z To be totally honest, it’s hard not to be jealous. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z I’m not sure what else we can lose, but if I’m being honest, I’m terrified that we’ll find out. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z Under the circumstances, scientists’ fealty to military and political orthodoxy trumped their honest scientific judgment. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Look: To be honest, the thought had not occurred to me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, at that moment, I couldn’t have said why Fang and I were even friends. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z To be honest, I had no idea what any of it was—the words were so stubborn about finding their way back to the epileptic’s drained lexicon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z But since seeing the dead, Ophie had been lying a lot more often, and it was starting to get so that the truth was so unbelievable that fibbing seemed more honest in a way. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “We are always very honest with each other. Not everyone can say as much.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s ask Mrs. Hameed. What do you think of Americans? Be honest.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “So, the whole safe-space idea is great, but to be honest I think it’s more important to educate everyone else.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I asked my sister what I should do, and she said the best thing to do is be honest about my feelings. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z How many questions had he needed an honest answer for and gotten instead, from his father, dark silence? Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Which doesn’t happen all that often, to be honest. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z "You want to say something. It's all right. If we're going to say goodbye, let's be honest with each other." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z “A good idea. We must be honest in our observations. Take up the pen and kindly do the honors, my girl.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He had the brightest blue eyes—even prettier than Lac’s, if he was being honest with himself, which he was not. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The government asked for an “honest commitment to peace” and I pointed out that our readiness to negotiate was exactly that. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Thank you for being honest with me,” I told her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what I understood then. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I mean, we used to be, when we were little. I think. To be honest, I’m not sure anymore.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z And to be honest, those lunch hours had started to feel less like hiding out and more like waiting—for Faith to show up and claim a seat. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I can do nine keys, even ten, to make a chord, but to be honest, that sounds weird. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z For the first time since Jupiter and I “reconciled,” I decide to be 100 percent honest: “I can’t tell you what I want, Jupiter,” I say. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z You would say, instead, that your friend Howard is generous and your friend Alice is honest. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Again, it’s hard to know how honest individual storytellers are about their feelings for Stalin, even with themselves. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I’m kind of impressed, Darryl. I never knew you could get that kind of speed out of that fat caboose of yours.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z “People look at me like that a lot. And I don’t much care, to be honest. But I’m right about the crepes. Trust me.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “By heaven, I swear that I am honest. He lied to me when he swore he loved me!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z It’s something, but, to be honest, I feel like my mind is broken into a hundred tiny pieces, and most of them are still back in California. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Ramadan was, honest to goodness, my favorite month of the year, despite how crazy that sounds. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z To be honest, I didn’t know some of these pictures existed. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z To be honest, neither do I. It was one of those decisions eleven-year-old girls don’t get to make on their own. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s get honest: Guessing you haven’t opened the brown book?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z At least Hephaestus had the decency to be honest about it—he’d put up cameras and advertised me as entertainment. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z My mother has always been frighteningly honest with me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z I also said that I cared about dogs because they were faithful and honest, and some dogs were cleverer and more interesting than some people. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She has absolutely no idea how much trouble I’ve just gotten myself into; she thinks this was an honest mistake. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z To be honest, due to my nine months of experience, my shifts fluctuate from night to day week after week. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, Beau. That was never part of my plan. It was never part of it. That’s the honest truth.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At first Tessie had given an honest accounting of her days. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z If I were being completely honest, I was more than a little relieved that the horn had interrupted him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I don't know if she's telling the truth about her genius testing, but there is something honest in what she's telling me now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I don’t like to tell that part of the story. Ain’t fond of any of the story, t’ be honest. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “To be perfectly honest, she’ll be unavailable every night, as far as anyone besides myself is concerned. No offense. And I’m sorry about your evening.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I feel kind of sorry for the ditched ones, to be honest. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z To be honest, I get this vibe sometimes that Garrett likes me. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Bagman seemed to know he wasn’t being honest. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z To be honest, that scared me more than anything, because this whole time, Dad has never been angry with Mom. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z "Then the honest men of the city owe Timett a debt of gratitude. I shall see that he has the king's thanks." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She was scared: scared of nice Mr. Frost and his scarier friends; scared of this room and its memories; even, if she were honest, a little afraid of Bod. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z You can go and find honest work slaving away at the looms or assembly lines, but who knows? The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z To be honest, he wasn’t as smart as any of us Angels. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z Some guards were honest; others, clearly on the take. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, one hundred and fifty bucks was more money than we’d ever seen in one place. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z To be honest, I wanted to postpone as long as I could my disappointment if the man to whom I owed so much didn't remember me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z She found Woodhull’s fiery language honest and invigorating. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z So when she said, over and again, I saw him, she meant it, and was perfectly honest, as well as passionate. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I was open and honest, because there was something about him that made me feel safe. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then to Briony, “I’ll be quite honest with you. I’m torn between breaking your stupid neck here and taking you outside and throwing you down the stairs.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It would have been useless in any case to try and win over the honest Radagast to treachery. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I did a lot of thinking about foot number six. And, to be honest, I got mad.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z He was never a political man, so it is not likely a charge of rebellion drove him out, and he was scrupulously honest, which eliminates the police as prime movers. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Polly, eyes full of honest fear, told him sadly, “The baby was stillborn, sir. I’m so sorry. But your wife is fine,” she added. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z What could a bunch of temporary colonels do without loyal, honest, experienced advisers! The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The owner, Mr. Fields, is mean as can be, but Daddy says he’s honest with his books, don’t charge more than he has to, and that’s good enough for him. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The faces look at her, and she looks at them, and then she is honest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z It was the kind of place that could well inspire a deep, honest talk that might help us get along with one another. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t even vaguely interested in getting married again, but Zeitoun had turned out to be everything she had not believed possible: an honest man, honest to the core, hardworking, reliable, faithful, devoted to family. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He’s honest, real polite, and he likes crunchy peanut butter and apricot jelly—never grape—just like I do. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z But you don’t survive in a place like this being honest. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “I’m not trying to be mean—honest—but it just never occurred to me that Melody had thoughts in her head.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z ‘You disobeyed my orders. Nevertheless ... I recognize that you acted with honest intentions. The valour of these seven heroes has proven that you were not entirely without wisdom.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z It was the first time I’d asked an honest question and they’d given me an honest answer in a long time. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His dad had been crazy and destructive and if he was honest, downright evil. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z An honest man except when it comes to food, our father would lie, claiming to have just returned from the pricey new Fresh Market. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z "Just thanks. The fireworks would have gone off in my face if you hadn't pulled the box toward you. Here, I brought your tapestry bag; I didn't look at your notes or clues, honest." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z She had a square, honest face, a short, broad nose with large black nostrils, and her mouth was wide as a gash in her face. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z To be honest, there was another reason I chose the brining and grilling method. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z But, again, I can’t be sure which it was, to be totally honest. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z This gave his head a sleek look, which was contradicted by the surprised, honest expression which he wore on his face. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “I ain’t really in the mood, to be honest,” I told him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z They gave him ten years in prison, and to be honest, I don't know if I'm happy about that or not. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I was never more hated than when I tried to be honest. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Diego had an honest face, but I found it difficult to believe he’d come to the party to see me when I was practically invisible to everyone else. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Then Garrett stretches and—honest to God—slips his arm behind my shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z At the end of the letter I thought it honest to break the news officially that I was in Cambridge and would remain there until a decision was made. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He says, “Mason is nothing if not honest. You should believe him.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z “She’s not going to be like everybody else, Mom. This is her only chance and it’s no chance at all if you’re not honest.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z A little queer, maybe—their clothes, especially—but honest. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d been promptly picked up by a police officer who accused him of stealing it, unwilling to accept that a young black boy would have come across a new bike in an honest way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z And if she was honest, part of her felt protective. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z But if I'm being honest, that's not the real reason I'm interested. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It was strange, because even though we had never met, Martin was the only person I felt I could be totally honest with. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z To be honest, I did want to try out the Anansesem powers again, just so I could get into the rhythm of telling stories to groups of people. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Chapter Eleven and I were left to figure out what was going on by the tone of a conversation that made no sense to us, and to be honest, we didn’t pay much attention. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “It means,” I say, “that you may have said you just wanted us to be honest with each other, but I think you really wanted me to always agree with you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I didn’t even know this neighborhood existed, to be honest.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z When he was honest with himself, he supposed he always felt it in a way, lurking in the back of his mind, waiting for the quiet moments. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z “I kind of like the idea of having a place in school where I can be honest about feeling bad.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z Let me be honest with you—a feat which, by the way, I find of the utmost difficulty. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, my memories of that day didn’t include Cramp, but he must have been there, because he had all the dirt. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z They both want me to come clean, to tell my parents I found the box, to be honest with them about how Tm feeling. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Never in my life had I met such honest, caring and loving whites. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Probably. To be honest, I think he's mostly just interested in ogling college girls rather than checking out the merits of the campus.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Finally, stuttering, I said, “I pledge to Nigeria, my country/ To be faithful, loyal, and honest. ..” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I didn’t really believe the article when I read it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z HARRY: I tried to be honest like you said—I didn’t say anything. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure I can afford it, to be honest.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Do I look strange to you? Please be honest.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z He was ashamed of what he had done; he should have been honest with them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t quite looking effervescent, though, if he had to be honest with himself. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “Naw, I can’t really think of nothing, and to be honest, I don’t even think Love would trip if I didn’t bring anything. I mean, we both said we were just gonna eat leftovers.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z To be honest, I wasn't in the mood. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This is the elusive “ear” of a skilled writer—the tacit sense of style which every honest stylebook, echoing Wilde, confesses cannot be explicitly taught. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z I can think of no more honest way to say it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z But be honest yourself, Anna Engel, wouldn’t you rather Maddie hit the ground running, as the Yanks say, and made it safely back to England? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I really don’t want to do this.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “Make sure you’re honest about his condition. It’s a tough situation. We don’t want to trick anyone into falling in love with a terminally ill dog. We have to be honest. Okay?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Is the interviewer always careful or even honest in recording the responses? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I make sure to be honest and use lots of exclamation points. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z You know I’m always honest with you, so I think I should tell you that I live from one encounter to the next. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z After a pause, he said, “I just want to be honest. I’m not trying to freak you out.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I nodded at her, but to be honest I wasn’t sure which one of my problems she might be referring to, so I kept quiet. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z “I’m proud that you carved a totem and were honest with me,” Edwin said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z “My uncle's guilt is now plain. The ghost is an honest one!” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I really did everyone a favor, to be honest.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I have to be honest and record Milton’s thoughts as they occurred to him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “You are hungry and honest, that is very rare in this country. Is that not so?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z They do groundbreaking work on important subjects, reason well about clear ideas, and are honest, down-to-earth people, the kind you’d enjoy having a beer with. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And Dr. Howell was always honest with me, so I tried not to worry so much. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The desire had come over him to deny what she said, to interrupt her testimony with the truth about his father, a strong and tireless man, honest to a fault, kind and humble as well. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z That would have been gracious, almost honest, and would have given me a real boost when I needed it. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had an easy manner and an honest smile. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Mirjam said they liked to joke that they were like sisters. And royalty. To be honest—and I feel badly saying this—she was a little irritating about it.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z God, they’re ugly, with their plump white bodies and red heads and drooping wattles, which resemble inflamed scrotums, if she’s being honest. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z To be honest, I don’t know what to make of it neither. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “You are both wise and witty, Ophelia. Your words are saved and spent in good measure. Moreover, you are honest. I know you can be trusted not to gossip about my taste for romance.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z One honest employer confirmed the truth in these worries: blacks were hired “solely on account of the shortage of labor....As soon as the situation clears itself no more colored help will be employed.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “We are considering sending Lucy to another school next year. It’s a sort of boarding school, and I need to know if she can handle it. In your honest opinion.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’d never undergone any kind of surgery, and to be honest, I was terrified. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “At least a janitor’s work is honest,” Bob said. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Avoiding the question feels better than not being honest. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z A good honest face, a girl had called it once, but you should smile more. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Jam had seen it enough times in books and movies, where one person had a chance to be honest, a window of an opening that closed with their silence intact. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z “That’s where we spent the day. And to be honest, it was pretty cool.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z And maybe, if he was honest with himself, it was one of the reasons he was here. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The sluggers didn’t abduct them, though, they abducted me, and all I can do is be honest. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The honest question seemed to bother him more than the urinary barb. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I mean, she didn’t need it, let’s be honest, and she’s so mad at me. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But I saw him turn his face over his shoulder and look at me once, and I’ll be honest, it scared me. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “He is,” Rex Rollins, now the color of an overripe grape, says, “to be honest, Garret, being considered for a number of tracks.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “There is little honor in a fight with such a creature. I’d rather face a thousand honest men with swords than one of those deceitful witches with unnatural powers.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And I’m just warning you that if I’m going to be honest, I have to begin the story with my Baba Haji, even if the blood might shock you. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z To be honest, I felt uneasy about telling him such things. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’ve been completely avoiding looking in his direction since that weirdness at the bookstore. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z If he continued to behave this way, he could easily spend the next five years in the lab without collecting sufficient data to warrant an honest Ph.D. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I shake my head, decide to be honest. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Then she said: “I’d like to be able to say no. But to be honest, I did smoke for a little while. For about two years, when I was younger.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s a bit cramped in the back, but to be honest, I don’t mind. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Even in that last battle, he had been well served by what he called the “honest, sensible and diligent men” of Americas first intelligence service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “The honest truth is she could have the Black Key already,” says Magnus. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Almost instinctively she looked to me and Tommy for support, which was probably a mistake, because Tommy said: “To be honest, I don’t know what you’re all talking about. What rules are these?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Everyone laughs, and honest to God, this is the absolute best kind of moment. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He was honest about it with the guys, and they accepted him because of it, plus he never acted or talked like the stereotypical gay guys that people think are caricatures of the entire population. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’ll be honest. I don’t really know what to make of you.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Dr. Wilde was a good man and an honest man. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “She is with us still, but to be honest we have already lost her,” her father has written. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z To be honest, my first reaction to this was: What if this is a wild goose chase? Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z If I was honest, there’d been no reason for me to visit the campus. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She wants me to be open, to be honest. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z With Annie—if he was being honest, any girl—he second-guessed even the simplest movements. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z She could only pray it was an honest one as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z If he was honest with himself, he had thought it might come to this from the moment he had spotted the sword through the ice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z But we were all dizzy and silent by that time, having grown accustomed to taking up no more space in a seat than was our honest due. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z There were two other campers standing by one of the tents, and it was them, if I’m honest, that made it easier for us to build aggression before we stormed in. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “Right, you told me that, but you weren’t being honest. We don’t need to be here...You want to be here. You don’t know how to fix a house.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “I don’t blame you. We should have told you. To be honest, I’m mad, too.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z He didn’t suffer, as many “honest men” do, from the detestable righteousness that diminishes their virtue. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The seat was enough, and to be honest, I wasn't really expecting any actual words to come my way. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z And if she was honest, part of her felt protective. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Even more about that one, to be honest. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Because if you’re trying to make honest money and not just dealing drugs, people are always trying to take what you’ve got. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as I was concerned, it was an honest gig. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure, to be honest. I haven’t told you, but I went through her things the other day.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z It was an honest gesture, but it wasn’t much of a Christmas that year. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z Men and women were expected to be brave, hardy, honest, and uncomplaining. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z To be honest, she wasn't sure about anything. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “To be honest, I managed not to think about Papa all that much at school today.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If he was honest and sensible and really meant to return the suit, and would have returned it, then maybe Mr. Loomis should have let him borrow it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z To be honest, I’m just estimating, because I didn’t think to count until about halfway through the lecture. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z To be honest, I myself haven’t even put any thought into a world past this dinner. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z But I did not feel that being honest was worth the price of starvation. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The words burst out, and I regret them but I’m also glad they’re there, glad that before I ask her to give up her identity, I can at least be honest with her. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z |
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