"Right, exactly. So if you want light, you have to buy it from a merchant who gets it from those towers. You have to go to the Light Market." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Putting two cigarettes in his mouth, he lights one, the other, then sucks on them both. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

If a star is moving away, the opposite happens; the light is stretched out and redshifted. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The only light comes through the Venetian blinds and leads in strips across the rucked covers, the comforter. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned just as the last of the light from the flare was dying. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, Mom said she heard a light knock on our front door, and when she opened it she saw Calvin running off. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Long and dark, and in the end no light can hold them back." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Holding the light out in front of me, I looked at it. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had bright fluorescent lights—that didn’t flicker or change color, I noticed immediately the first time I walked in—and a trained, professional library staff. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

There was a light in his eyes of absolute wonder. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They were so wrought and poised upon their huge hinges, posts of steel driven into the living stone, that when unbarred they could be moved with a light thrust of the arms, noiselessly. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the waning light, without the binoculars, I could not see what it was; only that it was small and it was not the gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila stopped the film and flipped on the light switch. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The shades of the windows were drawn but light shone through them, and from somewhere in the house a faint melody seeped out and was lost in the wind. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t be bothered to get up and turn off the light. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Suddenly a bright flash lit the compartment, the light from the explosion reflecting off the clouds in front of us ... A few moments later, two sharp shocks slammed the plane.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Ishmael Chambers, in the last light of day, found himself seated in the office of the lighthouse chief petty officer, a large man named Evan Powell. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Their voices extinguished night sounds, and darkness swallowed everything but these two people I loved, the overhead light a dim spotlight that disfigured their features into grimaces. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The light in the room was sallow, the sun already well into its descent. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I drove home and into the garage, shut the door and sat on my lawn mower in the dim light to think. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s thick and straight, and the rainbow of colors in it shines in the morning light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then came a rasping sound as those bright doors the key had sprung gave way— a bellow like a bull’s vaunt in a meadow— followed by her light footfall entering over the plank floor. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I light another cigarette and smoke it down to my fingers. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The light grew brighter as the Shy Maid approached it. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We head away from the lights of the restaurant and toward the darkened beach. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sunday morning, I wake up late in the Doctorita’s bed, to watery gray light and more rain pattering on the windows. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she looks up again, the figure springs across the low fence and jumps into the river, shattering the light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The red priests light their nightfires at sunset. The High Priest will be speaking. I would avoid it if I could, but to reach the Long Bridge we must pass the red temple.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I leaned forward, straining to see through the barrier of light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rough fibers of the fabric allow light from the fluorescent bulbs on the ceiling through. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I was diving from the top of the stepladder Mom had left up to change the burned-out ceiling lights. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights were brighter than the ones back home, and I kept looking for the utility poles that the electric wires hung on, but I couldn’t see any. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“The lord of light. Titan of the east.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t moved at all, just kept my eyes pinned to the light/dark band of roadway that eventually became named San Francisquito Canyon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Nails aren’t light! One is! A handful are! But they add up!” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Make sure you lock the doors when you go out, and be sure to turn off the lights.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

She could barely see him now; the light was fading fast. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

But sometimes a certain slant of light would send me back. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Were her eyes frosted over like an icy window, allowing light and dark to filter through? Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We switched off the hall light and went down to the basement.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mercy stirred and asked, in a quite natural voice, for a sip of water, and Rachel’s haggard face lighted with a smile. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

In a glimmer of light, a motherly woman showed herself. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The red light faded, and the panel turned a welcoming green. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The red light filled the hut, encasing all of them in its warmth, and she tucked her face into the crook of her elbow to keep out the searing brightness. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

It’s a penny to light a candle and I wonder if I should just light the candle and keep the penny. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I followed the haint to a gathering of lights just like hers. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He smacks the table as his eyes light up. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

A strange wave of excitement boiled within me as I peered out at the sinister light. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helmut waited, car lights on, until I had disappeared down a narrow, twisting path that led into an unpaved street bordering Alexandra to the north. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She put all her strength in her legs and lunged, swiping her hand through the streams of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The tents look surprisingly old and worn in the light, and he wonders how long the circus has been traveling, and where it goes when it leaves. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It turned back into a golden lion skin, flashing in the light. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He jabbed a finger against one of the overhead lights and it snapped on at his command. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

But the rat, in seeking forgiveness, did manage to shed some small light, some happiness into another life. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Though the sky was still light, the sun had gone down completely, and everything on the ground had turned deep purple. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She has on light makeup that makes her lips sparkle and her cheeks a slight Asian red; her hair is drawn back to accent the curved proportions of her face. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Down I went and back up again, into light and air. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A Carolina wren called from the magnolia trees, and full light came into the day. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

If you let your eyes go just out of focus, the avenue became a lane of light you might walk straight across, all the way to the Cusp and beyond. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The only light came from a miserable crescent moon being dunked into brown clouds. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Inside the museum, me and Charlie make huge bubbles, create a song on a giant keyboard, and pedal a bike that makes a light come on. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think so,” Matt said, shining the light on a long, greasy-looking tentacle that whipped out of the flood and struggled wildly to hang on to the shore. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walk past Mom’s office, and it’s empty and all the lights are off. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

His theoretical work, in electromagnetism, thermodynamics, and the wave theory of light, was equally revolutionary.* A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

When Bo stepped outside, the pigeon ruffled up its feathers and blinked, bewildered in the light. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rydell stepped out of the shadows, and in the light from the corner streetlight I could see his face was bruised and swollen; blood was splattered down the front of his T-shirt. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

As the light from the flare died, the darkness seemed to eat their bodies. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It would not do to lose the light. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Resin streaks outline his light switch, and his bedsheet is pockmarked with black circles. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They spit at the women and threw lighted cigarettes and matches in their direction. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I can hear her, a faint tapping, a faint shuffling on the muffling rug of the corridor, before her light knock comes. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My blood pressure is so high my entire body buzzes like the fluorescent lights above me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The light from the overhead lamps seemed as bright and revealing as the midday sun and just as hot. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night had fallen, and most of its windows were dark, but the platform to which our truck drove us was lighted, and there were people waiting for us. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

"Two ears, three toes, and the little finger off my left hand. I got off light. We found my brother frozen at his watch, with a smile on his face." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A dim, sunken light glowed in his weak and listless eyes. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That one, then. The roll unwinds. The selenium cells transform the light impulses into sound waves, and . . .” “And there you are,” Dr. Gaffney concluded. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she moved her head, the morning light caught in her hair the way the sun had when she turned her back to the ocean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But what was that light? I’ve never seen anything like that.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

My head began to feel unnaturally light, and the vague rustling sounds from the nearby woods came to me as though muffled and filtered. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those eyes, which had been so unreadable before, were now illuminated with the light of the moon, and they were filled with horror and revulsion. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was traveling light this night, so I just took a couple of spears from the jar and put them in my pocket. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

The moment I held the still-wet negative against the light box, I knew we had it. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

She remembered all the lights she’d seen over the countryside, only now they were compressed in the center of her chest. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The fire in the circle of stones was practically out, but there was enough light so I could see that there was nobody in the hut but Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the light of Moira, the Aunts were less fearsome and more absurd. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The arctic region with the beautiful northern lights. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The rain was clear and transparent against the light from the station. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lean muscles ripple as he moves, outlined by the Den’s neon lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her face seemed to bum as the light touched it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The day before the lighting, they dug a big hole in back of the store and filled it full of oak wood and burned it down to a glowing bed of coals. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The only light was in Pita’s room, which faced the front. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Then quick before the light change, we slide down and hold out a hand. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across from that on the other side stood large glass doors, although the lighting made it impossible to see what was on the other side. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He hovered above me, his fingers on my elbows as light as flour, his skin shivering against mine. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The sun had gone down about fifteen minutes earlier, and since the lights were always turned off at exactly eight o’clock, most girls were already in their assigned beds, chatting until total darkness set in. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

The wind dropped and the sun narrowed to a single beam, bright enough to light just one small front porch in one small town. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Under extremely strong gravitational accelerations, even light is affected. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I slumped on the trampled sand and cried aloud, caring no more for life or the light of day, and rolled there weeping, till my tears were spent. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she slept, secure; in the next room Theodora slept, smiling, with her light on. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody could accept that she did not want to hear about gaseous balls and layers of atmosphere and refracted light and tiny building blocks of life. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The fire, though much lower, still gave Jonathan enough light to see by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

His car was still running, and when the oil alarm light became hysterical again it was almost joyfully that Herbie tended to the motor’s gluttonous needs. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ordered the builder of the Electricity Building to double his workforce and to put the men to work at night under electric lights. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

And if in spite of this he persisted, maybe he had reasons which would not stand the light of scrutiny. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I said I’d pack up and leave as soon as it got light.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But once I’m under my covers with the lights off, my mind starts to whirling like that one carnival ride that spins so fast, you get pinned to the wall on the inside. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The electric lights in the windows of the hospital, men and women running in and out the front doors in a hurry. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The hills are lit only by moonlight, no sign of distant settlements or, anyway, of ones with lights still burning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was dark but there was a moon out and the park lights were on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once our feet hit the hard-packed earth we set off in a run, settling into a pace just light enough for speech. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Everything gleamed, reflecting the moon so strongly he needed no lights to land. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light changes and we drive two more blocks, passing Mr. Malloy’s shoe repair store. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A light layer of grease lay on all the Formica-topped tables, but it was at least empty. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, the little red light attached to its bars began to glow twice as bright, and Golan whipped his head around and searched the darkness behind him. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Ash and dust bedim the sky, blocking the sun's light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stopped dead when I saw the ambulances parked in front of the deli, lights flashing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A red light was on their tired and anxious faces; behind them the night was like a black wall. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Into Lina’s mind floated the beginning of the worst question: What if the lights never . The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I left him a message to ring me back as soon as possible—I tried to keep my voice light and even, but I was trembling and my legs felt shaky, unsteady. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the draperies a story below, burning, lighting the night only enough for us to see that they were on the ground and some distance from the nearest wall. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was her grandparents and her mother starting to come out of the field, though it was still light out. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Though the light of sunset is orange, creeping across the floor and illuminating my face from below, I have never looked paler; the circles under my eyes have never been more pronounced. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There had to be at least thirty massive sculptures of running, leaping beasts, their flanks gleaming slickly in the silvery light, jaws open, their slowly melting muzzles dripping occasionally onto the crowd below. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

In the middle of the night, however fearful I was about waking the children, I had to turn on a light to go to the sanitary. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Would she Understand that fire was not light or flowers moving toward her, or flying golden hair? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

A low, full moon glittered in the sky, and the light spilled through our window like a silver sun. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The light in my room is blue-gray, and my heart is pounding from another night of restless dreams. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a flare gun! I haven’t got a radio. The flare lets them know we’re here, if they don’t hear us buzzing them and put the lights on for us.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Under the chandelier light, her red hair took on a strange, unnatural glow. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She saw Cal’s quick glance at her eyes and said with finality, “The light hurts my eyes.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If my love were a star—late at night, only light. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

He saw the milkman turning into the close, the lights of his electric cart pallid in the dawn glimmer that was already filling the sky. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A late fall of snow threw the evening light upward into the chamber, shining on the ceiling more than on the floor, so as to alter the usual shadows. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

In that ruddy light, I could not see the full bloody blush of the pustules. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But there was only the light of its slow descent. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pain slammed through her face, light splintering her vision. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As they drove back toward Ravenel, the sky was beginning to loosen up in the east, fingers of pink and mauve light touched the rim of the earth, enlarging imperceptibly with each moment passed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the demonstrations are finally over, the lights come up and cards are passed around the theater. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I've had to run a couple times, but I'm light and fast. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Her heartbeat was light and fast as bird’s wings beating against a cage. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sole light came from a helicopter circling downtown, looking tiny and powerless in the distance. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I want him to tell me, Fear not, but the step is cold and there’s no light, no voice. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

But in light of the many times I’ve been blown or brushed off, I keep it to myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was no light when they were gone. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The song finishes and the lights cut out. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I remember the trills Deb made, fingers light on her flute. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“If we aren’t back for light crew tomorrow, people are going to wonder where we are, too.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the square head, silhouetted against the flickering neon lights. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents stare at me like they are looking into an abyss, searching for light. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

The small attic window makes a ray of light across the floor. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Emily searched for a clue to what happened, but there was nothing to see besides the flashing lights and emergency vehicles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It made my lungs feel heavy, my heart grow light, until the juxtaposition of the two phased into sleep. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The water had a metallic quality to it, a steel blue in contrast to the sky and seeming to give off a light of its own that cut into his eyes. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unwrapped the oily-looking bandage from her right forefinger and stuck the crooked finger under the light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The red light was dying out fast from the hills and from the windy sea. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

And as I sat there brooding on the old, unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy's dock. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe your parents will hold an eyelid up to get out a piece of dirt, or maybe your boyfriend will kiss your eyelids, light as a butterfly, just before you drift off to sleep. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far down at the bottom shone a cluster of lights. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the night he was wakened by a light, and he saw that Gandalf had come and was pacing to and fro in the room beyond the curtain of the alcove. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Its thin white light lit up the faces of the rocks and drenched the cold frowning walls of the cliff, turning all the wide looming darkness into a chill pale grey scored with black shadows. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Electricity. Decent lighting. It’s not climate-controlled, but it could be worse. At least I’m not in the desert like Oppenheimer.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Behind Father Cham, a gold statue of Buddha glowed in the light of dozens of little flames that danced on top of thin sticks. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“The last is most likely, if you ride to his door with a light heart,’ said Gandalf. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“If I were the V.C., the students would not riot. They would have water and light.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But these were little yellow lantern beams, not the white glare of anbaric lights. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Since King Hamlet’s burial, the chapel had been little used and dust motes drifted in the light beams. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

A similar problem has frustrated schemes to breed the vicuna, an Andean wild camel whose wool is prized as the finest and lightest of any animal’s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

A flicker of red light glowing near the bottom of one of the lockers. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The soft light seemed to warm the air and soften the growing darkness. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

With Dri’s hand in his, the light was back in his eyes. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was fair skinned, too, with straight hair and light eyes. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was dark, lit only by the light above the stove. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

The only light came through narrow slanting windows high in the wall. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“No one lights a lamp and hides it under a basket. They put it on a table so it can shine for all to see.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

On days when school got out early or when homework was light, we flocked from Whitney Young to downtown Chicago, landing in the eight-story mall at Water Tower Place. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I strain to see, but the chief has the light on inside the car, and all I can see is the reflection of a girl who doesn’t really look like me. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Across the water, Pong saw the faraway firefly lights of the West Side. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I had been swimming up from deep, green water—the quarry—except it was light outside. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The trees shone silver where the light struck and the ground was as blue as water. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

His long chin faded off into a thin, apologetic beard, but his suit was a jaunty yellow that seemed to glow a little in the fading light. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, the sun rose and the soft light streamed in. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I was the lightest child in our family. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s safe as houses. I’ve been here for hours and no one’s come even close to me. Everyone carries their own light so it’s easy to avoid them.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“When I was flying very low I would close the throttle and say, ‘Hey brothers, how are you?’ and they would light their torches.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

The last light of day was gone by then; the only light came from the stars above and the faint red glow of the dying fire in the center of the grove. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She held it before her like a waiter carrying a tray, lighting the path and casting our twin shadows across the trees. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Mama will keep some of these papers to light fires; others will be used to wash windows or line our shoes. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

As I looked, its light began to fade. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

They sat together until nine o’clock, when the lights came on. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

"The eye needs light! And there isn't any light bouncing off your hand and into our eyes. Look at my hand." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In light of this, the Review points out that those of Japanese descent on this island are not responsible for the tragedy at Pearl Harbor. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

There was a sudden flash of light from outside. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The light was very dim, less than that of a single candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His hair was a light, ashy blond that stood on end when he ran a hand through it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Far ahead through the thick velvety blackness of the corridors that reached past the illuminated circles of their flashlights, robot light twinkled. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The nurse would give her injections, and a light massage, and she would have a diet. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

There didn’t seem to be any source of light except for Percy’s and Jason’s blades. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby, dressed in a light zip-up jacket that wasn't warm enough, pressed on despite the discomfort, his pieces occasionally sliding off the cement tables slick with rain. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At last the tunnel began to slope upward and Harry saw a sliver of light ahead. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

We don’t live near a big city, so there’s very little light pollution. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

He felt only the light touch of the old man’s hands on his back. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the clouds and the swirls and the shimmers and the lights and the ache and the buzz and the shaking and the coughing, I’m thinking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I hear someone behind me step over the knee-high fence, but I can’t take my eyes from the light that wants to both pull me in and lock me out at the same time. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

A breeze lifts the light material, and I glimpse three babies sleeping side by side on a bamboo cot. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He looked at her, sitting next to him, the city lights playing across her face and hair. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The moon had risen higher since she and I had been by the horn, and the light coming from it wasn’t as bright. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The couple sitting there, one light haired and one dark, had their backs to me. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The camera was around my neck and I took a picture of the fire in the storm, the light and the darkness and the brown patchy dog. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Follow me,” said Filch, lighting a lamp and leading them outside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

This time the page clattered up the stairs with the usual noise, in the way of pages, bringing light with him at the same time. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I began to think I must be in an underground chamber, lit by blinding lights, and that the chamber was full of people who for some reason were holding me down. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The light flicks on and the door closes. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I mean, okay, world’s biggest, hundreds of animals, thousands of light bulbs, and it goes around all the time, and no one ever rides it.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The green—in the last moments of that strange, glowing, pre-shower light—was fierce. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

My spirit rises, light as a feather, to the wide sky. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

I look through the vent, and in the slivers of light I can see pieces of a curved stairwell. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Like us, they carry with them light bundles of clothes and small packages of food. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She felt as though her bones were transforming into light. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

People moved like blue vapor lights on the cobbled avenues, and there were faint murmurs of sound, and odd animals scurrying across the gray-red sands. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The nature of light was a problem that had consumed scientists for centuries. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Surely the woman wasn’t down there without any light. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

We turn off the lights and sneak back out of the Hideout, checking the hallway outside the storage closet first to make sure nobody is around. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Beside the bar what looked like a radio dial would, upon being turned, make the lighting throughout the house as mellow or as bright as the mood demanded. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, I was surprised to feel a wave of heat hit my face and see the overhead lights on. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The lights exploded to life in a hullabaloo around the barn and a thumping beat rattled in my bones. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Back on the shore, Sierra trudged toward the blurry boardwalk lights. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bowls hold floating tea lights and flower petals. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I asked him when we were settled there on the soft green rug, the city lights through the windows, the nostalgia of everything taking me over. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But the moment the lights in my hab-unit went out, I felt energized and wide awake. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The room is dim, except for the lights in the pool, shining bright as the water ripples around them. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Tally saw that it was a window, a light inside glowing deep red through a closed curtain. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Below us, village lights glowed in the shadow of the hills as twilight descended. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The sky is gray with morning light, and the place is alive with commotion. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He holds the chain by one end and the gleaming gold disc rotates slowly, catching the light of the fluorescent bulbs. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He thought that red light was composed of the largest particles and violet the smallest. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The glinting fiber-optic lights inside the limo continued to change, cycling through their set of dim colors. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The shifting light in my bedroom starts to reflect from the pool outside my balcony, and the glow startles me back into reality. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He lighted a lamp beside the bed and told her, ‘It’s all right, sweetheart. Don’t be afraid. These men, they just want some money.’ In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

From above, it resembled some fabulous dusky jewel, fallen between a green mantle of light silk and dark velvet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

So he planted SYMBOLS, like the weather, and the whole light and dark thing, to show us how poor Hester feels. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is tied with more black and white ribbons, wrapped like a present in light and dark bows. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Before the light could change, the Klansman jumped out of his car, ran around to the driver’s side of the other vehicle, and punched the startled driver in the face. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or watch first light with the sadness left over from finding Rose Dear in the morning twisted into water much too small. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they landed at Chicago, it was dark, and she saw “Lake Shore Drive in myriad of lights...as thrilling as the New York skyline when coming in from sea in a ship.” The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The wet grass glittered and nearby a nut tree sparkled iridescent, winking and gleaming as its branches moved in the light wind. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were made of cotton, spun fine and tightly woven, and felt as light as silk after wearing my dirt-encrusted homespun for so long. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She uncovered an ember from the ashes and shredded little pieces of cornhusk over it and blew a little flame into the corn- husks so that a tiny light danced through the hut. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

From this vantage, in the dim light, the town looked grim. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At night in his lonely French billet, William lighted his oil lamp and gazed at her photographs. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

One benefit of summer was that each day we had more light to read by. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

When the lights were on and the curtains drawn, and the Gregorian music played on the great phonograph, Mack used to look down on the laboratory from the Palace Flophouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But once the vessel cracks, the light can get in. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The winds were light, and Frightful had to work hard to keep up her speed in the warm air below the tropic of Cancer. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s been so long, I didn’t recognize you in this light. Good seein’ you again. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The figure lifted his arms and a light flashed from the staff that he wielded. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Ahead lay light and safety—but perhaps just a bit too far away. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

The only source of light and air was a hole in the wall that faced the street. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The morning sun was shining off the water in ripples of light too bright to look upon. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After so long in darkness, the light stabbed his eyes; he looked away, covering his face with both hands. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

As her eyes adjusted to the dim light, she looked around. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Abbey perched on the bow, watching out for obstacles, while I tried to navigate by the lights of the shoreline: motels, mansions, RV parks, tiki bars. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed to Milkman that somebody had just clicked off a light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Halliday now stands in a dim cavern, where light from unseen torches flickers off the damp walls. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

At dark, they would light the candles and send their wreaths floating down the river. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Should I keep the kitchen light on?” she asks, shaking an old travel clock, distracting herself with an object like adults always do. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They approached the wood just at first light and a rabbit ran to meet them through the wet grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d follow anything—even a suspiciously bright light at the end of a tunnel—if it meant getting out of here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes and find the stars fading in the pale light of dawn. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Nothing will go wrong. Just remember to run for the lights.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Actually, I think they sold that one,” said Francis, sitting in a leather armchair and lighting a cigarette. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His back is purplish-brown in the dim light, sloping downward from the gentle hump of his shoulders. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about you, miss?” the officer said, aiming the light. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The light fell on the table between them-^from a high stained window—so that their hands moved among plates and glasses which were rubies, emeralds or pools of flame. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like someone had cut a light on inside me. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But with Elizabeth the sound rang out clean and pure and light. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve been taking in the surroundings, sort of forgetting Phil for a moment while I imagine how to capture the light around the cottage. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

After we turned the lights out, I stared up at the ceiling, watching the shadows of the dogwood tree dance in the moonlight. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

The light was so bright, and it seemed wrong. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I sat and stared at the light and past it at darkness over the sea. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fluorescent fixture overhead buzzed and flickered, its blue-gray light giving our faces an ashen color, as if we were dead. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

A light rain had fallen just before dawn, soothing my leaves, if not my mood. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The cathedral bells rang out, and all the other church bells followed—light and sweet, like children answering a parent’s call. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The pier lights have been switched on and behind me a crowd of people have just given a loud cheer to greet this event. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wandered toward the window, gazed out at the blackness and the few lights here and there. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Remembering what it was—what countless systems there swept space like a soft trace of light—I felt the might and strength of God. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Matthew held his phone aloft to light the ground, still protectively clutching his poster with his other hand. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He waited for the light to dawn, for her to smile, smack her forehead, and say, Of course! When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Make me, make me put on the light... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

He turned the lights out, and lay on the bed, and thought of Laura as she was before he went to prison. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

The roiling mass of fairies converged on Seth again, hauling him to the bottom of the pool amid eerie bursts of light. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The greenhouse light was whiter than the yellowish light of the Ember streetlamps. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Running out of light bulbs, running out of power, running out of time—disaster was right around the corner. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

One palliative of winter on Winter is that the days stay light. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland turned off the lights in his house and sat in the dark before the stove. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Outside, a light snow had begun to fall. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He was small, dark-haired and disapproving, a glint of red from the traffic light coloring the tip of his nose. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

His candle had guttered out in a pool of wax, but morning light was shining through the shutters of his window. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

We follow Coffee Breath Woman to an easel with a light on it and I stare at it. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I myself had trouble making a dog or a bull or a lion out of the distant pinpoints of light. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Queen turned off the light and rolled her chair into the kitchen, where she made herself a cup of tea. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could not have felt more changed if he had put on the silks of Father Pinckney, prayed over a piece of unleavened bread, and felt it quiver with the life and light of God. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although I knew he was blind, I felt sure he could see something—at least light and dark. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

One after the other, the lights were going on behind the windows. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’re sterile, institutional, with fluorescent lights and cheap floor tile, like a hospital. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Except for a hem of light under the kitchen door, where a card game was in progress, there was no sign of any other tenant. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her cat eyes gleam in the half light, twin to Madoc’s. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

All around it, water curved into a funnel, like light around a black hole. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Arm could see all the way to the edge of Harare, where city lights gave way to farmland. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

His bluer-than-blue eyes blazed like guide lights on an airfield at night. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

And I just sat there, watching the light wash over the mountains, the way it had a million times before. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

A few miles after Salcedo, my lights single it out, the ancient anacahuita tree, dripping in the rain, most of its pods gone. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coraline was just wondering whether or not she ought to turn on the lights when she saw the black shape edge slowly out from beneath the sofa. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

My dad actually brought the yearbook into the kitchen where the light is better, and he was perfectly silent for a full minute. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She looked up at Robin, who was dressed in pajama bottoms covered in pineapples and a plain light gray T-shirt. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hurry back out and wait behind the tree to let my eyes readjust to the light. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The winter light, coming from the side, reddened the far, translucent wing of her nose. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I slung a now-unconscious Belet over my shoulder—she seemed too light—and with Kasusu in my hand, ran around to the rear, finding Ishtar's gleaming black Jaguar parked in the alley. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dizziness edged with blue lights came fringing his forehead, and he knew that he would be fainting soon. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

With the very first rays of light it came alive in me: hope. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The light coming through the front window is enough so I can just barely read the words. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

He brushed the collar of his shirt, but the light was already gone. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Now, in this ample mirror under the white light, I take a look at myself. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We step outside into the brash light of another world I can’t possibly understand. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Inside Second Coming, the lights are dim and the air smells like dust and lemon-scented air freshener, like it always does. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Most of her makeup had transferred itself to his own face or the bolster, but a light stain of rouge still brought out the beauty of her cheekbone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The air is wavery, filled with light, overfilled; I can hear the pressure of it against my eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

A count of five later, the lights flickered on, and the crash bracelets steadied her as the board reactivated, rising smoothly up under her feet with reassuring solidness. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It was dark except for a fast-moving band of light gray that would be overhead in a few minutes. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

An explosion of light and smoke, and the quicksilver of the bullet splitting the distance between them. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

At another bend in the passageway, Eilonwy’s light wavered and dropped out of sight. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

Port was left, she remembered, and the port light was red. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They haven't even sprouted yet, so it's not like they need light. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, dark wood pews beneath cylindrical lights hung from the ceiling. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw the light on in the front office and knew that Margaret would be finishing up, so I went around back. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No one has seen what I’m about to show you. Not even my brothers,” he said, running his hand along the wall, trying to find the light switch. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

If there were a fire in the fireplace, its light would be twinkling on the polished surfaces, glimmering warmly on flesh. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark and we had only a small light, and we stood to the side as Jack worked. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They have killed twenty-two guards and nine of the staff, and they’ve set light to every part of the buildings that still stood. They are going to destroy it completely.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Somehow, from somewhere, light was seeping into the area beyond the submerged tunnel. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

What if I were to peel off my red shroud and show myself to him, to them, by the uncertain light of the lanterns? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can feel how cautious we are with each other, now that we’re discovering a different way to relate in light of our new factions and our parents’ deaths. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Leave all of them intact, except the ones of the officers, their cars, those merry-go-round lights. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Groups of five prisoners were pressed into cells measuring nine feet by seven feet; the cells were filthy, with poor lighting and worse ventilation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A minute later a light rain fell out of it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the book ends we shine the light out the window. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The wind was in the East and all the mists had rolled away; wide lands lay bleak about them in the bitter light. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

She was horribly stiff and cold, but she managed to pull herself upright enough to see that the sledge was driving swiftly between a row of high poles, each carrying a glaring anbaric light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light gleaming from a high window in the tower, that was all. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They both moved into the light, looking oddly relieved. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The morning light glares off the white layer of sunscreen in an unnatural way so that I do look a little like a zombie freak, just like Edie said that day. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the first light, Bull taxied his plane to the end of the runway, looking back to see the long line of F-8’s following behind him. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emerging from the woods near Hampden, into an expanse of snow-covered meadow that sparkled in the light, I saw twin threads of smoke coming from the age-blacked chimneys at either end of Commons. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Their dark withered plumes bent and tossed in the light cold airs, hissing softly and sadly. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Slowly the grey light trickles into the post and pales the flashes of the shells. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we returned to the ticket shack, the light was off and Dusty had gone. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

"The praise of my masters is the light of my eyes," said Ahoshta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Her light brown hair was always pulled back into a thin ponytail, and her pale blue eyes hardly ever connected with anyone else’s. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

In the bright light of the moon, the monkeys glanced slyly at them and stole over to the rice. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

The night air was very cold, shivery cold, so that I lighted the cabin and turned up the gas to warm the air. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

So since serious was all I kept hearing on Friday, I decided to keep Monday light by trying out some of that "Momly-Ma special." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Blocks the light in the chute while it falls. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I look in the direction of the holiday lights, knowing how far they are. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He nearly crashed into a light pole that appeared a foot in front of him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

He stood on the corner for a long time, looking up at the dim light until his neck hurt and his eyes watered. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spoke that way almost every evening, remaining in the synagogue long after all the faithful had gone, sitting in the semidarkness where only a few half-burnt candles provided a flickering light. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the light changed, the driver handed my dad money and waved as he pulled away. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There are layers to fear, and complexities, and being trapped here brings that to light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Then the door opens and it’s my dad and he flicks the light on. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached for the lamp at the back of the table, where Loma had left it last time the lights went out. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Einstein had been fascinated by Bernstein’s People’s Book of Natural Science, a popularization of science that described on its very first page the astonishing speed of electricity through wires and light through space. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tall and somewhat stooped, he steps from the shadows into the light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

They were all pretty, ranging from Helen’s deep brown skin to Kathy's very light, almost white skin, and all had long arms, freckles, and dark curly hair. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see the red light within the barn. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clarence was flying ahead of us, his wings shining in the light. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I scoot out of the car’s dark interior, then squint in the light. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In horse form, his head almost brushed the lights in the rec room. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Instead he had climbed the Wall and walked, restless, until he saw the light of the dawn off to the east. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They crammed into the press box and hid themselves, keeping the lights out and spying through peepholes. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fortresslike conference room was an interior room with concrete walls, fluorescent lighting, and ergonomically correct leather chairs that cost five thousand a pop. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Sting flashed out, and the sharp elven-blade sparkled in the silver light, but at its edges a blue fire flicked. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

In the lights of the hallway you could see them real good. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally Mrs. Addison has to come out and pull me away until the ambulance leaves with just the light going and not the siren. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Normally, the light they head for is the horizon on the ocean. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dim light of the lamp ran past the boy as he stood motionless in the open cabin door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before I could say anything, a million pencil-thin beams of light radiated out of the gemstones above every house. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Palmer even saw one crossing a street with a crowd of people on a green light, just another pedestrian. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

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

Still, I was relieved when the light turned green and we were on our way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Her flickering light fell on a flat-topped tomb that rose a few feet from the floor. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The outside looks like an enormous circus tent, painted with broad black-and-gold stripes that glitter under the strings of lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Nathan was very aware of how light his forearm was without the bow guard. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I send my love up in a stream of steady light and in my head I think: I love you. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cray-Cray's cart zoomed around the bend in the path, and for an instant, Ethan's face was lit up by the walkway light overhead. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sun lighted her blonde hair and she scratched him over one ear. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get to the cellar,” he calls over his shoulder, and Werner switches on his field light, rolls his blanket into his duffel, and starts down the hall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

"That one's for Uncle Tony," I said as she slapped her hands together like, light work. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Not long after, another light floated into view. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s like the light dings off his perfect teeth. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He winks, gives all of the buttons a quick punch to make sure they all light up, then tells me he’ll see me later. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Jimmy slowed, but before he came to a full stop the light changed to green. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help but look at the flashing light on top of the ambulance. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Would you mind terribly lighting my pipe? We have no matches here; I haven’t had a real smoke in years.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As Anh had nervously inspected the windows to establish the best source of light, he’d mounted her expensive, brand-new Nikon to the tripod and positioned it on the edge of the parquet floor. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

His knees were liquid and his body light as air, suddenly. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now we were winging toward Japan,” he said, “surrounded by scattered clouds that were edged with reddish gold from the slanting light of the newly risen sun.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been standing with the unlighted cigarette in his mouth when the white man stepped up and held for him a lighted match. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I felt my eyes getting tired from watching the street filled with so many people and lights. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

They drove with the windows open, stopping for lights, making slow turns, until Tab’s father said “There!” and Bridge leaned out her window and saw the moon, a pale white sliver. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

For a second, as the light shimmers on the shiny black cascade of my sister's hair, I'm almost sure I see a glint of blond. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Heavy curtains hang over her windows instead of rugs, blocking the dangerous light. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

A candle or torch may be depicted as the source of light in a dark interior or night scene. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light changed and Momly rolled across the street so slowly that cars were honking their horns and zooming around us. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Claudia took a step closer to me, “You really do have beautiful eyes. They’re like looking into a kaleidoscope—the way those golden flecks in them keep catching the light.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon hung huge and low over the water, sent ripples of light dancing along a pathway toward the shore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Golds, light yellows deepening to vibrant orange, reds from the palest pink to the darkest crimson, greens, all shades, threaded in their intricate patterns, told the history of the world and its Rum. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the strange light, beautiful plants grew—giant orchids, star-shaped flowers, vines bursting with orange and purple berries that crept among the crystals. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The light came around and blinded Golan again—I tensed, ready to lunge—but the moment sped by too quickly. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The flashing lights and smoke machine make it hard to see. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I got one of the boys to fashion little miniature boxing gloves out of dried plantain leaves sewn together, which turned out very realistic, and had them dangling down from all the lights and fans. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited in front of the lighted drugstore, which was closed down for the night. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lot itself was full of tents, with a large stage in the middle surrounded by lights, two large speakers, and a microphone stand. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It’s a brand-new, limited-edition electric skateboard, sleek and light, painted in elegant black and white. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He knew the city through and through—all the lights, the buildings, the sights and the people—yet for some reason he preferred the middle of nowhere. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As the sky blackened, Zeitoun saw an orange light through the trees, less than a mile away. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

When Olga got off the bus to transfer to another one across the street, she didn’t see that the light had already turned green because she was looking at her phone. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

From the lakeshore looking up southward at the hills I saw a light I knew: the blink, the white suffusion of the sky, the glare of the glacier lying high beyond. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a single light bulb in the middle of the ceiling, with a paper lantern around it, giving the room a warm glow. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He dreamed it again and again, sinking and rolling with the light blue sheets twisted around his thighs and ankles, and the excitement of wet smells of rain, and their sweat. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

To accommodate the muted light, Fadi needed to hold the camera as steady as possible and use a longer shutter speed. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

When we get downstairs, Nora turns on the Christmas lights and takes out her cookies. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

That made it just like Christmas evening except it was getting late and it was still light outside and nobody was telling jokes or acting jolly. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I saw her in the light— After the darkness, the feeble light of the paraffin lamp had seemed very bright. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I lighted the gas mantle lamp, stuffed the debris in a little closet, and put on water for coffee. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grinned at her as if I were a squinty Halloween pumpkin with light glowing out of my eyes and ears and mouth, and she grinned right back. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Kennedys’ house shimmered for a few days like a mirage, an oddly distant but pretty vision, framed by jagged points of multicolored light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

They ran across the meadow together in the creamy golden light of the end of the day, the gray horse and the brown, sweat glistening on their flanks. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

‘You haves grand electric lights. It don’t seem natural why you all the time sitting in the dark like this.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The sudden light stole my vision for a few moments and I put my hand up to shield my eyes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Her eyes are so light I can see spiderweb capillaries behind her irises. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The golden glow grew brighter and brighter, and then Ilya appeared with his light magic held out in front of him again. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

The wind from the mountains around Shiraz kept a light breeze spinning through the Apadana, quieter and more subtle than the Dancing Fan could ever hope to be. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Sierra could see her little phone light dancing through the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The troll had been temporarily blinded by the electric light and was thrashing about in the center of the floor. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

They weren’t solid gray, but filaments of a hundred different grays and blues and pearls, and they looked like reflections of light wavering on water, with the softest sunburst of amber haloing his pupils. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I held each of the trinkets to the sun, turning them so that they caught the light. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had only to keep going, and eventually the huts, fields, and brilliant lights of Zimbabwe would appear. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Why were British cities still using gas street lighting into the 1920s, long after U.S. and German cities had converted to electric street lighting? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The light over the door, which usually came on automatically at night, wasn't working, and it took Elinor a ridiculous amount of time to get her key into the lock. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I marveled that without it, lights were dark, the merry-go-round was still. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“I swear it’s true. This armlet—” I lift my hand, and it glints in the cavern’s light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It makes patterns of light shaped like birds. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light came on, blindingly bright; he blinked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

As we reach the next corner, the entire block ahead of us lights up with a rich purple glow. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I wake up to a blast of overhead lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A few dim lights shone indistinct through that greyness. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Jackson walks over to the table and lights the oil lamp. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

In light of our nation’s racial history, that seems profoundly unfair. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Only by the lights of those who smile at nothing." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The grass here was waist high with clusters of sleepy blooms nodding their heavy heads in the blue light. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

In the early dawn light, I tried to train my mind on the walk with Anemone to block out the yelling from the kitchen, but I couldn’t. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The sun comes out, and the stage and its occupants light up like a Christmas creche. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s got a railroad switch line, but light goods like clothes are going by truck today, and the place is badly located for trucks. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Course, idiot. There’s one at the left-hand end. There’s a light in it. You can get into the one next door and look through. Go and see.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Javier pulled away, and Moss lost himself briefly in those eyes, those eyes that were so dark that in dimmer light, they could have been black. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The light, as it grew, began to show the upper field, while the distant hedge and brook remained dark, linear shapes below. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had taken him months of training, but now he could absorb decades of information without falling ill or losing himself in the waves of light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

As the light came up over the hills, it made the wax bird seem pink with fire. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He stooped down and gave the goat a light pat on its head; it was a surprisingly sad gesture. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The water rose over my head and swirled around me like a whirlpool, dragging me deeper and deeper, until the thin light of dawn turned into darkness, and I couldn’t see anything anymore. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

At length, with a red light in his favor, the harassed man swung around in his seat and looked up at me, just behind him. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Pinmei knew, of all the wonders she had seen on her journey, this rainbow by the light of the moon was the loveliest of them all. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I do my evening things—writing in my journal and reading a novel— then turn out the lights and sit for a while by the open door for some air. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark kept his footsteps light and his breathing shallow, trying to stay silent. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was as if it held light instead of candy corn. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were flecked with so many colors Jason could’ve stared into them all day, studying the changing patterns, the way people watched the northern lights. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There, twinkling in the distance, was the North Star, the permanent light that had guided the Eskimos for thousands of years. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view, black, low, and rather long; but the guiding light shone nowhere. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

He could just make out her hair, the lightest thing in the gloom, and beside it the boy’s head, black-haired and solid and strong. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’d forgotten how this room looked with the light streaming in. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

By that evening I could see the lights shining brightly on the Statue of Liberty. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

There was a faint light in the cabin that she took for moonlight, and it showed her new cold-weather furs that lay stiffly in the corner of the cabin. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Move the light source again, and the shadow is a trapezoid. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Seems like more light in here than before. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

He walked out on the beach to the edge of the light and stood with his clenched fists on top of his skull and fell to his knees sobbing in rage. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

"Oh, good. I am a knight of sorts myself, sweet ser. A champion of light and life." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Duntz says, “Perry, I’ve been keeping track of the lights. The way I calculate it, when you turned off the upstairs light, that left the house completely dark.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made for the east, where the poor lights had been, and now, before them, the bold sun began to rise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The land was tilled and the first crop planted in time for the pale light of spring. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Finkle asked with this sweet smile that made me want to punch his lights out. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

He threw the cake back at the shop, and it vaporized in the light. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mom’s face disappeared from the giant screen, replaced by the blank, blinding light again. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The last thing I see is an eruption of blinding light. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

The avenging mouse swung the sword up high; a million lights flashed from its deadly blade as it struck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Is only when it gets light I can sleep at last, without the dream of smoke and fire and boys screaming. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

This arrangement supposedly supplied light and air to the bedrooms. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stood in the early morning light and a touch of sun broke on the horizon. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a curious play of light and shadow in their faces that made it difficult to understand their expressions. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Blue-and-green paper chains hang from the basketball hoops to the lights all across the ceiling. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But he had lost Cully, or he would not have lost himself, and probably the sticks would not have lighted in any case. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Midway through the showing, the screen went blank, light flooded the theater, and a man hurried onto the stage. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

The light was bright, but the glass was cool to the touch. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

What I don’t like is the ground-floor part, right on a well-traveled commercial street, meaning you have a choice between privacy and light. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those legs of light suddenly lengthened and seemed to feel their way down the ridge, their lower ends lost in the whirl of sleet and rain. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Cinna plans to light them on fire just before our chariot rolls into the streets. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Under the theory that light is made up of waves, it was not clear how it would respond to gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He paints a pair of shoes, one sole up, one sole down, browns and tans, with light and white, though he is still using black. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Hanako closed her eyes, but all she saw in her mind were chaotic lights. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

We stopped at a red light on Old Mill Boulevard, at an intersection across from Flat Face Pizza. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that is the light in which you view it! Well, I must go in now; and you too: it darkens.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Behind the velvet rope rises a flight of stairs edged with blinking lights. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Our village had no electricity, and our daytime cooking fires burned too low at night to give off any light, so each night brought nearly total darkness to the inside of our house and luak. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Meggie switched it on, the beam of light fell on the boy’s dark face. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A seven-step stoop, an old-school buzzer box, and Christmas lights in one of the neighbor’s windows that I could tell had been there all year long. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The cold light in Raheem’s eyes matched the tone of his whispered promise: this wasn’t over yet. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was opium den light, which was appropriate, because already Rex had plucked a joint from his pocket and was lighting it with a safety match. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Byron got caught lighting matches again and it looked like this time Momma was going to do what she always said she would. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a split second, the fog pulsed with red light. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The lights were off inside, but instead of turning them on, Morrow took an honest-to-God torch off the wall and used it to illuminate our way. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

This was like the light in Chartreuse liqueur, like the green flash, and I kept wondering, How did I escape? Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

As he spoke a tawny shape, dog-like, sprang out of the overhanging nut bushes as silently as light from behind a cloud. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

What frightened me most was the Newsboy Ghost, who came out from between the cars parked in the evening light. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He then took his pocket knife and cut off a piece about six inches long...then took a match from his pocket and lighted the end.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Every evening, in Pretoria Local, before lights were out, the jail would echo to African prisoners singing freedom songs. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t any lights on in our room. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ms. Smith sends me to the light booth. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon light, my hair looks almost golden. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rain sang its gentle song against his wide windows, and outside, the lights of Brooklyn made a blurry haze in the night. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The movie theater's heating, just like the lights, didn't work and the heaters that Scipio had brought them did little to drive the cold from the large auditorium. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I grab three scarves, spare black pajama clothes, and three light blankets. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if these light rays were swallowed up by the black hole, then they could not have been on the boundary of the black hole. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

As it happens, I sit in the darkness and Tommy sits in the light. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Shifting the light, Rashid looked at the girl again and spotted a small yellow bag sticking out from under one of her legs and slid it out. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The light by which they saw was a dull self-luminescence that seemed to exist everywhere equally, so that there were no true shadows and no true light, and everything was the same dingy color. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

But the trees don’t make a canopy; rather, the sky is open and sun shines like God’s or an angel’s light. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even though my eyes remained shut, buried in the pillow, the light changed when you finally opened the door. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Oh, I thought as the moon’s light blinded me, and the shadows grasped at me with green-brown fingers, I didn’t expect to see you here. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

They were accustomed to listening to him tell stories, though that usually happened after dinner, when the sky was dark and he could only see their faces by the flickering light of the fire. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Men and women stood talking in the light of the meadhall door and on the narrow streets below; on the lower hillside boys and girls played near the sheep pens, shyly holding hands. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

My backpack’s at the foot of the stairs, and the light from the room is enough to reveal no one waiting to pounce. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

As the light leaves these stars, certain frequencies or colors are absorbed by the atoms in the stars’ outermost layers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few nights later, she noticed the lights in number 40 were out, even though it was early in the evening. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Also, no material object may move faster than light: Thou shalt not travel at or beyond the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Caleb was the first to bound up the steps and out into the light when Mr. Lucas undid the iron bar and together we heaved the root cellar doors open. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

The chief mate swiveled, but he could not see the red lights. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In places, their branches met above our heads and interlaced, nearly blocking out the light of the half moon. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mam is happy we’ll have loads of paper for lighting the fire though the wood we burn from that collapsing shed leaves a sickening smell and she worries the white maggots will escape and breed. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

They found themselves in a great garden, where paths and beds of flowers were set in immense lawns of soft grass, which glowed a brilliant green in the light of the lanterns. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even in the dim light of the moon, I saw the glazed look in his eyes as they skipped from pas­senger to passenger. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few windows flicker with the faint blue light of late-night TV. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes in the light, little specks of gray peeked out behind her rose-gold highlights. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The serpentine steps twisted ahead, striped by bars of flickering light from the narrow windows above. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He was six feet, with light, mottled skin and sandy brown hair with a streak of even lighter hair near the front. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

A convoy of ambulances, police cars, and fire engines turned into the entranceway, their sirens wailing and their lights flashing. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old dry wood and countless layers of paint and varnish, blazed with a fierce hungry light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The sun was constant there, a warm white light that bleached the stone buildings and cobblestone alleys, that brought incredible clarity to the surrounding cobalt sea. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But when I saw more light and some blue sky through the trees, I changed my direction a bit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the product of the sugar beet plant located two miles north of town, its aroma carried easily even with a light wind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But in the morning, in the light, we find our courage again.” Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Somewhere away from the lights of the city. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Stop!” a voice like sandpaper yells from behind us, flooding the darkness with a cruel light. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the light of his sword, Percy’s face was like a large firefly - a hovering, momentary smudge of brightness in the dark. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

One at a time, shining an intense light in each. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And then, gathering my last wisps of strength, I pull out Secrets to a Happy Life, flip to a random section, and reread it in the dim light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it came farther into the light the comparison was impossible to avoid. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Although Zlata’s book sheds light on the problems occurring in Bosnia, it wasn’t until she left that she realized the magnitude of this war. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The faithful sat on little stools of orange and blue under the merciless lights of the high school cafeteria, but the Spartan setting didn’t bother them a bit. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His light brown frizzy hair was scrupulously brushed, and parted by fiat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In those early days, lightning and ultraviolet light from the Sun were breaking apart the simple hydrogen-rich molecules of the primitive atmosphere, the fragments spontaneously recombining into more and more complex molecules. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ugwu, light the fire for her. We are village people who only know firewood!” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

His hand rested on my shoulder, hovering light as a hummingbird, and it was all I could think about. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He walked rapidly away toward the pinched lights of the village. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dog-headed men prowled in packs, their poleaxes gleaming in the light of campfires. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Her steps were small and light as a deer’s, Omakayas thought, watching her proudly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

My fingers danced; intricate and quick they spun something gossamer and tremulous into the circle of light our fire had made. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Instead he said, “Would you be so good” as to light the fire, empty the chamber pot, fix my dinner? Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whole idea was insane and yet the others were looking at me calmly; one of them was lighting up an underslung pipe. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Rouse was flicking the lights on and off, but it wasn’t helping any. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I stagger outside into the sunshine, blinking and blinking in the harsh light. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Traveling close to the speed of light is a kind of elixir of life. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It lighted the trees and made them warm and friendly. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The door flew open and green light poured out. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The street lights illuminate the asphalt’s rough texture. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Boo flew through the gap of the portal, pecking at the line of light as if he were zipping it back up. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Their frozen breaths clouded the waxy smear of light. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Large puddles of standing water gleam as the light of day hits them. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My dad raised his beer bottle and angled it toward the light. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Searchlights sweep across the water, lighting up people swimming, drowning. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The moon lacked only a night of being full, and the flat bare sandrock on the mesa top reflected its light like snow, and he could see his way clearly. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The house provided the only light on all of Folgate Street. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It might have been caused by the season with a quality of light, or the autumn clarity. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

We leave the lights on it from year to year. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lights went out in the entire camp. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The print next went into the fixer for two minutes, which would make it light safe. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The light of adventure was kindling again in Ron’s eyes, but Hermione answered before Harry could. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Eventually the bird lighted halfway up a black mangrove, squawking irritably about the high tides. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

You get to find your own way to dig out a heart and shake it off and hold it up to the light again. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It glistened under the lights and smelled like oranges, as if he’d just smoothed it out with oil. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The light goes out and I look up just in time to catch Olly’s black-clad hand and flashlight retreat into the window. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the light coming through, he could tell it was evening. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

At this time of morning, at this time of year, the sun shines directly onto the back of the trackside houses, flooding them with light. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I realize he can’t see me because my lights are off. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

An intense raking light from an unseen source at the left is used to model forms and create textures. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So drunk? So drunk? The cop car would have had its lights on. Pudge, she ran into a cop car that had its lights on,” he said hurriedly. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

When you as light skin as me and usually live with at least one white person, blacks don’t want no part of you either. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The sound of men’s voices, from somewhere beyond the fierce light, brought Hazel to his senses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough to pay off all our work debts. With that much cash you could set up scavenge on your own. Even buy Bapi’s light crew slot.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later I’m lying on the operating table, the room dim except for the blinding light directly above my head. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

So they built a broad, straight highway, six lanes wide in places, with concrete dividers down the middle and outsized sodium street lamps that light the night sky for miles around. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Rather more people, though, know that he had something to do with the wave theory of light. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sitting straight and prim in her gown, the halo of light glowing around her hair, I can’t keep from rolling my eyes. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

In the blue-white light of the flashlight app, his hands shook just the slightest bit as he picked up his pencil. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The light flowed across the bar, scattered a thousand tiny rainbow beginnings from the colored bottles, and climbed the wall toward the sword, as if searching for one final beginning. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The algae had a light sweetness that outdid in delight even the sap of our maple trees here in Canada. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The three of us snuck up to the cliff again, watched them climb back into their driver’s seats and take off down the highway, the lead car’s lights spinning but making no sound. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I try to flip on a light switch I see by the door, but nothing turns on. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The little ball of light was blindingly bright, even brighter than the orb that powered the Governor’s boat. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She had lived her whole life among them, in the green-gold light and the minty fragrance of their bark. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wore my dark gray dress pants and a turquoise button-up with these subtle leaf patterns on it, the kind you could only see in a certain light. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The Preacher said, “If the young boy could light the ten candles on the board again, we can get this started.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“In what an amiable light does this place him!” thought Elizabeth. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

Within seconds he saw two bright lights barreling out of the dark. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Because those lights do a lot of drawing. I’d reckon they can run a battery down quick—just like in your car. So I have to wonder a little, yes.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was getting dark outside, and the lighted interior looked like a painting. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a week, when the sun went down, we turned off the lights and Mother came upstairs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

After a moment’s surprise, I realized the strange light came from a pair of sympathy lamps the old man had mounted on his wagon. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Tiny lights hang across the sky, like tightly packed stars bright as sun. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

At a red light I saw that I was on an Evacuation Route. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light, visible from a shed with no windows—there must be a hole or a crack somewhere . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They stood in muddy snow and watched the line of tanks, armored trucks, and jeeps as light snow flew across the glare of the passing headlights. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

A rainbow arced suddenly across the field, connecting the two balls of light. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And there is a giant whoosh of light. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

She raced David halfway around the greenbelt, until the lights of the big hospital sat directly across the river from them. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The only concession to selfalteration seems to be metallic gold eyeliner that has been applied with a light hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The little man came out of the shadow and stood calmly in the light, on a ledge higher than the children’s heads. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

A tent like the size of a house with a dance floor, tables, lights. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Milkman fished for another cigarette and watched dawn eclipse the electric light over the sink. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man had a light colered berd like pas was when I was a boy and he had the same blue eyes with pas look in em. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The bottom of the can reflects the lights from the machines, and I remember something that’s been itching at the back of my mind since yesterday. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“We should kill him,” says the Ghost, slouching in the hallway, light brown hair blown across his forehead. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She looked into the darkness, saw lights glowing in the windows of some houses. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Fish was light meat and he was sick of them. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a picture, framed in light gray, of Cordelia’s two older sisters, done in pastels when they were younger, both wearing smocked dresses, their hair feathery, their eyes like mist. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance she could see the edge of the Wood, some kind of building outlined in dim light, and perhaps a hill. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know. You want the big city and the lights.” X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw his face duck sideways in the light. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Step by step, the dull light of the fading sun was replaced with the pale silver of moonlight. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Will could see his silhouette in the cave mouth, crouching, attentive, and then Mrs. Coulter herself sat up, shading her eyes against the light outside. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Her gold earrings catch the light and swing as she walks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Millie wears a light yellow T-shirt and shorts set with little heart-shaped gems glued to the collar of her top. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

If they wanted to survive, they must travel light, harden their hearts against sentimental keepsakes, and trust that they could make do with the bare bones of equipment. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mwila told Anthony to close the blinds while he flipped the light switch to make the room dark. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Luce had another light on a stand, which he angled to suit his purposes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

White light poured into the room from tall windows flanked by heavy velvet curtains. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I stared at the fading light, which was fading earlier these days. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

One lighted display in the top center of the dashboard said the number 342, another next to it said 22. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their bald heads shone in the flickering light. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slim moved back slightly so the light was not on his face. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spectators who had been considering taking their leave decide to stay just a bit longer and comment enthusiastically about the lighting of the fire. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I heave my satchel into the Cadillac and light a cigarette. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She ate sweet bread and seg- ments of orange and ripe cherries, and drank a light, warm tea that invigorated her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, they had encountered the same wave-particle duality of light that was confounding their elders in physics. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

"Quack yourself," I say with a light laugh. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I noticed our hair was twining together in the hairbrush, light and dark, dark and light. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

His skin shifted colors and shades, dappled in the autumn light filtering through the trees, and sometimes he matched the trees around him so well that it looked like he was made of bark. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I will” Claire said, keeping her voice light, as his had been, “if I have a few moments sometime.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He paused, staring at my lifted hands in the dawning light of morning. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The row of windows cast a cold white light, making everything within look like a shadow puppet. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

We sat in the dim light of my hootch, boots off, listening to Mary Hopkin on my tape deck. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some thing, some blueness of heat and light and raw power seemed to jump from the tree to the briefcase and radio and enter Derek’s hand. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It rippled and glimmered black in the light from the kapo’s lamp. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As if to answer, a hole appeared in the wall, and a narrow beam of light struck my face. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Dim streaks of light, gray and waning, are filtering in through a nearby window. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As soon as it became dark, he had the difficult job of flying next to the Agena, keeping it in the center of the pool of light. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t mean to make light of this; it’s much too tragic for that. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The lights came on for a little longer and then off. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

One night, a few minutes before lights out, an older prisoner named Moshe, who had been in four different camps in three years, stopped by Jack’s bunk to visit, as he often did. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was empty and a dim light burned at the far end. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I need some light in my own darkness right about now. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Well — I remember a lot of green light, but nothing else.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

And then more screaming and an ambulance flashing its lights and my mother telling Clementine it’s time for her to go home now. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

A reflection of light in a rectangular shape slid across the wall. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

As darkness fell, Tally and David reached the white water, and they passed through the greenbelt at the very moment the lights winked off in Uglyville. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Luxa tried to appear indifferent, but her fingers worked the light switch eagerly. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tipped the bag toward the light and saw that it wasn’t a pile of dirt—it was a pile of crumbs. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Harry hesitated, looking into the blue eyes that had turned green in the reflected light of the basin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Unfortunately the light disappeared with him, leaving Mark in the creepy blackness all alone. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It isn’t dark or light, somewhere in between. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

We entered a spacious kitchen, lit not by rush lights but by actual candles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Later in the night when the moon came out of the mist, then occasionally they could be seen, shadowy shapes that glinted now and again in the white light, as they moved in ceaseless patrol. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Her heels are dangling from her hand, her eyes bright in the warm light near the hotel elevator where they’ve agreed to meet. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As light travels upward in the earth’s gravitational field, it loses energy, and so its frequency goes down. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A pink headband held her wavy light brown hair in place. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

They gave me a new school uniform, light blue, the color of sky. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet another door to the stairwell, another key, more lights. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa and Uncle Darnell stayed up talking, then the house fell quiet and every light in our house went out. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

Several times, when the light was deeply golden on the windowshade, he heard the doorbell downstairs and his mother going to answer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He stood there perfectly still, the wind ruffling his hair and the dull light glinting from the rims of his glasses. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Forever after, you’re able to spot the red light in the upstairs window or the champagne glass on the door that doesn’t open until midnight. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

It would be dark outside; the only light would be from the hallway. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Usually I like riding on trains, especially at night, with the lights on and the windows so black, and one of those guys coming up the aisle selling coffee and sandwiches and magazines. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Maybe he’s sick. People get sick all the time, Ali. Now, am I going to freeze to death or are you planning on lighting the stove today?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The light streamed through the window behind him, yet his silhouette remained blanketed in darkness. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

We went to the far side, away from the light. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

When she lit the gas, there was a soft diffused light without glare. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As day turned into night and soft music began, the gentlemen of Manifest took their ladies’ hands and escorted them onto the open-air dance floor lit by a canopy of electric lights. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Doctors came running up from every direction with needles, lights, tubes, rubber mallets and oscillating metal tines. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Nothing—I seen your light. I thought I could jus’ come in an’ set.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

And, as though the blankness had never happened at all, the light returned to the child’s eyes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The violins are hundreds of shimmering gold lights, the horns are cubes of green, and the drums are a bright aqua blue. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I opened the box’s lid, shedding light on a scatter of trinkets—a tarnished silver chain, braided bits of human hair, a flour-sack doll rubbed raw by a child’s hands. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Already he was pointing at a butterfly, gleeful at the bright spotted orange of its wings in the dim forest light. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They put panes in hollow windows and lights behind the panes. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when the light from the news show flickered over her face I could see tears going down her cheeks. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes had a mischievous, reckless light in them. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

For a brief moment, I spot myself high above, my face massive and full of light. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

The headlights from other people’s cars are like the lights on the stage, making everything bright and then dark over and over again. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My throat is closed, I feel as though I’m going to faint, and then the light comes on upstairs. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The elevator light blinks and the doors slide open. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

On Christmas morning he lights the fire early so that we can have sausages and bread and tea. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The fire on the hearth burned slowly and the wavering light from the oil lamp made shadows on the wall. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

There must have been a story told about a beach sometime, while I was out or at the market, because Helena’s face lights up like a lamp. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had to light it for him because of his hands. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not quite the magic hour, but the spring light is still flawlessly cinematic. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It was a misty, cold evening, just dark, with a heavy low-lying fog, and even with the light on the back of the barn, it was impossible to see anything. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Belly flat, Will scooched his way to the zigzag of light and pressed his face against the cold metal grate, peering down onto the bedroom below. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Their foil tops gleamed and twinkled in the early evening light that sifted through the half-closed blinds. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a light, misty rain, and across the river, I see the new sparkly tower. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

The adinkra was two crossed swords with holes in the blades and handles, and it pulsed with dark light. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At that moment the rising sun’s rays reach the rose window above the altar, bathing the sanctuary in blue, red, and gold light. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The water was like light chocolate, and sometimes there were even tadpoles in it, but it poured out in a strong, cheerful gush—the German pump was a wonder. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

No light for fourteen days; that’s a pleasant thought, isn’t it? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The room is breezy and light, a top floor. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even Frodo felt better in the morning light, but every now and again a mist seemed to obscure his sight, and he passed his hands over his eyes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The tunnel at the bottom of the stairs is wide and dark, with only the strange light to guide us. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One fair evening as soon as supper was done, she dressed in her calico, which was nicer than her light summer cotton, put on her bonnet and good boots, and went out on the street. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She sighed and examined her fingernails in the dim light of the fire. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Drop down on their knees in the chapel, sweaty straw hats in their hands, to smell the candle wax and watch the flickering red and blue votive lights? Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Ash watched the huntress, who was gesturing with her left hand as she spoke, and the ring she wore — a gold signet ring stamped with the seal of the Royal Hunt — winked in the light. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Purple light threw horrible, ghostly shadows on the cabin walls, as if the specters were escaping right out of the fountain. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

My mother bought a paraffin lamp, and I was able to read under more light. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

In particular, that conversation got me looking at Miss Lucy in a new light. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembers decorating it clumsily with garlands and tinsel and a string of lights that made his father nervous. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I always found it suspicious, because it had red kidney beans in it that looked like tiny eyes, corpse lights lit in the swamp of the green stew to draw weary Hobbitses to their graves. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

From close by there was a chaos of singular lights, flashlights bouncing off the trees, shuffling polyester shorts, the squeak of gym sneakers on a wooden floor. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

We reach a spacious bedroom, its glass walls leading out into a serene Zen garden adorned with golden dangling lights. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Maxwell’s theory predicted that radio or light waves should travel at a certain fixed speed. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was disconcerted by the cells with lights still on and inmates standing up, because they were invariably backlit and I couldn’t see their faces or what their hands were doing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The orange light of late afternoon is attached to her. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘Alas! my own hand feels as light as a feather,’ he thought, but he said nothing. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He would know right away the deception, the trick of shapes and light and movement, but it wouldn’t matter at all because the deception was part of it too. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pointed up at the sky and said, “So the light pollution is terrible, but the brightest star you see—there, see it?” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A ring of torches bathed the, area in light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The marquee lights melted on the wet pavement in long white gleams. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a light rap on the living room door. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then, as my eyes adjusted to the light, I realized what a perfect day it was. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

We walked arm in arm down the side street away from the crowd and the lights of the square. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

All around us, the field lights up with small fires illuminating the faces of women squatting by them to prepare meals. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We wait, the clock in the hall ticks, Serena lights another cigarette, I get into the car. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Directly behind her, the great Lincoln Memorial was filled with shadow in the late-afternoon light. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

Soames followed the judge with the intention of lighting a pair of candles he knew to be lodged in the back of a desk drawer. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then her struggle stopped and her head fell back and the light glinted on her half-closed eyes. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

His face glows red in the flashing light of the remote-pilot function. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

There’s so much to talk about with him, she thought, breaking into a light jog. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

In the darkness I can see a gleam of light, to the side. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The projector’s light traps a galaxy of swirling skin flakes and popcorn husks in the air. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Now, he was paying the penalty for too little sleep and no study—trying to read a lousy geography lesson on a lumbering lurching bus, the morning light dazzling on the white page. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter to the mushrooms whether there’s light.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

He leans forward, a shine in his eyes that I’m pretty sure ain’t entirely from the electric lights. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She looked at me, and a light of recognition began to dawn in her eyes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

A light appeared through the boards of the bin. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bruce was a large man with a bald head that shone in the dull light, his face pale and scruffy with a few days’ worth of beard. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

At the base of the pole from which the light bulb hung were three seeming haystacks. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little wavering point of light danced through the air and fluttered around the head of the speaker. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He’d done something to his hair, so it stood up in soft spikes that shone in the hallway light. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

She puts sugar and cinnamon inside half of them for me, and those are always on top, so when I sneak into the kitchen, I don’t even turn the light on. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Howard put the jib in his car and then disconnected the brake lights, so that anyone following him would not know when the car was slowing down. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The lights grew brighter as they sped away from the shore. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Then he stood still, close to the trunk of the nearest tree, as a truck came around the circle and swept its lights over him. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen many of them take on more responsibility and blossom both professionally and personally, even under the glare of the harshest lights. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But there is far more light than the small segment of the spectrum we can see. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the glove compartment, found a package of cigarettes, took one out of the pack, and lighted it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’d been too busy gloating over the twins’ delight at the neat little oil camp house with its running hot water, electric lights, and fancy appliances. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The room was mostly dark, just a light on over her bed where she lay. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was happy when the glare of the winter light ceased to pierce the broken shade of the kitchen window; it interfered with his thinking. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the picnickers had eaten to excess and now sat heavy and dulled in the sun, which poured over the scene a clear, clean radiance, a piercing island summer light. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The sea flared with light every time one ship crashed into another, and the impact sounded like a crack of thunder. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The BFG, with Sophie sitting on his hand, hurried into the cave and put on those brilliant blinding lights that seemed to come from nowhere. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I feel better for having exposed to the light of scrutiny the decadent practices of the rich Texans I know. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The electrical impulses in modern computers do, however, travel nearly at the speed of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a tale that she relished retelling, and her rich accounts shed plenty of light on what happened next. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

In her mind's eye they burned with a thousand lights, a fire blazing in every window. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Valley pushed a cauldron from the other side of the room toward the small patch of light made by the overhead candelabra, and Seven poured the remaining roba recuerdos potion inside the cauldron. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The afternoon light has faded, and we badly need to get under cover and form a plan. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He held a small vial up to the light and looked at it speculatively. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

His temples still throbbed with the light but as he became accustomed to its sharpness he opened his eyes more and more. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

The queen's light snores and wheezes fill the room. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But I insisted, and so the thumping twangy bass noise resumed, and over it, a light baritone chanting in Caribbean patois to the rhythms of a nursery rhyme, or a playground skipping-rope jingle. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were dark and serious in the dim light. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It’s the kind of light that can unlock a mystery, shine a light on the truth. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She took off at a jog toward the bright lights of Grand Army Plaza. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Slipher was the first to notice this effect with light and to realize its potential importance for understanding the motions of the cosmos. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I lay down on it, my eyes closed, listening to the sounds around me: matches lighting, glass jars tinkling together, liquid falling into glasses. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

That day she wore a light housedress instead of her velvety fortune-teller garb, but it seemed like she was fixing to go into another one of her trances anyway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

A quick glance at the airlock window showed the lights were on in the Hab. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Previously a golden fountain had filled the center of the hall, casting shimmering spots of light over the polished wooden floor and walls. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The glare of the television lights immediately bore down on them, making the bags and circles around their eyes even more noticeable. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I’m sure I’m in a film, that it will end and lights will come up in the Lyric Cinema. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Then one day of light, fresh rain, four dry, hot and clear, and all of Palestine was downy with the cleanest cotton they’d ever seen. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I held the letter up to the light to see if I could detect what was inside the envelope, but the paper of the envelope was too thick. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And these differ from each other, sometimes dramatically, reflecting the authors’ biases and ignorance, and their informants’ manipulation of history to cast a flattering light on their family lines. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Rufus kept her well supplied with candles, but at the moment, the only light in the room came from the window and from a low fire over which two pots simmered. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He had a crutch to repair and not much light left. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He passed a strip-mining works, huge blue arc lights burning in the dim midwinter daylight. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see much in the dawn light—the sun was rising behind the house—but with the curtained windows glowing, it looked warm and cozy. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes,” said Mrs. Hurd, her hand still on his cheek, “I do, too. Just light out for the Territories.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

And soon men stood ready, blowing on the end of the long, slow-burning rope to keep it lighted. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my great relief, the reflections from the dash light showed me the face of a young Negro man. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the movie ended and the lights came on to illuminate the murals of Tuscany and the painted classical galleries around us, Leper still sat amazed in his folding chair. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he scarcely heard Hermione: He had pulled out his Invisibility Cloak and was running it through his fingers, the cloth supple as water, light as air. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

For the vast majority of stars, there is only one characteristic feature that we can observe—the color of their light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the blaze of the evening light he looked, not a man, but a young God, a Hero God out of some Northern Saga. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not guaranteed to get you a thirty-six, but Jay said I better get close since she “paid these folks a light bill” for this class. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Behind the wall is a world of dark lines and streaks of light, sequenced into detailed patterns. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Praying that she would not fall off and disgrace herself, she gave the filly the lightest and most timid touch with her knees. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I make a left at the light and drive home. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m firing her and she’s getting out at the next red light.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It twinkles like a rainbow in the neon lights of Dylan’s forest. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When we got home from Little Rock, Dad was still gone and the kitchen light was the only thing we could see from the driveway. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

He tried to imagine standing on the deck of one of those ships, leaving the beach and light crew behind. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In back of the Frog was a long line of blue light, fading as the water settled down again. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the biggest victory for statistical mechanics and the wave theory of light. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They still emitted light, although the gentle twinkle had become a brilliant blaze. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

The light from the blaze was finally getting the attention it deserved from Chicago’s citizens. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

So she just kept it light and happy. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t look away from Ares for fear he’d slice me in half, but out of the corner of my eye I saw red lights flashing on the shoreline boulevard. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The girl’s lips tremble, her face is yellow in the light, looking very much like an apparition. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He directed the actors, the lighting, and the set design. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

I need to light a candle for my mother so she can find her way back to me, but I realize I don’t have matches in my bag. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She was younger, more recently trained, and could do a light press that lasted. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hair ruffled with the light breeze, Edward stiffened, and the second male, James, suddenly whipped his head around, scrutinizing me, his nostrils flaring. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She’s grown it to her shoulders now, and allowed it to resume what appears to be its natural shade, light brown with bits of blond here and there. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only downtown were the lights large, bright, festive, and full of hope. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She ruined an entire roll of film by pulling it out of the canister with the light on, something she’d never done before. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then the lights flickered, and flickered again, and went out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I knew it was safe to go inside when I saw the light coming from behind the cracked door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But maybe this was a sign of change; he actually felt a little chilled by the morning air seeping through those same cracks as the light. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Queer light eyes that shifted the whole time from place to place. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Yes, she's smart and funny and easy to talk to and kinda feisty—which now that I'm seeing her in this new light is kind of a turn-on... Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Tam Lin told me about it. It shows up only in red light.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give him his small comforts,” shouted a voice at the top of the stairs, and a red cloth was thrown into the light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

This morning, the dust on the window filters the light as it beams in, bathing their daily routine in a kind of soft glow. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

In the faint patch of light below the ragged hole in the roof, a rabbit was standing—no Efrafan, a rabbit unknown to the General. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a light on in the living room. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

August, May, June, and Rosaleen were supposedly over in the pink house in their rooms lying under the fans with the lights out. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hair was pale silver in this light, curled and tangled in its usual way. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

They went down the long stairway and out into the main tunnel, where the river thundered alongside the path, its dark surface strewn with flecks of light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She turns back and hits the button on the wall, sucking out the golden light of Sagan’s sun and moons as it slides shut. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He saw the bare head of a white man—the back of the head—framed in the narrow opening, stenciled against the yellow glare of the restless bars of light. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw no houses or street lights, either, just a potato-processing plant that was bigger than many towns—the giant Simplot complex—and seemed to extend for miles. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back in Chantal’s room, I light a tea candle and begin my prayers for my mother. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The room was dark, but strands of light streamed in through the blinds—cracks of brightness and swirling dust in the midst of all this empty—and I could read the titles on the bookshelf. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Some works had a religious theme, others were portraits, and others simply captured the elusive light of daily life with a vibrancy that was missing in post-mortal art. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

A couple stepping out of a café; a businessman on his phone; a woman beginning to cross the street against the light, then coming back, perhaps fearing that jaywalking would get her gleaned. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

She has a collection on her windowsill, always sparkling with light. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Arya could see its colors more clearly now in the light of die burning town: a golden lion on red. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The candles within Renly's pavilion made the shim-mering silken walls seem to glow, transforming the great tent into a magical castle alive with emerald light. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

At the moment of sundown that day, there was no sun visible, only a dying of the light behind clouds that flowed off Catoctin Mountain. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Trepid smiled a slow smile, the light sparkled off his gold front tooth. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

There are astronomers in each galaxy, and the light they see is also trapped on the curved surface of the hypersphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

In like manner, he did work in optics that transformed our understanding of light and laid the foundation for the science of spectroscopy, and again chose not to share the results for three decades. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Fewer and fewer guests visited now, and in the evenings the campus streets were ghostly, covered by the pearly light of silence and emptiness. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

All the lights were out despite the gloom. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When the lights were turned off, and the blues dancing started, she wanted to be in his arms in a dark corner, but he said, “Let’s go outside and talk.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I suggest, trying hard to sound light, bright, happy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She could see from the light filtering down the entrance tunnel that the sun was up, and bright. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Out of dead tinder and grass and sticks came a live warm light. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light of the headlights fell on brambles, on vines run wild, and on olive trees crouching like bent old men beside the road. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Here and there on the black of her dress or cloak there are pinpoints of light. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Near the Northern Canal, sprouting up like toadstools, rose the squat shacks of rough boards and turf with only a tiny window and a few holes to let in light. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hear a click, see a faint light scan across my skin, and the white page disappears. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The shells passed under the two bridges draped with shimmering necklaces of amber lights. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Herbert,” said I, after a short silence, in a hurried way, “can you see me best by the light of the window, or the light of the fire?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Just as we pulled up in front of the church, I saw Christmas banners and lights. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

We left the estate before the first morning light appeared. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Einstein assumed that everybody—no matter at what speed they are traveling—agrees about the speed of light in a vacuum: about 300 million meters per second, a constant denoted by the letter c. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was brightly lighted inside and there were many people at the tables. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

They’d left the door back into the Boring Room wide open, with the lights on bright. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Otherwise, Newt had ordered all lights extinguished despite the pale, deathly glow of their new sky—no sense attracting any more attention than necessary. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have time for this,” Kate muttered, banging the door open at the end of the corridor and hauling the ladder out into the early morning light. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Judith, light a pine knot for him to see by.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She was holding up a paper warrior- saint, and he was all intricacies and light. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano made sure that Arcadio was in the darkroom before raising his eyes and meeting those of Pilar Ternera, whose thought was perfectly visible, as if exposed to the light of noon. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He’s at an intersection with a red light. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I cracked my eyes open, trying not to cringe as the light flooded in. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

It gushed into the creeks, which swelled up and turned a foaming light brown, like a chocolate milk shake. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the music of the bar mitzvah party, feeling the weight of what had happened in the synagogue, I saw again the glittering stream, with its light rushing toward me. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I keep my hands light, fingers to my gun—but I’m not about to waste a bullet unless I absolutely have to. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Of our last name written in neon lights in the window of Travis’s new place. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I haul out my bed and slap on my light. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Before the time we found the flame, we would lie back in the dark and look up at all the points of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could just light a small flame, then blow it out. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The alternating pattern of light and dark suggests sunlight falling through the leaves in the woods. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

April is glorious, not too hot and not too cold, with occasional light showers. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She brandished a five-foot-long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was a royal purple and dotted with fading stars, the light of day just beginning to break through. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The lights shine soft but bright in the night fog, and it’s more lovely and peaceful than anything I've seen in a long time. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Overhead, slender tubes of light beamed down on the display cases. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

The sea lay quiedy, bathed in a shy, light-footed light, a dancing play of black and silver that ex­tended without limits all about me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

From the outside you saw only one front door, one front-door light, one mailbox, one house number. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Quick as a wink, the man flicked the main switch so that all the lights went off and everyone was standing in darkness. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

The motel is the kind we’re used to: a row of cottages, flimsily built, strung together with Christmas tree lights, yellow or blue or green. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At one of the foster houses where I’d stayed a woman told me she knew I was going to be a criminal because “anyone who sleeps that light has got to have a guilty conscience.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

My light blue corduroy pants that I'd proudly purchased with my 50 percent employee discount at the Gap were ruined forever. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

‘I think,’ he said, ‘that there is a light ahead. But it is not daylight. It is red. What can it be?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The headlights appeared suddenly from the northeast, tiny points of light, blinking as the vehicle bounced over the road. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Instantly, the orb glowed with a warm Gold light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Thomas followed Newt as he hurried down the stairs and out of the Homestead into the bright light of midafternoon. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The sun, rising against black pines and leafless trees, filled the grove with a baleful light. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the wan light that might have been evening and might have been dawn I contemplated the clean amber liquid. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

My stomach turns and the lights suddenly seem too bright. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Their eyes shone yellow, and the hairs of their hides caught needles of light. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Together they squinted at the paper in the dim light from the main tunnel. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

There in front of us, glinting in the morning light, we saw the ocean, the rocky shore, and in the distance, winking in the sunshine, the glass towers of Cape Town. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pace is leisurely, the lights are on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The green light of the forest was strangely at odds with the adolescent laughter, too murky and ominous to be in harmony with the light banter around me. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mother's light is off when I get home and I’m grateful. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

As the star contracts, the gravitational field at its surface gets stronger and the light cones get bent inward more. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

An important-looking man with warts all over his face was adjusting enormous light fixtures. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

She can hear a light brushing sound as he runs his fingers along the back of the wardrobe. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The hut had no windows, but a few glimmers of light had shone through the gaps between the thatch and the top of the wall. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Celia settles in her wicker swing to watch the ocean, jumping with silver light. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair was braided down her back and seemed to catch the light of the torches, as if it were anxious to turn back into pure flame. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The sun was long gone; and only the cold silver shine of the half-moon remained to light their way over the treacherous ground that lay behind them. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The lights were on in the living room, and I saw her sitting in a chair. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on stormy nights I could watch lightning light up the clouds. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Hazel herself trapped in a glowing maze of light, unable to help. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

There's a light on in the front-left room, but as soon as I get there, I don't want to walk up. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

And in the first light the line extended out and down into the water. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dragged myself to the kitchen and flipped on the light. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When they leaped onto the mattress, a brilliant light flared behind them, accompanied by a crisp stutter like firecrackers. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

When I turn off the ceiling light, I pretend we at The Raven. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Kronos’s golden sarcophagus glowed faintly—the only source of light in the room. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then, after a minute, a small light flickered inside Faber's small house. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He groped his way through the kitchen, down the hall, and to the front door, afraid to light a lamp, afraid to make a sound. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Maroon is x, gray is y, and light blue is z. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Hannah’s knees trembled from the effort of moving, and her head felt light from all the fresh air. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In mere minutes the light would be too low for her to find a roost. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s desperately complicated. But at the end there’s light.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then as we moved off a group of boys ran among us and the men started using their lights, revealing darting figures in blonde wigs, the tails of their stolen dress coats flying. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no flashes of light now, no bangs or screams or shouts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

The drowsy hum of the Converter is louder in the control room and mixed with it is the chuckle of the Geiger Counters and the erratic buzzing of half a dozen little signal lights. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I am concentrating on the way the light suggests air. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the Mexican side of the bridge, one in ten cars gets a red light and is pulled over for a random inspection. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was so very nervous, that I had already lighted the Aged’s sausage like a torch, and been obliged to blow it out. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

His duct-taped boots were pulled off his feet and placed at the edge of the light where he sat. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“I want a Scotch and soda. In a tall glass. Heavy on the Scotch, light on the soda, lots of ice, a glass of plain water, no ice, on the side. That’s what I want.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I opened my eyes to see a clear yellow light streaming through my window. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She steps into the light, beautiful and dark as ebony. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

His reading lamp was flickering, its oil all but gone, as dawn light leaked through the high windows. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The microwave had just beeped when the lights went out, and the music disappeared. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Overhead, crystal chandeliers sparkled like stars in the soft evening light. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

A large wire-framed model of a reindeer covered in twinkling lights stood in the front yard. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Outside is the moon, the contours of trees, the buildings of the campus, the lights that dot the path. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

At that instant lights came on and the wall opened, as though someone had drawn aside a curtain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The line began to move forward into the woods, forward toward the great yellow light of the open fields on the other side. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little moths of light began to gather around a shape in the dark. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was some light applause in appreciation of her words. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It was not easy to get started, and when the soil began to fall, it was light and powdery and did little to block the holes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light which dashed on the ceiling steadied, and imitated rabbits rather than lions, and donkeys instead of ghouls. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

We get in the car and she says, “I’m so sorry, Will. That Pee-lates kicked my behind and I was out like a light the second I got home.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

A long time ago scientists believed that light always traveled in a straight line. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

When he arrived in the nation’s capital, he made his way through the noise and lights to headquarters. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Then he pulled the blankets over his head because the light bothered him. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

In the backyard, they mingled under the glow of blue, red, and green lights winking in the trees, their faces illuminated by the light of kerosene torches propped everywhere. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them in the staring light of the great room they slept in, and all but gave up my hope of acting that first night before I had drawn suspicion on myself. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

For the Ring's first complete performance, Wagner decreed that the house lights should be dimmed. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

With a very glum expression, Barbarossa unlocked the door and switched on the light. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The pedestal beneath the Story Box turned into a pillar of light, and symbols blazed to life within it. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"That light is impressive," said the educated man. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Around thirty kids in light gray suits all stand shoulder to shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

At the second red light a truck pulled up beside me and a young man in a cowboy hat looked down into the cab of my car. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not for his passenger's sake, but to save his ship from the peril of the storm, the master shouted at once to the steersman to head westward toward the light. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

This late at night there’s no real traffic and the lights let us run almost all the way. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here and there a light flickered under a snow-thick roof, and Lyra thought she saw pale faces behind some of the windowpanes, and imagined their astonishment to see a child riding a great white bear. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The orange light above the doors flashed, followed by a short chime, and then the doors slid open. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The lights are still off, but the morning sun is bright through the living room windows, and the tree is fully lit. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Her tone was the same light tone she had used with Obiora. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Swiftly it drew near, and suddenly the boats shot through, out into a wide clear light. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He explained to me that planets glowed because reflected light was constant, and stars twinkled because their light pulsed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

But the electromagnetic spectrum runs to zero in one direction and infinity in the other, so really, children, mathematically, all of light is invisible. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The moon is round and full tonight, and it casts a dim light on this neighborhood where the whole block is lined with tall trees and brownstones. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The actors have made light of it; they tell her it’s a novel effect. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fie had argued that the moon was an opaque body, shining solely by reflecting the light of the sun. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Quite! All right That's where well look. If the beast isn't there we'll go up the mountain and look; and light the fire." Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

Directly overhead, pale in the dawn light, she could see the foundations of the Eyrie. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A twig cracked under her feet, and the light went out behind one of the windows in Capricorn’s village. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"See how the whole front of it catches the light." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His hands were shaking too badly to light the cigarette, and Johnson took it and lit it for him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never knew the night sky could be so amazing—trillions of blinking, sparkling, spinning lights in a velvet-black sky. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I think back to the night of Mayor Carrs dinner party—the electric lights on his house, the newspaperman who was mysteriously bitten. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

My legs feel light as I climb, my Noise clearer than it’s been in days. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Japanese are a wonderful little people fond of dancing and light wines. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was in a hurry to get back to the light of day, away from the dead and their ghosts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She tried to listen as hard as she could, a little worried that the train would pass them by if they didn’t have a light. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Luckily, the movie gave off some light, so when we saw a flashlight coming toward us out of the woods, we knew immediately that it was Henry, Miles, and Amos. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

One of the yellowish-green lights is behind it, coming out in rays from around the head. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the ground in Norway, Poulsson and his team found the best possible landing spot and set up lights along a strip of land. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Golden Hall was arrayed with fair hangings and it was filled with light, and there was held the highest feast that it had known since the days of its building. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It's when I turn on the bathroom light and wipe the fog off the mirror to comb my hair. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that was when a light came on behind me. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I knew there was a library on campus that had electricity, which meant I had light as well as tables to study at. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Now with the lights on, they shuffle closer, drawn like moths to the moonlight. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The fanging itself was so light as to be unnoticeable, but the venom was devastating. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

A stream of dancing lights, for all the world like the shimmering curtains of the aurora, blazed across the screen. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the web of light and shadow, Tanin hunched over the desk, smoothing the edges of the paper over and over until her fingertips were red and raw. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it tricky to tie up at sea? Even in calm weather, in good light?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

He noticed, without understanding, how the flames were visible now against the dull light. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

At the ghost room, door open like a mouth, she stopped and, stepping inside, swung light into its corners. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the man had altogether changed: he was bathed in light, and a fountain of glowing particles seemed to be streaming from his upraised hand. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Snow crunched beneath his feet, but the doe made no noise as she passed through the trees, for she was nothing but light. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

One night Werner and Jurta tune in to a scratchy broadcast in which a young man is talking in feathery, accented French about light. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

In the fluorescent light, the circles under his eyes look like bruises. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Aurora. It’s the northern lights, in my head.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The gray room darkened and the cone of light flowed and rippled like water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They began to ride out over the sands, with the moon lighting their way. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a truck—which all good men in Oklahoma have—with blue neon lights shining underneath it—which they don’t. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She was so sure, so present, so easy, so light and gold, while I was all gray and shadow. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quickly jumped out of bed, grabbed some clothes, pulled my hair into a ponytail, and gave myself a light spritz of perfume. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Her gown sparkled in the lights, and the audience rose to applaud Marsha as she wept for the women she'd left behind. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Imagine that you took the Sun and moved it so far away that it was just a tiny twinkling point of light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paler than even the white jade tofu she had eaten for dinner, the paper seemed to have a light of its own, dimming the gold threads of the pouch that held it. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was the angle of the light or something in the way the face spread out with the smile, but Bull caught a glimpse of a crooked nose. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the hill, the frozen lake glistened in the light. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

But my feelings for Momma didn’t work like a light switch; they were all tangled, one on top of the other. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

You hold the Band-Aid up to the yellow light in the bathroom, and yes, that definitely looks like moisture. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I’m glad they love me, but it feels like having the light of the sun but not its warmth. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She was drawing up idioms in the list, visions of me in the whitest raw light, instant snapshots of the difficult truths native to our time together. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

We sped by Chili’s and Borders and Christiana Mall, and eventually, the snow started falling harder, white dashes shooting at the car and past the windows like light trailing from a thousand stars. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the trunk, with only bits of light coming in. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps in the shade of my house I was half hidden by the blinding light outside. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It boomerangs back, just slightly, off the blinking lights and stone buildings around me, and I’m just about to feel sorry for myself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dr. Howard told me that even if the light box works, it will take a few months to start seeing any improvement, but I still glance down at myself afterward. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We leave the tree house, run quickly through the night to get back to the light of the house, the music we’ve left behind. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The entire planet was jarred for a moment, the stadium swaying, the lights dancing. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Fairy lights,” he said dully to the Fat Lady — the password had been changed the previous day. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He’s waiting on the top of the stairs, light of the house shining through the screen door. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The camp isn’t a safe place after light seeps from the sky. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

I stole a few car batteries with Pike until somebody saw us in their driveway at night, flicked the porch light on, and took a potshot at us. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is a man like any other, with light in him and darkness. It is not for you to judge him.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

In light of their obstinancy, I called Jaime in and told him to get ready to accompany me to the cemetery to steal Rosa s body. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned off the goosenecked floor lamp and sat in the hallway, where light beamed from the living room. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose he wanted to remove that last fuel tank, but I can’t imagine what possessed him to light his torch without first draining the fuel. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He looked away and put the binoculars to his eyes and scanned the horizon for lights, or pretended to. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I pumped milk from my breasts so that I wouldn’t leak and put on my best dress, light blue with a cummerbund and a V cut. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I heard the sound and looked up to see the man looking straight at me from where he stood in the dim light of the hall, looking in with neither interest nor surprise. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even at 1 percent or a tenth of a percent of the speed of light, beings from nearby civilizations could have come during the tenure of humanity on Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe somewhere out West there really were Territories that he could light out to, where being a minister’s son wouldn’t matter worth a...well, worth a darn. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

When the skimmer’s lights had faded, Tally tested the rope with her whole weight. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

As he made to leap the low wall of stones straight at the shadow, the staff burned suddenly white, a blinding light in that dim place. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

She gives me a smile, one that fills the room with light, and I smile back. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

The cut wasn’t deep—he’d gotten worse on light crew—but it filled him with fear to see how fast his father was. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He gestures around at the tents and the lights. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He woke in terror, and sent the werelight flaming through the air, lighting every corner of the little house till he saw no shadow anywhere. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

You’d have loved all of this—as well as the strings of lights she wound around the crèche and the branch she stuck in a pot and called a Christmas tree. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was dark still, but there was enough light to see by. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on, then. Get a move on!” he snapped as they stumbled out into the bright light of day, blinking. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Uriah takes my arm and leads me away from him, through the laboratory, through the room of light, through the blue hallway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Beyond are the dining room, two bedrooms, the kitchen—all situated in the middle of the building so the apartment’s windows have no access to the moon or the light of a street lamp. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stared out the window at the open fields and munching cows zipping past us in the fading light. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

In this light he was suddenly shy when he found himself alone with the woman and he was compelled to remind himself, “There is this woman of mine. The thing is to be done.” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ll see. Within minutes the lights will all go back on.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The light from the common room lit up the top of the trees. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

They had lit a rush light so that she saw what had happened in a flash, and immediately she began screaming at the top of her voice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Books and other artifacts sat behind glass, with special lights illuminating them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then a sulphur match was struck and burned a tiny blue until the wood caught, lighting his brother’s face grotesquely from below. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her eyebrows, impressed, and they raced away once the light changed to green. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I stay there until the shadow moves away and the light goes off. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Light? I don’t see any. Where would there be light down here?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The sun came suddenly from behind a rain cloud, flooding the room with glorious light that wavered on the walls like water. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Elodin did something that could, conceivably, be referred to as teaching, but for the most part he seemed more interested in confusing me than shedding any real light on the subject of naming. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, when he strained his memory during long hours in his cupboard, he came up with a strange vision: a blinding flash of green light and a burning pain on his forehead. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The light had faded and faded, sucking the colour out of the trees and bushes, until everything around them looked pale brown, like an old photograph. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

All at once they were aware of the evening as the end of light and warmth. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But her eyes burn in the light, and although it's hot and might be my imagination, I think I see a small smile on the girl's face. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

That night the house was full of light and noise, with people dressed as soldiers and queens and dancers and chieftains. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel, wiping her hands on her apron, came forward, peering in the dim light. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

A door slid open, and a blinding light popped on. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

In this place, he knew instinctively, the lights would never be turned out. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We sat in the dark motel room with the light of the TV flickering. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Roy Baty snarled, “There’s a bounty hunter in the building! Get all the lights off. Get him away from that empathy box; he has to be ready at the door. Go on—move him!” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Their foliage was dense and dark green, their vast trunks gold-red in the heavy evening light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Frightful was sitting on top of the lodge, feathers shining in the autumnal light. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Ahead on the horizon, the first pink light of dawn begins to show. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

With a slightly rheumatic grunt, he climbed into bed and turned out the electric light. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In the blue light of dusk he’d made the turn out of the harbor and run for open water. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But everything’s lit with twinkle lights, and the hanging white curtains seem to glow against the sunset. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I hastened before Bessie; I softly opened the door: a shaded light stood on the table, for it was now getting dark. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The moon was growing again, and its milky light spilled through gaps in the tree’s canopy. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked out across the flat, dusty land and could see the slow glow of blue light over the horizon, the first sign of dawn. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The light cleared and he could see the other two looking down at him. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She kept crying out, “Oh, I feel light as a feather! I can barely feel the floor beneath my feet! If only my Fredrick were here to see,” and other blurry exclamations of that sort. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Or, perhaps, to tend it carefully like an eternal flame: a reminder of light and goodness that would never—could never—set anything ablaze. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The travellers were light, or maybe none of them would ever have found a way through. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, old clues, in a new light, made sense. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I felt crazy—spinning lights, blurry vision, pounding ears—with want. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Too heavy to hold, and too light not to. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hung there in the phosphorescence of the sea, gathering light and undulating, and his boat moved now on the tidal current, brightly lit and silent in the fog. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s dark where I am And I cannot find the light. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything around her was moving, and now there was enough light that she could see the large metal filing cabinet looming above her head. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

When he had finished, he turned out all the lights and left. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I touch my earmuffs again, so light on my head. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The doctors are back, yanking on my eyelids, shining their lights at me, frowning as they scribble notes in my chart as though I’ve let them down. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

My sisters all looked towards me, expecting I would chide my husband for making light of sacred things. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A flock of fairies twinkles past like floating Christmas lights, their laughter like tinkling bells. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A blaze of orange light outlines a giant cloud. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I had never seen his arm move this way, never seen this piercing light in his eyes that appeared when he was in Aunty Ifeoma’s garden. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it a little early for Christmas lights?” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The soft blue light of evening gathered around his blond hair, stripping it of color. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Darkness had fallen and the water, cascading ten feet into the air over a semi-naked statue that looked remarkably like Herod Sayle, was eerily illuminated by a dozen concealed lights. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

In this light, the leaves of the plants shone so green they almost hurt Lina’s eyes. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Down the other side I could see a valley, just as my mother had said, and the lights of a farmhouse glowing yellow through the rain. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The fireflies were dancing dots of light in the dark patches, and the air was sweet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

There is not enough power in the country even to keep the lights on in Pyongyang, where the government tries to pamper the elite. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I crowded the candles in close together to give me enough light, took a deep breath to steady my hand, and dipped the quill. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

That would come to light soon, as sure as sunrise, and with the king in such a black fury . A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I grab a really cool-looking ax—which is surprisingly light—and give it a couple swings. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Thin lines of light streamed out of his prison mark. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Stark fluorescent lights glowed along the rock ceiling. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the third rope was still moving: the child, too light, was still breathing . Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was probably more than he’d bargained for: bright lights, too high, having to deal with a hostile adult. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before she could answer he snapped off the TV and the light, pulled the door shut and bounded downstairs announcing, “I’m starving! Let’s eat!” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Belet passed the light over the wall from side to side. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

There was no heat or electric light either. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Looking up at this bizarre light fixture while standing between two cracked and peeling, yet somehow still majestic, horned carousel stallions, all I can think about is watching the solar system episode in Mom’s lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

They climb up to a platform in the greenheart where the woman pauses for balance, bunches her long skirts into one hand, and prepares to walk out into the brighter light and rain. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she spilled out into the sun, the bright light made her stumble. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As they approached the grand foyer of the house, a silent servant opened the door, and both uncle and nephew walked into the waning light. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

They came to a stop at a red light. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

At first nothing happened, but as I approached the bottom of the bottle, red and blue lights began to flash before my eyes. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The pale light grew certain, shining through a gateway straight before him: he could not see the walls, but he saw the gate. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Every morning as soon as there was enough light to see by without turning on the lamp, I’d work on my hands. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room is dark, but it’s that half dark/half light that means it’s about 7:06, way too early to be awake after staying up till 3 a.m. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

With her light skin, semiblond hair, pale seagull blue eyes, she could easily pass herself off as something other than a woman born and raised in East Harlem. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Mama didn’t have to light the wood fire to cook rice. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house looks like that, too, Marly thought, and knew why Mother had said to leave a light burning. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not weak. You just don’t use your head,” the gray-haired man said, accepting a freshly lighted cigarette from the girl. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Her heart was light even if her feet felt clumsy in their makeshift boots and oversized stockings. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Illuminated by light cast from a few all-but-guttered candles in wall sconces was a room of vast size. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

With the fading of the light the riotous colors died and the heat and urgency cooled away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

She thinks of her ancestors, those fair-skinned Conquistadores arriving in this new world, not knowing that the gold they sought was this blazing light. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He’s holding his light up toward the second floor but is staring at the nearest unicorn. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mom’s face lights up while Grandma looks surprised. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

The entire music room is lit up with Christmas lights. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

My mother is shining—a bright, radiant light, and I can see. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Also, Gandhi has a message for you: ‘Rise, traveler, the sky is light. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

People applaud, lights flash, arms pull me into hugs and twirls. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He raced across the ground.To his left he heard shouts and a loud crack accompanied by a flash of light. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the living room door was a narrow space that ended in the frosted-glass door of the front entrance through which a diffused blood-orange light embossed the beige and olive wallpaper in fiery honeycomb patterns. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

The afternoon light slanted down through the high windows, so that up close to the ceiling the air was flecked with glowing gold specks. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Her face looked grim in the light of the new flames. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I touch the light stubble on her chin and cheeks. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Gradually it grew darker and darker, and then a pale three-quarter moon came up over the tops of the clouds and cast an eerie light over the whole scene. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

Hands cupped in front of their faces, heads bowed, murmuring a prayer: “Merciful God, forgive him his trespasses. Make wide his grave and light his path. Raise him unto the highest heavens.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I know I totally make light of not having arms. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The suitors who held their feet, no longer under bowshot, could see a window high in a recess of the wall, a vent, lighting the passage to the storeroom. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The restaurant looked warm and cheerful, its yellow light spilling out like a runny egg yolk into the darkness. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

By the light of day she was fine, and that seemed a further clue that it was a dark, bad thing inside her. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

That’s because television plays to our attention systems in extraordinary ways, using light, sound, and story. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

With the beam of his field light, he shows Werner that he is holding two bent screwdrivers and a box of electrical fuses.“The radio,” he says into Werner’s good ear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Spacecraft that could travel at light speed were rare, and they required fuel to operate. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The lattices of metal and lights are empty. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I put down a spider,” he said, wondering why the man didn’t see; in the beam of yellow light the spider bloated up larger than life. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see his face through the beam of light, but the layered jackets he wore were an instant giveaway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Damp seeped through his gloves as he clutched at roots and rocks, crawling toward the light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

After I light em, I bring them grits over to her booster chair, at the white linoleum table in the middle a the room. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Green light grew brighter and brighter, filling the clearing and dashing away the shadows, and it took me a few seconds to understand that the light was coming from my pocket—from Eddie’s journal. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he just needs the light of day to help him hit the arrow icon that will send his question off to Frank. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There were no streetlights, but the street was lit by the lights from the apartments and from a motel down the way, the sign flashing on and off, on and off. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

My left hip arches up, glowing blue in the movie light. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

The Italians were wearing silky light blue uniforms, and they had tied white bandanas rakishly around their heads, pirate-style. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Next, a sign, taped haphazardly to an upcoming light pole, promises souls saved and a free waffle at some church in Harlem. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Evidently there were nesting holes in the sheer face below them, for as the light grew they saw three or four martins dart out over the stream and away into the fields beyond. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a slight, promising tug and then the line was unexpectedly light. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, she gazed up toward the ceiling, as if she might see her father there on his ladder, tinkering with the sprinkler system, the temperature gauges, and the lights. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Morning and dusk and morning again I watched them trailing up to a hole in the peak of the roof, carrying their tiny burdens out into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in our room except for the small light of the night over the town and the bat was not frightened but hunted in the room as though he had been outside. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

At this those faces, cloaked in desolation upon the waste sea beach, were bared; their eyes turned toward me and the mighty lighting, foreseeing pleasure, one by one. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watch as Lorenzo puts the light fixtures in place, but I can't stop myself and end up moving them around so that they are just where I think they should be. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Could see the lights lifting above the darkness that was the parking lot. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

When Mr. Iii went out the door he was busy looking at his fingernails They straggled along the corridor in the dull, silent afternoon light. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The great pale silver blade was rising slowly, catching the brilliant light. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I would light those burners with a long fire stick. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped at a ledge and looked back; he saw in the lurid glare of the slashing lances of light a man stumbling over the snow. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Its fat sleek silver form drifted over the avenue of lights, and its own lights blazed downward from the nose and the cabin slung beneath the body . The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

It shoots a thing up in the air and it makes a big light. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

The light Ruta Skadi saw them by was still not that of the sun now climbing the sky, but some other light from somewhere else. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and tried to sleep on the floor with the lights on. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I want to always look at it, hanging in my closet, and remember this night in November when I stepped into my own light. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even when it was working, it was just a skinny strip of light, and it was dead by maybe four minutes in, anyway. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The tone of their conversation had been light, bantering, but Archie knew that Emile was deadly serious underneath. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

An ambulance, lights and sirens blaring, sped past us, going in the opposite direction, toward school, and for an instant, I felt a nervous excitement and thought, It could be someone I know. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the jungle there is always light for a tiger’s eyes. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Oops!” he said as he managed to light a match and promptly dropped it in surprise. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There's light spilling in from the hallway, washing over me like a harsh spotlight. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There's only the flickering light from the TV. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I turn off the light and close the door, Mina unloads it, black and heavy-looking, setting it on the desk so the lens faces an empty wall. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Most of what light there was, however, came from the fires. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

On the ceiling, moths fling themselves at the dull gray light tubes running the length of the corridor and I hear the papery flapping of their wings. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inside the sitting room, the only light was a hearth fire that threw our quivering shadows against the wall. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Beyond his tree, as he slept, the first blood light of dawn was rising up the sky. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind the woman’s small house there was a bare dirt yard, and in the light of the lantern that Con held, they found the woodshed. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

But the luxuries of which Snowball had once taught the animals to dream, the stalls with electric light and hot and cold water, and the three-day week, were no longer talked about. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

There she was, a spectral figure illuminated by a sad, wavering light. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Hey, it’s okay, man,” Mr. Ray said, stretching his neck to see the traffic light ahead of us. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She knew he was working in low light, by touch alone, in those cursed leather gloves he always insisted on wearing, but Inej didn’t think that was why he seemed so agitated. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She declined Secret Service protection and avoided the media in order to keep her profile low and her footprint light. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“I remember the way. I go north to go south, east to go west, back to go forward. And to touch the light I have to pass beneath the shadow.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Having blown out the light, she slept fitfully, holding her pillow like a man in her arms. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light sheen broke out on her forehead as she huffed and puffed. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There's no grass, for one thing, and it isn’t dark enough for any of the flashing lights to seem quirky or romantic. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Alex opened his eyes, the gray first light of the morning was just creeping in. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Their headlights bathed the area in glaring light as if a bright cloth had been spread out in the dark. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry curried Ulysses in the lantern light and hummed a song that I recognized with a lurch as “I Love You Truly.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When the lights came up, the gloved man was gone, melted into the shadows. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to get light bread in damp weather. Maybe next time set your sponge over the water reservoir in the stove. That’s what my mother does.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I didn’t turn on any lights or make any noise. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The beams of it entered into her wounded head and scored it with unbearable pain, and the dreadful infection of light spread from eye to eye. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

As I did, there was a brilliant flash of light, and then I saw that my avatar was no longer holding a joystick. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was the only time the door would be open to light or fresh air. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Her hair dull blond, her eyelashes so light they seemed not there, the lost eyelashes of someone who’s been in a fire. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The eye on the lighted side looked as if a spark had been fit inside the pupil. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As they walked up the green path from the gate no light was visible; the windows were dark and shuttered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He closed the door behind him and switched on the light. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The shades were drawn, so I couldn’t see in, but there was enough light emanating from behind the shades that I could tell he wasn’t asleep. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He was holding the lamp high up, so as to illumine the whole room, and in the warm dim light the place looked curiously inviting. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

That incredible blue light leaked from beneath it. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But if you could turn the lights back on, you would see there are lots of other things still wrong in the room. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

So, since it was still light after I had cleaned up the kitchen, and the evening was pleasant, I went with Faro for a walk. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

The spirit of Anarchy spread everywhere his light and agitated wings. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

At the light, Bull Meecham announced that it was time to sing. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Muller switched on the overhead light and smiled benignly. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Milton’s brow was still furrowed with concentration but from his eyes there was light appearing, rays of relief. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As her eyes adjusted to the light, Amari cast her eyes for the first time upon the ocean. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Apparently nothing does, because when I open my eyes, bright hot afternoon light gleams through the rocks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

She had a light complexion, large and peaceful eyes, and magical hands that seemed to work out the design of the embroidery with invisible threads. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

As the light dimmed, the young falcon walked into her elaborate room with its curls and spindles and lay down. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was careful to keep his voice light, casual. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He took that prize from a slain father; presently the gods brought all to light that made the famous story. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We would rush up until we reached a snow-white crest in a burst of light and foam and a tipping forward of the lifeboat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

He just turned eleven, and his name is the light blue of a robin’s egg. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

To her relief this one worked—only 40 watts worth, maybe—but still there was light. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

Homes, stores, and restaurants lined the water’s edge, stacked one on top of the other, lit ceiling to floor in a rainbow of orb lights that blurred together through Pong's tiny basket window. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Her desk was isolated in the choicest corner of the room where there was a north and an east window, the best light for reading. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

A green light flashed on the collar, right where she couldn’t help but see it. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I stare at the lights on the top, remembering the ones that flashed behind me and Khalil, and watch them disappear as they flip the car onto its back. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

But we’d go along with her, acting all excited over her lighting the banana. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And because Roscuro was dazzled by the light of one match and journeyed upstairs and fell into the queens soup and the queen died, the king ordered the death of every rat in the land. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He reached up on tiptoes and peered over a circle of heads into the garage which was lit only by a yellow light in a swinging wire basket overhead. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Clary stared down at the ground, where the light from the greenhouse was casting long, thin shadows of them both. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dumbledore raised his wand even higher, so that its light was thrown upon the walls, where something darkly red and glutinous was spattered over the wallpaper. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Michaelis wasn't even sure of its color--he told the first policeman that it was light green. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Dicke and Peebles argued that we should still be able to see the glow of the early universe, because light from very distant parts of it would only just be reaching us now. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once, a saucy nursemaid had informed me that, in embroidered linens with the lights off and the fans going, my fine de la Torre mother had gotten me no differently. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The boy only looked at him through the dim light. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even as I watched, a pinprick of light near the horizon erupted silently, pulsed with soft blue light, then spread outward. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Felix went from room to room—there weren't many—turning on lights and checking under the bed, in closets, and in the bathtub for a murderer. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

The blade cast a faint bronze light over a very sad scene. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Two o'clock and the whole corner of the peninsula was blazing with light which fell unreal on the shrubbery and made thin elongating glints upon the roadside wires. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She didn’t use the lights, because she wanted to get close and find somewhere to land before they saw her and shot her down. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I thought about how this must be what it's like to go to heaven—walking toward the blinding light, with the smell of bacon and eggs all around. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The Franklins’ house was pristine, perfect, and sterile, right down to the tasteful white holiday lights that lined the edge of the roof, and the festive wreath hanging from the front door. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Children watch their shadows and play in its light, people gather at the square to tell stories and dance through the night. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Out on the horizon, another clipper ship was skating across the Gulf’s night waters, running lights glowing blue. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

The dim light from the cabin window cast long equal shadows from man and posts. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mother ignored him, but I studied his face in the bright morning light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles, beside me, stood out sharp and almost hyper-realistic with his ruddy cheeks and labored breaths but further down, Henry had become a wraith, his large form light and strangely insubstantial in the mist. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When she pushes the button that usually makes the screen light up and nothing happens, her eyes narrow just the teeniest bit. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Will settled himself into a chair, took out a fat black cigar, and lighted up. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was shadowy in the silver light. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana took a walk by herself down by the refugee camp, standing for a long time in the pinkish light soaking up the quiet motions of evening. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

They were only perceptible at first as the light is in the sky before the moon rises. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up and see particles of dust drifting, crystal white and luminous, in the suspension of light. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It floats into that golden light around us. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

A jet of silver light hit Malfoy in the stomach and he doubled up, wheezing. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I heard a groping at the stove, and then he struck a match and the light flared about his face as he bent over the kerosene lamp, intent on lighting it. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above me the windows flicker with a different kind of light—flames, from candles or lanterns. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Standing at the edge of the candle’s flickering light, he opened his hand and the circle of iron fell to the wooden floor, ringing dully. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when the truck passed the next car ahead of us, covering it with spray, the two little red lights we followed veered sharply to the right and then vanished—winked out—completely. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the angle of the light streaming in through my bedroom window I can tell I have been sleeping a long time; it must be late afternoon, early evening. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holiday lights twinkle from eaves and railings and porch columns. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She flips a switch at the bottom of the box, and a thread of blue light stretches across the gap between the teeth. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Marie, with her oddly light hair, was startling in other ways. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the young woman directed the bartender’s attention his way that he turned, fixing his light blue eyes on Reed. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was facing the wall, so when the door opened, I saw only a sword-shaped sliver of light. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They were light, so she knew they didn’t hold sneakers, but something was rattling around in them. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Dad made sure the company he hired strung lights over the covered wagon that marked the entrance. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

A door opened, and light spilled out on the muddy ground. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The electric lights, the various mechanical pieces spread across the worktable, the shelf of neatly labeled solvents—the tinkerers laboratory is a completely different world than the one I was used to. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The simple statement, unbacked by any proof but the weight of Ralph's new authority, brought light and happiness. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

A lamp cast pale light over the gray and white pebbles. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Across the highway in the ghost town Amarante Cordova’s light glowed softly from the open door of his crumbling adobe. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if dropped from the stars, a third man had materialized under the dock lights—and he was pounding Luno into a sweaty lump of Jell-O. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

At around ten o’clock each day, the square of light disappeared. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The silver-blue light matches the smear of stars across the sky, showing us the dirt path I’m so used to walking every day. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Her hands drifted from Celaena’s cheeks, and a white light filled the sky. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Coin’s voice, perhaps a shade grimmer, fills the bunker, the volume level flickering with the lights. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Lupita awoke three times, startled, by a light shining on her and Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Standing at the sink, filling the kettle, he looked up at the Riddle House and saw lights glimmering in its upper windows. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The rotating red light atop the ambulance splashed over the Renault for a brief moment as the vehicles passed each other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dark in the church; street lights had been snapping on all around him on the populous avenue; the light of the day was gone. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were using his having killed Bessie to kill him for his having killed Mary, to cast him in a light that would sanction any action taken to destroy him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

This picture was mostly dark, with just a few pale brownish rays of light streaking across. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I looked into Yilonia Kline’s light green eyes and stepped closer. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

But is it possible, in terms of practical engineering, to travel close to the speed of light? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

The music on the stand in front of me is illuminated, and I fall in love with the light, the alto clef curlicuing around the cloudy patterns from Papa's pipe. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I turned off the light and climbed into bed. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

You could see the reflections of all the red and white lights of the cars in the puddles along the highway. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

The light of the rising sun shimmered on the water, broken by the shadow of the persimmon tree. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

By prison standards, this was palatial, but the rooms were damp and musty and received very little natural light. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I was still careful to stay far enough from the fire that the light couldn’t reach my face. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I crawled away from the street, away from the light, deeper into the shadows, dragging them with me. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

With a lurch the train moved off, its lights glimmering away through the darkness. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The muzzle flash lighted the box for a moment like a miniature lightning bolt. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now other men exit, squinting in the light. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She raised her dagger and inspected the room again in its bronze light. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"I will forsake supper, I believe. Rest will serve me better. Wake me at first light." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I want to run out of the car and toward those lights, so I unlock the door. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

By morning light, the books are all hunched together again with their spines turned out, fossilized, inanimate. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled a packet of Dunhill cigarettes from his jacket pocket, offering them around the compartment before lighting one for himself. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The flashing blue looked like police lights, but at least it wasn’t loud. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of the town’s citizens who had been cordial to me drove up and stopped beside me at the red light. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light bloomed in the corridor at the other end of the Library, and the Second grabbed his hand, pulling him to the glass doors of the greenhouse and into the warm soil-scented air inside. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It makes me happy in the festering city traffic, even when the lights are green and all the cars remain still. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Now there was only the cold river and Montag floating in a sudden peacefulness, away from the city and the lights and the chase, away from everything. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me a light from this big lighter off the table. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was a fairly straightforward calculation: how much light does an empty cavity radiate? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then the light became colour: green, gold, silver, white. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Ben turned out his lights and waited for the driver of the Rambler to identify himself. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A servant had already put tea and sweet cakes on the table and was now lighting the houlu, a small stove for burning coal. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the better light of the living room he noticed with interest that there actually was dust in the creases of her face. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He could tell that it was almost dawn by the stillness and the quality of the cold, flat light beyond the canvas ceiling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

It’s not so surprising, then, that occasionally one of these 30,000 strange connections comes to light. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The windshield, he figured, would protect his eyes by filtering out the blast’s harmful ultraviolet light—and would give him a better view than the welder’s glass. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

When it was light enough to see he pulled on his shoes and rose and wrapped one of the blankets around him and walked out and stood looking at the road below. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

We gather at the foot of the ladder, waiting for our eyes to adjust to the dim strips of lights, breathing in the mixture of chemicals, mildew, and sewage. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The light filtering in from above shifts again, and the figure quavers as though she were watching through a heat haze, though Mr. A. H— remains comparatively crisp and clear. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jahrling carried some slides containing spots of his own blood serum into his closet, shut the door, turned out the light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lights flickered off again the next afternoon. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I was on Alvarado Street, slashed with neon light—and around me it was nothing but strangers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let myself into my apartment quietly and stood there for a while in the dark, not daring to move, not daring to turn on the light. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, blinded by the intense light. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

A bite at light at Ruth a truth a sky-blue presentiment and oh how dear we are to ourselves when it comes, it comes, that long, long shadow in the grass. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make my waking life American-normal, I turn on the lights before anything untoward makes an appearance. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A liquid Gold light flowed, trapped beneath Pong's skin. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The lights of the houses were as scattered and dim as far-away stars. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

But then, incredibly, she saw something that looked like a thread of light hanging down in the middle of the empty street. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The pile had generated only enough energy to power a small light bulb. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the increased light her face showed tight and her eyes were shiny. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the early morning light, I see a bizarre spectacle. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Now Jay’s dim flashlight was the only light we had. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Its surface was lighted by earthshine, which was sunshine that had bounced off the surface of the earth onto the surface of the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, ” said Roscuro to himself, “that is the one. The very one. Look at how it sparkles in the light. Lovely. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It’s like a picnic, sort of, except we are sitting at a round table under bright lights that buzz. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

But she wanted to look at her map to see where they were before the light got bad, and they would need to gather some wood. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cheddar is under the speckles of colored light from the broken glass on the rooftop. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

When all our plates were clean and our stomachs were filled, Grandma told us to turn out the lights, and she brought the beautifully decorated ginger cake to the table with candles blazing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was just enough light through the window to give depth to the darkness, so she saw, in shades of black, the contour of a form. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

No lights showed, because the windows were blacked out permanently so as not to spoil the darkness for their telescopes. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They plunged into it and left the light of the Pipeworks behind. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then Colin felt angels lifting him by the armpits, pulling him toward their home in the sky, and he felt light and free. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He paid no mind to the traffic lights, since there were hardly any cars on the streets. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Now she was fragile and delicate and light—dry grasses wrapped in crumbling paper that might fall apart in a gust of wind. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The crack of light beneath the door widened. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The kitchen was empty and dark, save for a faint blue hazy light that seeped through a window from the winter sky. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The light turned and Mom pushed the gas. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The lights in the refectory dim, a projector whirs, and a chart full of circles appears on the far wall. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They stored crystals in their eyes to detect polarized light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think, in light of what we’ve been talking about all these weeks, family becomes even more important,” he said. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Worsley had only one compass left, and he lighted a match to check that they were still headed in the right direction: the island itself was lost in the darkness. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

Luckily, everyone in the community rushed to donate new furniture and art and worked together to cover up the horrible words that had been sprayed on the walls with fresh coats of light gray paint. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m not expecting the smile that lights up his face. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

"Lord of Light, we offer you these false gods, these seven who are one, and him the enemy. Take them and cast your light upon us, for the night is dark and full of terrors." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d have to turn back to it until the dungeon was Mother herself she and Father upward into weak light holding hands and us lost somewhere below even them without even a ray of light. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though there were less than two hours of light remaining, the grandstands were filled with spectators. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I can see the lights on the two prongs on its roof from my bedroom window. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Broken images were racing each other through his mind: Sirius falling through the veil; Dumbledore suspended, broken, in midair; a flash of green light and his mother’s voice, begging for mercy... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

There was a light on the sea front outside shining straight up into the room, and in the glow reflected from the ceiling she looked down at the sleeping boy. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A tiny sparkling light no bigger than a child’s pinkie fingernail floated through the troubled air between them like a miniature star. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gets up early on weekdays, lights the fire, boils water for the tea and his shaving mug. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

He kept looking and looking, and the colors he found were gingersnap and light fudge and dark fudge and acorn and butter rum and cinnamon and burnt orange. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The side of my face suddenly burns, and I see bright light. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Helene—” "Don't worry about it” She shrugs, her tone falsely light. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

In each of those modes his face would light up accordingly, moving, easily and deftly, from one state to another. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the distance, I saw someone—I assumed it was Ema—flashing the light on her cell phone. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Why do we still have lights?” asked Mother. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The waters over the Teeth were calm, a light breeze rippling across them. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

He lighted cigarette after cigarette and stubbed them out almost immediately. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

He felt a light tugging on his sandals and looked down. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bapi had been light crew himself once; he knew their ways, knew the tricks of laziness. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was stupid to feel guilty, Maya told herself sometimes when the clock crept past three a.m. toward four a.m., and the lights from the cars hadn’t slowed down. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

She could see the yellow light from their kitchen. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The light catching her mom’s face as she stood at the kitchen sink, unmoving, the water running over the untouched dishes. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

No dogs to see, only the highway lighted with his headlights. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I already spent a whole childhood thinking I’d wrecked the life of my twin sister, dragged after me into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time Daniel catches up, Axel and Ray are out of breath, but they are together in one bald patch of earth where the light beams inside the forest canopy. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the Governor made light, the air had crackled with pressure. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I know he’s not supposed to be hanging around confession boxes but I feel the light in my head and the voice is telling me, Fear not. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

When we came to the next traffic light, the driver eased off the gas a bit to look around and check the road. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Augustus wore a black suit, narrow lapels, perfectly tailored, over a light blue dress shirt and a thin black tie. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

We turned and saw the light of the east reflecting off a golden pool at Abel’s feet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We cannot see them because the light is failing.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

He entered the cave and was blinded by the absence of light. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second view of the deserted town, barely illuminated by the yellowish bulbs of the street lights, did not awaken in Aureliano any more curiosity than the first. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m still stewing about it on Monday, when I arrive at school late from my light treatment. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stood facing those panes, silhouetted against the sallow electrical lights. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

His eyes are wide and seem almost vulnerable under the room’s lights. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Never to have seen the light of the sun: This is the best thing for mortals. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

A huge image of me lights up one of the screens over the square as I begin. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Laura began, snapping on the overly bright overhead light, scaring off whatever shy passion Yoyo, with the blue thread of her writing, had just begun coaxing out of a labyrinth of feelings. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

He was close enough now, and there was just enough light, to see she was tearful and trying to speak. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

With the light, Nathan was able to see into the mouth of the cave. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

May the Communists light up the house on a girl’s birthday. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helene goes for hers like a jewel thief for rubies, holding the bracers to the light, exclaiming at how Blackcliff s diamond symbol is seamlessly hammered into the shield. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

MaWee grabbed a lighting pole and went ’round the tent lighting the candles up high. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The man stepped forward into the light and took off his hat. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

When the field light battery dies, he thinks, we’ll have this. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Quickly, I left Mama and went to stand in the light of the burning bear grass. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The half-open door, the column of light across the corridor carpet, confirmed that Emily Tallis had risen from her day bed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It doesn't have a thick atmosphere to bend light and carry particles that reflect light around corners. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jahrling had placed his desk under the window to get some extra light. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The long streaks of yellow light lay between the shadows of the tree trunks, and the snow was colored faintly pink. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I lift my pen from its inkpot, but my hands feel too light to hold anything. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She could see golden ripples of light pooling around him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I was ignorant of the inverse square law for light propagation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

A light bree« would have blown her into the back room. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the matchmaker place the lighted red candle in a gold holder and then hand it to a nervous-looking servant. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Unbeknownst to us, an inmate from some nearby cell—we never found out which one—was tossing lighted matches at the heap. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her face was illuminated by the lights in the dashboard, and it appeared ghostly white set against the utter blackness of country roads. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He sat forward abruptly, tilted his head to the right, and gave his right ear a light clap with his hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I see something up ahead of us, in the light of early morning, and grab Tris’s hand. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Edison suggested the exposition use incandescent bulbs rather than arc lights, because the incandescent variety produced a softer light. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Gritty summer light spills through the open trapdoor into the cellar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The children heard her and followed, streaming across the enclosure toward the avenue of lights, their boots pattering and creaking in the hard-packed snow. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Sarcasm, Emma thought, because the emergency backup lights here were brighter than the ones on the stage. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ash climbed down off the branch, and the movement in the dim light caught the huntress’s eye. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light climbed on out of the valley, and as it went, the tops of the mountains seemed to blaze with increasing brightness. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She backed away from the front door, retreating into the dark hall, and her stepmother came after her, blocking the beam of light from the lantern that had thrown their shadows across the wall. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The light wind could now be heard ruffling the grass. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

A light drizzle turns the air to mist, and by the time I get back up to my room, a steady rain is pounding the ground. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

The last time we did this, he Wanted to show me that the lights were on in the Erudite compound, wanted to tell me that Erudite was planning an attack on Abnegation. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She points to the screen in my lap, where the light still glows around my mother’s words. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They also interact with particles in the upper atmosphere to create the bewitching veils of light known as the auroras. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I was raised in a gaunt house with a garden; my earliest recollections are of floating lights in the apple-trees. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I turned around and looked back, and the last thing I saw was the porch light shining on Dunlap Dewberry’s bald head. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a silver spark, then a wavering light, and then, with the greatest effort it had ever cost him, the stag burst from the end of Harry’s wand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could see faces over the light from the muzzle blasts. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they felt light and agile compared to my gray Vans. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The shabby walls and worn stones seemed to shimmer as if a translucent silk veil covered them, muting any flaws and transforming the house into a dwelling of luminous light and delicate shadows. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

At that Ged lifted up the staff high, and the radiance of it brightened intolerably, burning with so white and great a light that it compelled and harrowed even that ancient darkness. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been twenty feet tall, walls lined with dark and light colored stones in an alternating pattern. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She opened her eyes; she could see the smoky light of dawn through the curtains. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

These stood or leaned or reclined against the light and their green feathers were a hundred feet up in the air. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The light filtering out between its shuttered windows cast patterns on the garden path. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Despite being the only car on the road, we caught every red light. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Stopping at a traffic light, listening to the weather report on the radio, the thought of death absent from his mind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he said: “There hasn’t been a single light on at his house the last few nights. And his car is gone. It’s not parked anywhere on Water Street.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I walk into the closet, where the black light has been replaced by a regular old bulb. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

You could say they were a sort of hangover from those talks in our dorm after lights out. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

His body vibrated and was suffused with a silvery light. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, Harry could see a patch of dim light through a small opening. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The patches of mold disappeared from the tree trunks, and the drooping plants rose upright, their leaves turning bright emerald as they basked in the blossom's light. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A flash of white runs up the wire, and for just a moment, the dome bursts into a dazzling blue light. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On one end there was who you were before you went underground, and on the other end a new person steps out into the light. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

What Rishi was pretty sure was a life-size doll sat in a tree like she was watching the proceedings, her lips, hair, and dress glowing from the black lights strung in the tree branches. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The light was harsh—as clear as daylight but with none of its warmth—and she couldn’t locate its source. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door to the Kingdom of Death was wrought of bone and leaf and light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Her skin is smooth and her eyes light up when she’s telling a story. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“A feather plucked from a moon bird will glow brightly, but only for a moment. If you wait until the feather is shed naturally, it will forever bring you light.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We follow him into a large room with high ceilings and wood floors and lights that glow orange-yellow. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was trying to keep things light, but I could tell she was winding me up for something. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

She stared as the moon bathed him in its luminous light and he seemed to glow. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

No decorative tattoos, no work marks, no light gang tats. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Some Negroes who are really light skinned and have straight hair try it.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That the traffic lights change fast and my sister must hold tight to my hand as we cross to where a small man singing Piragua! Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The light lowered and there was June Somerset, books puddled around her feet. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then I programmed the cameras to switch to the prerecorded feeds whenever I shut out the lights in my hab-unit. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Fairy lights and paper snowflakes covered the ceilings. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We’d taken some food and blankets from Aunty Em’s, but we didn’t dare light a fire to dry our damp clothes. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

And the lights blazed in the quiet empty laboratory. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ice moved smoothly around the floor, thin legs wide apart, head bobbing, the ball moving from his hand to the floor and rushing back to his light palms as if it was a giant yo-yo. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Seconds later, out of one of the castle’s shattered windows, something that looked like a misshapen bird flew through the half light and landed in Voldemort’s hand. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When the door finally opened it was noonday light that poured inside, and Ash put a hand over her eyes to block the sudden glare. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is a giant whoosh of light and smash of noise. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

The light from the window at the back of the room was my focus. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you can bend space you can bend time also, and if you knew enough and could move faster than light you could travel backward in time and exist in two places at once. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hibiscus’s screaming went on for minutes after the light faded away, and Jam could feel that Pet had left, that the air held a strong emptiness where its body had been. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Days before, we had made a sign for the Store, and as we turned out the lights Momma hung the cardboard over the doorknob. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel fed the fire and it put a little room of light on the beach. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sherm said that there was no such thing as moonlight, that what she saw was just reflected light from the sun. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Ma had already lighted the lamp when he came in. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

In cross-examining the K.B.I. personnel, the defense attorneys, a beleaguered pair, argued that the admissions of guilt had been obtained by improper means—brutal interrogation in sweltering, brightly lighted, closet-like rooms. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s dark, but the moon provides just enough light to see by. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was lighting up all of Reverend Obertask—his nose and his sideburns and his mustache. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Lightning strikes all of them except for their captain, Jena, lighting up the space in a flash of brilliant gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But it made me wonder what the Erudite are doing that requires night light.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The sun drops, and the earth glows with a warm, orange light. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

All lights are off so the port will not be a target. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked across to a lighted case of Chinese design which held delicate-looking statues of horses and birds, small vases and bowls, each set upon a carved wooden base. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly, like the light when the clouds move away from the moon, Minli knew clearly what question to ask. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Quantum mechanics got rid of the zero in the classical theory of light—removing the infinite energy that supposedly came from every bit of matter in the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Despite its name and its shiny shell, the lantern fly does not actually glow, so Maria's mention of a “flame of light” was probably the result of reflected candlelight. The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The morning light, as cold and merciless as it could be, woke Malcolm up far earlier than he liked. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The figures outside nodded, one or two of them gave little bows, and they stood aside respectfully as Will and Lyra walked into the warmth and light. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And seen closer in the light of two candles that he lit and carried before them the landlord’s face looked rather wrinkled and careworn. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Once I ran into a flat piece of bottom land, and what seemed solid earth by the light of the moon was a marshy quagmire. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just then, the kitchen light snaps on inside, and Tía Inés steps out through the sliding door. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And then Billy swung into life again, going backwards until he was in pre-birth, which was red light and bubbling sounds. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked out across the dark field, could see nothing but the yellow lights and outlines of black bodies stark in the lightning. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with tables of plant trays under fluorescent lights. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Within half an hour, I have a raging headache from all the lights, and the funnel cake I force down...well, let’s just say it doesn’t do me any digestive favors. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

She had taken her hat off and her hair shone under the light. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

With no windows to let in the sunlight, the stacks were utterly dark except for the gentle light of my candle. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

According to that book, the principles of spire fighting stated that everyone has a light deep inside them. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Air and water were heavy or light depending on the circumstances in which they found themselves—depending on whether they were above or below their proper location. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

When they’d finally emerged from an especially long one, night had fallen, and there was not a light to be seen outside the train. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t turn on the lights in the bathroom because I know they will be pale and bright, just like the lights in the Erudite compound. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see any signs of the dart boxes we saw on the other Berg,” Alec said, pointing his light at a row of empty shelves. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Not today, hon,” she says, turning off the lights to go home. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m turning the lights off, baby, okay? Please, go to the den.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

He watched the room grow brighter then, as the square of light grew steadily warmer, more yellow with the climbing sun. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he noticed a very faint trail of adult footprints in the light of the light post. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

There he stopped the car, ate a sandwich, drank some beer, turned out the lights and curled up in the seat to sleep. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

From where she stood, Annabeth couldn’t see what was below, but the edge flickered with red light as if illuminated by huge fires. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The polished white tiles on the walls and floor reflected the light of Jason’s sword so well that Leo didn’t need to make a fire. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He could see the light shimmering like hammered gold off the surface of the Milkwater as it curved away to the south. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It was semidark, not long before dawn, and planes were regularly taking off and landing, their landing lights sweeping the runways, or their wing and tail lights blinking in the sky. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There would be no light until the crate was opened, and then there would be fear and pain. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s an effect of the stark white light, illuminating just her face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fremont’s Peak was lighted pinkly by the setting sun, and Faye could see it from her window. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I take in the angles of the room, the slant of light flooding through panes of glass, the planes that separate us, the irony of drapes to create darkness. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

The final image was a room full of soft light. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It responds by lighting up and making a clanging sound. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

My mother glares at him, and then the hell on the door rings and her face lights up. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The way the mists threw back the shifting light made their features seem bestial, half-human, twisted. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

When lights appeared Sam rubbed his eyes: he thought his head was going queer. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The light is dim and artificial and kept to the same level all the time, but even so, the circadian rhythms win out and a nighttime hush has fallen over the place. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d only gone a few feet down the corridor before the dim lights flashed on and illuminated his path, though shadows clung to the walls. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just then, the lights blinked: Annette and Renee were at the door, bringing glad tidings of box office and bake sales. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stars are so far away that they appear to us to be just pinpoints of light. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see her, sitting outside in the darkness, looking in at the light. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The daytime crowds had disappeared, leaving behind a few strays desperate to soak up what little light remained. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There were the lights of passing cars upon the road. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he heard himself gurgling and saw a burst of many-colored lights dancing before his eyes. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I greet a friend, I am seeing her in reflected visible light, generated by the Sun, say, or by an incandescent lamp. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The three boys, one dark, one light, and one—for lack of a better word—fiery, do not notice the night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At night, in the flickering light from the fire, it seemed to her that the wound, that great hole in the forehead, throbbed. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stare at Einstein’s picture with his crazy white hair that looks like he had an accident with a light socket. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I awoke, a blanket had been thrown over me, and the room was blue with a cold dawn light. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“A light who doesn’t hide in the bathroom.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

She watched his great red happiness, and it was not light as Samuel’s happiness was light. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped for a light, and looked at Alfred. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to get the words out before the light changes. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She would have to wait until after lights out to be Marie Antoinette. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a thin, sleep-flushed face, light eyes, a wry mouth, and fair, lank hair. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below us, men shot downstairs five and six steps at a time, moving in the weird light of flash and flame in long, dream-bounds. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Victor let the beam of his flashlight wander across the seats until the light fell on blonde hair. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fluorescent lights hung over counters that ran the length of the room. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“But...what about the other families? Are they happy with the electric lights, and the gourmet meals, these big houses?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The alchemist lighted the fire, and soon a delicious aroma filled the tent. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly it howls and flashes terrifically, the dug-out cracks in all its joints under a direct hit, fortunately only a light one that the concrete blocks are able to withstand. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now I go only at night when all is plainer: plain-lit shapes inside, his face and radio ringed with bright devil halos in kerosene-lantern light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So he asks Theo to send him his colors: silver, white, lemon chrome yellow, vermilion, geranium lake, carmine, Prussian blue, very light cinnabar green, orange lead, emerald green, and more. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He closed his eyes to the light and his mind to what he had just heard, and fell into a deep dark hole of sleep. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

“There’s a good place just past the next set of lights. Good food. Cheap, too.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

If nothing else, this area was less dark—not exactly light, but with more of a soupy white fog. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The light was also in Palermo at dusk on Holy Thursday. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Mess is mostly dark except for the lights along the perimeter of the room that let off a faint electronic buzz. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

The red light of its eye was like a little sun, too bright to look at directly. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

That night, I wrote my letter by the light of the fire. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Through a solar telescope equipped with a filter admitting only the red light emitted by hot hydrogen gas, the sunspots appear dark. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair shone brassy gold in the artificial light, falling loose and wild down her back. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

There seeing an abandoned hut he entered it, and too faint to light a fire he fell down on the cold stones of the hearth, and lay so with his wounds unstanched. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

His bird terrified in the smothering darkness of the box—it’s like a coffin—when suddenly one wall springs up and light pours in and he’s free to go. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z