“I’m just playing, man. I ain’t touch no dead people, and Mr. Ray told me I don’t have to. I just help out with setting up chairs and stuff like that.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He smiles, his eyes never leaving mine, and, just like that, he drops his boxers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She used a whisk that looked like it was made from the twig of a tree. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like a baby girl just learning to walk, only the ground under my feet was shaking and I had no one to hold on to. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But men who go out and risk their lives every day would like a little more respect.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She seemed enormous to me, like Papa, so full of blackness. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fish in all the nearby lakes and rivers will be safe today, because it seems like every fisherman in the state of Maryland is here at the funeral. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I was too young to really take hold of it all, but for what seemed like the first time ever all I could think about was my own self. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Alaska liked the Colonel, and in the confusion of the moment, I just looked at her blankly, unsure even of what to ask. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The words made her dizzy for a moment, like the falling feeling of looking into a new pretty’s eyes. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Your eyes didn’t light up like when I gave you Embroideries and Astro City: The Tarnished Angel,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me if this is out of line,” she said, “but you sure don’t look like you work on a crab boat.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although by the end of May Day I look like someone dumped a huge basket of trash on top of me. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

At once the king’s soldiers fell upon them, their swords smashing the men’s wooden staves like twigs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

None were even remotely like Robbie, though, and she surveyed them with open contempt. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Ma is always comparing us and asking why I cannot behave nicely like her. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A couple of kids tape pieces of loose-leaf paper into cone hats, and one dude manages to wedge a brown paper lunch bag on his head like a chefs hat. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

He laughed maybe cause it sounded like I was in an action movie or something. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

He’s wearing a too-long-even-for-him button-down shirt and starched jeans, like with a crease and everything. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even something small and simple, like a phosphorus brooch. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

No one had ever gotten me a gift like Sohrab had. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Carter had been waiting for a moment like this for months, his hands itching for action in the storage room instead of sitting there week by week as Archie played his little cat-and- mouse games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But we sometimes did fun things like go on trips or learn to make things like homemade windmills or different types of recipes. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Only struck the bell with the hammer, like a silly idiot. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It’s more like they lap it up, which is awesome enough. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He rubbed and polished this beauty until it gleamed like a piece of ancient armor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I catch a glimpse of Martin, and it looks like he’s been crumpled. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Soon, the center of the club looked like some otherworldly lava lamp. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The old man—he was like Baba Haji’s age—leaned down and said, “Listen. If you ever see those gypsies walking toward the town, you run back and shout, ‘The gypsies are coming! Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like it much but didn’t say so. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“But this isn’t an old book. I know what old books look like.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

A little metal clasp shaped like a sliver of the moon held the case shut. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Visit sick people, stuff like that. I would’ve been good at it, too. Not the brainy part—not sermons and all that—but I’d be okay with the people part.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bride wore so many jewels, she looked like one of the trees strung with strands of twinkling lights in the surrounding garden. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like water whirling down a plughole: in the northern hemisphere it whooshes anti-clockwise, in the south, clockwise. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maniac’s and Grayson’s ran like faucets, and not a handkerchief in sight. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It always hurt not to breathe like a normal person, incessantly reminding your lungs to be lungs, forcing yourself to accept as unsolvable the clawing scraping inside-out ache of underoxygenation. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I watched the food slide down his throat, struggling to get past his sagging Adam’s apple, which pushed out of his neck like a wrinkled nut. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The weather had changed and the whole of that green enclosure was filled, like a great green cup, with sunlight. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She catches sight of me coming up out of the down under and it's like somebody shot her. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were painted with scenes of a banquet: a robed man with a curved cap like an ice cream scoop, sitting next to a larger guy who radiated sunbeams. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, I feel even more different now. I really feel like one of the queer kids in those videos.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

We rush for each other and embrace, and for a long time we stay like this, holding each other. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Tea Cake with his shy grin and Motor Boat with his face like a little black cherubim just from a church tower doing amazing things with anybody’s dice. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she sees a glimmer of independence—a raised eyebrow, a carefully worded, possibly ironic observation, like, “Well, we can’t make a decision on that till the boss gets home.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The other Elders stared at the young man with unhinged jaws, like a council of snakes. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

My forehead feels like satin, and when I try to find the burn on my calf, there's nothing. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Yes, he did look rather gallant; a bit like the Monarch of the Glen, or the Stag at Eve. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We had no idea,” Mother said quietly then, like she’d just figured the whole thing out. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you realize we lose twelve days already? Twelve days! And all this time the roof open like that! We going to sue!” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she might not think I was into it or something, like I didn’t like her. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

So when he gave out my sentence it was almost like he didn’t give me a sentence at all. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was standing in a puddle of water glaring tragically into my eyes. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t stop seeing those bodies, the angry red flesh peeking through their burnt black casings like banked coals. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The larger squirt addressed me like I was still in my Maggot Period. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As I raced past them, I saw the bear lunge up to stand on her hind feet like a man while she clawed at the body of the yeller dog hanging to her throat. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice was low and tight, a lot like Daddy’s when he was cross and tired. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was the Gravedigger, talking like she had any say in what happened to me. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Late at night the generator was turned off, and then they had to use lamps like the ones Joao had at the trading post. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked like he was about to address us, but then he turned and pushed open the swinging door to the kitchen and called but for Viola to come into the dining room. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If she were half as radiant as her voice, she would shine like a candle in a dark room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, when the sky’s like this, I forget about what the Rupture did to it,” she noted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Back at camp, the girls in the Hephaestus cabin had had strong hands like that, but she didn’t look like a Hephaestus kid. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

"It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like so long as somebody loves you." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once he switches it on, it’s like you become somebody else, and you can say anything, as long as it’s in a poem. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did you know he’s got like nine thousand followers? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure says, “I heard that the diamond is like a piece of light from the original world. Before it fell. A piece of light rained to earth from God.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I might remind you that I am honor-bound to report information like this to Father Olufemi, and to the brothers of the temple.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

They moved fast toward the shore, like claws ripping through the ocean. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The words floated through his mind like soap bubbles, there as he read them, gone completely a moment later. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

I stand like a statue for a quick sec, watchin’ him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Still others couldn’t make up their minds: no one they knew had ever done anything like this before. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Then she even hugged Grover, who looked ready to pass out, like somebody had just given him an all-you-can-eat enchilada coupon. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It’s the only thing that makes me feel like I'm not a waste of space. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The color spreading on Leon’s face, like his veins had turned into scarlet neon signs. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, they were not like any relatives Liyana had ever met before. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

We talk about our classes—the ones that we actually like, and the ones we’re just suffering through. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

The memory of him is like a poison masked in a beautiful glass. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

She handed me a wad of money that looked like it had been through the laundry. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“No. I told you. I don’t get angry. I’m not like him. I won’t be like him.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They weren't any good for anything, but I didn't feel like just throwing them away. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I went left and started up the worn marble stairs, thinking how unusual it was to find stairs like these in Florida. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we focus, please? I would like to avoid having to break you out of prison,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“I’m kidding, chica! Real friends don’t do stuff like that to each other. It’s your dad’s loss if he doesn’t come and see you.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I knew you’d like it.”There was a moment of silence as she began stitching me back together. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Moss liked Mrs. Torrance, who was born and raised in Oakland, just like he had been. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He had never seen anything like the streets that appeared after they went past the university gates, streets so smooth and tarred that he itched to lay his cheek down on them. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Amos Diggory’s head was sitting in the middle of the flames like a large, bearded egg. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was floating in my daddy’s world of summer, and hide-and-seek, and fishing when I opened the paper and read the greeting. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can make this flute sing like a happy bird, after all. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The main body of the creature was a shimmering, pulsating mass of white and mauve, shaped roughly like a cone. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Then she traced the outside, which was carved with what felt like tiny hatch marks. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “You got to rest, like Dr. Slaughter told you. And I’ll say it right now, Will: you are not to go runnin’ up there all the time like you used to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

On the right were neat beds of vegetables and herbs, arranged like spokes around a big sparkling fountain where bronze satyrs spewed water into a central bowl. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“My fleas tickle the yetis into submission. It’s actually a lot like how a Stun Stick works now that I think about it.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He was from New York City and liked to talk about it. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fish bones snapped in his mouth like dry twigs. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“She’s leaving for Florida next year, and I don’t know if I can handle being so far away from her. And I really don’t like to fly. Maybe I can take a boat?” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I shoved the tip of my sword under the leather pouch and flipped it up like a spatula. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry,” Minli said, and with her eagerness she felt like the water she was boiling. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

If the idea of a small town in earth orbit worked out, the next step might be something much, much larger—more like a new country in space. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I always answered, “Yes, Momma,” but it was like she didn’t hear me, she’d tell me anyway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Even in the mind of Théoden the thought took shape, like a shadow of doubt: ‘He will betray us; he will go — we shall be lost.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The air felt thick and damp, like the silence that followed the screaming and crying and sirens.The rain had slowed to a drizzle. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Elinor thought he looked like an oyster with the flesh and life sucked out of it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ray sniffs at the tree too, like he wants to know its secrets. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

The end of the school year felt far away, like a country at the end of the world. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Anger. Very nice. Useless to me, alas, but as it is so often a precursor to sorrow, I confess that I do like it.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“We got them, sir!” she crows, all but doing a little jig as she presents us like trophy bucks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

War Admiral, like Man o’ War, awaited a horse who would take the true measure of his greatness. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

What must it be to care for someone like that? The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He has a black mustache and jowls like a basset hound. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m thinking I don’t like what that means. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s not like she had ever made any attempts to be friends with Auggie! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dad seems like he’s going to say something, but when he opens his mouth, no words come out. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Three pits lay side by side like finger holes on a recorder. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It is an odd case, possibly unique... We don’t know what his behavior might be like when he awakens...” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was not sure Aunty Ifeoma had planned to have us climb up the hill; it sounded like something she had said on impulse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t look like jewelry—there is no chain—and I cannot imagine what purpose it might have had other than to be pretty. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

When he was done, it looked like his head had took off the winter coat and put on a light jacket. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

We spent the next hour talking about other things we had in common—he liked Hawaiian-ish pizza too! From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then I ask, “What’s it like to live with both your parents—at the same time?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

From where I sit, this looks like the case of a man who—maybe he didn't really want to be there in the first place, maybe he was already having second thoughts. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t. Possibly aiding and abetting, a little conspiracy to commit, followed of course by receiving stolen money, but trust me, you’ll come out of this smelling like a rose.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

He looked like he’d been beat up, but he said he slept like the dead. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He looked stuck in time, like an old black-and-white photograph wedged into the side of a mirror frame. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Jason summoned a gust of wind, which boosted Leo onto the statue’s shoulders like a little kid at a parade. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I tell her that Safer plans to teach me the secret of truly excellent scrambled eggs, she says they sound like really smart bohemians. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Soon the school and its outbuildings look like toys on the white plain below. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s like a first date all over again. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Whether he likes it or not, he will tell me what happened. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“About, you know, what we’re like. Our parents. Stuff like that.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It went on like that for a few weeks. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He takes in my attitude like a scent in the air, and writes something down. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I always thought a single marker joining the graves of a man and wife looked like the head of a double bed. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I’m just a dumb kid who likes ice cream. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The sense of emptiness was one thing, but the blame and guilt cut through her like a knife. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t think adults expect that anyone who is twelve years old and shouldn’t have any worries in this world could think about something like that, but I wonder about it all of the time. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The cotton stands as tall as my chest, puffy, white, and soft like the clouds, but I can actually touch the cotton. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m taken back like it was only a few days ago. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Here, Darwin reverted to an old idea: the instructions from the male and female simply met in the embryo and blended together like paints or colors. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The Sorrow’s shrill voice cut like a rusty knife. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We liked the sound of the water, and the look of the rocks. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted everything to be just right, much like my father did. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

There were also choral competitions, with a festival atmosphere and plenty of group choreography - ancient versions, if you like, of the present-day carnivals in Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Notting Hill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I tried to be brave like Momma or Queen Esther in the Bible, but I just knew there were hobgoblins awalking in the dark, looking to steal the breath from a girl’s body. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Filling up measures feels a little like finding equivalent fractions20 , too. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Though the sanctuary staff had worked hard to keep the bonobos healthy, I didn’t like the idea of drinking from the same source as they did. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The north pole is like the point at infinity that Kepler and Poncelet imagined. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

When his student says, “But you liked it the last time,” the classroom lets out a collective “oooh,” and someone makes a catlike screech. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Circles hide you from beings like me. I wouldn’t have been able to help if you hadn’t.” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“You triggered the alarm system,” Joe said, shaking his head like he wasn’t sure why he was explaining himself. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And how do you like your bed?” she said to James when it came to his turn. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

After all, they were embarking on their most passionate project to date, one they must not fail at like the others. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it looked like it could take your eye out without the slightest effort. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

She added so only I could hear, “If you are like her, then Char has chosen well.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at my hands because they were shaking, but I couldn’t feel them, like they’d gone numb, or I was numb. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

According to the guidebook, Maui is shaped like a head. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Pastor laughed, like I knew he would, before he started preaching. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Crossing that river as she closed in on Hampton made her feel like anything was possible. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“My dear,” said Aslan to the Horse, “would you like to be a winged horse?” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She looked nothing like either the glamorous mug shot from the papers or the unconscious helmeted casualty she had been when Maddie left her that Sunday past. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

We all collapsed, exhausted, on the obsidian graveL My limbs felt like lead. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Knowing she was safeguarding his big weakness made him feel better—like he’d fastened his seat belt for a high-speed chase. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Said it’s bad ’nough that our last name sound like something out of a circus, so she wasn’t ’bout to give her firstborn child no clown’s name. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

On the first night, when they were sheltering in the bike shed of a burned-out school, Corporal Nettle said, “What’s a private soldier like you doing talking like a toff?” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Like Alex—like people all over the world that day—his head was full of questions. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Part of me feels like I have to prove myself, especially since Ma’s had trouble with her helpers in the past. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“How did you like her?” he asked, staring at me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Simply, what mattered to me was that they were not like my teachers. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Catholic school. The nuns. Gotta look like a lady, you know?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look at your face. You’re probably, like, ‘What did I just walk into?”’ American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You’ve fussed for days because you don’t like her serving customers. Let her run the market errands. It will clear her head. Young people need the outside air.” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the moonlight stays unmoved by the wind, passing through clouds, through air, in what seems to Werner like impossibly slow, imperturbable rays. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I thought about the way it sounded, the m sound and the d and the end like in Albie. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He liked the Aetna Life Insurance ad with the picture of the lovely home that a couple had just bought. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t treat me like a baby,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It loosened him up after a long day in the saddle, and though he would have been embarrassed to admit it, he liked the change it had made to his body. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But it feels like he’s walking away from me. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But again he doesn’t react like I think. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She just sits there grinning like some mind-reading Bess-shire Cat, and the longer she smirks at me, the more furious I get. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The khalasai was like a city on the march, but it did not march blindly. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, he said that he felt that it was not impossible that he would be able to offer comparable inducements here and asked me to outline what I would like to have. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

There was a certain wild independence in the air, blowing like a hot wind inside his head. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“In the late sixties, early seventies, I don’t think there was anyplace else that was exactly like Michigan,” Mike Alexander, one of the pioneers of Michigan’s computing system, said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“Where did you learn to talk like that?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to force myself to ask him if I can switch partners, but Bernard is staring at me like he knows just what I’m going to say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Hold it with dignity and grace, like the president of the United States is supposed to hold the fate of the free world. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was not like I was bowling and was not allowed to see how many pins I knocked down. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hit him for being so cheerful and acting like I’m a star patient when I’m really just an angry, pathetic whiner. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Would you tell him something for me? Would you tell him I’m sorry, and I’d like to invite him to the dance tonight.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, I'll tell you, we broke into a run like two crazy people! How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“It was like the whole world collapsing. Adolf Hitler’s death left me with a feeling of emptiness.” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The enigma then was explained: this affable and kind little widow was no great dame; but a dependent like myself. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

We talked about food he liked, jobs he'd worked when he was younger. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

"He is a loquacious individual who likes to brag about his activities as an espionage agent and his connections with Nazis," the prison ward reported. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

Girl, I don’t know what you mean by that way, like it’s a wrong turn or something. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smelled like smoke, if you got close. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But ever since the German Army had come, it seemed like anyone was capable of anything. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“How could they sneak off like that without even saying good-bye to me?” Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Seine’s loops shone like a great unwinding spool of silver mesh off the port wingtip. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like pulling back, but I knew she was right. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Seemed like people were always keeping secrets from him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It had grown out of her head and now perched there like a thought she had left behind on the brush. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Avocet looked helplessly at her hands, trembling in her lap like a broken-winged bird. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Noah is drumming on his textbook pages, rapping like he’s Alexander Hamilton. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She didn’t like having the gelding behind her, and with no warning she leapt forward, thrusting her weight onto her front legs, and with her hind legs kicked Bud full in the chest. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I felt like a stupid fool, unable to say a word, I couldn’t even understand what was being said. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I liked the rain because it was something I could hear and feel; not something I must see. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were their last games in Granger uniforms, and even though they didn’t like the mascot that represented them, they had represented the school and team with dignity and honor. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Actually it was a little bit like a stick figure, like in hangman, but with more details. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

He keeps hovering when I’m practicing the piano, or saying good night, like, fifty times after I go to bed. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

It felt a little like the burgeoning of moths at darkfall, but it was something much more dangerous than moths. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

We would like to see whatever you do, especially if you were to write a short story or two. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They all stopped and turned around, Thorn lifting her chin up like Valley had taught her to. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

There’s nothing like extreme need to give you resolve. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

In a way it was like a bad thing that was in my past and still with me, a memory of something that never happened. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me like he could see that thing on my face that Becca saw. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I always felt like one of them when I slept out. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beside me, Jody's cheeks bloomed like good apples, and here and there in the little congregation I recognized other faces of other girls from college and my home town who had known Joan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I watched them like I’d seen mothers do at playgrounds, with the same mixture of pride and loneliness. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

"And that means it goes so fast you can't even hear the separate beats. It must sound just like a buzz." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

It felt enough like truth for me not to mind that he had only half understood me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s like lightning passes through HARRY’s body. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I gave Alejandro my notice, and he kind of looked at me like, What took you so long? Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, I cry like I always do, but my tears are interrupted by the memory of something new in the dream. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It’s almost like before I came in here, when I was in my mom’s bed, when my brain wanted to die but my heart wanted to live. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The longer he waits to tell us something, anything, the more tense my muscles become, until my shoulders feel like they are made of stone instead of flesh. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I even like to—” began Calder eagerly. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like an episode of Design This! All we need is Roger Piston to come in and say, ‘Do your magic!’ Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had tossed and turned all day, prowling the bed like an animal seeking sleep, oblivion. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You look like a mummer girl with a pot on her head. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“No,” she says, and her weight falls dead on me, crushing my chest, stealing away my breath, and she is cold and wet, like melting ice. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Instead of starting junior high school, I lived like the Victorian recluses I read about. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like her urine, like something hot and just starting to bud. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don't show you stuff like that in The Little Mermaid. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

So it was like this that I entered school. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so happy and alive that every time I took a breath it felt like I was gonna breathe in the entire world. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The crow’s nest folk don’t seem to like when I hang around too much. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The boys among us liked to think on how the Mexican girl surely got wet doing the laundry. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

How could I promise a kid like him that anything would be fine? The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her life is sort of like it was, just without Will in it—school, work, family, friends, running. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Vega asked, like he was reading my mind. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She had always imagined the Night's Watch to be men like Uncle Benjen. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

A guy like me, a guy my size, isn’t supposed to be scared, but I was. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d never been outside of Oklahoma City before, and I was curious to see what the rest of the country looked like. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I was thinking the whole time when I was reading it if I’d look out for my sis like that if I had one. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I never looked at it that way before. Still, I don’t understand how those words got into the web. I don’t understand it, and I don’t like what I can’t understand.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

The vision melted into waking; and there was Tom whistling like a tree-full of birds; and the sun was already slanting down the hill and through the open window. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her face is long and narrow like a grain of rice, and she wears her hair cut into a mushroom-shaped bob. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

I stared back at the menacing detective and remembered what it had been like growing up here in the Dakota—a gated island on an island. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“They like how I can add ‘worked with the FBI’ on all my college applications.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

No matter how horrendous the experience had been, I could usually get Jeffrey to laugh by acting like a sports commentator. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

You got a right to scream like hell. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Lakshman walks around Rani's tent, examining it from every side, and the two of them chat happily about what it's like to live in one. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s bad enough you embarrassed this family at the tryout, and now I find you on the floor like a toddler?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I mean, Malloy had been training me for a long time, and it's not like I had never sparred before. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ruby hesitates, like she actually wasn’t done talking about Edie yet, then says she moved from Virginia. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

We pushed through the crowd of waiting spirits, who started grabbing at our clothes like the wind, their voices whispering things I couldn’t make out. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then he jogged past Emily and James, clapping his hands like a football coach. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“She may not look like an expert, but she is.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

The scent carries like it did before, avoiding the road, avoiding any buildings we might see at a distance, but always onward, always toward Haven, only Aaron knows why. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Would you like some hot sauce or something?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe my parents are right, and I should just study plants and rocks like them. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bats flew like dust in a granary, then returned to their places, a few at a time, until all was still again, motionless, as if lifeless. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem is, every high school looks pretty much like every other high school. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Reporters ran for the door like corralled horses through an open gate. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my heart tightened as the first crowd swung imperturbably back to their looting with derisive cries, like sandpipers swinging around to glean the shore after a furious wave's recession. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep it,” he said, his gaze boring into hers like he’d seen Shah Rukh Khan do to a dozen different actresses in a dozen different Bollywood movies. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

It had been an age since Mark had seen technology like that. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Just like September of junior year on Morgan’s bedroom floor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Hale’s deep-set eyes burned, and he moved, in the words of the reporter, “like a leashed animal.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder how he liked it, he asked himself. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Easy to do a murder with a knife like that. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Or it could be something else. A leopard, or a wolf, or something like that.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

His voice is stern, like he’s trying to convince himself. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The centurion fell like a sack of rocks. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The tree had green alligator pears that taste like nothing much. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had just made her first communion and had given herself so wholeheartedly to the church that she thought she might like to be a nun when she grew up. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had friends—a quality that the rest of us noticeably did not possess, except for Francis and Eric, who were more like the same person than they were like actual friends. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Beverly took her hand off Louisiana’s mouth, and the three of them walked into the Golden Glen, where Martha was standing, like before, behind the counter at the end of the hallway, smiling. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not like I didn’t notice how she looks at him. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I didn’t like the way this conversation was going. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“No, I did. I wanted to amuse him one night when you were all away, and he was rather dismal. He did like it, so don’t scold, Jo,” said Beth meekly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like trying to fight darkness or heat or a stink in the air. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

And just like President Johnson before him, Nixon hated to lose. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Carter snapped his fingers, which sounded in the quiet storage room like the banging of a gavel. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Good morning, Mrs. Predmore!” she called, smiling her big wide-mouth smile as if Mrs. P. was her best friend and like she hadn’t seen her in a week. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But it felt like there was something I had to tell her. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

He rolled his eyes at how much she sounded like a character on a bad teen drama and went back to tuning his guitar. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But his mom looked like they were speaking in a different language and she didn’t know what was happening. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like that instrumental old-folks stuff played in doctor’s office waiting rooms. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The whole mass of them swayed side to side, like the tall grass around the kolba when the breeze swept across the clearing. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

No one wrote a sappy letter like that unless they were. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

At the same time he has been wounded by her: how can she treat him like this, cut him out of her life? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

She sang about social issues like the environment and criticized beauty standards! The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

A plume of red soared up in the middle of town, tendrils of fireworks drifting down like the leaves of a giant willow tree. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Exit here and head east on Fillmore . . .” I obsessed on the subject until the bangle on my wrist felt like an iron shackle from some medieval dungeon. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

It seemed wrong, like those football players who finally retire and have to face that first Sunday at home, watching on TV, thinking, I could still do that. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny how they went from mean-muggin' each other when they first met, to becoming all buddy-buddy like they their own two-man gang or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

And then he cried as he described his guilt, and pleaded with them not to “become like me.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I knew I probably looked like a crazed maniac, but I kept smiling. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The top is shaved off and a television relay station lunges at the sky and feeds a ner-vous picture to thousands of tiny houses clustered like aphids beside the roads. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Trees to either side rose up like palisades. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The top drawer was reserved for random items—handheld pencil sharpeners, school glue, masking tape, abnormally small screwdrivers, things like that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

The River Kwilu is not like the River Jordan, chilly and wide. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cottage stinks like a midden — baby’s mess everywhere. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The question, asked quietly, rang out like a shot and created a silence in the room that was awkward and menacing. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Be just like her. No appointment. No nothing. Come in here all late and wrong and want something fancy.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even those without prison marks glowed softly, like paper lamps. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I would like to say that I didn’t entirely understand what I was saying. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Watching the battle of wills between Captain Smith and Chief Powhatan is like watching the dance of a sword fight between two proud, powerful men. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

And then she was just there, right in front of him, like some sort of huge cosmic coincidence personified. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I felt myself all wound up inside like the innards of a clock. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

She knew she had interrupted, but she didn’t like him talking about them as if she weren’t there. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, I like it fine," said Miss Katherine, as she rubbed the donkey's rough hair on top of its head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ideas drift like clouds in an undecided breeze, taking first this direction and then that. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I kicked and thrashed and stomped, but his boots were thick—no match for my shoes’ soft soles—and his muscles were like rocks after decades of hard labor against the earth. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gods never agreed on anything, and many of them still didn’t like me, but not a single one protested. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

They all looked like they had writing on them. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

The watery face does look like my mother's, but I remember the old man who gave us directions. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stroked and squeezed while his lower half swished like a crocodile’s tail. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Look at that. The top of the frost is gone already. Another few days like this, and it will be all gone. Then we will have the tractor in here again, breaking everything up.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He took a needle—like a sewing needle—from the metal tray. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It's this big, falling-apart place with a bunch of apartments, and it looks sad and smells like fish and sour milk. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Even now it does not feel a wholly natural act so much as it feels like ritual. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Clangt went the armour, like a motor omnibus in collision with a smithy, and the jousters were sitting side by side on the green sward, while their horses cantered off in opposite directions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or as Feynman expressed it, "things on a small scale behave nothing like things on a large scale." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The next thing he knows, there’s a group of genuinely thugged-out black dudes—and one white guy—standing in front of the Equality Brigade, looking like they wanna break ALL of their stereotype faces. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was near the street; he could hear shouts and screams coming to him like the roar of water. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She only puts someone in a song if she really likes them.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The waterfalls on the walls stopped flowing into the pools—instead, droplets began flowing upward, sparkling like diamonds as they joined the story above our heads. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The higher your rank, the more special privileges you earn, like unlocking secret pages and online games and puzzles. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

We do homework, listen to records, experiment with Kay’s makeup, and then go to the candy store so I can get Shirley her Sugar Daddies like I promised. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“What does flying like a dinosaur have to do with libraries?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

It’s like they sense I’m taking up space. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Their bathing suits were a lot like mine. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But like many kids who lived here, anger raged within him, and he liked to cultivate an image of fearless toughness. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Follow her around like the lapdog you are.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was rage lingering on the surface that rippled like a wave awakened into motion. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I felt like Christmas was just a few days away even though it wasn’t. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I could scream and cry like the baby in the schoolroom. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Okay, but on, like, a scale of one to ten?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The pending period is sort of like a safe zone, but the fear and anxiety lie in your application getting denied. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

There some paces from him sat the great beast, and all seemed dark about it, and above it loomed the Nazgûl Lord like a shadow of despair. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d have the courage to ask my mom the next thing that came out of my mouth, but my feelings just poured out after seeing Mr. Terupt like that. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

DeVante coughs into his fist like he wants to laugh too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

It had a patina, as though from the soles of bare feet in generations, like old silver or the walls of Mexican houses which have been plastered by hand. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting on that fountain, face upturned, drinking in the sunshine like a flower, looking completely beatific. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She looked like she was trying not to cry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The snake wrangler was using a false husky tone—the voice of a boy trying to sound like a grownup. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Needles looked like he was falling asleep and was refusing to acknowledge his brother at all. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

She thought about becoming a dental assistant, but was leaning toward radiation technologist so she could study cancer and help patients who were getting radiation treatment like her mother. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Being a pillow felt like the kind of thing a big brother was supposed to do. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

‘My!’ said Mrs. Lapham, ‘that’s worse than anything I had imagined. Now isn’t that a shame! Bright boy like Johnny just ruined. No more good than a horse with sprung knees.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even when G’ma says, “Scoob-a-doob, not to get all sappy on ya, but it means the world to me that we made this pit stop. It’s like closing a door almost.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

Abuela likes to say that I take after her because I’m “artistic.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The buildings are just like they are in China. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of the panic that goes along with it, there’s something familiar and strangely comforting about hearing your heart beat like that. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tyson closed his eye like he was concentrating hard. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The gulls on their wooden stilts at the tip of the bar miaowed like cats. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He could smell the child: a milky smell, like chocolate chip cookies, and the sour tang of a wet, disposable, nighttime diaper. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It isn’t dressed like one of Balekin’s servants, and neither is its uniform the same as the other palace staff. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Just like that thug Bruce had said during his speech in the auditorium. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“She likes to watch the sun rise,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that saddle...the saddle was shiny and silver-studded, not worn and brown like the other riders’. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I try to resist the urge to fall into her arms like a little girl. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She would have liked to but she had something to do. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Tamika pulled the door fully open, eyeing me carefully like I might explode if she moved too fast. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

She was kind as she could be, but she’d always looked at me like there was something indescribably sad written across my forehead, like she wanted to come over and scrub it off. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never dreamed it would turn out like it did. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

You can see the tall pines standing like an army of zombies along the shore, with stars for eyes and the wind moving their ragged arms, but they can’t find you. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Olive’s husband, Ernest, said, “Well, there’d be no harm in asking him. We would like to have him—or both of them—with us.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The sky is like a monochromatic contemporary painting, drawing me in with its illusion of depth, pulling me up. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘They don’t beat small children like that where I come from,’ she said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moss grew thick between its ancient stones, spiderwebbing up its walls like the veins in a crone’s legs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“And at the time I felt like such an outsider.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I was afraid that if Bekenstein found out about it, he would use it as a further argument to support his ideas about the entropy of black holes, which I still did not like. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ground gave way beneath my feet, dragging me downward, spinning fast, like sand rushing through a hole in the bottom of the universe. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And it smelled funny too—kinda like medicine mixed with the stuff that Mama used to clean the floor. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first time I ever saw it I thought the façade was ugly but I liked it now. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He opens up his eyes like he’s trying to hypnotize me into believing him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

But now, in the bright sunlight of midday, the place looks like just another worthless patch of prairie. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Their knuckles were white on the sides of the chariot, their teeth chattering like windup Halloween skulls. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I could go on and on about all the things I like about Mrs. Malloy. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She said, That dog looks just like you. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Men like me were working on the shore. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the light dawned in the morning, they were like a company of ghosts, their faces drained and pale with strain, their beards and hair white with snow and salt spray. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Smells like something ripe,” said his friend with the shotgun. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Was my marriage to be like the buying of a sack of yams in the marketplace? Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Now you know what it’s like to feel for other people. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was tall and curvy and had hair that looked like fresh honey and always, always, always had her nails painted some wild color. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, after what seemed like a forever of running, someone yelled: “I think we lost them!” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He took a deep breath like a man eager to change the subject and checked his gold pocket watch. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many times, to let her mind escape the worries that filled her head until it hurt, she had gone outside with an older girl who liked rocks a lot. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice is a little scornful, like she’s mad at me for withholding this information. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sounds to me like she was just trying to help out her dad. No crime there.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a bit too much like a conspiracy theory for me—I don’t think our guardians were that crafty—but there’s probably something in it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I reached underneath and found a patch of pitted metal that crumbled like stale crackers. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

But then I feel embarrassed that “nice” feels like such a foreign concept. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Francie thought the revolver looked like a grotesque beckoning finger, a finger that beckoned to death and made it come running. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

We basically spent our six months in that apartment ducking under the five clotheslines that crisscrossed the main room and smelling like we lived in a swamp. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I would have liked to have gone in. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She unloaded herself down into the corner seat of the train way over on the far end of the car and her smell kicked like two mules. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The paper printed grainy headshots of people looking distinguished—like they were already thinking about their next outstanding contribution to the life and culture of the town. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“In Madagascar, there’s a place just like this, called the Avenue of the Baobabs. The Malagasy—the people who live in Madagascar—they call these trees renala. It means ‘mother of the forest.’” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Nightingale was silent, but he stood like every muscle in his body was ready to snap. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Tobias’s eyes meet mine, and it’s like the first time I really looked at him during my initiation, after my fear simulation; we stare too long, too intently. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

This is like sneaking into the dorm after hours. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She handed Pinmei her plain bowl, the cooked grains shining like a mound of pearls against the dark pottery. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It sounds like he needs it, though, if he’s too weak to come to meals,” Clancy pointed out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I thought he’d know something like that. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

That was the day I would cook fancy dishes like lamb curry and mess up the whole kitchen. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Richard Parker could shred it with his claws with a little time and effort, but he couldn’t pop through it like a jack-in-the-box. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Aureliano saw her go by his room with a robe of soft folds and a towel wrapped around her head like a turban. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The taxi driver, a sallow, yellowish man, shriveled like a chickpea with the cold, said, “I wouldn’t take you more than a couple of blocks near. I don’t go to have my cab wrecked.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that means the man is on you like a tick, you caint get away from him no matter where you go. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He shoves this one at the innkeeper like it's done something to him. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was more like, Someday you’ll realize how silly you sound. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Byrd says, like her questions answer the one he asked. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Any other woman I’ve worked for, I would’ve loved to have had just one hour of bossing them around, see how they like it. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The onions had protected them, like Styrofoam packing material. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The topics are war and Clausewitz, and we have a number of connectives, like however and yet. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Look at you. Did they not say that you are a Big Man’s daughter? But you treat people like people. Who does she think she is?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And before I know it, my ice-cream bowl looks like soup. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They were sheepish, and the Salinas Band marched ahead of them, playing the “Stars and Stripes Forever,” and the families walking along beside them were crying, and the music sounded like a dirge. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat in silence until, a few minutes later, Newt walked up, looking like death on two feet. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The dash is like a detour; it interrupts the sentence and inserts another thought. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I don’t like the digs. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Stuff like that makes me wish I could go back to high school.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

It looked like the woman was being helped by the other family. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I jumped in the ocean wouldn’t I come up all bloated like the man Bailey saw in Stamps? I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union increased, it began to feel like a probability. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They looked like drowned feet, swollen and boneless, except for the color. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Out on the volleyball court she wore cut-off blue jeans and a black swim-suit top, which the guys appreciated, and in the evenings she liked to dance to music from Rat’s portable tape deck. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean it like that. What I meant was—” “Ssh!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

‘Maybe if I sound like you, I’ll think like you, Ted.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d seen her shirt knotted up at the waist like the others’. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“How about that Elizabeth! How’d a little kid like that know how to handle those two creeps? I’m pretty good at handling adults and people like that, but boys! Yick!” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of Soraya asking me a few months ago what his voice sounded like. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Many of the comfort objects, like Lily’s, were soft, stuffed, imaginary creatures. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of how much Hoagland would have liked to get his hands on her, for a dozen reasons. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his lips would purse a little like he was getting ready to whistle. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I saw a rabbit scamper into a hole and wished I could follow him like Alice in Wonderland would have. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Literally gasp, like I was on one of those cheesy shows you used to watch, where there was always a BIG REVEAL! P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There was this kind of pall over everything, heavy and sticky like a film we couldn’t get out from under. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

And I feel like we matter, for real. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“You’re talking exactly like a section man. I’m sorry, but you are. You really are.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

I ache like someone kicked me in the stomach. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Write and define adjectives denoting relating to, like, or being, from the following nouns:— New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bell, a vastly more virulent form of “genetic cleansing” would engulf that continent like a violent contagion, morphing the language of genes and inheritance into its most potent and macabre form. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

It sounds like it might have been a lot of fun, but I don't think you really understand these kind of people very well. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because Diana, with her practiced smiles, wouldn’t do anything like this. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s being more forceful, and it’s like I’m not doing him a favor anymore, but just doing what I am supposed to do as a member of the basketball team. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were lots of people like us, looking for a place that would take them in. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then, out of the shadows, a hooded figure came crawling across the ground like some stalking beast. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Dad was disdainful of a fire starter like kerosene. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

The giant oak tree felt ancient, like the Bottle Trees on my grandparents’ farm. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

"Let me down and fight me like a king and a man; or if you are too great a coward to do that, kill me at once." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He started telling her about the lockers as she unpacked the Styrofoam containers, the smell of pupusas and frijoles and rice filling the room, and he realized that he had dreamed of something like this. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure I want to be in the same room with Tris, knowing that we might be on the verge of ending, like standing on the edge of a cliff. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Seven looked up and saw a picture of what looked like Thorn with shorter, wavier hair. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Then, like enemies, they fought with their hands at each other’s throats. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

If kale, hay, prunes, and vinegar had a baby, I’m pretty sure it would taste like bioloaf. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was like a church drive but at all hours, the whole body of us spread through the district, jammed into cars and sent out to find them. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she slept like that, she could not be roused. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

You don’t spend all this time with a nutty couple like Max and Valerie to have it fail. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

You see what things used to be like? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank was still clutching his stomach like he was going to be sick. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rex paid them no attention; he bounded past like they were standing still and quickly closed the gap on Jordan, nipping at his heels and chasing him out of the park and down the block. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

‘Those cords have cut me like wires; but my feet are getting warm again. I could stagger on now. What about you, Merry?’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh my God, I’m sorry—I’m so sorry—I—” Liam sounded agonized, like his guts were being torn straight out of him. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I would like, if I may, to try and say here what I think this 'dignity7 to be. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They look like those ducklings from the picture book I used to read to my brother when he was little. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

My brother likes posters of girls and beer cans. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The ones that have been running for a while are always slower, like a clockwork toy that just won't wind. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Don’t we know it,” he snapped back, looking at us like we were all on his side, when really we were backing Sugar-Girl one hundred percent. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this system of control, failing to cope well with one’s exile status is treated like a crime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

They never want to discuss anything serious unless they feel like it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

There was only one thing wrong: she looked like a bowling pin in it. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Panthers on TV said they were in communities to protect poor black people from the powerful; to provide things like food, clothing, and medical help; and to fight racism. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

That might have seemed like a good idea when he rigged it up, but every time a wave hit he was washed away, then smacked back into his control board like a human paddleball. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I was struck dumb by die sight of this beloved face working itself up into what looked like hatred. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Listen, I’ve eaten that stuff three times a day for the past... what seems like forever,” Tally said. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“So he liked to goof around, he liked to imitate people, and he liked being the center of attention,” Grace says. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“But swear, in Blessed Jesus’ name, not to leave my side, or else your blood will flow like water. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“They live with these perfect families, they have these perfect lives. What am I going to say, that their older brother who looks nothing like them is crazy?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Reilly had been wondering what Ignatius looked like in an earring. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sound it made was like a dying dream, and it brought that same sick, breathless ache back to my chest. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the stern quarterdeck, Leo rushed around like a madman, checking his gauges and wrestling levers. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The hullbeast’s ugly face peeked over the ledge, growling and smelling like a kindergarten bathroom. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He smiled slowly and Lourdes saw a stained band along his front teeth, like the watermarks on a pier. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without that someone he was a waiter hanging around a kitchen like a woman. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Mine does too. We’re here for you if and when you feel like talking.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"I'll warn Papa,” Jemmy offered generously, "that if you spy out a single uniform, you'll crack my neck like a chicken's.” The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He slept badly and his body ached like a tooth in the morning. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A plush red carpet cuts through the middle of the Receiving Hall like a thick river of blood. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Rachel frowned like she didn’t want me with her. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ryan rubs my arms like he’s trying to warm me up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Father Masego annoys me sometimes, but the truth is...I do want him to be proud of me, just like I want my parents to be proud of me. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In Mammachi’s time, Paravans, like other Untouchables, were not allowed to walk on public roads, not allowed to cover their upper bodies, not allowed to carry umbrellas. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without his uniform he looks smaller, older, like something being dried. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their room looked very much like hers, except the bed was on a different wall. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I take a bite of the stew to show I don't really care, but it's like glue in my mouth and takes a lot of effort to swallow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

He likes putting sound effects into comedies, the sillier the better, and he reacts to them like a delighted little boy. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Haley sounded like she was on the far side of the room, behind the walls of metal storage racks crowded with boxes, books, and bins. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

He would be an adult, like his parents, though a new one and untrained still. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

The surface environment of Venus is a warning: something disastrous can happen to a planet rather like our own. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then they set out upon the road again, slumped and cowled and shivering in their rags like mendicant friars sent forth to find their keep. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Everyone startled like a flock of birds on a sidewalk. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Jaunty clean-cut fellas, walking like they had someplace to be. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Thousands upon thousands of trees in the red glow of sundown, perfectly shaped and perfectly aligned, vertically and horizontally, like squares in a million-square grid. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the beginning, or as far back as they are traceable, they meant something like being. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents knew the dating pool was already small enough and that the only way we'd connect with an Iranian guy was if he'd been raised in America like us. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t stand another day like this, not knowing if her ugly purgatory would ever end. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It may be my imagination, but it still smells like blood in there, even though I scrubbed the floor until my hands were sore, and someone poured bleach on it this morning. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Wouldn’t people like each other better if everyone went to the same church?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The huge white man’s angry shouts did sound like the barking of a dog. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. My mom built it so I could feel like I was outside.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is a silent house, still, like it is waiting to breathe, and I brace myself against the seat. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Now this might seem like no big deal, but the cubic zirconia pageant crowns are guarded more safely than the bank across the street. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He starts walking fast and I walk with him, like my feet already know where to go. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I would sit on his lap, the air conditioner in the window blowing on us and my head resting back against his chest as Theresa Brady pulled off her latest scheme like a boss. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Jude began to hover around, she was flattered—all the girls liked him—and Sula made the enjoyment of his attentions keener simply because she seemed always to want Nel to shine. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it felt like a dream to you. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Surely a famous courtesan like yourself is accustomed to the ministrations of handmaidens,” Theodora said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was like being with Jane again, holding hands and sharing things. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“No, no, I was only going to ask you if she likes cats, that’s all.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Even a newcomer like Holmes could tell that Englewood was booming. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The dictionary says my identity should be all about being separate or distinct, and yet it feels like it is so wrapped up in others. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then, like decadent Romans at Petronius’s board, we took a walk and retired for the necessary and inevitable nap. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

You can feel it: it’s like the hum of electric lights, the change in atmosphere as the train pulls up to the red signal. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I knew in my senior pictures I would look just like I did in my junior, sophomore, and freshman pictures—like a robot. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They sat in the great room with Dad and made small talk about the Japanese fish in our lake, stuff like, Are the koi disappearing from the lake? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At least I don’t think so. But when I’m with her, I feel like it’s aimed at me, too.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“All right, Momma,” I call, acting like I’m hanging up. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well?” he says with impatience, like he’s already asked me a question I didn’t answer. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like her very much, but I don’t hate her.” Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Her voice was getting whinier by the second, the pitch rising higher and higher like a teakettle on the cusp of whistling. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

If Frank could turn into a horse, he’d look like Bob. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except for the birds and reptiles, all these animals were marsupials—like kangaroos, they gave birth to tiny, helpless, fetus-like young which they then nurtured with milk in abdominal pouches. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled, and with one hand reached up for his Jew-fro and mussed his hair like she was his aunt and he was a seven-year-old who'd just done something exceedingly cute. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"Sometimes I work in the evenings, but you look like you need rest, so I'll ask the boss if I can take a holiday. Can we go home, Jay?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The meaning was plain enough; Khal Drogo was as like to return from the dead as she was to bear a living child. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Despite their cool poses they wear their cravings on the outside, like the suckers on a squid. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

He looked me in the eyes as he said that, and somehow it felt like he wasn’t just talking about the Midfolk. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Nixon liked the idea of having a precise record of everything that was said in his office. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think so, but I like hearing Freak talk, so I go, "Better tell me," and that's when I find out why he's so interested in some clanky old knights. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Matt could plan his move carefully, perhaps even take Maria with him.The sick fears of the previous night had vanished, and he felt like a king: Matt the Conqueror. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The chickadees, like the people on Third Avenue, had their favorite routes to and from the best food supplies. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amari looked like he was ready to say something back to her, then he sat up, his lips pressing together. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I refuse to be held hostage like this—not when Rhiannon will soon be waiting for me. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Looks like you had a lot of fun in Dallas. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Mina,” I said, “a promise like that, I cannot make at once. I may have no right to make it.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

They moved from hut to hut, entering each one with smiles and hands full of things like bread and jugs of water and crates of rice and grains. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“At this time, I would like to express my love and remorse toward their families who have been in my heart and in my prayers daily,” he read from his letter. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

My stomach contracted like someone had punched me. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

When Constantin asked if I would like to come up to his apartment to hear some balalaika records I smiled to myself. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He has a secret layer of drawers behind his closet that he opens with a clicker like a garage door. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

And then another time Damon "DW" Woods told everybody that I kissed this girl named Janine, who was the only pretty girl who liked me, but I hadn't, and I hadn't told DW that lie. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

It had grown on him like any other sport. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Eleanor held a cassette up to her dad, and he nodded, flicking his cigarette into an ashtray shaped like a naked African woman. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was a funny kind of anger, for he felt like crying, too.The house was so lonely without Celia singing, banging pots, or talking about people he had never seen and never would see. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here was a battle between two armies, and we think we know how to make sense of contests like this. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Presidents did not talk to top commanders like this. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Looks like your boy wants to be a rocket scientist, Homer!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I get postcards and the occasional short letter from my mother, sent from places like Duluth and Kapuskasing. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now she’s holding her tray like it’s a teddy bear. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I like him instantly for not making fun of my English. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

The room smelled like rubber from the loops of fan belts hanging from the ceiling. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

My mother looked so worn out, I thought, the result of her working long hours for white people who she said “worked her like a mule, treated her like vermin, yet paid her noth- mg. “ Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it looked like all of that research was about to pay off. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I smile and slip them on my face, and I like the way they look in the reflection of her glasses. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When I don’t say anything, he just nods, like he understands. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“An order from McNamara,” he later said, “was like an order from God.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She stirred it carefully so that the spoon didn’t hit the sides, and at the end the young woman snapped her fingers, just like Richard had earlier. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

You had to be lying on your back to see it—like Alex was now. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

When Annabeth, Chiron, and I came in, though, it looked more like a shouting match. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

It’s black, but not like a color; more like a hole. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This looks like emptiness and silence, but to me it is not empty, not silent. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one cares about someone like me, and no one cares that I’m angry about that either. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And plink! a silver drop falls, and the round wrinkles in the glass make all the towers bend and waver like weeds and corals in a grotto of the sea. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

At the bottom of the scrub lay Barnard’s Forest, which stretched for about seven miles, lying like a dark animal pelt across the back of the land, and reaching out into the next county. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But like the funeral director and the car salesman and the life- insurance company, the real-estate agent has also seen her advantage eroded by the Internet. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We pretend that this life is normal, that it doesn’t matter that Mama’s not around, that it’s okay to live like this—hungry and angry and empty and wanting. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He had been explaining to me—really, it was more like preaching—how you never go over nobody’s house empty-handed. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Uncle Max laughs—like, really laughs—as if having my dad’s nose is the most hilarious thing he’s heard all day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Sefia felt like every breath coming in and out of her lungs could rattle the entire world. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I suddenly had this crazy feeling like I wanted to bolt from the car and run through the fields until I couldn’t run anymore. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah,” I said, “like the cops are really working this case.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

A drop of sweat hightails it down Luke’s forehead and drops right off his nose, like those goats that fling themselves from cliffs. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But it caught him up like a lust now. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moms pretty much thinks milk is what could make me and Diego grow up to be big and strong like our old man. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It's much gentler terrain than the rest of Arabia Terra, and the far end looks like a smooth ascent out of the valley. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the outside, no one could tell what passed between them, just like when she and Blake faced each other the day of the doghouse. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“They shot him in the back like a dog!” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But real life is never like the movies. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her blue uniform shirt stretches over her big chest and two buttons look like they will pop. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Oz and Jak liked to come hunting the snakeskins to decorate their cabins, though the colors were never the same once the skins had been shed. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Looming things that move with the current, swinging all together like a flock of ducks set down on a pond, beaks to the wind. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell Ben, like me, doesn’t want to go first. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

They kept pulling on the hay and chewing, like they do. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Is that like setting the world on fire?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I have them, these attacks of the past, like faintness, a wave sweeping over my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rose finally figured it out and said, “Oh! You don’t like jazz? Me neither!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He praised me like 1 had just passed the test to get into college. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It did indeed smell vilely—like the old chapel at Carfax—and with our previous experience it was plain to us that the Count had been using the place pretty freely. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t feel good to say it; it feels like a betrayal, and wrong, and defeatist. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

She’s tiny and lightweight, and touching her like this wakes my whole body. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like they all wanted to talk at once. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

My eyes stung from the fumes, like someone had peeled my lids back and rubbed a lemon on them. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

You can’t order people up like pizzas to have them be exactly as you want. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

During the holidays, he does bring me gifts, but when I really needed him to provide for me, he would act like he couldn’t help me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The secondhand dealers had been prowling around for weeks, like wolves, offering humiliating prices for goods and furniture they knew many of us would have to sell sooner or later. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whirlpool roars in my ears like a freight train. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t hear what Brent said, but Beth must have liked it. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He took her small brown hands into his large ones, and she felt as delicate as one of the little birds that Kwasi liked to catch and release. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like she’d just stabbed me through the heart with her lip liner. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Bran saw eyes like green fire, a flash of teeth, fur as black as the pit around them. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He turned around and looked at me like I was a madman. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. You make sweets like this for your sweethearts?” he asked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She held the note I had just returned to her in her left hand, and now she waved it like a tiny flag. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

With Grover, he patrolled the neighborhood calmly, like a man of steel. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sounds like a Z. Yeah, most of the X words are pronounced like that. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would’ve liked to have known her, a wild horse of a woman, so wild she wouldn’t marry. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then it’s like she decides to look at me and does. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I feel like I just walked into a downpour, and all my clothes are heavy with water; like I am heavy and awkward and useless. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Their hiding place was in a building that stood out from its neighbors like a child among grown-ups—low and flat between the taller houses. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Stop scaring yourself with crazy notions, you sound like you're on the bottle again." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I won’t like it at the other school either,” I said. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Photography is a new art, and Vincent will never like photographs as much as paintings, but he wants to expand his knowledge of all art. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my, so this is what goodness feels like. Who would have known? Oh, my.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Similarly it is misleading to think of the rocks as flowing in anything like the way we think of materials flowing on the surface. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Well, breakfast was sort of like that, only instead of the clothing problem, we had an unmentionable cancer problem. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth felt like she was hanging over the pit again, unable to pull herself up, unable to maintain her grip—left with no good options. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It shows the entire globe, pressed flat like kneaded dough. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

But when water came out of those showers, not gas, it was like I was born again. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I shouldn’t have to wake you up. You should be awake and ready like the rest of the men. Like French, here.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

He fed the fire by hand, and it was like an offering to a dead giant. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Asher looks like the captain that he is, while Roshan, our Shield, has armguards larger than any of ours, his belt equipped with potions and elixirs he can use to protect the rest of us. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“The two of you got the exact same answers wrong on yesterday’s homework,” Ms. Rubin said, looking at both of us like she was waiting for an explanation. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I discover a secret panel that looks like thick pink glass, but it's just a hologram, and I walk right through it. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m positive that he still knows it’s me, Merci, and that he likes this book. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

But now they were higher and smaller, settling at last into a mackerel sky like a beach at low tide. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He both looked and smelled like a drunken farmer. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he got closer, the sound became more like someone smacking a pair of ripe watermelons together. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For what felt like the hundredth time, she tripped on the hem of her dress. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Things that had lain inside me, curled up like the turtle hatchlings newly emerged from their eggs, taking time in the dark of their nest to unfurl themselves. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never heard a name like that before. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

A few days later, he was back in a funk, vacillating again; he didn’t want to act like he hadn’t made a terrible choice. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

I was thinking this when behind us crept a rumbling against concrete, like a barrel rolling, the rolling broken by the cracks in the sidewalk. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chicago—and perhaps the world—had never seen anything like it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

But yeah, I'd just circle the room, because when you keep moving, people think you going somewhere, like you on a mission and shouldn't be bothered. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

It made him feel inside a dream, because it was only in a dream that his hands had looked like this. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The breaking of the conch and the deaths of Piggy and Simon lay over the island like a vapor. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite sure what crickets liked, so he decided to try him out on everything. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They treated us like we were their own children, which meant we had chores to do, but we were also given freedom to make our own decisions . . . even if they were the wrong ones. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Cullen,” he began, “I am so, so sorry that your brother is gone. He was a good one. Very nice and very forgiving and very much like you.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

That momentary connection made him feel, if even for a second, like he was less alone in the world. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He would not say my name right; like Father Benedict, he would place the emphasis on the second syllable rather than the first. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like the one our president lives in!” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It looked like a real classroom now, with desks arranged in a row and a chalkboard in one corner and books dusted and organized on the shelves. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

The watchdogs lay like dark wet stones, with their heads cut off, teeth bared. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he smiled, which was constantly, his whole face lit up like a billboard. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A guy who played in the dirt like me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not complicated like Daddy and King’s, but it works for us. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“What would you like me to do, Jasper?” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I pretend to understand, but in the dictionary it says “go” and “going” mean action, moving, and lots of other things like business transactions. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“And what name begins with this letter D, boys?” asks Titid, like he’s in the pulpit. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His beard was laid like snow upon his knees; but his eyes still burned with a bright light, glinting as he gazed at the strangers. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“You look like you’re about to cry. I might go easy on you if you cry.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A place like the meadow in the song I sang to Rue as she died. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It felt like they wished I would just go away. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Hamilton seemed to see in Burr, then, was a man very much like himself in several respects: ambitious, energetic, possessing an instinctive strategic antenna and a willingness to take political risks. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I’d assumed he was in for murder, for squashing a family to death with his bare hands, but it wasn’t anything like that. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then they hugged for what seemed like an hour while they both cried some more. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Well, it does help, because it gives authority to the performance, and Shakespeare doesn’t need billing, and that way I’m not stealing his material. It’s like I’m celebrating him, which I do.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

At her side stands the Birthing Stool, with its double seat, the back one raised like a throne behind the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she cried out with spirit, “A farmer’s wife am I not, be you what you like!” The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

And how I'd feel like I was less than everyone else. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Roll your eyes at this, Billy! Meat pies, looks like, and fruit tarts— and a brace of roast pheasant! We'll eat like kings!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I mean, I definitely like the parts; they’re just not why I like the person.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Miles was just trying to make me laugh. Everyone was laughing like it’s all some kind of giant joke. But I don’t think it’s funny.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Animals don’t like to move much when it’s windy.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, Kasim has his old, ugly car back and it feels like the first day we went out together. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

My heartbeat felt like it was pounding in my head. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, still my go? I do math problems in my head, like all the time. Even on the pitcher’s mound.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

So yes, we’ve seen some of the things like you see in the movies. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth would never risk a story like hers knowing the pencil case had already knocked around Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I’d unzipped my skin and momentarily stepped out of it, leaving a crazy person in charge. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s mean,” Hazel chided, but she felt like something was untangling inside her—a knot of tension she’d been carrying for weeks. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I feel like my insides are twisting, and at first I think it’s just because of the shock of the situation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Your name suits you perfectly. A trotter is someone who runs. So why don’t you run on home. But first you might like to know that I’m taping this whole conversation.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“When you have two brothers like mine, someone’s always getting hurt.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In one thematic string we have terms like criminals, criminal warfare, crime, fun, profit, gangs, mafias, thugs, mercenaries, troublemakers, preys on the weak, executioners, violence, desertion, flight, whim, opportunity, and run. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

And it’s just like back in the day when we were the happily-ever-after Martins. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Let Elinor take my daughter home with her,” said Mo. “Let them go and I’ll try to read you back again. I'll read you anything you like, but let the two of them go first.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Somehow, this felt like the first wave of an attack. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I expected her to suddenly go, “Of course, he’s our brother, I’m extremely sorry for acting like he wasn’t yours too.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Multiple strings ran through a series of pulleys that looked like miniature steam-train wheels. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The noise is like a busy train station. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Looks a little like Spoon without the broken nose, he thought. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But my own church, my Order, which is like my family, too, says, ‘Be quiet.’ Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not at all like him to be uncombed and to have his glasses smeared like that. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first it had been merely a whisper, as if a feather were lightly brushing against her, but now it came more insistently, like a child pulling at her hand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I mean, isn’t this when normal kids do things like that?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“She said I looked like an angel, with a halo all around me.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It tastes like Cuba, like a dream you can almost remember. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

He awoke the next morning when he felt like it. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

Aunt Petunia often said that Dudley looked like a baby angel -— Harry often said that Dudley looked like a pig in a wig. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Except I never got the vibe that he liked me. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“They have something like that in Paris,” he said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you haven’t. Did you ever have anything like that?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

All three women looked ancient, with pale faces wrinkled like fruit leather, silver hair tied back in white bandannas, bony arms sticking out of bleached cotton dresses. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” she said slowly, like she was letting out a breath. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Its face popped back into shape like a dent-resistant car hood. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I feel like someone is in the room with me, like I am being surveyed. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What if the whole thing, bringing the Nightbeast here, was like a magic accident too, then? It’s hard to believe any witch would go that far just to hurt Spares,” Thorn said. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

She looked like a movie star or a genuine country music singer, not the Momma I’d last seen nearly six months ago. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“I just can’t talk myself out of it this time. I’m sick of pretending everything. For once I’d like to have it real—just for once.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena comes in to return the rinsed-out bucket, and Max bends down automatically, letting her ruffle his long hair and then scratch all through his beard and he makes noises like a well-petted dog. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I have so little spare time. Maybe when I’m old, I will sit here and study. I’d like that, I think.” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

Crouched like a fool on top of a white lady’s toilet. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She was sobbing, like she had held it in until she walked out the door. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

The cabin smelled like a flower shop inside a forest: fresh-turned dirt, sweet spices and pine, surrounded by new blossoms. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, like it’s the last thing he’ll ever say, the figure says my name. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I screeched and kicked and pointed like Godzilla was coming down the street. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Without asking if I wanted my living room full of people I didn’t know treating me like a charity case. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“And you’re friends with him?” asked Tyler, looking at me like I was a Martian. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But the kids wouldn’t listen to me because I wasn’t big like Red, and besides, there I was stuck with my arm around Horse. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like that, a flood of realizations swamps me, one after another. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Instead it slides over the rails like some hidden, creeping thing. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My heart felt like it was being twisted into a knot. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Then she went off to join her siblings from the Athena cabin—-a dozen boys and girls with blond hair and gray eyes like hers. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s fine; it’s better than a hospital, but it’s not like my life was. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I looked up, and above me rose the square opening that formed the inside of the steeple, actually more like a high cupola. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Richard was holding his head, a hand over each ear like he was trying to block out a noise. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Some postal worker in Birzeit must like me, perhaps because I put “Thank you to the postman” on all my envelopes. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“It would never have lit the night like the one the emperor keeps asking for.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I felt as if I might lift off the ground, like a hot-air balloon. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I don't care if it's a sad good-by or a bad goodby, but when I leave a place I like to know I'm leaving it. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The sun backs away from the world like a crab and the days grow shorter, the nights grow longer, more dark and dangerous. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second was that, like Lori, I was going to get out of Welch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dinah was making her way down the dusty path from the house, waddling along like one of our chickens. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Max’s mom was a Buddhist, so he knew all sorts of things like that. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I had expected Birmingham to look like cities I’d seen on television. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The huntress grinned and asked Ash, “Is that what you’d like?” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felt a bit like I was pulling myself apart to leave them here, and it’s a treasonable offense to lose my Pilot’s Notes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Time doesn't fly—it flaps, the numbers turning on a wheel that operates much like the gears on a stretching rack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“So you’ve got him in it. You always like to have someone in with you in case there’s blame to share. ” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure why, but they loved pointing out to me that they could already see an inch of my hair, like maybe that would be enough to nullify the whole thing. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Would you,” he now said softly, returning Gretchen’s look at the stove, “like a cup of coffee?” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And she can actually do something like that. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

When Eleanor was a little girl, she'd thought her mom looked like a queen, like the star of some fairy tale. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I never thought I’d end up in a place like this, he thought, as he leafed through the pages of a chemical journal. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, most of us laughed like this was the funniest thing on earth. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He was the largest of her three, the fiercest, the wildest, with scales as black as night and eyes like pits of fire. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, what am I gonna do, break my brains over scum like that? 3RD JUROR: Well, that’s the most ridiculous thing I ever . Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Several pairs of rough hands lifted her like an unwieldy piece of furniture and she drifted into unconsciousness. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“It’s like they just popped out of a hole in the ground or something.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It dawned on me that this was what it was like to be dead. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I had to fight like a tiger to wake up the next morning. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

No one was going to shout “Do that dance, boy!” like they shouted “Play that thang!” to Cool Papa and the Bluesmen. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She kissed his stain the way she liked to do, because it was so beautiful. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

As always, her careful delicacy somehow made this makeshift meal on a rooftop seem like a formal dinner in some nobleman’s hall. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then she noticed the glow of distant fires well above them; a tower keep, built upon the steep side of the mountain, its lights like orange eyes staring down from above. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I heated the big kettle of water and poured it into the galvanized tub and sat in it like a scalded potato, alone in this world, just crying. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll need to go soon. I can’t bring dishonor on the Association. Any whisper of this, and our enemies will dance like dervishes with delight.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

As he spoke, puffs of cloudy steam left his mouth, like smoke, in the cold air. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Uncle Katsuhisa said that it might seem sad to kill them, but eventually, we would learn to be kind of like farm kids—farm kids understood the meaning of death. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He had a shaved head that looked like it had been used as a stickball one too many times. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Capricorn's words were working away feverishly in her mind: hair like spun gold...that useless reader Darius...No, it couldn't be true. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He leaned in close, stretching on tiptoe like he was looking up Mr. Griswold’s nose. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell it wasn’t Henrietta’s because it wasn’t glass; it was like a fancy organic brown chicken egg that rich people buy at the store. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“And I rejected her, and she went running off like a five-year-old. There’s really nothing to blame her for but stupidity.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Piper wanted to believe that Jason could never go into a murderous frenzy like Hercules had. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“No one deserves to be whipped like an animal.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“There’s that, and whenever someone calls me a Nazi, you get this look on your face like I tried to kill you.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

With that, Clay and his friends headed toward the north fields, where the corn was grown, whooping like children as they galloped off. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Which is true, so it’s not like I’m really lying. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She’s one of the only people who doesn’t treat me like some kind of animal. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But when Paolo’s full, soft lips brushed hers, she liked it. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At the same moment, I realized I had once again bitten my cheek in the exact same place and that it was bleeding like a stuck pig. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels like a kind of precursor to death. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She was tiny compared to Frank, which made him feel like a big clumsy ox. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The feeling of going on an adventure with my sister, just the two of us, the world expanding like an open book. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

When he was finally able to concentrate on what he was reading, he liked the book better; the burial was on a snowy day, and he welcomed the feeling of being cold. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel good. I feel a little like ... like I’m floating. Or swaying. How do you feel?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What in the world were you two thinking? Fighting like street cats!” Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

It feels like it’s been forever since everything happened and I entered the pageant. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I hate doing laundry, and a few pennies seems like a fair price for dealing with flea-infested blankets. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Her friends all stared at me, and Maddie shifted from foot to foot, looking like she was in pain. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Some place where they don’t know us yet” As for Tyson, the campers treated him like a hero. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

She was talking to me like a big sister would talk to a little sister. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Brad says this like everyone learns it in first grade. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Then I realized it wasn’t like drinking a Coke, it was like driving drunk, really drunk.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And now that we had finally found our place to rest, our place to gather and be surrounded by ideas and people that we liked, and who liked us.... Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s some stuff I don’t understand about this accident—like why it happened and why Robbie had to die and why I didn’t die. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I drew it on. It’s been my experience that girls like scars even better than tattoos.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I keep my clothes on like everybody else and I even forget to take off my other shoe, which is wet and squishy and stinks. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Because it’s worthless. Look,” he said, and, lifting the engine cover with one paw, he extended a claw on the other hand and ripped right through it like a can opener. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I sighed, grasping on to the idea like a life raft. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

A windsock at the end of the field, swollen with moderate gusts, pointed like an absurd finger past the control tower and to the far runway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Buddy was sitting there longing for a job like his. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The journal was small, but it had a sturdy binding like a real book. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was like a mass grave of past lives. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Carved in relief, the figure’s beard looked like it was made of enormous stone beads, each with a little swirl in the center, countless tiny galaxies of rock. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I remember always feeling really nervous, like I was doing something wrong. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou said, “No—I—no, it isn’t what you think—I—” Mr. Birkway liked this passage because it showed conflicting feelings about someone. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Of course they don’t. How can they? They don’t know what it’s like being anything else. We’d mind, of course. But then we’ve been differently conditioned. Besides, we start with a different heredity.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So I take my secret message, which is I like soup, and convert it to binary. So I is 01000, L is 01010, and so on, until you have this.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I notice the way he pushes his chin forward like he’s ready for a fight... while his face is so sad. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

With a full stomach, I thought the jungle didn’t seem like a bad place at all. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

After what feels like forever, the rhythm of the banging changes. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I feel my heartbeat in my face, like my heart has detached from its moorings in my chest and begun to migrate to my brain. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He acted like it was something to remember instead of something to forget. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“It still sounds like nonsense,” Constance muttered, “and now I’m hungry.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even his sword, a Greek blade like Riptide, was gold instead of bronze. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But I don’t feel like being bothered, and I’m sure she can tell by the scowl I got on my face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Not all of them were fat like his kapo, but most of them seemed mean. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I, too, awaited the king’s move, like his pawn on a chessboard. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I thought about how different she was from Zoe—Zoe all formal and aloof like a princess, Thalia with her ratty clothes and her rebel attitude. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe Dad wouldn’t like it that Mom gave them to me. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Everyone else at the table frozen, like maybe this wasn’t something they were meant to see. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Seeing how scared my mom was made me think about all the women like Celie who have no one to rescue them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Kaz liked the little omelet stands where you could choose what you liked to put in them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

After every two words he gasped and dragged the air over his vocal chords, making a sound like an inverted grunt. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That doesn’t sound like it’s from Macbeth? “It’s not. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

In that moment, I felt like I was sitting behind an X-ray machine, and everything inside me was on display. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Food vendors walked up and down the aisle yelling, “Granpopcorn, popcorn just like your grandpa used to make!” or “Fairy floss!” and Seven’s stomach grumbled. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to have some bazookas of my own, like the ones in Commando. That would be beautiful,” I said, and we laughed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And I remembered that I mowed the lawn that day for my allowance just like I shovel the driveway for my allowance now. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then we’d sneak into the parking lot and hide behind the teachers’ cars all the way to the street, just like the eighth graders do. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It’s weird when Coach Noles and Webb go back and forth like this. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He moved like a panther, and that ugly sword of his seemed a part of his arm. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Still chewing, Jeanne said, “It tastes like being punched in the face.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

The words felt even more like hers than they had in Kelly’s room. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

She had absentmindedly let the crowd carry her along like a current, and they had pulled her away from the main canal, onto a narrow street. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

This one never had a name, but it was spoken by the members of an imaginary agricultural society something like that of ancient Mesopotamia. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Was it always going to be like this? Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“On a certain level everything sounds like nonsense, doesn’t it?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She looked strange, too, like the missionary ladies at our school who were insolent and bossy in their too-tall shoes, foreign clothes, and short hair. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not in the past, when things like bedtimes and homework and safe places to play had been important. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Glancing at me every few seconds like she was reading a bad report card. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I still didn’t get why she was mad, and when Mom got like that—confusing mad—it was best to talk slow. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

At least not till I’m older and can get into a place like that on my own. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“You know,” he said, his voice dropping to a low, confidential tone, “many comrades go wrong by reading the books of the bourgeoisie. The party in the Soviet Union had trouble with people like that.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I don’t like the feeling I get in my stomach when I think about it. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I play this game with Gus all the time, but it’s infuriating because he is a completely suicidal video-game player. He’s, like, way too aggressive about saving civilians and whatnot.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

He was at the door before I could stop him, and loping around my feet like a bouncing ball. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

They liked each other, and both were eager to play. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“He just talked about the army—like always.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What was he like when you two were friends?” she asked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Situations like these, I realized, were what turned people into hypocrites. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing looked like it had moved for a long time. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Aaron’s back’s to me, like he don’t even care I’m here, like he don’t even think of me as a threat. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But when I looked in the nest box this morning, there was something that looked like a glass egg. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He was unaware that Lydia knelt beside him, gripping his arm like she would plummet off the Earth if she let go, doing the same. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

If you stood in front of the store and looked right, you saw the town—the railroad tracks, the department stores like Leggets and Wool- worth. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Styx had a teakettle expression on his face, like steam was filling up his head. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

At times like these I wish I was a passenger. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Which was basically like saying he believed me. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was making him feel like a stranger. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I’m going to miss all of those things, but what I’m definitely going to miss most is our classroom, Room 203. like Ms. G used to call it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It’s Byrd, awake, like before when she’d ask, “Want to crawl in?” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he liked when they asked him questions, sometimes he didn’t. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I kept my eyes closed, acting like I was out cold. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing like when the police pull her over a few weeks ago. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her voice, echoing through the house, and down the garden, careless and familiar like the writing in the book. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Sure, the dictionary says we can use lame adverbs like uglily, friendlily, surlily, and jollily, but nobody says we have to. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can enchant you to run around on all fours, barking like a dog. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And then she began to dance, a slow sensuous movement; the smoke of a hundred cigars clinging to her like the thinnest of veils. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I often wondered if she even liked us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gourd leaves that yesterday drooped down like a hundred little half-closed umbrellas were now freshened with dew. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“I think that’s why it feels so good to talk to you about this stuff sometimes. You’re not exactly connected to it, so I can get, like...I dunno. An outside perspective, I guess.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The kids sounded like a herd of wild burros. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I guess I knew it was a street name, but at the same time, it seemed like he’d always had it. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norman Bates looked at us from behind his steering wheel like a sleepless slaughterman at a sty of ripe pigs. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Wanting both felt like a huge ask; it felt like wishing for hot ice cream or a bitter sugar cube. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Whatever this is, I like it However reckless, however unwise this is, I don't care. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, I’m sure he’s going to like hearing about my ‘learning’ condition,” Tats says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

There’s always somebody like him, looking to make folks miserable. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Since we no longer have toothbrushes or toothpaste, I use a handful of hay and run it over my teeth like a brush. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do extremely well in what they enjoy doing and take risks in areas, but do not seem to like taking risks themselves. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

They began whispering to each other that they weren’t poor and had better dolls home and better clothes than that girl, too, only they didn’t feel like wearing them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just like all those meteoroids that hit the moon! Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Job offerings had begun to appear again in the Seattle Times and the Post-Intelligencer as they had in hundreds of newspapers across the country; men like Harry Rantz had finally begun to find meaningful work. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If you want a god who listens, maybe all you want is pity for losing your only friend, like Mr. Sheep Sheep. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“He’s right over there,” Tee said, “by the mango tree or whatever that is, in that little dark garden area. Being creepy like always. Hey, where you going?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“I’d still like to know how someone manages to get a sunburn on a day like this.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He stands up, walks over, and squeezes next to me on the floor and strokes my hair like he used to when I was little. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I keep hearing in my head Mrs. Spitz’s opening chords like the march of doom. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He did not like this news; he had counted on the brothers Baratheon decimating each other in bloody battle. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, I feel just like one of the children! I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

His feet breached a crust of frost with every step, and the cloud of his breath accompanied him like a chummy ghost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“You work so hard. You don’t deserve to be treated like this.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“So you’re just going to go after him? Just like that?” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It’s like waitressing is the one time when the competent mom I remember comes back and says hello. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and Haskell is my boss. Yours, too, if you like.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As we walk through the campus, I get to feel what it’s like to be in college, to be in a place where new ideas and people will reveal themselves to me every single day. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it feels like to volunteer to forget everything. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Mama says I always liked words; that I was talking before I could walk, and reading and writing before I even got to kindergarten. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

He told me how hard times were, and that it looked like a man couldn’t get a fair price for anything he raised. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our house was like a landmark: People knew to look for the big yellow house with the green roof. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I withdraw the offer and go back home looking like a fool. You stay here with that monster Heleen.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t look like that same girl in the school photo of her that they always showed. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It fluttered, like a stingray beneath water, before settling in a tangle on my pink rug. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

He stops the truck in front of the school, like always, and like always, I jump out and move to slam the door shut—but before I can, he says, “I love you, King.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I really like that expression because in general, I think people don't give this contracting muscle credit for how much work it does. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The sound, following the river’s course, rolled like the beat of a jungle drum. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and thank you for coming. I’d worried that after last night’s incident my overture came too late, but it looks like we still have a little time.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I was pinned under his dark gaze again; the hair on my arms standing on end, like a whisper of electricity had run over it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

How could Mama think that movies and TV showed what things were really like? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

‘Stop looking at me like a duck that’s forgotten how to quack!’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must of been a relief to the Baptists when she didn’t appear, because nobody knew whether to treat her like a grave robber or just a repentant sinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Yezzan’s slaves ate better than many peasants back in the Seven Kingdoms and were less like to starve to death come winter. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s like you can see the music in her face,” I say. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

This was a necessary thing, but he didn’t have to like it. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I could listen since it wasn’t like I couldn’t learn more. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mary Miller was an angel and God did have a plan for me, like Mrs. Merritt had said. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Hell, no! I am nothing like my sister in that department. I just don’t like...his face.” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Conclusion reached by the Annex while breakfasting at nine: this is a trial landing, like the one two years ago in Dieppe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

The sun was huge and low, directly ahead; it looked like a moongate leading to a fiery garden. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Medieval church musicians called the technique of running two notes in parallel - which they improvised on the spot - ‘organum’, because to their ears it sounded like an organ. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I thought it sounded just like the sort of drug a man would invent. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Then, like an army lined in marching formation, they are there. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Piers was a scrawny boy with a face like a rat. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“And it sounds like your mind went along with that. Or maybe it wanted you to remember everything, too.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I put out good money for you to go to college, and you have to pick up with somebody like that.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I must have done a lot of bad things to end up like this, in a body cast. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Most look like fragments of things, single words or phrases that don’t make sense on their own: Night flowers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was almost like waves lapping at a shore. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“But you pushed him. You pushed him like you always do.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It is extraordinary, thought Miss Honey, how often small children have flights of fancy like this. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her loomed a burly cameraman in a parka, though all Mrs. McCullough registered was the barrel of a lens and a blinking red light like one glowing eye. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

In their living room, at the empathy box, Iran swiftly snapped the switch, her face animated with growing gladness; it lit her up like a rising new crescent of moon. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Early in the trip Katz and I kept hearing about a kid who had equipment so high-tech that no one had ever seen anything like it. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

This was Wednesday afternoon the tenth of November, though it felt like September. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

And if I could have turned into a whole different person to make her like me again, I would’ve. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I made a ‘pome’ yesterday, when I was helping Hannah wash, and as Father likes my silly little things, I put it in to amuse him. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was a choir of perfect boys in perfect white robes with perfect combed hair singing their perfect notes like everything was perfect. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I held my twiggy walking stick like a scepter, chin tilted towards the ashy sky. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The old stone tunnels changed to dirt with cedar beams, like a gold mine or something. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t think I sounded anything like myself, but the boys recognized my voice at once. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He was like some kind of Star Wars alien creature with invisible tentacles that sucked your thoughts out of your brain. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I took it out, placed it on the box, and held them both tightly in my hands as I stared out the window wondering what Orosi would be like. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Softly and patiently just like her, I speak. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Another big bluefin whooshing along the surface like a speedboat, throwing a wake, chomping on tinker. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“My father thinks the Congo is just lagging behind and he can help bring it up to snuff. Which is crazy. It’s like he’s trying to put rubber tires on a horse.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We love being American, celebrating holidays like Thanksgiving and July Fourth. But Halloween is a holiday with pagan roots, against the teachings of Islam.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Dead smooth landing, the plane didn’t go ’round even once—I like to think this is partly down to my excellent field selection—made the tradeoff of goods and passengers in just under fifteen minutes. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Colonel Cathcart wanted to rush to his side and comfort him, but did not want to look like a sissy in front of General Dreedle. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I walk slowly here, in and out through patches of sunlight like empty mansion rooms, methodically listening to each footstep press the grass. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Naomi’s sentences go up extra high at the end, like a squeaky toy. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

At that moment, I realized I had no idea what poverty was—even in West Baltimore we lived like kings compared with this. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“What do you say, Papa?” said Angeline in a deep bass, nodding the pillow like a ventriloquist manipulating her dummy. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“What’s going on here? Why are you all together like this?” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The sharpness in his voice told her that he was thinking about the chain gang too, and remembering their two little ones, just about the size of Minty, who had gone away like that. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why does that crazy old guy like birds so much?” said Akimi, flipping through a dinosaur picture book. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“My mama’s feet used to swell like that,” Peewee said. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever her mother was talking about, Hazel didn’t like it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

These eidolons acted a lot like the spirits in her dad’s stories. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

After Stepney Green Kat stooped into a crouch, like a tiger about to spring, and dragged me into a stooping position too. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

We can’t have them hating us because of something like that also. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Galya grabbed the emergency canopy release and the top of the cockpit “flew off instantly, like a piece of paper.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

He looks old and weary, like he’s standing still. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like a beast-boy! What do you say, Kira? I think it’s time we showed Matt the bathroom! Shall we clean him up and wash his second syllable away?” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man in his early forties, tall like nearly everyone on the boat ramp, he wore horn-rimmed spectacles behind which lurked sharp, penetrating eyes. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Nathan wanted to look like Uncle Jet when he grew up, tall and muscled, instead of being short and chubby. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Everywhere, it seemed, in the trees and water and sky, a great worldwide sadness came pressing down on me, a crushing sorrow, sorrow like I had never known it before. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air smelled like rotten eggs and smoke. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z

It also helped that he was strikingly good- looking and built like the oarsman he had been, the former stroke oar of a Washington crew that had won national championships in 1924 and 1926. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Overwhelmed, I began asking all the questions that had piled up in my head, like: “How did you get this car?” I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t worked, and he had dismissed the attempt when he could no longer ignore that it felt like a pathetic falsehood. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even know what it feels like to be scared anymore. It’s complicated.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Alice said, “You better not let her hear you talk words like that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gibbs stared at her for a few seconds, like he wasn’t quite sure what he was supposed to say. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

"Later you will understand. But for now, we would like to express our gratitude for realizing that Julian was the necessary soul." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Rex Ogle,” I moan, “like it is every day.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

A fat one, the kind Mandy liked to slaughter for stew. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was rather like the adipose fin of a fish, but gaudy. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said that I liked things to be in a nice order. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Juanga does a ridiculous dance that involves shaking his butt and flapping his arms like a chicken. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was embarrassed she’d even asked me—like I was her boss or something—and gestured for her to go ahead. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by her face, her tone, that I had somehow missed something important in what she’d said, and had again revealed myself as the small-town hick I often felt like around her. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Richardson said that when I feel that way, I should grab one emotion like a rope and pull myself back to the moment it first hit me. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

It’s like all those subway tokens that became obsolete when New York started using magnetic cards instead. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I guess he felt like I was a suck-up or something, because I was always on time and did everything Mr. Ray asked me to do. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Miss Kwan, their Head of Year, was storming over to them, her scariest frown burnt into her face like a scar. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think he likes me very much.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’d like to see my father, too, but I’m out of danger, crisis time is over, and I’m allowed only one visitor. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had started kicking a rock between my feet like it was a soccer ball, chasing it back and forth across the sidewalk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

We have to spend them like gold, in single pieces. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day I was on the playground wearing my new jacket and waiting for the first bell to ring when I saw Curtis coming at me like an angry bull. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like to see my little boy hurt like this.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then suddenly she rose from her chair and walked out of her world like a witch. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I would make it my mission to show my dad I wasn’t avoiding the rides or scared of pools now or anything like that. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

At first Lefty forgot short-term things like where’d he put down his fountain pen or his glasses, and then he forgot what day it was, what month, and finally what year. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

We were in front of a new white building with dark tinted windows that looked like a bank or a fancy office. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He moved like he was on fire and his head was about to pop. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Did you guys feast like this growing up?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I’d like to see that cave. Where he’s . . . where they put him.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he came out, he looked like he’d been run over by a trolley. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t feel like talking at all today. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was a stocking cap, basically, except the tapered part at the top seemed extra long, almost too long, like a tail growing out of the back of her head. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why she wants a conversation. When she hears a word she knows, she feels like she’s more a part of it.” This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I chuckle, and it feels strange, almost wrong, like making a joke at a funeral. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Very queer he was, and as soon as I had roused him, he got up and ran back here like a hare.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Each step felt like he was climbing Everest, and by the time he fell back onto the sofa, his heart was pounding. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

The antenna made you stick out like a sore thumb, and drew a lot of fire. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You ask me why I never invite friends round, why I don’t like going to the pub with you anymore. You honestly want to know why? It’s because of you. Because I’m ashamed of you.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman said, “That’s not funny. He doesn’t look like he’s been fed right. Now who’s his father again, you said you know him?” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

His words bit like the lash of a whip. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

That’s why she often looked more like the Wicked Witch than a movie star—an impression reinforced by her irritating way of jabbing you with a finger the second before she said something to you. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you roll an egg on my face like that when / was born?” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face was gray in the light, and he looked to me like some poor victim of a medical experiment. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he knows I don’t like that one, so he doesn’t try to make me play it anymore. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

A wave drew back, like a hand, then advanced and touched my foot. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

He suddenly looks like he's sweating from every gland in his body. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They were nearly up the first hill when the wave hit full force, upending girls like bowling pins, the fast-moving current carrying them down, out, under. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

It may have been my imagination, but it felt like Kasusu was drooping in my hand. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Emma felt this sentence would give people “an opening to say, however unjustly, that he considered all spiritual beliefs no higher than hereditary aversions or likings, such as the fear of monkeys towards snakes.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Embryos are like photograph film,” said Mr. Foster waggishly, as he pushed open the second door. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Our names and our business are our own, and this does not seem a good place to discuss them,’ said Frodo, not liking the look of the man or the tone of his voice. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They worked like dogs tending your granddaddies’ and daddies’ places in Phippsburg so they could pay right for every nail. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Climbing into that trash barrel made me look like a mess. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

It does not shine as brightly as it had when she ran through the halls with Widget what seems like more than a few years ago, chasing marmalade kittens through a rainbow of guests. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t believe she looked like—like this. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I know you don’t like seeing your girlfriend or whatever disparaged like that, but these guys have been doing this for years. That graffiti was probably from last year or before.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

This pillow smelled like long lonely years full of bleach. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Leaving us with Eric is like hiring a babysitter who spends his time sharpening knives. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“Nothing like it exists in the English language. It’s Portuguese. Saudade. Do you know that one?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The drop rolls down the side of my nose, and the second drop hits my shoulder, so big it feels like it’s made of ice or rock instead of water. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I see that if you try to fit someone in a box, she might slip through the seams like water and become her own river. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like she doesn’t care how she looks anymore. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the boxcar, rolling into the station like that, I felt like a king. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spotlight hits me, just like it did all those weeks ago. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She was so tired she felt...threadbare, like the soles of old slippers, but she didn’t dare close her eyes. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

She reached for our hands and squeezed them, breathing deep and full like a prayer, chewing her bottom lip like penance. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I liked that he knew how they shake hands in Ghana. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

There must have been needles, pills, something like that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a tiny refrigerator with food in it, and some canned stuff—peas, beans, peaches, things like that. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Her great rose window looked down like a dark and malevolent eye. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Indian medicine. People over in Japan and places like that think it cures everything.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sounds like a great idea,” Stella told him, steering clear of his pretense at knighthood. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But like, like somebody she favored and could count on. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surrounding it is a patch of blue strands,like someone injected blue dye into the tiny veins just beneath the surface of my skin. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The truth of the matter was, the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Hypnos cabin was like Grand Central Station for dream activity. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

When I asked what the pattern was like, Maurice went into the adjacent room to pick up a print of the new form they called the “B” structure. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

My heart is thumping like a cat in a clothes dryer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“It was like half my Facebook feed this morning.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then Ivan heaved his arm from one side to the other, like he was throwing a bale of hay over his head, and the pool’s water rose up in a muddy tidal wave. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Away,” he says lowly, staring up at her like she’s made of food. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Oscar’s hand is waving and dipping like a palm tree in a cyclone. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

This guy sitting at the table looks nothing like I do. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

I can see how our words are like fuel that incites him further. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Did you hear Mr. Flux say O’Doyle was almost like his dad?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

They moved too fast; it didn’t look real, it looked like a video game. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The sky darkens, like a cloud is passing over the sun. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

There the thick mud had dried to a dark, flaky crust like an old scab, and a layer of leaves covered the ground like a raggedy Band-Aid. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Fred looks enough like Duke to fill in for him. He’s even got the lightning bolt of white fur on his head.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Well, sure, when he put it like that, I could see that I was never going to become a preteen real estate mogul if I wasted earnings by renting rather than buying. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the car ride home, Uhmma glances at me and asks, Did you like Sunday school? A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some countries, like the United States, had strict immigration quotas. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the other kids watching me while I ate, and my stomach cramped up painfully like it had the day before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Her breasts are small and round, like lemons. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“This is more like driftwood than timber,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Soil and rock and river and turf blew up in a furious roar, then fell back to the cratered earth like harsh black rain. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t love the Commander or anything like it, but he’s of interest to me, he occupies space, he is more than a shadow. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

We talk about other things, like the first-grade field trip we made to the Smithsonian Museum, when I got so scared of the life-size dinosaurs that I cried in the bathroom. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Like flies they hovered; like flies they settled. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

His clothes smell like cigarettes and alcohol, and he has no way of remembering whether or not he was drunk or high. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You know, like when you look in the mirror and the thing you see is not the thing as it really is.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The officer bends forward and looms over the miniature city like some tormented gargoyle. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

It kind of looks like Maria Hernandez Park, but without the playground, or the surrounding browns tones and buildings. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

In his opinion this takes some doing, as the stuff is weaker than shampoo and tastes like it into the bargain. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

David sinks into himself like he’s been punched. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It was new to us, that television, like the house. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

And being rejected like that is not what Bryce and Aurora need to start the day. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“And you so like him back. It’s written all over your face.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I know of a nice tree I think the elves will like.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She looked like a little kid playing hide-and-seek, a kid who thinks that just because she shuts out the world, she can’t be seen. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now, a man who is not afraid at a time like this is a man without enough sense to follow the water. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like the reminder that even my hair knows life shouldn’t be this way. Red Queen 2015-02-10T00:00:00Z

There was never a "no daughter of mine will leave the house looking like that" conversation in the McConnell home. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It’s like she ain’t got no life except for her life at work. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

I needed a voice speaking to me like I’d heard yesterday in my room saying, Lily Melissa Owens, your jar is open. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside, red velvet fills their apartment, spilling over two fat sofas and two big armchairs, the kind that look like they would be fun to jump on. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are words like family celebration and stranger and Annabelle and You know how she feels and Ease up, Gina, Christ. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The Bach suite and the Shostakovich had both flown out of me like never before, like my fingers were just an extension of the strings and bow. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made me feel weird; that they were looking so close, but it made me feel good, too, because I could tell they were liking what they saw. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was an odd, honking sort of sound, like a pig or a horse, but yet not like either. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It would be like telling everyone to quit using the internet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Well, I'd like awfully to get together with you sometime, Mr. Cawffle. You sound very attractive. You sound like a very attractive person. But it is late." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

We accepted this, I believe, because it was steadying, and steady was how we liked to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It made her eyes narrow and her forehead smooth like a pulled sheet. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Something she already knew she did not like. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He belonged to a big club composed of people who collected things like that. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Girl's face hardens—but behind that I can see something waver, if only for a moment, and she looks like the girl I'd met on the streets. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“What would happen if you got stopped? You don’t exactly look like your driver’s license.” The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The way I see it, a dream is like a drawing in your head that comes to life. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“B’cause men that made this country, men that built this country were men from the street. Men like me, men like you, men like Sapito there.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

Just in case, I watched the way he put the car in gear so’s the next time something like this happened I’d know how to make a clean getaway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

All that remains are a thousand pages wafting in the wind like confetti, settling piece by piece into the sea. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Black, oily matter spouts like a geyser from the street, billowing between the buildings, creating an impenetrable wall of darkness. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was my own personal hang-up, but I felt like both girls were waiting to see if I would flip out or something. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At school on Monday it felt like everyone was talking about Rashad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Blackavar hung on and Groundsel—a heavy rabbit, like all the Efrafan officers—dragged him forward a short distance before he could rid himself of his grip. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I like The Hound of the Baskervilles because it is a detective story, which means that there are clues and Red Herrings. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t like it when you leave me out. I don’t like it when you don’t tell me everything,” Axel says, the bubble popping in his chest and all the words falling out at once. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“All you need are a few more muscles like me to fill it.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Others had been told by parole and probation officers that they could not vote, and although it was not true, they believed it, and the news spread like wildfire. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The thunder and wind made it feel like a scene out of a really good movie. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“But I still like imagining dresses made of money.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

As Copperud wrote, “Shall, then, seems well on the way to extinction, much like the hapless Scot.” split infinitives. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I had never seen him before, and I wondered how he had become chairman of a committee like this. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I like the words calming presence much more than White Rabbit or dumb mute. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I will still act like your mother, no matter what you call me,” said the robot. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Here in the northward regions were the mines and forges, and the musterings of long-planned war; and here the Dark Power, moving its armies like pieces on the board, was gathering them together. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

But it’s not like Mom and Dad muzzled you. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Most of her newly shorn curls were piled on top of her head in a messy bun; a few escaped and sat on her forehead like springs. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They found good schools, safe streets, neighbors they like, and a big house and a yard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She looked like she did in the photos of her holding me as a child — except, bizarrely, with giant hairy apes in her arms. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The Station Inspector burst in like a hurricane, followed immediately by Madame Emile and Monsieur Frick. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Gino took the ball away from Henry D. like he wasn’t even there and came sprinting right up the middle of our defense. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah? Well, you watch guys like that, kid. You watch them real good, you hear? Anyone clops you, he’s got a thing going. Old Tony knows. You watch them.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Nothing looks like a dangerous occupation with you.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like it’s hopeless to try to feel good and make good grades. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I forget that Christina isn’t like me, with no family loyalty to tie her to one place anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

One day Liyana was trying to say “Excuse me” to somebody and she said something like “monkey's heart.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I know it doesn’t seem like it,” Matthew says, “but I hate them.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Why?” she asks, like she genuinely doesn’t understand the appeal of loving something. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ms. Dale takes a seat in the middle of the floor with no chair at all, like she’s a kindergartner getting ready for story time. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I feel like a vein is going to burst from my neck. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hamlet’s mood shifted, like a violent storm whose fury is spent. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She was not like any person he had known. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

The two huge machines faced each other, with their tall metal booms stretched out at an angle, like two medieval horsemen with their long swords tipped forward. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

I had no idea where the idea of Black people as thieves came from, but it wasn’t the first time something like that had happened. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Another time I saw for myself: My father’s eyes were much like my own, constantly watchful. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"No. It's been for sale for, like, a year." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

I count sixty-four pages left to read in Daddy’s notebook, which seems like a lot, but if I keep reading every day, I’ll be done in no time. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Dylan asks with the biggest smile, like a kid on Christmas. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Next to the stand is a rusted playground set that looks like it was plucked from a city park and dropped in this parking lot. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

In the dark he thought of the bull-necked man crumpled on the floor in the cake crumbs, like the strangled bull in the cattle chute, and he walked faster. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Five million,” he repeated slowly, "sounds like a fair price.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her heart dropped and rose inside of her like a buoy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As soon as she was gone, Summer and I came together like magnets, talking excitedly at the same time. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I change the subject by asking them to tell me what college was like for them. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I explain that I like to see space in terms of triangles, and he listens for a while and then laughs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t feel like having to escort you all the way back to Endovier.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Even farther in, the silence was broken by a cacophony of strange sounds—the skittering of rats; hissing steam; the hollow, recurring tap of pipes, like the desperate scratching of a premature burial. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t feel like talking; he just wanted to find his uncle. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

And like a freak, I turned around, ran through the kitchen, and straight out the back. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I would’ve known if there was a cave here; I was sure of it It was like the ground had opened up and swallowed us. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

‘We don’t have to eat snozzcumbers. In the fields around our village there are all sorts of lovely vegetables like cauliflowers and carrots. Why don’t you get some of those next time you go visiting?’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what it would feel like to fall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

His scabbard rippled like a spider’s leg, stuck out at a ridiculous angle. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They kissed once, but she didn’t like it, so they never kissed again. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She smiles like the thought never entered that hair-sprayed head of hers, letting me see the house I might be cleaning. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

My mom starts lecturing him like he’s one of her students. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

If she sat anywhere too long, or just got anxious, they started popping up all around her like mushrooms after a rain. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

The white petals fell to the ground like snowflakes, leaving a small green bulb, which turned into a strawberry within days. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

It felt like I had hundred-pound weights strapped to my feet. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

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

Inside, the first thing I noticed was the smell, thick and sweet, like something sprayed out of a can. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kaede felt it like a silken scarf sliding quickly around her neck. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I think Anatole helps out our family because he is an outsider here too, like us. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That there’s the master’s library. You don’t step foot in it without permission. He don’t like his things touched.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I do not like strangers because I do not like people I have never met before. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Hamilton told me some funny things about her. You know, when he was taking her babies she bit him on the hand. You ought to see that hand, like a wolf got him.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a long time before the seagulls were able to pull the peach away from that horrible rainbow-cloud. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Ten dollars?” she says, like she was talking in her sleep. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, like Sophia Loren,” Mrs. Baylor said, her smile growing wider. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I remembered the Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Bigio had come into Mrs. Baker’s classroom and the sound of her sadness, and I knew what burned guts felt like. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The foam is so great, it seems like falling, frenzied snow. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The lack and the hunger floated around us like a cloud, withholding everything—all hope, all satisfaction, every single drop of cleansing rain. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her eyes widen, but only for like a microsecond—I only catch it because I’m staring at her so hard. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He was actually starting to like this girl. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

J. P. Marquand pored over much the same territory and, like O’Hara, became both a popular and a critical success. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

She wanted to see the map that pulled down like a shade. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

To him it was a detail that you stepped over, like a crack in the sidewalk. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They came padding in with their eyes lit up like cats finding a bunny in the vegetable garden. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like saying the Greeks died of mumps, or the proud Romans died on their beautiful hills of athlete’s foot! The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, and if I had been puttin’ in work like you are when I was your age, I’d be grown up and a millionaire right now!” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Adults were like that so much of the time, inflexible when they thought they had something to protect. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He looked like the real Vincent Price, too, with the same widow’s peak and goatee. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Think about it—if more Germans spoke out, leaders like Hitler wouldn't be allowed to lie and say 'I want peace' and then start a war." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

I see a bright ripple, like lightning, in the water. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

“She said she’s not letting us have cereal before school this year. It has to be oatmeal or eggs or something like that.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Returning to Kabul was like running into an old, forgotten friend and seeing that life hadn’t been good to him, that he'd become homeless and destitute. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over yonder were what she called her “word plants”—the wild flowers she planted because they had names she liked. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Excellent! There is no time like the present. I’ll just leave her here.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me to wake you up at six. It’s six thirty. That’s, like, thirty-six thousand miles past six.” 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The old-timers grumble, but I like those ads and the posters. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When you get down as far as the chin he looks like a vodka ad, in a glossy magazine, of times gone by. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s like a spongy sourdough bread,” Mom said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The valleys, far beneath them, were so green, and all the streams which tumbled down from the glaciers into the main river were so blue, that it was like flying over gigantic pieces of jewelry. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I said, relief splashing over me like cold water. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Somehow, she’d peered into him, like watching a frothing sea through the eye of a needle, all those images and thoughts and feelings at once, all part of him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

When I close my eyes, even to blink, I see pools of red and white, like a blur that never goes away. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

But her thoughts felt like a mess of tangled yarn. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A dented relic of the Afghan war, it was as big as a school bus, seated twenty-six passengers, and looked like it had been riveted together in somebody’s backyard. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

No! he is a king, and he come when and how he like. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Mark could only catch a glimpse of a running shadow up ahead, but it looked like someone in one of the green suits they’d seen earlier, without the headgear. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I want things to be like they used to be with us. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

‘You’ll kill yourself for certain, going over like that without even a look to see what to make for. Come back!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

It was like she’d been waiting and waiting for me to do something to her, and she thought the time had now come. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The building creaks. It’s so strange. It sounds like the sailboat my father used to take out on Lake Kariba. I wish I was there now.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have his home number,” Willow says, brandishing her cell phone like a weapon. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

When they left, it was like a plug being pulled. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Alex reached the staircase and climbed up into the light, feeling the woman’s eyes, like daggers, stabbing into his back. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

It was like we were riding in the loader of a garbage truck. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” she said, suddenly, “do you like to dance? You know—” She held out her arms and did a complicated step as she hummed a Latin beat. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy gave considerable reading time to what looked like his most recent entry. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

She was now on long-term disability from Kalbro, where she’d worked on the line for fifteen years or something like that. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I looked inside my two hands, where he put it, and there was a tiny box like what matches come in. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like I hired them, Brian thought, looking at all the fallen poplars—just to cut them down for me. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the cheerful advertisements painted on the sides of buildings like the Tic Toe diner and the Pocahontas movie theater were faded and nearly illegible. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

As the people around me started toward the exits, I stood rock still, looking up, like I was looking toward the heavens. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to like your teacher,” she told me one day after I came home spewing complaints. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I bring them back up and cue the sound, and I realize that it’s happening, just like Ms. Smith said it would. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Well, the cable car didn’t exactly hurtle; it was more like clattering down a hill. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And in a pair of soundless puffs, they hit the ground behind Speedy in crashes that sent the oxalic acid flying like dust. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

The kid slammed the heavy door in her face, like, “Not welcome.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

The word whished back and forth across the circle like a shuttle in a race. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

And he didn’t get tired or sleepy, for the beauty burned in him like fire. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

While the man holds down the table with his arms, a waiter approaches against the wind with great and obvious difficulty, like someone wingwalking at 30,000 feet. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Rather like what you are doing right now,” he said. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

His scales were hot to the touch, like armor left too long in the sun. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Otherwise you end up making everyone feel like garbage. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Its head moved up and down like our kitty in Atlanta. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could only stare at Ruth May’s bare left shoulder, where two red puncture wounds stood out like red beads on her flesh. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it is not agreed. Never heard such nonsense in me life. Besides, she don't make a noise like that She makes a noise like this.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hung on to Doctor Nolan's arm like death, and every so often she gave me an encouraging squeeze. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I know you said that means he likes me, but I think you’re wrong. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Gerald liked Rob, who was always cracking jokes and acting silly. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know. What would you like me to say?" The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Tom Hamilton labored like a giant, not only with his strong arms and rough hands but also with his heart and spirit. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You will be like my brothers. You will be a Luna, Antonio. You will be a man of the people, and perhaps a priest.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the words of a member of the search party, it was “like they had just gone to sleep.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What if he u1 down there,” I say, “but he’s magic like in that fairy tale ‘The Fisherman and His Wife.’” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

George says the word like it tastes bitter, spitting it from his lips. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. I look like a movie star.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

That’d feel like asking her to be my girlfriend or something. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"But I don't like boys who jump the gun." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

I just wanted to know if Joey was okay in his life, because, like I said, I really liked Joey. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“She was. But, honey, nobody is just one thing. We’re like those constellations you’re always telling me about. You need to connect all the dots to see the whole picture.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

"He is to serve as your personal squire. His father would like to see him knighted, in good time." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“He said he’ll give me another bottle if I bring him someone. Someone like you....” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

"Stars everywhere. It was like being at the science center or something," I explained. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“I would like to tell you a story, Luna,” the old woman said. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Through the opening I saw policemen, with flashlights and what looked like raised cavemen’s clubs, move searchingly about several shacks across the street. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

The breath smelled musty and stale and slightly mildewed, like air in an old cellar. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

"You want me to tell her, or will you do the honors like a man, son?" When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Shaped like circles, diamonds, hexagons, and interlocking rectangles, the earthworks are three to nine hundred feet in diameter and outlined by trenches up to twenty feet deep. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t look like most jewelers—the ones downtown were quick, dark little Jew men. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

My feet dragged like a sleepwalking zombie’s across the plush carpet over to Fig’s bathroom. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

The engine raced in its low gear, and the high top swayed like a storm-driven ship. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just come to me like a man and say, Cool it. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are written-down school rules like Dad is talking about, and there are rules we just live with without even asking ourselves why. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Incredibly, I heard myself say, “Would you like to read one of my stories?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Too much power,” he said, pushing off the wet ground, refusing to admit that it hurt like hell. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There’s a No Trespassing sign at the top of the road because it leads to a water-filtration shed or something like that. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Holly can bleed to death in my presence if she likes, and I will just consider her to be specially favored by an inscrutable God, more or less as Jesus was. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I point to the guardhouse behind us, and Trub nods like he understands. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the way he asked, he talked down to me like he thought I could barely go that far on my own. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You made this mess?” she said, like she couldn’t quite believe it, like what she’d expected me to say was that a roving band of house wreckers had come through during the night. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seems like an awful lot for just one day. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

When she was in a bathing suit, it was like nothing else existed in the world. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The silk slippers would have been perfect, but he didn’t know what size to get, and Kaira pointed out that slippers weren’t like T-shirts; they had to be an exact fit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

From the front, that leg looked like a solid block of wood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He looked back at the girl; it looked like she was starting to cry. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I gave her a hug and could smell the shampoo in her hair, something like peaches. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“So you shouldn’t say something like that about me being Black, Jules,” I say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

The girl had her arms and fingers spread, like she was about to hug the whole world. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“I love him like a brother,” I said finally. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Each wave lapped at my toes with a sound like a whisper. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You want to be a hero, like Joshua at Jericho, like Samson against the Philistines.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I blow air out of my mouth like I’m whistling with no sound. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find her at her computer where she’s supposed to be writing a book but instead is staring up at the ceiling like it’s full of stars. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Quickly it was realized that petroleum in volume not only could be used to bind bowels and banish scabby growths but could be refined into lucrative products like paraffin and kerosene. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You never liked him! You tried to make a fool of him!” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I spread my arms like a skydiver, giving myself over to it. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They hung on to Mamá’s legs like two children who had just been found after being lost. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

“It tastes like that too, a little, but it’s not even close to as salty as ocean water. I actually think it might be working, our little distiller here.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for the old man because people just don’t go around smiling like that all the time unless they’re mentally unbalanced or harboring extreme anxiety. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

One of the Grievers sounded like it was moving toward the house. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Interesting that it is much more like elfin architecture than goblin architecture. They must have based these buildings on elfin cities.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

I tune back in, and Roger is saying something like “with a list of suggested topics, okay?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I’d rather be outside with the people attacking the ship than trapped like this. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How many times, I should like to know,” she said snappily, “have I told you to take off your coat when you come into a hot room?” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

She cradles him in her arms like a baby. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

The Misty Mountains were crawling like anthills: orcs were issuing out of a thousand holes. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Pa took a swallow-the-anger sigh, then said, “Then you can go back to cleaning up the cornstalks like we did yesterday.” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

This is the kind of thing people eat now, people who eat in places like this: Toronto is no longer the land of chicken pot pie, beef stew, overboiled vegetables. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I laughed a little bit, only because I was used to my mother being pretty scary, especially when she feels like someone is being treated wrong. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

This sure looked like a case of hydrophobia to Searcy, as anybody knew that no fox in his right mind was going to jump on a hunter. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him sink into his seat so sadly and heavily, it felt like the whole room shivered. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Cotton spilled out of his jacket sleeves and pant cuffs before it was drawn back inside like a yo-yo on a string. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She rushed him into the house and burst out with a cry the likes of which Turner had never heard before. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t long before I became less concerned with making sure Malia and Sasha looked like the daughters of a future president than making sure they looked like they at least had a mother. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“What does my heart sound like?” she asked. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I try to look inside him, inside the trashed face, see what he must really look like. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt the pain in his side like a flash of color. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was a dark blue, very much like a stain. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like we’re all the color of dust and you are gold, and rich brown, in red and purple with dark-lined eyes and shiny red lips. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was like his mind had gotten used to us, and everyone, leaving him right there on that stoop, second step from the top. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was like a certain stretch on the P. L. M. between Fontainebleau and Montereau that always made me feel bored and dead and dull until it was over. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

But just because he didn’t like the thought of his blood on the outside didn’t mean he was really afraid of those things. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“And then I need you all to line up, from numbers fifty-one through one hundred like Beckany instructed outside.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I like that I can drive fifteen hours from home without the world changing too much. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

He gave a little shudder, and I felt like crying. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

You can imagine what it looked like, against a pale blue satin crinoline, or whatever the dress was. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

No one built weapons of cruelty like the Mud Men. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

But it seemed like maybe Mom had given Emma the first code book; it seemed like Mom might have said something like, “Sometimes kids who like math also like codes.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Two silage towers shone like Victorian Apollo spacecraft. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Look at those features. Exactly like yours—from the identical mold. Are you sure he didn't spit you upon the earth, fully clothed?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘And you’—she turned to Johnny—‘get back to the gutter or wherever boys like you keep themselves.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, Sam,’ said Frodo, ‘what’s wrong with the old customs? Choose a flower name like Rose. Half the maidchildren in the Shire are called by such names, and what could be better?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

I spit into the bowl just like the dentist’s office and wipe my mouth. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Ginny did not seem to like the idea much, but under her father’s unusually stern gaze, she nodded. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

That’s above and beyond everything else, and it’s not a mental complaint—it’s a physical thing, like it’s physically hard to open your mouth and make the words come out. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I had never been alone like this with a grown-up white person. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just like in that stupid movie, Curly thought as he clawed miserably at his eyes, except I’m not turning into a cheerleader. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smelled like something warm and lemony and spicy. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A woman’s voice, like my mother’s, called: “Percy Jackson.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I looked around like I was losing my mind. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But, like the Invisible Man in H. G. Wells, I discovered that my gift had its price, which took the form of, in my case as in his, a sort of mental darkness. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When I first came here, it seemed like my husband and I sat here all the time watching the raindrops dance.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The children around me move like a skittish herd. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

A round hole in the dirt, most likely, but certainly nothing like what she saw. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I hate the way he brings up the accident just like that, like it’s okay to talk about. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

My friends tell me that I look like Ma, but I think I have more in common with Aunt Sonia. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The only thing she didn't like to think about, about Park, was what he could possibly see in her. park The pickup kept dying. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

So I ate flatbread and cheese for breakfast, just like every other teenage boy in Iran. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“I was like everyone else. I once told a friend of mine, in a moment of exuberance, ‘I’m gonna be the healthiest old man you ever met!’ Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He just stood there, staring at all the parents and us kids, and his mouth opened and then closed again, like a fish.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I got to my feet and gasped as the pain in my head roared louder, like someone had turned the volume knob as far as it would go. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But he didn’t remember her coming back like this, cold and remote as the frigid Northern Reach. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

They were sitting on the steps like that—Mama hunched, Papa tending the blackening rings—one morning a few days before we left camp. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

It filled his clothes like straw in a scarecrow. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They were round, like bubbles made of canvas, stretched tight over ingeniously bent poles. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

After that, I felt like my destiny was not my own, that men who had nothing to do with me had the power to rupture my dreams, to separate me from my grandmother. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the next hour, I ran around like a little kid. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“This is what it feels like to drive in a car with you,” I said, and he smiled, but kept his jaw clenched tight and I said, “Okay?” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Things like that, he thought, make you feel glad you performed your ceremony. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

As for guys like him — there was much they didn’t know, much in which they were mistaken. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t natural and it didn’t look right, but Sam said it would have been more unnatural for him to have laid down on his side and died like any other beast. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

We ran like rabbits fleeing a fox, like deer fleeing a hunter, like mice fleeing an owl, leaping, dodging, practically flying through the underbrush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“What! are we to have the pleasure of a call from Mr. Elton?—That will be a favour indeed! for I know gentlemen do not like morning visits, and Mr. Elton’s time is so engaged.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I sink down in the new mattress, wishing for an indentation like the one left behind by Maman in our bed at home, and drift into disappointed dreams. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

You track the other person by observing broken sticks or footprints or even clues that a person sets out, like an acorn under a pine tree. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiles at me and an immediate guilt for any less-than-nice thing I’ve ever thought about her weighs me down like an anchor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I like to think that my story has three parts,” I began. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I couldn't do anything permanent like carve "killer" on my forehead and wait for it to scar. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Most of them were obviously not worth pursuing: someone seen in a car going by, stuff like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

But his eyes are like that deer’s eyes, large and wary and curious. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was squeamish of people taking my hand and touching me, but I did like it when they said, “Oh, yes, you were great.” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I wonder what it will sound like when I listen to it. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Lyra didn't like the taste much, but she had to admit how grand and complicated it was. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana kept thinking how everybody was a little like everybody else and nobody was the same. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t do this,” she tells Ashoke when he brings her a cup of tea, the only thing he can think to do for her, the last thing she feels like drinking. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you all right?" she cries out, liking her role as unidentified voice from the heavens. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

The last time it was life I brought to Storm’s End, shaped to look like onions. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“It looks just like a shining crown,” she announced dramatically. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The subway hummed along, rocking rhythmically, like the washers in the basement did. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The breeze swept off its golden and orange leaves, sprinkling them down on Anya like confetti. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

They walked to the rear of the house, which looked exactly like the front, and knocked at the door, whose name plate read “THE MIDGET.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Chess even remembers what our dad sounded like? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I like the sensation, the soft cloth brushing my skin. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her skin was dark like Ivan’s, and the dress she wore looked luxurious even from the kitchen door. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand slaves lifted bloodstained hands as die raced by on her silver, riding like die wind. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He said, “Very much. Did I ever tell you my Sidi—grandfather—was half Bedouin? Once when I was small he took me to visit, like today.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Sounds fun,” I say slowly, and then I press my lips together, because it’s not like I’m about to sit here begging for an invite to a random party on my own birthday. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“It means you gotta act like you belong or act like you can do something, and eventually you’ll be able to.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“The coach don’t like me or something,” I said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fear has set in, like I knew it would. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You said you couldn’t live in a house like this anymore and you were going to leave. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Instead of wearing sweatpants and sneakers like most coaches, one day Sam showed up in what looked like a pink zoot suit—pink slacks, pink shirt, pink fedora, and pink alligator shoes. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It was like the debris you get on a sea-shore: the wind must have carried some of it for miles and miles before finally coming up against these trees and these two lines of wire. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The spread of her hips, so different from mine, looked like a bowl offering up red fruit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Does this place look like a meat shop? I did not come looking for meat.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Siddhartha looked at him like one who had just awakened. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

He remembered the book because he thought it had looked beautiful, magical, like something cast from another world entirely. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The face in it looked like the reflection in a ball of dentist's mercury. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

For some reason I felt impelled to speak, because his eyes followed me in sympathy like the Gentleman Unknown. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

At this point in my story about Phoebe, Gram said, “I knew somebody like Peeby once.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

People drank Coca-Colas like ambrosia and ate candy bars like Christmas. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad takes the knife and starts slicing the bread and you can see Grandma doesn’t like that. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Thus confused, my mind turned this way and that, like a paper kite dipping to every current of air, unsure of its own meanings. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” David says simply, like it’s not a word that changes my entire world. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell you why, but that squeeze comforted me like nothing else could. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“You say that like you have another theory about me.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I will,” I said, standing up straight like I’d been given a mission. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After it being just the four of us alone for so long, suddenly being around so many people, even if they were kids like us, was a little stressful. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Red-tailed hawks would like to eat those snakes. We have red-tailed hawks all over. Those white bellies sticking out all over the place,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun thought it was very lucky to have found another craft so quickly, and he was filled with something like pride, knowing that he had promised help and could now deliver it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

We pulled all the old Christmas decorations out of storage and placed them around the park—things like wreaths made of horseshoes and cowboy boots filled with fake poinsettias. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know I should chill out like my mom says, but it’s all just so unfair. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

El Patron slipped into it effortlessly, like a donkey walking along a well-worn trail. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The song rings up like the greasy smoke and their faces shine with sweat and something that looks like joy. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

When no one did, he lay down and attacked the stick like a warrior, tearing its bark with his small sharp teeth. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He likes Company of decent type—outdoors people, he like myself, likes to be by himself also he likes best to work for himself. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t tell if he liked it or not. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“I don’t see why not. They still probably like you more than they like me.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

And this library looks basically like the one at her school, too. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Click, click, click, it went, all quiet like it didn’t really want to bother you. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The planet looked like a giant swirling blue marble, half a marble, really, surrounded by blackness. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He felt like he was in the middle of a raging river without a raft. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

That day it felt like we won something. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It looked like a neck, as if a creature in the bean were trying to escape but hadn’t yet managed to pull its head out. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not a clue. Except that we’re cutting a lot of grass and I’m not getting much sleep. And this morning my mother said she was forgetting what I look like.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

All royal sounding, like we were about to witness a prince and princess have their first dance or something. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Simpson said that they kept our squad up to par because the battalion commander liked him. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I staggered back a few steps and by then my nose was spewing like an elephant bathing himself. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Ivy thought that sounded magical—swimming the butterfly—like something out of a fairy tale. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

One of the reasons that I’ve especially admired some of them, like Lionel Hampton and Sidney Poiter, among others, is that they have kept their natural hair and fought to the top. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It hadn’t occurred to me that I could suddenly blink into nothingness like a crashed computer with not even two years used up on my shelf life. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Then, he scoots closer, and leans in like he’s going to tell me a secret. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

Now it looks like something that belongs in the suburbs, with its wide double doors, sparkling windows, and tiny manicured lawn. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

He has never fought me like this, full out. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

My waistband tightens to the point where I feel like I’m gonna bust a button on my pants. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But Ruth did sit on it, knees on either side like she was astride a horse. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she was pretty sure she wanted to be exactly like Cymbeline when she grew up, except for the acting part. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That day we got home and my mom was flying around the house like a bird in a panic. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Still, from what we can tell, everyone, rich or poor, liked to flavor their food with spices—a taste that may well date back to Roman times. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

They had wept, but Joaquin had been unmoved, like it had happened to someone else. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“You just don’t like her. You haven’t since you first met her.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Arm had never seen anything like it outside a museum. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She saw a woman with hair writhing like snakes perched in the rafters of a house with a baby clutched to her chest. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m starting to feel a little like it, actually.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Your father doesn’t like you to stay out late?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Mine was almost exactly like hers, except for the names of the characters. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

We were both only children, but sometimes I thought maybe she had a bunch of brothers and sisters hidden away, because she always felt like someone was trying to cheat her out of something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I am an elegant fellow in her pictures, with my silver back gleaming like moon on moss. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how hard I have to work, every single day, to undo the kind of damage people like you do to our faith? To the image of Muslim women in general?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And because Tom was an unnatural little weevil no father would like to have around. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A cat twists in the air, letting out a scream, its blazing green eyes going out like a light. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Muhammad picks his waffle up like a pizza slice. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

She seemed more human, but still somehow wrong, like they’d gotten the souls mixed up and put the wrong one back inside her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“When I asked her what in the world she was doing running off like that, she looked me right in the eye and said, ‘I’m tired of my old life. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. It sounds like a food baby name. Especially when you roll the r.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s like every day is Halloween for her.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Actually, like she was watching for someone she was worrying about. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

‘It gives me the shakes, ma’am, when something like that happens, it really does.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was I going to start acting like some other minority students he knew? Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"People will treat her like she's black," Grandma Rose says across me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy, on the other hand, rants about how Halle Berry “act like she can’t get with brothers anymore” and how messed up that is. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“You looked like you needed some good news to cheer you up.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Astonished and like one bewitched the monk gazed at the ferryman. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard her at Mother’s door, then I heard her calling Quentin, like the door was locked, then she went back to Mother’s room and then Mother went and talked to Quentin. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They look like...starving, shaggy cows with sheepdog hair.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Nearly thirty voices were subtracted from the world that day, not even counting the six gods or the dozen humans who, like the Ellens, had gotten in the way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was impossible to fight with him when he cheated like that. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“If you feel like that, you need to go to the hospital, okay?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Listen to that piano, fast and free, Just like you and JB on the court. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Looks like I’m about to get my wish. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Frank kept his head down like he was ashamed to have been crying, but Percy didn’t blame him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I feel like a frumpy dork when I talk to them because they seem so sophisticated. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The kick fluttered painfully, just like the last one. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even starts across the bridge, tail going like a propeller. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

His answer sounded so right, and he said it like Huey Newton addressing the masses. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He looks like a plausible Mr. Patel, face rounder than his son’s. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Except, instead of arriving in Kingston like it normally would, this one travels all the way to the historic site of Old Man House. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

David likes the hill; always wants to play there. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

All of a sudden Byron’s face jumped like a bell went off in his head. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I would like to take the great DiMaggio fishing,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though the feelings were confused, he thought that he had liked the feelings that his mother had called Stirrings. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He sits up on the bed, holds his chest like he’s pledging allegiance. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

Dusty was like an ocean that changed unexpectedly with the weather. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Dr. Newman is known for being pleasant, especially to people who give money to our school for things like athletic fields and greenhouses. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I stared at the snack options and wondered what kind Marcus liked best. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Her voice sounded so fragile, nothing like the Ishtar I thought I knew. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I can see the globs of glue, like tears that will not fall. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sun distresses you like a crowd, a noisy, invasive crowd that makes you cup your ears, that makes you close your eyes, that makes you want to hide. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe we should make out or something, like spies do in the movies,” I suggest. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And there were 11 people in the carriage and I didn’t like being in a room with 11 people in a tunnel, so I concentrated on things in the carriage. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were beautiful, like fine stone walls, with grass and moss growing over them. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

She had to work to take in a breath, because her body would not breathe in a world where Jack could look like this. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Fog clung to the city walls and cobbled streets like tenacious moss. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

I know Webb said something to the team, because there’s no way Ben-Ben comes up to me like this on his own. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

I hope she is a kind person like that. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“Whatever you like, this time. Bruce Lee, for all I care.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They carried her under their arms like a tube of carpet, with the chains slapping back and forth against her body. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in front of him, crushed against the trunk of the palm, I could feel the rain, which was now jabbing into me like the punches of a nail. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gray smoke formed a giant cloud that hung over the buildings and expanded outward like paint slowly being spilled onto an empty canvas. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Miss Skeeter always look like somebody else told her what to wear. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He pictured what things would be like without Julie around, without the constant tension. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Practically overnight Fazlullah’s men disappeared, like snow melting into the ground. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thoughts that ran round in a circle like squirrels in a cage.... And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, panting, sucking in air like I really have been running. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Just point out the error of his ways,” said Mo, who wanted to sound like the hard cases from the television. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

It was not unpleasant, but it was full, like the hush before a sudden downpour. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I did find myself within the pages of the book, like she said I would. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s up to you. But I think you might want to give it a shot. It looks like there are cartoons in it.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Now this is more like it!” my dad yelled above the noise. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

I was so horrified, I felt like I could vomit. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

In front of the room, Piper still waits like she’s not going to open her mouth until she has every single person’s eyes on her. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We then got on to other Arctic legends—the Norwegian ship that's been drifting unmanned for sixty years, stuff like that. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel like everything inside me is vibrating with energy, in anticipation of what is to come. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

My field of sunflowers looks like a toxic waste dump, which might turn out to be a cool statement on society’s unthinking gluttonous exploitation of our planet’s natural resources. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

A farmer played a one-stringed harp like a hunter’s bow and sang to himself as he waited for someone to buy his chickens. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

August is approaching, looking up from a downturned face like a charging bull. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

We stayed like that a long time—me staring down at the paper, Dr. Vernon softly patting my shoulder. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

In his letter to me, he quoted Anne Frank by saying that he, too, felt “like a bird in a cage and sometimes just wanted to fly away.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Sandy asked, in what I liked to think was a disappointed voice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Doesn’t look like much to me. It isn’t even shiny.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

He got quiet quiet and looked like he might cry. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

It’s been a particularly hot past few months here in Louisiana, but today it feels like the devil came up out of his grave. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Dean Thomas, who, like Harry, had grown up with Muggles, ended up closing his eyes and jabbing his wand at the list, then picking the subjects it landed on. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And her parents liked me, and she has this little brother who is a really cool kid. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The other dæmon changed, too—Will felt it happen, like a little grip at his heart—and became a cat. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He takes Byrd by the hands, pulls her tightly to him, like she does when the information is important. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

She liked the way she and Sherm sort of recognized each other. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

All were complete with goggles—like Soulzeren’s, but weirder, with luminous yellow lenses and mysterious clockwork gears. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

From across the water, the old man pointed a bony finger at Percy and mouthed something like Don’t even think about it. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I like her hair, all pretty and almost white. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Together they look like a bird and an onion. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But when we told the detectives about his job they looked at me and Mama like we were crazy. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Big fields, like a manioc garden as wide and long as the Kwilu. There used to be trees, I guess, but people cut them down.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Too soon a grieving one, wearing rags like a madwoman. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

With the sticks and some bailing wire, Grandpa made a frame that looked almost like a gingerbread man. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the way she limped, it looked like her leg was injured. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

The name of the firm that manufactured their chains, imprinted in the metal like a promise of pain. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

And just like that, we were off to the doctor I could talk to, even though anyone who knew me should have known that I wasn’t going to say anything at all. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s sick,” Ron muttered, watching the smallest Muggle child, who had begun to spin like a top, sixty feet above the ground, his head flopping limply from side to side. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you think,” she asks, “that I’ll die in this domain someday, like Aunt Stella?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“It’s called the psychology of scarcity, and deprivation thinking,” Kelton says, feeling the need to defend his father—although it really feels more like he’s apologizing for him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Will you go to the dance with me? Not because of a joke or a dare. Not because I feel sorry for you, but because I like hanging with you, okay?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The Vaughan children came to love the Colemans: it was like having another set of grandparents. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Shiny black hairpins, like straightened snakes, clamped her starched nurse’s cap to her oily head. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bonobos weren’t supposed to act like this — we’d already gone a few miles, more than they would ever range in one direction in the wild. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

But there must have been some steel cord in her throat, for Cathy’s voice could cut like a file when she wished. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Very soon, I will bring it to Marcus, just like you asked. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Getting into the car, Olive seems like a crab that’s been caught and dropped in a pail. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Even though she told me repeatedly that in reality she looked almost nothing like her avatar and that she wasn’t nearly as attractive in person. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was as much as ever he could do to keep afloat, and when he reached the grating he rolled over in the water, belly uppermost, like a dying fish. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He exaggerates his movements, lifting his feet like he is stepping onto a stage. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“We thought she was dead, but when we reached into the box, she came to life and climbed out looking like a sparkling monster!” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Papa said, “Your granddaddy’s just fresh out of hope, son, like most farmers in Georgia these days.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

At first he didn’t see anyone else in the shop, but then, like a mermaid rising from an ocean of paper, the girl emerged across the room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

He was both, angel and devil, like the rest of us. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know you like to do things your own way,” she say. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“I like the name Peach,” Grace said, ignoring his question. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Jones. Coach, I mean,” liking the shape of the word in my mouth. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

When at last I felt like I could move again, I came unsteadily down the stairs. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Artists, she reminded herself, didn’t think like normal people, and at last she turned to Mia with curiosity. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think you pronounce the bat in bat mitzvah like you say baseball bat,” Volpe interjects. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

It looked strangely like the trial of a prisoner. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t remembered to make it that morning so I got up and tucked the sheets in and fluffed up the pillow like Momma does. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I caught her on the windowsill in the hospital wing. Look very closely, and you’ll notice the markings around her antennae are exactly like those foul glasses she wears.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

It felt like I had been riding on the crest of a high wave and now it tumbled onto shore. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Just being out of the cold felt like paradise. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We stopped and gazed up at the tiled roof, then down at the tall heavy doors that looked like they'd been taken from a mission. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

When he opened my door, reporters and photographers descended on me like locusts. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

If it was up to me, we woulda bugged out right away like the rest of the Kings, but Jennica's too good for that. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

His tone was low and serious, but he barked his words out like a challenge as the two boys squared off on their front lawn, out of sight of Mary, who was inside the house. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“I see them. Looks like some big trucks got stuck in the mud.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

It would be easy, just like it used to be. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I said: “You like him a lot, don’t you?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He slips back into the seat beside me like he's only been gone for a few seconds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Some snakes can roll like a hoop to overtake their victim. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I just feel like I’m going to explode or something.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I think it's unfair that women must parade around like peacocks and men do not. There should be an equal effort." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Her grits tasted like sand and butter, with big lumps inside that caught in your teeth and stuck in your gums. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think of her as a silly girl who’s just fooling around at art school, too dumb to get into university, although I don’t make judgments like this about the boys. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Just like everything else about the Thunderhead, its parenting skills were indisputable. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Little Tzipporah lay curled in a ball, her finger in her mouth like a stopper in a bottle. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well I haven’t, sir. But I was thinking though that I might like to earn some money at that job you mentioned before.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the cliffs themselves, men suspended on ropes crawled and swung from one spot to another like so many black spiders. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

My dad knew how much I’d always wanted to compete with a top college gymnastics team like the University of Alabama or UCLA. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Who else would invite a guy over to hear his new CD of Mozart’s Prague Symphony and let him listen without having to pretend that he likes it or pretend that he doesn’t? Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looks like a regular store— shelves of DVDs and old VHS tapes and a rack of magazines, all under this harsh fluorescent glow. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

"I see...I see...sunshine, like gold, shimmering! Money will come your way, yes, Master-ji, it will indeed, but—wait—beware! The card says beware a man..." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He tells her about how he and Sonia occupied the kitchen on Pemberton Road for a day, stuffing a turkey and rolling out dough for pies, things his mother did not particularly like to do. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She turns red and grins, and when she sits down, it’s Bobby’s turn—he moves like John Travolta in Pulp Fiction, shaking his hips with a laconic tilt, turning his feet more than his body. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Do you know what it’s like to go through day after day never touching another person? We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Flung across the sky, the sound pierced Taran’s breast like a cold blade of terror. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z