God, I hope I’m not trying too hard, because that’s the exact opposite of cool. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Groves joked later that when this complex and contentious job was done, “I was hoping to get to a war theater so I could find a little peace.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

My father, ever ingenious, found a way to trade our apartment for one a gentile friend had inside the ghetto, hoping the swap might provide better accommodations than any the Nazis would arrange. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Kiyo was already in bed, scrunched down under the covers, hoping not to be seen. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a fragile whisper, she said, “They have flying machines,” and watched, desolate, as the understanding changed their three faces, bullying out the last defiant shred of hope, leaving nothing but despair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I only hope he doesn’t taste the bitterness of poison on my lips. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hope he didn’t think it forward of me, and that if he ever thinks of it afterwards he never will have such a thought. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t take this the wrong way,” I said. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since he was lost in the dark without hope, and could neither go on nor back, Bilbo accepted the challenge; and they asked one another many riddles. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just say I hope the bill gets voted down and leave it at that.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Initially there had been nothing but the blindness of hope, as if a magic wand would appear and make his knee pure again. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

We scooped up cups of dirty water, hoping to find a fish or unknown treasure. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fear of hope, because the instant she understood what he was proposing, Sarai wanted so badly for it to work, and when did she ever get what she wanted? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She scrubbed the shadows with her body, hoping he was only hiding, not gone. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I did not hope we would have the honor of your presence here.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But we had come too far, hoped too high, endured too much, to turn back now. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reader, I hope you have found some light here. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I hope I can do that someday, too. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I looked toward Momma, across that square of stained boards, over the collection table, hoping that a look from her would root me safely to my sanity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Likewise, your hopes of stirring the audience to anger or pity depends on the extent to which they are prepared to identify with the anger or pity you yourself seem to feel. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Constance resembled a wet hen—same shape, same dour crankiness, and only slightly larger—but Kate smiled when he came in, and the sight of her sunny face gave Reynie a pinprick of hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hope that I'll be able to fly around the world. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Leo could only hope they were still up there. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘Let us hope that he will escape back to the caves. There he would be safe for a while. Safer than we. Such a refuge would be to the liking of a dwarf.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I just hope your aunt really has as much money as you say. Otherwise I'll tell her about the tricks you have been playing on her.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I may suppose that you would not be amused if they did me any harm.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The large American said that that was “too bad, Ma’am,” and soothingly expressed a hope that the train might make up time. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some tiny part of him hoped to be sensed, to be seen, to be stopped, but the Cloak was, as ever, impenetrable, perfect, and he reached the front doors easily. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

More bad news, or news he was hoping not to share. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

She seemed about to say something—to rally us, I hoped, kick us into action with some inspiring speech—but she couldn’t seem to get the words out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Lots of families cut television when the kids are young, hoping to limit screen time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I test the harness anchor with a sharp yank, hoping it will hold the weight of two fully armed Masks. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We were...on our way...but without much hope of getting far ahead. With what dread we watched each turn in the river to see what it held in store,” Cherrie wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Grab a textbook from the bookshelf. I hope you’ve been learning about the Roman Empire; otherwise you will have a lot of catching up to do.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They hoped I might keep the family tradition alive. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He is everything Nergal once was, and no longer is. I hoped to provoke Nergal, to attract him to me, and Daoud is very attractive." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

While speeches were made in English, Russian, and Icelandic, the audience fidgeted, craning their necks to the side entrance, half expecting—hoping—that at any moment Fischer would make a grand entrance. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I am so alone, and so without hope that I can confront them without fear. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The men stood awe-stricken, hats in their hands, whispering kind words, words of hope, words of joy. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Quite so. Miss Carmichael’s business with us is concluded, I hope. But I’m concerned to hear about these children who are being encouraged to behave badly. Why has nobody told this to a newspaper?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But it had done so at a costly price: The poor were pushed farther and farther from the heart of the city — the center of wealth, hope, and potential. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

George hoped that Ms. Udell would let her take her seat. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Haiti would provide him field opportunities to integrate the two disciplines and to make sure this was the career he really wanted. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Pax jerked free and then backed toward the south edge of the clearing, hoping to lead the coyote away from the tree, away from the den, away from the foxes he loved. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope it sucks,” Dimple said, more loudly than she’d intended. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

If Gwydion were, by chance, in an adjoining cell, Taran hoped he would hear this signal. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the journey she kept her skirt unbuttoned, hoping he would return to the task. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Finch, I hope you know I’m your friend, and that means I want to help you. But this is also a legal matter, and I have an obligation.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I blink, confused, hoping it’s because of my job at the newspaper. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As he climbs the stairway, there’s hope for me again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I say to him, waving the empty basket of chips in the hopes he catches my drift for a refill. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Eventually, using enough of the ugly clothing, Violet had a rope that was, she hoped, just over thirty feet long. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knew that it was only borrowed plumage, but he could always hope that the position might become permanent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He made two half-hearted feints toward the basket, hoping to catch Ben off balance and get an unchallenged set shot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is what comes of hope, it said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I think, Mrs. McCourt, you might have a future priest on your hands and I will light a candle in hopes it comes true. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to catch fish in this way. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

After more than thirty years there was little hope that the records still existed. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Jane had read Mr. Gardiner’s hope of Lydia’s being soon married, her joy burst forth, and every following sentence added to its exuberance. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in his mind he tracked his own movements, hoping he’d live long enough to use the information to return to the Door again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We’ll just have to wait and hope for the best,” he said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coach glared even harder at me, and I was hoping that somewhere in my face he could see himself and give me another chance. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I see my griefs begin to sink below the waves, and I ride the crest in hope. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“In that one there is hope,” I heard my uncle Juan say to my mother. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, she hoped that she herself would turn out like Angeline, and was sometimes embarrassed to find herself following at Angeline’s heels like a puppy. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hope no one else is in the women’s bathroom. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She said it like a little girl hoping that I wouldn’t leave. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will appreciate the pain I have gone through. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as the time passed, Thomas let the slightest trickle of hope enter his system—maybe they’d make it before getting attacked. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He hoped the demolition would be quick, and he quoted a recent remark by Burnham: “‘Let it go; it has to go, so let it go. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can also tell he’s still clinging to a faint hope that we all might have forgotten. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Jackson said, “Little Charlie, I hope you won’t mind riding ’long and showing me the place in the woods where this tragedy befell your pa.” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “I do hope he finds the Nail.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Not until, finally, as we drove down that long road to Twig’s house, Dad said, “I’m sorry the drop didn’t work out like you’d hoped. Would you guys like to talk about it?” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was to me a painful meeting, for it brought back all poor dear Lucy’s hopes of only a few months ago. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I looked to the white manager, hoping that he might overrule Piliso, but he was as still as a statue and seemed as intimidated as we were. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that how you hope to keep your head, Imp?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There’s hope in that, even though it’s little more than the desperate tossing of a coin. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mealtimes, instead of eating both my tortillitas, I stuff one into a pocket when I can, hoping that a hungry rat will not nose it out from its hiding place beneath my petate. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have checked and rechecked my data a dozen times in hope of finding an error, but I am sorry to say the results must stand. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She had a plan, a way forward, hope. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every morning she would try it on, hoping it would work again. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope you kept the bike from prom so I can give you rides when you come back to town.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It smelled of deceit, of whispers and lies and plots hatched in the dark, all the things he’d hoped to leave behind with the Spider and Lord Littlefinger and their ilk. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

One day, she brought her resume into his office, hoping to persuade him to accept her. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We wouldn’t last five minutes out there! You can at least hope to pass for normal. But one look at me . . .” She wiggled her forearm-less body. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I will not say that you are welcome. Nor will I deny that I have hoped that you might come. You are here for my sword”. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He thought about a quote from the novelist E. M. Forster: “If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Thus both Luria and Delbruck hoped the Copenhagen lab would be the place where the combined techniques of chemistry and genetics might eventually yield real biological dividends. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I just hope Amber will read the note and write me back, and maybe even come to the party tonight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

In addition to absconding with twenty-five thousand dollars and giving Milton false hopes of my return, Father Mike was abandoning his own family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I'm pretty sure he yelled "Good luck!" at me, I hope to hell not. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“We’ve been hoping for eleven years that she’d send word or come home, and she finally has. Looks to me like she sent us the best word we’ve had in years.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

She would merely drown, and her spirit would wander without any hope of rejoining her relatives. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gregor hurried over to Luxa, hoping to figure out some kind of game plan, but one look at her told him he was on his own. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius frowned and said, “I do not understand why she was sent away. After all, we are quite informal here. We are one big family. I only hope that you have not damaged her morale.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of these trains brought single young women who had never even seen a city but now hoped to make one of the biggest and toughest their home. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He bolted down the steps and up the sidewalk, hoping his mother would not call him back. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

I hope whatever’s eating him has a good, hearty appetite. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On one side, my mother wrote: Ryan Dear, I hope I recognize you next time I see you. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hope he knows we are here because we want his blood and will soon rip him apart for it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then we will comfort you and poor dear Madam Mina with new hope. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. She said something like she hoped that when we got to heaven we were all babies again.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She gave the same hungry and hopeful gaze to new kids moving into the neighborhood, hoping to find a friend among them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

And the office life the woman appeared to be leading was about as close as you could hope to the one Ruth had often described for herself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She said a scholarship was my only hope for a future and lent me her private books for the summer. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do hope you will not make a habit of it, or Frankie will have to find alternative housing. I will not abide by strangers in my home.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Rafik said, “Let's hope the hat has shrinking powers, too, and makes you tiny, the size of a salt shaker. Otherwise that tray's going to tip.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hoped it was the Brooklyn Bridge. I thought that if I ever got to New York, I’d like to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thus their fame spread, because all those who arrived sad and bedraggled at the consulting room left filled with hope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My legs kicked me toward it on their own, my lungs screaming for air, and I clawed my way to what I hoped was the surface. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He said he was working more hours at Flat Face Pizza in order to save up for a trip to Germany, where he hoped to scatter as many of his atoms as possible. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hoped we wouldn’t walk into a lineup again. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Thomas knew that the code of the Maze was their only hope now. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope we get at least ten people at the auditions Wednesday,” I said to him, glancing over my shoulder at Maddie. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The feeling of being flung into that whirling world of water is one I fervently hope never to experience again. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t mind my telling him, Danny. I had to.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

And for a second, underwater, I nod off, asleep or maybe even hoping to drown. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

George hoped it wouldn’t hit against the curtain or, worse, fall and land in the bathtub with a thud. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

The question is, do you press the button for a sure $3,000, or refrain and hope that everybody else in the group does the same, so that you each get $10,000. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor replied, “Well, I’m going to try to give you one small chance to be free. It’s up to you and to the spirits of hope and possibility.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had hoped I could put it off until I went home. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing had worked, so Seven had just watered the plant every morning, in hopes of a miracle. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I should hope so,” my mom said, inching forward in her chair. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I really hoped he would have lunch with us. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yet I hope I shall be able to put things in order soon, and then I shall return to work.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It was a day that had started with such high hopes: the varsity hoops team busing to Salt Lake for the state tournament. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We’re hoping to work with the administration on choosing a more inclusive mascot,” Noah explained. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He hoped that one day he would have the words to tell everyone how he felt inside, but okay would have to do for now. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

The small flame of hope that each of them cherished began to flicker and fade. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

If what Badwa had told them the day before was true, Adiah wasn’t going to be a friend; she was a master of the splendor, with more skill than Koffi could ever hope to have. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then the air left his lungs and seemed to take all hope with it. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know for sure—you’re way more familiar with the Maps than I am. But I have a theory. That’s why I was hoping you guys could remember some of them.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

After another short hesitation, “I hope it does not proceed from—I hope it is not in compliment to Mr. Elton?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Just this,’ he thought: ‘encumber a rider, and hope at best to stay in my seat and not be pounded to death by galloping hoofs!’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"I sincerely hope you won't," she said, "because those English witches are probably the most vicious in the whole world." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“She kept our hopes of finding you alive,” Baba says. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He stared at Isabelle for a few moments, then caught himself and said, “It’s . . . very nice to meet you, young lady. I hope this is a good time for our visit.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Fadi had hoped that by some miracle Mariam would have turned up at their aunt and uncle’s clinic, but it hadn’t happened. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

A thought sprang into Thomas’s mind, giving him hope. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

All the hope growing inside me has withered. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I'm hoping that your view isn't of a parking lot or the side of a building. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I had lost hope that God would rescue me and that I would get to leave Little Rock. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hope for Owen’s sake that Natasha Lee is, in fact, a student at the high school, whether he has a crush on her or not. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Adele had promised to make me a princess costume for Halloween, and I kept hoping I would get back in time—just as we had the year before. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope that one day you will think of me as your friend.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He draws it out again and it clatters to the ground and I should hope that he is dead but I’m selfish so I can’t. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Odysseus, the great tactician, answered: “My hand, friend; may the gods award you fortune. I hope no pressing need comes on you ever for this fine blade you give me in amends.” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I say, giving what I hope is a tinkly laugh. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope you aren’t still taking all those iron drops,” she said gravely. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Mami stood there watching, as I picked up the pencil, carefully tore a sheet from my notebook, and, in labored script, wrote, “Dear Tata, I hope when you receive this letter...” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What job do you hope to get if you leave school now?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he had hoped, the guard was doing his rounds. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hoped to God that they didn’t know how many of us were on the ridge. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could we hope to detect a black hole, as by its very definition it does not emit any light? A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he knows what he’s doing,”Trina says quietly next to him. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“God! he’s beautiful. I hope they take good care of him. Corporal, you may think that he wants to bear arms against the foe, but I think he’s running away from love.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I hope you like it,” Dill said when he finished, still blushing. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“It was just sort of weird. It seemed like she was hoping I was, so maybe I should’ve said yes to make her happy.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can see that the silence from my mouth has all but extinguished the hope she has conjured up. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I lean down and pick it up, hoping he doesn’t choose that particular moment to open his door. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I hoped he couldn’t see the way my hands were shaking. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I hoped that it would at least let us keep the ring. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” Friedrick continues, “you must be asked such things constantly. I find I am more interested in learning about the woman than the magician. I hope that is acceptable.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But my hopes were cut short, when one day, as I was walking home, I saw a guy mad-dogging me from across the street. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Why was the evil so dreadfully increased by Harriet’s having some hope of a return? Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

These boys and girls were will-less, their speech flat, their gestures vague, their personalities devoid of anger, hope, laughter, enthusiasm, passion, or despair. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words were not as magic as I had hoped, but the door eventually opened. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Theo goes back to The Hague, hoping to return to Paris soon. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

When I am among the others hoping and waiting, I imagine I can hear each pleading voice, loud as a chorus: Give me a chance. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

She was just as ambitious as Lac was and probably hoping for a promotion as well. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I sink into a low bow and hope he will think me only clumsy. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, hoping I have not gone red-faced. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Finally he said: “I have no choice. I can only hope you will change your mind,” he paused, “and act more like an adult and less like a schoolgirl.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping that might keep him here for a bit. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I’m leaving for Varadero with the brigades in a few hours and I was hoping to talk to you. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

And when I really want to be adventurous, I’ll stick a headband over it, hoping to make myself look somewhat girly. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My mother and Mrs. Bircz had devised a strategy they hoped would protect us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

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

It matters so much that, now, without hope of knighthood, I feel like a hole has opened up under me and I am falling through it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The only thing I could think of to do was to admit that I'd overlooked a few lines, but lie about just how many, and hope that I'd be allowed a second chance. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She thought the owls were doomed, but Roy wasn’t ready to give up hope. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

That it would turn without crushing its bearings and rotate smoothly and true were engineering hopes supported only by calculations that reflected known qualities of iron and steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m not forgetting,” she said with pitiful dignity, “that you are my sister. And I hope you remembered that, too.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young officer sitting with Stranger did say, as he stirred his brandy-and-water with his thumb, that he hoped before long thus to stir Yankee blood—and what of that? Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him scan the room, looking for an out, hoping to make contact with at least one person. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

She only says that because she believes you sort of die inside if you stop hoping, even if your body keeps on going. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He just kept thinking: Don't look at me, and hoped the Romans below would fail to notice the giant bronze trireme descending on their city in the middle of morning rush hour. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looked at me anxiously as if he hoped I'd corroborate this. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Because Logan Pines was the last pseudovision in Central Florida—or at least the last one I knew about—I had placed so much hope in it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was my hope that my appearance, as a Black Muslim woman in the sport of fencing who was on her way to the Olympics, would help alleviate anti-Muslim sentiment in mainstream America. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t like that so I stare at them and hope they get the message to leave her alone. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I beg your pardon, sir. It was purely accidental. I fell, you see. Please accept my humble apologies. I am Matthias of Redwall and I sincerely hope I have not disturbed you in any way.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope he saves more than I did.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hope you can still read it okay. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I shouldn't be getting her hopes up by asking questions like this, when I'm not planning to help her. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hoped whatever thoughts he was immersed in were leading him in the right direction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I hope you will understand my giving my heart to another. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Today’s my birthday,” I said, hoping to send his thoughts in a new direction. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s got a neatly trimmed brown beard, which I think he hopes makes him look older, but it doesn’t hide his baby face. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

"There's a water pump not too far away," Rani says, and we head over to it and join the line of people hoping to fill their water bottles. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope the Erudite didn’t think to change this combination,” he says as he types in a series of numbers. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s stupid as hell, but I’m hoping Malik notices. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he returned, drawing a long breath, “I hope so.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

And hope that none of us regret it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Remember: We are Miss Teen Dreamers. We are not victims. We are not cowards. We are bright shining stars, beacons of hope to all who arrive on the shores of our beauty.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She hoped it was too dark in the alley for him to see her blush. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I wandered on, wet and miserable, looking for a place to conceal myself, hoping I might stumble upon the Green Man. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to get sent to a corner, where I could fantasize about a grand Cinderella wedding with Jonathan Rodriquez as my groom. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope you saw my piece over the summer about the International Confederation of Wizards’ Conference?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

God, I hoped Mom wasn’t in a wreck. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Only it’s patches of feelings? Hope, fear, hope, fear....And it goes along with how strong the smell is?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope Monsieur will not think that there has been any negligence on my part,” he said anxiously, his eyes going from Poirot to M. Bouc. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he understands that while it started out as a threat, it’s since transformed into a promise. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

So when Jenny and Bill walk into the cafeteria, I pick it up and bite into it, hoping just a fraction of me can be as cool as Charlie was only a year ago. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I...I hope you find what you are looking for.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I knew people kept saying they hoped the baby was a boy, but right now I didn’t care. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to give you false hope.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then something happens that does give me hope—hope for me and John Laydon and his family. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The comet mocks my hopes, she thought, lifting her eyes to where it scored the sky. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Overnight we went from being a family desperately trying to stay in the middle class to one with hopes of sneaking into the upper, or at least the upper-middle. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She coaxed it in a way she hoped was gentle. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When it seemed there was no more air, no more hope, the animals began to run out through the fire into the open, where spears and arrows waited. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

A blackness came before their eyes, and it seemed to them in a moment of silence that the world stood still, but their hearts were dead and their last hope gone. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have long to wait, S.Q. My modifications have gone much more quickly than I even hoped. I now fully expect the Improvement to begin the day after tomorrow—perhaps even sooner.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Soldiers moved quickly, hoping to get out before snipers could target their helicopter as they left. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Vincent hopes that he will get good enough to be hired. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I squeezed my eyes shut, hoping to die. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I’m praying harder than ever, hoping my dream isn’t true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope it’s a problem I can solve,” Mr. Flynn said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

No one can sweep, for why sweep away hope No one can splash water, for why splash away joy? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I’ll figure something out. I’ll call you, or maybe I can ask him to. Either way, see you tomorrow? Maybe? I hope?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But listening to Barack, I began to understand that his version of hope reached far beyond mine: It was one thing to get yourself out of a stuck place, I realized. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Since she had not told them about Dragon and the sleeping powder, she hoped that perhaps they would decide she had, for some reason, stayed with the rats. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for rescuing me, though. That was some trick you guys pulled off. I hope that...” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"Oh, yes. I suppose I am guilty. I hope you forgive me, kind lady." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

"Your drink, madame," I said, handing her a glass and hoping the fresh drink would discourage any new ideas. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope that once you’ve calmed down, you see that I was trying to do the right thing.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

One evening a few weeks after Salva had joined the group, he made his usual walk around the fireside, scanning every face in the hope of seeing a familiar one. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, with just us two in Chicago, I know Daddy better than I ever hoped to. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Windrider would be everything that Uncle had once wished Black Dog to be. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I push my way past that new shirt Momma made, and hope she don’t ask me about it. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

It feels like how Zahra has described hurricane days to him: stuck together, hoping the sandbags will hold. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We hope to be working with you soon! From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hoped whoever was doing that part was just running late, but there’s no way three or four days could pass. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

This was true, but only because leaders had never dared to hope for integrated seating until the U.S. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Blinded by her hope to make a difference. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But I could hope, even if I was such a loser. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Still, she hoped against it, did everything she could not to think of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But hope and courage moved me to take the letter from Isabel’s hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The only hope Dries has is that Theo will improve enough that they can take him home to the Netherlands. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He then reached out and shook my hand, and expressed the hope that everything would turn out well for me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Geyer had little hope that his own search would fare any better. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

She protested, but in the end she spoke to her parents, and her parents, as Palmer had hoped they would, agreed to take care of things. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

The good news, according to the board, was that the National Park Service hoped that some of the trees would stage a natural recovery over time. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

‘He would not wish us to linger. We must follow the Orcs, if there is hope that any of our Company are living prisoners.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

A tiny spring of relief and hope began to flow in his mind. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Nice job, I hope? Pleasant? Easy? Sort of thing you’d expect an unqualified wizard kid to be able to do without overstretching themselves?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hoped I didn’t get the chance to do too much screaming and begging. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Often, I hoped the woman was all right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

A hard winter had been followed by no sign of spring, and Maesie had delayed planting at first, hoping for sunshine and warmth before she subjected her seedlings to the cold earth. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Drawing Shadow’s dagger he stepped out into the open, calling aloud in what he hoped was a gruff voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Physicist Marc Millis heads NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Project and hopes to overcome this problem with the physics of zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You just have to think about it, and hope your victim doesn’t.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I combed through the branches, hoping to find something to nourish us, but my heart sank; it was the wrong season and the tree wasn’t in fruit. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment he felt a tiny, fluttering hope that he knew was quite foolish. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Inside is not the sort of dim lighting you hope for when you want to move something hot, but I was careful to dress nice enough to look like the watch is mine. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he had hoped, it was Min’s wife who answered his call. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

‘By my hope of Heaven and my fear of Hell.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So take me to the Gestapo. Go on. And when they kill me, and all the ones I could have saved, I hope God will forgive you. Though I really don’t see how He can.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was too nervous to say what I was secretly hoping ... that Tyson might still be alive. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“At the summit of Dark Mountain ask the four old Bear People. They are the only possible hope they have the power to restore the mind. Time and again it has been done.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if things don’t work out here, I can always run away and hope the Patels will take me in. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope her wish comes true,” Will says, and I lean my head on the cold glass, glancing over at him. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I bought my own copy, hoping it would teach me about history or literature, but it didn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The doctors hope she will recover, but we have never heard of cancer being cured. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Truly? Well, that is something. Where there is life there is hope.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Good,” she whispered back, “I hope they are.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I passed the Candy Crew’s table and hoped I wouldn’t get stopped by Selena. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

"And Hodor too, I hope. The boy is simple, you know that. He does as he is told. How many times has he groomed your horse, soaped your saddle, scoured your mail?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He promptly left Congo—which has recently descended once again into civil war—and hopes to reunite with his family, either in the United States or in Europe. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Okay, seriously, I hope those fries are hot enough for you. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

She said we would be spending a portion of every practice for the rest of the week doing relay work; she was hoping that we'd be ready to give it a try by Saturday's meet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I—I am, Madam. I hope you will excuse any—er—liberty these naughty children may have taken. I assure you, there was no intention—” “You?” said the Queen in a still more terrible voice. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope that was a monster I just killed. I was a Shakespearian actor in college! Picked up a little swordplay!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Surely the Cong. Union will not gain converts by such undignified actions. I hope thee will call it off.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I know I’m not a very good Muslim, but I hope my prayers are heard. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I am hoping it is not something surgical. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three people wrote poems about Martin Luther King, Jr. Half the class just listened to the poems and hoped they wouldn’t be called on to read theirs out loud. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But it’s happening, Lucy. We hope to tag our first sharks by the end of the summer.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Viola says, hope and doubt both in her voice. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“There’s no hope of escaping from Endovier. Your father made sure that each of Endovier’s sentries could shoot a squirrel from two hundred paces away. To attempt to flee is suicide.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I brought Trevor over to apologize for his part in whatever happened today. Also, he wouldn’t tell me the whole story, so I hope Zoe will fill in the blanks.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

His voice was tinged with the barest trace of hope. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She heard Miss Bates’s voice, something was to be done in a hurry; the maid looked frightened and awkward; hoped she would be pleased to wait a moment, and then ushered her in too soon. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I do hope that my darling will not run any chance of danger—more than need be; but we are in God’s hands. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I had hoped the kids’ letters would get some action,” Jon said. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

But Havel had said that these were things they wanted; the only thing they needed was hope. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I hope Karen totally lets you in her pants, okay? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Joseph hoped he wasn’t imagining the golden ship, and he prayed his own story wouldn’t turn out like the Little Match Girl’s. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You have locked me in, the madwoman thought, a tiny spark of hope igniting in her soul. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

But he had little hope left that he would be able to reach it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hope that some of this hullabaloo over tissue culture has at least had a few good points which have helped others ... The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I squeeze her shoulder in the hope that it consoles her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I started to step even faster down 125th Street, toward St. Nick, hoping I could make it to the border before they could catch me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She studied the milky streaks on the counter, hoping for a miracle. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope it involves Stella popping out of a birthday cake in a bikini!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“The best you could hope for was one who did not beat you or have his dog attack you just for amusement.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pick up my sample collection bag, hoping it will also help me look official. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The air between them was a dead place, as though both of them were carrying their hopelessness before them, hoping for the other to dash it away. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

His attitude was so just that it allowed him to hope even for the support of former Conservative combatants. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Though it sometimes seemed like a nice idea, I hoped the revolution would not take place during my lifetime. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Wes looked at his mother, hoping she would explain who this man was. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I guess a weird part of me was hoping she’d change her mind. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’ll do, if I provide for you like a Jordan Scholar,” she whispered to the dead boy, and forced his teeth apart to slip the coin into his mouth. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Surely when he closed his eyes last night he had felt no hope, seen no way out. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hope it’s okay that I’m telling you this. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The moment she was out of earshot Reynie whispered, “You have to trust me on this, Sticky. To give us a chance, you have to go first. It’s our only hope.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We did not have much hope that scripture would stop this. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, so have I,” answered Hazel, “and I hope there won’t be much more. Then we can all have a rest.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do hope he knows what to say if he and the others are seen. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His mom is hoping some lawyers can do something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I hope not. But these are trying times, Professor.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope all your skulls eat you in your sleep,” I tell him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It drops right into the well of his chest and spreads, like how hope spreads. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Never have I seen a teacher with such high hopes or one who would be so bitterly disappointed. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope there are not many hurt Can you see? Ought we to have gone to their help?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I don’t know, Mr. W. I was really hoping to play cowbell on it Or... maybe... Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I see a lot of hope at the clinic. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I hope this is the hero’s errand, because not following her is the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hoped my voice sounded stronger than it felt in my throat. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She might have wished for colder, clearer water... but no, if she were going to pin her hopes on wishes, she would wish for rescue. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I hoped to look through the latest papers on the fission of uranium,” he said. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I only hope my ending is as victorious as his! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

We looked out at the sides of the road, hoping we’d see Joseph trying to hitch. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

By stringing the fiber along a gap in a stretch of wire—a bent paper clip worked marvelously—he hoped to diffract X-rays and obtain images. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

My mother suddenly got up and held a mirror to Lynn’s nose, apparently hoping to see a fog of breath on the mirror. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to feel the thin material and I didn’t really know what else I had to hope for other than that. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

That was a goal that could be reached, barely, if the Rockefeller Foundation, the university, and private industry all contributed; at least, he remarked later, it would be “not an entirely forlorn hope.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“Then there is no hope for us, is there?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t think lying in each other’s arms day in and day out is very satisfying, and I hope he feels the same. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I bite the inside of my lip, hoping against hope that it’s to assassinate Snow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At the same time I also hoped Mr. Ray didn’t start digging into how I was feeling and all that. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The gathering was intended as a wholesome alternative to rowdier festivities for the night, and she hoped she could make sure that Henry attended. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She’d half expected, half hoped, that he would deny everything, feign surprise, maybe even outrage, at what she was implying. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

All the effort and hopes they’d put into this had clearly been for nothing. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She stepped through the sliding door, and he followed, pulling it shut behind them, hoping to deter any wasted college students from following. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Outside Lewiston, we found our first bit of hope in a little Baptist church set back from the road in a bunch of tall pines. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I say, hoping Momma will stop my sister. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It had been an incredible, symbolic day for our family and I hoped for the country, but it was also a kind of ultramarathon. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was hoping against hope that Mr. Benedict would find some way to save them—to save everyone—without requiring anything more from him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had been close to her brother Lynn, so she took him to meet the man she hoped would be her husband. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The two of them had carved out a life here, built hopes and dreams together side by side. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“They do the tsar’s work. I hope that poor dragon escapes them all.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

He went so far as to hope that human justice would mete out punishment unflinchingly. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“But he’s the best man for the job. He’s the only man for the job, really, so let’s hope he’s in town. You say there were dinosaurs in this other place?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, he hoped that England and France would bleed each other to death. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, two other groups dug trenches and cleared brush on the hillside, hoping to contain the fire’s spread. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Some of the words were without meaning, others just sounded right, but some words came from deep inside her and told how she felt about life and hope and the road ahead. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just nod, in hopes that it appears I know what polyphonic means. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

At a nearby bakery, hungry men gathered in front of the plate-glass window separating them from racks of freshly baked bread, hoping the window would implode. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The officer asks Momma for her ID and proof of insurance, and I beg Black Jesus to get us home, hoping there won’t be a gunshot as she searches through her purse. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“I hope to weave them into stories,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I know a lot about living inside my head—and to keep going, I need to keep hoping I can find my father and free Amma. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Instead, there were letters from every grade-one student, all reading: “Dear Robert, We love you very much and we hope you will be better soon.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I hope we’re always a part of each other’s lives, no matter where we go or what we do.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

The letters we exchange are filled with hope and longing and a vague sense of the importance of the mission of the American troops. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Joy, because they are our hope, and still kindle the idealism of the first scythes in their hearts. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He came back to New York reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and saying, "I am given up, Mami! It is no hope for the Island. I will become un dominican-york." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

His return to Not Doctor Street was not the triumph he’d hoped it would be, but there was relief in his mother’s crooked smile. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably a girl; there is some hope of forgiveness for boys. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last, I thought, I would reveal dramas of hope, fear, love, and hate that existed in these humble people. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it dived back into my flowers, I finally threw the bouquet on the ground, hoping I wasn’t insulting our host nation. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I had chosen the words myself, wanting to show off my French, hoping to please my father by bringing attention to us. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

People expressed the hope that they might catch their plane, that they might leave on time, and that their luggage might eventually join them once they reached their destination. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

For a few brief seconds I think of Geak and hope the soldiers did not put her in a bag and throw her into the river. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I answered, “Just this once, I hope they’ll be chosen for something good!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She now asked the Mounties to send more details about the case, hoping that these might help confirm her insights. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He tried taking Tylenol, hoping it would help his severe sore throat and fever, but the pill lodged in his throat, refusing to dissolve. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They had hoped for more from their female child. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope that Byrd can stick to her choices, too.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I was still working at the tailor shop in Kraków, hoping that would save me from the Deportations. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

June, I’ll never be able to say this to you out loud, so I desperately hope that you’ll see it here. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It's strange—hope can make you forget so much, so quickly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley’s heart were entertained. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

All they could hope to achieve against a Panzer division was an extra hour or two for the retreating soldiers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Ophie had been hoping the opportunity to check the attic for clues would present itself, but the next week turned out to be the busiest she’d spent in the manor so far. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I slowed to a fast walk, hoping that a muddy and bedraggled American boy who was not running would attract somewhat less attention than one who was. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And I hoped Nigel had had the sense to get the pencil off the table. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When this was all done, and Candice had told her mother about everything, she hoped her mom would somehow turn it into a book. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I stuck to the directions, and to hope, and imagined that, in a short time, the trees would open up and reveal the train station sitting there waiting for me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I confess I am, and so much else besides. I welcome you to our great city of learning and hope that we may be of service.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I only hoped the war would last long enough to make a flier out of me, and so it did. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’d learn later that nearly two million people had flooded the Mall, arriving from all parts of the country, a sea of diversity, energy, and hope stretching for more than a mile from the U.S. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But hoping so hard had made her jump to conclusions. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn't sure whose it was, but I hoped it wasn't mine. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Softly she called our names, as if she hoped we might finally hear and come running. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Outside in the hall he nearly ran into Dudley, who had been lurking behind the door, clearly hoping to overhear Harry being told off. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Emma’s comforts and hopes were most agreeably carried on, by Harriet’s being to stay longer; her fortnight was likely to be a month at least. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I jammed my hands into the pockets of my jeans, hoping my explanation would suffice, but Faith just sat there waiting, expecting more. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Anaheim had been settled in the late nineteenth century by German immigrants hoping to create a local wine industry and by a group of Polish expatriates trying to establish a back-to-the-land artistic community. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z

“And it makes them keep coming back—hoping.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alex gives into it and laughs too, full and deep, and that’s the last hope for a serious tone for the day gone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping to be found. These are two of my best friends. Simmon.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I hope Hel loosens up a little—at least enough to forget that she was so irritated with me earlier. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Catelyn said, "Let us hope there will be no battle. We three share a common foe who would destroy us all." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

"I hope you'll get married someday. And have me over for dinner once in a while. Check in on me. Make sure I'm not living backstage under a costume rack somewhere." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Bub Nefager says not to worry, that I may plant as late as the middle of next month, but I hope I don't have to wait that long. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because even though our orchid was dead, there was still that vast, beautiful field of blue all the way in New Mexico, full of miracles and hope. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

In my heart I’d hoped for manslaughter, and hearing the word murder sent a frozen rod piercing right through the top of my head down into my toes. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I took my time drinking to give her what I hoped was enough time to get herself together. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And Mrs. Helm, said, “What I hope is, I hope they keep ’em locked up good. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can only hope, when it comes to our missing picnic basket, that the more enlightened side of Aristotle’s counsel would have prevailed before Boo-Boo got waterboarded. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn’t, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Again my hope for a storybook dalliance was thwarted by the fact that the stream was only about six inches deep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Nothing wrong with hoping,” she says, and then looks out her window. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be a specialist, and even then you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a creature of the earth, he endured, hearty, whole, seemingly indestructible, with no regrets and no hope. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grieving has been good for me, and I hope it has been good for you also.’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He decided not to mention that to the crew, but he hoped their buddies back home had had a good celebration. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I suppose he had reason to be optimistic—he’d been given a second chance at life, at hope. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” said Sarai, and hope had never felt like such a lie. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He hopes to meet a painter who lives there. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Despite considerable pressure from the Federalists in Congress and mounting war fever in the wake of the XYZ revelations, Adams held out hope for reconciliation based primarily on these reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was all nerves and fascination and bashfulness and a deep, stirring hope. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I stow the stool and stand, hoping my knees don’t give out, or alternatively, that I don’t start dancing a jig. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Speckled grey they rose, and moss-spotted, yet thick and strong and higher than any wolf could hope to leap. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Waiting to be sentenced—not waiting for execution, as I’m not without hope. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Rain finally fell on October 12 and then again on October 15—a steady shower that Philadelphians hoped would clean the air of fatal odors and wash away the foul, disease-causing matter in the streets. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She hoped that the stone and the blindfold would do their jobs and take the place of a funeral pyre. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The noise now became increasingly loud, its diesel hum goading everyone’s desperate hopes and deepest worries. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

I held the small bundle next to Emilia, hoping she would make eye contact with the child. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He returned to England that summer, hoping to overturn the studies with his analysis, but was struck by pneumonia and died suddenly at home. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It was bringing more force to bear against itself than I could ever hope to muster. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was another to have hope dashed time after time. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She hoped her book would be enjoyed as a work of art, but she also hoped it would help the average person understand—and thus better appreciate—the insect world. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Famine and plague were everywhere, and in some places there was such despair that mothers could no longer muster enough hope to give their children names. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I glared at her, hoping she would notice something was wrong. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she expressed a doubtful hope that Tinker Bell would be glad to see her, he said, “Who is Tinker Bell?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Everywhere I looked, articles in magazines, newspapers, and online were declaring me America’s best hope to win five gold medals in Rio. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I chewed my lip and stared at her daughter, who had brought me a drawing, wondering what education she could hope to receive from a mother who had none herself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I hoped she would be there, and she was. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will bring Elton,” said he: “but I will not trouble you to give any other invitations.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

She could find out the world was ending and she’d probably still show up here, talking all that hope. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The day hasn’t been what I hoped, although the whales were great. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I am mostly sure this is my territory, and I hope I will not get transferred. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Despite Yishan’s assured tone, she knew it was a hollow hope. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I can handle it now. No bad news, I hope.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know how much I admire you, and only hope that some of your goodness and Father’s goodness will rub off on me, because, in that sense, you two are a lot alike. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

During the election, with paranoia and Islamophobia and isolationism as the prevailing themes, my parents held on to this hope. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She had hopes of seeing the nurturer heading back to his dwelling for the evening meal, with little Abe riding behind him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They were so numerous that I could never hope to get rid of them either by traps or with arrows. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was kind of terrifying, and Nathan hoped that the man wasn’t in pain. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Communications are down in Seven, Ten, and Twelve. But Eleven has control of transportation now, so there’s at least a hope of them getting some food out.” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hope I’m not going to hit a dead end. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Luce seemed optimistic, confident, and Tessie and Milton began to be filled with hope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I stop calling so often; it’s no fun to keep hoping, keep getting shot down. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lifted his face and felt that momentary rush of hope and promise. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I hope that I did, but it’s hard to tell sometimes. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Consider: Their hopeful eyes that were outdone only by their hoping breasts. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope you don't think," she says, "that because of Jacob..." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Charles and I are both quite concerned about you; we hope you were not among those who made the first initial assault upon the Cotentin Peninsula. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Obinze was hoping his phone would vibrate, and chafing under his hope. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Meggie saw a round nose emerge from the pack, snuffling in the hope of more delicacies. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At first, her work involved writing the books she hoped to publish one day. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You dismiss your last allies: hope and trust. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have hope that she may yet recover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“I’m hoping to use the bricks to prop up this broom. I need to practice shooting over a defender.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’d be in the back seat, shrinking low, laughing, hoping none of our friends would happen to see us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inventors hoped that if they improved their device, it would be a valuable tool for all surgeons. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He hoped a nod wasn’t the same as an out-loud lie, since he might need one in the near future and didn’t want to waste it when things weren’t too awful. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Jonathan tried to listen, hoping to hear words that would make some sense, but finding very few. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It is not for me, I must not hope it now,” he said to himself, with a sigh that was almost a groan. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had not mentioned her intention to do so, but every member of the staff, from Mrs. Clarke down the youngest stable boy, had lived in hope. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

One of them came over to express her condolences that they’d be stuck with the weird, quiet girl, and said she hoped they’d have fun reading books all day. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was a simple invocation of hope, a call to persist. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I really hope you get back to the way you were. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I let my hands drop and casually wipe them on my jeans, hoping he doesn’t notice. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I trust your judgment. But for all our sakes, I hope we can keep the peace between our campers and your Greek friends.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turn at every corner, hoping to confuse Officer Khan and lose him along the way. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The mechanical ring drilled its way down the hall, and I held my breath, hoping it wasn’t a wrong number. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“And what do you imagine he was thinking then? He must have realized what was about to happen. He must have hoped that you would make good decisions and take care of your mother.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The bigger man raised his eyes to gaze at the intruders in distaste and said something in die tongue of Old Volantis, too fast for Tyrion to hope to follow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The bush is an unforgiving place, however, that cares nothing for hope or longing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without Daenerys and her dragons, Dome was central to their hopes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In spite of their different attitudes, hopes, and goals, they gradually— though neither could have explained how—reached a functioning detente. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hence the virus was intentionally introduced to Australia in 1950 in the hopes of ridding the continent of its plague of European rabbits, foolishly introduced in the nineteenth century. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He hopes I am, if he’s alive, you may be sure,” with a fierce look. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only effective treatment then was rest, with the hope that the body would fight the infection. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know yet what I hoped for from the UN. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The childlike look of hope on his face broke Thomas’s heart—he obviously thought they’d found something important. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The rest is dust, the rest is ash, it’s sorrow and it’s grief....But above all that, in spite of all that, binding us together...is hope. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Could she reasonably hope to support a child, and provide all its necessities, on that income? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hoped more than anything that I had the chance to go to school with Abby, to keep her as a best friend, to stay. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I was hoping to hear laughter from the Freedom Writers in the audience because usually they’re the only people who laugh at my antics. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope they get everything they ask for and more.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hope that she isn’t brewing false hope. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

And his appointment of Andrew Young as U.N. ambassador brought tremendous joy and hope to blacks and infuriated and frightened the government and its supporters. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped the memory of that morning would never leave me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But about ten families, German Methodists from western Pennsylvania around Pittsburgh, hoping to realize the utopian community so grandly talked about, did arrive. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About the dance—I didn’t mean to set you off. It is for a good cause. And I hope, if you come, you save one dance for me.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

But no letter like that ever came, and Grandpa was so sullen most of the time that I stopped dreaming of him and his hopes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited until they were around the side of the house before she said, “Okay, seriously? I hope you never change?” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I’d hoped that the giant, overhanging tower at 19,000 feet— christened the Mousetrap by some wag on Fischer’s team—had toppled by now, but it was still precariously upright, leaning even farther over. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

These fishermen were headed in the wrong direction for me, but they gave me hope for more. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell Piper just yet because I was hoping for divine intervention about how we were going to get to Gateshead Farm, near Kingly, East of Here, and when. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope you don’t judge me too harshly for saying nothing. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Some dust—at least she hoped it was dust and not pulverized skeletons or something equally gross—fell onto her shoulder from the crumbling ceilings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He knows from her father she’s been away, but he hopes she is still thinking about what he said. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

For the past two days they’d skirted north, hoping to find a safe pass, with no luck. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

With their help, he hoped to find a stable job in southern China and build a low-profile life. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

She hoped he didn’t expect her to sit with him much longer. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Words that he hoped would make Benji feel better and would also change the subject. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to get their hopes up for nothing.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He always came with lots of talk about new things that made my candle of hope burn brighter. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She was sure the only reason they had agreed was because they were secretly hoping she’d meet the I.I.H. of her—no, their—dreams at the prestigious school. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I hope that my first tennis shoes, stolen by thugs, somehow got this far. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

And every job he gets it’s supposed to be this big position and you know it’s not that much, but he’s scoping and hoping so you go along with it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would only work if these guys knew as little about Mr. Griswold’s book as she hoped they did. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

In the rearview mirror I noticed with gratification that he was remonstrating quietly but firmly with Luther—threatening, I very much hoped, to take away his communication device. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dauntless was patrolling the blue waters just a few miles off the Orleans, hoping for a glimpse of their potential quarry. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

"There is good hope of it," said the old man. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I know. But I did so hope he’d be home by Christmas Day.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And on that tip, I hope you aren’t distracting the American too much, Emma dear. It’s hard to keep a lookout for hollowgast when there’s a young lady’s tongue in your ear. ” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We all have scars, Ruthie. Some of us have scars you can see and some of us have scars that we hide deep inside, hoping no one will ever ask about them.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

The only thing he hoped was that she would not make him lose his job. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that the stranger would stay out of my dreams this night. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“So what? You Spanish, this is your neighborhood. You grew up here, got beat up here, and I hope beat someone up too. Sapito tells me you used to paint R.I.P.s?” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The pitchfork’s wood felt slick in her sweaty hands, and she hoped she wouldn’t drop it at the moment of truth. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

She hoped that if she could talk to Clara, then the young woman would be able to remember more about her life and, hopefully, what—or who—had killed her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d hoped, faintly, that he might have blacked it all out. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I hold onto that hope like the frayed end of a lifeline, because I still refuse to face any of the alternatives. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Once upon a time, another lifetime ago, she’d been someone else, a girl with hopes and dreams and loves and wants. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I hope that in our future hours, we will find time to remember our responsibilities to others and resolve to give something back to our society. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I moaned and rolled on my side, hoping more sleep would come. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing else to do but to hold on to that hope. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hoped he would calm down soon, but I had to leave. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I hope none of them ask about my spring break. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t a hope of fighting them off, and he didn’t want Maria’s last image of him to be of a terrified farm animal being dragged off to slaughter. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Charity, hope, faith,” he said, reading them aloud. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Your Highness, I hope I have done nothing to offend you, but if I have, my sincerest apologies," Astrid stammers out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Hooke may actually have hoped to see the physical basis of memory, the ‘continued Chain of Ideas coyled in the Repository of the Brain’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I looked out of the train car, hoping to see him. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She’d be able to find the camp no problem, but I’d been hoping the magical boundaries would just keep her out like a force field. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I was hoping the hyena would stay under the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

All I could do now was hope I didn’t cry like a little girl in front of the hundreds of kids having breakfast. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Before such things are done, one hopes that the computers will contain every least bit of relevant information about the way of the world. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I hope it's something good. Tell me later?" The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have much optimism that Anastasia and the rest were still alive, but I hoped to find a clue as to what might have happened to -them. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

At the same time, he tried not to hope too much. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of him now—in his room—watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and be his. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I leaned over, hoping I appeared a hundred times more casual than I felt, and rested my arms and chin on the back of the seat in front of me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping to get work,” I said. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

We were surprised as well, for the judge’s question gave us hope. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitated, then ran to the spot he had been a second ago, hoping it would be apparent where he went. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

In real life, the day approached, and then the night, and I was still hoping. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I look around, hoping something else will grab his attention. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

So she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn’t always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hoped. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Lizzie wasn’t there waiting for him by the shore, Turner would figure her granddaddy needed her, and he would wait, hoping she might come around the turn. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

My secret hope of spending the afternoon alone in Central Park died in the glass eggbeater of Ladies' Day's revolving doors. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I hope he still believes that Audrey really is my girl as he looks at the two figures sitting in front of the big screen—just two silhouettes. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Concealment was no longer possible, and they could only hope that no enemy or spy was observing them. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She hoped the others were safe, but she had to put all that out of her head and concentrate on the scribbled names flying beneath her fingers. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

His tangible presence seemed to belie all the vague thoughts and hopes that Bigger had woven round him in his broodings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now I stood between them each evening, hoping against hope that their pockets weren't empty. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Today he was smiling, because tomorrow was his ninth birthday, and he was really, really hoping for a bicycle. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Cooter and hoped that I waren’t looking scared as him. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

"Willya do that? I hope you enjoy your stay in New York. It's a grand place." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

‘Let us hope that the fire now lies between us and pursuit. Come! There is no time to lose.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Here it is. I hope it was not hurt.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

She hoped the rest of the Dactyl Hill Squad was okay, somehow. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“The law. I hope to become a barrister.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I hope to send you a packet soon—don’t worry! Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Spectators were asked to help and many responded by chopping up fences and sidewalks, hoping to deprive the fire of fuel. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or, if they did, I hoped I could watch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped that would appeal to the gods of fear. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Charlie had been slowly stroking his mother's hair, desperately hoping that she would open her eyes. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Seventh grade, Carlos is still hoping to be cool. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

ANC candidates would travel all over the country and hold meetings in towns and villages in order to listen to the hopes and fears, the ideas and complaints, of our people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost over, little ponya seed,” she said softly, a touch of hope in her voice. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She had been too wrapped up in homework, reading “The Black Cat” in hopes of figuring out what she was supposed to do next in Mr. Griswold’s game, and her family’s adventures. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I turn on the screen, hoping to distract myself from the noise. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It had been too much to hope for that he could trust the fairy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I lower my eyes to the path, glide by her, hoping to be invisible, knowing I’ll be ignored. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hope—with every ounce of love in my heart—that she will be proud of what I made for her. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will find comfort in the fact that Luke died instantly. He never felt a thing,” his shipmate Jim Daly writes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

At last she was beginning to give up hope. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hopes to meet them someday, but for now he wants to give them encouragement. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

But as much as I hope that Mrs. Murphy has forgotten I don’t belong, of course she hasn’t. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She hoped Fern would go out and play with other children, instead of heading for the Zuckermans’ barn to sit and watch animals. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Genie asked, trying to keep the conversation going a little longer, hoping to shake the weird feeling that was creeping into his stomach. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

What Blake could not know was that the KGB agent, Nikolai Loenko, had been watching him for months, hoping to draw him into conversation. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

First, Montgomery’s black leaders had hoped to keep using Claudette’s case in higher courts to challenge the constitutionality of segregated bus seating. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Einstein’s hope for a steady, eternal universe was all but dead. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe that the Ganges would make Hari better, but when I looked at Hari, my hope slipped away like a frightened mouse into a dark hole. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I may always have the title of a friend. And let me say that I am at a loss for words to thank you for your goodness to my poor dear.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The fiddlers begin a different tune, the dance picks up around me, and like a fool, I stare into the crush, knowing he won’t come back but hoping anyway. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I hope so because I want to be my own boss and get my hair cut off if I feel like it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mockingjay that Bonnie and Twill are basing all their hopes on. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

When our day finally arrived, in early October, there were maybe 2,000 people still living out there, waiting their turn and hoping it wouldn’t come. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s something in her voice that sounds a lot like hope. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He began to run along Whitehall, hoping to catch up with her at the next stop. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I steeled myself for what was going to happen next, hoping that maybe, just maybe, Auk IV had fallen somewhere where we could retrieve it without being seen. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would,” he said, a goofy smile breaking out across his face. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I hope I’ll still have a chance to do Open Mike next year. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day I was overflowing with all these worries, hoping our neighbor, Mrs. Williams, would build a bomb shelter because they had lots more money than we did. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If he had been hoping for a sprightly rhythm, he didn’t get it. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She hopes he will not sweat—the damp may get into her hair; and that she will remain dry between her legs—she hates the glucking sound they make when she is moist. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had hoped to ask Sister Mukumbu about the name the Black Panthers called Cecile and why they called her that. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he will leave now but he will come back, I always hoped. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I knew he was, and I hoped the police would find him—soon. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

I hoped she would not ask me to clean herel To make things worse, as Sister Claire explained to me, Father Aristide collected boys who lived on the street—those who beg, wash windows, steal. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tries it on though, and by addressing himself to one instead of to all of us hopes to get some response. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mr. Porter waited, hoping someone would fess up to writing it. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I’d hoped to return to school after the holidays as a stranger, making my classmates wonder who the new kid was. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then, as the monkeys became sick, he had treated them with a drug in the hope that it would help them fight off the virus. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, let’s hope she uses them. And then the rest is up to Mr. Quisling. Hopefully he notices.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Little beckoned toward me and I hoped he was pleased that I was all ready for work. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped he was on his way out so he wouldn’t hang around. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But when families have spent a million years making nine in the hope of saving one, they cannot stop making nine. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that the urgency created by Linus’ assault on DNA might make him ask Francis and me for help. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope my friend will come while it is still blooming,” she said. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It is a way of preserving hope, he said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I changed Alice’s bandages, always checking for signs of infection, always hoping not to find any. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Each had wandered through the open door in hopes of winning money to buy passage out of Smyrna. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

So Peeta begins pointing it out to me, insisting I acknowledge its progress and sometimes, for just a moment I feel a flicker of hope before the agony of the night engulfs me again. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, I wouldn't know, but I have to hope you're wrong about that one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I hoped my calm voice would reassure her. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“There is one subject,” he replied, “I hope but one, on which we do not think alike.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I was anxious to get out of town so I could stop glancing over my shoulder, hoping to see him appearing out of the blue the way he always did. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He focused on it, hoping he could see something behind it. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“And you’re in your final year here, only a few months left, really. I hope you feel well enough to see it through. To finish with us.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sea breeze lay at their feet panting, hoping they would play with it again. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And I stayed to the crown of the road, hoping not to meet anything oncoming. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Sounds good. I hope I survive tomorrow, though." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope everyone continues to fight for the cure,” he says. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Thank you, my dear. That will be all. Please, Agent Iparis, enjoy yourself tonight. I hope we have a chance to meet again.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That was enough to begin trying to solve them—or so she hoped. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I stare at the fire, thinking of Bonnie and Twill, hoping that the heavy, wet snow has erased my tracks. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped someday to get back to the beach and a simpler life, but for the next eight days, part of this machinery would be my home, and I must concentrate on it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

My own hope flares, a candle in the dark. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He finished out his year in Vietnam in turmoil, relying on his Bible and his faith in God, just hoping to survive. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I have no answer to that, but still I cast my voice out into the void, hoping to reach something beyond distance and deeper than the depths of my own soul. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped that deer dropped on the poacher’s toes and that he would now go home. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

When customers pause by the big pile of clothes, Olga madly paws through it, holding up items, hoping something will catch their fancy. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She’s left me once before, but this—there would be no hope of her coming back to me, no chance that she would ever love me again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Oops, sorry,” he said, smiling in what he hoped was a winning way when she stopped and glared at him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought he could, but I told Mr. Caton I hoped he wasn’t going to leave. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Again I hoped we would have time together without the others hovering about. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

On setting sail, I walked aft, and gave to Colonel Lloyd’s plantation what I hoped would be the last look. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 1845-05-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t object to an aged parent, I hope?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He repeated the old doll’s words over and over until they wore a smooth groove of hope in his brain: Someone will come; someone will come for you. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

She had been waiting, hoping that he would show up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had to hope she and Leo were alive on the other side. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I hope you didn’t bring the Asian kid along thinking he’s a computer genius. Because I am not,” Takumi said. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Now that the old dyer’s threads were almost gone — and the woman herself was gone too — Kira found herself desperately hoping that she would be able to remember and to create the dyes alone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters and I managed to sneak beneath the wire of his expectations, but we worried about my brother, who was seen as the family's last hope. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As I stared at the yellow glow of my light, the last bit of hope faded away. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody grows up hoping to become a maintenance engineer. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Abra walked up and down the streets of Salinas, hoping to catch sight of him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We’re already back in the neighborhood when she finally texts back: I bought dinner, so I hope he likes Italian food. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I pulled my right hand through my hair and stepped closer to the large, noisy crowd, hoping no one would notice me in the commotion. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I think of the wild forests, the cliffs, and the meadows over which they and their offspring will reign, I hope, forever. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just hoped that no one flagged him down for a ride. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t the answer I was hoping for. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Part of me wanted to close my eyes and become Noodles, scared and disconnected, hiding in a corner hoping a superhero would come save me. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Planning, I guess. I don’t know. Doing stuff never feels as good as you hope it will feel.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The crowd draws in a collective breath and then you can hear a pin drop, and I'm feeling nauseous and so desperately hoping that it's not me, that it's not me, that it's not me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He bent his head lower, hoping that no one would see him closely enough to see that it was he who was pictured there. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hope you will be happier in heaven, I told her. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The unlucky pair stumbled off through the nighttime woodland, gesticulating and muttering together, weaving a fabric of lies that they hoped would satisfy Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She made a point to meet Representative Benjamin Butler, an influential Republican congressman from Massachusetts, who hoped to lead his party to victory in the elections based on the expansion of women’s suffrage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew I was too old, I kept hoping to see Santa. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m hoping we’ll know it when we see it. Keep an eye out for anything that looks out of place. A note taped under a table or something like that.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

"I hope you don't keep a cat in the house." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“So, I hope you’ll be patient with me while I learn,” she said. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The Watch can make the free folk bleed, but in the end we cannot hope to stop them. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Without Julia's help, I could never have hoped to be ready. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The kids have been hard at work promoting the event in hopes of rallying support for local businesses as the opening of the SmartMart Superstore nears. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Well, I think it’s a pretty great accident. I hope you tell them someday.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I hope she understands that I didn’t mean for any of this to happen. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She held her breath, hoping that the cups of water at the edges of the well would weigh the cloth down, letting it take the weight of the key without collapsing into the well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

No one needs to know that my hopes were dashed. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I hope it's not more lions," thought Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Flow else except by becoming a Negro could a white man hope to learn the truth? Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A bridge between two worlds...This was far more splendid than anything she could have hoped for! The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I took another puff of the cigar, hoping it would calm me the way the cigarette at Meir’s had done. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And I hope a horde of shamblers chews your face off, you miserable wretch,” I say. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

His body drenched in sweat, Gabriel tried his best not to move, hoping this would relieve the aching of his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cheers go on, rousing, hoping to urge Billie back for just one more song. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every action carried the hope for the ultimate victory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Sunday has left me a very pleasant memory. In this way we really feel that we are not so far from one another, and I hope that we’ll see each other again often.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I keep hoping that somehow the Devon-ness of the list will give me the answer but it doesn’t. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I get to see it one day.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I hope I can, Tally,” he said, reaching out to her. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The businessman could only hope that this particular scythe didn’t have his sights set on seat 15C. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

It looked like hieroglyphics, like some ancient language left by a time and a people he could never hope to understand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We hoped the play might satisfy Bonnie, but once she'd gotten a taste of her itinerary, there was no stopping her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I cry into the wind that blows off Lake Street, hoping I’m headed in the right direction, hoping they didn’t mean to drive to the restaurant. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hell, we just have to do this—I hope it works out.” The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stand with my back to a pillar, hoping no one will notice. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope so. You watch out for me, will you?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We hoped you would join us. He’s meeting with us because of you, after all.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Part of me hoped they would send me away, tell me that I didn’t belong, that I should run back to the forest and the birds. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t mean to interrupt when you’re...meditating,” I said quietly and, I hoped, peacefully so that I wouldn’t ruin her calm mood, “but I want to volunteer to work on the musical.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Piper hoped he was in his favourite spot: the porch off the living room, watching the moon over the Pacific, enjoying some quiet time. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hope my words burrow down inside her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I had gotten only a few KJs from Father before he went away, which I hoped to keep in case of need. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I do hope you have a pleasant evening. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped the Mist would keep the humans from seeing it clearly, because what I saw would’ve caused panic and riots across the entire United States. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I never knew you could predict the future,” she laughed, “but I hope you’re right.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A floating blue island in a pink house where I spilled out my guts and then hoped I wasn’t tossed out to sea to wait for my punishment. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s the trick: don’t have any interest in the world around you, don’t have any hope for the future, and be warm. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Solemnly, he said, “I hope never to know.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry, Arthur. I know you were hoping to find him.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Each time she told no one, hoping that if she sealed the knowledge tight inside her, it would stay and grow. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I just hoped Mama was letting him keep all the money he made. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A part of me was hoping someone would wake up and hear, so I wouldn’t have to live with this lie anymore. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For Farmer, Cuba represented hope, proof that a poor country could achieve good public health. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She put some more coals on the iron stove, hoping it would stop her trembling, but the cold was in her bones, not just her flesh. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They hoped the amulets might help ward off the hot agent if there was a major break in their suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As President Lincoln had hoped, Garfield energetically supported the armed forces in the Union's efforts to end the Civil War. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sam, I’m so sorry about Frightful. I thought it might happen eventually, but I hoped that those officials who knew you and your way of life would let you keep her.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d gotten me into this situation, and I hoped this was his way of getting me out. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Loaning him ten dollars here and there and hoping he would buy food with it, but knowing he probably wouldn’t. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

She had, herself, secretly hoped for something more prestigious. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I am writing this book in the hope of enlightening readers about the journey an African-American takes in having to grow up and live under the laws and traditions of oppression. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I made a pass into town, hoping to stop by the newspaper office for a glance through some of Hattie Mae’s old newspapers. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

But what I don’t expect is how barren this place is, devoid of not just products, but even the hope of them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All he said was, “For the safety of us all, let us hope we do not fail.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I am almost giddy with hope until I see Keenan watching the dancers whirl, his brow furrowed. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Without warning, a mixture of joy and melancholy and hope and nostalgia overwhelmed him. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That was the best he could hope for. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I was hoping I might sell you something.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I hope so. That dæmon...it’s impossible to tell anything from that face.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sad and depressed, I attempted to get some sleep that night in the hope something would happen. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope your mama tears you up and down.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Once again, and I hope this will be the last time," said Capricorn to Meggie, “start reading! The prisoners have waited long enough for their executioner." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dear Xan,” Glerk said, feeling a rumble deep in his chest, which he hoped sounded imposing and dramatic, and not like someone who was simply coming down with a cold. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t mind waiting a few hours before eating,” he says to me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

He hopes there will be no sniveling and pants wetting among the passengers, that no one will go berserk and start screaming, and trigger a jittery massacre. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

My monthly checks will grow like the wheat I hope to plant soon. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Not hope that he would be rescued—that was gone. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a faint hope flicker in my chest, remembering that night we lay atop the greystone. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The boy offered his bottle, hoping that the old man would leave him alone. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She laid her cheek against my forehead and said, “I hope it’s not.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Getting my hopes up when a hospital is involved doesn’t seem like a good idea to me. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“It says she hopes we like the presents.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He fervently hoped she’d thought of all the details about the rally. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have never hoped to be anything other than what I was to you then, and what I am to you now—the First Son, yours in actions and words. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Now I could only hope that my parents would not be eliminated in a more sinister way. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I’ll let the patrolmen know when we get into town. Rare to see shamblers this close to the city. I do hope the Edgars made it home safely.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

No doubt the door was locked, and I lifted the latch without much hope. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I hope I am not boring you with all this talk of politics.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I think for the first time in ages he sees hope. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe her mom was hoping the cave-troll house was just temporary. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I have hope I can find the real person inside her soon. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She picked an empty seat midway back and hoped that no one would take the spot next to her. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I only hoped he would understand, and listen to me just this once. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I wake up the next morning, the first thought that goes through my mind is that I hope Ziggy is back with Mae. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Before we tried to sleep, I took off my T-shirt and tented it on four sticks in the hopes that I’d be able to collect dew come morning. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Instead of getting out of the hills at once, as we hoped to do, we are deeper among them!” Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

He must hope that Ray knows he will come back, no matter what. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“When you’re a teacher, you always hope that your student will find something meaningful in the assignment to latch on to and that she’ll make it her own.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They were powerful words, though spoken softly, and they seemed to lift the hopes of the others. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Although I did not accomplish as much as I had hoped, I am proud of the things that I did over the years. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The stakes were small compared with the grand scale expedition Mark Antony had hoped to wage against Parthia. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will publicize the fact that you made this plea . . . mainly because of the possibility of public opinion harmful to science,” he wrote Lawrence. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ma hopes Vincent will speak his heart to his father as they walk. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“So there’s really no hope your memory will return?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“People in Hampden have been hoping for years that something like this would happen,” said Francis, lighting a new cigarette off the end of the old one. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I vowed to myself that I would hide my hope and hide my dreams. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope Andrew Peckleman doesn’t show up, either,” said Sierra with a slight shiver. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Of course, we all nurtured the secret hope that somehow Tsalig had escaped and would be there waiting for us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

With high hopes, the leaders established Local 651 in the Black Belt. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I kept walking, hoping he wouldn’t be able to tell that my face was wet with more than just rain. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows that she hopes the taste test will reveal that she and Gabe are destined to fall in love and be together forever. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“He so hoped to receive his true name at the end of this journey.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to get his hopes up too much, so she added, “Anyway, we’ll find a few more somewhere. It might not actually be a thousand.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that so? Wonderful. I hope you will allow me to offer you some refreshment before you undertake your task.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hoped the sun would soon dry us. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Ivy turned this way and that, hoping for some clue to where her suspect lived, but all the houses looked the same with their wide porches and stone steps, large front windows glowing warmly. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At first Sammy had searched for another couple parking along the beach, but this failing, he began the long run toward town, hoping to intercept a car on the highway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped they were more into the trip than the roaches had been. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he will eat. Chinyelu said even water has been hard for him to take in the last two days.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, hope will knife me when I’m not looking. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It would be Bodega and the likes of Sapo who would have the skeletons in the closet, all so Nazario could help create new hope for the neighborhood. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Where he had been would be silence only, rock, stubble, and no seed; for him, forever, and for his, no hope of glory. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Hey, guess the name of the band we got to play for the festival,” I said, hoping he’d snap out of whatever funk he was in. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Rook said, his voice a mixture of hope and shame. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was even better than she had hoped for: It was a big, beautiful, strong panga, the perfect tool for cutting mutarara branches. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I was hoping to disappoint him, it didn’t work. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

For the next several years, he sat there, day after day, looking out over the lake, listening to the clock tick, waiting for the telephone to ring, hoping some business would materialize. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nothing that gave her the hope she needed to rise and take up the rest of her life. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I really really hoped she didn’t charge at me—my legs weren’t going to move very fast, even if I asked them. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

But now...if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly—the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred—maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping you would buy me dinner,” she said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I bet Isabella is hoping the same thing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I enrolled, hoping to complete my first year of matriculation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope I get a bigger crate this time,” grumbled Cha-Cha, sashaying up the ramp as if she was in a fashion show. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

‘And I hope he’s up to no tricks. And anyway I hope he doesn’t fall into other hands, as you might say. Because if he does, we shall soon be in for trouble.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

If such horrors can happen to classrooms of kindergartners, little first graders with little pink rubber boots and sweet butterfly backpacks, there is no hope. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

These people were always in love with themselves, with their children, with honor or money, with plans or hope. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hope and his confidence had never gone. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Octavian embraced him and whispered, “I hope it hurt.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He read contemporary American fiction, because he hoped to find a resonance, a shaping of his longings, a sense of the America that he had imagined himself a part of. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Because as long as we have life, we have hope!” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had hoped Gurgi would have overcome his fear, but he could not blame the creature for running off after his ordeal in the whirlpool. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We forged our way near the door, hoping for some air. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Clearly hoping to contain her tenuous hair situation, she plants one hand on her head as she crosses to the ball that contains the boys' names and grabs the first slip she encounters. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Here’s a copy of the book, hope you like it. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I have been speaking to Mrs. Hubble, and I am going to her to-morrow. I hope we shall be able to take some care of Mr. Gargery, together, until he settles down.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah! I may mention without indiscretion, I hope, that I noticed the colour of your dressing gown on the way from Aleppo to Stamboul. A pale mauve, I believe.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping there would be some kind of smoking gun. But it didn’t exist.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“My previous brother was entirely unsatisfactory. I hope for more from my new ones. Now how do I go about securing arms and armor?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Stanley shouted, hoping to scare it back inside. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Sorry I will never know him...but he will know why I died and I hope he will understand. I was trying to make a world in which he could live a happier life.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“I hope this helps,” Margarita said, handing me a bottle of aspirin to disguise our transaction. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been hoping to land a job as a runner, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She flicked it without much hope that it would work, but somewhere below her a bulb lit, and a thin yellow light came up from the hole in the floor. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you hope to live in Jerusalem forever?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will all be as eager to accomplish your tasks once they are set out,” said Gwydion, drawing a sheet of parchment from his jacket and spreading it on the table. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped we didn’t have to stand there for too long and actually buy tickets. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But their efforts were rewarded, for the harvest was an even bigger success than they had hoped. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I think secretly she was hoping to catch me making a dish of dog’s or cat’s meat. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went about carrying, but not sharing, the same new peace, the same hope, concrete for the first time. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Instead I heard Max say, “Were you hoping we wouldn’t come back, Mame?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wonder what he thinks of America so far and hope he likes what he sees, but his eyes are hard to read. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped my parents weren’t spending a whole lot of money for these sessions. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He quickly wiped at his face and turned toward her, hoping that somehow she didn’t know he’d been bawling his eyes out while sleeping. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

We hope this book will inspire you to be the fourth leg of the race by encouraging you to pick up a pen and be a catalyst for change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

My hopes were all dead—struck with a subtle doom, such as, in one night, fell on all the first-born in the land of Egypt. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And I was no different: I sincerely hoped Doug got to the top, for instance, yet I would do everything in my power to keep pushing on if he turned around. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped that he could cross the border fast as a fox- far away from the snares of those who would trap him. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to. But I hope he’s okay with waiting until I finish my PhD.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Ms. Gru-well, my crazy English teacher from last year, is really the only person that made me think of hope for my future. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I tucked the scrap up under my head, hoping to use it as a bit of pillow against my ear, but there was something hard inside it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

No one she knew actually thought the damage could be fixed so fast, but Cas hoped it would be. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I’d take my blazer off so that no one could tell what school I went to, and I would bury my head and push the car, hoping no one would recognize me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"I have every hope that you will live to be a hundred." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I can only hope that’s the way Hugo remembers it, because now Austin has proof if he denies it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

At the edge of the West Cliff above the pier I looked across the harbour to the East Cliff, in the hope or fear—I don’t know which—of seeing Lucy in our favourite seat. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“But is hoping in my heart harming either one of them?” he asked himself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think to ask her what’s wrong again, hoping that all this talk of sticking together will make her want to confide in me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I must go. You, Horatio, are Hamlet’s sole hope now. Go to him. He may yet heed you, whom he trusts more than anyone living.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had hoped to learn something from the bodies they’d brought back from the weirwood grove, but the dead men had stubbornly remained dead. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope you did not venture far, Miss Fairfax, this morning, or I am sure you must have been wet.—We scarcely got home in time. I hope you turned directly.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Even though I’m mad at Kavita for stealing the dragon, I hope no one gets hurt. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

People wanting to visit more distant solar systems would have to set out with the understanding that they would most certainly die en route, hoping that their descendants would someday reach their destination safely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ingold led them, the same who had admitted Gandalf and Pippin less than five days before, while the sun still rose and there was hope in the morning. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s impossible not to hear the hope in her voice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth again and hope for the best. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Some stared into their wine cups, as if they hoped to find some wisdom there. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Now I just hoped the second part of my idea would work. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

In Harlem hundreds of poor people invested their pennies, nickels, and sometimes dollars in the hope that they would hit it big. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Go on, friend Arthur. We want here no more concealments. Our hope now is in knowing all. Tell freely!” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

‘Our choice then,’ said Gimli, ‘is either to take the remaining boat and follow Frodo, or else to follow the Orcs on foot. There is little hope either way. We have already lost precious hours.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed and aching, the assassin climbed farther onto her bed and nestled beneath the covers, hoping sleep would soon come. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She would have to send her kisses on the wind, hoping that the wind would touch the boy’s face, and would tell him that she was alive. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope my mother doesn’t know this, but when I get home, I see she does. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just had to hope that X-Ray would cover for him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I know. Mom works a lot and hasn’t had a whole lot of time to decorate or anything. Plus we hope we aren’t going to be here forever.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I just hope this cabin doesn’t flood. That would be bad.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

No amount of hoping or wishing would bring her back. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I am his lone American son, blessed with every hope and quarter he could provide. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just hoped so, so that she could stab him with the pin. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped he wasn’t mad at her, but if he was, she couldn’t blame him. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She scanned the crowd, hoping to catch a glimpse of Percy. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re intending to reward my daughter. I am sure it took no small amount of persuasion to bring him here.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

That didn't mean she wanted us to throw ourselves at random men, but she hoped we'd test-drive a few before settling down. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Hall said he very much hoped that would not be necessary. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope this place is as good as everyone seems to think it is,” I said earnestly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have been hoping for this piece of evidence for a very long time,” said Dumbledore at last. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But we ere in great hopes you will rise to the occasion.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I searched for the right words to tell him so, but all I finally said was “I hope it’ll be years and years before you get to go to your heaven.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She and Dorothea hastily preserved caterpillars and reptiles in brandy and packed up live cocoons and lizard eggs in the hope these might hatch during the months at sea. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But as the dust settled and their house came into view—or what was left of it—any hope of finding them alive seemed to fade. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But knowing better didn’t keep my heart from hoping things might change. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I hoped it wasn’t rude the way I dropped my mouth, but I almost didn’t recognize her she looked so bad. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

We don’t need to convince anybody in the Capitol of our love but hold to the slim hope that we can still reach some of those we failed to convince in the districts. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But even as hope died in Sam, or seemed to die, it was turned to a new strength. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I have no idea when Jan's birthday is, but I doubt Mrs. Veenstra will remember any better than I do, and I hope she can't sense how uncomfortable I am. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“And our best hope right now is getting something out of Moreau that will help us do just that. Ye are our best hope, Amari.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two . . . and if not, the man after him will have six." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for the pineapple. And I apologize again for Julie. She had her hopes up.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I flick the lamp on instead, hoping the darkness will hide how sad the house is. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Worm said, a flicker of hope on his face. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but your father sounds like a tyrant.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He winced and shook his head, hoping now that no one was there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

With sour making my whole head pucker, with the boy boycott back in full swing, I boot up my laptop and type into The Oracle: Guillermo Garcia and Art Tomorrow, hoping to find Mom’s interview. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He hoped that they were safe for a while. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I hoped that Uncle would not worry too much about our whereabouts. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course,” I reply, trying to hide my disappointment behind something that I hope sounds upbeat. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he said, “Your leg won’t ever mend properly, Nathaniel. There’s been too much damage. Best we can hope for is that the bones grow back together strong enough to hold your weight.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I kept hoping we would somehow get to stay. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Your head seems to have quite recovered. How do you feel? No pain, I hope.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I desperately hoped Ohio wasn’t out, or couldn’t hear or smell us in this rain. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope not,” he said, and they walked on. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

One Saturday morning, a week or so after she resigned, Abigail babysat her granddaughter while Anne and Joe met with yet another counselor—perhaps hoping this time they would hear something different about their relationship. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The chocolate, however, was even better than he had dared to hope. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

If my friends are accepted, I hope they will treat Ms. Gruwell and the other students with respect. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I hope so. I just want to get good grades, because Papa always said that what’s in here” —I tapped my head —"no one can take from you.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I hear the rain and hope he is dry. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He was hoping to convince colleagues to join him in asking McNamara some tough questions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She could see no reason for having such a strong spirit, nor could she see any hope in her future. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just wanted to say good-bye. I really enjoyed our talks. I hope you don’t mind being a naiad again. Are you mad at me?” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He hopes that Gauguin’s company will be good for him and that he will soon recover emotionally and physically. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Rather, she says the technology—coupled with brain imaging—began to offer hope that real therapies could be developed for attention-related issues. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“She was the one who sang my harmony last night. She had a lovely voice and I was hoping to find her so we could do a little singing.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was asking what he could do, now that I was almost a grown-up, to make my last years as a kid everything I hoped they’d be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Pond would understand why he was so late. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Bush Hill became a pocket of calm and hope, but it could not cure or comfort the entire population of Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Now, John did not make a sound, and did not move at all, hoping that his father would pass him by. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“And people burning. Me, most like. With leaves up my nose. I always feared I’d bum, but I was hoping to die first.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Eventually, I was able to bring her around, and I hope I will be able to do the same with you, dear reader. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, in the guest room, Brangwain Spurge lay, ankles crossed, eyes closed, a foot above the bed, crackling with fire, sending a message of hope across the Bonecruel Mountains. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I have never seen such bravery before; and I hope never to see it again. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

“God only knows. And let us hope that He tells the Germans!” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not get their hopes up yet. Trust me. I’ll take care of everything.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Naomi wasn’t at our spot at the center of the bridge, so I walked across hoping to see her somewhere along the way. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My heart explodes from my chest and my body fills with starlight and hope. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I said stupidly, hoping she wouldn’t call my bluff. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He stood up before them all and did exactly what the King had hoped he would do, declared that he would give him a present better than any there. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead they sat each day and stared at books together, and Jinny ran her finger underneath the words as she read them aloud, hoping Ess would learn. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

You hoped some more, and it would finally catch. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

We cast lines out again and again hoping to reel something in, anything to sustain us, but she never bit. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I hoped he would find Vonetta, and I hoped he wouldn’t. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Words are used to think with, to write with, to dream with, to hope and pray with. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are “morose,” “live in memory rather than hope,” are “slaves to profit,” and are “prone to pity, though not for the same reasons as young ’He is a cynical old soul, our hero. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

I told her that was a pretty snobbish thing to say, if you thought about it at all, and that I hoped it was unworthy of her. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll be ready for ’em,” Curly said aloud, in the hope of convincing himself. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You were always such an impetuous child, and I genuinely hope you aren't letting your temper get the better of you. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If she could get into a Quaker college, she hoped his pride would prompt him to help pay her costs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When they weren’t busy ignoring me at practice, they put a lot of effort into scouting for other talented fencers with the hope that they would surpass me in the rankings. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

When I opened my locker, I was hoping I’d find a note of encouragement or some treats from a secret psych. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe hoping Fig would make a sudden recovery. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

And I hope when Inauguration Day comes again in January, I will continue to be. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hope he has a “So what?’’ or a “Whatever!” card. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keep hoping that as time passes we’ll regain the ease between us, but part of me knows it’s futile. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mere fact that I’ve pulled off this feat—under the radar, in spite of the ever-present gaze of my parents—represents a tiny victory, one that fills me with both hope and guilt. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I hope he gets excited when he finds out that we came all this way to hand-deliver a copy of our book to him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It is all right. I hope they will come again.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maurice, a beginner in X-ray diffraction work, wanted some professional help and hoped that Rosy, a trained crystallographer, could speed up his research. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

And there’s no doubt he hoped it was true. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So I opened the phone book again and started dialing, hoping I’d find one of those people who knew her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“This is good?” she said, her voice half hoping and half fearful. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just hope that, twenty years in the future, they’d be comparing some kid to me: “Yeah, you see that kid shoot, he reminds me so much of Arnold Spirit.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Reek was gone before the sun went down, carrying a bag of Stark silver and the last of Theon's hopes. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Now that the swastikas are over, I sure hope people don’t lose interest in the paper chain.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She says he has become the very embodiment of the fresh start she was seeking for herself, and onto him she has grafted all her middle-class hopes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mornings brought sober hope, then the usual imperatives. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And a sheet of note-paper in the first volume saying: “I hope this is the sort of thing you like,” and signed, “Love from Beatrice.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor smiled happily; he had clearly been hoping for some such question. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I crouched down to examine their shoes, hoping that my mama would be wearing pink dancing shoes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She stopped, sick with apprehension, hoping he would not turn just yet until she had gathered her nerves. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dear Mr. Stevenson: I hope this letter reaches you in good health, and everything is going well for you. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Malcolm couldn’t keep the canoe steady: all he could do was stop it from tipping over and hope that they’d find a calmer patch of water near Broad Street and Jordan College. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She poses the question out of curiosity, without hoping for a particular response. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped they had been as we started across the stream. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you are not tired of diving into other people’s memories, for they are curious recollections, these two,” he said. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He knew that he was placing hopes where he’d no reason to. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He ran out into the upper hallway, which was still cloaked in darkness, something he could only hope would help them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

She was hoping this testimony was going to seal it, vindicate all the effort, the pretrial preparation, the way she and others had extended themselves to take on Reggie. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

They were hoping that the hyena would attack me and that somehow I would get rid of it and make the boat safe for them, no matter if it cost me my life. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping now that I could catch up to her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I sure hoped I didn’t have to explain the parts about Henrietta using the Force and all the rest to everyone too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Once I hoped it would become a fatherland to me, since I had lost my own. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Watching all the breaths, heartbeats, and hopes of Matthew and Claire Fox? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

She shrank to one side, as close as she could get to the wall of thorns, hoping that whoever it was might go on past, not seeing her. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We are completely at the mercy of a decrepit tiger-woman with what I can only hope is an all-consuming passion for Snow’s death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Harry arranged his face into what he hoped was a puzzled expression. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

He smiles and hopes she’ll just enjoy the peace for a while. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I turned the wallet upside down and shook it vigorously, as if hoping the book was lodged in some out-of-the-way corner. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I should turn it off, but I kept hoping that the good guys would prevail so I wouldn’t have to go to bed with the frightening images etched in my mind. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I look back down at my phone and wait, hoping she’ll come close again. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped they knew how lucky they were to have a mother like her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

My prayers are wordless, defiant, dry-eyed, desperate, without hope. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

His feet heavy, Chaol followed after the prince, hoping Dorian wasn’t about to drag them all into serious trouble. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He had fallen into the routine of the farm willingly, hoping to build up his body for Trinity and football in the fall. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We made arrangements months ago, but of course she hoped to go back to her family. Since she can’t, I’m sure she’ll be happy with the Hus.” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the end of August, the hope of the nation began to turn into the dreadful realization that Garfield might not recover. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

What do you hope to accomplish with your mission? A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He hoped that Mrs. Das had understood Surya’s beauty, his power. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

They would flip a coin, heads or tails, and hope the two-faced god would guide them well. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I was hoping the fresh air would wake me up. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Vincent thought he’d be in the hospital only for a fortnight, but he doesn’t get better as quickly as he and the doctors had hoped, so the two weeks stretch into three and a half. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Let us never be blind,” said Mr. Pumblechook, “to her faults of temper, but it is to be hoped she meant well.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

He let himself hope that maybe he’d get one in response—as he had for the dozens they’d shared before suddenly everything had changed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hope our headmasters don’t send a messenger with a note. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that I really could give her a lesson next time I came down with Jeffrey. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one needs to know I ever had any hope at all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s no hope, then. He’s gone for good?” she asked. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The lack and the hunger floated around us like a cloud, withholding everything—all hope, all satisfaction, every single drop of cleansing rain. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hoped to sell her as a house slave,” the Tribesman continues. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Nervous, fearful, impassive, serene—whatever the individual’s nature, hope shouted from the face of every man, though not one spoke of his desire. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Just like Anne’s story made it out of the attic and Zlata’s out of the basement, I hope our stories make it out of Room 203. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I keep reading, hoping that maybe I’ll find a money-making idea from the story, but my eyes get super heavy, and the next thing I know, Sneaky’s nudging me. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I hope you'll be staying, with us, now that your fever is done and your sickness over. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eeben’s plane was hundreds of feet up in the air already, way over the clouds, when I suddenly remembered my hope chest! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that we might find ourselves in the sort of country we used to know—meadows and woods—but we didn’t. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope people actually show up,” Moss said, shuffling from one foot to the other. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was sure their only hope was to avoid being noticed. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

My friends were staring at me, hoping that I would do something to make the girls stop. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone hoped that this was a preview to her actually opening her eyes. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped his new baby sister would be pretty like Mama. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping,” she said, “that you would be more reasonable.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

My only hope is that one who flies down a stair rail as beautifully as you do can overcome his scruples in this matter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the hope of pleasing everyone, she took everyone’s advice, and like the old man and his donkey in the fable suited nobody. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pretty well, my dear—I hope—pretty well.—I do not know but that the place agrees with her tolerably.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I just hope they like the food now. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Marjory marched into the motel lobby, hoping to find a cold bottle of water. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Hmm," Cathy said, "most analysts think Mark's only hope of rescue is to get to the Ares 4 site. Do you think he's come to the same conclusion?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Along with documenting the roles of other agents, White no doubt hoped to secure himself a small place in history, though he’d never say so himself. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Everyone out of my office,” the miner of hopes replied. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They’d had to tie the cow’s hind legs together to keep her from kicking the calf off; but they’d kept it alive, hoping Spot would get well and come back to it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

House asked her to accompany him to the East Area, hoping to take her to the psychiatrist on the air force base hospital. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The book was more like a portable, papery hope chest. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Since the turn of the century, politicians had been introducing state and federal laws with hopes of regulating human experimentation, but physicians and researchers always protested. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I was still young, there was still plenty of time, but failure cloaked me like a mantle, it overwhelmed me, dragged me under, and I gave up hope. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly picture him alone and frightened, and for the first time in my life, I hope that Gran is right about the angels. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In Jericho. Cranham Street. It’ll be underwater now—downstairs, anyway. I hope she did what I told her to and moved all her books upstairs.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

However, it is to the best interests of the great work which we are dedicated to perform, that he continue undisturbed in these vain hopes while remaining as far as possible from our midst. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope he’s curled up in front of a fireplace right now, with a full belly and a cozy rug. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was sick with the way I'd upset him and sick, also, with the way I'd let myself hope for something that didn't exist. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I clasp my hands over my chest and press down, hoping the pressure will make me feel safe, like an embrace. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think EJ was hoping someone else would pipe up, but none of us did, not the white kids, nor any of the kids of color. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I just hope people can learn something from what we’ve done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope one day you will get to do the unexpected, Arturo. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We wandered through the house, bumping into boxes, trying light switches, hoping to get a little more packing done. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I cannot hold out much hope for him. His tuberculosis is of a new kind that does not respond to medication. Still, with complete rest he may have weeks, perhaps months to live.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Arya, what did you think to do with this . . . Needle? Who did you hope to skewer? Your sister? Septa Mordane? Do you know the first thing about sword fighting?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I hope they were together, busy with loving each other, until the end came. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But I kind of kept chasing it anyway, like I was just going blindly in a certain direction and hoping for the best. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about what my uncle’s reply would be to him: “Don’t let them get your hopes up, young man.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. I hope he’s okay. I hope he comes back.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whiskers perched himself on the still-empty chicken coop—I hoped to order some chicks soon from Sears and Roebuck—earnestly licking the mud from his white paws. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Kabuo knew that other fishermen were out there, drifting as he was and peering into the fog, blindly gliding across the bank in the hope of establishing their locations. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had hoped she would never again have to see this parking lot, the church, and these hills. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope Mr. Goldman was happy with what you did,” said my father. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Toby watched her, hoping she wouldn’t suddenly open her eyes and catch him leering. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“The important thing to have is hope,” she tells my little sister and me. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She pulled the door closed, wincing at the noise, hoping no one had heard it, that no one would check. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that the kid who told the truth could become a friend of mine, but I think he was just being a good guy by telling. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

If he’d wanted wide open spaces and silence, he would have stayed on the frontier and become the farmer his father had hoped for. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I just kinda held my arms straight and did the caveman walk to the stockroom, bumping into everything, including the stockroom door, hoping I'd make it there before my shoulders popped out the sockets. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I probably hoped that after I had heard all the sounds, really heard them and packed them down, deep in my ears, the world would be quiet around me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pedaled down our soft dirt path through the woods, all the way down to the river’s edge, where I hoped I might find her. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t told her I was coming, hoping that, if no one knew, I might avoid Shawn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"I hope so. My grandparents are, anyway. Where should we go first?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You think me deluded. Tricked by my own walking fairytale. You think I came without a hope of winning— came to escape indignity by suicide!” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her only hope was trial by battle, and for that she must needs have a champion. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was nine years old and still hoped that perhaps his eyes might move. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My dad modeled it after an old James Bond movie,” I tell them, hoping to maybe redeem my father for them. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Just two years prior, my parents had gotten their divorce in hopes that my mom could secure a green card through her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she would say something first about Rich. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and hoped that her father would regain his health here. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘You are gracious, lord; or I hope that I may so take your words,’ he said. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The broadcast time changed to Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. when the network hoped to appeal to families and expand its audience. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If he was Dad’s best hope for a witness against Dusty Muleman, we might be in deep trouble. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I raise the Commandant’s letter to my face and fan myself, hoping the movement will conceal the fact that I’m talking. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

If you knew somebody had their hopes up to find a certain book, why would you want to beat them to it and squash their hopes, just because you could? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I hope the Changing doesn’t give us real memories—just plants fake ones. Some suspect it—I can only hope. If the world’s the way I saw it . . .” He trailed off, leaving an ominous silence. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Points were awarded for bigger cargo, and the best you could hope for was two crates, or six points. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

By these means alone could they hope for pardon from their iniquities.’ The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I hope Craig told her enough to make her stay away. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, Eddie,” he said, pulling an envelope out of his jacket pocket, “here are your tickets to the NBA Finals on June 14. I hope you can make it.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

All you can hope for is to have the market to yourself for a few months to establish your brand. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The Red City was the closest thing to hell he ever hoped to know. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I swung my gun up, hoping yet to get in a killing shot. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She drew her dressing gown around her, and patted its pocket, probably in the hope of a cigarette. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, I hope you’ve been at least getting out the house some. Maybe take that bike around for a spin.” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They had hoped to find the square outside Capricorn's house empty, but as they were about to enter it from one of the alleys, they saw a half-dozen men were standing outside the church. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You can?” she asked, and suddenly a hope filled her. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

To this day, I can never shake the connection between this boy, Peeta Mellark, and the bread that gave me hope, and the dandelion that reminded me that I was not doomed. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Annabeth hoped she never had to see such a gruesome scene again. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And with the cutting off of people’s public aid and SSI, basically I don’t see any hope for the people around here. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry for your head, Tenente. I hope you feel better. I’m sending you now with the English ambulance.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was one thing to say “Don’t give up hope.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Finally he looked at Kaede seriously and said, “I am not a guard, but I have spent my life in the company of them, and I hope you’ll take my advice.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

They have to mark the neutral bit “IRELAND” in big letters made of whitewashed stones, hoping the Germans won’t drop bombs there thinking it’s the UK side of the northern border. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A great dread fell on him, as if he was awaiting the pronouncement of some doom that he had long foreseen and vainly hoped might after all never be spoken. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He remembered the ant plague and decided that the old man was his only hope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘So you have got here at last. I hoped you would manage it. Well, well! So all this feasting is in your honour, I hear. I hope you enjoyed yourself?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

One afternoon when they saw I was a little livelier than usual, they invited me to the Christopher Columbus, hoping that a pleasing woman would help me recover my good humor. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow I hope The Baron and I can tunnel out into the sunlight. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rangers laughed, and Tonk said, “We just work the edges of the infestation, to keep the flowers from spreading. This spot is right smack in the middle. No hope left.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

When he graduated from law school in 1978, he had hoped to get a job in neighboring Midland instead of Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, my dear. I hope to persuade you one day.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I made a knot as best I could and hoped no one would notice. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanton went, hoping to promote unity within the movement, but things had already gone too far. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“And I might hope to grow wings and fly, but that is no guarantee of it happening!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I hope it will speak truth to you as well I have always believed in the power of language. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hopped off the stage, hoping to find anyone else he knew. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Mark closed his eyes for a second, not sure if that was something he should hope for. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He might be hoping for too much, though. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

However, the difficulties besetting our task are so great that we cannot hope for more than tentative and incomplete answers. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Initially he’d hoped to teach at the agriculture department at Kabul University. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I have given up hoping the RAF will blow this place to smithereens. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

A diamond all set round with rubies; that’s a gentleman’s, I hope! Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing about Rosa Parks and her protest showed me that there is hope for me and all the students in Ms. G’s classes to truly be catalysts for change. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way she looked at me, with such hope, and how, right now, she could be behind that door, in the dungeon. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I scan the article hungrily, hoping it can help me learn Spanish. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I looked about for my family, for survivors, for another lifeboat, for anything that might bring me hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that she would complain to our boss, but she didn’t. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great,” I said, hoping to move him along. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Instead, I hoped they wouldn't judge me when I dined on Noodle Roni like the peasant that I was. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

All I hope is that tonight is great for the people whom it’s supposed to be great for. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And now twenty-three of us will be killed to show how even that hope was an illusion. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It captured the hopes and dreams of the people and acted as a blueprint for the liberation struggle and the future of the nation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’d been easy to talk about—the nothing- to-lose fight, the hope that just one of them would be taken, the chance to finally escape. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I hope they don’t hurt her. I mean, more than they already have.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He hoped Lana was able to learn something about what was going on. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He explains as best he can his reasons for going and hopes they will understand. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I hope there won’t be war, but the seminar has been quite useful, hasn’t it.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope you were more creative this time ... or are you still stealing from comic books?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

We weren’t the kind of figures you naturally thought of or maybe even hoped existed. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what to do, so I just kept walking, hoping the other boy would get out of my way. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She said, through Poppy, “I hope you will come back tomorrow and stay for many many days.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it’s the small things that give us hope and make life bearable. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She’d hoped that Henry would notice that the twins’ jackets were too thin for East Texas, but two weeks had passed since the weather had turned really and truly cold. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hope I can stay awake long enough to read my poem when my turn comes. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Let us hope that is the worst thing you ever see, my lord." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I sat, hoping to appear more mature than I felt. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Jews resisted the bleak surroundings by sharing their hopes and dreams and stories with one another, as Mr. Luftig did with me. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They had both hoped for a baby, and they were thrilled, but pregnancy was dangerous in the nineteenth century About one in every two hundred women died in childbirth. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"It's just between you and me. Well, I hope you made a tidy bit out of it." And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Sneaking around, trying to find out what we were up to...hoping he could get us expelled....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And just as I hoped, the Firebus is parked where it usually is, so Mama didn’t bother to check for grown-ups. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

If it was Ligaroti, a horse with a sustained stretch drive, he would have to move now and hope Seabiscuit could hold his rally. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traynor sent the handkerchief to the FBI's lab, hoping they could figure it out. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

This was surely what they were thinking and hoping. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I am issuing this statement to clarify the position and in the hope that it will bring an end to further conjecture. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably unrealistic to hope that nobody would. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

These editorials linked C.P. to the world of racial politics and gave him hope that the battle for the soul of the South—and for his own soul—was not yet lost. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped her condition might have improved since she’d come back from the dead. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“I hope not. If Muriel cures your brother, the fairies could interpret it as an insult.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“You are my only hope, Lord Snow. In your father’s name, I beg you. Protect me.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Call to him. You better hope he answers.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

So all I could do was watch the game start from the sideline and just hope that by some miracle I’d get a chance to sub in. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Leaving his family behind to pack up his library, White grabbed a birdcage “containing a talented green parrot” and drove toward a friend’s house where he hoped to store his possessions. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tally swallowed again and again, hoping spit could put out the fire in her throat. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I only have to do what I’m supposed to do and hope it’ll be enough. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I hope that other people will believe in her as much as I do. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I always hoped they’d come back for us someday,” I told him. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I trudged up the back steps to the kitchen, hoping Gramma would offer me another slice of apple pie when I got inside. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Incense rising with the pungency of irrational hope. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I felt a new fountain of hope rise up inside me. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know that he was driven by a desperate hope to appear the old-time body in her sight. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Here’s hoping they ran off to join the circus,” Mama said to Ophie, the first words she’d uttered since her reprimand earlier in the afternoon. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The agreeable nullity of Leon’s life was a polished artifact, its ease deceptive, its limitations achieved by invisible hard work and the accidents of character, none of which she could hope to rival. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I was so happy that Faizah had found love, and watching her navigate international fencing competitions, college, and now marriage filled me with pride and hope. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Almost they began to hope that they would escape. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I had been hoping that, if they caught Hamilton or not, I had gotten away without a trace. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I give her a brilliant smile that I hope looks convincing, and then shake my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But the sight of the lifebuoy flying his way gave him hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope every body had a pleasant evening,” said Mr. Woodhouse, in his quiet way. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“I hope you can. I’m looking for the superintendent. We had a meeting with the school board set for this evening. I thought it would be in the administrative office, but the school is locked.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The Archimedes sphere can upgrade the ship,” he said, hoping he was right. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Or, more likely, Abandon hope, all ye who enter here. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Baby, I hope I never have to ask myself that question.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you find a way to earn it.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She peered at me over her spectacles, and then she opened a drawer and fumbled among its contents for a long time, so long that my hopes began to falter. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We link arms too; a lot of people are linked, and there's strength in that, there's a river of hope in that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I’d hope that Adarlan’s Assassin would choose to attack me in a more dignified manner. At least with a sword or a knife, through preferably not in the back.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then I hurried back to the village, hoping that Ramo might have come back while I was gone. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you’re not just telling me what I want to hear,” he said. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Many people have high hopes that Yelena can achieve what so few Russian women have been able to—flying into space. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z

In a final act of desperation, Anya flailed her arms and legs, hoping she would catch it in a vulnerable spot and shut it up for five seconds so she could regain her sanity. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But I’ve heard no news of him being killed, so I nurse the tiny ember of hope the same way I nurture my rage. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Next morning, however, all was the same, no marvel had occurred, no plan or even hope had come. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

One recent national survey found that about 75 percent of students enrolling in community colleges said they hoped to transfer to a four-year institution. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Number of times I walked by the library, hoping that Mr. Powell might be in: Twelve. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hope so, because I’m not going to be able to share those wretched moments with you right now. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“So, I’m sorry, Ally. I really am. I hope you can forgive me.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to help him. I hoped I might change a few of his ideas. Now I know better. The rights of other people mean nothing to Perry. He has no respect for anyone.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d been stalking the area since Saturday, hoping the kids would come back, but no luck. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping to see you at the game,” Mrs. Stanford said to Candice as she reached the bottom step. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And even though I knew she'd be okay—at least I hoped she'd be okay—it was hard to not wonder how everything was going to get done now. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

How can we ever hope to wrest the answers to those questions from Africa’s preliterate past, lacking the written evidence that teaches us about the spread of the Roman Empire? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last he took to wandering near the wooded copse by the river, hoping to hear Grace’s flute. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They must be joking. At least, I hope they’re joking. Don’t you?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Still, she knew it was more polished than she’d hoped it would be at this point, thanks to the talent show money. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The twins’ desertion shattered any hope I had left of defeating the malevolent witches. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

‘There will be at least one hundred applicants and about five vacancies. Nobody has a hope unless he’s been Head of the School or Head of the House, and you aren’t even a House Prefect!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, because of your story, I can feel...some hope, because no matter what, we’re going to see him again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I hope,” he muttered, “it isn’t going to take this long to load!” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The National American Woman Suffrage Association decided to stand with President Woodrow Wilson and back the war effort, hoping that their cooperation would earn Wilson’s support of suffrage after the war. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Everything said, you couldn’t hope for a nicer day to have a half dozen ex-soldiers with hunting bows relieve you of everything you owned. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t say a word to the beagle the rest of the way home, hoping he’ll turn at some point and go back. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that there was no hope, really, that Hooper would stay here and he would go, and that was all. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

She hoped that she wouldn’t have to say the rest of the sentence, that Billy would finish it for her. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to scream, run, smash my way out of it but I'm frozen, helpless to do anything but fervently hope I’ll die before I reach the shadowy figures awaiting me above. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of the fan club took turns expressing their admiration for my courageous fight, and their hope that Fig would beat this awful cat killer. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He had given up all hope of reaching South Korea. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Although reports on the first day of the stay-at-home suggested strong reactions in various parts of the country, the response as a whole appeared less than we had hoped. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it was necessary, because we all hoped that meeting would signal the beginning of the school officials’ willingness to do something about the incredible increase in attacks against us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least I hoped my father was teasing. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true that the signs have to do with a third party,” I tell her, fast, so she can’t get another word in and, besides, I am hoping the truth will disarm her. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

I turn to walk away, hoping she'll just let me leave. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But seven had; some of them, he hoped, would reproduce. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was hoping to volunteer a few hours a week, but this new job is keeping me too busy.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Just listening and waiting and hoping that if I keep quiet for once, maybe God will speak to me. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She counted her breaths, hoping that it would calm her down. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

One day, I hope you can forgive me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

When I ask how he knows, he says, “True love always wins,” which sounds corny, but I hope he’s right. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am hoping a new way will be found by the time I am old enough to be married. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I hope our disguises hold up. The suitors were nasty customers when they were alive. If they find out we’re demigods ‘Hazel’s magic will work,’ Piper said. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Sometimes on the bus to school, I think of her and hope she has a gentle death. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Promise?” the boy said, his eyes full of hope. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

They gave me hope that I could make it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I think Gwin had good hunting last night. I hope he hasn’t been plundering a nest again. Perhaps it’s just Elinor’s rolls and eggs.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Feel free to delete this if you want, but I hope you don’t. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Then he added, “And this Nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Genie sure hoped Tess was right about the old house, because it was his butt on the line. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I didn’t expect things to go back to the way they were, but I was hoping he’d still be my friend. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was wrapping up green glass earrings in tissue paper, hoping to make some small peace with my eldest child, while I tried to sponge the fire out of my youngest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped it wouldn’t rain, for rain would spot the red saddle. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was built like a linebacker, which didn’t involve ball skills at all, so Dad held out hope. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just when I had given up all hope of ever owning a good hound, something wonderful happened. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss’s phone wouldn’t turn on at all, and he hoped that he hadn’t lost any of his old texts. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

After lunch, I had pre-algebra and plopped into my chair hoping it would pass quickly so I could start my weekend. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My mom started to say something, but I got out of the car and ran, hoping the redheaded girl wouldn’t see me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Manman,” I whisper to the glass, hoping that my voice will ease through, fly above all those people’s heads, travel on a plane back to New York, and reach her. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hoped I hadn’t used up a prayer I didn’t have to. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to know the properties of metals before you can hope to alter them.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I listened to Dad’s plans and tried to encourage him, hoping that what he was saying was true but also pretty certain it wasn’t. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But if the dove were crushed, they must turn back and give up all hope of the Golden Fleece. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Following the piece, they invited themselves to my apartment and I welcomed them, hoping that somebody still had some drugs. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I told him how I felt from the beginning, but I think he hoped I’d change my mind.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, Tom Geisbert went off to collect some pickled monkey liver that he could photo graph for viruses, hoping to prove that the Mar- burg-like agent lived in the monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I know last night was weird, and I hope it’s okay that I’m texting you. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Services, Incorporated, the auto-repair business she owns with her husband, Chris Fish, in the hope of making her first million at an early age. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy yelled, hoping his friends got the message. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I rushed up to it, hoping to find an old apple. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I had hoped to find in Lewiston. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

God’s blessings on you and Langston hope you both are well in chicago bet it’s cold there now. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that. I hope it doesn’t hurt.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry smiled back, hoping that this would suffice. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She looked through the pictures she took at the memorial room, hoping this new date was listed on one of the other photos. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They were such nice people, that was the truth, Mami said, they gave you hope that maybe at the bottom Americans were kind souls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She explained that normally hope is a good thing, but if you hope a lot for something and it doesn’t happen, then you are disappointed and it’s called being let down. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked down, trying not to believe that my last hope of seeing Tyson alive had just been crushed. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s just like Tyche to get people’s hopes up. No, no. I must counter her.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I hope He understands when I pray that our marriage won’t last forever. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope an animal urinates on her head,” Kelly whispered to George. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

There is a chance that Mr. Birkway might come as well, but Phoebe hopes not, as she does not think she could stand to be in a car for that long with a teacher. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

That way they might hope to keep the cordon unbroken right across the island. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

I am not hopeful, yet all events show cause for hope. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before I shot each man, I looked at him and saw how his eyes gave up hope and steadied before I pulled the trigger. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“How are you? Been hoping to run into you! Everything going all right?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I shuffled a few feet farther to the right, hoping to find thicker ice, but managed only to bend an ice ax on the rock. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you don’t fail. Then I’ll be the only girl in the program next year.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Ellsworth hoped that Olmsted’s opinion, backed by his reputation as the wizard of Central Park, would help force a decision. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I hope so much I do not have to fight again. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Get wet I hope you catch pneumonia go on home Cowface. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she closed her lids over those mirror eyes, I turned to the woods and invited the dreams in, hoping they’d include the last face I memorized in profile. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

It was the only chance, the only slender hope left to them, and he was going to cling to it until forced to let go. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Once, I was content to hope for knighthood and the power to force Cardan and his friends to leave me alone. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Let us begin, then. Let us commence. Let us undertake to establish what it is that you hope to achieve or acquire, what it is that I may provide to you for this yet-to-be-determined price.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The other children of the Gentry are standing around in their padded tunics with their practice swords, watching, hoping my downfall will be amusing. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I trust you will forgive me, but I have much work to do in private this evening. You will, I hope, find all things as you wish.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I was a very warm and loving girl at one time, with high hopes. The girls knew that. I thought you’d make Levy Pants nationwide.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is kingsfoil, Sir,’ he said; ‘but not fresh, I fear. It must have been culled two weeks ago at the least. I hope it will serve, Sir?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Lourdes has held off, hoping to baptize her daughter in Honduras with Honduran godparents. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He hoped the moon would send them another unicorn, and knew that she would not. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped he’d be able to get the image of the woman out of his mind. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“In Boot,” Johnny Manuelito said, “a good many of those average men who hope to be Marines can’t stand up to the physical challenges.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t at all how I had planned our night to end, but I figured all hope wasn’t lost. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

As I stalk past the gate guards, I fervently hope not to run into my mother. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I think we both secretly hoped we’d find something the police missed, something only family might recognize. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Distraction would have been welcome, because he found he was beginning to hope. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

A few of the spectators nudged each other with their elbows, obviously hoping I’d somehow swindle Ambrose into paying several times what my slot was actually worth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I then appealed for an organizational structure that would include provisions for artistic work of all types, hoping in this way to eliminate constant quarrels over tactics and strategy. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to write to her about his time in England, hoping she would reply and then later looking forward to the writing itself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I hope that’ll teach you a lesson, you nasty little tease,” she said unfeelingly as he sucked his hand. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was putting all her hopes on stumbling upon Nathan when he came to pick up his mother and then charming him to take her back. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I hope you know your times tables. Ms. Diamatis is really into multiplication.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

All reality, I decide, is a blender where hopes and dreams are mixed with fear and despair. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Fischer was besieged with calls and cables, and photographers and journalists staked out the grounds in hopes of just a glimpse of him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“So I did, and we sat and talked, and finally he told me the story, as I was hoping all the time he would. The story about his left arm.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I hope so,” thought Tock to himself, for he was far less sure. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope he died of pain out in the marsh,” Ben said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A quest for a life whose ultimate goal, I hoped, would be the betterment of my life, my family’s and that of the black people of South Africa. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, hoping to cut off a confrontation. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

With someone else who loved antiquity and beautiful things, and who shared his hope for this beleaguered world. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Fool, to hope that it could have survived such a fall. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

I got hope though, ’cause two negatives make a positive. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Rush died—if his cure failed to save him—then all hope would vanish and the fever would march on unobstructed. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The sound of everybody’s hopes deflating is almost a sucking inside the room. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“The queen would never presume upon our hospitality,” Jon said, hoping that was true. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Miss Woodhouse, I hope nothing may happen to prevent the ball. What a disappointment it would be! I do look forward to it, I own, with very great pleasure.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Now we had only minutes before the bombs were disarmed I caught Beckendorf s eyes again and asked a silent question, hoping he would understand How long? The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

By then, Annabeth had reason to hope Percy was alive, since Hera’s plan seemed to involve sending him to the Roman side, but she couldn’t be sure where he was. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Grab a textbook from the bookshelf. I hope you’ve been learning about the Roman Empire; otherwise you will have a lot of catching up to do.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had hoped that the woman might have some answers for him; after all, she was an adult. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

What hope was there for a hotel on the New Meadows now? Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He hoped that he had hurt her as she had hurt him. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

It is terrible when there is absolutely nothing to do or worth doing except to lie down and hope when you are naked she won’t laugh at you. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He still hoped to catch the vandals, whoever they were, in the act. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The overseer could not hope to whip the slave unless someone helped tie him up. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hoped that Gabriel would break his neck. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was some hope of salvation at the airport, some way out that all these people knew about. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Their hooded eyes swept over the place where their hope had lain since 1927. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Planting a garden at the White House was my response to this problem, and I hoped it would signal the start of something bigger. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

In the midst of the repairs, the architect posted a sign at the church—a statement that per-haps said it all: “A restoration of hope!” While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the library instead, sitting where I’d usually be with Sandy and Jasmine, as if I’m hoping Sandy will materialize out of thin air—but he doesn’t come. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“I hope there’s still something human left in her to rescue,” Millard said darkly. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I hope that you don’t think I am going out into the traffic.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped so, because here, being a minister’s son mattered a whole lot, and pretending that it didn’t matter to him was starting to peck at his soul. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Fadi stood watching them, hoping they weren’t hanging out in the park. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I found a spot on the pier behind a pile of ropes and settled down for the night and hoped there would be a ship in the morning. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she starts to get close, I start running with my itchy hand stuck out behind me, hoping and praying we’ll connect. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Marine recruiter tells me that three Truman seniors have already enlisted, but he hopes to attract a couple more from the 2010 senior class. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I hope you have made a lot of money,” says Salim. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“I hope our house is painted sky blue,” I said. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny read their books and, in the back of their minds, hoped that soon their figurative escape would eventually turn into a literal one. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Two days ago, your parents managed to tie up the money with legal proceedings, ultimately ending any hopes you had of spending the final sum. Then Leonard called me this morning.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I was only saying,” began Michael, meekly, “that we hoped you wouldn’t be going away soon.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

When I awakened the next morning and recalled Bess’s naive hopes, I was glad that I had the can of pork and beans. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, it was all he could do to hold on and hope they wouldn’t die. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But Mark didn’t dare allow himself to hope. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Arch is the best fighter of the three of us,” Drinkwater had pointed out, “but only you can hope to wed the dragon queen.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was hoping I could talk my way into a refill, although the empty bottle I’d jammed in my pocket that morning clearly indicated none was available. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The woman’s voice came out much kinder than Thomas had expected, giving him hope that she truly was a friend—that all of their rescuers were friends. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

‘Yet I hope that ere long you will return to my land with the help that you promised.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Later, someone heard him whisper under his breath, “I hope he doesn’t race anymore.” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The best way to find a virus in the wild, at the present time, is to place a sentinel animal at the suspected location of the virus and hope the animal gets sick. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the prayer I said when I needed hope and wasn’t in a hurry. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I was hoping that word would work some magic. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth just like they did, hoping they’ll think my trembling is a side effect of just coming out of stasis. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They just waited and hoped some country would take them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I throw on my slippers and tiptoe to the kitchen for a cup of hot tea, hoping we at least have lemons in the refrigerator and tea bags in the cupboard. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Do they also sell hopes on the street? Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They might all have hoped to rise by Harriet’s acquaintance: and besides, what was the value of Harriet’s description?—So easily pleased—so little discerning;—what signified her praise? Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Kathy told him about Rob’s hope that he could check on the house. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Then he knew that the hope that had for one wild moment stirred in his heart was vain. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I'm being careful not to get my hopes up. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped they weren’t going to do anything unusual that I couldn’t handle right then. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“The ones who are hoping to receive their ring today were tested last night. As for all the others, you’ll be tested soon enough,” she said. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I forced a flat smile but really wanted to say, What do you do when you finally get your hope back, then lose it all over again? Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I just hope he tuned it before he went onstage,” I added softly. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“For thus is it spoken: Oft hope is born, when all is forlorn.” The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Leah followed him like an underpaid waitress hoping for the tip. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They hoped we would go for the new school rather than integration—going where there were new resources and opportunity. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There were extra trains coming in and out of Moscow’s station carrying soldiers to the front and civilians to the distant countryside in the east, where they hoped they’d be safe. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

My father was a journalist, and I hope that, in some way, this journey has proven that, as my mother says, I honestly inherited his passion for getting the story right. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because I am thinking, I am hoping, maybe Constantine just wanted a better life for her child. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry to hear that. Then we must hope for another frost, or that the tractor will break down. I wish someone would drive a tractor through his house and see how he likes it.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

‘There is more hope in the young child,’ said Doctor Copeland. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Six days later, just when Mama and Nokomis were hoping that the scratching sickness had passed them over, Angeline did not rise from her blankets. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I see it in her eyes, a frantic back step, hoping all this will go away. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“As I was about to explain, the only good thing in the box was Hope, and that is why, even though there are many evils in the world, there is still a little hope.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I pressed the trigger, hoping my aim was good. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time I hoped Daoud might finally rise to the challenge, something like this happened. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Though he was of average build, his cheeks had a plumpness to them; this, along with the eyelashes, detracted, he feared, from what he hoped was a distinguished profile. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

I hoped Mama didn’t get scared about the policemen and change her mind about letting us learn. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That is never going to be funny, is it? I just keep going for it, hoping that the next time will be it, but no.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I began to hope that I had underestimated the people of Mississippi. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope that the hair on the back of your neck stood up as you thought of Mig’s fate and how it would be if it were your own. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The huntress looked down at her with a grin and said, “I hope that you will.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you enjoyed my literary treasure hunt, despite Mr. Remora’s antics,” he said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I hope you can get it open.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hope we get the job done here, and soon, without too many more. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I look up, hoping to see the stars, but there must be clouds because the sky is as black as the sea. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t that be wonderful? The government would pay us to travel. How divine. We would bring an end to world strife and renew people’s hope and faith.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kids traveled from all over the city, north, east, and west, leaving behind their neighborhood skirmishes for a school they hoped might be a little safer, a little saner than the one closer to home. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I hope the orange juice is still okay.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The Prince constructed it in the hopes of someday finding something worthy, something as dangerous and fierce and powerful as he was. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Marcus had told me not to look for Professor Thomas because he didn’t want me to get my hopes up. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

For the next two hours, Beidleman, Groom, the two Sherpas, and the seven clients staggered blindly around in the storm, growing ever more exhausted and hypothermic, hoping to blunder across the camp. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t want us to get our hopes up for nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My hopes, my dreams, my life...it’s over. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

P. S.—I hope your friend Percy has learned some respect for me. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Sensing a trap, I’m about to let my arrow fly, hoping it finds his heart before the trident impales me, when he shifts his hand and something on his wrist catches the sunlight. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Secretly, she hoped the idea of Greek food would make her hung-over mom nauseous. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I chose the seat across from her, hoping to stay out of arm’s reach. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s still hope for me,” she whispered with a sad little laugh. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I do hope that Mrs. Squirrel hasn’t decided to sleep in,” said Matthias. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I could only hope I was wrong about this, even with as looney as Pita was acting—she kept conversing with the beast as we made our way down the road. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Next month I will be twelve years old, and I hope I’ll be five feet tall by then. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I hoped its shimmer would help me win gold. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They were probably hoping that things would be better here than wherever it was they came from, but everything that had happened over the last year had taught us that things always got worse. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope they keep him in here,” says Humble. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I am hoping this reason was nowhere near the heart of it. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

"So, what have you got for me today? I hope it's not just fake gold and inferior silver spoons." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t one hundred percent sure what that involved, but I hoped Lula would know. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She held her hands up, hoping neither of them would be willing to go through her to get to the other. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no, but they didn’t let me take everything,” I said, because I still hoped there would be a way to get my precious possessions from the sheds. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That he hoped we wouldn’t mind if he looked a little bit different. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I hope, too, Dr. Van Helsing will not blame me; I have had so much trouble and anxiety of late that I feel I cannot bear more just at present. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

My hope was to get the project off the ground in Alabama and eventually return to Atlanta to live. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In any case, we can hope that they will find these programs incomprehensible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I snuggle closer to Uncle Carlos and hope it says everything I can’t. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He sounded so full of hope and yearning that it was hard to tell the truth. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Let’s hope they do. Otherwise, we’ll have to make some hard decisions.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I turned my head away, ashamed for him, feeling that I had unwittingly committed an obscene act in rousing his hopes so wildly high, feeling sorry for his having such hopes. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She led Jason as far away as she dared—about fifty feet down the cliff, which she hoped was out of earshot. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Four days before she died, I’d still had hope that she would get better. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I have to send Helena for two buckets of water to clean the floor, and I can only hope Mrs. Krajewska thinks my supervisor and I are drinking cup after cup of tea. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

With his other son he had given up hope. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

"Any of you who hope to be alive come nightfall, ride with us." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Theodora’s friend, mollified and contrite, was delighted to see Theodora back so soon; Luke took himself off to Paris, where his aunt fervently hoped he would stay for a while. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

They revealed the shreds of their lives and hoped that relatives, or anyone who knew them, would hear the news and pass it on. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Have you heard from Miss Fairfax so lately? I am extremely happy. I hope she is well?” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Mom. I know we should call the police, but I was hoping there might be some other way—that you guys might be able to think up a way to solve this....” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Staying because of ten percent and all I hope it might be. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

—Woodrow Wilson “I hate the idea of causes, and if I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Penny, I hope you figure out how to become immortal so you can rule this place for as long as you like.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

‘I still wish we could’ve gone through the Gulf of Corinth. I was hoping we could visit Delphi, maybe get some advice. Plus it’s such a long way around the Peloponnese.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope you wore a rubber,” Jimmy said, opening another beer. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The evil, jiggly-chinned thief is plotting to blow up the world, and I am the only hope to unlock the drawer in time. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because experiences like this were better than all the provisions they could have hoped to rustle up. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Percy hoped so, but the Underworld seemed to bring out the worst in everyone—monsters, heroes, and gods. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We wave goodbye to each other, and suddenly, a giant bubble of hope begins to well up inside me. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I only hope he isn’t as awful as his sister. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He tried to convince my grandfather to go into politics, as he hoped to, and change the world through that means. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I hope whoever she was, she was worth it,” Tom taunts. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am so grateful that you want to know and I hope it will bring you comfort. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

‘Fine leadership! I hope the great Uglúk will lead us out again.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Once more Penelope visited the library, this time in hopes that she might plumb the mysteries of the schot- tische, but to no avail. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“I hope this all keeps for a few weeks.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And each week, we could hope to be lucky. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If he has escaped, it will not be long now before he comes searching for us. Until we know for sure of his fate, we must never give up hope.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as he finished “unpacking,” Chip hit me roughly on the shoulder, said, “I hope you’re stronger than you look,” and walked out the door, leaving it open behind him. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Yes, they’re expecting me—I hope not just for the purpose of denouncing me as a chemical misfit. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hope I will be able to confide everything to you, as I have never been able to confide in anyone, and I hope you will be a great source of comfort and support. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And then you would hope harder, and the engine would turn over a couple more times. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

But what was it about the stubbornness of hope, the need to believe in your own exceptionality, that these things happened to other people whose friends were not like yours? Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seven hoped Poppy knew that she would always have a very special place in her heart. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Fleur walked over to stand beside him, giving him a soppy, slavish look that Harry hoped with all his heart would never appear on his face again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I tried to ignore the possibility that Diego might be there, but when I realized I’d spent an hour obsessing over what to wear, I knew I was hoping to see him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I should hope so. Them little old furry tails ain’t going to do you no more good than they did the fox that was wearing them.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I hope so. You know, even though she wasn’t always the best mother in the world, she’s all I got.” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We fished, we swam a little, and I told him I hoped to make a raft pretty soon, so I could float into deeper water and perhaps catch bigger fish. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meade said, with great disgust, “Well, I hope to God this is good ground, General. Is it good ground?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she’d have to hope none of them were actually sharks. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Rowan had begun repeating this to himself like a mantra, hoping it would make it easier to digest. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

We hope you find a new friend of value to spend your final hours with today. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Without language, one cannot talk to people and understand them; one cannot share their hopes and aspirations, grasp their history, appreciate their poetry, or savor their songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just hope we can count on everyone here,” he said, scratching his head out of nervousness. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He thought oftener of O’Brien, with a flickering hope. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

One could well say of the event horizon what the poet Dante said of the entrance to Hell: “All hope abandon, ye who enter here.” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could put Otto under my poncho like before and hope no one noticed, but if they did ... if the mob wanted to take him from me — to eat, to sell — then they could. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She squeezed her eyes shut, hoping that when she opened them again, she’d be in her bed, drawing secret pictures that scared her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know when I’d get to mail it, but I hoped it would be soon. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s something about him I like. He’s a little fae around the edges. I hope he plays for us tonight.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been closer to you more today than I’d hoped to be in a lifetime. Now make sure you don’t fall off the edge—I need your help around here.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I held tight to that hope through the dark hours of night, until the sun rose and I fell asleep. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Gale had shattered some invisible barrier between us and, with it, any hope I had of resuming our old, uncomplicated friendship. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped that he and his papi were catching baseballs and swimming in the ocean. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Now . . . Nightingale never told me he had a nephew. I hope that is not insulting to you.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I'm a hostess. And I hope you like asparagus.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I had by now given up hope of finding the roadside inn and had set my mind on motoring on till I reached the next town or village and seeking shelter there. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

So I hope you won’t misunderstand what I have to say.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

I hope I’m wrong & I sincerely hope you will give this letter a lot of thought & try to see-—how someone else feels. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d grown fond of quoting Vaclav Havel, the great Czech leader who had said that “hope” was the one thing that people struggling in Eastern Europe needed during the era of Soviet domination. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Dear Brother Charles, I hope you are well. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped that, whatever happened, he wouldn’t blub or do anything ridiculous. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Miyax stared hard at the regal black wolf, hoping to catch his eye. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hope to bring all three of the vessels back laden with food. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And we would work hard to try to make a brighter future for ourselves and, we hoped, our fellow Sudanese. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, Chester kept eating, hoping that it would begin to taste better. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘This is the lawn of Parth Galen: a fair place in the summer days of old. Let us hope that no evil has yet come here.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I kind of hoped to do at least some of them with Rae. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Rishi was dipping his head in what he hoped was a surreptitious way to sniff at his armpit when Dimple grabbed his arm and said, “Look!” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I just hope he’s in Gryffindor! Keep your fingers crossed, eh, Harry?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

During the meeting Hunt—the architect Burnham most hoped to recruit—announced that he would not participate. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘It may be so. At least while there is an empty saddle of some fallen Rider that I can fill, and there are deeds to do. But to hope? I do not know.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

People wanted to get close to the Frenchman, hoping that some of his refinement would rub off on them. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The initial hope was that the microscope might make the invisible visible, and it did, for example, when it showed how a fly can walk up a pane of glass. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I am here with a message for you, Your Highness,” I say, hoping that sounds right. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I nodded, hoping the handkerchief had passed across hundreds of miles already, ahead of the letters. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It is our hope that in years to come we may look at this scroll, and all that it signifies, with pride,” Oppenheimer told the crowd. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he could follow Tam Lin into the mountains and hope the man’s friendship held. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was hoping she wasn’t going to try to cheer me up because we lost the game. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you. And I hope you will live forever.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was “an extremely important Artist,” a thought he hopes is a comfort to Theo. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Short on players, Coach Stork put me in goal and hoped for the best. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I multiply my own pain once, twice, forty times and can only hope that Gale remains unconscious. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I wipe my nose and blink back tears and hope I look as sorrowful as I feel. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Man, I hope I get Pathfinder working again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then a new thought came to me like a slender stream of hope, filling me with a new understanding. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The technical side of the subject is now recognized as equally important with advances that follow from the use of these techniques, and more important, I hope, than the theories that endeavor to explain them.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

As long as they didn’t look, they still had hopes that they could find a letter there. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We continued to hope that things would change, but they kept getting worse. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They could only hope that the arrow had landed deep enough, or else it would be a long and potentially fruitless chase. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I worried for Valentine and hoped she was all right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

All of Ralph’s little brothers, sisters, and cousins, hoping Matt would not notice them in the dim light, popped out from their hiding places to watch. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She always has to have the last word, so I wait for the inevitable reply: so no news then? hope u didn't get u hopes up. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And the more they wondered, the more they hoped. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He could only hope that a night’s sleep would bring Lord Janos to his senses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I say it out loud, hoping it will spark an image. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He has some regret about leaving home, but he hopes to work well. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It all triggered when I told her I’d gotten engaged to a Senegalese guy I met at Emory; I guess she was hoping that I’d settle down with someone from Congo. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t say no because that would be rude, and so I looked up at her, hoping she’d understand and go away. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could invite Maria to stay—and hope that Esperanza was busy somewhere else. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Howard hoped to talk Belmont officials into another match, but they wanted no part of it. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’d just about given up hope when a satellite picked up the plane’s image. You’ve managed to survive for all these weeks on your own? Outstanding!” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if he’d gotten permission yet, but I hoped he had. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I opened a drawer full of rubber bands, old batteries, rusted spoons, and what I hoped was a dried-up raisin. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry about me,” said Harry, in what he hoped was an offhand voice, “I’ll see you at the feast. Have a good time.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Only one hope now — McNab had to grab the frog and tag the runner out. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I put her up to it. I hope you don’t mind.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, he knew that anyone looking through this particular peephole and hoping for excitement would be sorely disappointed. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He had hoped to be home in early November—with luck the end of October. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I set the platter of roast beef down on the kitchen table and watch, hoping this doesn’t turn into something. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hoped it wasn’t the last possibility and went on down the gallery, passing up forty-three cell. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew some of them were bigoted and abusive, but I guess I held out the hope that they could be reoriented. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“No,” she says softly, “not hoping. Not at all.” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Whatever a dentist is, I hope, someday, you’ll be the greatest.’ Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom wouldn’t let me call her, so my only hope was that Miss Volker would call me. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A moan came from the stockade as the free folk saw their hope afire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He changed his tactics and went to sleep early, hoping that by that hour he might be sleeping lightly enough to wake at any noise. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He did not know why, but he hoped the driver would not tell Kainene that he had said that. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The captain made him sound like a starving mongrel, tagging at Lucky Girl’s heels, hoping for scraps. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I answered, skirting the vast racial chasm between us, “I hope you are.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably in this kind of wishing and hoping that I’d started imagining maybe I had found him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I walked to the elevator, hoping to do only one thing, which was to block it all out and go to sleep. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

‘My marriage need not be the end of all your hopes,’ she said. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I can’t hope to explain to you how much of a relief it was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No hope of finding anything in this mess before I passed out. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Sounds like everything is under control. For your sake, Antinous, I hope so. These demigods are resourceful. They closed the Doors of Death. We wouldn’t want them sneaking past you, perhaps getting help from Delphi.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I hope that, whatever happens, she doesn't change one bit. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And so Chess saw in stark detail that Mom was staring straight at him, her desperate wince full of not just anguish but hope—and maybe even faith as well—as she pleaded, “Kids, please.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Her hopes centered more than ever on Box 847 in the post office, and the following day when they peeked through its little window, they saw an envelope. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are offered as conversation starters—food for thought, debate, and—I hope—collective action. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was the sound of hope in her voice, mixed with fear. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you better hope Clemson’s also willing to help you with the harvest. You won’t find any burners willing to pitch in to help a rancher.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t go now. I hoped to persuade you to stay the night.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Day Eighteen: Genie had, in fact, caught something, but not what he was hoping for. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

So people played along, hoping they didn’t stumble into Jimmy’s bad graces. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I hope you will find this tale of sufficient interest to yourself and your readers to warrant its publication. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

But his hope soon changed to bewilderment and alarm. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I think there’s probably more I should say, but I’m hoping the armband will do the talking for me. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I hope I didn’t disturb you,” he said, releasing her hand. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I had an empathy link with Grover, so I hoped I would know if anything bad happened to him. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

She sucked in her breath and went still, hoping it would stop. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"I have had rooms prepared, and you'll find no lack of hot water to wash off the dust of the road. I hope you will honor us at table tonight." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

My hope of finding my family plummeted when I learned that I was to stay there indefinitely. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I try to hold my hope down, but it keeps popping up again. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, he kept his door cracked on the faint hope that she’d want to bridge the distance. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Jesse claimed that if his computer were ever stolen or unplugged, he would read obsessively; Eric didn’t know what he would do, and hoped never to find out. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the bleakness, there were spots of hope. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now they were creeping down the stairs in hopes of glimpsing the aftermath of the night’s revelry. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The air was fragrant with hope and possibility. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I misjudge the man, Jenny. God knows I hope that one of these days you kin say that yore pa was wrong about General McClellan.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope you will be very fortunate and very happy and very, very healthy.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

One morning, we were summoned to the dining-room — the servants, the family, the dependents — and told that there the sole hope of our College awaited us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Little had been kind to me and I hoped that she would be doing better. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I hope your parents found a good lawyer. The situation’s ridiculous.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I’d walk around a neighborhood, hope someone came out, ask if they’d heard about a new baby around — something like that. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do,” wrote Justice Hugo Black. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“He and Lorraine took the kids. They’re hoping to get to Tulsa. They left a few days ago.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“I am not interested,” she told them, and even as she said it, she hoped that it would not get back to Odenigbo because she did not want him to think she was pining. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

He hoped somebody paid for all this one day. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“The Manzanar runs” became a condition of life, and you only hoped that when you rushed to the latrine, one would be in working order. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

This he could certainly have done; and he had decided to confront rather than ambush them, in the hope that the bucks would surrender without fighting. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped it would all be forgotten, considering how drunk my friend was, so I urged him to have another beer. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lesser lords might join their cause for fear of harm or hope of gain, but only the Prince of Dome had the power to defy House Lannister and its allies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With its hopes of preserving the Southern way of life buoyed, Dixie mobilized to oppose the federal government’s latest intrusion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

At first I think she’s excited, and I feel a swell of hope— what if Uriah is awake? Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I am, a little. I hope we can handle all four of them.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Some students were crowding around the edges, hoping to slip in on the side and get in before anyone else. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Man, I sure hope she hasn’t woken up yet.... Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I hope you didn’t go through all this trouble for me.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I watch the sky, hoping for one less opponent at dawn, but nobody appears tonight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

An amazing woman but totally crackers, if you ask me—hope her own right hand knows what her left hand is doing. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"The fire will draw them past, I hope. Come, brother." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I saw again their large eyes, guileless, not yet aware that doors into wonderlands of security, opportunity and hope were closed to them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you swear by your hope of Heaven and your fear of Hell never, never to mention any of this to anyone. Never tell my true name, nor that I have a cup.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priest broke it when he said, with pride in his voice, “Piscine is a good Christian boy. I hope to see him join our choir soon.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They wanted to catch Mr. Curtain, though for this Mr. Benedict held out little hope. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I shoot her a quick smile, hoping no one on the bus heard. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I back up a few steps, hoping that she won’t pursue me, but she does. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

According to quantum mechanics and general relativity, the power of zero is infinite, so it’s no surprise that people are hoping to tap its potential. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A good orator will hope to have a command of all three—and will be capable where appropriate of mixing them up a bit in a single speech. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

A soft hope blent with my sorrow that soon I should dare to drop a kiss on that brow of rock, and on those lips so sternly sealed beneath it: but not yet. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He had been taken in hand by a lady who hoped to rise with the magazine. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The year 1938 had closed in a whirl of expectation and hope at the Rad Lab. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it doesn’t matter now, but I hope one day he’ll forgive me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I breathed out through my mouth, hoping that the talk would go well. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Since I hope Newjack constitutes an argument against that sort of thinking, I don’t imagine I’ll ever win those people over. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in his heart he knew such hope was folly. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z