I say this knowing that none of it matters. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She stood outside nerving herself for the ordeal, knowing her desk would be the only one without flowers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some song about how “Jesus will” plays on my mom’s phone in the kitchen, and she hums along, not knowing that Jesus will have to perform a miracle when it comes to Aunt Pooh. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s what a mouse must feel, she thinks, as it steps from its hole into the open blades of a meadow, never knowing what shadow might come cruising above. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

What kept him from knowing what was up? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t imagine what it would be like not to have someone knowing all your business. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To give myself a little peace, I waited for Mr. Kennel to pick up his book, then I headed for the school door, knowing I could get inside before he called in the herd. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

If we fall back, we will have fought here for two days and we will leave knowing that we did not drive them off, and if it was no defeat, surely it was no victory. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

What did you get for that, for knowing the day you were born into the white man’s world? The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath and smiled shakily at Pet, knowing this was the last time she’d ever see it. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

They had no way of knowing that there were foster parents and adopting parents who were kind and loving and generous and forgiving. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s their own fault for not knowing all the Schoolhouse Rock! lyrics by heart. How did those fools even get this far?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At the same time, Zeitoun couldn’t bear the thought of his family in Syria knowing he was being kept like this. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Annabeth gazed around the hut, trying to imagine how many eons Damasen had been exiled here—slaying the drakon, collecting its bones and hide and meat, knowing it would attack again the next day. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Not knowing for certain, but refusing to give way to those who claim certainty, was a privilege I had never allowed myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

This time, with more air, and knowing what he was trying to do, he found the wheel quickly and then took his time working it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

We would both rise to our feet, both of us knowing I was not deceived about her offer to tea nor she in my mention of a promise to Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

None of the animals could form any idea as to what this meant, except old Benjamin, who nodded his muzzle with a knowing air, and seemed to understand, but would say nothing. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

His sisters’ survival depended on his knowing as much as possible. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Anya spun, knowing it was Sigurd coming through those doors with his battle-hardened, bloodthirsty sword ready to cut all three of them down. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

For three days they rocked in each other’s arms, voracious and inseparable, speaking few words, but knowing all they needed to know. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. We’ll be seeing her in the morning,” I said without really knowing why. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The other part of it is knowing that it doesn’t take much imagination putting yourself next to Eddie. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wish for it harder than I’ve ever wished for anything, knowing all the while how foolish it is. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“He was in the shed,” Jonathan replied, not knowing if he was answering the question. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

What would be the point of knowing, anyway? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, knowing it wasn’t punk to worry about Principal Rivera’s reaction, and feeling embarrassed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Buford peered quickly around, not knowing if he had said that out loud. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t give him the satisfaction of knowing that he’s still troubling you; put those thoughts from your mind.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was excitement in the crowd, and I shuddered slightly knowing that the ritual was about to begin. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hurried to change afterward, ill at ease, knowing the faster I moved, the sooner I would be with Edward. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He gazed around, this way and that, hardly knowing where to look first. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

She was always good at knowing how to celebrate birthdays when we were together. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I screamed louder then, knowing I could never get to my feet in time to escape the rush of angry hogs roaring down upon me. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were driving to the job site and Zeitoun had finally managed to relax, knowing he wouldn’t be fired that day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Knowing about yourself, about your family, knowing the name of a grandpa and saying it out loud so he can hear it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I worried I wouldn’t be able to sleep again, knowing there was a corpse leaning on me, but soon the cold took me and I reentered the half-awake world of the barely alive. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He said these things with a sly grin, knowing they would confound me as I mulled them until our next meeting. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I was sorry to wake him up, knowing how tired he must be. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked like it was going to be a size too large for me, not to mention the somewhat icky feeling that came with knowing where it had been. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"It couldn't be just anyone. It would have to be somebody who could get to your books without you knowing about it." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Håkon said, “It’s not about knowing anything. It’s about being strong enough.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I thought you might be interested in knowing that I’ve just read in Social Revulsion that Louisiana has the highest illiteracy rate in the U.S. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the child played in the courtyard, he waited in his hammock, trembling with anxiety, knowing that Pilar Ternera would have to pass through there. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

We drove to the hotel not knowing what to expect from the evening. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

And yet the knowing didn’t make her feel stronger or smarter. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ask, knowing he never likes to talk about it. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Blount began to crack a few jokes along with this talk about knowing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

You couldn’t get where you were going without knowing where you’d been. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something in Alpert was fulfilled in knowing that I would thereafter buy a television or a car or rent a hotel room in New York armed with the knowledge he had given me. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my view then, and still is, that you don’t make war without knowing why. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Longstreet took the limp palm, knowing the effort it cost the Englishman, who thought handshaking unnatural. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the attitude that came with knowing how ridiculous people thought she looked, but never changing a thing because she felt good about herself. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Coughing and trying to wipe away the water that streamed from his hair, he looked about desperately, not knowing now which way to look. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And yet he felt guilty, knowing that he was accepting the kid’s admiration under false pretenses, that he wasn’t cool at all, not at all. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

How was it possible, he wondered, that he had dreamed the slain goddess before he had any way of knowing what she looked like? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I mean, she only had to watch Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies” three times before knowing the whole routine. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

How long could Sticky hold on—knowing his resistance might betray him? The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

We’d always move about together and seemed to spend large parts of the day awkwardly standing outside the farmhouse, not knowing what else to do. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had been born knowing how to hide what I felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You know, they say that there are countless saints who have nothing to do with church and almost no knowledge of God. But they say God walks with those people without them ever knowing it.” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

He had complete access without the church pastor knowing it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I sensed that she was weighing her words, knowing that her answer would register on my young mind. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

In many respects, the reality of mass incarceration is easier to avoid knowing than the injustices and sufferings associated with slavery or Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Faraday must have known her real gripe was with not knowing when they would be presented to the conclave and taken away for their test. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I thrilled, knowing my body would now commit this crime. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Thomas tried hard to force himself to sleep, knowing it would make the time pass faster, but after two hours he’d still had no luck. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

She wrote that she was repaying a debt, although knowing Nicasia, I would guess a little nastiness wouldn’t give her mother much pause. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I liked watching other people deal with the loss of someone, not because I enjoyed seeing them in pain, but because, somehow, it made me feel better knowing that my pain isn’t only mine. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I think I did a great job editing, but I tense up, knowing that my part is coming up. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Somehow this, knowing that her husband was so close but that these layers of bureaucracy and incompetence were keeping her from him—it was too much. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The others stared at him with dour curiosity, knowing him a rich man, but they did not know him for a Commensal. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was easy for us to be together, knowing we shared experiences no one else would believe. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what was expected of me, I was out waiting behind the big house before the light came up. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could be arrested just for knowing what you know and not reporting it. I thought it would be better to avoid that.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what I did, thinking foolishly that another wave was upon me, I began to run. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t need the permission of Zola or Mr. Pomodoro, but I think it is better to have at least Zola in the knowing. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Still not knowing if Guzzo had said anything to Paul was starting to eat away at me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was like flying blind, and not knowing where he was going—just where he had been—troubled him. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Barely conscious of the fierce prickling of his scar, he too started to run around the cellar, feeling the walls for he hardly knew what, knowing in his heart that it was useless. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Imagine a man walking amid such a scene, a part of it, and yet knowing that it is not for him! Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It made no sense, was just a sound of fear, of disbelief that something that large could have come so close to him without his knowing. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though our receptors are not sensitive enough to hear it, there is comfort in knowing that the sound is there overhead, like the random noise of rain on the roof at night. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alyce began to watch the man, not knowing he had long watched her and wondered what could so blight a person so young. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was interested in knowing what he thought it meant. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

And knowing, did he die in the trying to be a better man? A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s agonizing, the not knowing, the slowness with which everything is bound to move. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Great,” I reply as I chew, not knowing where to begin. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

"Heavy, man," I said, knowing the answer to that one, "very heavy." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, it turns out that Jeffrey had to have been sick for a while without us knowing it. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You always feel a little bit sick inside, knowing the worst might happen at any moment. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I have spent the past ten minutes staring at the ink stains on the walls, hoping they will rearrange themselves into an answer, and knowing they never will. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t talk to Maria or Tam Lin, but knowing they still liked him made all the difference. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without her knowing it Blanca was talking to me about Bodega. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

There was a knowing about him, as if he had been here before, as if dying and fighting was something he had been bom to. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure it’s smart to leave the city knowing the dangers that might be out there.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know part of knowing someone is being mean to them or whatever. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Especially knowing that it’s what he would want me to do. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

So I start moving into the Capitol, knowing we don’t have much time. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Just knowing that things were normal with Zara again made my spine relax a little. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Armpit had a fear of standing at the front of the room, not knowing what to say, sweating, as Tatiana stared at him. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

By knowing each other’s clan—the clan of the mother that we were born to, the clan of the father that we were born for—we can recognize our relatives. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I soon realized that my not knowing her was wonderful for her children, who were bursting with remembrances and loved answering questions about her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Here one lived knowing that at any time, anybody might do anything. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though she was ashamed of herself for believing such awful things about Nehemia, knowing that Dorian and Chaol were safe made the misery worth it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I relaxed a bit, knowing he had come for me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

After eighteen years of my knowing him, he was, for the first time, crying. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could he resist not knowing what lay at the end of Mr. Griswold’s game? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She lay there gnawing and licking at the stump of her missing leg, and the man sat still, one elbow on the bar, looking all around with an air of mild and knowing interest. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Not that easy. We’re not dying from natural causes. How can we try to live knowing some truck might run us down when we’re crossing the street?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the support group would stress her out. I’m sure she’s more stressed out not knowing what’s going on with you.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

How we laughed, trying to get out the front door without Regina and Rosa knowing, creeping up the attic stairs so Mrs. Pohler wouldn’t hear, our arms full of... The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

John had praised her, and was undoing the old pocketbook which they called the ‘bank’, when Meg, knowing that it was quite empty, stopped his hand, saying nervously... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then later, when things were going around about Salazar knowing things he shouldn’t about some drug king, I figured she must have felt even worse, that Salazar was a good man, God be with him. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Marti and her colleagues had no way of knowing what had happened or what was going through TRIGON's mind when he decided not to "clear" the dead drop. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I wrapped my hands around the bin’s top wall, knowing this would give me a ledge to grasp when the bin was vertical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s Alaska being Alaska, funny and playful and not knowing when or how to put on the brakes. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want him knowing I didn’t trust him enough to not bring backup.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

One streetlight is burning above a historical marker and, knowing I don’t have to reach Beaver Corners before dawn, I stop and read it. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these were some of George’s favorite memories, just sitting there, being with Mom, knowing she would never leave. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘If the Queen is knowing that part of her dream is true, then perhaps she is believing the rest of it is true as well.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I sat, paralyzed, wanting to put my arms around her, but knowing I couldn’t. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Nah, I can make friends without knowing English. Anyway, it hasn’t helped you any.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I say this knowing that none of it matters. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

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

I can also see anger bubbling, anger at having to make this choice, anger at not knowing the best way to protect their families. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

No lie, it stings a little knowing they hang out without me. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I gave him Say what? eyebrows and he smiled, knowing what I didn’t know. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Kingshaw moved forward a bit farther, pushing the branches aside carefully with his hands, not knowing what he was going to see. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I could go home knowing that I had averted trouble for the second time. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had used Blanca without Blanca even knowing it and I had been the one that had gotten us involved in all this. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

For two days they prepared, knowing that the sap was just about to start running. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

She relaxed, knowing it wrong to go on, but knowing it wrong, too, to stop him, to stop this rocking, rocking. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie, knowing exactly what was in the small paper bag on the table, moved it to the other end. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Alys asked, knowing that the question was foolish, for if the answer were to be no, then the girl could not understand in order to give it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The idea of leaping out of a moving train onto a rooftop, knowing there is a gap between the edge of the roof and the edge of the track, makes me want to throw up. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I called to my brother, knowing that he was very curious and therefore would be in the way of the men who were working. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The space between us is worse than our awkwardness, worse than not knowing what she's thinking during our long stretches of silence. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Man in the White Shirt smiled to himself, knowing he would be there soon. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

I called to mind that the clerk had the same air of knowing something to everybody else’s disadvantage, as his master had. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Since Francie never became friendly enough with the girls to be taken into their confidence, she had no way of knowing how grossly underpaid she was. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all the years of not knowing anything about him, this would be the day I would find out why he left my mom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Even though they don’t include me, they don’t mind me knowing who has a crush on Jermaine. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And back and back and back,” Jonas said, knowing the phrase that always came. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Happens to everybody,” I said, knowing full well it didn’t. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Pa and Mr. Clemson would cover our property lines, so we headed south knowing the Widow Kerensky didn’t have much help around her place. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

And then he leaned all the way forward and gave a terrible knowing smile. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

All his life he had been knowing that sooner or later something like this would come to him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

At last they were going in single file along the edge of a precipice and Shasta shuddered to think that he had done the same last night without knowing it. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

There was no way of knowing where they might’ve taken him, so add Disappearing Petey to the list of mysteries needing solving. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

My opponent might have the unfair advantage of knowing the future. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your knowing, you think it gives you clarity, sight that pierces. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

"Might want to go on upstairs and ask him about that," I said, knowing full well that Smitty was scared of Newcharlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

She had sat with me crying while I lay on my stomach sweating and hurting and knowing I wasn’t as bad off as I thought I was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I fall in love with it instantly, despite knowing I’ll rarely, if ever, get a chance to wear it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I follow him, my insides feeling heavier with every footstep away from my mother and my open grave, knowing I’ll be back soon enough. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But soon she found she liked the feeling of not knowing. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I smiled, knowing no one could see my face behind the mask. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I see York traveling west again, knowing which way to go this time. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was in critical condition, and there was no way of knowing what the outcome would be. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nashville. The rest is a surprise,” Lydia said, exchanging a knowing glance and smile with Dill. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

When my father was not back home by our bedtime, my mother hugged and clutched us, and we felt strange, not knowing what to do, because she had never acted like that. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yet it was not only on that account we missed you. It was—” I stopped, not knowing how to finish. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A lot of wizards think it’s a waste of time, knowing this sort of Muggle trick,” said Fred, “but we feel they’re skills worth learning, even if they are a bit slow.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And she said love words to me and I took them knowing I didn’t deserve them. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, she calls me a lab pet. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

There at last were the darkened woods, the lonely roads, the river banks, the gentle knowing eyes. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went down Drexel Boulevard, not knowing just where he was heading, but knowing that he had to get out of this white neighborhood. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The people in that plane were heroes in the most important way—making a choice, not knowing the outcome, but knowing that acting was better than not acting. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Beleaguered by sleeplessness, White staggered around campus like a zombie, not knowing day from night. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Not knowing that I watched, fat men ate meat; fat men drank wine made from the rice; fat men sat on naked little girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it was unlikely for a scruffy little girl to turn up in his cell knowing the very man who figured in his obsessions, the Regius Professor didn’t notice. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing John, I could pretty much bet that he would go ahead and play “The Final Countdown.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Not knowing when the rats were going to stop fighting, and realizing that they might not, the kindly Abbot advised those who had been relieved to try and get some sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But the parents can at least feel better knowing that, from the very outset, they tried their best. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The special floundered, not knowing what to do; a variety of mute expressions crossed his face and then, turning, he shuffled out of the apartment, leaving Rick alone. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Hardly,” he said, with a bit of disdain in his voice for relatives Citra had no interest in knowing about. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Jessie still didn't have a clue about her Labor Day project, but she wasn't going to give Evan the satisfaction of knowing that. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I went to France the following summer knowing only the word for bottleneck. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Because South Africa is below the equator, their seasons are the reverse of ours, so I boarded the plane knowing that I would bypass the winter cold this year. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I sit there, not knowing what to feel. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She works, not knowing my misery, and I watch, not knowing hers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Foxface must have purposefully left the other packs alone, knowing that to steal one without her number would definitely bring on a pursuer. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And knowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he might trust her enough to leave her alone with Dorian, knowing that she had access to an unguarded escape route was a test she wasn’t ready to give Chaol. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He strode on angrily, knowing it was a pace he could not maintain for long. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Not wanting to break in on her mother’s grief, but knowing she must, Lupita asked, ‘Will Señor Aguilar take your job away from you for not reporting to work for two days?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Without his consciously knowing it, the hair on the back of his neck moved up and his shoulders tightened. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stanley tried to sleep, not knowing when he'd get the chance again. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I pull out of the field with a sigh, knowing I deserve whatever I get. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

And in the heart of the wood the weirwood waited with its knowing red eyes. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, he dings to my hand. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Blanca was too tired to ask questions and went straight to sleep, knowing we would need rest because tomorrow we would be moving again. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

It was hard to imagine Mom being happy with Marcus, knowing how she felt about him now. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You had no way of knowing this. I didn’t know it myself until recently. But it’s a cruel game. In the past, there have—” “I said I apologize, Jonas.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I rose, knowing that he had no intention of letting me go after I had organized the committee. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t able to catch a glimpse of David, but knowing he’s there is comforting. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

We had little sleep each night, not knowing when the bulldozers would come to raze our home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger glanced suspiciously around without knowing quite what he was looking for. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Come on, Sergeant,” Mark said, knowing he was about three seconds from going too far. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fischer was buried in front of the church in an early January morning without the church pastor knowing it. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It would drive you crazy not knowing what happened to her.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He had suffered a good deal to show that he was no coward and now he had the satisfaction of knowing that he was worth something to his new friends. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry bellowed, and he flung his arms over his head, hardly knowing whether he was trying to hold in his anger or protect himself from the weight of his own disillusionment. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Judge Ford asked, knowing that Sam Westing had to make his last move. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you—” I paused, not knowing his name. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You’ll pick the wrong one, knowing you,” he said out loud, and then he took a corridor and started hurrying along it as fast as he could. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I just shrug, not knowing what to say. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

And then I’m paddling through the break, watching a big wave swelling, coming toward me, knowing that in a moment it will sweep me up into something enormous and powerful. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

At the same time, though, I feel heavy with the weight of knowing everything she had to go through. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Not in the dark. Not without knowing where to go.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’ve travelled about. Mr. Ratchett wanted to see the world. He was hampered by knowing no languages. I acted more as a courier than as a secretary. It was a pleasant life.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to run hurriedly, scarcely knowing what he did, and once he called to another puller whom he knew casually in the day’s work, “Look at this—what is this I pull?” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to say or do, I tiptoed in and just stood at the foot of the bed, one bare foot on top of the other, and looked at her and Grandpa. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Their suits matched perfectly, and each one complemented the others in a way that, without knowing exactly why, you knew you needed all three suits to be complete. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The how doesn’t matter as much as what I do before it goes down, but not knowing is still freaking shaking me; you only die once, after all. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I walked secure and unafraid, knowing that the far reaches of the garden were bounded by walls. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had become friends with several men on the row and was surprised by how conflicted he felt about leaving them, knowing what they would soon face. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

In the beginning I knew no Kikongo beyond the practical words she taught me, so I was spared knowing how she cursed our mortal souls as evenhandedly as she nourished our bodies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We need to respect the fact that it is possible to know without knowing why we know and accept that—sometimes—we’re better off that way. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She lay rigidly apprehensive, held at knifepoint, knowing that fear would not let her sleep and that her only hope was in keeping still. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“We get you anything you want, baby. Anything. You been knowing that.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once or twice a day he gives me a knowing glance, I wink back, and we’re both happy. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

And in a funny way, having Gideon in his life, and knowing what had happened to the country, made Sergio less angry at his father, less angry at the world. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Not knowing that Ethan would be visiting, he had bought only four. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I kept to the tar and tin, knowing that red tiles or grey slate made for treacherous footing. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He sat there, calm as could be, knowing I couldn’t reach in and get him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was better off knowing he was okay rather than imagining that another Mrs. Moss might be abusing him. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“We won’t get anywhere without knowing our goals. Everyone always says that and it is so true.” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you good at, other than just already knowing everything?” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

To start a school knowing you’d be leaving was one thing; you didn’t need to worry what other people thought of you, because soon you’d be gone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other you watched, horrified, knowing that you’d just crossed a line that could never be uncrossed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“After your Grandma Luna—” He’s going for wisdom, but the real wisdom is knowing there sometimes isn’t any. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Mustafa gets nervous before his games, knowing that everyone is watching him and that at any moment he could fall on his face or shoot an air ball. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He was advised to be content with knowing that they could work miracles for him, provided he did not insist on learning their nature. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The words must have elicited from Poillon a knowing, if wry, smile; in the midst of his travails, Lawrence was looking ahead to the time when the cyclotron’s inconstancy would be merely a quaint memory. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Robin had another reason for knowing he was well, but he kept it secret. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“But knowing it—that’s a great jump. I wonder whether I have ever gone so far.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

First, as I’ve believed, that the Capitol sent in that hovercraft, dropped the parachutes, and sacrificed its children’s lives, knowing the recently arrived rebels would go to their aid. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I hate her, too, with her knowing reproachful eyes that call me a coward, a monster, a puppet of the Capitol, both now and then. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The thing you invariably came back to was the impossibility of knowing what life before the Revolution had really been like. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She was grateful for knowing them now: the red of hollyberries, and the red ribbon of the Handfasting—she marveled at the vibrancy and vigor of it. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung, without knowing what he said, muttered forth, “Well, and I do not know that I want anything.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Schools are in the business of knowing, and when a school wants to find something out, the school takes steps. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Mr. Loomis, already knowing I had gone that way, led him back to the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It felt the same this morning when I dialed his number, like falling through the dark, not knowing when you’re going to hit the ground. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The question is whether it’s worth my time to kill you—knowing that as soon as I stop my father your destruction will be assured. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Of course, our girls carried extra responsibility by virtue of who their father was, knowing that their screwups could make headlines. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

There was a knowing leer on his face that Ugwu instantly disliked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was the chill of knowing they had used something they loved—the study of physics—to build the deadliest weapon in human history. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of this stain there was the torture of knowing that Arthur was kind, simple and upright—of knowing that he was always on the edge of hurting Arthur dreadfully, although he loved him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I say, knowing I can beat her. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Matty, knowing he could be of no help, went to the corner where Frolic was asleep and sat down beside his puppy. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

This is what she has been missing all these years without really knowing that she has been missing it. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

They left knowing—all but Antain—that it was not a matter of if the child were eaten by animals, but rather that she surely would be. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mom says, “Please let this be the first and last time you try to take my daughter out of my house without my knowing and giving permission.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I went to the bayou, knowing that Sandy needed me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Pa was happy to do so, but he broke it down for me that being Puerto Rican didn’t come down to my skin or knowing Spanish, but my blood and family. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

In fact, most people pigged out just before they turned, knowing it would all be sucked away. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Feeling a little like I’d stepped into a funeral without knowing the family, I stayed quiet. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t say so,” said Lenina politely, not knowing in the least w'hat the Warden had said, but taking her cue from his dramatic pause. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

That winter my mother and brother came and we set up housekeeping, buying furniture on the installment plan, being cheated and yet knowing no way to avoid it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After supper Gilly did her homework, knowing it was useless, that Miss Harris would never see the neat figures, row on row, that proved that Gilly Hopkins had met and mastered the metric system. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I have no way of knowing the size or shape of the storm, or its heading. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a completely irrational thought, but it’s hard knowing that my life could be much better had I only been born looking a bit more like my momma. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But, instead, knowing she loves clean desks and things just so, I grip my pencil with a hard fist. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Whether her silence is coming from her confusion or from a desire to be rid of me, I have no way of knowing. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But with him gone and no way of knowing what to expect, my mother moved all of us down to Terminal Island. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing which gray-feathered bird might be Nipper, Palmer believed that every one was. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

My heart aches from losing one of my precious few friends, knowing all too well that if this is anyone’s fault it’s mine. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

You know something good is coming, and even though it’s not even close yet, still, just knowing it’s coming is enough to make you snort and nicker. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I remember knowing the kids in my district loved being with me.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Once or twice when it was raining, I’d invite them to come into the house, but they’d refuse, knowing it was just politeness on my part. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Peace of mind, my brother. You can sleep tonight knowing your mess is someone else’s problem.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I love you,” I blurted out, not even knowing I was going to say this. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The waters part around us, and we stand there, just the two of us, looking in each other’s eyes and knowing. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You know, it’s just another notch on the road of knowing where you are. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know what else the Hells Angels did?” she asked, knowing that I didn’t. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"One above, and one below. Strangely, when they walk the earth, they both take the same form. Of a little old woman, with silvery hair, sparkling eyes, and a knowing smile." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Although the old hound had no way of knowing it, he had stirred memories, and what priceless treasures they were. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Ross went right on smiling in that knowing way, and Melanie went right on being so eager and encouraging that April thought she must be kidding. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper, knowing something was wrong, as dogs always do. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Clayton said this knowing his mother was a “mother” and not a “mama.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Serafina took up a position by the door, knowing that she could not stay unseen for long; this was too hard. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to imagine what it would be like for his mother and father, day after day, month after month, not knowing, living on false hope. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And they must be hardy men that go willingly, knowing their peril.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Well I think Morris JJ's Pizza is lying out of fear. Fear of knowing too much. He’s protecting someone. And someone may be himself. Or he could be protecting something.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cowers, not knowing what she will do. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Teachers don’t go for you knowing their personal business. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

Several months after Barack’s announcement in Springfield and with the support of my colleagues, I’d decided to scale back to part-time hours, knowing it was the only sustainable way to keep going. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Two hundred and eighty days—six days a week most of the time—without ever really knowing what the future would hold. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

And he told her about lost sons that couldn’t be helped, and country music, and the confusion of a kind man not knowing which way was right. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Not knowing how girls were supposed to behave on dates made me nervous. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, no one felt very enthusiastic about starting the ceremony, without really knowing why. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went southwest by the pointing of the magnet, knowing how they went, but not through what waters. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She probably went out there, probably once and then no more, and doubtless she did not ask, not even Judith, perhaps knowing she would not be told or perhaps because she was waiting. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent the rest of the day in limbo, waiting, not knowing, pacing around the hospital, family members stopping by. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was upset, but he didn’t want to give Quisqueya the satisfaction of knowing it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Then he displayed the moth—quivering, shimmering faintly—in his palm: Bloom nodded, not knowing what to say, how to react. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He just kept talking, knowing that I couldn’t help but hear. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You had no way of knowing, baby,” she says. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I’ve always loved knowing that he was the one who named me. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Unsure of what to do but knowing if I stayed there debating my options, the mother cat might well come and blind me, I left the coal shack and lingered about the yard. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

When he was finally satisfied and thanked, he got out and slammed the door, but such is my social cowardice that I actually did turn around, knowing he would be watching out the window. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they were special from their jeans and T-shirts, their knowing, ironic looks when obscure works of literature were referred to. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Distraught at the possibility that he might lose the race, Galileo frantically set about building one of his own, knowing nothing more than that the instrument involved two lenses in a tube. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

His face and his Noise are as blank as I remember but the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man’s mind ain’t knowing the man. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

After dinner we go back to the dormitory, and it’s hard for me not to sprint, knowing that the rankings will be up when I get there. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

What worried him the most was the thought of his parents not knowing what happened to him, not knowing whether he was dead or alive. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I led him back around to the locker room entrance and then down the stairs with the same sense of spirit I'd had knowing I had to get Aileen back home from Horn Rock. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Andrea asked me what my goal was, Connor and I looked at each other with knowing grins—but I wasn’t about to tell the whole group about our murder investigation. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was standing stock-still now, and Lyra slipped off his back, knowing that his senses needed to cast around freely. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I gasped, knowing where my scent would lead. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t sleep a wink just knowing we were under the same roof. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our mission was designed knowing that anything might need maintenance, so I have plenty of tools. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s scary, but exciting too. And I love knowing that I’m doing things the people in my family even a hundred years ago used to do.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

We huddle together in that wrecked house, not knowing what to do with ourselves. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe time would not feel as heavy if I didn’t have this guilt—the guilt of knowing the truth and stuffing it down where no one can see it, not even Tobias. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Tsukiko stops at a tent entrance, and Bailey moves closer to check the sign, knowing which tent it is as soon as he glances at the words upon it. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It is the best solution he can come up with, knowing that in a few weeks the circus will be hundreds of miles away, leaving him alone in London. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I’m dying, the swallow thought, knowing for certain that it was true. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Hugo, it wasn’t your fault” I stroked my little brother’s hair and told him about crimes that had happened without anyone knowing intruders were in the house. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t tell Byrd that the not knowing only adds to the fear. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

But the old man would not have believed white warfare—killing across great distances without knowing who or how many had died. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I said, knowing how utterly foolish the question sounded, yet unable to think of anything else to say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But usually, people gave Maeve a kind smile, a squeeze on the arm, a knowing nod. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Just knowing there was light on the other side made it easier to be around all those kids who called me Medusa and talked about school dances. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sit on the bed, knowing I will never write those letters. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stood, too, cap in hand, wanting, she knew, to say more, but not knowing quite how. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Leale and the others in the box prepared to move Lincoln’s body without knowing where they would take him, just knowing that they must take him from that place. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, without that person knowing it, his string would go limp and he’d think that it had just snapped, but no, Sapo had cut it. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

With Knowlton dead, Washington had no way of knowing exactly what went wrong in the planning of Hale’s mission. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Papi stood up, and Sandi, not knowing what manners were called for, stood up too, and was eyed by her mother to sit back down. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I stepped into the kitchen house to get a banana, knowing there would likely be nothing more to overhear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of us sleep at all, knowing that an army, led by the king himself, will be here by sunrise. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Thomas dropped his fork, not knowing what he’d expected or hoped for. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Guilty of what?” implored the chaplain, feeling more and more bewildered and not knowing which of the men to appeal to for mercy. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how long I can survive out here, but I’ve decided: anything’s better than staying on the ship with the Collective, knowing what they’ve done to me and my family. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Fine, Poopsie, fine. I’m failing algebra, American history, and French,” she said, knowing that her father’s thoughts had drifted to other matters. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I listened to his directions knowing that I would use them sooner or later. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He took little personal interest in his students, knowing only the more uninhibited by name. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

‘Sometimes and quite suddenly, a giant is disappearing and nobody is ever knowing where he goes to. But mostly us giants is simply going on and on like whiffsy time-twiddlers.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was kind of vague on what it would be, but I could at least see I would need to be like the heroes in my books—brave and knowing more than the next man. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He paused and stared at John, who watched him helplessly, not knowing what to say. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m fine,” said Harry, hardly knowing what he was saying. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I was glad her son could not hurt anyone ever again, but seeing Nasreen Baji's grief and knowing her pain was partly because of me made me feel an odd sort of guilt. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

There was victory in knowing that she hadn’t been crazy all these years. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I had not at that time the honour of knowing any lady in the assembly beyond my own party.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

He’d been afraid of touching a dead bird, and honestly, he was pretty scared to touch a living one too, especially knowing he’d have to then walk it all the way back through the woods. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He is preoccupied, like a man humming to himself in the shower without knowing he’s humming; like a man who has other things on his mind. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

This Tally was sleek, with ultrahigh cheekbones, deep green catlike eyes, and a wide mouth that curled into a knowing smile. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“And,” said her father, “I take great comfort in knowing that her other mother will take better care of her than we ever could.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing this, of course, so he didn’t wave back. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It's the secret alphabet we made up as children, to communicate without Du Barry and our mamans knowing. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As I raised the blind, and the morning sunlight flooded the room, I heard the Professor’s low hiss of inspiration, and knowing its rarity, a deadly fear shot through my heart. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Lazlo knew it was a dream, and he knew it wasn’t a dream, and the two knowings chased circles in his mind, dizzying him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I just listened, knowing he was taking his time in putting me onto something. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy watched her go and then with infinite relief went back to his gang and his business, knowing that he too had played the game. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, I was confused, not knowing whether to run for cover under sea grape, or what was left of it, or try to fight them off with my cane. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

All she could feel was the shame of being hated, and not knowing what she’d done to deserve it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I felt relaxed and pleased knowing somehow I’d helped someone—or something. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Before the storm, she and her husband, who was eighty, had checked into a hotel downtown, knowing that there they would be among other residents and guests. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

"What do you suggest?" they asked, knowing Noah would have an answer. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He found himself standing by Zau’s side without knowing he had moved. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what would befall me next, I clutched my mother’s image, feeling all at once abandoned and chosen, despairing and hopeful. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Then a knowing smile spreads on her lips. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I can remember going to visit Jayden and him not even knowing where his mom was that day. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t imagine being Hazel, dying at such a young age and coming back from the Underworld, knowing more about the dead than the living. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sierra almost burst into tears knowing that her best friend was still alive. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

But then his face broke into a big, knowing smile. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It almost feels good, knowing that my mom can still punish me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Judith's willingness to be out at night and her boldness at the school make more sense knowing that her uncle is on the Council. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The brothers, Kyle and Kevin, hadn’t said a word since we’d sat down in their makeshift encampment in the freezer aisles, but now looked at each other with identical expressions of knowing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

So you walk the streets, and spout out randomness at people, knowing there’s nothing random about it at all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I ask, knowing that he’s not, but wondering if he’ll admit it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Try this,” she said, knowing it wouldn’t help. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But he would have no way of knowing if the answer he received was true. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

But I was watching Edward carefully, knowing his temper, worried about his reaction. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I looked through the rest of the desk drawers, knowing there was no carbon paper in any of them. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Even not knowing any of what she’d been thinking, going through, somehow Two Step understood. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Vetch asked no question about their course, knowing that Ged did not choose it but went as he must go. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like knowing all the words to a song but still finding them beautiful and surprising. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I say a word out loud without knowing it. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I was glad there wasn’t a mirror in the room, knowing I must look completely battered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She has no way of knowing what my magic is capable of—not after what I just did. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Making us necklaces out of scraps of old rope like it said in the song, not knowing the real meaning of the words. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

It was like there was something wrong about her following after him without his knowing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

They would even be trying to act friendly toward me—we all knowing they had asked me there to try and beat out my brains. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course!” said Jane, thinking that was the safest thing to say, but not knowing in the least whom they were to pay their respects to. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Aye, ’tis an eerie feeling to be out in the cheerless dawn, not knowing at what moment an enemy may appear out of the fog,” agreed Brother Luke. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Seems funny to me,” he muttered, scarcely knowing what he was saying, “that she didn’t think something.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Anya nodded, knowing that the confession was going to get her in trouble. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Will the wonder of knowing if ten percent is enough—the most important part—ever be answered, or will it drive me to the edge before that can happen? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

It gave him a little thrill, knowing that his very presence could upset someone’s walk or their afternoon searching for craft toilet paper holders and heirloom tomatoes. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Oh Matthias, thank goodness you are back safe! It was dreadful, not knowing where you were or what had become of you. I thought you’d never come back.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, knowing that the step of the bus would be too high for him, Stuart seized hold of the cuff of a gentleman’s pants and was swung aboard without any trouble or inconvenience whatever. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t mind knowing how Riddle got an award for special services to Hogwarts either.” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And Libby squatted and shielded her face, knowing how I always react to world-shaking news. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Some people in a booth were laughing because without knowing it the drunk had picked out a deaf-mute to try to talk with. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He thought your brother might have hidden the drugs in here. Without you knowing.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I scream after him, feeling a sharp pain, knowing my cut’s ripping wider. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was all there, starting with Truman’s decision to back France’s war to recapture its former colony, knowing a majority of people in Vietnam supported independence and Ho Chi Minh. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I like knowing that Carmine had a good life,” Vivian says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I mingled with the boys, hoping to pass unnoticed, but knowing that sooner or later I would be spotted for a newcomer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sure, knowing what we know now, he’ll have no reservations in doing so.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He was a town boy, knowing little of country ways. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s wonderful,” I whisper back, knowing better than to thank her. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He had pitied her, watching her belly swell, knowing that her rat of a boyfriend had taken off and left her high and dry. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was glad Seema got to wear an outfit that was all her own, but knowing the reason why—because she had replaced me as the eldest in my family—saddened me, too. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If you didn’t care about BrettBradBrandon making fun of you for making valentines, why were you so worried about people knowing you were pregnant? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We are once more in your debt. My son is overjoyed. This is something he has waited for without knowing it.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was early in the morning,” the sheriff explained, knowing that for Milagro there could not be a more feeble excuse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not of important men, not of trustees and such; for knowing now that there was nothing which I could expect from them, there was no reason to be afraid. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The prince has proclaimed that he will make some sort of announcement at the hunt,” she continued, “and my stepmother and stepsisters will be there. I wish to go without them knowing.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother smooths back my hair, knowing the pain of a girl who loves snacks but is stranded on a ship. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Might have dropped the loaves into the flames, knowing it meant being punished, and then delivered them to me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The people tensed, instinctively knowing that this was what they had been waiting for. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I just sit there not knowing what to do. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But what would he think of me now, knowing that I’d been keeping so much from him for so long? The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Everybody I’d met or seen at Fullbrook had had an air of knowing confidence, or if not that, then a loud, bright, electric joy, that made me want to pull back and get some space. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing if Jasper was looking for me yet. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

It takes the joys out of life, knowing everything has to suck. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They both remembered that the Dollar-Eight Diner felt like a room full of eyes seeing them and knowing that something had changed. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“That was a great revelation. It explained everything about the difference between both countries,” Emenike said, knowing that they would laugh, and they did. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and simply stood, wanting to tickle her Adam’s apple again but not knowing how to get to that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would touch it, just knowing it was hers. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning the wife had come to the hotel and, without knowing it, gave away the traveler’s identity. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Here I am eighteen years later knowing that I will graduate tomorrow. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She felt excited and strange, and not knowing what else to do, followed a capricious impulse, and, withdrawing her hands, said petulantly, “I don’t choose. Please go away and let me be!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isidore felt excitement, knowing something of this importance—news that the bounty hunter evidently hadn’t heard. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I turned to leave the kitchen knowing I wasn’t needed, but I couldn’t help offering my mom a small bit of consolation on my way out of the room. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He lifts it, nervous but elated, knowing how he will make use of it tonight. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have a dozen questions, but I don’t ask, knowing he’ll just think me more foolish. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

"This little girl's grandmother had sent her some sneakers for her birthday from New York, not knowing she had gotten so much bigger, and the little sneakers wouldn't fit her." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe we have them without knowing of it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing who could possibly be holding it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I admire Lee for knowing exactly where he stands and stating it clearly, without jargon. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It is going to sleep at night and not knowing what horrors the next day will bring. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For other types of human groups as well, “a few hundred” seems to be an upper limit for group size compatible with everyone’s knowing everybody. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was like knowing that two plus two equaled four, like knowing how to breathe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“That’s when you found Witching Hour, and got her to build your camera and make it so we could see you,” Sheed said, knowing the rest. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I nodded at them like I agreed, but Connor and I gave each other knowing looks. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Not the safest plan, but at least Jason had the satisfaction of knowing that he could call an air strike on this noisy mob of dead guys if the situation got dicey. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nailer said, “Maybe we can get her people to pay for her without knowing who sold her. She’s still secret, right?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking down, Kote sighed without knowing it and went back inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Because,” he said, and for the first time ever, his eyes looked clear and knowing to me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost suicide,” Thomas said, knowing he was putting off the answer. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Naomi was all right, was going to be all right It was nice leaving Greenwood knowing that. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The worst part of it was not being allowed to cough or make a sound, and knowing that if I did, I was as good as dead. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Then they took leave of each other, but calmly, knowing that they were parting only for a time. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quietly took out a camera but hesitated, knowing that the sound would scare the bird away. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Thomas looked at his watch, realizing with horror what he’d missed, knowing what Alby was about to say before he said it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Worse would be never finding me, never knowing what had happened, but I wouldn’t have done that. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Chronicler pulled his eyes away from the sword, aware that Kvothe had said something, but not knowing what. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Lyra turned around, knowing what she’d see and dreading it despite her bravado. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

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

Of course I had no way of knowing how to get out of the clinic. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a strange sensation knowing that he was not in Coalwood, not even in the same state. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Being able to spot that overall architecture as we listen — knowing, so to speak, which room we are in right now — gives us important clues that help us understand and appreciate the music. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Now imagine being like that all the time—never knowing for sure when you’re going to be here, or there, or somewhere in between. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Prepared for the continued onslaught, knowing he had no chance of escape. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“There’s no email yet. We’ll just have to be okay with not knowing.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

No such anguish had Shelob ever known, or dreamed of knowing, in all her long world of wickedness. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes, I don’t know if this was worth it. If something happens to you... how am I going to live with that, knowing it was because of me?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

After all this time of working at her house, there was a comfort in knowing that I was connected to her stories. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The congregation was there, standing, ready to panic but not knowing where to go. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reached twenty without knowing how to read or write, unable to use the silver at the table, wandering naked through the house because her nature rejected all manner of convention. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I keep writing, knowing now that I was a long time coming. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

After graduating from college, he moved to France knowing only the phrase "Do you speak French?"—a question guaranteed to get you nowhere unless you also speak the language. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

As well, the way my father was regarded during his lifetime robbed him of any peace in knowing that his life and contributions mattered, and that his family would live without jeopardy or repercussion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, you may be just lucky and get a man very much worth knowing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I beg, despite knowing without question what I have to do. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My foot landed in a puddle, and without knowing how I fell, I found myself underwater. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

About the other Witch, who found the children in the forest and brought them to safety, not knowing what horrors had delivered them into this predicament in the first place. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

So she told him that she was moving back home, and she added, “I have to,” knowing he would hear in her words the sound of an ending. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Somehow he felt comforted knowing there were other people living here, too. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Jack, knowing this was the crisis, charged too. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Maps had always interested her; there was something bewitching in knowing one’s precise location in relation to others on the earth. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I wondered why he couldn’t approach me with just a hint of empathy, knowing how hard I worked every day. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was a spectacle to Moss, seeing his mother’s eyes wash over the people in that church, jumping from one raised hand to another, always knowing when to shift the conversation to the next person. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

You grow up knowing each sound and what it means. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in that tangled-up moment I could feel my friend looking into me, listening to my tortured tune, knowing my thoughts, knowing me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The clerk cast a knowing glance at the arresting officer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

At least no one would suspect me of knowing much about spycraft. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She is safe with Steve Mason’s gay cousin, and I am safe knowing that nobody else will interfere with this moment. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Anything would be better than not knowing my punishment. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There can be no greater agony, nothing can be more painful than the not knowing, which will never end. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheerily waving good-bye to some at airports, knowing we’ll never see each other again. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matilda said, "There's a boy down the road who got some Superglue on his finger without knowing it and then he put his finger to his nose." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He scowled fiercely to cover his emotion and, not knowing what to say to Rekh, made no answer at all. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They stood in line without even knowing what was being sold, just so they would not lose a chance to buy something, even if they did not need it. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had no way of knowing if the same was true of this tomb, because it was underground, and it didn’t even appear on the planet map. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I feel sorry for Boy21 because his parents were murdered and he thinks he’s from outer space, but, then, his knowing so much about constellations is pretty interesting. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing my high school, they’ll probably find a way to tack any lost days on at the end, delaying our summer vacation. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The pain of knowing is killing me more than killing me would kill me, so I jump just to end it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Finnick offers to take the first watch and I let him, knowing it has to be one of the two of us until Peeta’s rested up. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing she could refuse, Carla nodded meekly, on the verge of tears. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Falling, falling, and not knowing w hen you will hit. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been doubly hard to return to the Dursleys knowing that he had so nearly escaped them forever. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Not knowing is half the fun,” Aphrodite said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Lies helped her friend in the camp, knowing that if an officer saw her she would be killed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I am on my mountain in a tree home that people have passed without ever knowing that I am here. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I do like the feeling of getting into my little car, knowing for the next couple of hours I’ll have only the roads, the big grey sky and my daydreams for company. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan grinned, thinking of knowing all the traditional songs and helping others. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But knowing that Timothy, at least, was already suspicious, she did not dare; but told them only that they should not worry if she was a little late getting home for supper. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But ever since he had been a child, he had wanted to know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowing God and learning about man’s sins. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated unnecessary risks and disapproved of such shenanigans, knowing that leopard seals and killer whales could easily surface inside a lead and make a quick meal of the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I ate it, knowing the rabbit had sacrificed itself for me. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could go to him and force him ’, knowing that he would not because it was all finished now, that was all of it now and at last. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kept picturing her not knowing what to do with all my suits and athletic equipment and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But he always hated knowing the future and had managed to dismiss it from his mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel hesitates, likely knowing better than to accept invitations for drinks from strange men on darkened street corners, but to his surprise, she nods. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Most glance at each other with knowing looks. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I stood there doing up my fly-buttons and not knowing what on earth he meant. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drive along the road through Mount Pitts for five minutes with the stereo up, and Dad is trying his best to maintain a laid-back Zen appearance about not knowing where we’re going. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had her own struggles growing up, and they felt comfortable in each other’s presence, knowing they had imperfections. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was after midnight when Barack and I went to the airport to leave Iowa, knowing we wouldn’t be back for months. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My head feels light with knowing what I got to do. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I walked slowly the rest of the way home, knowing Jay would be there. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it better not knowing? Like, just liking each other and seeing each other all the time without any definition to it?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Once there, Fuchs was unable to contact Gold, knowing the army listened to phone calls and read the mail. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mamá’s rain song came back into my head, and, without knowing why, I started to hum it as I pulled the map Teresita’s husband had given us from inside my pocket. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

It is walking down your own street and not knowing whom you can trust. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“You are not knowing how to bake German chocolate cake?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She said that Frankie and I were her most prized possessions, and knowing that we were safe was the only way she could survive being apart from me on my fifteenth birthday. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

But neighbors, friends, and family knew better than to protest, knowing and fearing that they would be next. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Nobody approved of the party, but knowing what the family was up against, they weren’t about to make it worse for us by not coming. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She glanced back at me and nodded, knowing without asking. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It be like knowing you can always start again, that you can always create and make something because you are made for birthing. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

After being satisfied with the looks and sounds of the car, Papa then insisted on knowing who the original owner was. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Not knowing where to put it, I buried it in the cemetery. Will you forgive me?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

That way, neither country would use the bomb— knowing they’d have the bomb used on them. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's my dad, never knowing or doing as much as he should but trying to fix the poison all the same. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s not important. Well, I was wondering if you were nervous about being end-listed that day and not knowing. Did you check the online database?” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Nah, tell me,” I said, knowing he was going to anyway. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

He had come out of retirement to compete with Marcial, knowing it was a competition gained in advance. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It be like knowing all the world is expecting you to be nurturer, when maybe you want to hunt. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

Tom did not tell him, and he left Will to “think it over,” knowing that the verdict would be against the pigs and the acorns. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not a word did she say, however, till her mother found her in tears one day, and insisted on knowing what the matter was, for Meg’s drooping spirits had not escaped her observation. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke in the matter-of-fact way of children who have no way of knowing how unusual their situation is. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Ten weeks in the hospital, and no one here knowing. But she promised we would meet you. At the wedding. And here you are.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had said no word to him, knowing that Ged had no human speech in him now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe if I’d done all that, I wouldn’t have ended up here, not knowing what to do next. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad, too,” she said, hardly knowing whether to laugh, and if ever there was a status—non-monk—worth celebrating with a kiss, this was it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Nah, knowing Coach, it was probably something a little more deep, like...I don't know. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

He told his cousin Fox, for instance, knowing that he was religious, that he didn’t think the book would convert him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has no clue what to expect—knowing your parent as the person who raised you isn’t the same as being able to guess their moves as a world leader. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But Thomas refused to look back, knowing every second counted. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

And however great his frustration, it could not have held a candle to the dismay that I felt at that moment, knowing that all my work and worry was for naught. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the Lochmoor Hotel I had taken a cab to the bus terminal, not knowing the way. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

"I can't drop you off and then drive to my parents' house without knowing why," I say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

I feel a little bad about the trick now, not knowing if some boys who were really sick couldn’t get that medicine because we had gotten it first. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I sent a message to our group text, knowing Maya wouldn’t see it until she was done with camp, and Jasmine’s grandma made Jasmine keep her phone off most of the time. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Asian girl sitting next to her nodded as Zu gestured to her, as if knowing her every thought without her having to whisper a word. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The next morning, I am trying to decide if I should turn in my paper, knowing Mr. Daniels will probably think I spit it out in two minutes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, they cut his daemon away,” said Lyra, knowing how it would affect them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In only a few weeks he changed from knowing little enough about the political excitement, and caring less, to being an ardent Whig. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't want him to see me doing this work, or knowing that I had gone that low. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Knowing what I knew and not knowing what if anything Grandpa knew, all this funning and politeness gave me the creeps. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Tally shook her head, not knowing how to ask Shay if she was brain damaged. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

"I could not leave without knowing your future." When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Imagine, a daughter not knowing her own mother!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t have to go, anyway,” Ginnie said, without meaning anything but the truth, yet knowing before the statement was completely out that she was saying the wrong thing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

But I spoke yet of my dread to none, knowing the peril of an untimely whisper, if it went astray. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

How could I ever hope to sleep, knowing that my captain is so close? A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Is it possible that all along in Erhenrang he was seeking my advice, not knowing how to tell me that he sought it? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Alex took several deep breaths, hyperventilating and oxygenating his blood, knowing it would give him a few precious extra seconds. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Even sharing what he knows about you with others is not as bad as knowing something and not telling you he knows. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

His eyes looked very knowing in that moment, as if he’d read her mind. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When a parent is absent, you’re left in the lurch of not knowing, and it’s so easy to fill that space with negative thoughts. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

School had nothing to do with learning and knowing and getting the right answers. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

When I finished, people applauded and applauded, and I felt a powerful blast of relief, knowing that maybe I’d done something, finally, to change people’s perception of me. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I’m your teacher,” the young girl groped for words, seemingly not knowing what to do or where to begin. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some day, Reynie thought, he would get used to Mr. Benedict’s always knowing what was on his mind. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered how they had looked, the three of them sitting at the breakfast table, how Hooper had stirred his spoon around and around in the teacup, bland-faced, knowing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He pushed it away, knowing they were nowhere near safe yet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Percy, that’s a gift from your father. I’ve kept it for years, not knowing you were who I was waiting for. But the prophecy is dear to me now. You are the one.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

When questioned a few days later, Jasper Jr. and Bull denied knowing how the fire started. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

My brother had privately agonized over whether to go or not—titillated by the opportunity but knowing it was sneaky and dishonorable, the sort of behavior my parents would never condone. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He would wait and watch and listen, there would be no way of escaping from the house without his knowing. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

I hold my silence, knowing the less I say the more control I have over the situation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It’s strange to think that no other kid will get to come down to this room anymore, but I like knowing that I got to leave my stamp on it. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I merely waited upon her, knowing that she was suffering. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had waited without knowing he was waiting at all, and the waiting had turned into something deeper. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what Jack answered because 1 walked out of the class without anyone knowing I had been there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“But even knowing sympathy doesn’t make you an arcanist. A true arcanist has worked his way through the Arcanum at the University.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or was it that Jeremy murdered her without his best friend knowing about it? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You have to choose. Wasn’t me got called that name. You gotta think of how much knowing matters to you.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I want to be happy—knowing me, Spot, and Mama Ya-Ya are alive. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I go outside, not knowing where I’m going until I get there. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

My heart hardens at her words, knowing I cannot allow myself the luxury of hope. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

You need intimacy to be a unit, and the seamless knowing Pet had of her made up a little for how much she missed the closeness she used to share with her parents. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The way that Byrd keeps Axel from knowing the truth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He admits to knowing about the day, but nothing about the advertising techniques undertaken by some of his flock. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe even knowing somewhere deep in the pit of his belly that I was innocent. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In her bedroom, he would submit the full weight of his knowledge to healing her condition, knowing all the while that his success would only separate them forever. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was a hazy and distant sort of knowing that settled into me, one part freaky premonition, one part doomed daydream. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing what she expected of me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

We are born knowing how to use language. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I force myself through the door, knowing I’ll be the only single one there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Stiffly, knowing that many eyes were upon her, Celaena dropped into a low bow, her skirts whispering. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I pled with her—knowing not why I pled—“But I am free. I play my violin.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Silver’s fear was well founded and a patrol had already spotted and reported them without their knowing? Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The calculations are endless, not knowing the future, not knowing how far is too far for any of us. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I find myself standing in the middle of the main room, not knowing exactly how I got in here from the kitchenette. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could I live the whole rest of my life knowing these things? The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t been in the school long when Mrs. Swerlin, knowing I could use spending money of my own, got me a job after school washing die dishes in a local restaurant. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, just knowing that you weren’t alone up there made all the difference. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The Goober nodded, accepting the assignment like a sentence of doom, the way all the others did, knowing there was no way out, no reprieve, no appeal. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am equally horrified, knowing that this is another suspicion confirmed—they are still keeping secrets from me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I walked around the rest of the day in embarrassed isolation, knowing that somehow I had given myself away to the only friend I’d made at Junior High School 33. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But whether the intervals were of days or weeks or only seconds, there was no way of knowing. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

It was hard being told just to wait on those little islands without knowing what was going to happen or when. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shock was horrible, and he instantly felt even more vulnerable, not knowing where it had gone. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She began to feel resentment toward him without even knowing who he was. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I felt a vague sense of relief, knowing that I hadn’t gotten the chance to tell Frankie my secret. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

She moves quickly, knowing I'm in a hurry, but then pauses. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mom pointed at Dad and gave me a knowing look. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Staying in the darkest shadows, under the bushes when we could, we sped away from Nimh, not knowing or caring at first what direction we were going. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Right. Well, I guess I liked knowing you were carrying something we gave you,” he says. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out that knowing German would prove more useful to us than we ever could have imagined. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

He received each obligatory gift knowing that the good wishes that went with it were false and the respectful bows were shallow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

"You got it, Baba," I said, knowing full well I never planned to try drugs with my dad. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I tried to pace my breathing as I waited, knowing all the while that I could not. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The whites stepped down without response, but the Negro lady nodded politely to him and said, “Thank you,” knowing full well his warning had not been meant for her. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meals alone, walking the dogs in the evenings; and nobody knowing who I was. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He didn’t like knowing his team had lost the poolside pop quiz because he’d blurted out the wrong answer and hadn’t let Sierra say the right one. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

All along—not only since she left, but for a decade before—I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she made as poor a window as I did. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As his wealth and power grew, politicians courted his support, knowing that they couldn’t win without his blessing. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She skipped the office jobs knowing she’d have to start as a file clerk again. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then I think maybe I don’t want to know what has happened, because knowing, I think, is going to hurt. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I missed my family and my stomach felt bad, knowing I had finally arrived where my life said I belonged. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wants our families to get along, so she asked to pray together, knowing that God is most important to my family. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I thought about him writing that—knowing that I would see it, that I would read those words and they would kill me, and writing it anyway. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when she arrived in Baltimore knowing she was going to live there, and not merely visiting Curt, she thought it forlorn and unlovable. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I like to think that knowing might have kept me from endangering you, that having understood and acknowledged the anger, I could control it. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I now left East Harlem every day and without my quite knowing it, the world became new. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She shakes her head at me, knowing I’ve been confined to the third floor since I fell asleep by the vending machines over in Building 2 last week and caused a hospital-wide manhunt. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

These are the kinds of throat-clearing phrases you can usually ditch: At this juncture I thought you might be interested in knowing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Samuel waited for some speech to start up, knowing in advance that it would not. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” I said lamely, not knowing what else to say. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

We sat for what must have been hours, all of us who could see out watching the flames, knowing that was where we were going. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I feel a little proud knowing that Boy21 thinks I’m special, but I also feel a little sad too, because Boy21 is suffering. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad to know this fact because being from New York City where everyone’s born knowing uptown is north but not a whole lot else, I didn’t know anything about NNE vs. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It really was as if I didn't know her full story without knowing about her seizures. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I believe in knowing where your roots lie. That kind of thing shapes your identity so much. I was born right here in Shaker, did you know that?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And how could she keep her aunt from knowing? Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Slowly, Harry walked back to him, hardly knowing what to say or do. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Sima, the daughter of an exile, and the granddaughter of an exile, came home already knowing her fate. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He approached from the front, knowing he would have only one shot at this; his plan would be spoiled if Mr. Curtain turned his chair. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ma and Pa have suggested it, not knowing, of course, that spending time there was not all happiness for Vincent. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“And then there’s you. I didn’t know you this morning, and now I don’t really remember not knowing you. It’s all a little much. I feel out of control.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Of knowing that you usurped me and then shot me in the head.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She could not fathom that Henry had been unaware of this possibility, but there was no way of knowing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I staggered dizzily about the kitchen, screaming, not knowing where to go or what to do to stop my spinning head, my mother, now recovered from the bite, came after me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hare looked carefully at the lion, knowing that what he was about to say was dangerous for him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

For someone who grew up knowing only one person, suddenly knowing hundreds of them was a little intimidating. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

To Ged, however, it seemed a city, and not knowing where to go he asked the first townsman of Thwil he met where he would find the Warder of the School on Roke. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Fine,” I said, and hung up knowing I was going to regret that. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” I say, not even knowing what I agreed to. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Cora had been grieving for him, too, without knowing it. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me then, knowing that since Toño has gone I often wriggle myself from school early to help Papi. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I flushed at the heat in his low purr, annoyed by him and his knowing smirk and by the betrayal of my body. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Agent said with the most knowing smile on his face. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Lazlo had been daily in his company ever since, and was no closer to knowing what any of it meant. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s illegal,” Rick said, knowing the law about that. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I hated not knowing if they were all right On the other hand, I really was weak. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“She’s a Chinese baby. She’s going to grow up not knowing anything about her heritage. How is she going to know who she is?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The party from the road slowed to a halt, and Mary clambered stiffly down, knowing that she would ache later on. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But this time Jonathan clung to him, knowing that he needed to hold the child. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what happened to me at all. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

In my early correspondence, I was timid about asking such forthright questions because I didn't want him to think I was stupid for not already knowing. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He puts down the pot and prepares her tea, knowing how she takes it without having to ask. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And knowing Pita’s loose tongue, Mamá was bound to find out sooner or later. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Fang was smirking, a sad, knowing smirk, his big pointy teeth refusing to be contained. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her feet had just taken her here without her knowing. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

This could hardly be called a great event, I suppose, but it was for me an important and terrible one, and it happened almost without my knowing it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t till thirty years later that I really missed knowing how to read. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She admitted to knowing George Atzerodt, something the government already knew. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pooh doesn’t know who she is, and by not knowing who she is, she doesn’t know her worth. So, who are you?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, Frank was the only person I did not mind knowing. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

But what I have sensed is an enormous frustration with the unexpected costs of knowing too much, of being inundated with information. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He kept his eyes closed and did not answer, knowing his silence would confirm her guess. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she means is Fate has a Reason and, though you may not know it, there’s a certain comfort in knowing that there’s a Plan. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I bite my lip, knowing Will just got the same notification. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We made clenched fists through the bars of the window, hoping the crowd could see us, not knowing if they could. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petey laughed right ’long with ’em, never knowing the joke was on him. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

I liked the way Walter Cronkite looked, with his black glasses and his voice that knew everything worth knowing. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what else to do, he crawled away under the tables to the dark corner by Strider, who sat unmoved, giving no sign of his thoughts. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"A slug is one of their favourites. Then the grown-ups step on the slug and squish it without knowing it's a child." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I tuck the envelope in my bag, knowing we’re worse off than ever. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

This becomes clearer if you assume the point of view of a knowing practitioner of fraudulent medicine. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all of that aside, I think the most important aspect of obtaining a girl of the opposite sex is knowing when to pull the trigger. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He looks worried, as if he thinks he might get in trouble for not knowing. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

And an escort whose heart I’m breaking without him even knowing it. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The Negro often dreams of things separated from him only by a door, knowing that he is forever cut off from experiencing them. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something inside me loosened a bit, like Nan’s pride in me had melted away the tight nervousness I’d carried without knowing it was even there. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“You must do this so that you can move forward as a scythe,” Scythe Mandela said, “knowing in your heart that the most difficult thing you’ll ever have to do...has already been done.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, knowing full well that when a dude threw up, we called it ralphing; at least in New York we did. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right,” Goober said, resigned, knowing it was useless to pursue the subject any further at the moment. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wild was lenient with the men, knowing that being too strict would make their hard life even more unbearable. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

He must have hidden it from me when he came back from his house, knowing I wouldn’t approve—and I don’t. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Often the She Elephant picked fights with Fist and Knife without knowing the cause of her irritation. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

They looked upon one another with grave affection, knowing each other to be masters of the same trade. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shrank back against the seat, my heart beating quickly, knowing why the faces were at the window, and why the child stared. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid for him without knowing why. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I flash her the stink-eye, and she looks away, but she has this tiny knowing smile that just kills me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Chasca and I spent much of this time talking and sharing secrets, knowing that this would be our last chance to be sisters. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I was thinking, if only there was some way of knowing what kind of pictures were hidden there. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go home, knowing I have failed her, and also myself. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One of the hardest things was knowing that these other people were risking their lives for you when they didn’t have to. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right ahead of us, on the other side of the fence, we were steps away from knowing a guy too. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Some he just bought, knowing he could sell them at a profit. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is as if they want you to know where you are and to take pleasure in knowing it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He darted a wary glance at the false door, not knowing whether to feel hopeful or afraid. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

My people had been brought here against their will—without the advantages of speaking English, understanding what democracy meant, or knowing anything about how people lived here. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I relaxed, knowing I wasn’t being put in charge of an unfamiliar gallery. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the egg out of his backpack, knowing where he wanted her to eventually hatch. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I remained at the window, feeling strangely abandoned but not knowing what else to do. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went silent, looking at me upside-down in horror, suddenly knowing what I planned. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If there are other considerations I’d appreciate knowing what they are.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Except that he didn't want nobody knowing he was there. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I believe we were all three content as we boarded for the return trip, our duty done, not knowing what was to come next. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"I wondered how the Russians felt," he recalled, "knowing I was up here, unable to do anything about it." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she got knocked on the head and had amnesia and was wandering around Lewiston, not knowing who she really was, or thinking she was someone else. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When the final moment came, Morrie wanted his loved ones around him, knowing what was happening. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Common sense and knowing the currents would tell you that the kayak had drifted downstream, especially with the fast-running spring tides. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Anthony had been accused of breaking a law that prohibited willful and knowing illegal voting; she argued that she didn’t break the law because she believed her ballot was legal. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Walking down that Brooklyn street, Fischer and Collins exchanged knowing glances as they played. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him step forward, knowing that I myself wasn’t ready. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Alex said, already knowing how much he was going to hate the answer. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cluny listened to the fox’s pleas, knowing that they were merely an excuse to gain her freedom. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She stared at the hem, wanting to believe in its weight but knowing that custard was all that it hid. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

As I sit on this couch with them, knowing how much my parents care about me, and still care about each other—this is home. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no way of knowing where he’ll have put it,” said Mrs. Coulter. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But knowing that this gorgeous human Jupe could be into is about to hang out with her when I haven’t all week? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The adult finally confronted, and now must publicly say, what the child shuddered from knowing and could never admit to himself or to those many faces that smiled at his every success. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Thus, knowing he could never bring himself to learn chemistry, Luria felt the wisest course was to send me, his first serious student, to a chemist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

We sat down, row after row of small boys in our shorts and T-shirts, messy hair and messy smiles, not really knowing what to expect. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

She has been carrying around this little notebook, a nice one, the champion of notebooks, for a long time, not knowing what she should write in it. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The farm, they said, was right in back of the Butler place, but knowing how different their concept of distance was, he thought he’d better get moving. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been so good seeing him again, loving him, knowing his exile was ended. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The poor children, not knowing the danger that was now so close to them, were full of happiness. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

It helped when I was out on the rooftops alone, knowing that Trapis and the basement were there. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I sat there, awkward, not knowing what to do. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He went to bed early that night, not knowing the answer to that question. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was being absurd, but knowing that did not make her any less so. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m hungry,” I said, knowing this time it was only my belly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The crowd believes I was born knowing how to make them beautiful. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The class, preferring verse that rhymed at the end of lines, was silent, not knowing what to think of Gloria’s poem. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Pappa said “everything” with a meaningful weightiness, and Rishi nodded solemnly, knowing what he meant. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” Lazlo said, hardly knowing what he was sorry for—that Thyon had been beaten, or that he had chanced to see it. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I won't lie: knowing that he was on my heels like that, watching every step I took, definitely put the pressure on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Nobody admitted to knowing that our father had been arrested, let alone where he was being held. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Don’t want to wait for them to come, knowing that they never will. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

But not knowing where she’s been these past couple of days has also felt differently normal. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

In view of these limitations, and knowing Father's esteem for conciseness, I have listed here the revised round of duties he will from now on be expected to perform.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Fourth-Grade Ben got really tired of not knowing what the other Puerto Rican kids were saying about him behind his back. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The actual killing of Mary and Bessie was not what concerned him most; it was knowing and feeling that he could never make anybody know what had driven him to it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

In the month since my mother's birthday, knowing what my mother has been hiding has left me with a strange feeling. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He moved to grab Alec, to push him through the doorway, knowing it was their only shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There was no way of knowing which one contained the play books. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The five of them had savored it, made a game of eating it with excruciating slowness, knowing it was the last cake they would ever taste. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It’s hard knowing that real people can make mistakes just like girls like us. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So Maniac, wanting to say something but not knowing how, got into the car for Mr. Beale to drive him home. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But you couldn’t have given it to Arawn,” Eilonwy cried, “knowing what he meant to use it for!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Gabe would catch sight of her, would see her dark homespun clothing, her stooped posture, and the fierce, knowing intimacy of her gaze. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They daren’t confide in each other, not knowing whom to trust; they are scared to speak out, in case their suspicions are true and their families are targeted. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

While Bobby knew of Jackie’s reputation for truculence and tolerated him nevertheless, he was careful not to include him in all areas of his life, knowing instinctively when Beers wouldn’t be welcomed by others. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I know her. Of course I know her. Been knowing her her whole life,” he said, snappy. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I’m betting my mom waited and waited, knowing my dad would eventually have to cook something if he wanted to eat. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

My childhood had gone by without my knowing, and it seemed as if my heart had frozen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Totally,” I say, knowing without a doubt what he means, and then our hands are on our belts, unbuckling. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I glare at him, knowing that, as usual, he has a point. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

No matter what happens on God’s green earth, Father acts like it’s a movie he’s already seen and we’re just dumb for not knowing how it comes out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he asks, I speak to him in Spanish, the language that rolls off my tongue like I was born knowing it. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

But I don’t like not knowing what is going on. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

And I remember the soft repose of his face as he slept, as I pulled the trigger, knowing that Rose Hill would never be safe as long as his will was law. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I stand there a minute, letting myself feel how strange this all is, watching them, knowing what I know. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing that the person he was using as a guide was an even bigger outcast than he was. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

He’d lie down before supper on the daybed, moaning, “Oh, me, me....Oh, me, me,” and Granny just about went crazy listening to it, knowing that next morning he’d go on to the store anyway. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He watched them leave, wondering whether to get up and ask for her contact information and yet knowing he would not. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had grown up knowing all the bus stops and the side streets, understanding the cryptic codes of conductors and the body language of street hawkers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“No. There was my uncles and all, and some other men,” she said vaguely, not knowing what the Samoyed hunter had told him. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Night fell with none of us knowing what our next move should be. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

I figured he must have enough money if he offered it over the phone like that without even knowing what our charity did. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas hated the idea of waiting, not knowing how long it might be. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I stuffed it into my backpack, knowing it would probably get crumpled with all the other random papers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t right of Father to pass judgment without knowing what the issue was. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Just like at breakfast, I feel a surge of power from knowing that I can see his face, but he can't see mine. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that men stared secretly after her, knowing who she was. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Would he feel uneasy, knowing that halfway around the world his brother was hurting? Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You stay here. Rest. Sadna’s asking questions about where you and Pima went. I’m playing dumb, you know? Don’t want anyone else knowing what’s going on. Make sure they don’t make any trouble.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guard let them go, knowing that if they went very far, some other guard would stop them again. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which made any upright, true blue Milagro citizen, knowing the odds in favor of the early Death of the Fruit Tree Blossoms, just about vomit. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t see the point in learning to solve useless problems, or subtracting turnips from turnips, or knowing where Ethiopia is or how to spell February.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

We been knowing these folks our whole lives, man, so we grieve when they grieve. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

And while Miss Celia’s grinning and “good morning” and “glad to see”-ing me, I’m wondering, how did she get this far in life without knowing where the lines are drawn? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She laughed about his gift, knowing that it had been bought out of the money she sent him each month for his school allowance. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to remember what went where, knowing that with Fred and Mom gone, nobody was going to notice if the books were in the wrong places. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Even so, there’s no way. It must have been ...” I tried to calculate how much heat he would have had to move, but stalled out, not knowing where to begin. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Harding says he sleeps better at night knowing there are girls like me to invent those satellites.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the other, knowing he was about to meet his favorite action heroes—Duke, Nala, and Scruffy—also terrified him. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Canton smiled, knowing a school bus is many things. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Whenever I heard his husky voice shout “Martin Ganda,” I would sprint as fast as I could, knowing it had to be from Caitlin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Then she stepped outside, pulling the door closed behind her, knowing if she didn’t, her mother would eavesdrop on whatever this was about. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know which direction the horned toad had been walking, but knowing which direction was north was a start. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I can remember only how uncomfortable I felt, how I could feel the truth with my stomach, knowing something terrible was going to happen. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girls did have the security of knowing that they would not be punished without cause. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Kingshaw watched, kicking at a tree root, not knowing what to say. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“We’ll find food soon,” I say with a cheerful smile, knowing when we do, it will be slimy boiled lake vines. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I felt like a total fool, out there every day preaching, and apparendy not knowing what was going on right under my nose, in my own organization, involving the very man I was praising so. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, knowing her, she’d tell him to pick a tree. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Have a nice day,” Mrs. Menzer said, and her smile was kind and knowing, and I didn’t turn away. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘What on earth do you think you’re doing?’ he said, knowing very well exactly what I was doing. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Quaker agent in Cambridge, knowing, as all such people did, that he was watched constantly, and that his mail might be censored, sent a message to William Still in Philadelphia. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the ground begins to roll beneath me, and I relax, knowing it won’t be long until I’m back on the sea, where I make sense, even if nothing else does. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath because his knowing Cora Blue seems to safen things up a little. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Who are you?” the assassin breathed, knowing the answer, but wanting to hear it. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Perhaps some part of them does, but they are young, and drunk, and busy knowing deep in their hearts that they will never grow old or die. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I also remembered Buddy Willard saying in a sinister, knowing way that after I had children I would feel differently, I wouldn't want to write poems any more. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I felt uneasy, knowing her mother hated us, but I took a chance. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, I realized I no longer had the right to stand there outside the office and listen to them without their knowing it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

She crossed her arms, knowing she had won. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I drew what I saw, but without knowing what I was looking at, they were just flabby shapes. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Moss ran his fingers over them, feeling each nook, knowing them all by heart. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

An excuse leaped to my throat, but he cut me off with a knowing look, and slammed the door behind him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

‘I came without any, and I’ve been worried ever since. But I was wondering what these were made of, knowing a bit about rope-making: it’s in the family as you might say.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I feel swelled up for a second, knowing something that she doesn’t. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

In some corner of our hearts we all drew back, knowing he was right. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan grew excited, knowing that soon he could continue with his science project. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was watching them sail away at that very moment, gut-sick and full of dread, knowing he’d die out there alone, with no one to burn him or remember his name. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But knowing that, she knew something else as well. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The young mouse stood in the gloom of the barn, knowing he was being watched. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“This way, I can’t open the bottle without breaking it. When you pay off your debt, you get it back intact and can sleep safe knowing I haven’t kept any for myself.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I should have felt a victory, knowing Big Ma now thought twice about having me do everything. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My skin prickles in real life knowing that Zero is watching this game right now, perhaps watching it in the same way that I am. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I told her I had no way of knowing but would certainly like to believe it. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, you can't have two thirds of a family knowing a juicy secret like The Bobby Story. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she woke screaming in her basement bedroom, knowing with absolute certainty that someone was coming for them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Irritated, and knowing he has charmed the locks so she cannot unlatch them without his own keys, she kicks the door with her boot and to her surprise, it swings open. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Sticks in my craw like a rusty hook, knowing how little it means to a rich creep like Tyler Croft, that he can ruin my life anytime he feels like it. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent Watch had carried the letter around with him for weeks, getting a secret thrill from knowing it was in his pocket. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I tremble uncontrollably, knowing that if I do this, I will have to press the gun into the man’s flesh or I’ll miss. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to say, I didn’t reply, but kept studying the drawings. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The little boy, knowing that he had offended them by giving in too easily, decided to play their way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The purpose of knowing totems was to work out a relationship, if possible. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

This woman now returned to her, more desolate; it was herself, not knowing where to put her foot; she waited, trembling, for the mists to be parted that she might walk in peace. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

We have no way of knowing, and perhaps this piece of human scum, who sits here today begging for mercy, is wise in not telling us. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Working with them from day to day and knowing that they knew I had lied from fear crushed me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered how many years the owners had left the chalkboard out there, knowing no one would take it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was no knowing where it might end. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You and Daddy can’t come. I’d never be able to get down the track knowing you were busting a gut in the stands.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I really didn’t want Dad knowing what had happened because he would blow a fuse. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I have no way of knowing if Khalid is even really here, or if he left our town altogether—if he flew right out of Louisiana to travel the world like he’d always wanted to. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"He must have been waiting there, knowing I'd turn up to see my parents sooner or later." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

She smoothed her mother’s hair, rubbed her cold feet, and held the trembling hands, knowing there was nothing more she could do. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t I be a whole man without knowing all that? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was almost delirious with joy, knowing that my dream might someday come true. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shot to my feet, already knowing what she was going to say. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Some got out, their bodies burnt and flattened, and went off not knowing where they were going. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It felt like in knowing that, he knew more about me than anyone else right then, definitely more than Nancy the counselor, and more than Aunt Ruth, too. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Thinking they were game trails, and not knowing they were Sarnie’s favorite hunting trails, I set my traps. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s been wandering around all day without knowing where to go- ‘That must be him,’ Aunt Gloria said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had not feared for his own life, so the massacres became external, outside of him; he had watched them through the detached lens of knowing he was safe. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I have this,” I said, patting my back pocket, knowing they could smell it on my breath. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I cringed, already knowing what was happening, but I had to look anyway. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I liked knowing I wouldn’t run into anyone,” she says after a moment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He accepted, not even knowing where or what it was. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t want a spy knowing their secret plans for defending Salinas. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I shudder, knowing that I have a mouse's chance of survival down here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

And knowing that it is for the greater good doesn’t make it any easier. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

There’s a huge difference between living fearlessly, like I’ve finally been doing, and knowing you have something to fear while you’re out living. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Most Tralfamadorians had no way of knowing Billy’s body and face were not beautiful. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julio watched as the expedition that he was once so eager to join headed down the River of Doubt without him, knowing he was left for dead. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

Some part of him wanted those mushrooms, even knowing what they were. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Never knowing where she’d get her next meal or spend the night. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my,” he thought, not knowing what to say. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then, reluctantly, he agreed to withdraw the part about Davis knowing nothing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s knowing the brief amount of time we have left. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

But, still, there’s a bit of comfort that comes with knowing how your life is going to turn out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I laughed my relief, knowing Minerva was here—she was actually here. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Francie, along with the other neighborhood children, went through some of the Election rites without knowing their meaning or reason. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They gave me prescription after prescription without even knowing what was wrong. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Usually I’m cool with an entire hour of not knowing what the president tweeted. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I speed to the post office, knowing it closes at four thirty, despite my fear of the police, and rush inside to the window. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Each time, he had been forced to return to South America, not knowing if his men were alive or dead. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I stared for a moment at the closed door, knowing it would soon be flying open again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I narrow my eyes at her, knowing better. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing how, I find the girl’s house. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I liked knowing that I could do what grown-ups did for a living. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She relieves herself in the sixth-floor toilet and checks her instinct to flush, knowing the toilet will not refill, and double-checks the air to make sure it does not feel warm before continuing. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake felt sorry for him without knowing why. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

After finishing high school, Dandy went to work at a lumber mill, knowing that if he stayed in Georgetown, his options would never widen. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I know it’s hard to believe, knowing her now. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

All of the answers had always been so close and yet I had always fought them without even knowing it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I want to be alone. None of that country good-neighbor business, I hope. Everybody trading dinners and knowing everybody else’s business.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Katie had no way of knowing because even at bright noon only a dull gray light filtered through the airshaft window. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch it, so real and long, not knowing if I will have another chance to touch golden fuzz. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Harry followed them, knowing that they would lead him exactly where he wanted to go. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I silently curse everyone for these things, knowing deep down I should be cursing myself, because none of it would have happened if I had broken my promise to Hal, and told on him. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If a curious spectator had walked into courtroom 509 in the Travis County Courthouse in Austin the next day without knowing a single detail of the case, it would not have mattered. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly turned his face away, knowing she could see his tears. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I left his office strangely happy, confident that something good had just happened, not knowing exactly what. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what might be the matter, I followed him out of the reading room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I said yes, not knowing if I meant it. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She wept when they gave birth to daughters, knowing that to be born a woman meant a life of humble hardship. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

That's enough for today, he thought, knowing it wasn't, and he slowed down again and started trudging back to the apartment. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Goober had no way of knowing this was the kind of thing Archie loved to do—intimidate someone, get him worrying. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the town kids, not knowing it was bad luck to catch the carp, would scoop them out of the low waters and toss the fish upon the sand bars. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan, not wanting to talk, thankful to be among friends, but knowing he must answer, tried to push away his fatigue. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I realized that it was stupid of me to have left him alone, knowing that he had had the nightmare, knowing that it might have been the beginning of the high fever. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was the only way Felix was able to sleep the past few nights—knowing they had a million-dollar bill coming up on Sunday. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Who say this word?” she asked without a trace of knowing how wicked I was being. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think just knowing my parents were going to help made Joseph believe something good was coming. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or perhaps because her parents had ignored him, unimpressed because he didn’t know anyone who was worth knowing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And what way of knowing that the dominion of the Party would not endure forever? 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Billy now shuffled down his upstairs hallway, knowing he was about to be kidnapped by a flying saucer. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood there with the burned sock, knowing Master would find him that way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The lexicon that had been misplaced, for instance: had Henry stolen it, knowing I’d come back for it? The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But not knowing the reason doesn’t make it your fault.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

He's so happy just knowing somebody loves him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Writing Mistress was the only one who taught anything worth knowing,” I concluded, “although it is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we shouldn’t mix these in the classroom without knowing what’s going to happen,” he said. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

My brother fell for Saint Sarah without me knowing, and my mother is helping to arrange the possibility of them getting together. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, all right, then. I know I’ve been missing in action a little bit, but you better not be dating nobody without my knowing.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

It did not matter that she had no idea of what to do or say to the Presence— after the wordless knowing and the soundless touching, her dreams disintegrated. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I worry so much about them knowing my secret that my stomach feels like I’ve been kicked in the guts. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s been hard to organize everything without her knowing, but now the day has almost come, so we can stop whispering after church and having private meetings without her. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So you must wake up every morning knowing that no promise is unbreakable, least of all the promise of waking up at all. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

For me, it was like spending money without knowing your bank balance. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Naturally, he had no way of knowing they belonged to Clyde Livingston. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

He kept repeating it I’ll never forget that first hour of knowing I was blind. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her whole body had tensed up, knowing she’d walked into a reveal dinner, which meant they were moving again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I watched the Katrina coverage with a knot in my stomach, knowing that if a disaster hit Chicago, many of my aunts and uncles, cousins and neighbors, would have suffered a similar fate. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Can you imagine anything she hates more than not knowing what people are saying about her?” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Figuring it all out, I mean. For all of us. We’re all in this thing together. But sometimes there’s just no knowing which way to go.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He awoke each morning depressed, knowing even before he opened his eyes that something was wrong, something had gone askew in his life. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a few minutes, she says nothing, but it's comforting just knowing she's there for me at the other end. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

"Might I have the honor of knowing what you are called?" asked Yvaine, wondering if she was laying it on a bit thickly. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

He be resting calm knowing his family done got through. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

She hugged me in her gentle, knowing way, but it didn’t make me feel close to her. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Then she paused, not knowing what to say next, or how to frame the question that she wanted answered. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured it was my mom who’d offered him a lift, knowing there was no way his own mother would crawl out of her boozy swamp just to take her son to some kid’s funeral. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was only interested in the results of the sale, knowing that his previous nineteen thousand, nine hundred fifty boxes had been sold and he was off the hook. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Barack had foreign trips that coincided with school vacations, we traveled as a family, knowing it would be educational. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As long as she was safe and the Doors disappeared, he could die knowing he’d done something right. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

How could he resist not knowing what lay at the end of Mr. Griswold’s game? Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Jackie had been numb all day at work, knowing the worst was to come. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Rachel says it was part of a locomotive train, but she is famous for making things up out of thin air and stating them in a high, knowing tone. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The strangest thing is knowing I wrapped many of those myself, right in my store a few days ago. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Somewhere in it all, Vonetta and I suspected that JimmyTrotter hadn’t told the whole truth, which Fern was better off not knowing. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

He loved learning how the clocks in the station worked, and there was a kind of satisfaction in knowing how to climb through the walls and secretly repair the clocks without anyone seeing him. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“All right,” I said, not knowing what else there was to say. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the ablest of New York’s black hustlers took a liking to me, and knowing that I still was green by their terms, soon began in a paternal way to “straighten Red out.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dr. Leale, somewhat stunned but knowing it can do no harm, agrees. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Carlos might be alive, but there was no way of knowing. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“She also says hearing the music is different from wanting to dance. And knowing who you want to dance with—that’s different from hearing the music.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

He went away knowing that she wanted to be alone with Johnny. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Especially knowing that they are words they never shared with each other. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“They couldn’t stand women knowing everything about them and them knowing nothing about women.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Is that bad? Maybe they’re downsizing. Or redecorating. My dad says knowing what to throw away is the single most important thing about sprucing up your home.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I rest my hand on her shoulder knowing I should be grateful I’m still alive, but somehow I’m not. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He would sometimes taste the envelope flaps, knowing her tongue had been there. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if it bothered any of them, knowing that thousands of indentured slaves lived and toiled here in the same building, just a few floors away from them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She was sure, because she hadn’t told Mama about the custom, knowing there was no money at home for such things. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be one of those guys that goes out there,” he said aloud, not knowing if Chuck was still awake. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I walk through the halls and stand at my locker and sit in class and wait for my teachers and classmates to give me a knowing look or say, “Someone’s not a virgin anymore.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Not having much money, or knowing what he’d like, I got several little things, and put them about the room, where he would find them unexpectedly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bears continued to look closely at Omakayas, peering with their dim bear eyes, taking in every dot of her scent, remembering it all, knowing. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

I have to give him credit for knowing what the people who travel with the Doctor are called. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I took an academic interest in the thought of stealing the car, knowing all the time that it would be not so much criminal as meaningless, a lapse into nothing, an escape into nowhere. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We take halting, interrupted steps, not knowing how far back we should go or who should duck into a row first. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But knowing I may very likely end up in one is more frightening than any news story could ever be. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Without looking up, I knew his eyes would have grown more knowing as I sputtered along filling the spaces with empty pronouncements. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

The power of knowing, in that first two seconds, is not a gift given magically to a fortunate few. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She was looking at me with a knowing smile. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And the thought of my ma knowing what a coward her son would be one day makes me want to throw the book in the river. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I thought he felt it too, a connection, the possibility of deep friendship rooted in common experience: being afraid of the next attack, not knowing when it's coming. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe he just likes the satisfaction of knowing something secret. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He neither spoke nor beckoned to me, only stepped back out into the courtyard, knowing I would follow. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank you,” I say, still not knowing why I just told her about Olga. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“With an upholstery needle and twine,” she added, knowing she was making me nervous. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He could not first marry her, knowing very well that he should not have done so, and now, with a child, want to leave her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was crazy enough they were going to do this long-distance after knowing each other six weeks. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Some female androids seemed to him pretty; he had found himself physically attracted by several, and it was an odd sensation, knowing intellectually that they were machines, but emotionally reacting anyhow. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

But it was a touchy sort of thing to bring up, not knowing for sure how the other one felt about it. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the same, you felt dreadful, just knowing you’d fallen in her estimation, and you wanted to do something straight away to redeem yourself. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bliss meant happiness, but here Aru was, not knowing who she was, where she was, or what she was supposed to do next. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had no way of knowing what Osfryd and Osmund might say. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We do what you did with Snape — SCORPIUS: Can we risk him knowing your dad survives? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I was paralyzed, looking at him, knowing I wasn't dreaming, hearing: What makes him happy, what makes him dance, This Sambo, this jambo, this high-stepping joy boy? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew enough to be tender with her without knowing why. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“It was difficult for them to drop me off knowing I wouldn’t be back for two years,” he says, looking back. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you want me to play some more?” little Willy asked Grandfather, knowing very well that Grandfather would not answer. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Archie was surprised by Leon’s audacity, knowing his connection with The Vigils and bringing him in here this way. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was quivering, stunned by what she said, in not knowing what she meant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s still so strange for me, not knowing.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thomas felt a moment of fear, worried that the Keepers might take out their anger on him for knowing so much. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I swam toward them, knowing that I might not have the strength to pull my friends out. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You might have gone back to the city not knowing.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

He realized that was how Zero must have felt, not knowing what happened to his own mother. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do, I take a sip, but tuck it in the side of my cheek. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She looks around the room with a knowing glance. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Francie, forgive me. I shouldn’t have asked. I had no way of knowing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

First he pocketed it, taking pleasure in knowing it was there. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be here, living abroad, not knowing when she could go home again, was to watch love become anxiety. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He looked at the blackened metal, puzzled, but not quite knowing what puzzled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at the row of seashells on the window ledge, knowing how truly they belonged here even though we were a hundred miles from the ocean. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t touch my boot money for there was no way of knowing how far that might have to carry me. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unable to abide not knowing what had happened, I climbed back upon the wall and looked into the garden. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently, class has started without our knowing, because Mr. Applebaum, who is ostensibly teaching us precalculus but is mostly teaching me that pain and suffering must be endured stoically, says, "You feel what, Tiny?" Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

Sam stood beside him, reluctant to speak, and yet knowing that the word now lay with him: he must set his master’s will to work for another effort. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Reaching as high as I could with my left arm, I swung the ax gently at the shiny, opaque surface, not knowing what I'd hit beneath it. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s so hard to explain. I hope you won’t insist on knowing. The happiness of someone very near and dear to me is involved. Please don’t ask me.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My shoelace is tied but I hold the loops in my fingers, knowing when I let go, I’ll have to do something. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which, of course, he was, though Yellin had no way of knowing that. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I drove through the guilt of leaving Mother for so long, knowing that Doctor Neal was coming by that afternoon and Daddy would be home all day with her. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He was highly conscious of his hands, and it wasn’t from the awkwardness of not knowing what to do with them, but from knowing, rather, what he wished to do with them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I liked knowing what I was going to wear. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was the pride in yourself, in knowing you passed a test more dreaded and painful than any ten teachers together could give. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

On the morning of the ninth day since I’d first seen the Shearwater, the rain came back, and I woke up knowing that Penikese had waited long enough. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

By distracting those who guard this river crossing, he has, without knowing it, gotten me across to safety. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around for Rufus, knowing that he must be nearby. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Without knowing why, I opened to the back of my notebook. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

What also kept many from trying to escape was knowing that even if they succeeded, many fellow prisoners would be killed in retribution. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Only knowing that if I went with him I would have to explain, would have to remember. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He wandered forth upon the streets of the town without knowing what it was he wished. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Carelessly and at ease they sat down to the rich feast spread for them, not knowing that the goddess and the much-enduring Odysseus were preparing a ghastly banquet for them. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded without saying a word, grateful to my father for knowing just what I needed in that moment. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I relate very well to dead words. They interest me and they help me. I can insult people without their knowing it. For instance, Matt is a cuglion.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Angela hurried to the pay phone on the wall and stood there trembling, not knowing whether to call or not. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss felt a burst of relief, knowing that his mother supported him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Soviets had no way of knowing that Oppenheimer had just been named the scientific director of the American atomic bomb project, but they knew he was a top American physicist. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He doesn’t want people knowing he’s a good guy.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I gave up quickly on choosing an outfit — throwing on an old flannel shirt and jeans — knowing I would be in my raincoat all night anyway. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra must have felt great joy knowing that her dreams for the future were finally within reach. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

She might have ridden past it a hundred times, never knowing. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Still, she shoots pictures of any event that’s important to her, knowing that each memory is too important to lose, having lost so many before. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The goat, not knowing Better, grabs the pipe From Senor Leal’s hand. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s even more beautiful than Santa Fe’s, but my stomach knots in disgust knowing I have to return to the stark ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I stood before her helplessly, not knowing what to do. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t for her, I wouldn’t be sitting here, closer to knowing where I have to go. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

And yet, knowing it was going to happen made it no less horrible. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Ms. Fender was upset, but knowing that wasn’t making me feel any better. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

But he said it without knowing the true source of my troubles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Malvonne did not know what made her waste a three-cent stamp other than the pleasure of knowing the government was delivering her heat. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing how to read, we quickly learned to recognize signs on buildings: Groceries, Supermarket, Meats & Vegetables, for instance, let us know that there was food inside for the taking. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We have no way of knowing if Cole is over his anger.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Then trust me now and let the question go. I have faith in your ability to shine in the final test without knowing what the test is.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I see Julie sliding into a room farther down the hall with an IV drip, and I quickly slip out of my room, knowing I have time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Just as the basic rules for putting together sentences and paragraphs help people understand each other, knowing what to expect from a piece of music helps people understand and like it. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I walk away not knowing when I will see them again. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They exchange knowing looks and then, without warning, they tear across to the other side of the yard, their cupped hands held high. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had been planning on choosing brazier, knowing that the quantity of heat would help offset my self-imposed handicap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No . .. I’m okay,” I said, knowing I was broke. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“They were very clever. They put it in one of the first places anybody would look, knowing quite well it was so easy nobody would ever think of looking there.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, without quite knowing how they’d gotten there, they were all six standing in a rather tight little group in the center of the storage yard. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walk for a while without speaking, not knowing where we’re going, or why. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Victor!" she calls out, and then in a quieter voice she cues the men as if she does not want them to embarrass themselves by not knowing who this important personage is. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I had gone to bed knowing my uncle was a thief who would steal from his nieces. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look anybody in the eye, knowing my face was beet red and my jeans were all wrong. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He’s moving fast, knowing they’re on borrowed time, quick to follow the lead when Alex groans and pulls at his shoulders to change their positions. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to do, I took it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s terribly ill. I couldn’t go, I just couldn’t, not knowing — ” Nat looked intently at her, and took one step nearer. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a chain that separates us from our food and keeps us from knowing what it really is we’re eating. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

As they passed on deck or on their way to their different quarters, Zeitoun and Ahmad shared knowing glances, sheepish smiles. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, it was very hard to know where to begin, not knowing what Flamel might have done to get himself into a book. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

There was a sting in this arithmetic: in knowing that in the divine calculus of heaven, one man could balance the equation for countless women. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I aim one of my last two arrows at Cato's head, knowing it'll have no effect on his trunk or limbs, which I can now see are clothed in a skintight, flesh-colored mesh. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even without knowing any of the distances in absolute terms, he could place the planets in order of increasing distance from the Sun. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

He stared up at the ceiling and listened to the sound of her breath entering and leaving her body, knowing that soon she would be asleep. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“It makes me feel funny not knowing someone’s name. Wrongfooted, you know, or as if I had three thumbs on one hand, if you see what I mean. It’s clumsy...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

I frowned, not even knowing why I asked. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Twice Harry nearly hit another player, without knowing whether it was a teammate or opponent; everyone was now so wet, and the rain so thick, he could hardly tell them apart.... Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He didn’t pity them so much as he hated knowing that he looked just like them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Daisy’s ghost made me feel super strong inside, knowing wherever I am, she’d be there with me. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Of course, we have no way of knowing if this is the first time a sustained chain reaction has been achieved,” he wrote. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t bear the thought of my two best friends knowing how desperate my situation was. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I wandered through the first level of the Eolian, searching without knowing who I was looking for. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Boys might play with swords, but it took a lord to make a marriage pact, knowing what it meant. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And here were we in the library, none of us speaking, knowing in our hearts that Maxim was standing trial here for his life. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

They just left...knowing they might never return. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“She’s a dear child. But she does say the oddest things. Sometimes I think she must have been born knowing them. I tell her she has eyes in the back of her heart.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started over to her not knowing what I might say when my father intercepted me and said smiling in Korean, as if he were complimenting me, “She’s a steady customer.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I search for pen and paper, knowing I don’t have them, the same way you give a person the wrong answer in the unlikely hope that by some miracle it might suddenly be right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

My dad comes running, and Auntie Idris follows, watching with that knowing look in her eye. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Once June knows, their circle of “knowing” is up to a tight seven. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I wake up exhausted, not knowing why, as though I’m working hard in my sleep, moving my thoughts like so many stones in the dark. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I knew I could, even then, after knowing her for only a day. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Or lead back! We have been warned against Fangorn. But one so knowing will not have forgotten that.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

So now she sat, mouth open, wide-eyed, not knowing what to make of this extraordinary story. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem wasn’t knowing whether or not I liked him. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Consider: How I needed a comfortable evil to prevent my knowing what I could not bear to know. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they were quiet for a long time as they looked at each other, the sons seeing the father suddenly old, and the father knowing his sons were men and going away. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She might spend weeks calculating a pressure distribution without knowing what kind of plane was being tested or whether the analysis that depended on her math had resulted in significant conclusions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The state of not knowing where one body ends and another begins: Our joy is infinite. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The girl was glued to the spot, terror-struck, pop-eyed, quivering, knowing for certain that the Day of Judgment had come for her at last. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I scream too, knowing that no one can hear me here. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it, they prepared me to survive. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing that the key word in that sentence was going to be “flushed.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t want to quarrel with you tonight. But try to see it from my side. It would make a man uneasy never knowing what his wife would do next.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I have to follow behind her for a ways, not knowing whether I’m the ghost of her past, present, or future. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I look down and give myself a fright, knowing I still have about ten feet to go before I reach Charlie’s favorite hiding spot. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was of course no way of knowing whether you were being watched at any given moment. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what else to do, Alex threw all except his into the duffel bag. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It frightened him, not knowing what it meant. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But Father, who’s accustomed to knowing everything before it happens, took this right in stride. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had come on to snow hard, and I had to spend the night in town, not knowing the roads well enough to want to set off on them in the snow and dark. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of thing that links all the other pieces together, even the being late and the not knowing about drills in the past. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She paused, not knowing how to say, then, that she wished therefore to become once more a housemaid in Mistress Cutler’s Tavern. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly, though, I was trying just to hold myself together, knowing we had television cameras following our every move. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her whole body had tensed up, knowing she’d walked into a reveal dinner, which meant they were moving again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I have only snippets, and as horrifying as those are it’s even more horrifying not knowing what happened in between. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You should have wept for me before,” she told them, “because of the beauty that has drawn down upon me the jealousy of Heaven. Now go, knowing that I am glad the end has come.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We smile and give each other knowing nods. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Luna’s brain had suddenly become crowded with things she knew without knowing how she knew them. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Truth is, four hours ago, Jus was ready to back out because the idea of going anywhere with Jared and crew just felt wrong, knowing what he knows about how they think. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel a little bit more easy around Miss Lizzy knowing she can be cranky sometimes. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if I’s gone use it, knowing it’s a sin against God, but I wasn’t in my right mind. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Are we born knowing right from wrong, or do we have to learn it? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The difficulty, of course, lay in knowing how and when to distinguish between philosophy and theology. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I did not want to wake up in the morning, as I had so often in the past, feeling hungry and knowing that there was no food in the house. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment Jonathan remained standing there, not knowing what to say. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, knowing without a doubt who “he” is. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Without knowing it he edged forward until he stood at the old man’s shoulder, looking down at the wonder and breathing hard. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to spend time with Nita and Tobias together, knowing that her supposed genetic damage gives her something in common with him that I will never have. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The woman mumbled something in an unusual accent about my not knowing what kimchee was, but I didn’t answer. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because if I thought she was in any danger at all, there’s no knowing what I might do.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She paused, knowing her father might be upset over what she wanted to say next. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We pushed two kids out of the way and raced down the street, not knowing where we were going. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

On and on Nhamo forged, not knowing where or for how long, only that she had to keep going or die. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He made no move to help her with it simply because he wanted to see how her thighs looked when she bent to put it down, knowing that she wanted him to see them too. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to say, I nod, and lean over to pick up the napkin I dropped when I stood up for El Jefe’s entrance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s so enticing, like I’ve been working in the sun and have come home to sink into a feather bed, knowing nothing will disturb me. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Howard—knowing that his phone was tapped—even called home from the restaurant to check on his son. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Harry stood there, paralyzed, not knowing what to do or whom to believe. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Never knowing when he might stop by helped keep me awake and focused. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“He’s got no way of knowing which safe house you’re in.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Levy’s Lodge had always been a barrier against knowing people like this. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Sanborn introduced her, she stood looking shyly at this audience of well-dressed people, not knowing what to say. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mom, relax,” I say, despite knowing that relaxing is not in her wheelhouse. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Unsure of what to think, but knowing I was late for my evening shift in the Fishery, I climbed the apple tree, gathered up my lute, and hurried to Kilvin’s shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I stared at the book, knowing it wasn’t a fair trade. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

Harry agreed without really knowing what he was saying. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I nodded, wondering where was the limit of her knowing things. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they were moments of knowing I was on the right track. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I carried him like a human baby, his body heavy in my arms, singing the same lullabies I’d sung to him back when we’d first started knowing each other. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

No one insisted on knowing who wrote those topics. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I wish I could undo the last few months of knowing him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He just leaped into it, somehow knowing he’d make it all work. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Knowing more of the world through knowing her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The girl was keeping some vow which I could not describe and, not knowing how to develop the story, I resolved that the girl had to die. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got scared because I woke up already knowing that I'm like this. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I still had a hope of knowing the truth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“A lot of people come to this country alone, Malú, not knowing the language,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Sorry,” I say, knowing exactly what he means by that. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He watched in anguish as Lyra slid farther and farther, knowing he could do nothing, and knowing he had to watch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I like knowing the how many of things. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He marches knowing that a letter has been prepared by Jefferson Davis, a letter which offers peace. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I paced the floor, knowing that all I possessed were words and dim knowledge that my country had shown me no examples of how to live a human life. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe my mother had left without me knowing and was just getting back. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He opens the hamper, wondering if he’s okay never seeing Aimee again, knowing she’ll never forgive him if she ever finds out he’s responsible. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But the one thing that makes it weirdly better is knowing that Blue is one of us. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“If you are interested in carpentry, I will be glad to have you as my apprentice. But knowing your father, I could probably guess that you want to go to school,” my uncle said. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I felt sometimes like a swan on a lake, knowing that my job was in part to glide and appear serene, while underwater I never stopped pedaling my legs. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Part of it was knowing, if he found Toby, he’d need to smooth things over. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but it’s hard knowing that people can hide so much badness inside themselves, people you think you know and love. It makes you wonder about everybody.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The neighbors, knowing my parents were the Deans, often referred to me as Walter Dean. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She coughs red onto the floor, and I throw myself toward her, somehow knowing that if I don’t get to her soon, the light will leave her eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I walk swiftly back to the lab knowing Nyla’s meeting is already starting. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I backed Penelope’s new company without anyone knowing. And I helped her brother find a job when he moved to Seattle.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My hand was bleeding from the glass I had broken, and not knowing what else to do, I put my hand into my pocket to prevent the blood from staining her freshly scrubbed linoleum. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was no easy thing to send men into the wild, knowing that the chances were good that they might never return. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“The gemstone was a bomb. They tricked me. They wanted me to deliver a bomb to Tenebrion without even knowing it.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Katherine?” she yelled, knowing how much her stepmother hated raised voices. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Um, is it the feeling of knowing you just saved three lives?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Joe faced away from her, knowing she spoke the truth, and hating her guts for being right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is talking about me. I don't want Jamie knowing my personal business.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Haroldson passed around a paper asking for phone numbers and addresses of integration volunteers, and I signed my name, not knowing what the future would bring. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She sat leaning against the headboard, knowing she would have trouble sleeping. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing, and no time to consider. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a relief at this point that he doesn’t go on about God knowing all of us and the rest of that particular sermon. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Peeling the skin back with my teeth, I bite into the flesh, knowing that in Amit's presence, I can eat it Bengali-style. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Why ever would it? If he’s there, you can keep an eye on him. I’d be a lot more nervous not knowing where he was.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

We were quiet for a few seconds, neither one of us knowing what else we were supposed to say. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He opens the last box, a shoebox, knowing he’s got to respect himself for once. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Her buoyant spirit and the essential reserve of her nature prevented our knowing how much she dwelt on the past.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Set down there not knowing it was Seattle, I could not have told where I was. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we, I think, have no way of knowing that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I asked in a whisper, not knowing if one actually spoke to elephants. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

These two debates, about thinking and knowing, interlock because both generations have downplayed the idea that the new science was grounded in a new type of engagement with sensory reality. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dad, knowing that all the bars and liquor stores would be closed on Christmas, had stocked up in advance. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was with great anticipation that I went to sleep on Friday, knowing that I was now twelve and that the next day I would have both the party and the presents. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We have virtually unlimited amounts of data at our fingertips at all times, and we’re well versed in the arguments about the dangers of not knowing enough and not doing our homework. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I looked around, not knowing what to do. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath, knowing what Mother would advise me to say: fine strong kids, a husband to take care of, shiny new appliances to cook tasty yet healthful meals in. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Who knew how long he’d be there like that, not knowing who he was. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

How could he go on from this, knowing that his chance had come and gone, and he hadn’t even been allowed to try? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And if someone in Daffodil Manor had had something to do with Clara’s death, Ophie felt certain she and her mama would be better off knowing that truth. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But knowing about the past isn’t going to make things better. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he thought, knowing how they lived would help him to understand more about the way our own Stone Age ancestors lived. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Look,” Harry began, without knowing what he was going to say, but it did not matter: The tunnel door had just opened behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He’s texting something while snorting in laughter, but I have no interest in knowing his business. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I take a deep breath, knowing what I need to do. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Except the woman who regretted ever knowing him at all and locked her door rather than say it out loud. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's so strange, knowing that my mother dealt with the same queen every day that I deal with now. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Though we weren't permitted to see him, just knowing he was alive gave us a renewed sense of purpose. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Barely conscious, he spread his hands, knowing he was going down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

All those readers, growing month by month, Linking and cross-posting, knowing so much more than she did; they had always frightened and exhilarated her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He paid attention to die feeling now and he stood and waited, patiendy, knowing he was right and that something would come. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine, being a Muslim minister, a leader in Elijah Muhammad’s Nation of Islam, and not knowing the prayer ritual. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood still, holding mine, knowing I could not shoot. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Why, for example—especially knowing the family as I do—I should want to marry your sister is a great mystery to me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

Could she have been friends with her grandfather without Anna’s knowing it? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

How could they send us out into the streets of Baltimore, knowing all that they were, and then speak of nonviolence? Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you think I am come on purpose to quarrel with you, knowing Weston to be out, and that you must still fight your own battle.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I start down the driveway, crying too, knowing how much I’m on miss Mae Mobley, praying her mama can show her more love. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I stand there, wanting to curl up in Momma’s lap but knowing I’m too old for that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I will explain this poster a little later in this letter because I imagine you are interested in knowing how this bold, dedicated lecture came about. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent as much time as I reasonably could drying off and donning my old clothing, which had been washed without my knowing. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And me, well, I probably hold the world record for knowing about the most world records. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“You are not knowing what is rhubarb crumble?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

You could get polio without knowing how or where, end up in an iron lung without knowing why. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tucked her in next to me, her hair tickling my chin, and fell asleep still smiling, knowing that if I studied hard, one day I’d not only be a rootworker, I’d be an artist. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So if you wanted to, could you get into the Archives without anyone knowing?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We looked around, saw the men knowing the truth of it. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Without knowing who killed their father, they instinctively hated the murderers’ house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch Yule May’s long fingers pinch the dough off a knife and I sigh, knowing right away who she means. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

So Ben dressed and left the house in the dark not knowing where to search or even to begin. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He agreed, in order to get away, knowing that he was incapable of going. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I spent the morning doing my neglected homework, knowing there was no way I’d get anything done once I brought my puppy home. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The thought of him not knowing me had been horrifying. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I probably should have said it directly in the moment, but I chickened out, knowing it would hurt, both to say and to hear. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I held the can, knowing full well I wasn’t going to open it. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I could never forgive Charles for knowing I wasn’t. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The only thing that got him out of bed was knowing that every second he wasted meant he was one second closer to the rising of the sun. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I lied, knowing it to be a reasonable price. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They looked at her: her eyes were glittering more than usual, her chin was held high with a look she’d learned from Will without knowing it. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I dialed Miss Trotter’s number, both hoping but also knowing not to hope. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

But maybe knowing a few relevant details about my past will make more sense of why I’m the way I am. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I turned around, not knowing where to go. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I would like to say I simply took a step away, knowing that the tall man would be groggy and still half-blind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Genie took it, more than a little nervous about Grandpop knowing about what had happened to Uncle Wood’s fire engine model. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was like a punch to the gut, knowing that a girl born there could end up a common pickpocket in the slums of the Levee. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Then more silence both of them knowing there's nothing left to say. each winter Each winter just as the first of the snow begins to fall, my mother goes home to South Carolina. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

There was no knowing how much of this legend was true and how much invented. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The average purchaser is completely bewildered by the array of available insecticides, fungicides, and weed killers, and has no way of knowing which are the deadly ones, which reasonably safe. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Darcy’s letter she was in a fair way of soon knowing by heart. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The uncomfortable assumption had begun to dawn on me that maybe this was all some sex-related thing I was better off not knowing. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He got up to leave, knowing that nothing had changed for him either; he would feel the same way he had felt since he returned from Kano. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Dad, I’m serious. You told me that knowing how to read words and knowing when to speak them is the most valuable commodity a person can have. You don’t remember saying that?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kira liked the idea of Matt coming with her and knowing where she would live. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mullet Fingers had been wise not to reveal it; not knowing had saved Roy from telling another lie. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day and all night we worked without stopping, knowing we’d get to be with him at the end of the day. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sharp panic of knowing I was alone. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I enjoy seeing my work, a mirror of me, tile upon tile stacked up, knowing that the shape of my knee will one day give shelter to somebody. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a minute, Mamma!” she shouted back, knowing full well it would be more than a minute. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I graduated knowing so much more about myself and my history. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“He signed up without me even knowing. If it was up to me he wouldn’t have been here at all.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

What would Rinehart do about this, I thought, and knowing, determined not to let her provoke me to violence. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing Pop Pop, he’d rather give me a raggedy cloth and a belt and tell me that’s what women did in the old days. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She was having a hard time knowing how much Loo was in control of his actions, and how much he was just very, very young. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

No matter what the record said, at least it would tell us something about Elsie’s life, which we figured was better than knowing nothing at all. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I walked down the hall, knowing that the gun was pointed at me, but afraid to look back. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s familiar there; it’s like knowing where the light switch is, in a house you once lived in but haven’t been back to for years. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I pretended to pick a chair, knowing they were all the same anyway. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Especially knowing that it hurt them to see me this way. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I broke down sobbing, not knowing exactly why. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She bit her tongue and sank down on the sofa, knowing that once Mamma got started, she’d be at it for a while. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, knowing that at this point, we’ll still get in trouble. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Made me feel dirty shameful, knowing how Pa saw me hobbling around the place. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, I could tell Martin whatever was happening in my life, knowing he'd always take my side, no matter what. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But at eighty she has a voracious, knowing look. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They quoted one man saying, “I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried. You lie there on your bunk knowing you’ve got cancer in your arm. . . . Boy, what you think about!” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was no way of really knowing anything, he knew, not even that there was no way of really knowing anything. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In that way, many adults can coexist in the herd without constant fighting and with each knowing its rank. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

As a way of disposing of them easily and agreeably she declared that she would marry whoever could beat her in a foot race, knowing well that there was no such man alive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was just always cool knowing someone else was there, I guess. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

While Gran wouldn’t be here to see it, she’d left this world knowing that better days were coming. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I eye the empty IV pole warily, knowing my first of many rounds of antibiotics over the next month is exactly an hour and nine minutes away. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Maddened by grief, no doubt, and knowing that Black had been the Potters’ Secret-Keeper, he went after Black himself.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That is not the same thing as knowing what’s outside the fence.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be exposed to a different class of people,” she assured me, and I felt the force of her ambition without knowing exactly what she meant. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Ours usually forgets,” I said, not knowing whether or not that was true. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I leave the Pet Hut with Pi in my arms, knowing he’ll never see this place again. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jude peers up at me from it, sunny, knowing. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Now that the children finally knew some things, they all rather missed not knowing them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He just usually gave a heads up just because he didn't really like to stop by without knowing whether or not Doris was home. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Though his house was under attack, he lay down, knowing something would awaken him soon enough, and so, surrendering for now, he fell into a shallow sleep. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Prince Dain gifted me the uniform, knowing I could walk in as I had done. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His little face was so like a human’s, and no one grew up in Congo without knowing what stomach cramps looked like. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like working on a complicated jigsaw puzzle without knowing the final picture. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But not a great one. Merchant families don’t have the same stability...” “... and their names don’t carry the same weight,” she finished with another, knowing shrug. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ashe paused, and a tiny smile tugged at his lips, “Say, did any of you ever carry on a thought conversation without knowing it?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It was strange knowing that American blood had darkened the surf of this island I was landing on so easily. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he touched the tree, hardly knowing that he touched it, out of an impulse to be hidden; and then he cried: “Oh, Lord, have mercy! Oh, Lord, have mercy on me!” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Of course, the worst part is knowing it could have been the most epic birthday ever. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“Someone didn’t get a whole lot of sleep last night,” he said, giving me a knowing wink. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And knowing he’d done the best he could made him feel more positive about how things would go on Friday. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“We just got to do something,” Armpit said as he hurried outside, knowing he’d have to submit a sample when he returned. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Imagine going about your day knowing someone’s carrying you in their mind. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You used the spell knowing that widespread use would create fires wherever it was cast if you weren’t powerful enough,” said Seven. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The audience will have been beside themselves, knowing I was in the tree, that I overheard the Careers talking, that I discovered Peeta was with them. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Father’s surprise is obvious, and he hesitates, not knowing the visitors. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

And yet here Anatole speaks French, English, Kikongo and whatever all he first started out with, plus knowing enough to be the one all-purpose schoolteacher. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The visitor shakes Father’s hand, then turns, knowing all along that I have been watching them both. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He mumbled it, knowing it was the wrong thing to ask. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Will I be Al, standing over a man’s body, knowing I’m the one who put him on the ground, or will I be Will, lying in a helpless heap? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Is this why she is knowing so much about angels? The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She began to cry softly into her pillow, not knowing why or for whom. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Smith, knowing that returning the horse to racing was controversial, took the offensive with the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing any better, police officers had led her out of the crowd toward Mullet Fingers, spooking the bold little owl away from the boy. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came time to divide the women into separate regiments, knowing how close these friends were, Marina assigned them all to the same squadron. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what to expect, I stepped into his office. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was sitting on the lowermost branch, peering down, a knowing expression on his pointy face. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It’s as if I vanish at that moment and reappear later, but different, not knowing why I have been changed. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I gave him a knowing smile, a little nod of approval, before moving on to my next target. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But of course not knowing what had been lost, Granny wouldn’t have recognized the box when she saw it. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I felt buoyant knowing I would have the chance to hear another story soon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Not everybody can taste it. Children, especially, seem to have a hard time knowing it’s there.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing how long this game might continue, Catelyn wasted no time. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had an almost pleasant sense of power in knowing, and he could evaluate actions and expressions, could interpret vague references, could even dip up and reorganize the past. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But knowing that a mosquito could spread the disease proved vital in Cuba. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

The cub named Boots without knowing he’d been named watched her, surprised because she whirled like a peacock. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

My face turns hot, not knowing how to respond to that. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I walked into the stacks, not really knowing what book I was looking for. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

A group of other boys were staying just out of range, knowing they could outrun me if they needed to. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I cry for a little while longer, knowing full well that Marc will remember these as tears for his grandfather, that he will never remember I’ve been here at all. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You can’t go into the loading yards. No one gets in there without Lucky Strike knowing. And Richard and Lucky Strike are tight now.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It just exploded into an instantaneous universe of knowing looks and giggles and clothes and secrets. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She smiled politely through the rest of the service, already knowing she would never come back. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I’d drift off in the middle of conversations; whole lessons went by with me not knowing what was going on. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it was funny to think of the whitefolks’ not knowing that the woman they were adoring could be my mother’s twin, except that she was white and my mother was prettier. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nothing, sir,” I reflexively corrected myself, even without knowing who made the order. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I pictured her waiting for her father to come home, knowing he wasn’t. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Franklin and Deane sometimes sent Bancroft on missions to London, not knowing that this gave the double agent a chance to report in person to the head of the British Secret Service. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what else to do, Joseph ran towards the ship. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And the other girl talks so bad about Northeast Portland, not knowing she is talking about Sam’s neighborhood. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But it is worth knowing that only a few years ago an attempt to build a one-third-scale replica Newcomen engine ran into a great deal of difficulty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

I shake my head, not even knowing what he’s asking about. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Janie turned from the door without answering, and stood still in the middle of the floor without knowing it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Farmers and hands dotted the fields, covered in chaff and moving with the slow weariness that comes from knowing half the day’s harvest was still to come. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Marly was always forgetting, when he acted smart about knowing everything about everything, that soon he would take her along. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But then break time came, and not knowing where else to go, I went into the coatroom because there was a bench there. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she fixes me with her calm and knowing gaze, saying softly, “I do not believe God calls you to this life.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“One of those stupid books you read all night. No, wait. You were just born knowing it all. Sorry. I forgot.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

For the love of my children after several months I went to find them, located them in San Francisco, my wife not knowing. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truman students have a strong sense of being on the wrong side of a divide even without knowing the full dimensions of it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And for another thing there’s no way of knowing if you would go back to the same mental level. There might be regression to an even more primitive level of functioning.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"So that's kind of comforting—knowing that the worst thing in life is already behind you. I mean, once it actually is behind you. Which it won't be for a while, obviously." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

My only consolation was knowing that someday I’d be free of all their stupid rules and worries. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Caleb’s noise didn’t help any more than knowing my father must have driven the Wildcat as far as Virginia by now. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

His relationship with Kainene might well not last long, but the moments of being with her, knowing he was not weighed down by lies and pretense, would make the brevity worthwhile. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Not knowing is the worst thing I could have done. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The worst part is not the dying, it’s not knowing when or how. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It would be easy to let the sadness win, knowing they stayed here all those years later, hoping and waiting and wishing to see her again. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

On the side of knowing better were his mother and father, all the teachers he knew, the deacons from church, Booker T. Washington, and the diligent faculty of the Tuskegee Institute. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The night remained calm and still, but Matthias and Constance stayed alert, both knowing if they failed to observe this rudimentary law of nature, the penalty could be fatal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

What had he to do with it, I thought, looking at him through a kind of mist, knowing that I disliked him and that I was very tired. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched them closely in this regard as well, knowing that I wanted someday to be one myself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I want to kill myself knowing that it was I who stole the food from her mouth that one night. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no idea what the knowing would mean for them. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I could cycle each day over to Ole’s lab, knowing it was clearly better to deceive the fellowship electors about where I was working than to force Herman to talk about biochemistry. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I pictured her visiting him, and not being able to touch him because of an unbreakable window, and I imagined her wanting to unlock his cage, knowing she couldn’t. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Meliagrance, loving Guenever, flinching at his own half-hearted wickedness, and knowing the hopelessness of forcing his beloved against her will, had agreed to terms. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano threw a coin into the hopper that the matron had in her lap and went into the room without knowing why. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Of course, I had no way of knowing if it was George or some other farmer who grows the corn that feeds the steer that becomes my steak. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I waited, knowing that my uncle had not yet finished talking. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, master,” I said, knowing my saying so would irritate him. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

She cried, and I held her, gut-crying, not knowing what at all to do except to be together. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

She turned to him, horrified, not knowing why, and cheerfully he twisted his own face into a mimicry of the mommet. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t stand another day like this, not knowing if her ugly purgatory would ever end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She swallowed hard and shook her head, wishing she hadn’t said anything but knowing she couldn’t stop now. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ten dollars a week is what it takes to start, ten dollars for the right of knowing a someone in the city for you who are yet nobody. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Often, between train rides, Enrique prefers to sleep alone in a tall clump of grass, away from other migrants, knowing it will make him less of a target. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Just knowing that finally I have a family waiting for me makes me more determined than ever to do my duty and find my way home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Then I would lay on my back, staring into the dark with my chest aching and my breath coming hard, knowing deep inside that nothing would ever be right, ever again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

No. I left The Mecca knowing that this was all too pat, knowing that should the Dreamers reap what they had sown, we would reap it right with them. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Suspecting or already knowing who the two strangers were, Mrs. Quesenberry decided that this was too big a job to handle by herself. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What you think I did? I turned around and asked if she had a problem with me. Ol’ trick, gon’ say, ‘I wasn’t even talking about you,’ knowing she was! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“When we were sorted as Spares, I imagine, knowing how your dad feels about them now, that Mr. Pepperhorn was vexed. But you looked happy about it...” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The potbellied elder nodded with a knowing smile. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They left her knowing that there surely wasn’t a witch. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

She walked there in the round courtyard with the Governor’s wife, who used her with great kindness, knowing the nobility of her blood. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But what is Father’s friend saying to make you look like a peony? There’s mischief going on, and I insist upon knowing what it is,” with another rap. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he’s left, and I have no way of knowing if he’s okay. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

What else had I, who’d known and loved you so long, missed, that he’d discovered after knowing you less than a week? The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Darkclaw and the ferret came marching in, not knowing whether to be confident or apprehensive. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Base, Francie passed that up not knowing exactly what it meant. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing where else to hide, she made for the godswood. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I watch her from the doorway without her knowing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“No. Luke, you don’t scare me. I know you and Stan were really close and I figure you were, like, connecting on some other level or something. So somehow, somehow, without even knowing, you knew.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Wherever he may be, asleep or awake, working or resting, in his bath or in bed, he can be inspected without warning and without knowing that he is being inspected. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Like two boxers who had just finished a match that ended in a draw, both knowing they’d fought a classic bout. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But in fact she had very little contact with the peasants and was far from knowing each of them by name. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had no way of knowing what her true needs were. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

How do you survive knowing that there’s more to you than anyone will ever touch? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Half of being a good trouper is knowing which way your audience leans.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Isabella glances over at another table, and I follow her gaze, knowing what I’ll see. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Chronicler shook his head, knowing a polite dismissal when he heard one. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Yeah, but I still feel funny knowing she’s traveling, don’t you?” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Again I pinch Tram, knowing the plant will be awarded today to the teacher s pet, who is always skinny and nervous and never me. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s sure terrible,” he mused, “to be a parent knowing that there are eagles and goshawks lurking everywhere in these mountains.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, the thing is,” I begin, knowing there is no turning back now, “I wasn’t lying. Numbers really do have colors for me. So do letters and sounds.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure I liked people knowing my business. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

He was relieved none lived in his building, where he figured the fewer people knowing he and Julie were still there, the better. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He didn’t realize how terrified he was of her knowing until the fear is gone. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“So you could be anyone,” Sarai had said when he told her about the cartload of orphans and not knowing his name. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I had to stop myself from saying, “No, ma’am,” knowing my mother wouldn’t like that southern talk. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then I fell asleep, knowing he was watching. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I take off and Finnick follows without question, as if knowing this will be my next move. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

What right did he have, knowing before me? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In fact, knowing about numbers at all was quite an ability in prehistoric times. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

After watching my success in the sport and knowing her girls would be covered, my mother had practically begged Asiya and Faizah to try it. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I had no way of knowing things would shift again, that I wasn’t as alone as I thought after all. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Without their knowing, my grandparents, on their way to America, were each carrying a single mutated gene on the fifth chromosome. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They’re trying to help other people, in their own way; because, knowing them, I can guess at how helpless they must feel inside. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

They slunk into the room, each trying to hide behind the other, knowing that the poor results of their search were likely to incur the Chief’s wrath. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He felt more than saw the size of the whales, and the deep knowing within them. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

That was all I could do, drizzle seawater over it, knowing this was doing nothing except cooling it temporarily. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have left off puzzling about the origin of Strata and content myself with knowing that it is so," he recorded. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It would be pretty weird spending the weekend in the hotel with her hating him and everybody on the tour knowing about it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And he liked knowing that the forest and the pond were just outside. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But she wasn’t talking about protest signs, standing up to the Man, and knowing your rights. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sticky followed and hovered over him, wanting to help somehow, not knowing what to do. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I wouldn’t mind knowing what in blazes you’re talking about,” says Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She pushes the stroller back down Massachusetts Avenue, weeping freely, knowing that she can’t possibly afford to go back and buy it all again. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Harry ignored her; he didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of knowing how much trouble the Witch Weekly article had caused. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I waited anxiously, not knowing what I waited for. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this point he knew there would be some kind of trick involved; and knowing this, he felt sure he’d be ready for it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what else to do, I followed him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I get food that I don’t plan to eat and look around at the sea of tables and shouting kids falling into place naturally, finding friends, saving seats, knowing just where to go. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even though I knew that I couldn’t help them and they couldn’t help me, just knowing that we were all struggling with this thing...that helped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On the evening I flew home to Chicago, I felt a heavy dread settling over me, knowing that I was about to step back into my everyday routine and the fog of my confusion. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think it’s fair, you not knowing what happen to Constantine. I just—I’m sorry, I don’t feel right talking to you about it.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I hung up my black parka on the coat stand, knowing I was a condemned man. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

She thought of her mother bearing seven children, bringing them up, watching three of them die, and knowing that those who lived were doomed to hunger and hardship. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo had no way of knowing what happened next. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

How could he feast tomorrow, knowing with every bit of honey cake what was happening yonder? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

And since he couldn’t bring himself to leave such big news in a message, he went to bed with the weight of SJ knowing before Mama on his chest. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She had happily attended their receptions, she had eaten rice and meat and coleslaw, food tainted by fraud, and she had eaten knowing this and had not choked, and had not even considered choking. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Nobody overheard the dialogue, so there is no way of knowing what was said, but the upshot was that Doug got back in line and continued his ascent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was a silk-haired senior, with his cope and crosier, alb and ring —urbane, ecclesiastical, knowing the spiritual power. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I might not be unhappy—just a dim old biddy in a chair, knowing nothing, expecting nothing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

She wrote slowly and neatly, knowing that Dustfinger found it easier to read capital letters. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I held up my newly heavy purse in one hand and shook it, knowing he could tell the ring of true Cealdish silver inside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And knowing that my mother in there was a statistic that didn’t have to be, that existed because of a society’s failure, hypocrisy, greed, and lack of mercy and compassion. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says we will graduate knowing how to read and write because we’ll spend a million hours learning how to read and write. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nancy asked warily, knowing only too well what her husband was getting ready to do. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, I don't know the words for things, how to write down the feeling of knowing that every dying person leaves something behind. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Maybe to punish him,” repeated Neeley not knowing what else to answer. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not necessarily . . .” She didn’t even bother finishing, knowing what I’d said was true. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What roads there might be were under five or ten feet of snow, and we may have crossed several without knowing it. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice knowing she was being sentimental, not mean. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She came with a bucket and I took it, knowing I had me a big kicking fight on my hands if I ever hoped to get any milk. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he’d hate her knowing he was a phony genius even more. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Like knowing you have the right answer but letting him speak anyway. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It was a game: the vendors wanting more money than Mami was willing to spend, but both of them knowing that eventually, she would part with her dollars and they would get them. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It makes me feel strange inside, knowing my big, strong daddy sees someone else the way I see him. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

She snakes herself against me, surely knowing there is no way I can refuse. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He kept still, knowing that the slightest movement of his head would mean being violently sick. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But knowing that Zeitoun’s ordeal was caused instead by systemic ignorance and malfunction—and perhaps long-festering paranoia on the part of the National Guard and whatever other agencies were involved—was unsettling. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“But if they hide it, you could find yourself in trouble without knowing why.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

She also makes sure they follow the rules, which is especially good because sometimes people say they know the rules of a game, but knowing them and following them are two very different things. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He felt much calmer, somehow, now that he was in Dumbledore’s office, knowing he would shortly be telling him about the dream. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

For the next nine years, knowing that I’d earned it, I made myself a fat peanut butter and jelly sandwich for breakfast each morning and consumed not a single egg. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Nasser’s home, in the Broadmoor neighborhood adjacent to Uptown, had been flooded, and he’d come to the student association for shelter, knowing it was on higher ground. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Let her die without knowing the peril her son is in. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It meant choosing a major in college, getting grades, passing tests, and knowing where you wanted to go. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I revved up my laptops and started digging, not even close to knowing just how deep into darkness I would have to go to find out who burned Nicole Castro. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Imagine if we could eat every meal knowing these few simple things: What it is we’re eating. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

I sigh and resume my walk, not knowing if this memory is important, or just more of the jumbled trivia of Jenna’s life, like sock shopping. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

To Sternberg, practical intelligence includes things like “knowing what to say to whom, knowing when to say it, and knowing how to say it for maximum effect.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I felt certain he was lying when he denied knowing the tune. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When Cecile raised her hand, I pushed Fern back, not knowing if she raised her hand only to point down at Fern. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say “Ow!” to give her the satisfaction of knowing she caused me pain. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s awful to be alone with him, knowing he’s seen me in my underwear and crawling around on the ground, but I am too angry for embarrassment. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mama and Doc kept walking, knowing we were within earshot if me or Jay needed them. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

They simply stood there in small groups, watching me and knowing for certain that there was no way I could escape. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

It’s a way of knowing people at a glance, adding up the possibilities for exchange, and it’s as necessary as breathing. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He walked out of the office knowing that he would never remember what he had felt moments ago. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘Well, what was it?’ said Frodo, knowing that Sam would not settle down until he had told his tale, whatever it was. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Nico found a sort of freedom in knowing that eventually, no matter what happened, he would end up at the foot of his father’s throne. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I stepped ashore on Malai in search of birds, knowing nothing about the people there, I was astonished by the sight that greeted me. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stuffed the book into my bag and turned from the counter and walked down the aisle, feeling a physical tingling along my spine, knowing that the white man knew I was really hungry. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shouldn't leave, not without knowing more of the story. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately, Holly had no way of knowing as the tones were inaudible to fairy ears. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Stalin’s psychology of terror seemed to rely on never knowing what to expect. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

We sit and talk, and it makes me feel good that she’s so interested in knowing all about my day, but honestly, how can I explain it? The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Only a musician would sense, know, without even knowing that he knew, that Cholly was free. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way of knowing whose version would finally be adopted, but he felt a profound conviction that it would be his own. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if this means we’ll ever dance together again or look through magazines and plan trips to Harlem, but it feels good knowing that we can come together when it matters most. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Lorraine, my assistant, gave Barack a knowing smile each time he surfaced in my office. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She looked at Ben’s even gaze, knowing what he was finally realizing. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I thought of myself as a fairly flexible person, but not knowing what each day would bring was nerve- racking. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feeling was of living death—or worse, of never having been fully alive and knowing. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, not knowing if he was being sincere. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Ill, man,” Seven says, knowing the deal too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Branwell told The Ancestors that Tina had started school without knowing a word of English and was the Illinois state spelling champion when she was in fourth grade. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not knowing what was going on all these years. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He sighed again without knowing it and pushed himself to his feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Not knowing about it, I was outside it—not to blame. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

For most people, knowing if and how their tissues are being used in research is a far bigger issue than profiting from them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And she knew, without knowing how to explain why, that Jesus was entirely present, Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity in the wine in the golden chalice and in the bread on the golden plate. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels good knowing someone understands what I’m listening to, what I’m going through. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She had no way of knowing if this room was older than the shrine of Mithras, or if—like the labyrinth—the rooms were a hodgepodge from many eras thrown randomly together. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lieutenant Scheisskopf responded with a knowing smile to the queries of his colleagues. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I stared at her in astonishment, remembering, knowing exactly what she had overheard. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I put down the apple and took a bite of the pizza, looking away, knowing he was about to start. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I remember waking that morning filled with anxiety, instantly knowing that something terrible had happened. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell Gretchen anything in strict confidence, knowing that five minutes later she would recall nothing but the play of shadows on your face. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She missed—without knowing what she missed—paints and crayons. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I went down the big stairway into the hall, knowing she was standing there above me, her eyes watching me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I went to Uncle Clark, knowing that he had incurred expense in bringing me here, that he had thought he was helping me, that he had bought my clothes and books. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that Uncle was teasing, but he felt so tired—tired of worrying about his family, tired of thinking about poor Marial, tired of walking and not knowing where they were going. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roy asked, knowing he probably wouldn’t get a calm, patient answer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Billy, knowing the plane was going to crash pretty soon, closed his eyes, traveled in time back to 1944. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘All I is knowing about myself is that I is very old, very very old and crumply. Perhaps as old as the earth.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

We put the horses away, knowing that if they worked up a sweat, it would turn to ice on their backs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I smiled, knowing he couldn’t see my face. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I remember pacing about nervously all day while Richie, knowing he had ruined my life, cackled himself to sleep. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no way of knowing that during the night, his wife in great pain, and after nearly twenty-four hours of labor, gave bloody birth to a fragile baby girl. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unease filled my stomach, the kind you get from suddenly knowing a whole lot more about a person than you thought you ever would. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It flipped me out, knowing I lost control of myself with the entire school watching. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Ben and I exchanged a knowing glance, and I scrunched up my face to suppress laughter. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And in the dream there was a peculiar horror in wandering on and on through the crowd and not knowing where to lay down the burden he had carried in his arms so long. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Looks to me like a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing,” Shorty drawled. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did not perish in the agony of not knowing. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That maybe knowing Jesus was like crying and making new friends and being scared and not having parents around, all at once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since Francie never read newspapers outside of office hours, she had no way of knowing what was in that particular issue. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was very hard for Ma to watch Caroline prepare to leave us, knowing that there was nothing she could do but feed her. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Still it was nothing new, white folks seemed always to expect you to know those things which they'd done everything they could think of to prevent you from knowing. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hide amongst the banana trees that have sprung up all around his latrine, even while it gives us the creeps knowing all this lush growth is fertilized by such a disgusting man’s night soil. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right on the spot, without knowing what exactly was going on, I made God one final offer. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed frozen to where I sat, not knowing what to think. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think we like not knowing who will hit us and when or where we’ll be attacked?” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t get me up either, and from a bad dream I woke with a start, knowing things were wrong, knowing I had missed something vitally important. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

He radiated a kind of old energy—a melancholy that came from knowing he didn’t belong in the modern world. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My instinct was to rush outside and help him back into the warm house, but I fought it, knowing it would be just another blow to his dignity. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s very good,” he said with a knowing smile. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Enjoying living was learning to get your money's worth and knowing when you had it. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He stopped, knowing it must all sound absurd. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The little girl took hold of it and looked at it dully, perhaps not knowing what it was. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I sat frozen in the bathtub, not knowing what to do. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just a minute, Mama,” I call back, knowing if I don’t, she’ll barge in here. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I expected to have competition, but knowing who it was made it more real. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I looked back at the island as the light was fading, not knowing whether or not I would ever see it again. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Oskar, While you certainly express yourself like an intelligent young man, without ever having met you, and knowing nothing of your experience with scientific research, Id have a hard time writing a recommendation. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I held my breath, knowing I was tom and bleeding. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Lyra, “because you’d just go and tell them. You’ll have to come along without knowing where we’re going. Of course you could always give up and go back to them.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Watch him, Matt—” That was before she had changed towards me, and now I realize it was because she had no way of knowing yet if Norma would be like me or not. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Very rarely someone comes to Wall knowing what they are looking for, and these people they will sometimes allow through. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

As it was, it was he who set the plan in motion, without knowing what he was doing, and without my knowing it either. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I can’t look at the clock without knowing it’s past the hour for me to go. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“And how long you been knowing about this?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was fond of her, but Chaol didn’t know if he could sleep at night knowing that he had retrained and released the world’s greatest assassin. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Yes, Janine, said Aunt Lydia, surprised, but knowing she could not refuse at this point. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Imagine it please. This human bean who says he is fifty has been fast asleep for twenty years and is not even knowing where he is! Not even doing anything! Not even thinking!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will forgive it as you are not knowing. What are you called, Overlander?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If, for some chance, the shark swam out of sight, there would be no way of knowing how close it remained. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The boy put his nose against her neck and inhaled that unknown perfume of cleanliness and wellbeing; without knowing why, his eyes filled with tears. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they, knowing me to be one not prone to exaggerated statements, well understood that something of an extraordinary nature was impending. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I could have straightened her out right there, told her that me knowing Stan was going to get nailed by that van had nothing to do with us being tight. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I concentrated on keeping my eyes off his hands, knowing now that they were more dangerous for me than his face, but sometimes I couldn’t help myself. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And anyway, knowing would not bring her mother back. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

At some point, the nurse gave us a knowing nod. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Burkhart, knowing that he had been bluffed once, said that he didn’t believe them. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Plus, I had the advantage of knowing the exact location of the greenest patch of wild parsley. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Desperate for the race and knowing that Riddle was in control, Howard was game to any of Vanderbilt’s suggestions. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s such a relief, walking over to him, knowing what I’m going to get. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I exclaimed, giddy with excitement, knowing that some good does come from the Harmattan. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have thought, since, that without fully knowing it, I was preparing for what my life was about to become. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would it grow up Elsewhere, not knowing, ever, that in this community lived a being who looked exactly the same? The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The conversation would flag into silence, and everyone would look at the floor, not knowing what to say, and someone would start crying, and then they would see tears running down Ada’s face. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

This morning I purposely overstuffed my game bag with food, knowing my mother would see the depleted pantry and assume I was making my rounds to the hungry. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if my eyes were a camera and I was photographing the moment, knowing that I would keep that photograph forever. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Buckminster and Turner went behind him and stood with him at the back of the church to endure the handshakes and knowing looks. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He always yawned and got tired and uncomfortable when he found himself in situations like this, not knowing how to proceed, surprised at the anguish in Archie’s voice. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Maxine’s mother, knowing exactly what pain looked like on her child’s face, shot up out of her seat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He had said goodbye knowing it was I who would go. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

“I is not, I is not, I is not knowing how! I is a good elf, I isn’t using wands, I isn’t knowing how!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He walked through door after door, knowing that he would never walk back through them again, feeling empty inside. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I gathered this had to do with fufu, the food staple, not yet knowing Kikongo is a language that is not exactly spoken but sung. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the bare walls, not quite knowing where to let my eyes rest. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I felt useless and scared, furious at the same time knowing that I could do nothing to help her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Occasionally others would approach them in their boats, see who it was, and turn immediately away, knowing there would be neither idle conversation nor hard information about the fish they pursued. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z