| 单词 | lover |
| 例句 | The lovers’ apartment had one romantic wall which was all French doors. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A rising heat puffed at her face, soft and sudden as a lover's breath, but in seconds it had grown too hot to bear. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z In the long and endless dwellings that curved like tranquil snakes across the hills, lovers lay idly whispering in cool night beds. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z An instant of self-indulgence—like a phantom that interposes itself between lovers to feel what it is to be alive. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “You took mine when I was ten; I want yours now. We are lovers of justice, you and I—what could be more just than that?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Axel’s very own mother, a pigeon lover—or even liker...Absurd! A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The trees were still in full leaf, and we couldn’t spot any lovers, so Branwell rested his arms on the bridge railing and spoke to the open air. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be good to the children on this trip, Bull. You hear me. They’ve been looking to your coming home. Don’t spoil it. I mean it too. This is your lover girl speaking.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Their thinking was that music lovers can thin-slice a new song in a matter of seconds, and there is nothing wrong with that idea in principle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But, we may be sure, Atalanta treated him as a good comrade, not as a possible lover. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she sidled up to me, put her hand around my waist so that I could feel each of her fingers taut against my hip bone, and she added, “And my lover.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z It was callous to have thrown her army-officer lover in his face like that, even if she did not feel the same way about him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z At night masked lovers met under the rose-hung colonnades or in the lamplit gardens, and the air stirred with the scent of jasmine and throbbed to the music of the wire-strung mandarone. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We preferred to meet in the open air, for the dark recesses of Elsinore could hide spies as well as lovers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The poor thing served its purpose now as a landmark and a place for lovers to carve initials. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Some seek him out, and the meetings and dinners that follow herald the formation of a kind of club, a society of lovers of the circus. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And even though he told his lover to flee, he keeps asking if she’s coming to meet him. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I can see you want to. Go down to your humans if that’s all you care about! Your lover must be waiting. Go to him, Sarai.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “But who was the artist?” the eager music lover will ask. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z And in my case -being one of the star-crossed lovers from District 12 -it's an absolute requirement if I want any more help from sympathetic sponsors. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Soon it will be time for me to sing. After that, I’ll either be surrounded by worshiping music lovers or be shunned by all.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It was more like dusk than daylight, and wraiths and streamers of the fog rose dismally from puddles in the road, or clung like forlorn lovers to the anbaric cables overhead. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Fusia’s lover!” whispers whoever is on duty at the window, which I do not appreciate. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z But indeed she did not want any mortal lovers either. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Love is never any better than the lover. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z She is fifteen and has never held a boy’s hand, never been kissed by a boy, never felt a lover’s warm embrace. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “With you how? Off camera? By your side at all times? Do you want him presented as your new lover?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z He often goes on holiday in France in the autumn, as he is a great lover of wine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Her lover asked her to,” Kaisa said, and there was a curious note in her voice that Ash did not understand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come here, my lover. Come to my bed.” Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I maintain,” said Horatio, “that a woman’s beauty leads her lover’s soul to higher goodness.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Journeys end in lovers meeting, she thought; it was my own choice to come. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “While the third circle provides a comfortable privacy for young lovers, its view of the stage leaves a little to be desired. I didn’t know you played.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Any man within visiting distance would have been neutralized as a lover—“brother,” “younger brother,” “older brother”—one hundred and fifteen relationship titles. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Sleep met him like a lover in an empty bed. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I am sorry, but do not take it so much to heart. He is still young and merely plays at being a lover.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z When the lovers had passed, she flew up to his shoulder and whispered, “The man just along there—watch....” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z That’s when the letters came, and Henry reading them all, without jealousy, with that complete abnegant transference, metamorphosis into the body which was to become his sister’s lover. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z We are a community of book lovers, puzzle lovers, and treasure hunters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z She had one of her own to tell, of a woman who pad- died away with her lover one night in a pirogue and never came back. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the announcers actually gets teary because it seems the odds will never be in our favor, we star-crossed lovers of District 12. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z He was a lover of the chase and used to rise early to track the deer. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Want to come over here and sit next to your...lover boy?” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The dream had been about a sexy pirate captain, and when Mary Lou woke, panting and undone, the sensual moon lay back like a lover against the soft bed of night, and her palms itched. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Later, a shepherd girl in a homespun frock, weaving garlands for her lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z No hopeless lover of a living maiden was ever so desperately unhappy as Pygmalion. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “For far too long, Mr. Lemoncello has pretended to be a library lover when, in truth, this was all a clever publicity stunt so he could sell even more of his preposterous games!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “So you’re an artist, a musician, a green thumb, a fish lover, and a reader?” Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z There were whispers that Miss Preston had taken a Sioux lover while out west and that she kept a single eagle feather in his memory, but I don’t believe any of that. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Some were already drunk, and the women's flushed bosoms drew their lovers' eager eyes and sometimes an unrestrained hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The gods were pitiful at the end, and the lovers’ parents too. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z She said to herself that Lancelot had betrayed her, that she was the victim of Elaine’s cunning, that her lover was sure to betray her again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It was bitingly cold up here, and the wind pulled at his clothes like an insistent lover. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z The room glowed into colour round the lovers, who had released each other quickly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Though I doubted much that lovers’ behavior had changed so much in forty years, I did not contradict Elnora. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Two young lovers were exchanging their hearts’ yearnings beneath the children’s tent, which they had found unoccupied. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z And she knew, too, that neither dæmon would change now, having felt a lover’s hands on them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He was my lover once, and I would willingly join forces with him, because he hates the Church and all it does. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an imposing man, quiet and dignified, and a great lover of books. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The murderer’s lover must have had something to do with the killing, or maybe they were just going to punish her anyway, because his corpse called out for her to flee. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “You and Megan were such good friends! You must have known about all her lovers!” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They felt momentarily young and untroubled, almost like teen-age lovers, and they instinctively shied away from talking much for fear of upsetting this fragile miracle, a gift they had never expected to receive. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The lover noticed that the mother's eyes were those that looked at him softly at night from the daughter's face. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It was preeminently the smell of the human body after it had been used to the limit, such a smell as has meaning and poignance for any athlete, just as it has for any lover. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z But Henry, with whom, one evening when they were in bed together, Lenina had rather anxiously discussed her new lover, Henry had compared poor Bernard to a rhinoceros. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z It is the mother’s not the lover’s lust that rots the mind. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Every cat lover knows that cats are not submissive to humans in the way dogs instinctively are. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She thought she liked the sootiness of sex and its comedy; she laughed a great deal during the raucous beginnings, and rejected those lovers who regarded sex as healthy or beautiful. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When Francie came in off the cold street she thought that the warmth was like a lover’s arms around her drawing her into the room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She’d have supposed I was holding a lover in my arms. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It is not so far-fetched to suggest that, without his link to the Nazis, most people who were not hardcore opera lovers would by now have lost interest in Wagner. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “So her revolutionary lover has admitted you into the fold. We should be grateful. It used to be that he allowed only black lecturers in his house.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z No more me, no more star-crossed lovers living happily ever after, no more wedding. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Thus, thanks to her commercial vision, which had led her to create a different atmosphere in every available corner, the Hotel Christopher Columbus had become the paradise of lost souls and furtive lovers. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z When Branwell and I were little, we used to stand on the bridge over the gorge and look for lovers on the path to the bottom. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I close my eyes and think of Oriana’s words to me: It is no easy thing to be the lover of the High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Sir, you have come in time. You are the lover of our dear miss. She is bad, very, very bad. Nay, my child, do not go like that.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z As a lover of chocolate, do I have to tell you that the Candy Kitchen was one of my favorite places? The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z They were terrible men, immensely strong, and such lovers of war and violence that they were completely destroyed by their own hands. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z His visits to Boston became fewer, though he still responded to her letters with the ardor of a lover. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “A few. But to answer your real question, no. Art3mis still hasn’t called or written you back, lover boy.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “No. A whole bunch of book lovers all across America who don’t like us.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z One by one the lovers tried out all the abandoned rooms, and finally chose an improvised nest in the depths of the basement. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We are like faraway lovers, lying to one another, under different moons. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “And our noble knight has been the Queen of England’s lover all the time.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The Lion drew a deep breath, stooped its head even lover and gave him a Lion’s kiss. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “It’s about a community of book lovers, too. And sharing books and adventures with friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “I have heard it said that the silver queen feeds them with the flesh of infants while she herself bathes in the blood of virgin girls and takes a different lover every night.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z It moved in me like one of those floods that devastate counties, tearing everything down, tearing children from their parents and lovers from each other, and making everything an unrecognizable waste. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z "Because," announced Tristran, "every lover is in his heart a madman, and in his head a minstrel." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She thought she was dreaming, and smiling, she looked into her lover’s face. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z Her lover had been sent for in the darkness. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Those last to the party were the last to leave: the Ptolemaic Empire outlived its rivals, largely with the same borders, until the Romans defeated Queen Cleopatra VII and her lover Antony in 30. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z What a date she must be, what a lover! Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bring him, and your lover, too. Bring all the faranji, why don’t you. How convenient if we could take them all out at once. That would be a big help, actually. Thank you, Sarai.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z The two hit it off, and some people said they became lovers as well as political allies. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z I wonder what it was like for Locke to have his mother be the lover of the High King. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z They dance and leave their scents on each other, like perfume transferred between lovers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I was a famous actor getting ready to go before the cameras to play the role of a distinguished European businessman and lover. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z In less guarded times, the darkened halls and galleries of Elsinore had stirred with furtive lovers and winking sentinels who let them pass. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She was vivid and passionate, with large black eyes; it was said that Lord Asriel himself had been her lover. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Children and lovers have no singularity here, but my aunt used a secret voice, a separate attentiveness. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z At night lovers sneaked in, but he never went there at night—he required light, and he was not going to risk lighting a candle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Halfway across campus, I was over The Ditch and, out of habit, I stopped on the bridge and began looking for lovers. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Even the King of Faerie doesn’t like to think of his son taking his place in a lover’s bed.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The sun came up and pointed out the names of young lovers painted on the wall. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They were charged with keeping the peace; looking out for his interests; and watching over his lover, Cleopatra. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z She would never be able to marry; she would not even be allowed to take a lover. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Fifteen years after leaving Elaine, Lancelot was still at court The King’s relations with Guenever and her lover were much as they had always been. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z So she ended up a daylight lover, and it was only once actually that Sula came home from school and found her mother in the bed, curled spoon in the arms of a man. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He was handsome and noble, a warrior and a lover, but he was missing something in his life, and he did not know what it was. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z There have been many reports of the Sorcerer’s Stone over the centuries, but the only Stone currently in existence belongs to Mr. Nicolas Flamel, the noted alchemist and opera lover. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z They hastened away from that inexorable presence and found themselves in the Fields of Mourning, where the unhappy lovers dwelt who had been driven by their misery to kill themselves. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Periphescence denotes the initial drugged and happy bedtime where you sniff your lover like a scented poppy for hours running. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z As the minutes ticked off, little girls clasped their daddies’ necks, lovers hugged as though the embrace had to last through all eternity, and an old woman got teary-eyed. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Of course they do,’ the manly lover said. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The lover waited for her to catch up with the bus in her memory. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He could brag about this for eternity, to his future lovers, to his wives, to his children, to his grandchildren. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t know whether or not Wisconsin has a cheese-tasting festival, but I who am a lover of cheese believe it should. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Her home was back in Meereen, with her husband and her lover. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Or should I call him her “lover”? That word sounds ridiculous, though. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Helmholtz had listened to the scene of the lovers’ first meeting with a puzzled interest. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z “They are golden calf lovers. They kneel before cows,” the priest chimed in. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “In case you guys hadn’t heard, George Washington was a big dog lover. His favorite dog was named Sweet Lips.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z I shout, not thinking and slamming my own hand into the window to stop his from making contact and sending the anguished lovers tumbling to their death. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z It made him feel as if he were eavesdropping on the story of two lovers. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z The hearts of these two lovers were instinctively too generous to fit with dogma. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z For a brief second, I almost mistake him for the ghost of his father, an old lover who disappeared with the night’s shadows a long time ago. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “Yes, ma’am. I’ve been scoping out all the library lovers bunking at my motel. Looking for just one of ’em to help me do what needs to be done. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Briony will be as much of a fantasy as the lovers who shared a bed in Balham and enraged their landlady. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z At their height, the Romans lived among all their conquered, the outer peoples brought to the city as ambassadors, lovers, soldiers, slaves. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z My first real lover called me Dulator because she liked the sound of it. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “The Court of Moths is sprawling and very traditionally Unseelie. She’s practical-minded and direct, and she values raw power over other things. I also heard she eats her lovers when she tires of them.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He’d passed them further back: two lovers strolling hand in hand, their dæmons, two small birds, flying ahead a little way, pausing to whisper together, and flying on again. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z They have more cause to know it Whatever the explanation of Guenever’s attitude, the fruits of it were pain for her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z No one had actually said so; but neither was anyone matchmaking, and her lover’s letters were permitted to arrive. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The gloom, the humidity, the permanent sour breath of rainy season all bore down on me like a bothersome lover. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the lovers’ postures he could see the abandon typical of those who have known each other for a long time. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z His short stubby fingers were touching the instrument with what looked to Coram like the tenderness of a lover, as if he thought it was alive. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He commenced to play his part with the zest of one who delighted in marrying secret lovers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Nor would Alexander have been likely to demand a statue of his lover in Alexandria if no settlement worthy of the honor had yet existed. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z “Tell me something before I leave: this mystery lover of yours...he doesn’t live in the castle, does he?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The very notion that I’m devoting any thought to who I want presented as my lover, given our current circumstances, is demeaning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z They talked of justice, of equality, of the peasant movement and of Socialism, while Blanca listened with impatience, wishing they would hurry up and finish their discussion so she could be alone with her lover. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z That would be Hamlet, my wild lover, I thought. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Chango, she said, once asked a young lizard to take a gift to the lover of a rival god. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Shimmers of heat traced patterns on her skin, insistent as a lover’s hand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The way she says this makes him wonder if she speaks from experience, if she’s Russell’s lover, or ex-lover, if that is what she is implying. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z He stood up slowly and looked down at the dead witch, at her rich black hair, her flushed cheeks, her smooth pale limbs wet with rain, her lips parted like a lover’s. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “All we saw was you running the simulation and her nearly getting punched to death-before she gave up. Then you stopped, had a rather abrupt lovers’ reconciliation, and stole the hard drive together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z But he also made what seems to have been a sentimental decision: he spared the life of his lover’s son. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z It was my idea that we disguise ourselves as a rustic and a shepherdess, for the lovers in Gertrude’s romances often did so. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z For a second I thought she was going to run into my arms as if we were reunited lovers in some overacted Aturan tragedy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “And beyond that, she said that plenty of married women have lovers—and sometimes their husbands die young, especially in a time of war. Can you believe that?” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z It was dearer to her than her kin, better than a lover, wiser than a book. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Back came the manly lover, dripping wet from the sea, chest out, strong and virile, healthy and sunburnt. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew there had been lovers since Sophie, one of them Mrs. Ochoa-Perez, the embassy wife, whose husband found out about her infidelity and had her quickly dispatched back to Montevideo. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s about a community of book lovers, too. And sharing books and adventures with friends.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “First she stole her sister’s lover, and then she tried to steal her sister’s dishes. No, I don’t like her.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z “If you’re such a bar mitzvah lover,” she snapped, “why don’t you go with Dana?” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z They were all quite sure that Lancelot must have become her lover again. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z To tell him the truth, and really she felt no further interest in concealing it there was a young knight at court who was already her lover: had been her lover long before the Grail! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We began to kiss one another, feverishly, desperately, like guilty lovers who have not kissed before. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “Really? I’m a music lover myself. Who you seeing?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z How long, then, will it be before our musical culture will be shuddering towards extinction, needing some earnest lover of the old and the 'authentic’ to rescue our songs and symphonies from oblivion? The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z The two, the Queen and her lover, had reason to know that wickedness cannot be ended by wickedness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z To get a point across, to instill guilt in your lover, to defend yourself. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Romance was floating in the air like moondust and the two lovers, for some reason we younger ones could never understand, did not seem to be very keen on us tagging along with them. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z When the fisherman finds out about his new wife’s old lover, he sets out to sea in his little boat though he knows that a storm is brewing. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z According to Ron, she was a great cat lover. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Somebody golden, like my own golden boy, who I never ever saw but who tore up my girlhood as surely as if we’d been the best of lovers? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps to a lover who had the good luck to be out this morning. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z She dreamed of a lover for the fifteen days of New Year’s, the time for families to exchange visits, money, and food. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And then, after a moment, she looked simply like a girl asleep in a lush green bed, waiting for her lover to lie down beside her. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The one where the man wants his lover dead rather than have her face the evil that awaits her in the world. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “I am not sure you are ready for stone. Clay is kind—it can do anything, though you do not know this yet. Stone can be stingy, ungenerous, like the unrequited lover.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She had loved and forgotten him by turns, an insatiable carnivore who lived on the affections of her dogs, her children and her lovers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Hence Onofre had written a thousand love letters for a thousand lovers, and he had also read those love letters to the persons who received them. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She glanced quickly at her lover, a covert glance, then gave a new, reserved attention to her husband. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She wondered, incidentally, exactly what a lover’s arms felt like. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z You hear the portable music, the boat is full of dressed-up kids, Italian and Irish kids, Hispanic kids, laced up in silk, all the youthful couples, the lovers. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s in violation of the dress code. I’m well within my rights, and I don’t take orders from faction lovers,” she says, her eyes on the ink creeping over my collarbone. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “I’ve been so scared and worried, I don’t want to have anything to do with lovers for a long while, perhaps never,” answered Meg petulantly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “Journeys end in lovers meeting. Let’s go down to the brook.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z An instrument is like a companion and a lover. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z As she picked the apple up, her lover panting and almost winded touched the goal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z What life had made him bear, her lover, this wild, unhappy boy, many another stronger and more virtuous man might not have borne so well. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “Now you’re going to tell me where your lover is,” he told her. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She is waiting in a flowered shawl by the fountain for her lover, her Spanish lover, the lover before Jorge, and her hair is twisted with high combs. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His was not the manner of a lover intending to spurn me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Then they would head for the Capital City recycling center, filling their quota on the way down, usually from the Dona Luz lover’s lane. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he led the parade to the park in front of the courthouse and let the falcon lovers wave their signs at passing cars. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z They were laughing and talking in that light, happy way that Malcolm had seen lovers doing, and their bird dæmons fluttered around or settled on their shoulders. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z No sunbathing, no singing, no lovers strolling the ramparts in the evenings—such rules are not written down, but they may as well be. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Some of the other men on the block—Bobbito, Wayne, and Hernando—have always teased him for being such a lover boy. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z I must avoid complex relationships—a troublesome lover or a troubled friend. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My family was loaded with musicians and music lovers, especially on my mother's side. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z She was a great lover and a great mother. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z At a recent reading the daughter gave after her long silence, the mother's neighbor was the daughter's lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I was on the bridge over the gorge and, out of habit, I began looking for lovers. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Musicians and poets saw the countryside as a roughly hewn wilderness, supplying countless images to convey the swirling emotional torrents of the yearning lover. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He consents without a murmur, all join in a joyful chorus, and the curtain falls upon the lovers kneeling to receive Don Pedro’s blessing in attitudes of the most romantic grace. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z I am in a world of book lovers and people eager to rise to the music of language and ideas. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z At sixteen now, she took a lover from one of the island families and managed to keep direct light from ever hitting her stomach. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t think of me at all. I’d rather you wouldn’t,” said Meg, taking a naughty satisfaction in trying her lover’s patience and her own power. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z "Plus, we walking that way, so as soon as we get done with lover boy here, I'm gonna stop by and see him." Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I'm about to leave when I remember the importance of sustaining the starcrossed lover routine and I lean over and give Peeta a long, lingering kiss. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Today, master, I learned why great lovers have better eyesight than great scholars.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Is that why she summoned her lover, Papa Legba, to block you from entering the gates to this freedom, to this sister of yours, to your nieces, and to me? American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z That was the way the story was first told: Agamemnon had been killed by his wife’s lover. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Schwarzkopf, darling of the Reich’s culture department, later allegedly took the SS General and Nazi Governor of Lower Austria, Dr Hugo Jury, as her lover. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He spent wonderful hours with the clever, beautiful courtesan and became her pupil, her lover, her friend. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z My poor lover was tormented, forced into exile, given horrible tasks to prove her worth. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It tells of growing a circle of sugar cane as a kind of sweet protection for a lover, and it includes specific instructions on how to use sugar cane. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z We were inclined to blame the male lover for disrupting the calm of our family life, and it was inevitable that he would have to suffer for it sooner or later. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z She did not keep faith with her husband who had killed her child and his; she took a lover and all the people knew it. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z And whenever she was alone, Lyra took out the alethiometer and pored over it like a lover with a picture of the beloved. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The famous upstart neurologist wanted to be my lover, it turned out, and actually won me to his bed for a time. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s way too serious for me—I’m your basic fun lover.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few months Blanca realized that she could not hold him prisoner indefinitely and gave up her plans to reduce his spirit in order to make him her permanent lover. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “You mean will she take a lover there?” he said, his thick moustache spiced with strong oils. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But strangely enough she did not care long for her divine lover; she preferred a mere mortal. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z "Of all the four girls," the mother told the lover, "that Yo has always loved poetry." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Monteverdi brought all the tricks he was learning composing madrigals and sacred choral music into his telling of Orpheus’s descent into the Underworld to rescue his recently lost lover, Euridice. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z It's what makes the nice girls from polite society great hostesses, and the girls at Tatica's such obliging lovers. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z I got up and pretended to study the pictures on the walls like I was a lover of religious art. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A lover of men, not women, and an atheist, he used the device of space travel to criticize everything he disliked about the real world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I lie there, listening to the sound of Cathy’s urgent, cheerful busyness, and I think about the clothes on the side of the railway line and about Jess kissing her lover in the morning sunshine. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom wasn’t an animal lover like Dad and me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “Yes, my lord,” I said, for this seemed to fit his role of pleading lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I decided I would put off the novel until I had gone to Europe and had a lover, and that I would never learn a word of shorthand. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z The lover alone possesses his gift of love. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The white horse and the black one wheeled like lovers at a harvest dance, the riders throwing steel in place of kisses. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The manly lover put the pipe between his strong white teeth and struck a match. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z The Fallohides were fairer of skin and also of hair, and they were taller and slimmer than the others; they were lovers of trees and of woodlands. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “I’ll finish off this business, and then we’ll stroll across Capricorn’s square and walk away like an innocent pair of lovers.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Any thrownaway lover in wet unlaced shoes and a buttoned-up sweater under his coat is a foreigner here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z At last, partly to hurry her off and partly out of a lover’s uncontrollable curiosity, he went into the bedroom to wake her up—a proceeding which was possible in the days of the levee. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Second—and I believe this is important, because I don’t think the police believed me when I told them about Megan’s lover—I need to get in touch with Scott Hipwell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He watches his fellow passengers being greeted by family members, lovers reunited with entangled arms, without a word. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z What lover could there be that even Freddie didn’t know about? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z They already have something else in mind—a friend to call, a fax to send, a lover they’re daydreaming about. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Waiting for her lover to return from Spain. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Guenever, on the other hand, dressed like a gipsy, entertained like a lodging-house keeper, and kept her lover a secret On top of this, she was a nuisance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, it’s not meant as an offense, poppet. Beautiful ladies are always associated with the Crown Prince—you should be flattered that you’re attractive enough to be considered his lover.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Inside their cedar tree, for nearly four years, he and Hatsue had held one another with the dreamy contentedness of young lovers. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I have to keep things vague, jumble up all the men, the lovers and the exes, but I tell myself that’s OK, because it doesn’t matter who they are. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a happy crowd of his lovers and an angry crowd of his haters. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “Did you have fun with your secret lover man last night?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z Then he commandeered the floor, shooting back and forth like some hot Latin lover. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And one night, when the family slept, Essie arose in the night and unbolted the side door, to let her lover in. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Whenever I ask my folks, my father turns me off by saying I’m weak—that I’m a you-know-what lover. He says colored folks are used to doing without, and I ought not spoil them.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Which of the seven types of lover is your man? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a time when uncles became fathers, mothers lovers, and cousins died and had funerals. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The brave lover, I think, deserve another kiss, which he shall have presently.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Lord Godric said the word as fondly as another man might say his lover’s name. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So this,” said Guenever, when she next saw her lover alone, “so this is why you lost your miracles. It was all lies about your giving them to me.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Be warned,” he begged, “and yield to your true lover.” Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z It was odd to be riding in the pickup, the dark road ahead, a slender moon above, holding hands, as if they were young lovers again, discussing wedding plans. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Although he was at least fifteen years older than his wife, his alert determination to make her happy and his qualities as a good lover compensated for the difference. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z The two lovers wept so much that the Jade Emperor took pity on them and told them that on the seventh day of the seventh month, they could visit one another. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z He was sure that Blanca had a lover, but he did not think it could be anything serious. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z My chest tightens as I think about how, on the Victory Tour, Peeta and I will have to present ourselves as lovers again. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Finally I gave up my speculations and concluded that in life, as in stories, foolish lovers will go to great lengths, deceiving themselves for the sake of pleasure. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She fingers the cross around her neck as if it is a token from a lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There were islands in the Worm where lovers kissed, but in the Plaza of Punishment they peeled the skin off men in strips and left them hanging naked for the flies. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But it also may be that under the right circumstances, the demon wins the heart of the most steadfast soul, and the nemesis always becomes a lover. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Yolanda watched the absorbed conversation of her mother and lover with growing uneasiness. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z It seemed to him that this was better than trying to bring them right at once by such courses as, for instance, by cutting off the lovers’ heads for treason. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z As an accepted suitor or a disappointed lover, I shall see you soon. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Her first love, her first lover, the only person with whom she had never felt the need to explain herself. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A lover of language, my father believed very much in the power of words to influence and transform lives. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Sitting on the ground with her cloth spread out, she was a shopkeeper a mother a lover a wilderness to herself. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an inveterate tinkerer and inventor, a lover of gadgetry and mechanical devices, a designer of machines and contraptions of all sorts, a dreamer of big dreams. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z “Ellie and her lover tried to kill her husband,” my sister said. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z In love, it’s the amount of time it takes for lovers to feel half of what they once did. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Hannah felt her hands moving towards it, as if to the face of a lover. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “He was a lover of pets and always had a dog or cat and usually a horse, and he would play with them by the hour, teaching them little tricks or romping with them.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It is hard for me to picture him taking lovers, no less the quantity he must have taken to have so many children, an unnatural number for a Faerie. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z We are a community of book lovers, puzzle lovers, and treasure hunters. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Once, when she was presenting a speech in New York, a heckler taunted her by calling her a “free lover.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z “What fun! Who are they from? Didn’t know you had a lover,” cried the girls, fluttering about Meg in a high state of curiosity and surprise. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She broke over an iron gate, crimping it on impact, and there she hung, impossibly arched, graceful as a temple dancer swooning on a lover’s arm. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z There’s been another woman in his life since his days in these very mountains, but everyone knows she’s only a companion—a mother, a sister, not a true lover. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Two kids—Zeno lovers—in the back row keep trying to explain to me. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z These steps once rang to the sound of lovers footsteps, and beneath that broken dome marriages beyond count were sealed with a kiss. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Unrequited lovers were told how to win over indifferent hearts, and the poor left with foolproof tips on how to place their money at the dog track. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Although I’m a caramel lover, these cookies must have been made in chocolate heaven. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z Beholding Mrs. Pontellier make her appearance, the girl had at once suspected a lovers’ rendezvous. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, with her prescience, she was aware of dooms and sorrows outside her lover's purview. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Like most Americans I am no lover of cops, and the consistent investigation of city forces for bribery, brutality, and a long and picturesque list of malfeasances is not designed to reassure me. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Corinthians agreed, and the result was a pair of middle-aged lovers who behaved like teen-agers—afraid to be caught by their parents in a love relationship they were too young for. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In Jane Austen’s novels there are star-crossed lovers who have impediments thrown in their way—by their parents, society, or their own doubts. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Edison also stole ideas from Nikola Tesla, the aforementioned pigeon lover. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z But when they saw themselves alone in the house they succumbed to the delirium of lovers who were making up for lost time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z They seemed touching, and rather spectacular, and I thought I would carry them around with me, like the relic of a dead lover, till they wore off of their own accord. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z Yes, he seemed to be a true library lover, but Marjory couldn’t trust him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t say as much, they weren’t lovers, but I could tell he desired her, the way he was ushering her around with his paint-splattered hand clinging to the small of her back. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z A few days after buying the volume of Shakespeare, Sissy woke up one morning and nudged her current lover, with whom she was spending the night in a quiet family hotel. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z One night I read to Gertrude about a jealous official who killed his wife with poisoned salad greens because she had taken a young lover. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Yolanda often read poems addressed to lovers, sonnets set in bedrooms, and she knew her mother did not believe in sex for girls. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The loved one is shorn, neutralized, frozen in the glare of the lover’s inward eye. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z Would he feign the role of a suffering lover, on the chance that we would be seen? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The same way you avoid meeting the eye of an old lover at a formal dinner, or that of an old enemy sitting across the room in a crowded alehouse late at night. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not his string of fancy lovers in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Wrinkled sheets, a smell like skin lotion in the air, and a photograph of a young man—nephew? lover? brother?—on a dressing table. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z “As concerned library lovers,” said the gentleman, brandishing a thick document, “we are here today to volunteer our services.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z The suitors were now watching him, and some jested among themselves: “A bow lover!” The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Karen and Jenny, two of her new friends in the neighborhood, are also music lovers. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Spumed by both her lovers, she silently bore the gossip about her reputation. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z She eyes the Augur as one would a traitorous lover, taking the scim when he offers it. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z His place is to be a lover, with his secrecy and his almost-empty rooms, and his baleful memories and bad dreams. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Unwilling as she was to admit an idea so destructive of Jane’s happiness, and so dishonorable to the stability of her lover, she could not prevent its frequently occurring. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z What is a friend, in a world where any friend may be a lover at a new phase of the moon? The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Little girl, your honesty and pluck have made me a friend, and that’s rarer than a lover; it’s more unselfish anyhow. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z “Thank you, Library Olympians and library lovers, for joining us here today. Come back tomorrow for the final two games of the first Library Olympics. Now go away! All of you! Go!” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Journeys end in lovers meeting; I have spent an all but sleepless night, I have told lies and made a fool of myself, and the very air tastes like wine. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z He looks like a faerie lover stepped out of a ballad, the kind where no good comes to the girl who runs away with him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Maybe his lover was already sentenced to death and he was trying to make it easier. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Calixte had not been wrong in calling Lazlo naïve, but even as remote as such things as lovers were to him, he understood the smile, and the warm tone of her voice. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z A secret mantra that she could use to choose a lover from among the gods. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Hannah simply refused to live without the attentions of a man, and after Rekus’ death had a steady sequence of lovers, mostly the husbands of her friends and neighbors. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z It would be for her a well-spring from which she would draw the most destructive emotions, deceiving the lover and seeking to imprison the beloved, curtailing freedom in every way. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z The deep red fruit of the mulberry is the everlasting memorial of these true lovers, and one urn holds the ashes of the two whom not even death could part. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “No one of import. Another lover of the blade.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But this was not a story of two young lovers meeting by the river. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Not lovers, they both just appear to like donuts more than your average bear. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The long-lost lover came home just in time to pay the mortgage. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z And since this is not the story of two young lovers meeting by the river, it has no particular place here, and I will keep it to myself. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z There where the lonely wind of the llano sang to the lovers’ feat of your birth, there in those hills is your innocence. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Some said it was the most beautiful gun ever made, crafted by a Liccarine gunsmith for her lover, and never a more perfect expression of yearning and devotion had there ever been. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “A man grows weary of having no lovers but his fingers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Then all of a sudden, the manly lover let out a piercing scream and his whole body shot four feet into the air. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, lover boy, I guess this means no one can call you Hot Lips, can they?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z But I haven’t yet told you about the one awful thing that tortured little Charlie, the lover of chocolate, more than anything else. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “But another of his lovers nearly did. When she died, rumor pointed to one of the princes’ poisoning her, just to prevent competition for the throne.” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Suddenly it was easy, and after years of being convinced she would never have a lover she began to fall effortlessly into affairs. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The search tells him Pyramus and Thisbe were lovers in a Greek myth, children of rival families, forbidden to be together. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Have you said anything to our young friend the lover of her?” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z The hasty moments together, the locked doors and base contrivances, the guilty manoeuvres which the husband’s presence forced on his lovers—these had the effect of soiling what had no excuse unless it was beautiful. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She and I could have laughed at the mother’s blindness and pitied the plight of the unequal lovers. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z All true lovers of the Liberty of your country! Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z The fisherman, his wife, her lover, and a shark that has no part in the story, but dies anyway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I am yours always, Celia For twenty-five years, Celia wrote her Spanish lover a letter on the eleventh day of each month, then stored it in a satin- covered chest beneath her bed. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “Comb those long curls till they shine, girl, and sure you’ll have a lover before nightfall.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Runaway, lover, wife, waitress, gallery manager, nanny, and a few- more in between. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z For instance, men who say they want a long-term relationship do much better than men looking for an occasional lover. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z Most serial killers are animal lovers, I read that once. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z She was like somebody having a dirty dream, confusing her pillow for a lover. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z And this, Ovid says, shows that the lies lovers tell do not anger the gods. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Oddly enough, it was Lio, the peace lover, who would not shake at first. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She’s probably already in cat heaven, while some animal lover has turned her into a tasty dish. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z So, wondering whether any lovers before them had made this blissful discovery, they lay together as the earth turned slowly and the moon and stars blazed above them. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z She draws the word out softly, like the name of a lover. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z It is only in this last version that my lovers end well, standing side by side on a South London pavement as I walk away. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And what about the lovers who spend hours staring into each other’s eyes? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Like an art lover running out of a burning museum, she would grab whatever she could—a look, a whisper, a moan—to salvage from perishing, to preserve. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z But women looking for an occasional lover do great. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The Commandant draws her crop, caressing it like a lover. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z She would sooner sit bathed in the ruddy glow of her red lord’s blessed flames, her cheeks flushed by the wash of heat as if by a lover’s kisses. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But true freaks, the “women lovers,” captured yet strained my imagination. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Held against the breast, next to the heart, the same interlaced hands were those of a lover who pleadeth for mercy from his beloved. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Her son had gone, and her lover, and there was nothing left Even the promise to return had foiled her futile grasp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z That the letters the lovers wrote are in the archives of the War Museum. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Because he was no bother, ate little, required nothing, and was a lover of cheap wine, no one found him a nuisance. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The fact that the lover was a god and could not be resisted was, as many stories show, not accepted as an excuse. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Then you say your lover’s name a hundred times.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The drink was yours, and you could give it up: but your lover’s soul was not your own: it was not at your disposal; you had a duty towards it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, you are not a fighter. You are Ezili’s child—the lover. The beauty. Leave him alone. I will fight for you, Donna. I will fight this battle for you.” American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z All over the night side of Mars lovers awoke to listen to their loved ones who lay humming in the darkness. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Asha had known other lovers; some shared her bed for half a year, some for half a night. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z The death of Violetta was meant to strike shame into Verdi’s audiences’ hearts, as it did the meddling father of her lover in the final scene. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z He had even begun to keep lap dogs like her—although he had always hated hers with the same bitter jealousy as that with which he had hated her lovers. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z "Two young lovers lay dead. Never was a story of more woe. Doesn't that get to you?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z In her preface, Maria declared that she offered her designs to all, “to copy and paint, and to sew in the women’s rooms, and for use and pleasure of all expert lovers of art.” The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He took a slurp of his coffee from a white mug that said in black letters, Virginia is for lovers, hearts replacing all the Vs. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “If it had not been for the Pope, we should never have had this beautiful procession with everybody carrying olive branches and the innocent lovers dressed in white.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It leaves the usual suspects: the husband, the lover. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z We star-crossed lovers from District 12, who suffered so much and enjoyed so little the rewards of our victory, do not seek the fans’ favor, grace them with our smiles, or catch their kisses. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The lover smiled, admiring the daughter from a distance. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Lore, who was still sitting at the table with Ash, said, “There are many who would cast themselves as the huntress’s lover.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The lover knew better than to take a guess. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z But her lover was too interested to notice her tone. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Others in the audience were knowledgeable music lovers and important Berlin critics. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z Everyone at court knew that she preferred the company of her lover, Lady Zurie Pelletier, but securing an heir had become her cabinet's top priority. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The audience must be sick to death of the star-crossed lovers from District 12. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The Games were such a hit here, where the berries were only a symbol of a desperate girl trying to save her lover. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z For most modern-day music lovers, music is something mysterious, unpredictable, sensual and, above all, emotional. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z To reel in the attention of animal lovers, there was the cutest photo of Sir Fig Newton from when he was a kitten batting at a ball. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z Irri's finger felt as light and cool as a lover's kiss as it slid softly up between her lips. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Aphrodite in her winged car high over the earth heard her lover’s groan and flew to him. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z Abuela gives me a box of letters she wrote to her onetime lover in Spain, but never sent. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His wife and her lover had been at his mercy—and that was the reason, not any reason of cowardice, why his generous heart had been determined to remain unconscious. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Her breath on his cheek felt like the caress of a lover. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z “Should beauty of the body or beauty of the mind be more prized by true lovers?” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I tried to remember what soap opera heroines said to their lovers, but I couldn’t compare this boy in shorts and knee socks to the manly Ricardos and Armandos. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z Instantly I was thinking of the lover she might want, the man whom she’d searched out but hadn’t yet found in her life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Venus was interested in something that seldom came her way, a new kind of lover, and she determined to help a young man who could be enamored and yet original. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z With the pale skin and dramatic dark eyes of a romantic heroine, Gabriela's face reminds Yolanda of the lover's clutch of hands over the breast. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He was the mighty Fezzik, lover of rhymes, and you did not give up, no matter what. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z She knew without seeing him that here was no monster or shape of terror, but the lover and husband she had longed and waited for. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me about your life—how you learned to play the pianoforte so masterfully. And what was that piece? It was so sad; were you thinking about a secret lover?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The archway leading to the royal bedchamber was guarded by a pair of sandalwood lovers, shaped and smoothed and oiled. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z My mother pictured a daughter as a counterinsurgent: a fellow lover of lapdogs, a seconder of proposals to attend the Ice Capades. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The answer is simple: the lovers survive and flourish. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z We don’t talk much, but I believe we have a more complete communion with one another than even lovers have. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The lovers make a suicide pact, and are found the next morning, washed up on the beach with their arms around each other. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Clutching it tight as a desperate lover, he shinnied up foot by foot. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Guenever did not feel remorse on her own account, but she caught it from her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as her hair lured her imminent lover, many other men looked at her. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Flowers not meant for one, but for a pair of lovers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Was this the true passion of a lover in defiance of men or the complaint of a scholar plagued by false passion? Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z He poured some whisky into a glass, drank it in one gulp, and said something in Igbo to which Kainene replied, in cold clear English, “My choice of lovers is none of your business, Udodi.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "You always said that's what you wanted, didn't you? A carefree lover." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was a meaningless demand because the concubine was so annoyed with the comradeship between her lover and his daughter that she did not want anything to do with her. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z A lover finds his mistress asleep on a mossy bank; he wishes to catch a glimpse of her fair face without waking her. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Perhaps wars were fought because people said my kingdom, my wife, my lover, my possessions. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z On many sites, you also specify your dating aims: “long-term relationship,” “a casual lover,” or “just looking.” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The way an art lover would look at a painting in a museum. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z "My daughter has taken an axe for a lover," Lord Balon said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I like to think that it isn’t weakness or evasion, but a final act of kindness, a stand against oblivion and despair, to let my lovers live and to unite them at the end. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z In love stories, couples start out as lovers and end as strangers. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Looking away from her own face in the mirror, she thought blindly, Journeys end in lovers meeting, lovers meeting. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z But Taryn has a lover, one who is going to ask for her hand tonight. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The ancient half-sister, fresh from her swim and now clothed in a towel bathrobe, came and sat herself close to her manly lover. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know it is not true that we are only lovers. We are married,” I reminded him gently. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “About those two lovers to whose memory I have consecrated myself.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z The lover nodded his head to show he was convinced. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z He suspected that she took a lover in the nights when he was at the bank. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, ‘Just so it isn’t Mother,’ and she twisted and yearned down into her small lover’s eyes. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No one before had noticed it, but there is nothing a lover does not notice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z This song was about William the false lover and how he tricked pretty Peggy-o into running away with him but then murdered her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z You spent the afternoon eating Walnut Whips off your lover’s toned six-pack in a fancy room at the Savoy, but you told your husband you spent all day at home. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z They loomed round the church wall, the lovers and helpers of the Wart, and they all spoke solemnly in turn. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe it’s that nobody cares if two lovers get together—that’s like a cake only they get to eat. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z The death of two young lovers was the cause. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In the cool of the afternoon the fiend from hell specially sent to lovers arrived at Janie’s ear. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z By the time she touched down on the Island forty-eight hours after finding the Baggy, we were all addicts, fallen women with married lovers and illegitimate babies on the way. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z She hadn’t stopped spending occasional nights out of the house, but she was fifty years old now and what lover could she have kept so long? Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The tobacco ignited and glowed, and the lover’s head was enveloped in clouds of blue smoke. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z They had sunk once again into their lovers’ world where little children did not exist. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then there were different times when they quarrelled about nothing—but even the quarrels were those of lovers, which seemed sweet when they remembered them afterwards. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She is the guidance counselor/social worker/lover of poetry who has been our advisor since my freshman year. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “This face,” she said, “could belong to someone who can read. And has curls. And could have a lover before nightfall. And this is me, Beetle.” The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z To many of his fellow Germans, Schindler had been a traitor to his country, a "Jew lover." The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z They’re like two lovers out of an American film the way they go on. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Actually, as witness his unmusical opening—“Romans, countrymen and lovers”—it’s Brutus who has the tin ear. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z The family regarded him as temporary, as they had regarded Sissy’s other husbands and lovers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z "What think you? We have been in this city fully three weeks. Have you yet settled in your mind whether you will marry this dark-faced lover of yours, this Prince Rabadash, or no?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z The central character, known only as the Man in the Chair, is a finicky, brilliant middle-aged man, a lover of the theater and of language. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Laurie had christened it, saying it was highly appropriate to the gentle lovers who ‘went on together like a pair of turtledoves, with first a bill and then a coo’. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z “You must choose. Your child, or your lover.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z A prince should also demonstrate that he is a lover of the virtues, by giving hospitality to virtuous men and by honouring those who excel in a particular skill. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z She found she had married an attentive man whose pursuit as a lover was to ensure her satisfaction. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z And you have to bring along your wife, or your kids, or your lover. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never thought you were a nature lover, but you’re certainly interested in the sky tonight,” he said. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z One day, we all went in our little motor-boat to an island we had never been to before, and for once the ancient half-sister and the manly lover decided to come with us. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Not yet lovers, but so much more than friends. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z His lover, with her rope necklace, hanging dead next to him in the tree. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z And then, realizing she was being silly: “Did I tell you that Jake is hung like a horse and a beautiful, sensual lover?” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z In addition to offering literary treasure hunts, Book Scavenger provides a wonderful online community for book lovers of all ages. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “He is her lover, her fiancé. You have work, much work, to do for her and for others; and the present will suffice.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z At any moment she might say or do something which would be a compromise upon herself and upon her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The lover knew Yolanda would not have wanted him to know about this indelicacy of her body. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z They have their hands cut off and their brothers turned into swans, their lovers chopped up and planted in basil pots. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Morrie had counseled so many unhappy lovers in his years as a professor. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I imagine watching Gale volunteering to save Rory in the reaping, having him torn from my life, becoming some strange girl’s lover to stay alive, and then coming home with her. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Because this library had true champions, intellectual freedom fighters who would do whatever it took to protect it: Mr. Lemoncello, of course, and all the library lovers from the first-ever Library Olympiad, plus Andrew Peckleman. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Before he was the lover of the goddess of despair. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Sergei Diaghilev, art, dance and music lover, saw in this upsurge of Russian cultural pride an opportunity. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z "Always felt that way about dogs. Always been a great lover of stuffed animals." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z “Ben, I’m not going to blow up your spot. I will only talk up the good things. I’ll start with how you’re an awesome friend and an even better lover.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I would see them nuzzling in the yard like a pair of junior high school lovers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He had shot himself through the head ten years ago, when his young lover’s parents had taken the boy away from him and sent him to school. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I could accept him as my ancestor, my younger brother, my friend, but not as my master, and not as my lover. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z The surprised soldier pulls the trigger and the noise of the explosion warns her lover away. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They would have thought we were star-crossed lovers. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z He dreamed of it like a lover, with a simple longing. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z She seemed to be particularly fond of bloodthirsty stories: tales of the beheading of unhappy lovers, or princes walled up alive. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z An observer of the present day, who knew the Arthurian legend only from Tennyson and people of that sort, would have been startled to see that the famous lovers were past their prime. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z After the trees leaf out, young lovers often hide in the shadows of the trail. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes they brewed love potions for girls who hadn’t met their lovers by Midsummer’s Eve, and sometimes the love potions even worked. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle, quite forgotten, her lover was kneeling by himself. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just a rumor. And it’s not as if Wylan left home to take up residence with a lover.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The writer lived in the same building as her lover. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Her husband was a true lover of the fruit, but Etta couldn’t feel anything for it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z As Golos's lover and his main espionage protégée, Elizabeth Bentley quickly became indispensable to Stalin's underground operation in the United States. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Then, for a second, there were Ben and his father, eye to eye, as intimate as lovers, and the fingers tightened on the throat and Ben gagged. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z She went on to say, “We are one and all free lovers at heart.” Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z In a story traced back to 1150 AD, a husband forces a wife to eat her dead lover’s heart out of fury and revenge. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z She stopped every three or four paces, staring silently at the carved lovers, and the processions of elephants, and the topless female musicians beating on two-sided drums. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I held the bottle up to my mouth and drew a long messy swallow, as if I were some decadent wild woman who had just dismissed an unsatisfactory lover. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z The touch about lovers’ lies is characteristic of Ovid, as also the little story about Syrinx. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z I spot the lord of the Court of Termites, Roiben, who is said to have killed his own lover to win a throne. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She presses the bed sheets as if expecting a lover and sweeps the veranda clean of the summer’s dust. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m a fighter, not a lover,” he says, misquoting Michael Jackson. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “You can’t say nothing pleasant ever happens now, can you, Meg?” said Amy, trying to decide how she would group the lovers in a sketch she was planning to make. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been looking all along for a friend, and it took her a while to discover that a lover was not a comrade and could never be—for a woman. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z But it is in the nature of punctuation lovers to care about such things, and I applaud all those who seek to protect the apostrophe from misuse. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z “So I suppose I know who your lover is now,” I call to my twin sister. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The Bully Boy. You know the one. The politician from New York. Fella shot his wife’s lover. The Barton Key affair. You’ve heard of it?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z No longer are the lovers entwined in each other’s arms. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z That was one thing that would be different if she had made Caesar her lover: They might have been captured together. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Or to the cliche of lovers staring endlessly into each other’s eyes? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z For some reason she was determined to believe that Flame had become his mistress again, possibly because this seemed to be the best way of hurting her lover. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She pointed to a pair of statue lovers, a man and a woman with their arms around each other, turned to stone by the monster. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z |
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