Even though I spent last year as a student teacher at Wilson High School, I’m still learning my way around the city. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

This was a disturbing development, and while he still had some trace of determination left—before he lost himself entirely—Reynie decided he must learn something if he could. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“My mother was alive when the Americans liberated our camp. But when she learned that all my brothers and sisters were gone, within a week, she was dead of grief...” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Jangbu, upon learning over the radio that Chen was in a bad way, hurried down from the South Col to assist with his evacuation down the fixed ropes. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

She’d learned it when she was only two or three, sitting on her granny’s lap at church. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

On January 30, only three weeks after they learned of Marina Raskova’s death, the 587th flew an independent combat mission for the first time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The more Piper learned about being a demigod, the more convinced she was that Cherokee legends and Greek myths weren’t so different. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"So you feel you're ready to move from prentice to hired man. Are you quite certain you've learned everything you need to know?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a shame Henry here was too busy signing papers with Auntie Pezza all week to learn some sheet music or we could have fired our pianist.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s nothing like normal Zamani. It takes years of study to learn; even then, not everyone can pick it up.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He would learn to cook fried rice and he would have to use less oil and he would take orders from her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

By the end of our sixth trip to France, the house was finished and I’d learned a total of 1,564 words. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was that weekend too at one of our lingering departure scenes that I learned where he'd gotten his odd, ornate name. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Little Billy was terrified, because his father had said Billy was going to learn to swim by the method of sink-or-swim. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some of them she had to learn, and she wasn’t very good at it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The thought of it made me dizzy—like I could study jellyfish for the rest of my life and never run out of new things to learn. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Vonetta didn’t seem to care that we were in some sort of Black Panther summer camp, learning to become Black Panthers. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even today, a pilot is trained to learn emergency flight procedures as a memorized sequence, so that if your engine fails, you have an automatic routine to help you ward off panic and land safely. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Which is why you have to learn to protect yourself first before you can help anyone else.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Motor skills can be added to a song to increase the learning dimensions. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

But mostly they learned to stand up for themselves when they were in the right and never to back down. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to fry chicken, catfish, and okra. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the biggest surprise was learning about cold weather. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All we wanted was a chance to learn in peace. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mother said that if I wanted to learn trigonometry, it was her responsibility to teach me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It from things new learn can you and front to back book different a is it? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d later learn that the banker was one of the most powerful men in Serbia, was involved in currency speculation, was suspected of illegally trafficking arms, and was also supposedly promoting a Ponzi scheme. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

You might be as shocked as I was to learn that they are also fed parts of other cattle. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Conversely, we would have had a very hard time learning his language and understanding his way of thinking. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The same as you, old chap! If I learn how to build a rocket, I’ll stand a better chance of getting on down at the Cape.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He learns that the C could also stand for “conflicted.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I had been afraid of the awful presence of the river, which was the soul of the river, but through her I learned that my spirit shared in the spirit of all things. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout these months, the senator had learned that not even his own record as a supporter of the coup was any guarantee against terror. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They soared with her out over the countryside, learning to catch rats, mice, and pigeons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I told her I was learning how to be brave. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Quick thinking. Tactics. Battle skills. You’d be surprised what you can learn in the war games.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

As much as she feared the cliff and the climbing she must learn to do, Claire feared the sea more. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“How could you be mad at me for wanting to learn a new song?” Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But as I grew up, I understood that Malalai was a hero and a role model, and I wanted to learn something from her. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“We go to school to learn,” she said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And he's serious about learning the craft—he wants to get paying work as soon as possible. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

By the time Vivi learned how to travel there, though, reality had intruded on our plans. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I learned how to eat my main meal in the evening instead of in the afternoon. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I axed Syl, “So you learnt how to do ciphering in that school?” The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well, if it is learning you are after, you have come to the right shop. But don’t you find it rather dull?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Therefore I told myself to feign belief, and to wait for the time when I would go out into the world, learn other ways of life and gather the evidence to confront my parents. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In second and third grades I probably learned more from the Sci Fi or Discovery Channels than I ever learned at school. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

First, I learned that the community swimming pool was private. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In January 1887, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was in England with her daughter when she learned that her husband of forty-six years had died. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, I suppose I best be on my way. I ain’t got no hankering to interrupt any more learning!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I learnt of all this when I returned from the market with a fresh-killt chicken. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

What songs were they forcing her to learn? Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After three and a half weeks, Magyar Television somehow learned that Bobby was staying at Nagymaros and sent a camera crew to film him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘Where did you learn such tales, if all the land is empty and forgetful?’ asked Peregrin. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I wanted to lie in a French crib and start from scratch, learning the language from the ground floor up. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“The first thing you have to learn,” the old woman told me, “is how to be quiet.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well! Is that the kind of leniency you show your boys on their math and French in school? They must never learn anything!” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I did have two things going for me: I was fearless and eager to learn. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He even learned to drink tea without spitting it back into the cup. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

He told about his problem with the trestle, how he had learned to avoid it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Desire=DOOM, how hard is it to learn that? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In two days’ time now their families would learn from the International Red Cross that they were alive. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can’t learn to bowl in just one week. There’s a lot of technique to master.” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Through the practice of imitation, exploration, improvisation, and composition, students learn what music is by performing. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She’d tried standing her ground in the beginning, but three against one was never a fair fight, and she’d quickly learned her lesson. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tom never learned to read but liked to show off his volume of Lander’s Appeal, which the great orator had signed to him. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

We learned all too soon that had been just the excuse the Nazis needed. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Primitive was one of the first new words she learned from Mrs. Jongwe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Max says I need to learn how to hit a Nazi—or anyone else who might deserve hitting—then they clear a space and assume I’m about to learn how to hit a Nazi. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She had learned her patience through years of sidestepping migraine. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I have learnt next to nothing, Joe. You think much of me. It’s only that.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Before Hanako could bow and greet her grandfather, Jiichan cried out passionately, “I speak English! Yes, I do! It does a talent I learn in America many years before you.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn all this sort of thing?” he asked with a quizzical look. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although the boy had developed a superstition that each time he opened the book he would learn something important, he decided it was an unnecessary burden. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s nice to think about you off having adventures with Harry and Ron and Hermione instead of learning how to be a good Catholic and missing your baby. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I can see if you learned anythin’ since you been in Arizona. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

"Never has there been a more exciting time to be young and to be a student. Thanks to the Führer, you will learn the new thinking in Germany." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

And if you want to know what kids aren’t learning, all you have to do is notice what they aren’t watching. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You better learn to cook something, too. Freedom gets old after a while.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My job was soon relegated to working in the pens, moving the sheep from one to the next to let them learn to recognize their lambs before it got more crowded. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I want to learn magic," Bran told him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Part of Dasch's job was to go through the files of prospective saboteurs and learn their personal histories. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Since we are now a family of peasants I will have to learn the time of day and night by the position of the sun and moon in the sky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The world will soon learn what a few brave men, fighting for their own land, can do.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Our friendship is the most important thing of all. Look at what Gregor did to us. It’s a good lesson learned.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Learning sequences in music: A contemporary music learning theory. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

So I began worrying about where I could learn how to solve X-ray diffraction pictures. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

I learned that my mom had gone into Abuela’s apartment and found her lying peacefully in bed, but when she didn’t respond, my mom knew something was wrong. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She had learned about magic squares when she hunted Shakespeare’s Secret in Colorado. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The vibrant, pop-culture marketing of the film gave people permission to claim and learn about Malcolm in a forum that was not threatening. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When will you learn? You walk in step with the captain, or you walk the plank—which, being copper, will not give you the proper bounce for a graceful dive.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

For example, medieval Islam, centrally located in Eurasia, acquired inventions from India and China and inherited ancient Greek learning. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

After several long minutes, Garvey said,“Cole, what did you learn from your dance?” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But that day when I saw him in the spring, so helpless against the angry she bear, I learned different. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt a man should learn soldiering from the ranks, as he had. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had also learned to live without much privacy and with few luxuries. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I was on a planet filled with students, all of whom had “much to learn.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

One of the foundational questions regarding any talent or ability is whether it is innate or learned—in other words, are we born musical, or can musicality and creativity be taught? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Pascal, learning of this last result, carried out similar experiments in tall buildings in Paris and, as quickly as possible, published an account of them. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

In contemporary hunting and gathering societies, anthropologists have learned, gathering by women usually supplies most of the daily diet. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

"Would you like to be the one to learn them to him?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Each day Lyddie gave her three new papers to post and learn, and, at the end of the day, to take home and practice. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

From this new and intimate perspective, she learned a simple, obvious thing she had always known, and everyone knew: that a person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn, not easily mended. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had no interest in football or basketball but had learned it was best to pretend otherwise. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I helped Quincy learn about how to be nice to peoples that hadn’t hurt us — but Miss Lizzy just hurt us plenty. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s understandable. Your newly upgraded brain is learning to flex its muscles.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

So I ended up suckling greedy Leah at my breast and giving Adah the expensive bottles, both at the same time; with twins you learn how to do everything backhanded. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned which inns and restaurants threw away the best food, and how rotten food needed to be before it made you sick to eat it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He had learned that you could sleep on your feet on the long marches. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You must learn to swim before you can dart.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like the Nazis, ante bellum whites had known quite a bit about torture—quite a bit more than I ever wanted to learn. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Burger and other agents made inquiries and learned that Morrison was in Dallas, Texas, using the alias Lloyd Miller. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Judy had always sent women to the hospital for stitches, but Mother was determined to learn. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I want to dive back into bed and tell her it's too early to be awake, but she knows what palace life is like, and I need to learn from her. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I soon realized it was not just words I had to learn to read, but what people wore as well. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned a long time ago that you shouldn’t talk about your game—your game should do the talking for you. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

At the end of the tour I learned that she perished at Auschwitz. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I learned that sagacity and quick wits are necessary in avoiding dangerous situations; and that fatuity and shortsightedness make one go around in circles, seemingly unaware of the many opportunities for escape. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And he does speak Farsi, like us, like you. So you won’t have to learn Pashto.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I could come at night and learn, if you would allow it.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

In math class, I went to the teacher and told him I would need help if I wanted to learn the week of new material I’d missed. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Euclid produced a textbook on geometry from which humans learned for twenty-three centuries, a work that was to help awaken the scientific interest of Kepler, Newton and Einstein. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He suffered and learned to listen to the suffering of others. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

It’s a lesson I learned the hard way during the first few days here at Mobius. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Before dinner Grace takes me upstairs so we can wash our hands, and I learn a new thing about her house: you are only allowed four squares of toilet paper. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So. Do I learn today your true name, or do I still give hospitality to a stranger who hides behind a ridiculous pseudonym?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Before he learned of exorbitant turkey expenditures from CNN, he was watching the highlights of last night’s Republican primary debate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She had learned what and when it pleased her. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Pearl had gone very still now, her eyes fixed on her mother, waiting patiently, aware she was about to learn something very important. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dicey had watched him learn to turn around in a circle, patiently practicing, tumbling over his own feet, falling in a heap, sitting down in surprise. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

First, to ensure that black and white children could go to the same schools while maintaining a quality learning environment. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

No doubt there are some who become hopeless about their students’ abilities to learn. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Over a three-month stay, defectors learn their rights under South Korean law and go on field trips to shopping centers, banks, and subway stations. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He had learned well how to stack similar-sized vessels into a tower that could touch the sky if need be and never topple. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“You have to have the courage to learn what’s inside it. Come on. You can walk me out to my car.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though it was just a bunch of singing and coloring in coloring books and listening to Mrs. Davidson, I had learned one thing. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful, who for most of her life had been raised by Sam—not by peregrine falcons—had much to learn. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you kill some of them? The tails make good meat. I could show you how. We learned in jungle training when I was in the army.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, jack Will didn’t need to learn any of these virtues—he already had them in abundance. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

No man is as cursed as the kinslayer, he mused, but I could learn to like this hell. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looked annoyed, and amazed that I didn’t know the language: “Well, learn it! It’s a fantastic book. He’ll play for a win against me, I’m sure, and I’m not playing for a draw.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s also learned that Henry’s placid demeanor is shattered with the right poking. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I was learning what I already knew: Most times you can’t. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I began to see that Chet was weakened by the very genuineness of his interest in learning. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They need to learn some finesse too, I say. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to speak Swahili and to shake the scorpions out of my mosquito boots in the mornings. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

You learned early on that clubs, in general, were saturated with money. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

With only twelve exposures on a roll, she learned to be careful in composing her shots. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas didn’t know what kind of answer he was searching for, but he was sure there had to be a clue or lesson to learn from what happened. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“You seem interested in learning English,” he said. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You learn this from that book you read?” they teased. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas could almost convince himself he’d be completely content, happy and excited to learn his new life, aim for his goal of being a Runner. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Teachers require professional development to learn about the arts standards. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She says, “You have heavy feet, Mason. You need to learn how to make them quiet.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And from weatherworkers and wandering jugglers who went from town to town of the Northward Vale and the East Forest he had learned various tricks and pleasantries, spells of Illusion. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Get him, get that boy, teach him what he needs to learn. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I had learned that sometimes when I was in trouble with Mom, the best thing to do was to adopt the complete-idiot strategy. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In here you learn that a moment might be okay, but eventually everything falls apart. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Seven years of bondage, all the while learning a craft he hated, with never a chance for the one he loved? The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He told me he’d learned more working with me than with several veteran officers who hadn’t taken much time with him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Trouble? You haven't begun to learn what trouble is! Where is the script?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“First you will learn to use a sword,” Captain Smith says. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

That is body language even I have learned to read. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we had all learned something about dying, and about trying to keep each other alive. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Select a song, then brainstorm different ways of performing the song using what you’ve learned. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Miss Kinnian says a period is punctuation too, and there are lots of other marks to learn. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over the past two months he had learned that no one had his back anymore. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Except, he’d play the same notes over and over, like he was trying to learn a different language. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Roosevelt quickly learned that it wasn’t the best time to be traveling through the Brazilian wilderness. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The love of books and reading stayed with him always, and as he grew, he had the constant desire to learn, so he read books of all kinds. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“On Friday. And only the parts we never learned with Mason.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I’m furious, unable to explain I already learned fractions and how to purify river water. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I would like to learn how to spell Connecticut. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

There was a silence to be filled, and Art found himself hard-pressed in the face of it to conduct himself in a manner his deputy could learn from. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bobby was conceived in the afternoon, on a sofa littered with rubber teething toys, after the friend learned that a London pharmaceutical company had hired him, while Ronny cried to be freed from his playpen. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

But along the way I learned a lot of fascinating things, like how to find food in the jungle, and I would like to tell you about some of them. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I should like to learn it. In Moria, in Khazad-dûm! But it makes the darkness seem heavier, thinking of all those lamps. Are there piles of jewels and gold lying about here still?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The one I heard the most and therefore learned first was “Curtis.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He has learned that if he considers all of this too long, he will fall behind—and the train will pass him by. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“None taken. Here, Elijah, drink this. Your friend ain’t getting nothing to eat nor drink till he learn to act right in school, and I hate seeing this glass of milk go to waste.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But he planned to learn, even though his school didn’t offer music lessons for kids who wanted to play instruments. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Over lunch in Boston Common, Felix learned she had season tickets in LA. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most common were the crisp nguka caterpillars, favorite snack of Anatole’s schoolboys, which resembled small twigs and were impossible to see until I learned to sense their particular gray curve. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She knew that Amari had learned that, when not given a direct order, a slave’s best bet was to say nothing. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned all the letters from that book, so that by the time I went to regular school I could already read a little. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.” The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Healers learned the intricate work of healing wounds, while Heartrenders became soldiers—experts at doing damage, not undoing it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After school she usually headed for the library or, if her homework was light, to the King Hill Recreation Center, where she learned to crochet. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Curiosity can get a gal like you in a heap of trouble. You best learn to keep your mouth shut,” Clay warned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

My nightly wanderings more often than not ended well, and I learned a lot from the shamblers I watched. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She says she wants to learn the truth about my mother, to learn the truth about herself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned about love, how there's never too much. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a recipe Calvin learned off his tablet. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I had yet to learn that when it came to gender, I was both and neither. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I learned how someone could come to you when you were feeling real, real bad and could take all of your problems away and make you feel better. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned to avoid or get along with hostile police and to evaluate a woman for her warmth of heart. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know instinctively that this is not the way I want to learn anything. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Some small plain ones. We’ll learn about patterns later. Cast on a row of, oh, let’s say forty stitches, and we ’ll start at the calf.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Mary was suspicious of my mother because Lorraine claimed she had held a job for more than a month, but Mary learned that it had lasted for one day. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It is my first time trying out my newly learned words on a native speaker, and when she understands, it feels like magic. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

If they learn what I truly am, they'll throw me out of here without a thought. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

He wondered if morality was innate, not learned or taught. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I followed his suggestion that I learn to type, and now that I can type nearly seventy-five words a minute, it’s easier to get it all down on paper. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Although I didn’t want to start before Labor Day, when the nation settles back to normal living, I did want to get used to my turtle shell, to equip it and learn it. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have learned that much. One day I must be sure to thank you for the lesson.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Before we could learn a new step, it was time for tap. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miyax watched them trot off to learn about the scent of caribou and the joy of chasing foxes. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would learn to, in her words, “occupy space.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from an occasional trip to the flea market, my knowledge of Paris is limited to what I learned in Gigi. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

A child who learns the word elephant knows, with absolute certainty, that it is something different from a dog. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He has learned to sleep through quarrels—they are an everyday occurrence in his house. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I’m sure it feels very hard. But you will need to learn to bear up, if you want to be a mother.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Fern cried and cried, but I learned to put the bottle in her mouth and her baby doll next to her, even though she was too little to know she had a doll. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I learned the smell and feel of fighting weather. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I felt as blindsided as I had in the days after Jesse’s suicide, when I began to learn how truly broken the boy I thought I knew everything about had been. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I, on the other hand, was still learning about public life. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The bridge was high, and he recalled that peregrines had learned to nest on bridges. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I knew then that this was exactly why we needed to learn more root. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

A wizardly man soon learns that few indeed of his meetings are chance ones, be they for good or for ill. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

While living there, George did not get much schooling, but he did learn surveying—the mapping of the land. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isabel tells me that when they learned his name, the nuns wept with surprise and joy. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The boys had learned to sense when they were coming on. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It’s so hard to explain the way it felt to be a little kid with a culture that was mine and another culture that I was learning. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she set forth for herself and for her brother the task of learning everything about the museum. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The big thing you learn is there’s not an endpoint,” Wayne says. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We have much thirst for learning. I shall have Jesse, our carpenter, make plans to build a small school.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius learned safety at my knee. He’s always been grateful for that.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had goaded him for years to learn to summon and aim lightning, with dismal results. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It learned that the wind smelled one way when it blew from the stream and another when it came from the forest. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe she’ll grow out of it It took her daddy forty years to learn to be pleasant. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you want the boys to learn Chinese, Adam?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They beg to differ with Mr. Neck’s learned opinion. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“If I were anywhere else, no black child on the place would be learning anything.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I suddenly felt very guilty, for in all the excitement of slowly learning about Father and living in the demon land, I had not really had time to think about Mother. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things I learned from experience or from Gale, and then the information I picked up when I was training for the Games. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I have learned how to observe, far better than most people observe. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“He’s got to learn to take care of himself in the world, Trotter.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When they came back, they told us that they had learned, in exchange for a gold watch, that this was the final destination. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I inquired, I learned that if I were to pay for both food and a bed, my rupees would soon be gone. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He has not learned French as a child,” says Marie-Laure, and both women laugh a moment before falling quiet. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Mean to her? It will mean she has lost her pet tiger. That’s all. She is Caesar’s daughter. She must learn to sustain such trivial losses.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Later, Celia would learn with sadness that the girl had defected while on tour in Oaxaca and was playing a psychotic housewife on a popular Mexican novela. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Secondly, both of my parents could read, and my father believed that his daughter should learn to read as well. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took weeks to learn the dance, and now I'm forgetting all the steps. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

All in all, I think there are about twelve of us from different grades, now thrown together, learning addition and algebra, “Cielito Undo” as well as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She learned long ago that white folks could not be trusted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Is Amy’s illumination anywhere about? I took a fancy to buy that for Father,” said Jo, very anxious to learn the fate of her sister’s work. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned to understand human words over the years, but understanding human speech is not the same as understanding humans. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Listening to the talk as she went about her work, Arya had learned that Robb had won some great victory in the west. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I had learned enough from the elders who had gathered in our village to realize what was happening. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I said my goodbyes to the Keeper, I learned that the Marshall Foundation was about to make a grant to the museum. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Since I was the ringleader, he’d try to distract me by asking what skills I was learning in gymnastics. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“People don’t learn everything about the times that came before them,” I said. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remember best going with the younger daughter, Helga, to visit the neighboring farms, eating thick, dark bread in farmhouse kitchens, and learning to wear clogs. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

But reading isn't something an Attendant needs to learn, so it’s frowned upon. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He told her she needed to educate herself, learn the warning signs, know how to bring down her blood pressure and control her blood sugar. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Someday when I got older, I would have to learn to make fancy onigiri too, or nobody would marry me. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My grandfather may have been an imposing and learned man, but he was an idealist and a dreamer. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

As reliably as I can learn, my mother died the same year I was born, the year of our Lord 1587, the twenty-ninth of Queen Elizabeth's reign. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

None of us wanted anything further to do with Mr. Kendall, who would be furious if he learned that we had found what he had failed to find. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Transfiguration is some of the most complex and dangerous magic you will learn at Hogwarts,” she said. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I made a mistake. You’ve learned the dumb resistance of a soldier.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s been an awfully long day, and I’d like to learn what this is all about.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I built my whole life around the stories they tell about me. You know what I learned?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

She had learned from experience that she needed about a third of her players to be well-adjusted kids from stable families. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile as Charles worked hard, not only on his geology, but also on his ideas about the transmutation of species, the more he learned, the more skeptical he became about religion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she went to singing a Nigerian grief song learned from her daddy, who was lured onto an illegal slave ship in 1848, when he was only twelve. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The question reminds me that he is my instructor, and I am supposed to learn something from this. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not yet thirty years old, with less than three years to learn the levers, Kim Jong Eun had no such advantage. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I learned big words, like caterpillar and mosquito, and words that follow crazy rules, like knock and gnome. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He tells me I have a lot to learn about right and wrong. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Ever since Hollister learned I like puzzle magazines, he’s kept a good stock of them.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Seventh grade was the first year when I realized how far from home I had come, and how far I had to go to learn my new world. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Because land tenure was a contentious issue in Peru, he had asked Dobyns to finalize the lease and learn more about the estate’s history. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

He could remember the very feel of the smooth-worn wood under his elbows, the heat of the lamp on his cheek as he learned with his eyes, with his memory, asking countless questions. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“He will never learn,” Guy said, “if I say one thing and you say another.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

His parents and Coach and everyone else would never learn, because they didn’t want to learn. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

To encourage them all to learn about other cultures and to develop their talents, Anna and Dorus had magazines and newspapers delivered to the house. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Black said that's pretty much how he learned everything he knew. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She never had to learn things in a distorted way. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Vinnie learned the hard way that an ally needs to ally himself with his friends. almond. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Winnie was independent-minded and intent on learning, and it would be useful because I was gone so much of the time and could not drive her places myself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

What they learned transformed their understanding of the place and its people. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I would. Anyway, I’m going to be a rabbi. Say, where did you learn to pitch like that?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Over the following days, however, I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from my employer, and would smile in the correct manner whenever I detected the bantering tone in his voice. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was wary of this conversation but curious to know how well he’d learned the teachings of the Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it is Reverend Hunt’s voice I hear in my head: You must learn to make decisions out of love, not out of fear... Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘What was her name? And how come she—a poor sewing woman—was so well learned?’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had been the key to most of their plans, Seven learned. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I rose up from Flea Bottom to be a King’s Hand, and I learned to read and write. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, I guess I agree with them. That if everyone would just keep learning about the world around them, they would have far fewer problems.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She must learn to hide her feelings better, so as not to anger Joffrey. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was not like other lads, forever running about and bent on sport; he wanted most of all to learn whatever his foster-father could teach him about the art of healing. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

“I need you, sir. Could you help me, please? This navigation I’m trying to learn...” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They based this speculation on the hard lessons learned during the twentieth century about the behavior of children of similar character. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Only later did we learn that Fourie was reputed to have molested prisoners in the general section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you teach him how to kneeli The graveyards of the Seven Kingdoms were full of brave men who had never learned that lesson. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I never got used to that feeling—no one ever does—but I did experience it many times, and eventually learned what it was: electric shock. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t have a TV or radio, so perhaps he never learned how it ended himself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Though after all these years I've learned to not get my hopes up too much. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Schools located in ghetto communities more closely resemble prisons than places of learning, creativity, or moral development. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Barrel organists and other itinerant musicians would hang around the theatres, learn the tunes and make a living busking them in the street the next day. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“And I say yes. Well now, who do you think is looking after the twins? I wouldn’t trust a heathen from here to omega—but a Presbyterian—he learned everything I told him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I learned the other reason they waited for a thunderstorm to play when Jasper, trying to avoid Edward’s infallible fielding, hit a ground ball toward Carlisle. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Not just yet, thanks. But I was hoping it would be cool with you if I missed gym for a few days while I learned the ropes.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He next spent five weeks tramping about the modest hills of Snowdonia and the English Lake District to learn what he thought he needed to know about climbing. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d learn to say things the way he wanted to some day! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

A fever grips the German people as they learn that the official lies near death in a Paris hospital. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” he said, “you’ll learn more in six months at Sing Sing than in two or three years someplace else.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Himself not especially susceptible to flattery except in a sentimental way, he soon learned its efficacy when plastered thick on big business men,” Sullivan wrote. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘You demigods have learned nothing. There are no gods to aid you. We need only one more thing from you to make our victory complete.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This is the boarding school I attended while living there from 2005 to 2006.1 wanted to go back and thank the director of this school for giving me an opportunity to learn. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

If this was to be their home, then she could learn to get along here. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an act of indolence, something to be done in a corner when you could have been learning to cook. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

When Terryl learned this, she thought she’d solved one of the mysteries of her childhood: Why she was told not to answer the phone. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I learned what it means the hard way—when I discovered my godly parent. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Then he said something about how you can see the sweating but the learning disabilities are invisible. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

There was no apprenticeship period, no learning curve. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

After three years of pumping the bellows and stoking the furnace, I said to the master, “When do I learn to blow glass?” Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

I am also learning that I can feel two very different feelings at the same time. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Maya had learned this trick a long time ago, the art of staying quiet and letting the other person dig themselves into a hole. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She recited poems to herself and sang softly all the songs she’d learned at school and all the songs Daddy sang. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So many things for you to learn. About the underground rivers that lead straight into the heart of Tenebrion, and the spells we goblins use to turn into bats.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

When we learned different, it was nearly too late. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

And you recall how you plunged with the Founder, the Leader, deep into the black art of escape, guided at first, indeed, initiated, by the seemingly demented one who had learned his craft in slavery. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had learned to cook some of her fancy dishes when she worked as a maid in white ladies’ kitchens on Park Hill. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

At home, my siblings and I had to help Mom figure out the bills because she was busy working and didn’t have time to learn English. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She married for position, and my mother’s position, I later learned, was the worst. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Little brother is learning how to cuss,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course she will. Think of being here with Vivi as an apprenticeship. You learn what you need to know, and then you come home.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

"I want to learn to read and write," said Zero. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I turned straight to the market report and learned that flax was going for $3.66 a bushel. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

So you had to learn: In the first room, you used the round door; second room, triangle, and so on. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Since when did Granddad learn how to text?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We learned that soup would be distributed only after roll call, which lasted longer than usual. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since I loved music, learning to play piano seemed like a good choice, even though I’d never actually seen a piano, let alone had any idea of what it took to play one. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

We learned the times tables without understanding their grand principle, simply because we had the capacity and no alternative. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were black people who elected their own politicians, but these politicians, I learned, superintended a police force as vicious as any in America. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Boethius will show you that striving is ultimately meaningless, that we must learn to accept. Ask Miss O’Hara about him.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She did not say “trying for our second child,” she said “trying for our son,” and it was the kind of thing she learned in her church. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

We assume that a large brain, the use of tools, superior learning abilities and complex social structures are huge advantages. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the course of the past six months she’d learned nearly all of Bebe’s life story, and it was because of this that Lexie’s account of the party had caught her attention. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He slowly learns other languages, though he has difficulty speaking them. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

This was the unit that Marina Raskova would be commanding herself—she, too, had had to learn to fly the complex Pe-2 before she could lead her flight crews into battle. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It took me a week to learn the difference between a salad plate, a bread plate and a dessert plate. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Milton, upon learning of Riddle’s wishes, solved the problem for him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fox had learned the meaning of many human words, and he heard him use one of them now: “NO.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Gladly. I plan to fit myself into the cookhouse if I can. I’m going to tell Sarah you want me to learn how to cook for you.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

As a matter of business he had learned so much about women that he did not trust one for a second. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, son, it isn’t that easy. The world isn’t going to kiss your boots because you learned to think. You have your answer. It’s no. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have things to do.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Link seems to be 100 percent serious about learning his part for December 4. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Every day we learn about the terrible violence in our world—the fighting and the wars. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Who praised me when I learnt my lesson?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, the Australian giants had no time to learn to run away. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to pick out tunes, figured out the different tones of each note. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

By comparing the wattage at the same time of day in those three locations, I'll learn the shape of the storm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

If our mothers cared about history at all, they’d know that this street dates back to the colonial times they’re supposed to be learning about. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Moreover, both music aptitude and music achievement are dependent on audiation; i.e., our music learning potentials and our music learning achievements are based on our music thinking. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Or eventually forget all we learned and go back to stealing garbage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He'd worked hard to learn English, and he spoke it with just a hint of an accent. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The bedroom whose walls would soon learn their harrowing secrets. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Congo is a fine place to learn how to read the same book many times. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘There was a lot more,’ said Sam, ‘all about Mordor. I didn’t learn that part, it gave me the shivers. I never thought I should be going that way myself!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Minerva made a hand sign we learned from Balbina that means, Give it to me. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The feedcast went on and on, and they all went up the mountain on skis and shot at each other and finally they all learned an important lesson about love. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. That won’t work. Look, Son, if there’s one thing I’ve figured out about life, it’s that if you want to be happy, you have to learn how to be happy on your own.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“What did I tell you? I have learned to be very acute—to read the face. It is necessary. Only in America do they teach you the proper way to sell.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma remembered what Mom had said the day they’d learned about the kidnappings in Arizona: “You don’t have to worry about being kidnapped. I promise. I’ll do everything I can to prevent that.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He enjoyed building but was now motivated to learn true skills. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Seven learned that October was Seven’s potions tutor in Boggs Ferry and they had become friends, according to the older girl, which made Thorn blush. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Gogol picks up a pencil, grips it tightly, and forms the letters of the only word he has learned thus far to write from memory, getting the “L” backward due to nerves. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was not until months later that we learned how it started. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never did trust Mama again, though, never did perch near and watch her at work, tipping his head side to side as though he were learning her actions. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Not that they couldn’t read. They just needed to learn a different way, that’s all.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

They had learned the hard way that the U-boat, which was about the size of a school bus inside, traveled mostly above water across the Atlantic. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The following afternoon, the Champions stood gathered around Brullo, who lectured them on different weapons and other nonsense she’d learned years ago and didn’t need to hear again. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Adams learned that Jefferson was unwilling to join the cabinet and that neither Jefferson nor Madison was willing to be part of the peace delegation to France. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

All the lessons I’d learned from teachers and my parents told me not to get in the truck. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Everyone has his or her own way of learning things,” he said to himself. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

All her life, she had learned that passion, like fire, was a dangerous thing. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After the divorce, Dad decided we both needed to toughen up, that we needed to learn to stand on our own. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall handed Sax two pages of handwritten notes—everything he’d learned about the plutonium bomb so far. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I learned most from talking to Betty Jean was that things were complicated. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him I’ve learned I don’t have to wait to be given an opportunity, but that I can make an opportunity and use my voice to speak up for what I need and want. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

On our way there, we learned that the underground resistance of the camp had made the decision not to abandon the Jews and to prevent their liquidation. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oh, I'd serve them well and I'd make invisibility felt if not seen, and they'd learn that it could be as polluting as a decaying body, or a piece of bad meat in a stew. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Internet I learned about the cancer that had been discovered on Bob Marley’s foot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Something about how we would have learned together if I was here. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I was struggling to learn Apollo, it seemed to me the most important thing in the whole world, but suddenly I discovered that it really wasn’t. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One learns in prison that it is better to fight for general principles than to battle each individual case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Pearl learned more about her new hometown, Moody began to learn more about Mia’s art, and the intricacies and vagaries of the Warren family finances. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was time I started to learn the business, he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I says, ‘You mean the lady got the henna hair? That’s my friend Miss Reilly. I’m learning her how to bowl.’ A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt I could learn something from the woman in the moon. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Spanish, he decided, would be the easiest language of all to learn. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I had learned a lot, and maybe I had a better grip on my abilities, but staring at him, my fists clenched and shaking, I couldn’t justify it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He later learned they were Chinese border patrol soldiers. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Precisely the kind of lesson you’ll learn at the Institute. Take the word ‘food,’ for example. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Princess, you have much to learn. Alive, nobody matters much in the long run. But dead, some men matter more than others.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just loved to be there, to be near the horses and ponies, to learn how to look after them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had never had bicycles—we had learned to ride on other kids’ bikes—and it had never occurred to me that one day I might actually own one myself. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

You would learn all the Cherokee songs, even the song of the snakes. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of wisdom that someone acquires after a lifetime of learning and watching and doing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Before Maria could learn much from her talented father, he died while visiting a mineral spring to “take the waters” for his health. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“When will you children ever learn your place, hm?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

My companion had learned my identity, and a few minutes after we were back in the car, he said to me, “You know, Mandela, I suspected that one chap at the end was a policeman.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be a while before we learned how deep it went, but once Styx found a thing to like about you, he had your back for life. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He supposed he’d have to learn to write in cursive if he became a scythe, but right now he’d be stuck with inelegant, sloppy printing. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Then, for the second time, he did the trick he’d just learnt. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned how to build a good, strong hut and accessorize it just right. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I had learned that from my cousin Melvin, who swore it had worked for him when his brother ran off and got married and left him with the bedroom all to himself. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I learned that the person who saved you, your personal saver, was sent by God to protect you and to help you out. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, because they have learned to fear their trainer, they can be made to perform stupid tricks dressed in unsuitable clothes, day after day, night after night. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perfect places to observe and listen and learn. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

He did not think of the men who would die; he had learned long ago not to do that. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that I could learn it?” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, who had never been more than fifty miles from her birthplace, learned to traverse the maze of Spanish-named streets in that enigma that is Los Angeles. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It meant my parents thought I had problems with my brain, and not the kind of problems that made it hard to do math or learn to read. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I was one of the least disciplined, so by the time I was ten, the only subject I had studied systematically was Morse code, because Dad insisted that I learn it. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

There, eventually, I learned that it was Friday, June 11, 1976. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

In order for a hunger strike to succeed, the outside world must learn of it. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Plus, I figured I could maybe learn what the secret to some of that fried deliciousness was so that I could take it back to my own kitchen. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They learn how to change the South without violence, how to not be moved by the evil actions of others, how to walk slowly but with deliberate steps. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

"I have been told,” the merchant began, "that you are a Brahmin, a learned man, but that you seek service with a merchant. Are you then in need, Brahmin, that you seek service?” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I like it when my daughter looks a certain way. She must learn how to maintain herself well. Even at this age." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That was a lesson Melisandre had learned long before Asshai; the more effortless the sorcery appears, the more men fear the sorcerer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But she learned nothing from it being but two years old at the time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were fighting for principles that they had learned from Europeans and Americans—from people similar to their own slave masters. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

This was how he learned that the ceilings in the White House were ready to fall down, as well as other things. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that first year, I learned more about poverty than I did in all my childhood days in Qunu. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But what I learned and what was being taught had no intersection. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I don’t answer, even though I’ve learned a good bit of Spanish from playing with some mestizo children in the cow pasture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would persevere and make a name for ourselves, and I would go to school, an English school where Jews were able to learn right beside gentiles. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

What would she say when she learned that another sister had been murdered? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

As he had learned at the luncheon, the color was critical: he told them the margarine had to be yellow. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I am learning the pathways of the heart, Eleanor thought quite seriously, and then wondered what she could have meant by thinking any such thing. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Late in the day, Inka soldiers learned to wait above and roll boulders on their foes, killing some of the animals and frightening others into running away. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“College? Is that where you mean to learn true discipleship?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He returned to the beings of land, eager to begin learning the ways of the water monsters. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Soon, investigators from the Department’s Office of the Inspector General were interviewing them, and, not long after, we learned that the district attorney had decided to bring felony assault charges to a grand jury. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then proceeded to show me—what persons who work with their bodies all their lives quickly learn—the most economical way to use one’s body in labor. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By that time, Robin had learned what he needed to know. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’ll have to learn the symbolism of the revolution,” somebody said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I learned that most of them were travel books. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a little kid, one of the first things I ever learned to do with my hands was the ritual of rice—washing it, cooking it. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Dad wanted me to play second this year. The coach wanted me to be the shortstop but Dad said I had to learn how to play second base first. Next year I’ll be at shortstop.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do we have to learn how to sew?” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had learned to know these people better in five hours than I had learned to know my own family in five years. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I had learned to master a great deal of tension now; I had developed, slowly and painfully, a capacity to contain it within myself without betraying it in any way. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not try to learn the life around him or to enter it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed fascinated by the stereo player and, as the song played, stood watching it as if he would learn the secrets of its chrome entrails by staring hard at it. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

We stare at the ceiling, and Pomp sings songs beneath his breath he learned while herding. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

As a keeper, he had watched and learned the tricks and moves of successful offensive players, and had noted how the best had worked to keep a goalie off balance. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

His sister needed to learn to let things go. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Girls acted like he was God or something when they learned he was raising me and Newcharlie. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“No one wants to learn how to twirl a stupid baton anyway.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s called Nuptial Law, ” Klaus said, “and I learned many interesting things while reading it.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Back then, I thought she meant she was having a heart attack, that she was feeling all the symptoms we learned about in health class: a tight chest, pain in your arm or jaw, indigestion. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So Gramps took Dad out along the empty country lanes in his pickup truck, just like he’d done with the rest of Dad’s siblings—except they’d all learned to drive when they were sixteen. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, we all learned she’d been arrested for stabbing her mother’s boyfriend to death. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But I see now that I might have to, to learn how to keep the good things here good—for us, and for the trees, and the animals—and maybe even make some things better.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

From my traveling days, I had learned how to break horses, and that’s what I would head off to do on my off days. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you need to learn the songs immediately.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

A pudgy inmate whose nickname, I would later learn, was Rerun finally spoke. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clause as subject: That Oedipus would learn the truth was inevitable. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But I have never learned to dance, and so it is all new. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

I learned that myth doesn’t mean a lie; it means a traditional story that tells you something about people and their worldview and what they hold sacred. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon, we learned more about the inmates. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

My political views were beginning to take shape, and the more I learned about America, the more liberal I became. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“George says that when you learn about things that make you uneasy, you know, ‘enemies,’ and it takes away some of their power. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

If a few people stayed home in each neighborhood, it could determine what our kids learned in schools, which health-care options we had available, or whether or not we sent our troops to war. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They marched in darkness that was pitch and bumped into each other blindly, but they did not panic, and they were learning to march without swinging their hands. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Good luck. Your daddy’s done planned out your whole life. You cain’t go off to no shack in the woods; you’re going to the Tuskegee Institute to get learned.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Amos,” said Mr. Weasley loudly, “think about it. . . precious few wizards know how to do that spell. Where would she have learned it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Kids who crossed him wound up with fat lips, and bullies learned to give him a wide berth. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Why are you teaching a girl child? She will think that she is above her station. All she needs to learn is how to cook, clean, sew, and care for children.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned that human beings are frequently unpredictable. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But none of us were comforted that easily, although by now we had learned not to make a fuss. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was asked if he wanted to go back to school and learn a trade. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Surely not even the most careful writer has learned them one by one. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“How did you learn all that? It isn’t even in American!” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

It looks pretty effortless, and if I learned anything from Instagram rising star Harriett, everything that looks effortless requires too much effort. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would earn the title after I determined if I’d been born allergic to cleaning or if the aversion had been learned. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Freshman English was taught by a cheerful woman in her late twenties who kept talking about something called the “essay form,” which, she assured us, we had learned in high school. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I knew it would be tough, but after being teammates with someone for so long, you learn their strengths and weaknesses. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I told myself that I'd never really cared about learning the language. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Gilly hadn’t learned yet how to vomit at will, but if she had, she would have dearly loved to throw up on that one. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Did you learn anything?” the Englishman asked, eager to hear what it might be. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I soon learned there were certain areas I was au-tomatically allowed to perform in: scholarship, athletics, and school-time activities like the yearbook, the newspaper, and student government. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also sold at the back doors of the wealthier clients in town, trying to remember what my father had told me and learning a few new tricks as well. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

That was what I learned to do that winter. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I prayed I would live long enough to learn what had happened to my family. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

George Weston, after all, was only a man—poor thing—and his wife made full use of every device which a clumsier and more scrupulous sex has learned, with reason and futility, to fear. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Now I was on the brink of learning all of the letters and how to put them together to form words. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, we could hunt one day, maybe some duck, maybe the pig, but first you need license and learn to shoot.” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

What he needed to do was review all he had learned over the years, because the alchemist would certainly put him to the test. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was tired of hearing her talk about how I was different because my family held on to our traditions and our history while we studied and learned and improved ourselves at the same time. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Although he had through the memories learned about the pain of loss and loneliness, now he gained, too, an understanding of solitude and its joy. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And you’ll be surprised to learn that hunter-gatherers ate better, grew taller, lived longer, and were healthier than “civilized” people. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

The famed Tuskegee Institute was, I learned, out of the city limits. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Learning in our family was entirely self-directed: you could learn anything you could teach yourself, after your work was done. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I certainly do know heaps of stories, but I learned most of them from Gramps. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

What he’d learned in school, and from his father, and from his own investigations—he could put it all to good purpose now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Vincent learns very quickly, absorbing more and more about art every day. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

And when I learned Grandma’s story, I couldn’t even look at myself in the mirror. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I think you still have some things to learn about women’s rights, huh?” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Go straight to your room, young lady, until you can learn the meaning of the word ‘respect,’” Lillian demanded. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned earlier why Commander Jameson pulled me out of Drake. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“The amazing thing,” he tells me, “is that you still haven’t learned how to make it last longer than a single day. You have no idea the power that you possess.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This site would be helpful to those learning new instruments, as well as experienced musicians who are just looking for some new music to play. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It is usually reported that the youngster crawls on all fours, makes those sounds learned from his foster parents, and perhaps even thinks like a wolf. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite what I had learned about Baba, I wished he were standing alongside me now. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I hoped to learn from what Hillary had shared with me about her own experiences, to leave the politics to Barack and focus my own efforts elsewhere. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

That way I will learn not to say such a thing again. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They learned that HPV inserts its DNA into the DNA of the host cell, where it produces proteins that lead to cancer. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey and I decided that making a trivia game about Ramadan was the perfect way for people to learn about our holiday and what we’d researched. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

I had learned my way around because of my trips with Rose. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not after learning what the photograph really meant. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He also learned to use the stems of foxtail grass to spear grasshoppers, longheaded locusts, and dragonflies, which he roasted over a fire in late summer and autumn. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Tally shook her head, wanting to say that Shay had already taught her how to hoverboard, the coolest thing she’d ever learned. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“I went to that private school where they made me learn to curtsy.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was a dark little tale about a man who found a magic cup and learned that if he wept into the cup, his tears turned into pearls. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I learned how to figure out how to sound out big words and work out math problems, too. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bringing the ball down the court makes me feel like a bird that just learned to fly. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

There is always something to learn, always something that is important to understand. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped my fingers on the desktop, preferring to fall back into my daydream of an earlier time filled with raised hands, muffled giggles, lessons yet to be learned, and lives yet to be lived. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He’d heard other members of the gang say she moved like a cat, but he suspected cats would sit attentively at her feet to learn her methods. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And the streets had erased everything I’d ever learned in school; I didn’t know a verb from a house. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dad says it’s not too late to learn, Paul.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d learned how in my lessons at the palace, but he shows me mistakes my teachers didn’t bother correcting. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

But that is my own illusion, a hangover from a version of reality I learned in the former time. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could never finish my mission for Simon Bass, but neither could I go on being a prentice, once they had learned the truth about me. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I had no connection to the history I was learning. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was something we’d learned together over time as our work lives had grown increasingly busy and intense. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As he returned to the States, Farmer considered his year in Haiti, where he had met a beautiful and fascinating young woman and learned numerous lessons about poverty, culture, and religion, a success. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Then he said to me, “Sam Gribley, if you are going to run off and live in the woods, you better learn how to make a fire. Come with me.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when scientists visited Gey’s lab to learn his techniques, he usually sent them home with a vial or two of HeLa. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They'll soon learn that I'm not the idiot they think I am! The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Smart people learn from their mistakes. But the real sharp ones learn from the mistakes of others. Don’t pout; you’re about to see something impressive. And it won’t even give you nightmares.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

They must, in the end, learn to take it in their stride. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

From the moment Winnie learned we had been brought to the island, she had been trying to arrange a visit. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I returned, I learned that Winnie had already gone into labor. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So where’d you learn to cook like this?” his mom asked when she finally pushed back from the table. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Liddy and Hunt soon learned that Daniel Ellsberg was scheduled to come to Washington in September to accept an award from a peace organization. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

In the last week, Tally had learned that Shay only used her ugly nickname as a put-down. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

And that—is a lot to learn for a forty-year-old man. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Over the summer I had learned what a pleasant land Karhide was for walking in. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There were more changes in our code to make up, learn, and share. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first but not the last time I toted along my middle- class notions about parenting, only to learn that Jesse had been almost completely on his own for years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bandleader had told him if he learned to blow right away he could march in the band the very next Saturday. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Bill learned that if a spacecraft were held steady in this region, the side pointed toward the sun would get too hot, and the side in the shadow would get too cold. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t learn much about America during these sessions: Mostly I learned that it was cold and snowy. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I learned that when I was a kid and would try to play one off the other to get my way. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was only when the first young prisoners who had been involved in the June 16 uprising began to arrive on Robben Island in August that we learned what truly happened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to agree in advance that man is fundamentally a bad lot, out for himself alone, displaying such graces as affection and compassion only as learned habits. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he understands things I will never learn. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned these things, but I couldn’t teach her about Chinese character. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In bits and pieces, I learned what had happened. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She worked out the method step- by-step, taught it to George, and wrote detailed instructions for the many other researchers who wanted to learn it. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I consulted the book both at home in my room and at the daily learning academy other people called our school. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

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

A few of us did learn to eat fish, especially on those Pacific islands where there was sometimes little else to eat. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is important to learn and know this history, but many people today lack that knowledge and understanding because of the way America’s story has been taught. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

We learned it the hard way after he was gone. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Virtually all of the advantage that wealthy students have over poor students is the result of differences in the way privileged kids learn while they are not in school. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And for the first time, she learned that her sister had been committed to a mental institution called Crownsville. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I clomped through the kitchen on the way to washing up and said to Viola, “How come I have to learn how to sew and cook? Why? Can you tell me that? Can you?” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Thereafter, to learn the Zhaganashimowin letters and sounds became a source of amusement, for the evenings were still long. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Let us play fetch again, as we did earlier,” she said to them, “and show Lady Constance what you have learned. Alexander! Ball!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

He had done the same the first night, and learned that it was no good. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Vonetta had to learn how to be a better sister to Fern, and I was going to teach her. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

Doc smiled but said, “When we start lessons, no more playing around. You’ll have to listen close to what I tell you. There’s a lot to learn.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I have seen Negro children who really cannot learn, particularly those who in their gelatin plate of babyness have been told they were inferior. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. had learned about the rally that afternoon in a phone call from one of his informants, a city arson inspector. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the positive side, children are learning from a professional, trained to teach music to children. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The weird thing, he told me, was that Rose’s gran keeping her out of the system for so long had actually helped Rose learn to relate to other people. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The godswife thought her a child, but children grow, and children learn. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

‘It’s a cross between nerd and geek. They don’t like me because I only talk big. I’m trying to learn how to talk small. But it’s hard.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later there were Mr. Scott Joplin’s rags, which I learned for myself. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They learned that there was nothing so loathsome as a wisp of blanket fluff hiding under a bed, concealing within its form a battalion, a whole division, of bacteria. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

You must learn to manipulate them, for your own good. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spassky was angered when he learned that he was not being considered for the match with Fischer, and he used insulting language when referring to Titomirov. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The young man has some respect. Maybe you can learn something from him, Dante.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nobody, including Onofre himself, knew how he learned to read and write—certainly he had never attended school. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You scared of that pip-squeak? Dude, you got a lot to learn. Freakin’ Newbies.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The lady tells us that girls didn’t go to school as much as boys—that they typically stayed home to learn how to take care of the house. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s been three years, Jackson. A cat can do a lot of learning in that time. I read the dictionary four times last month.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She has, indeed, learned that he is gone. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned that in math class once, but—” “It’s used to measure circles,” Leo said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After the training camp, his coach said that he was second string and that when he starts learning the system, he will be first string. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow we must really start to learn our way around. Luke, will you screen the fire?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

On Tuesday, our second day, we learned more about emergencies. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Life isn’t fair, Jason, and the sooner you learn that, the better.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even after I learned the truth about my name. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

K. Fuchs, Lamphere learned, was Klaus Fuchs, a German-born British physicist who joined the Manhattan Project with a team from Great Britain. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Martin went on to list all the holidays he celebrated and I was relieved to learn that many were the same as ours—another thing we had in common. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I got to stay in our apartment all day, learning some stuff from Nana and then mostly from my computer. 1,508 days of studying from the comfort of my bedroom. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Katrina was a full year before I was born, but we learn about that hurricane in class and have a moment of silence every year on the anniversary. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Shad kerrected us some, but I guess he had too many other things to learn us. I’d like to talk nice—the way you and him do,” he added. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the Masters and from ancient Lore-Books Ged learned what he could about such beings as this shadow he had loosed; little was there to learn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was a monotonous job, and Yossarian was disappointed to learn that the lives of enlisted men were only slightly more interesting than the lives of officers. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“It’s time for you to start learning something beyond scrubbing the floor,” said her stepmother, and held out her hairbrush. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He is my blood, and that is all you need to know. And now I will learn where you heard that name, my lady." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He began to wonder whether they had much to learn about their new home. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was having trouble learning the subject because he didn't have much interest in it. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She says it once more, learning something about herself, as we cross another block. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Chamberlain learned: Stuart had been through here and there’d been a brush. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a kid, you learn to measure long before you understand the size or value of anything. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He’ll remember how that was nothing compared to the complete devastation on Daniel’s face when he learned the news about Natasha. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I can obscure your progress somewhat, but the success of your journey will depend on you, Hazel Levesque. You must learn to use the Mist.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It shocked me to learn that you had been left to the care of strangers. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned a lot in the past few months,” I said. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man who learned to read has touched the hearts of people who read about him. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is a lesson I would sooner they never learned. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But, from a report Sackett later wrote, we know the most important facts she learned: The British were building many flat-bottomed boats and were planning to invade Philadelphia and “subdue that city.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You might be right. Nevertheless, I did not learn to envy the rich man.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thee is welcome any time, child. I’ll keep it safe for thee. Now show me what thee has learned today. What letter is this?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She learned Zulu because it’s similar to Xhosa. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He would have to pay dearly to learn just a little. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would soon learn that behind his gentle appearance was a careless and uncaring man. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Paul refused to wait patiently. $he had learned about the power of the press and planned to use it to her advantage. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was astonished and indeed somewhat dismayed to learn that my political mentor Gaur Radebe had joined the PAC. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you know Ben-Ben’s been learning about the physics of hitting a baseball?” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Blood managed the accounting and worked as Woodhull’s secretary, often writing documents for her, because she had never learned elegant penmanship or proper punctuation. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

But Jasper said only, “When I have learned skills worthy of my Masters here and worthy of your praise, my lady, then I will gladly come, and serve you ever gladly.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“There are lots of things to learn about, and I’m sure everyone would like to settle in,” Fauzia adds. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Once I learn the date of a certain event, I can easily remember it by its colors. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Simulators are make-believe spacecraft in which the crew practices and learns to fly the real ones. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I was going to take care of them, if they were my responsibility, if any of us were going to survive, then I had to learn to control my temper. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The different ways to teach a song are related to children’s different learning styles, such as aural and visual learning, and the child’s appropriate cognitive development; e.g., age and grade development. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She followed my Chinese ways only until she learned how to walk out the door by herself and go to school. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Washington, for his part, obliged his Virginia critics by urging his stepgrandson to attend Harvard in order to escape the provincial versions of learning currently ascendant in the Old Dominion. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

We were different, but most days we believed Ms. Laverne when she told us how special we were, how smart, how kind, how beautiful—how tons of successful people had different ways of learning. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She'd say, "You have to go, because you have to learn to deal with cruel people like Suba and your teacher." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s what your essay could be about: How I learned about obstruction of justice by obstructing it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

But patience and stealth, patience and stealth; a lesson soon learned is a meal soon earned. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had also learned a new word: cheese. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“We need to learn about the ground here. Half the plants are strange to me. This isn’t one to eat, but at least there’s plenty of burnet and that’s always good.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it a tremor, or just a child learning the complicated business of managing her own fingers? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They didn’t learn what the words actually meant, though, only how to say them. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She wanted to learn how to read music already written down. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Alexander Robinson, the man who led the choir, recognized the youngster’s musical gifts and her eagerness to learn and to perform. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

He tells me school is easy now, you don’t have to sit in a ditch learning your sums or the glorious history of Ireland. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“You need to learn how to talk to women,” I turn away from Chris, but he keeps talking. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“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

I learn little about language and intimacy listening to those social activists who propose using one’s family language in public life. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They'd probably want nothing to do with me once they learned I technically wasn't allowed to be living in the country. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The first week, Mami even rode the buses with her, transferring, going and coming, twice a day, until Carla learned the way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

This, I would learn, was standard Franklin greeting. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Piper could almost imagine they were normal teenagers, enjoying each other’s company and learning to be together as a couple. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Back in junior high, she learned that the long-distance run, tiring herself out, soothing herself with the rhythm of pace, helped the anxiety. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Amari watched him and remembered how he once had captured a small bird and copied its movements, flapping his arms like wings, telling her, with much laughter, that he intended to learn how to fly. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never win a baby-crawling contest, but by the time I was three, I had learned to get across a room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It's time to think bigger, to escalate the pamphlet campaign, to enlarge his circle so that more Germans learn the truth. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Still, there were ones I had not yet learned, and Grandma said there were often new ones. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If you have learned to fly, or been taught by a great musician or fencer, you have only to remember that teacher, to know how the people of Camelot had come to think of Lancelot. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wagner’s acolytes were happy to have retreated into their private Valhalla, where only the initiated, the learned and the bold would venture to tread. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

But they’d learned the hard way that funerals were expensive, that hiring lawyers was even worse, that when you lost a loved one, it sucked your finances dry. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Which he’s learned from this trip means so much more than he knew. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

He learns the skills he will need as an adult. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“What are we going to learn from all the medals?” asked Sierra as the bookmobile raced back to Olympia Village. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Was it one or two? I don’t know. The more you see, the more you learn no two are alike. I’d better get my hands washed.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I miss him, but as time goes on, I’ll learn to live with it,” he said. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which wasn’t exactly true, but I didn’t want to look dumb or nothing and I figured I could learn to use a camera. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Back up the scale with the sandwiches: Mr. Talbert looked at me and said... he’d never learn to sit on the pot... of beans every Thursday night. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“I told Mrs. Viboon that you would learn a lesson. I think I know the perfect lesson to start with.” A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The larger black community in Durham was less than enthusiastic about the vigil when they did learn about it. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t leave yet, not with so much more to learn about the peculiar children. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Later, Inej learned that the coast was a popular location for slavers. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Genie nodded, hoping it was more dog tricks, like Samantha learning to talk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

We sat silent for a moment, waiting for any movement or lights, but as we’d just learned, darkness and silence did not translate to safety. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

What has not changed, however, is a child’s innate desire to be musical, make music, and learn from it. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And she had learned something more from hearing her maid’s screams. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

"You can still learn. I can be your master." Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Father says it is the lot of every young woman to learn humility and God plots for each her chosen way. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Learning sequences in music: A contemporary music learning theory. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Watch always,” he told them, “for signs of improvement, faster learning, quicker reaction in group A as compared to group B, and both as compared to the control group.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“You are young, but you will learn. Beautiful women lie, just because they can. It’s a sickness, really.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, sighing, “where do I learn about dinosaurs?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Ollie brought me here under a false pretense, and I've finally learned a piece of information that could be useful, but he's told me help is impossible without really explaining why. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“That’s one thing you can learn from this skull. There are two more.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He soon learned that the project was more complicated than just making a plastic suit. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Along the way, contrary to my initial impression, they have managed to learn a great deal about Calakmul, the landscape it occupied, and the collapse that led to the forest’s return. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And now I learn this: She is a Dragon user. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

We ran some four- on-five plays to learn how to avoid traps. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

No, Dany thought, and the Usurper’s dogs will learn that, when I return to Westerns. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I used to go around and buy auto parts for Abel, and I learned that he was buying his parts on credit. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Once, for instance, he told me that he had learned that a Harlem couple, not Black Muslims, had named their newborn son “Malcolm” after him. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

One night the boy learned why his mother had brought home the bottle of vanilla flavoring. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did after a while, not to ‘mess’ but to learn of Hannah how things should be done, that my servants need not laugh at me. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

If Z was the bomber, maybe learning that Kaitlin was with the paramedics would stop him from whatever he was going to do. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the story and learn from the crow’s mistakes, for the crow did not see the fox’s sneer, but only heard his deceptive words.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ramsay would flay them all when he learned his bride was gone, and what he would do to Grunt and Sour Alyn did not bear thinking about. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She herself had been eager to learn, scarcely able to wait to open the wonderful volumes in Grandfather’s library. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

The butter is a trick I learned at the Rachel and Leah Center. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sending you to Europe,” she said, “but you’re fired anyway. You, hoy, have to learn to work.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jason had learned long ago that the best way to control a crowd of bullies was to pick the meanest, biggest kid and force him into submission. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So even if I’m getting intelligent and learning a lot of new things, he thinks I’m still a boy about women. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was rapidly learning to distrust everything and everybody. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d color-coded our collection of maps with tags made of free paint chips from the hardware store, a practical bit of flair learned from season 4, episode 11: “Neat for Next to Nothing.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Later he learned that he had stabbed the bus driver and two other passengers to death. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Honey, Honey, how will I ever learn to stand it!” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Honestly, where else do Negro girls get to truly learn their place: serving the fine whitefolks of the world and keeping them safe? Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

If we let these tragedies become growth experiences, if we learn from them, then we have in some way triumphed over the fear and anger and sorrow that death brings. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mom was a hairdresser. I learned some things.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Sekani’s finally learned aim etiquette and the art of flushing, so it’s fine, I guess. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The universal attributes of language are genetically set; we do not learn them, or make them up as we go along. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned much from those men who were as dark and quiet as the earth of the valley, and what I learned made me stronger inside. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Younger children can learn musical concepts long before learning written notation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Above all, I learned how to look after myself in a way that no young person can ever do by staying in civilization. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’d learned the more I loved didn’t have to mean the more I had to lose. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Whatever, I was committed; I'd learn in the process of working with them, I thought, remembering the money. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through various inquiries Holmes learned of Minnie’s inheritance and of the fact that it consisted largely of a parcel of property in the heart of Fort Worth, Texas. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I’m afraid now, really ...’ ‘I can learn.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, no. I just wanted to show you. It’s not for rivers anyway. They sailed them once on oceans. I think we learned about it in history class.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And he never learned if Sutpen had been there or not. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great,” he wrote. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Please help him feel better and learn to handle when time is up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

At first, Minerva made excuses about how Dinorah learned bad civic habits from a corrupt system. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe learned everything true and untrue, founded and unfounded, every ugly conjecture. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Emerson was right when he talked about learning through suffering. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I learn to stay just under the surface, doing everything to the eight-count. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

From the code talkers who had been on the Canal, I also learned more about our enemies. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He never learned the power and hope that comes from Your forgiveness. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tate, as Perry soon learned, was an old and awesome name in western Kansas. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned to draw back my lips and breathe slowly through my teeth, so I wouldn’t choke on mosquitoes. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s a trigger for her. But she’s learning. Being out of the system forced her to refine those social skills on her own.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“One day I will learn to read,” he said to himself. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Assessment: How will I know my students learned the material? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She had learned where we were and written a letter explaining that when she first heard we had escaped to America, she had been worried that we were being taken into slavery. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You will learn to speak with the world, New Voice.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

There was no time to learn her name. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“If you perform for them, you need to conduct yourself with dignity and learn to keep your elbow out of the soup.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Via mysterious connections available only to initiates, they learned of Clara’s existence, established telepathic contact with her, and immediately realized they were astral sisters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But human ways are hard to learn, especially when you’re not a human. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“When you save treat for one hour, it will taste better! I learn this from my mother many year ago.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Ain’t that awful. You sure pick up with fine friends, Ignatius. Them colored people already got it hard, boy. They got a hard road, too. Life’s hard, Ignatius. You’ll learn.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was one of the first and simplest things she’d learned from the pamphlets Yuko had given her: Allah is just the Arabic word for God. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I never learned to like sleeping on the floor of her room, but she wouldn’t permit the trundle bed to be brought in. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They would all learn more about punishments soon. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I remember that from the beginning I wanted my culture to be number one and school to be number two—I would learn them both at the same time if I could. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taught him what she knew with gentle kindness, and the more he learned, the more he came to love her brave, noble, quiet and intelligent relations. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn to do that?” she asked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe I would even learn enough to be able to help Maribel with her homework. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Today we are going to learn about binding,” he says. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The first task in accomplishing that is learning exactly what one must do to survive. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How do you think that gull learned to swim like that?” he asked Lizzie. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

But she was brilliant, learned easily, and when she liked something, she put her all into it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could learn a horse’s mind from the bob of the head, the tension in the reins, the coil of the hindquarters. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I see it—Perry has learned a lesson he will never forget. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She changed her mind in 1854 when she learned that Blackwell had boarded a train and rescued a runaway eight-year-old slave girl who was being forced to return to the South. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Then he learned that each creature had a personality. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“They also want me to be in a school where I can easily learn a second language. It’s worth being an outsider to get a good education.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

They had to study the night skies through their telescopes every Wednesday at midnight and learn the names of different stars and the movements of the planets. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

But is the commercial theory of learning true? The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madame Manec’s energy, Marie-Laure is learning, is extraordinary; she burgeons, shoots off stalks, wakes early, works late, concocts bisques without a drop of cream, loaves with less than a cup of flour. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Chicago, I was learning, was a much bigger city than I’d ever imagined it to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Robots have learning capacity, you...you fool—” And Bogert knew that she had really lost her temper. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

It’s been a month and a half since the shooting, but going to Manny’s house now is no easier today than it would’ve been the day he learned Manny was gone. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe they don’t remember what they learn, but I’m telling you, I done raised enough kids to know, they matter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t learn the truth until she drove to her uncle’s house to find comfort, and he told her it was a play. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

And learned how to telekinetically transport herself, because she was immediately standing in front of him in the kitchen. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“White folks can't help their ignorance. And it's our task to learn to cope with it, if we want to stay alive and keep our peace of mind.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I had learned the spelling and definition of the word skirmish, which I had added to my notepad to memorize that day. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

While No. 46 was working on Brown, another operative, No. 28, learned a seemingly vital secret from a young Kaw Indian woman who lived near the western border of Osage County. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Regret, I was learning, was the sharpest knife there was. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I went and learned the pleasures of love from Kamala and business from Kamaswami I hoarded money, I squandered money, I acquired a taste for rich food, I learned to stimulate my senses. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And when he is old enough, he will learn the truth of who he is. He’ll be free to seek you out if that is what he wants.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

To tell them was to risk the unthinkable: it was to risk learning that they already knew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All the girls made friendship bracelets from plastic strings and colorful yarn, so I learned many ways of creating my own jewelry. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

By the time their wings had grown out, they had learned to take food from my hand. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the litany of possible reasons, it was hard not to wonder if the fundamental core of education—the ability of teachers to teach and the ability of kids to learn—had gotten lost. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ordered a book in the mail to learn the game, Bridge for the Beginner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Poppy had learned how to ride piggyback—she wrapped her legs around Lina’s waist and gripped Lina’s throat with her small, strong fingers. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Werner tries out various theories on Frederick, but Frederick, he’s learning, moves about as if in the grip of a dream, his trousers too big around the waist, the hems already falling out. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I wanted to tell him what I’d learned from June, but this was the most he’d spoken to me in days. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In elementary school, did you learn that some Indigenous peoples thought of corn, beans, and squash as “the three sisters”? Did you help plant a “three sisters” garden as a school project? An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

I learned next that my “silencing” was even more thorough than I had thought. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In between takes, Jenny worked with Cha-Cha, who’d come to the train station location to learn her moves for the upcoming scenes in the warehouse down in New York City. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was learning how to match the feeling he had about an object with what was formally understood about its style and background and value. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha thanked her and laughed, and when she learned that he had not eaten that day nor the previous day, she ordered bread and fruit to be brought to him and attended him. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He quickly learned to set up the barriers, but I’m not sure he felt he could count on them. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I am learning a lot and getting smarter every day. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Even after the program was over and she learned the truth, she couldn’t recover from the shock. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I also don’t want to tell her that I’m not sure I can learn how to do empathy. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that the Chicago Muslim officials were further displeased with me because of the newspaper reports of me in die Cassius Clay camp. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a guest of the Scandinavian peoples, she made it a point to learn their folk songs in the original languages. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

They soon learned that for dining out, everyone in Shaker seemed to prefer Pearl of the Orient, just a few blocks away, but Lucky Palace did a good takeout business. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He speedily learned that Perrault and François were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smith gave Seabiscuit time to learn to trust him and Pollard. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of songbirds have been surgically deafened in order to find out if their songs are learned or instinctive. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried home to tell her family what she had learned. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our passion for learning, evident in the behavior of every toddler, is the tool for our survival. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know ... if you’d just take me along on some of your missions, I’d probably learn a lot more and stay out of trouble.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

There, I was expected to learn Hebrew and study the Bible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, she says angrily, your grandmother Maria sent you to sell spices in the market, where you learned about drugs. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

She knew the coolest bits of’80s trivia—stuff you couldn’t learn from books or movies. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But Uncle Cent and the other Goupil directors feel he would benefit from more time working at the branch in The Hague, learning still more about the business. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s learning her letters, and she wrote a bunch of them on her paper. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I soon learned that there was nothing to worry about. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I must have looked doubtful about her words, because Teacher Sarah smiled and said to me, “I mean that they will care about what is inside of your head...your intelligence...your ability to learn.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t yet learned what happened to the rest of his company. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paris was at the centre of the revival of Galenism, and as well as being taught the works of the master, Vesalius also learned his skill at dissection during his time there. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Annabelle is learning that he likes the company of the ladies. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If she’d learned one thing from watching him at the Night Zoo all these years, it was how to tell a story, how to capture an audience with embellished words and dramatic pauses. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They have not yet learned what to do. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned of the successful liberation struggles in Mozambique and Angola in 197s and their emergence as independent states with revolutionary governments. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So one thing I learn is that maybe everyone should have a near-death experience now and then. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

My grades were average at best, and eventually I learned to live with my father's disappointment. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

But I have learned that if we want to change the world, we can’t harden our hearts and shut ourselves off from other cultures. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I stood beside her as she traced patterns in chalk on chambray and calico, and I learned to make the wide simple chain stitches to guide the emerging shape of the garment. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

His mother, wanting the best for him, sent him off to learn a trade in Tennessee under the watchful eye of a white tailor there. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He dreamed that a wonderful man had come up to him as he was trying to read the store signs aloud and had said, “Child, you want to learn, don’t you?” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said he learned a lot from it, which Mr. Terupt was happy to hear. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a club where you learn how to take better pictures,” said Fadi, his face stiff. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I was learning rapidly how to watch white people, to observe their every move, every fleeting expression, how to interpret what was said and what left unsaid. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, to enter this resplendent place, the new ones must learn the primary Latin. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in powerful nations like the United States and the United Kingdom, only the very elite—or the incredibly determined—could learn to fly. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The ancients didn’t have the equipment to deal with the infinite, but modern mathematicians have learned to handle it. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The people here would have learned soon enough. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Over the last few months, Leo had learned to interpret this machine language. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She has learned to follow August from the elephant car to the menagerie tent, and in return for this he has stopped beating the hell out of her. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Did you learn what they do inside the Green Lantern?” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I have always loved to learn, even though the learning they offered us was much less than that given to bilagaanaa children. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

All day, he had been learning that it was not so much the physical things, or the threat of physical difficulties, that frightened him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Not that I hate school, it’s just that when it comes down to it, I learn more just hanging out at home anyway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I told her she was a good dancer, and asked her where she’d learned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, there is far more to learn about Islam than the five pillars, as we call them, but those are the foundations of Islam. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Eventu­ally I learned to read the signals he was sending me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am learning to control my resentment, not to be so impatient, to wait for things. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tells Theo that being in the hospital was very interesting and that it is possible to learn how to live by being around the sick. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“But I can’t. So even if you were to write the names, I couldn’t read them. And it’s not permitted for girls to learn.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By then he knew what had happened: ten years learning was ten years too long; too much had been allowed to happen. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But coming closer to Milton, she learned something about medical reports. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Students, are you? And do you learn much, up at the school?” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Now is your chance to show us what you learned. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

But throughout her life, she didn’t just work with the wind: in a small way, she learned how to change it. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He was like a baby learning to walk. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

To me they were like treasures from a museum, things a person could study to learn about another time and the people who lived back then. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

"And I intend to read Emerson, too . . ." "Very good. Self-reliance is a most worthy virtue. I shall look forward with the greatest of interest to learning your contribution to my fate." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But again, similar to Prohibition, gun control laws can only be as effective as the organizations that enforce them—another lesson to be learned from the past. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Since each studio made its own art materials, Maria learned how to craft delicate brushes from bird feathers and fur, and to grind mineral powders used to color paint. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Now they learned that they needed official permission to treat every MDR patient they found. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I pressed them for details of what they’d learned, they would tease me. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

That there was no better way to learn about that particular war than to jump right into it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Mapping, I learn about paths, but I also learn about forest health: How dense are the trees? Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He learns that the house, for all its beauty, has certain faults in the summer months, so that it makes all the more sense that it is a place Gerald and Lydia annually avoid. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Most important, they learned to obey their leader, no matter what. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

More than anything, she told me, she wanted to learn about her mother and what her cells had done for science. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

After waiting for months, Nguyen and her uncle Huynh’s families were sponsored by a church in Saint Paul, Minnesota, whose members helped them learn English and find schools, housing, and work. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would ever learn to talk the right way. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

We learned that if you could get hold of an inmate’s hand or wrist, several inventive ways of twisting it would drop him to the floor with you on top. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say, and I tell her of the day I fell off Mister Lochana’s speedboat and nearly drowned before I’d even had a chance to fully learn how to walk. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"But for the moment, you will all be learning how to die properly." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had been stricken with typhoid fever during his first year of teaching, and Ellen Creighton had patiently nursed him back to health with the skill she had learned over the years. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear him mumble, “There are some things I just can’t learn.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I thought if I turned the pages over and over, I might learn.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He did learn that hospital management intended to charge patients for its use. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

In Ken's case, he cultivated an image of an unassuming embassy official, interested in learning about Moscow and raising his children. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It was a routinized way of trying to learn the cases. Not Joe. He wouldn’t have any of that. But he had that quality which we always vaguely subsumed under ‘thinking like a lawyer.’ Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Of all the stumbling blocks inherent in learning this language, the greatest for me is the principle that each noun has a corresponding sex that affects both its articles and its adjectives. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Things you learn in church that are hammered into you until they’re so normal that you expect everyone else who doesn’t go to church to know what you mean. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I mean, she was in high school going through the things high school girls go through, playing tennis and learning piano, and when Tateh was divorcing Mameh she got lost in all that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What a pity every child couldn’t learn to read under a willow tree, Kit thought a week later. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He had learned by then to say her name. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Andy, I don’t see why you hang with this big-head fool, except maybe to learn some basketball. What you score tonight—four?” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At dinnertime I learned more about the new and improved Jenna. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

That’s entitlement: his mother permits that casual incivility because she wants him to learn to assert himself with people in positions of authority. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

The movie Malcolm X, which was originally contracted as X: The Movie, shows him learning how to read the dictionary as if he didn’t already know how. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll go to school and learn and grow, and then when the time is right, you’re going to be a great leader. Even greater than I could hope to be.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He signed up for the Army Airborne School, known as “Jump School,” and learned to parachute from planes. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

“The first lesson you will learn from me is to keep your mouth shut. Got that?” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Not in learning Italian or Swahili or Mandarin, but in language itself, its shape and structure, the Lego blocks of sounds that snap together to make words and sentences. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He puts more spicy sauce on his pork, looking guilty, as if learning something in science class is a crime. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Jess was shocked to learn that there were fifteen hundred volcanoes around the world that could be active. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

But as it was a personal choice between learning cudgel and wrestling from Constance or quarter staff from Matthias, to a mouse they had opted for the latter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Winnie was concerned, and I soon learned that there were press reports that I was having a toe amputated. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Last year, we learned about novels and short stories and plays. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Confined and isolated, Mudd would wait to learn what price he would have to pay for his part in hiding Lincoln’s assassins. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now that you aren’t a novice, you have to learn to be a lighter sleeper.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As she holds me I whisper to her the things I’ve learned. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Even now, sixty years later, I can still remember that Dobson’s father was a doctor and that he lived, as I had learnt from the label on Dobson’s tuck-box, at The Red House, Uxbridge, Middlesex. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then this week we started to learn about Socrates. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You should learn to enjoy the comic episodes a little more.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He learned his first lesson about the necessity of counterintelligence when a young woman was brought before him for questioning about a coded letter she had been given. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A good-natured, shaved-headed, bullnecked older black man named Kirkley taught a class called Use of Force, in which we learned when it was okay to lay our hands on somebody. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I envied him and wished with all my heart that someday I would learn how to have Jake’s confidence and devilish enjoyment of life. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Unseen City, it read, in the calligraphy he’d learned at the abbey. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When she learned that a rather large teacher kept a desk drawer filled with candy bars and fatty treats, Cara wrote an editorial with the title, “Let’s Chat about Fat.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I learned how to play the guitar and sing when I was really young so I could play in my dad’s church.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I walked through the valley of my fate, is all, and learned to love what I could lose. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A whole day is a lot for your first time. You will learn when you need them and when you don’t.” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Nobody ever learned the precise nature of the role that Comrade Pillai played in the events that followed. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned to make myself perfectly passive when my mother bathed and shaved me. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Nat thought he had learned to face his sorrow, until they sighted Cape Ann and he knew that in a few hours he would be home. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running about the streets every day and all day long he learned to know the city after a fashion, and he saw this and that of its secret parts. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

She had plenty of reasons not to trust the Carutherses, and had only found more since they learned of the family coming to visit. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I learned an eclectic smattering of Commonwealth law from a traveling barrister too drunk or too pompous to realize he was lecturing an eight-year-old. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“All he ever seemed to want was knowledge—numbers to crunch, history to learn, information to file away and use later....” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wanted a music career, and so I wanted to learn about the organ and xylophone and become a fully prepared musician. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

To Milkman’s father, college was time spent in idleness, far away from the business of life, which was learning to own things. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Oppression and the fear of learning have obliterated almost all memory of ancient Alexandria. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Gran wants me to learn to type. At least you’re earning.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Powers and his fellow test pilots trained for months at a secret facility in a remote part of the Nevada desert known as Area 51, learning to control the powerful experimental planes. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Too bad all this stuff got wrecked, but at least I salvaged the scrolls. If I can get them back to Camp Half-Blood, maybe I can learn how to recreate Archimedes’s inventions.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“That’s why I keep telling Simon to learn guitar. His sister used to play.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

At the time Theresa had not dared to; and though later she’d learned to talk professionally — to present cases — past differential diagnoses and treatment plans, she managed nothing. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bragg was in Max’s office when I rushed in the next day to blurt out what I had learned. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“You better learn to say them fancy words. You’re gonna be out in the world soon, college girl. And besides, rich boy from across the street knows how to say it.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But mostly, I learned to just stay in the kitchen. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I'm learning to break out of the fear now, taking small steps each day. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“I bet he learned all this from someone. But this someone needs to sit down today, huh?” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Even President Washington learned a valuable lesson as a result of his encounter with yellow fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

I grew up learning to be afraid of la migra and listened to my parents and family members go on and on about papeles. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But I learned another lesson watching the show. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"I can see where Joffrey learned his courtesies." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Even the background noise of a city can impact the ability to learn and remember, and can deplete neurological resources. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Losing a leg was like having to learn to suck in air through the pores of my skin. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I read every article I could find about the case, but learned nothing more. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"He knew everything when he started. The others can't ever learn what he was born with." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

A glass of beer stands in front of me, I've learned to drink in the army. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the hairball thinks it’s his duty to learn eleven hundred names, who are we to burst his bubble by telling him he doesn’t have to?” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I hated it—except that I learned how to do CPR. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Lourdes When Lourdes learns that dozens of people have taken refuge in the Peruvian embassy, she rushes to Havana to investigate. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upon learning that we had all fought for the so-called army, in different parts of the country, we calmed down and talked about what bases we were from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The caseworkers had taught us how to call 911, and we learned how to write our address on a piece of paper in case we got lost. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“If I keep you, the Fish and Wildlife Service will just take you away from me. Maybe even jail me. You’re an endangered species. I can’t harbor an endangered species. I’ve learned that much! “ Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She thought about the day they’d fallen into the Grand Canyon—the first time she’d learned that Jason could control the air. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

At last the Greeks learned that there was a most sacred image of Pallas Athena in the city, called the Palladium, and that as long as the Trojans had it Troy could not be taken. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of what she believes about teaching, she learned from Volpe. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until later I learned that, on that night, unlike me and the people on the news, my parents already knew what was going to happen. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

All hell broke loose from her dad until he learned she was pregnant. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

PPS I really am trying to learn as fast as I can. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

She hadn't gone hungry much since she learned to knock down birds with her stick sword, but she feared so much pigeon was making her sick. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Of course, all Witchlings were required to learn basic magical self-defense from a very early age. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

But he seems to have learned already that the front-line isn’t a parade ground. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was cold in the cellar, of course, so that Mrs. Popper had to learn to play the piano with her gloves on. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t return Jenna’s three phone calls last night; I’m just not ready to share what I’ve learned about myself yet. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Schindler knew little about the nuts and bolts of manufacturing and wasn't interested in learning. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

So long as they could learn which end of a spear did the killing, they might make all the difference. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, he had learned over the years to look for the clues whispered by changes in the villagers’ daily routines. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“Can’t change a leopard’s spots, and no sense in trying. I’m just glad they’ve finally learned that we share at the dinner table.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that a long time ago, and I suspected Augustus had, too. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Her mind wandered, thinking of her friends at Tule Lake and how some of them had abandoned her after they learned her parents were renouncing their citizenship. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, where did you learn those words Jody heard you say?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bargh wanted to learn whether the people who were primed with the polite words would take longer to interrupt the conversation between the experimenter and the confederate than those primed with the rude words. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You must learn the dyes,” the old woman said. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

On some days I found myself thinking every waking moment about nothing else but my safety—consumed with learning skills that would keep me alive. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every child I knew had learned that song with his ABC’s and along with “Jesus Loves Me This I Know.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But without college, how will I learn anything of any account to teach others? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I shall tell all the world the lessons I learned in Africa. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I spend the first few minutes practicing without a knife, finding the right stance, learning the right arm motion. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She wanted to learn how to draw people next, and Ivy agreed to teach her. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A significant improvement occurred in his learning curve in 1956, when he was thirteen. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The very idea of schooling used to be about learning so that we could improve our lives and the world. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to have to learn the rituals and customs of a new high school. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

She did care what the servants thought: “Whether the servants know you as you are and do not take your opinions as any guide for theirs—whether they learn toleration in short.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

This in itself would have been a crime, but it was worse than simple murder, for Iofur learned later that the other bear was his own father. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"You're a prince! Kings and such-like are learned to write and read soon as they tumble out of the cradle. Don't think you can pull the wool over our eyes. Hop to it!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that nurses liked to make small talk and were in love with taking your vitals. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I learned woodcraft from a huntsman named Laclith who traveled with us for nearly a whole season. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Tell me about your life—how you learned to play the pianoforte so masterfully. And what was that piece? It was so sad; were you thinking about a secret lover?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Gradually he had learned to change his behavior and to become one of Village’s happy children, and soon a good student. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But if you are employed as a lady’s maid your employers seldom have a chance of learning whether or not you are a good cook. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, I have learned so much my freshman year, and one important lesson I’ve learned is that people do change, because I did. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had tried hard to learn and they had laughed at me; I had opened my lunch to eat and again they had laughed and pointed at me. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the days and weeks go by, the princess learns the ways of the kitchen. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Nan and Pop never learned who it was. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

By every conventional measure, Justice is now solidly middle class, but she is still trying to learn how to feel middle class. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Rufus learned that it was not advisable to pinch Mrs. Teasdale. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was when I learned about factory farming that I stopped eating meat. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He took a course in calligraphy, where he also learned about typefaces, and he talked about its impact on him and his company for the rest of his life. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

I’d learned they were coming when our mother started fussing about the menu the week before. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

They yell until my head aches and I don’t learn anything. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

But they have little agility, tending to sloth when they reach full growth, and most Tasmanian herdsmen have learned with ease to avoid them. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I sing a line of a marching song I learned when I served with the U.S. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“In any case, it’s good that you’ve learned that everything in life has its price. This is what the Warriors of the Light try to teach.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

For he hungered to learn, to gain power. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a lot of facts for my book, A Short History of a Small Place. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Is he willing to learn from his coaches? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

He was learning how to identify hot agents by eye, by looking at photographs of the particles. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe Sarah and Daniel and I should learn to cook. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

At last I see her coming, a red and white shape of cloth, like a kite, walking at the steady pace we’ve all learned to keep. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s where he also learned that if you go to the barbershop you’ve got to make sure your neck is real clean, otherwise the barber talks about you like a dog after you leave. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was starting to wonder if this was really something I wanted to learn to do. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And now she was being told she would need to learn to be more Japanese. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He felt Mentor s love for his students and his hopes for them and what they would learn from him. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He tried his hand at many sports but had little patience for learning the finer points of any of them. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must learn to seek out other sparks, it must dominate the shell. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They need it to learn, to feel safe and connected, and to function economically, socially, and politically in the next century. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one, she had learned from experience, could stand such silence for long. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I tell them I learned “The Walls of Cork” and I dance around the kitchen trying to hum a made-up tune and dying with the pain of my tooth. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Objects he’s got, color he’s learning, but he's still feeling dissatisfied with the way he portrays the human figure. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"I guess not," Stanley mumbled, although he knew they weren't digging just to learn a lesson. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

What kind of community lessons did they learn from that, Dad?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“All of us did. We all learned to like it here.” Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘Though I am not sure that I understand you. But how have you learned all this about the Ring, and about Gollum? Do you really know it all, or are you just guessing still?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“That gives me an idea—let’s learn all the words that end in ‘ology’!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Why did not you all learn? You ought all to have learned. The Miss Webbs all play, and their father has not so good an income as yours. Do you draw?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s the feeling I got when I learned to read, like discovering a doorway to another world. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those were the only two trading terms she had learned. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her official employer, she learned, would be the Treasury Department, which oversaw both the Bureau of Prohibition and the Coast Guard. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Still, I'm looking forward to learning from the Carver squad. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

My fencing skills were no match for Nick's, so I fell back on the method of defense that every child of the orphanage learns—catch-as-catch-can wrestling. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Bargh once had people play board games in which the only way the participants could win was if they learned how to cooperate with one another. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Galina Burdina learned how close she herself had come to being killed when she had a strange encounter with a Romanian pilot who surrendered to the Red Army with other Romanian troops. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Death was ugly, I had learned, but life could be even uglier and unfathomably cruel. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because the study at Gombe has lasted for so many years, we have learned many fascinating things about chimpanzee behavior. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And there was no pool in the Training Center, no chance to learn. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Later she would learn that Pauline’s studio was upstairs, that she never hung anything because when she wasn’t working, she wanted the white space. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the halt we learn that it will be a couple of hours yet before the train leaves. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She enjoyed a front-row seat at a spectacle that the rest of the citizenry learned about in the daily newspaper and on the nightly news. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was time I learned the truth about myself. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

All the techniques Nick had learned at Mr. Armin's hands seemed to desert him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It is easier to educate a man when he wants to learn. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Claudia was ready to pull Jamie out of line and make him learn another part of the museum today, but she got a glimpse of the room they were to go to next. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re learning to read already. I can teach you whenever we have time. It’s not so hard, I promise.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I would tell her what I learned in school, the latest drama I might have had with my friends. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I have learned that the Commandant is planning— But I do not find out what the Commandant is planning, for at that moment, I look up. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I have learned the importance of standing together, of cooperating. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Cole ended by telling about his eagle dance and what he had learned. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I learned to love Tyan-yu, but it is not how you think. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I was not happy with the information,” Groves grumbled about what he’d learned so far. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I was soon to learn the reality...” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Like Mommy, my sisters have learned to absorb punishment and get up off the ground after the shock of life’s blows wears off. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a Japanese loneliness, something she’d learned about from studying poems in school—just a sense that everything at that exact moment was kind of perfect, and yet also really sad. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though he was entirely self-taught, never learned Latin, and had scant understanding of Linnaean classifications, he was a prize plant collector, with an uncanny knack for finding and recognizing unknown species. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We had no guns, sjamboks, tear gas or armoured vehicles, but we soon learned how to make petrol bombs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t like some fellow in the boat, Joe, you have to learn to like him. It has to matter to you whether he wins the race, not just whether you do.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For whatever the outcome of our labors in any particular case, we shall certainly learn a great deal about works of art in the process. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had learned early one important thing, and that was to always teach in terms that the people could understand. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither doctor thought it wise to cut into Garfield's body to learn more, at least not yet, because he seemed to be holding his own. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had learned the little she knew, the tiny, next-to-nothing scraps that came the way of a trainee nurse, in the safety of the ward and the bedside. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I had learned eighty-five Vietnamese phrases over the last seven days, as well as a great deal of verb conjugation. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I had anything to learn,” I said bitingly before I managed to get my tongue under control again. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Where else would she have learned to conjure it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

An example: Penelope’s frantic worry about learning the sehottische had now been wholly replaced by her concern for how the children would cope with their accidental visit to Lord Fredrick’s study. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

During all of my other classes, we were told not to talk to each other, but in home ec, we could talk as we learned the art of fine cooking. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The dad yelled at him to cut it out, that he needed to learn his lesson. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

We used to stay up whole nights, there was so much to learn about each other. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"They were there," he said, "but I didn't learn anything." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He could tell that Malfoy had expected to be treated like Harry or Zabini; perhaps even hoped for some preferential treatment of the type he had learned to expect from Snape. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

What we believe depends on what we learn. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They did try having some young white men learn our code. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

We are supposed to be learning about explorers. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Thus it was that he learned about the war in Europe and was able to follow the advances of the troops on a map he hung on the school blackboard, which he marked with pins. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not clear that much of value is learned by reducing Chris McCandless’s strange spiritual quest to a list of pat psychological disorders. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This was where I first learned to play basketball,” he said quietly. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To all of them Samuel communicated his love of learning, and he set them apart from the prideful ignorance of their time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Brown divulged what he was learning at the weekly Klan meetings: the identities of the Klan’s local and regional leaders; their upcoming plans; the Klan’s current rituals, passwords, and language. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Then by chance Mother learns sponsors prefer those whose applications say “Christians.” Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, one of the only times Ernie didn’t wear his shades was whenever he was doing karate, which he had been learning since he was seven. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

White tried to learn more about another suspicious matter: How had Hale become the beneficiary of Henry Roan’s $25,000 life-insurance policy? Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to worry that I’ll never learn how to twirl a baton.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sometimes they tell me things, but of course, I have learned how to listen.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Flint learned to walk and climb when he was six months old. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

He’s reading self-help books and learning new things about himself and the world. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But the more I learned about him, the longer his shadow became, and the more impossible it seemed that I could ever matter the way he had. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh! I remember this. Your father and I bought our very first car. A Pontiac Tempest, Teal Turquoise. I never did learn how to drive it.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’m not the smartest person in the world, but at least I keep trying. I keep learning,” she said. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I gave Ted a sideways look, one I’d learned from Fang, and nodded. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I might apprentice myself to a merchant in New Haven or New York, or even London, to learn the art of trade. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn to drive a school bus?” came the first question, from a dark-haired boy in the second row. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But when men ran to learn what it might be, they cried aloud or wept. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn how to play chess?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘We just been to Sunday School and church. Baby, say the verse from the Bible you learned for your Uncle Biff.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Painfully, Enrique, seventeen years old, has learned a lot about “the beast.” Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Little parrot or not, I am almost twelve and have to learn some manners. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She learned the names of all the people on our block. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned the entire second grade in advance just by listening to Annie— she was a year older than me—and by hearing Mama Sweetie read from her Bible and her Webster’s dictionary. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“I did learn something,” I tell him defensively. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meng and I do not speak Vietnamese, so spend our days watching people, and trying to learn the language. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it is a bit cruel,” Ruth said, “the way they always work him up like that. But it’s his own fault. If he learnt to keep his cool, they’d leave him alone.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think you learned the truth from a liar, a traitor, and a sociopath?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Masters and more advanced Apprentices used the Library’s books to further their studies, to learn from the past, to plan for the future. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I promise that the king does not know that you live, nor will he ever learn it from my lips,” she said, pausing to give weight to her vow. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Growing up thus side by side they learned to love each other. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power he wanted lay like a jewel at the bottom of a dry well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Now if I could just learn to pitch a baseball that straight. Lemme try again.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The idea of the learned Dallben ever having pink cheeks and chubby fingers was beyond his imagination. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I see,” said Colin, which is what he had learned to say when he had nothing to say. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Over the years she had been slowly learning more about Joe’s parents and what exactly had happened back in Sequim and before that, at the Gold and Ruby mine. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how many times he did that to me? How do you think I learned the moves?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Rashid Uncle and I won’t spend time together where I could learn real stories about you, not just make up my own imaginary ones. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Every night in the Tower,” the madwoman said, “you went from cell to cell, looking for sorrow. And when I learned to bottle mine up, to lock it away, you would snarl and howl.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

After learning about the challenge, the school librarian assembled a cart of books related to ciphers and codes and made a temporary “no checkout” rule for them, to ensure they stayed available for everyone’s use. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I went to school, then directly home to learn new chess secrets, cleverly concealed advantages, more escape routes. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few of the characters look familiar, but I never learned to read or write Korean. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Parents have to learn how to raise their kids in a foreign land. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"When I learned your name, I thought it was an omen." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

But the collateral damage of this era of narrowed learning is far harder to measure and will be recognized, if at all, only years into the future. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Using techniques he learned from his father, Bell began to teach the deaf, helping his students speak and read lips. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were two barrels for five hundred people, so we learned to go to the latrines during the day as much as we could. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I just hope people can learn something from what we’ve done. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an integral part of the learning of precise speech. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Nathan had to learn the songs quickly so he could save Pond. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“At least,” said Nathan, “I shall be where I was born and bred. This city is no place for me, I am lost in it. And I am too old to learn to like it.” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned through fear to keep his mind every instant upon his work, not only because of Pai’s wrath, but because of the painful scrapes and gouges inflicted on his hands by the slightest inattention. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

She was supposed to be learning things as she went along, gaining strength for her final battle. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"No I'm not. They don’t eat babies . . ." "Outside, boy . . . and see that you stay there until you learn to shut your mouth when men are talking." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Took me a few jobs to learn that. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I did not even cry for the boy who had learned to play a lute with six strings in the forest years ago. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They thought it was a very good piece for the cricket to learn because they had heard it first at night, and also because Chester was quite a little person himself. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

At a follow-up meeting in Boston a few weeks later, the women’s rights advocates were distraught to learn that many abolitionists planned to focus only on winning the vote for black men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

There were kids from Uruguay and Korea who had just learned English but were doing extra credit for the current events stuff in Intro to Wall Street, reading Barron’s and Crain’s Business Daily. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

If Miss Love managed to learn, I didn’t think any gentleman customer would ride with her for a demonstration. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Will I have enough time to learn the songs?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

And they can learn by watching one another, then imitating. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

We quickly learned that the presence of the 101st had lulled us into a false sense of security. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The most important part is that I can hear the teacher and I already learned this totally new way to hold the charcoal so it’s like drawing with a motor. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They were springing up all over South Africa because we were supposed to be learning about and embracing one another in this post-apartheid era. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

If our soldier boys had learned to knit, if my grandfather had learned, maybe it wouldn’t kill me to learn. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I understood the idea, I was eager to learn more. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

They learn the song of the pollitos, a song of chocolate, the train chant. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

The monastery provided him with a home, and a place to read and learn. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Did you buy a book full of weird words and learn them? It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She learned that Armenian boys are dashing and have a mischievous glint in their eyes. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, every little boy thinks he invented sin. Virtue we think we learn, because we are told about it. But sin is our own designing.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He must learn again how to think and act for himself. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The first time it happened, we asked, “Ma, how’d you learn to talk like that?” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As the months went by, I learned more and more. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I can command a company in Italian. I could learn it in English easy.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I hadn't learned how to fight and didn't want to anyway, so I waited in the school yard until Charlie came out. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

For the student, music not only strengthens emotional and cognitive development, but also allows a new outlet of expression, and a new means of learning through listening and making sound. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, the pirates learned to respect us. Eventually we made our way to California where we—” She hesitated as if the memory was painful. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“He busted out with all these fancy moves that he learned from watching YouTube.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the students learned about the pain of Anne Frank, Zlata Filipovic, and others—and saw themselves—were we able to come together as a “family” and label ourselves the Freedom Writers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Because of the time lag in communications, the general prisoners probably did not learn of our participation for a day or so. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s part of the secret lore of the bards. I learned that much when I was trying to study for my examinations.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Martin said that there were few schools and hospitals, and wrote that some students learned under trees due to the shortage of classrooms. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

There were so many, it looked like half the earth had learned to fly. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

What I’m finding is that we have much more in common than we have different, and every day we learn something new from one another. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thus art, like language, requires that we learn the style and outlook of a country, period, and artist if we are to understand it properly. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if it’s from listening to Lola B so much or from learning about Mexican punk from Mrs. H, but it’s of...cool. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“But you must learn to make your own. Say back to me now, those you keep in mind.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we approached the area of the caves, I learned that there were many caves, in different places. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

She had much still to learn, and she knew a place where she could learn it, cold and difficult and unwelcoming as that place might be. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He spoke so fast it was as if he’d learned his thoughts by heart. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eunjoo didn’t know how to make a lot of food, but she had learned to make rice and seaweed soup. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They respond to music and learn through music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Six hundred members of the Peace Corps were in Nigeria, I learned. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d learned several South African languages in order to deal with his customers, so he’d spoken with her fluently when they met. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

"And now it's time for you to start learning how to be a silversmith." One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

She makes me think of something I learned in biology. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He’s attacking art with the force and fury of a storm, and the tenacity of a tradesman learning a craft. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We decided it would be best if I went back to England to learn all I could about chimpanzees while he tried to raise the money. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I could wish,” he said, “that Mr. Sharpe had not instituted these regulations respecting your learning. I am sensible they do seem ...” I stepped closer to the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, we learned that in school. Post-traumatic stress disorder. It’s what a lot of the veterans have after coming home from war. But how can a whole nation have it?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

They learned to listen in the darkness, to the sounds of footsteps and loud laughing, to voices and sounds of wine; to know when the mother was returning with a man. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The great forests of weed were delicately traced, and in them there hung motionless many schools of sticklebacks learning to do their physical exercises in strict unison. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In my first-grade classroom I learned to make the sign of the cross with English words. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

By this definition, though, going to the ballet is an experiment, while learning that the seats are uncomfortable and the drinks sold in the bar overpriced is a chance experience. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He knew that her sending him out with Toomer had a lot to do with his father and things he was and was not learning as the son of a fighter pilot. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps tonight the Old Bear will learn something that will lead us to Uncle Benjen. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I had to, you know, learn not to let what other folks thought of me determine how I thought about myself.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I had never bandaged anything worse than a cut finger in my life, but I did remember a little of the first aid I had learned in school. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

When we looked at beef ranching, we learned how grasses and herbivores formed a partnership over millions of years of evolution. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“My mother has been learning how to make clay pots since she retired from her neuroscience work. The metallic sculptures are my father’s, welded together with leftover computer parts from his repair shop.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I learned a lot about danger that way. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

"You learn a thing or two when you're born in a refugee camp," he said. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I learned that piece in record time, and soon I was playing it in my sleep. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

What matters for present purposes is Montaigne’s rejection not of the practical knowledge, of wine-making and bread-baking, of his day, but of the learned knowledge, of medicine, geography, astronomy. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

They must have learned to act this way; they copied it, somehow. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s a great deal to think about, to learn.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The excitement I had once felt about school and learning simply went away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So what had Brunelleschi learnt from his peep-show, apart from the difficulties of working with mirrors? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“He’s normal. There’s nothing wrong with him. Just lazy. I’ll beat it into him until he learns.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

People send DNA samples to testing companies that promise to help them learn more about their ancestors. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

If my family learned what had happened to me, it would bring them unhappiness and even shame. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He had never learned how to repair wounds, and now he came to think of it—particularly in light of his immediate plans—this seemed a serious flaw in his magical education. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

"If not, now would be the perfect time to impress me with all the fighting skills you've learned since being here." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I’d never been in a fight before, had never learned how to fight, but I had this instinct that told me to get in close. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The poor Wart realised that now he must choose between confessing himself a human, and learning no more of their secrets, or going through with this ordeal to earn his education. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

You should have confronted her the minute you learned about her treachery. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve learned how to say it. Accident. I assume that was another suggestion you and Father planted, to never bring up the accident.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The slaves, learning that they were about to be sold, would run away. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You learn strategy so you can use it.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It was good what he said about learning. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pauline Hawthorne’s work, she learned, was known for its immediacy and its intimacy, for interrogating images of femininity and identity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If only she would learn some theory, she would understand how her supposed antihelical features arose from the minor distortions needed to pack regular helices into a crystalline lattice. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Several days later, when they bumped into each other in the Cavendish tea queue, Francis learned that a semirigorous argument hinted that adenine and thymine should stick to each other by their flat surfaces. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if I buy some I can learn how to use them,” said Milo eagerly as he began to pick through the words in the stall. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I regained my strength I learned what had happened. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He questioned Strawberry about the great burrow and learned that its ceiling, as well as being vaulted with a tangle of fibers, was strengthened by roots going vertically down into the floor. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I shifted my weight from one foot to the other and learned to make quick-cooking meals. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

All on top of the long and monotonous years spent learning the basics of the machine that had given birth to the space program. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“You the one knows how to read. If I could read, I’d make sure I learned things.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Physics made me sick the whole time I learned it. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

That, the researchers said, was not a good way to enforce long-term learning and memory. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It never quite rivalled those institutions, but this was still a significant step in the spread of learning in England. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

What I learned from my year at the British Museum and from my summer at home, other academics have learned; others have known the impossibility of going home, going back. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

New Jersey motorists, learning about the invasion on their car radios, headed west, “disregarding speed laws and curves in their race to escape the death rays.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then we shall learn what kind of thing it is.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

You must learn not to care for what foolish people say.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Only Fortuna knew what he had learned at their hands. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would be Hardman, who said he was too old to learn to drive a car, bringing the visitors in the trap. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I knew it wasn’t the stimulating learning environment I was anticipating, or seeing my new set of friends. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

“That stands for do-it-yourself, and that includes learning how to play an instrument.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I do not know, Your Grace, but I would sooner not risk your person to learn the answer.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Sucks that you didn’t join the football team. I never see you. Maybe try out next semester. I can coach you before. Teach you everything I’m learning.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The friendly people I met were astounded when they learned I was a Muslim—from America! The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learns quick and never got into trouble with the other kids. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

George Washington, I had just learned, was the Father of our country. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘Mr Shepherd says if I learn how to be like other people, even just on the outside, not inside, then I’ll make more friends.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he learns to do that, it will be another whole step to make him see that fruit is not a thing he must rely on the hands of mankind for, but grows on trees. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since then we have learned better than to be shy about such trifling immodesties. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learned the lessons before the rest of the pupils. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

In return, the winner must share what he or she learns through the puzzle with the world. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d learned that mental training was just as important as physical training, because despite our team’s upward trajectory in competitions, my teammates and coaching staff were intent on standing in my way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s high time you learn to build a fire.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I learn to focus the binoculars and actually see one of the parrots fly out of the nest. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“You learn quickly, Turner III. Go on now.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to learn how to interpret the signals your father gives off.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I learned about the Red Cross visit to the “model” Nazi concentration camp Theresienstadt when I visited the Holocaust museum in DC on a trip with my parents. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Mars had told him the spear would give him breathing room until he learned to use his mother’s talents. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

We still don’t have any idea how she learned the correct pronunciation of Machu Picchu, though. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

My husband cooked better than I did, and when I stayed home after our first baby I had to learn to cook from my black friends Susie Belton and Irene Johnson. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As White strove to be a modern evidence man, he had to learn many new techniques, but the most useful one was timeless: coldly, methodically separating hearsay from facts that he could prove. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what I hoped to find, but anything I learned about the Chandrian would be more than I knew now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She’d learned they were supposed to stand formally when a teacher entered the classroom. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“After this I'm going to learn how to swim,” he croaked. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

One may learn to cope with the stigma of criminality, but like the stigma of race, the prison label is not something that black men in the ghetto can ever fully escape. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

She learned how to set the tinder in place so that the wood caught fire as quickly as possible; she learned how to breathe gently on the first sparks to coax them into flame. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I jumped at the chance. I had been helping out in my uncle’s factory, wanting to do my share, so I was learning what hard work was.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was the only one of the Orkney dan who had refused to learn English correctly and spoke in a Northern accent—almost an assumed one. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only later did Washington learn that Franklin and Morris had not told him about their operation. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the third class I had learned to tell time. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth was sort of right, I would learn: A relationship with a higher power is often best practiced alone. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Archaeologists today must learn what they can when some parcel of land is briefly exposed by redevelopment. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

“Baby, we all gotta learn to let things go sometimes. So it’s yours.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was at boot camp that I began to learn things about white men I’d never known. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyler had always loved what Dad called “book learning,” which was something the rest of us, with the exception of Richard, were perfectly indifferent to. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

At the theater, Ethel helped Fred learn all the steps for the big “Mount Vernon” number after Jenny went over and over them with all the dogs. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

You have to learn when to hold on and when to let go. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

He longed to make Harrison lie down on his belly and flog, flog, flog him until the man learned to keep his mouth shut. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What bothered him most, though—he was afraid that the story would leak, that the men would learn the truth before the K.B.I. could question them. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is twenty years of history and there’s a great deal to be learned from it.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

They are almost invariably in the best position to learn new information early, modify their behavior, take advantage of the latest treatments, and have the cost covered by insurance. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

White and his men had earlier confronted Morrison after learning of his deception. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I learned to fast, I learned to conquer my body. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now he had to learn to hide them again. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And because she was one of the first to come to camp, and came so often, I learned a great deal about chimpanzee behavior from her and her family. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that there is nothing to fear in the dark if you’re smart. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I learned the capitals of all forty-eight states, and when my mother called out the name of the state, I snapped back the name of the city. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of these days, I keep telling myself, you'll learn to truly shut up and not care. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“This is way I learn business, this is way they learn business.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘The lesson in caution has been well learned,’ said Strider with a grim smile. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Something I heard from another Hunger Games or learned from my father. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The animals now also learned that Snowball had never—as many of them had believed hitherto—received the order of “Animal Hero, First Class.” Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

And, just five days in, Laila had learned a fundamental truth about time: Like the accordion on which Tariq’s father sometimes played old Pashto songs, time stretched and contracted depending on Tariq’s absence or presence. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“In those of noble birth, virtuous behavior resides within. Others can practice and learn it, but the difficulty is very great.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I want to say, a temper I learned from you. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It had been his ambition to learn “exactly what happened in that house that night.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned that the van had hit him at a crosswalk. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I knew my brother, Potter. He learned secrecy at our mother’s knee. Secrets and lies, that’s how we grew up, and Albus...he was a natural.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I was to learn later that Elijah Muhammad’s tales, like this one of “Yacub,” infuriated the Muslims of the East. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was the first in his family to go to school, and when he learned about Henrietta as a postdoctoral fellow in Gey’s lab, he felt immediately connected to her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was a lesson Farmer had learned “on the ground,” not in medical school. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The drink had a queer, bitter taste that the blind girl soon learned to loathe. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

At the core of Osborne’s crusade was a belief that nothing in-mates learned in prison really helped prepare them for independent lives outside. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I studied, Djo, and learned about things that hap-pened long ago and far away: the Roman Empire, the crowning of Charlemagne, the siege of Paris. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were to spend three days by ourselves, in teams of two, learning to live off the land. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out there were a lot of things I had yet to learn about life, or at least life on the Princeton campus in the early 1980s. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My mother says: When Mama tried to teach me to make collards and potato salad I didn't want to learn. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

We had learned “Stand up,” “Sit down,” and “Hands up.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his handwriting, an ornate script he learned in another century, revealed his decay. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have learned something about boats because it was easier to control her direction. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We also learned to cook and how to stretch the food budget. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Adam in his five years had absorbed rather than learned never to wonder about an order. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

How smart he is and how he learned to sit and stay and how he slept beside my bed. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

And even though he looks funny I think he has learned a little finesse today. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the version he learned did not have a zero—and the system would have been even less popular if it had. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“If the Dauntless knew about this, everyone would be getting in line to learn how to drive it,” he says. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was no indoor plumbing, and in the bitter winter the trip to the outhouse was one I learned to delay as long as possible. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

They had learned their own strengths and kept their cool; they had received no red cards during the season. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And the more he learned, the more the little stash of treasure had grown, until it spilled from its corner to quite fill his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wondered if she had a milder form of Tourette’s or if she had learned how to control it—if so, I wanted to find out how for Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Before I could begin the shameful process of forgetting the how and the why of her living and dying, I needed to learn it: How. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the dark warmth of that house Ged spent the winter, hearing the rush of rain and wind outside or the silence of snowfall, learning to write and read the Six Hundred Runes of Hardic. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And if she learns that I have lost the Starks . A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They would have to work just to learn. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

All that Frodo and Sam knew of this last mile of the road they learned from guessing in the dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Odin learned them at the cost of mysterious pain. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he learned that she didn’t like groundhogs. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I had learned from some of the pros, and from my own experience, how important it was to be careful and plan. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I conceived of it as a kind of outdoor classroom, a place kids could visit to learn about growing food. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They had learned all they knew from their own relatives and from wise elders who knew many things, people who lived with us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to learn how to play bass.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I had learned to recognize the early warning signs of an impending Laleh-tastrophe. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The more common your tongue, the less likely you are to learn others. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Dear Diary, For the past four years we have been learning about tolerance and how you should accept everyone no matter what. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was one of the things a man learned gradually, but after forty years of springs and runs and carrying buckets and keeping fires, he knew whether the syrup was right or wasn’t. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“So far the pants have stayed up, so I think the lesson was well learned.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

That morning, I wrote down a list of things that I remembered having learned from my father. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But what is important to Gilbert is not just book learning, or even the performing of experiments. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It had taken them three months to learn the girl even existed, and another two to figure out she was still in Oxscini, but they were close now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I learn that Burma is the largest country in Southeast Asia, that it borders India and China and Siam. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Public schools, she had learned from other Catholic parents, were where juvenile delinquents went and where teachers taught those new crazy ideas about how we all came from monkeys. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Parents, she thought, learned to survive touching their children less and less. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The gravity of sitting upright, we’ve learned, helps keep the vomit down. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Matty saw the blind man touch his daughter’s face, to learn her, and he watched in silence as they mourned Kira’s mother together, their hearts connected by the loss. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

My legs feel like they’re made out of iron or lead or whatever’s heavier that I’m sure I was supposed to learn at some point this year. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A Frenchman, not an Englishman, would be remembered for taking the first nibble at the mysterious zeros and infinities that suffused calculus; mathematicians learn of l’Hôpital’s rule when they first learn about calculus. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Tyson was alarmed to learn that bad Cyclopes and bad centaurs were in the giant’s army. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

So after Elizabeth finished high school, her father encouraged her to enjoy her social life and learn “how to keep house and make puddings.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

He would later recall the lesson he had learned in that bloody valley: “There is nothing more necessary than good Intelligence to frustrate a designing enemy, & nothing that requires greater pains to obtain.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

No nose or other facial jewelry, we learn; earrings must be small and discreet, not dangling; no blue jeans except on Friday, and then you have to pay $1 for the privilege of wearing them. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not until the end of the story that Dorothy learns she can wish on the shoes to take her back home to Kansas. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

She had read that it was incurable, but what if, one day, they learned how to fix it? Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She learned to make the pictures, and she learned to make the sounds, slowly, all of them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Before Libby helped me learn everything I know about life and love and lozenges. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I have talked to the principal at our school and he has accepted me to learn for the first week of school only and then I can carry on when I have my fees paid. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

With each class, I learned more about the huge world outside. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I would soon learn that when he wanted peace and quiet, he had to have it; but when he wanted to raise a ruckus, it was best to stay out of his way. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

That incident took place soon after the chimps had lost their initial terror of me but before they had learned to accept me calmly as part of their forest world. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I learned a lot in the first few days that I was enrolled in the class. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

But, above all, I learned that these things are all so simple that they could be written on the surface of an emerald.” The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to learn this, to familiarize myself with this. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And Wang Lung stared at his son and after he had seen him well, he said, “Your eldest brother says you wish to learn to read.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I learned a lesson from all this: that kind of obsessive storybook love was not for me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew Harry had to learn how to be a bird someday. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“So you can learn here, but Carrie can’t. We might have trouble no matter how careful we are, but we don’t have to ask for it.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Best go down, m’lord. This wind’s like to push us off the Wall, and I never did learn the knack of flying.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t the faintest clue what her life was like, how she became an assassin, how she learned to play the pianoforte...It was all a mystery. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Buck learned easily, and under the combined tuition of his two mates and François made remarkable progress. The Call of the Wild 1903-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was grateful she was willing to cut class so that Evan wouldn't learn that he'd turned me into a blubbering wreck. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

And even though I was urged to read all that I could, several teachers were dismayed to learn that I had read the novels of Victor Hugo and Flaubert. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hall, ordinarily extremely slow to rile, flew into a rage when he learned of Woodall’s refusal to cooperate. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each new thing she learned about him was important. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

"Camellia, the princess has requested your presence while she dresses for her party. This is a great opportunity to get to know her and to learn her preferences." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

‘This will all belong to you,' his father had said, ‘you must learn the value of what you are to inherit.’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It looks delicious, Biddy. How did you ever learn to cook like this?” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

At the same time I was discovering the richness of the English language I began imitating how white people talked, in the hope of learning proper pronunciation. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But,” he shrugged, bringing his shoulders almost to his ears, and back down, “things are not always ideal. That is what a young physicker must learn more than anything.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everyone else called them buffalo wings, but that was such a long name to learn. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Duma had accompanied Walter on his trip to the Youth Conference in Bucharest, and that night he entertained us with the Russian and Chinese songs he had learned on his trip. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t learn nothing from all them lessons about pictures and what you does see with your eyes? Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Or if you know your scales and don't want to learn about intervals, you can use the method in #3 instead. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I must have destroyed it so that no one would learn what I wish to keep hidden. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I learned from Lita to cross myself before doing anything dangerous. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Together they opened a series of small piece- goods stores, painstakingly learning the details of small- business entrepreneurship. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

All those times I wanted her to memorize my name and I never bothered to learn hers. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My mom says he has to learn to walk again. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

And if—when—I get into CSA I’ll learn how to make it all come out half as decent on paper as it is in my head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I grew up in the pastures and hills of Texas, but I had been to thirty-four states before I learned how to drive. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Well, I can tell you, sir, he soon learnt otherwise. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re trying to learn how to build a rocket, gentlemen. This isn’t for fun.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think about the first time I ever saw a birch tree; about the last time I saw Julian; about the first sentence that I ever learned in Greek. χαλεπá τá καλá. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She remembered a boy at the Home telling her about learning to float. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

That an institution of learning should keep a library was not as obvious then as it is now—Plato, for all the reasons we have already discussed, kept no such collection at his Academy. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

She plays reading and vocabulary games to help us learn, and she listens to our questions. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was something earnest in the way she put stylus to paper, like a littlie learning how to read. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

There was so much to learn about the aeroplanes. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Wart thought to himself that he did not care for Mr. P. “Lord,” said Merlyn, not paying attention to his nervousness, “I have brought a young professor who would learn to profess.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

As folks came down and sat at the table, I learned their names by listening. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wrote that we were all well, having a lovely time, learning good trade skills. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He learned many things from her wise red lips. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How would you like to learn this trade?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even so, she said, Richard was a kid, a kid who was capable of making an exceedingly dumb mistake, but one who was also capable of learning from it. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The rest of the time I spend learning the songs and listening to Met Bong preach the philosophy of the Angkar. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He learns that she is in Silliman, that she is planning to be an English major. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ugwu’s aunty had told him that if he served well for a few years, Master would send him to commercial school where he would learn typing and shorthand. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She seemed to have learnt her lines by heart. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

By far the biggest structure was a great church—a cathedral as I would learn—which soared upward with a multitude of towers. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s true that he works alone, but he is learning from the games of other players all the time,” he said. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If we were all genetically programmed to play the piano deftly from birth, we might never learn to understand music. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to learn! Can you teach me, Grandma?” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The problem with that was that they had all learned their parts and seldom used the sides. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

I learned that no matter what I physically lost on that journey between countries, my history never changed. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“If you learn to speak from this book, you’ll sound like a scholar.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

In the Beta-Minus geography room John learnt that “a savage reservation is a place which, owing to unfavourable climatic or geological conditions, or poverty of natural resources, has not been worth the expense of civilizing.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I learned why the silence in which she worked seemed so magical. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

But the old lady was anything but sensible, as Ophie had learned. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

But charros were not poor cowboys but rich men, and Salvador had learned that he, a fisherman’s son, could never become one. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

It was the time of adapting to unthinking obedience, of learning to carry bedpans in a stack, and remembering a fundamental rule: never walk up a ward without bringing something back. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The trick of doing this can be learned like any other mental technique. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Pope was already at the table, along with half a dozen young boys who, I later learned, were orphans Mr. Pope had taken in. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Doctors’ visits were so infrequent we learned to identify them with Mother’s having a baby. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they did believe that what they’d learned from the other island invasions had prepared them for anything our enemies could dish out. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the Nazis ever learned how good she was at code breaking, it would hamper her efforts to bring their spies down. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“You will learn so much from her, Martin,” she said. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

What do I want? she asked herself in the manner she had learned from Magister Reese, who thought it fitting for even an inn girl to want. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not if I chose to learn it, but. . .” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was super excited to learn how to drive. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He is writing a learned article on this subject for the Baptist scholars back home. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He always closes his eyes and smiles when we reach the last lines of the passage, Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

She learned it from her pa, but folks didn’t take to women doing a man’s work. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot describe to you the depth and blackness of the sorrow that came over me when I learned of his pass- ing. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

For example, I learned that, once a month, the general suffered from blinding migraines that lasted almost a week. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was back on R-and-W gallery, which I had learned was known as a porter gallery, because so many of its inmates worked somewhere in the prison as porters. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some expressed concern that an emphasis on rote learning was smothering creative thinking and intellectual risk-taking. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It may be that he will learn that I was there and stood upon the stairs of Orthanc — with hobbits at my tail. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Tisquantum had learned English because British sailors had kidnapped him seven years before. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The days go by, and I learn more about men’s work, which is mostly about hunting and fishing. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, he decided he would just have to wait, and learn by watching the others. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not when she learned Uncle Jimmy had left. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Some of us were busy surviving and couldn’t learn about subdivided farming.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

While I was learning to swim, Irene had spent her summers building fences, moving cattle, branding, and helping the neighbors who bordered her parents’ ranch, and their neighbors. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But long before the Doll Woman case—when the FBI took credit for her work, rubbing her out of history—Elizebeth learned that the agency could not be trusted. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

His father said that if he was to learn kendo more would be expected of him than of the average person. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the story of a generation of young people who learned to work with the wind—those who soared and those who came back to earth. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He had learned through experience that delay and heartfelt remorse were powerful tools with which he could fend off creditors for months and years, sometimes forever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Not right at once; he would wait until he had learned the ropes of the place. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

My own mother had said that losing your innocence and becoming a man was learning to sin. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was it so that I would learn that life isn’t fair sometimes? Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Mal, she learned, was a poet, had published several collections of poems. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Do you know how quickly he learned English? Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

He woke at dawn to the sound of falling rain and the timid knock of a serving man anxious to learn how his new lord would break his fast. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

From the moment she learned Sarai had fallen, she had stretched her senses to their limits, waiting, hardly breathing, alert to the telltale skim of passing ghosts. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Most people were forced to learn at least some Afrikaans, so it’s useful to keep that, too. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“No, this I’m telling of isn’t a spirit-world. A real one. The people that live on it are real people, alive, just like here. But very-long-ago they learned how to fly.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Dolittle’s parrot, Polynesia, tells us that in order to learn animal language we must have “powers of observation.” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

The smart ones learned to keep quiet and let Smith initiate a conversation, which he did every once in a while. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he learned to ride on his mother’s back during travel, instead of always clinging on underneath. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

They both helped me really understand the importance of consistency in my gymnastics, and I learned so much about how to carry myself on the elite competition circuit just from being around them. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I spend that first week—and it does feel like spending, like not seeing him is costing me something—doing all my normal things: reading, learning, not dying. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’d learned through the campaign stumbles that I had to be better, faster, smarter, and stronger than ever. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why they can’t learn it alongside her. Wouldn’t that bond them all closer, learning about Chinese culture together?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If people wanted to learn about old codes and ciphers, why stop them? The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

What a phrase—still it's a good phrase and a good view of life, and a man shouldn't accept any other; that much I've learned underground. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the time, I studied things I needed to learn for school. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until a year later that Aru learned the truth from a classmate. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He was also happy to learn that Regina had passed the examination that would allow her to practice medicine in the United States, and he was hoping that she would consider moving back from Europe. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Upon arriving in Germany, Haupt had learned that two of his uncles had been sent to a concentration camp. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Blake, who was from Maryland, was the only surviving child of eight born to former slaves, and like Chaplin he had learnt his trade as a vaudeville performer. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The remark was echoed in public by my teachers, but only in part: ‘Boys and girls, don’t write in your books. You must learn to treat them with great care and respect.’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard was almost relieved to learn of Sir Winston Churchill’s death. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The school created the very first teaching hospital in the world, a place where the sick were treated and young doctors learned their craft, as well as a fine ob- servatory to track the heavens. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I know. But I’m still a stranger, William. There are so many things I have to learn.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Then I would be killing two birds with one stone, writing a novel and learning something practical as well. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Mother always said, “Sam isn’t really rebellious, just too quick with his tongue. If he’d only learn to stop and think before he spoke.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Thank you for alerting me, Mrs. Viboon. I will see that he learns his lesson." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“You ever think it should be two days of school followed by five days off? That’s obviously the best schedule for learning.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She has learned that she can control her emotions by thinking of her chest cavity as an enormous box with a chain lock. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Okay, what if I told you that I’ve learned my lesson?” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Terry was philosophical about it: Let her try and she’ll learn her lesson, once and for all. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember how I hated the idea of serving him and learning from him. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Learning a new language made me really excited about learning more. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know anything about sick chickens, so maybe I could learn what to do. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They knew every character and every line and had learned how to swoon like aristocratic maidens. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I do learn here, but that’s not what school is for me. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s true, America is a country with a history of injustice, but can we learn from those injustices? Make sure our society is indeed democratic and fair to all who reside here?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He called Jahrling and learned that it was too soon to know anything. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped Lana was able to learn something about what was going on. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I loved to learn all the new things and read the books, but that was it. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“But we’re going to help you learn not to break them.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We learned later that it was ground beef. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

After a certain amount of trial and error, he learned how to steer the flying car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“We learn not to in our first year of seminary. It’s going to be once a week, and every person in line gets one bag of free food. See for yourself.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I learned in Faction History that the Amity recognize no official leader—they vote on everything, and the result is usually close to unanimous. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He learns that one does not grate Parmesan cheese over pasta dishes containing seafood. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to say after me now so you learn it. Spark up—gas down.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And we will begin your training. With the sands of the moon, you will be able to learn the songs with no danger to your being.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I read them to learn what to think, not how to think for myself. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I need you here to come home to. I’ve already learned that.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

I gobbled my cold food that had been left covered on the table, seized a piece of soap and rushed into the streets, eager to display all I had learned in school since morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or “These schools are good. You must stay here until you have learned all you can.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

‘You really must learn to control that temper of yours, my boy,” said Uncle Andrew coolly. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I learned on the long ride that Anthony and Ben were childhood friends from Piscataway, New Jersey. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“We haven’t much time left,” said Miss K, “and now our guest of honor will demonstrate how quickly he can learn.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, alas! through him the Enemy has learned that the One has been found again. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I can give you some threads,” she said, “to start the repair. But you must learn the dyes. There are other things they’ll want of you.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

An expert insomniac, having been one of the first, he had learned the art of silverwork to perfection. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

With the Olympics over and his usefulness for propaganda expended, the village’s designer, Captain Fiirstner, learned that he was to be cashiered from the Wehrmacht because he was a Jew. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know how I kin learn enough to be able to go to one of those schools, Shad.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

She spoke in the voice she had learned from her mother when she wanted a second helping of the good things in life. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Now Johnny learned that the bulk of Percy’s Brigade would be left over in Charlestown camped on Bunker Hill until the next morning. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

You have to be patient if you want to learn about animals. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was surprised to learn about Father James Hayes, and I liked him immediately. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the stoop, I could hear the rhythmic clicks of her rosary beads and the soft hum of her voice reciting prayers whose music was familiar to me, but whose words I’d never learned. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Don’t tell your mama, but I think you might have learned how to brew the perfect pot of coffee!” Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The so-called “GPs” grew up in this community, their worlds saturated by experiments and observation and learning. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Una and her father had a conspiracy about learning—secret books were borrowed and read and their secrets communicated privately. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I learned there were children whose fathers were drunks, whose mothers were “bad,” whose sisters had run away with traveling salesmen, whose brothers had landed in prison. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

In the midst of all this, someone told Deborah that as Henrietta’s next of kin, she could request a copy of her mother’s records from Hopkins to learn about her death. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I would later learn that these types of birthmark were sometimes referred to as “port wine stains.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It would not be good news to learn that we are all roped together intellectually, droning away at some featureless, genetically driven collective work, building something so immense that we can never see the outlines. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m even learning to love my face. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have tried to learn art history and memorize dates. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Or has she calcified her feelings, protected herself, as he is learning to do? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Having learned from Campion that he had actually come face to face with Thlayli, Blackavar and the rest, he decided to wait some little while, in case they might be on their guard. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did I determine to learn classroom English. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was just starting to learn the names of our cows, and I was lining the rocks up and calling them in, the way my father and brothers did with the real cows. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had discovered that, at this time of day, there was a considerable amount of activity and conversation in the corridor, which always provided an opportunity to learn something. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

As for the King, the Duke learned his intentions when the Duke invaded Tuscany after the capture of the Duchy of Urbino: the King forced him to abandon that campaign. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Sure, I enjoyed it—and I learned something new.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

And once you give up processed foods, you have to learn to cook, a skill that is disappearing from many American homes. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

There had not been time yet to find out exactly how brilliant the child was, but Miss Honey had learned enough to realise that something had to be done about it as soon as possible. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was tempted to ask if she really had put poison in a fish, but I had learned never to take sides against my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luma learned that the boys lived in all kinds of improvised family arrangements, often not with parents but with uncles, aunts, and cousins. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

In Oklahoma I spoke like a kid who learned English from a book. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She says it’s because I need to learn how to grocery shop on my own, but I really think it’s because she likes having a child slave to command. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. I shouldn’t have been a jerk to you either, and I should’ve learned my lines. You’d only told me a hundred times. So I’m sorry, too.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was briefly tempted—he wanted desperately to learn about those special opportunities. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scan the article hungrily, hoping it can help me learn Spanish. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I learned during dinner that while I was at the hotel, the Hajj Committee Court had been notified about my case, and that in the morning I should be there. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He would be leaving soon to spend four weeks in the “bush,” where he and dozens of other boys would join an aggregate of elders and learn what it means to be a Xhosa man. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

To learn anything more about the quarter, I would have to cast a series of high-level divination spells on it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

But first she needed to learn how to twirl a baton. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

“And how would you know? I can hear you being surprised by just about everything they say. Didn’t they have a school where you’re from? Didn’t you learn anything?” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Matty, just a boy when he first came here to live with the blind man, had attended school full-time for a while, and still went for added learning on winter afternoons. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“How did you learn to do that?” she asked. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the meantime, there was a whole world for Luna to learn—science, mathematics, poetry, philosophy, art. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

As York learned later from General Andrew Goodpaster, Eisenhower’s military attache, his request had prompted the president to reflect that “the whole thing is crazy; something simply must be done about it.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

From them we learned that we were about the most hated animals on earth, except maybe snakes and germs. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The week before Christmas is often a quiet one in a funeral parlor, Shadow learned, over supper. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

And since my dad lost his job, he’s been taking his commitment to my learning seriously. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Hah! So can I!” she said, and he knew then for certain how changed this village was, for in the earlier days, girls had not been allowed to learn. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“It’s time you learned to stay with your own class instead of nosing around senoritas,” she said between clenched teeth. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lester had learned easily what I had struggled over, but he came when he felt like it, or he stayed away to earn money waxing floors. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eliza promised we would find my mother or learn her fate as soon as the epidemic was over. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I imagined that Hamlet, restored to himself, would learn from Horatio that I lived. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“So,” he said, “the stupidest things can be set to music. You’d be better off learning love songs.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a lesson to be learned in every gleaning, and today’s was one she would not soon forget. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

When my siblings and I were little, Mom used to sit us down, making us read the dictionary from A to Z to learn vocabulary. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

After the race, Howard learned that members of the Riddle barn were publicly mocking him for being afraid of War Admiral. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why not? I can just read up on some stuff, learn about the religion, I guess.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Yet Szilard had learned from bitter experience that sometimes paranoia is the prudent approach. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“How could you? The Protectorate looks to you as a voice of reason and learning.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“You’re both going to have to remember that when we start learning root magic.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I pray to learn to curb my anger, but I do not ask for the humility to serve a new master. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

Then we have matters from the man’s view, then the woman’s—though we don’t really learn much that is fresh. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Just the way life is. Fernando and I have always seen things differently. This time, though, he’ll come around. He just needs to learn a few hard lessons." The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I used to love to tend to my flowers back in Sugar Ditch. I learned to grow things hoping I could pretty up all that ugliness.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In those two years he had had time to regret his decision and to learn that without Blanca he had lost his taste for the young girls who had previously attracted him. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was genuinely surprised to learn how much my drawing had upset Ben, because I was teased so often myself, and I became better and better at dealing with it as I got older. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

The long summer vacation—a peculiar and distinctive American legacy that has had profound consequences for the learning patterns of the students of the present day. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I was learning how to write efficiently, how to think critically. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Kaede especially enjoyed talking to Shae, who told stories about her training as a guard; about learning to fight and to ride with a sword. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At that moment, Mark Antony learned a valuable lesson. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Dear Dr. Schmidt, in my session with Nicole Castro tonight, I learned that you are concerned she is overly reliant on her mother. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“I like my socks plain. I never learned any patterns either.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“He will be a man of learning,” Ultima said sadly. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even the king’s proudest lords had learned to listen when he spoke. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s cause I’m such a bad cook, isn’t it? You think I can’t learn anything now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“The sisters were not invited here to speak, but to listen and learn,” she was told. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Rusty learned everything I tried to teach him. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta soon learned, when he heard Bree talking like that, to prepare for a gallop. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“I learn quickly,” she added, hoping that it didn’t sound vain. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Despite our best endeavors, and we must face its challenges as they arise. The sooner you learn that”—our teacher shot a stare not at Gary Drake but straight at me—“the better.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I sat in the copse on the hill behind Red Witch Bridge that night, trying, for a little while, to forget what I’d learned in the library. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Confidence, I’d learned then, sometimes needs to be called from within. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

From press reports, conversations with visitors, and even the remarks of prison guards, I learned that a large and vociferous turnout was expected. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we learned two days later that France and England had declared war against Germany, I felt hopeful. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She held him like that, willing him to leach warmth from her, willing his body to learn from the rhythm of her heartbeat, the steadiness of her breath. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He wanted to meet this mysterious brother, maybe learn something about Hazel’s background —who her dad was, what secret she was hiding. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"You have little to learn down there. However, college training is not a bad thing—although you'll have to forget most of it. Did you study economics?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Where he first went to a real school and learned to read and write and speak his new home language. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She learned about the effects of carbon dioxide on different plants, the medicinal properties of hops and licorice and red clover. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

"All right, forget what I've said. But for God's sake, learn to look beneath the surface," he said. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her thick accent, she says, “I know, but you should learn. It will help you get a job.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Cressen's fingers went to the chain about his neck, each link forged from a different metal, each symbolizing his mastery of another branch of learning; the maester's collar, mark of his order. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He thought books would have words like the ones he had learned to read in the store signs, words like his mother used when she told him stories of the Lord and Joseph and David. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poor Tom did not know and could not learn that dissembling successfully is one of the creative joys of a businessman. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Elizebeth soon learned, what was most unusual about Riverbank was its research program. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Knot had taken on the project of teaching Nailer to read, and it hadn’t taken long for Nailer to begin resenting the tedium of book learning. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I learned more from my grandmother than I did the whole eighth grade.” The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You pretend you’re my date, Alicia, and I’m going to show you how I am going to take advantage of what I learned in The Sun Also Rises. Mr. Loring would be proud of me.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t tell us where she was going on those days, and it was years before I learned that she went to clean other people’s houses. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Anyone could learn to fly if he or she really wanted to. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“Now, this one should be easy to remember, because it’s similar to the English word ‘discern,’ which also means ‘to learn.’ Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In 1928jockey Johnny Longden learned of his change of ownership early one morning in Winnipeg, where his trainer had put him up in a tent. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also teaches mathematics up to geometry, which he says he never learned because that year was locusts and he was needed on the farm. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

But he worried at the rate they were going, that they wouldn’t be able to return to the protection song, which he hadn’t learned in its entirety. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I want to learn more about who she was, and how we’re...related. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps Hamlet would have forgotten his hate, even taken me to England with him, had he learned of my new suspicion. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

He had quickly learned what I had to teach and had progressed from there by his own efforts and enthusiasm. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was learning about shades of black in America, and about how your skin tone determines where you stand on the beauty scale. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

They learned how to rip off the legs first, then lift back the top shell. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hush! let me speak, and you shall learn. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I learned that Anatole is more than a teacher of schoolboys and translator of sermons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to heckle her about the help problem, but I learned that was not necessarily wise. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She learned about sixty-percent-cacao chocolate, she said, in Switzerland, where her parents had bought her a lot of it, along with a little silver watch she was always shoving in people’s faces. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Is that so? Well, you learn something new every day.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even before I learned how to cross a street, my parents taught me to keep track of time in the afternoons to make sure I didn’t get caught outside. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Arthur Lee became suspicious, but while he was pointing a finger at Bancroft, Franklin learned from his agents in London that Lee’s own private secretary was a British spy! George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

One morning I awakened to learn that Uncle Hoskins had not come home from the saloon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she had to learn more, much more about each one of the heirs if she hoped to protect the victim of Sam Westing's revenge. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wants to know how our week was, how was school, did we learn anything he might not know. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You sound like an honest person looking for answers, but I have learned that not everything is as it seems. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She thinks that what matters with boys is what you say; she’s never learned the intricacies, the nuances of male silence. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

As a bonus, I also learned there was a difference between napkins and tissues. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Miller says this is the only way to learn. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I would be good for nothing but rough work, I could never learn skill in anything. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z