| 单词 | lucky |
| 例句 | So I abandoned plans to cook with or serve my own salt, and counted myself lucky to have survived. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z It was the best I was gonna get, and I knew I was lucky to get it. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “The policeman said you were lucky. Very lucky to come out without a scratch.” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He would be lucky just to make it home that night. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if we were lucky, we would have oatmeal or commeal mush three times a day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl scrubbed her back and her feet and told her how lucky she was. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I had been lucky and had said the right things at the right time and they had liked me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The hilarious grown-up comments he made when a child and the cavalierlike courage he showed when he was a young man and went to find, then kill, if he was lucky, his father. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I've seen very few signs of game around, but I don't feel comfortable leaving Peeta alone while I hunt, so I rig half a dozen snares and hope I get lucky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “And here I was thinking how lucky we were. Is it clean gone?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "That Fifi has always been the lucky one. Not to mention her luck with"—the grandmother lowers her voice—"with Otto." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky his hand isn’t broken. It was a sprain, his mother said. The thumb. Still, it’ll be two weeks before he can get back.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z And men were lucky if it was water. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “Ah, that Homer,” Mr. Salvadore said, putting his fingers to his lips, “he's a lucky, lucky boy.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “I imagine it’s what the godlands might someday be like, if I am so lucky as to get there. It’s truly a place of wonder.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z He was so busy laughing at the runt, he lobbed him a lollipop and the runt got lucky and poled it. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Which is good, because that means it should hopefully stay clear over the next few days. We might get lucky.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “Your cousin got hurt, and you’re lucky it wasn’t anything much worse.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Isn’t it lucky I watched Grandmother so closely?” she congratulated herself. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Hannon says we’re lucky today because some houses get more than one and he doesn’t have to be climbing on and off that float destroying his legs. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I got lucky because my dad’s best friend Eugene just happened to be heading to Spokane. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z How lucky Will was that she was awake now to look after him! The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z He should have been on the lookout for that; but the lucky thing was that he knew that Britten had done all his tricks at once, had shot his bolt, had played all his cards. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “When I was throwing those bodies off the truck, I knew their suffering, at least, was over. At that moment, I felt they were the lucky ones.” Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z How lucky I was, I thought, to be going to study them for months and months in their own forest home. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Why lucky?” she says, tilting her head, tilting the whole world so everything flows in her direction. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Unless Richie was armed, unless he got lucky—Park could do this. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z After all, it’s not the outlandishness of its conclusions that makes something a pseudoscience: lucky guesses, serendipity, bizarre hypotheses, and even an initial gullibility all play a role in science as well. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And you, lucky number thirteen, you can take the tapes straight to hell. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z No one has ever said “lucky” about me before. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “Me too. It’s hard to feel lucky to be alive when you still might die and you’re not sure if living is any better.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z A lucky thing, because Rat was the medic. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky enough to catch him between roommates, my old room wide open and waiting. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z You are lucky you didn’t have to go, she had written. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He was just thinking about how lucky he was that at least no one knew him in North Hill or his life would’ve been ruined, when Grandma nudged him. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “A guess. I assumed it had to be one or the other. Some days I’m luckier than—” He simply stopped talking then. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Nadia said, "I shall. She will get the part, and they will consider themselves lucky, which they should, because Ginger is a genius." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z When I was lucky, a fish was properly snagged on the hook, impaled, and I could confidently bring it aboard. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Well, lucky for your girl the doctor’s left enough laudanum to keep the missus down for a while. Did you and your girl find a place of your own yet?” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “That’s just my father. He’s lucky that way. He asked about you the last time I spoke to him. He wants you to call him sometime.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was lucky, an Indian film would be on. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z If anything out of this whole mess was lucky, it was that a storm was coming. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Moniek and I were actually lucky our last camp had had a typhus epidemic, because it kept the guards out,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z "Who is the lucky person?" a guest calls out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z “If you ask me, Mr. Crouch is very lucky no one at the Daily Prophet knows how mean he is to elves!” said Hermione angrily. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z His clever hands built a well-boring rig, and he bored wells on the lands of luckier men. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we came today! Imagine how excited she must be, to see the circus for the very first time!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky enough to fade back into the grey. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z "But you seemed so pleased to see him that I couldn't resist it. He's really a lucky man." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I was quite lucky when I got to the station, because I only had to wait about ten minutes for a train. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z I’m lucky if I get more than a single bowl out of a box if it’s the kind Mustafa likes. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z You don’t get lucky twice with those sort of men.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z We’d be lucky to get her to a hospital by morning. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t know how really lucky I was, he added, a little bitterly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z “Six isn’t exactly a lucky number,” I hedged. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “I reckon it’s lucky a house can’t speak. If it could, Ashton Place could tell all manner a’ secrets.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They have the power to trap, transport, and even transform you if you are lucky. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z You needed a good roll of the dice, a lucky draw of the cards, and some smarts, but if things went your way and you gave it your all, anyone could win. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z If I am lucky, when the war is over and I come back here for good. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are to be alive right now, right?” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Hands freeze over tables, mouths are afraid to chew their contents, dice and game chips dig into palms instead of being placed on lucky bets. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Ernie takes the baby into the living room where Bugs Bunny is on T. V. Good lucky you didn’t come yesterday, she says. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z In our fictions, a lucky shot saves your life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were lucky to be the one chosen in your family. Your mother will come for you in a couple years. You’ll see, the time will go quickly.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Frankly, I don’t care much for Stuart. He doesn’t know how lucky he was to have you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z That night, I crawl into bed, stare at the lucky penny, and think about all the things that make me lucky. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Tad took that as his cue to bolt for the door, while Mrs. O’Neil said something about his mother being so lucky. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “Let’s be on the other side of the ocean and feel lucky.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The end of February meant spring might not be around for another two months, and that was if we New Englanders were lucky. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z Scythe Volta felt lucky to be in Goddard’s inner circle. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “We think we’re very lucky, to be able to give her a birthday. It’s the same as Winston Churchill’s. And Mark Twain’s.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z He said we were lucky we didn’t remember how it had been, so we had less to mourn. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It was a great tree house; some lucky kid must have had a contractor for a father. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z It’s much easier to get back into bed than it was to get out, and when I find my blankets I roll onto my side and cry silent, angry tears, clutching my lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z When that lucky break finally came, I was ready. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z A thing shared from the start was a lucky thing. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I escaped the gallows—that is why I am lucky. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z And I’m lucky, because it means I have a lot of different homes. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “Maybe we’ll have it tonight, then, if he’s lucky. We eat late, hope you don’t mind. Late as Europeans, around here.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “We’ve been lucky in that our target has bumped into some food along the way. He chewed on a couple of cows for an hour or two, so that bought us a bit of time.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Glimmer and another girl, the one from District 4, are not so lucky. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z I told Lori how lucky we were to be sleeping out under the sky like Indians. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Take me to your friend quickly. It is lucky I brought the medicine bag with me. Da-Fu, get your blanket and give it to this girl. She is cold.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “It’s your lucky night, Picasso. You like games?” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I fall silent, trying not to think about how lucky she is. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z I think about what’s going on down the road and I think about how lucky I am, how I got everything that I wanted. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a beautiful metal can that said it was a waterer and had a lucky clover on it, and another one that was open on top that said it was a feeder. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z “Do you even know how lucky you are to be in this drug trial? But you just take it for granted. A spoiled, privileged brat.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z “You’re just lucky you didn’t lose your water purifier,” Shay said as they walked home. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “They are Arawn’s spies and messengers, the Eyes of Annuvin, they are called. No one stays long hidden from them. We are lucky they were only scouting and not on a blood hunt.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z If you have seen those pictures, lucky you. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z A young girl gives her a gift, her own lucky coin, which the girl has carried in her shoe every time she’s won a race. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Johnny thought Rab was lucky to have an aunt like that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z We were lucky not to have been robbed. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z In Africa as elsewhere in the world, some peoples were much “luckier” than others, in the suites of domesticable wild plant and animal species that they inherited from their environment. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “They were lucky. They got out before the Reds came for them.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Ever since then, when things have gone wrong in my life, I remember how lucky I am to be healthy. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “It’s very lucky he picked tonight, you know,” said Hermione as they climbed fully dressed into their sleeping bags and propped themselves on their elbows to talk. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We will soak my burns in ice water-and feel all kinds of lucky. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Maybe a dollar if it looks like new and you’re lucky. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z The luckier ones among my siblings got to stay with host families, but I had to go to camps where they housed ten of us in a cabin for two weeks at a time. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He never stopped feeling lucky that she was his wife. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Andrea reminds herself every night how lucky these Deckers are to have her at their service. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Tonight was another fluke, a lucky break, a gift. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "These girls are so lucky. What a father! He doesn't go on a trip that he doesn't bring back a treasure for them." How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z “We are the luckiest people in the village right now. Could you have said that two days ago? This too may become a blessing.” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z The way it turned out, though, we got lucky and were spared that particular ordeal. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Diana and Georgie are lucky to be leaving this horrible place. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z “You know how many people come in here every day? I’m lucky if I can remember my own name.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z Five years earlier, on a Monday afternoon in the fall of 1929, Strub had sat down in his lucky chair at his barber’s and settled in for a shave. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I used to think I was super lucky because some people only have one best friend and I had two. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z “If you were wrong, those who died quickly would be the lucky ones.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I’ve become more involved with the brigades and feel so lucky to be able to help the revolution. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z When I’m lucky, I fall asleep before the sun comes up. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z If she were lucky, she could expect to eat the same on the following day. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I'm lucky they didn't fire me. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z That’s why they put you in a room all alone, away from everybody except your lawyer and, if you’re lucky, any family that still claims you. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z It’s lucky I have something to hold on to because the jungle’s tilting back and forth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z It could not have been clearer that Malfoy really wanted that lucky day. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Whew, I’m lucky I didn’t have to go behind the door. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z It occurred to him now how lucky he and Koffi had been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z I am lucky to be a writer, to have opportunities to use my words to reach others. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z They were lucky to find the deep recess in the side of the mountain, and he realizes he doesn’t care if they spend the rest of their lives in the dark, cool place. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky Dr. Cullen was there. He’s such a nice man . . . very young, though. And he looks more like a model than a doctor. ...” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “This is your lucky day. Go and remove the cardboard, but be good in the future.” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z If you’re lucky you can hope to spend the rest of your life propped in a chair with a bib around your neck, but generally it will kill you. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Her phone’s not as lucky, and crashes against the pavement. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “Even some destined bachelors get married. I am a very lucky person.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky they wouldn’t take Milton. I don’t think it’s any kind of dishonor at all. I don’t know what I’d do if I had to send a son off to war.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Unusual names. Doesn’t Prosper mean ‘the lucky one'?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s such a weird thing to envy, but every time I see people carry caskets, I think of how lucky they are, and I wish I could have been that lucky. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I wouldn’t care about my spirits,” said Bluebell, “if my legs weren’t so tired. Slugs are lucky not to have legs. I think I’ll be a slug.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z If the kid is lucky, and the dog isn’t too stupid, people find out in time, and they get someone with no collarbones to go down the well and fish the kid out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He also says that when you find a penny, it’s only “lucky” if it’s heads-up. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z “No, I am the lucky one,” said the shoe poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Like me, all the siblings traveled separately and were lucky to find each other here. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We are not like the demons, who lock a child into one name from birth—with maybe a nickname if he is lucky. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Not nearly enough for us all, and not nearly enough for those lucky enough to get a bite to eat, but it was something. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z She knew that for the rest of her life, red would be her lucky color. I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z I be lucky if I make it to twenty-one with all these fools running round with AK-47s. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Those lucky enough to get contracts waved goodbye from the decks. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I’m the lucky one, even with this extra meat on my bones. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z The water and sky were the same color, almost black, and all I could think about was JoJo, how lucky he was to miss what was coming. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The fat man was lucky, as was the bearded lady and a handful of dwarves. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z As a whole, I felt that they were bad, but I would be lucky enough to find the exceptions. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Also, if I was lucky and found the hogs early, maybe I’d have time left to visit the cave and watch the bats come out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Guilt that I ever thought she was the lucky one. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z A clock sat on a white runner crocheted with red phoenixes and red words about how lucky and bright life is. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky to learn that lesson at such a young age. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I thought to myself how lucky all the Freedom Writers are to be able to say, “I’m going to college.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “He’s out of it now and maybe he’s luckier than we are.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You think a team can be that lucky forever?” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The less lucky ones found themselves with wounds they never even saw inflicted. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z ‘If we reach the Fire in that time, we’ll be lucky at this rate!’ he thought. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z He’s lucky to be doing that, as he reminds me every time, my guess is, he needs to remind himself. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z If a villein inherited enough strips of land to support his family, or if he was lucky enough to serve an honest and generous lord, he might live in relative comfort. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z Three of the Death Eaters swerved and avoided it, but the fourth was not so lucky: He vanished from view and then dropped like a boulder from behind it, his broomstick broken into pieces. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Covertly we regard each other, sizing up each other’s bellies: is anyone lucky? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The townspeople were sure it was lucky—perhaps even a gift from the Sea King himself. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Spurge was even luckier: he landed on Werfel. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z “It’s impossible for you to leave me. I’m part of you. You’re taking me and my stories to a new planet and hundreds of years into the future. How lucky I am.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Attending it was a lucky break for a servant’s son like Omar. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Papi recites the Hebrew blessing and then he tears a piece of bread for each of us and says, “We are lucky to live in a free country and have this bread to eat.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z There are far too many that weren't so lucky. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Caroline was lucky to have come out missing only one forearm. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z After they were broken in, they might take on other tasks or, if they were lucky, get a place at the factory. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “Yer lucky if I ever let ye in the river again,” Kin said. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “I think this might be your lucky computer,” Mr. Shephard says. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z Taking me aside, she whispers, “You are lucky to have found a home. Do not disappoint me, or the Society. I don’t know if you’ll get another chance.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I would not be so lucky in the future in my fight against the authorities at the college. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My dad said, “You’re lucky I didn’t ask her to leave the coffee cake!” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z “I know. I know. We are very lucky.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z If you were lucky enough to get hold of a piece of German parachute silk, you could transform it into panties yourself. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You guys are so lucky you get to wear makeup,” I say. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z Vera doesn’t know how lucky she is to have had the most important years of her life with her mother. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z He was lucky he wasn’t born in a time when death was natural, because he’d probably never survive to adulthood. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z But let me tell you, wearing yellow tights wasn’t making me feel lucky. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He said that his regiment had made a magnificent retreat, and the British were, lucky they’d got out of it alive, but it sounded the other way around to me. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe how lucky I am to even witness it—to be the one who gets to have it, and so much of it, is beyond luck and feels like fate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z It was clear that we had to sit there like wooden carrion until, if we were lucky, high tide would float us off. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z And I am so lucky to have my family, my friends, and everyone who has cared for me. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z We’re lucky to have the jerseys at all, considering each side just flogged them one year from one of the real local clubs or took the discarded ones. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I had known that Raji would make a fine husband for some lucky girl, but I could hardly believe that he had chosen me or that his family would accept me. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “We were lucky to get out of there alive,” Dallas told Florida. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z “You were real lucky, man. Real lucky. You could’ve gone to jail. But they just sent you to the hospital again. If it had been me, I probably still been sitting in jail.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z I must give the impression, therefore, despite my early risings, that I didn’t much care how lucky we were. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And considering everything, you’re actually very lucky. You’re alive, and you still have your knee, which makes a huge difference in your future mobility. BK amputees have it much easier than AK amputees.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z You need a ton of talent and lots of lucky breaks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z LINK: How I feel is really, really lucky. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z “She’s got the Fates with her. She came through a city killer and everyone else on that ship was dead. Doesn’t get much luckier than that.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z We are not really entitled to complain, because we are lucky children: English children got their houses bombed and we did not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Some days, Axel and Ray are lucky to see an adult coming or going from the nest. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “The world would be lucky to have more like her. She and your mother wrote to each other every week. A letter a week for years and years and years. Did you know that?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z She added that in Calcutta people ate fish first thing in the morning, last thing before bed, as a snack after school if they were lucky. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z “The lucky two will be taken to Athens and sacrificed to Gaea at the Feast of Hope.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Since I’d been lucky enough to see a hippopotamus in a touring circus in Austin, maybe my wishes weren’t so outlandish. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every moment I’m with him, I realize how important he is to me and how lucky I am to have him. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Your Iola’s right—we shouldn’t be away from our family. Look what they did for us. We’re so lucky to have them.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z But how lucky, when you think about it, that these diseases are at least species specific. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z “But now at last we can speak plainly to each other... No harm has been done, you have hurt nobody, though you are very lucky that your unintentional victims survived… I can help you, Draco.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I was lucky to have a heavy timber to hold on to, and I lay in the icy water with my chin on the wood, holding as easily as I could with both hands. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky enough, I won’t bump into my landlord, with his tank and sweats and red face. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “It’s okay. It’s lucky I brought extra clothes.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z “Ah, another lucky one,” a weak voice said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z And lucky that it had, or I might have been fired. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z An arrow does not make enough noise to upset more than tire particular rabbit that it is shot at At the fifth shot Kay was lucky. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually we would tire or the monster would get in a lucky shot. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z He was also lucky to have a devoted and observant wife. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I think about things she highlighted: “To die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Your mamá is lucky to be free, after neglecting you all the way she did.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Working in kitchens, running errands for pennies, I might be able to save that much in a year, if I was lucky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Sometimes they had only time to exchange a sniff in the Park, but on luckier occasions—though these were very rare—they would have long talks at the gate. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z “No. I am not lucky. I am not lucky anymore.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I never knew girls like that and wondered what they might do to me if I was lucky enough to be captured by them. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “I hope you aren’t attached to that name, young miss, because I can promise if you’re lucky enough to be chosen, your new parents will change it in a second.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z I’m lucky that Arthur is keeping his cool about this. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Sybil dismissed this prodigious feat—the man got lucky with regards to his master is all. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z I filled out the entry form, put Annie’s poem in the envelope, and rubbed my lucky Susan B. Anthony dollar against it. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I could have been killed but I was lucky—the bullet just skinned my ankle. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are,” he said, “to have our marriage and our family.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was very lucky, and he knew it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I was thinking how lucky Miss Love and Grandpa were, going to church at home. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z How lucky was I to have seen a day like today? Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z It was lucky that the owners of the two farms which adjoined Animal Farm were on permanently bad terms. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z In Evan's case, he also appreciated the little things, like ladybugs and lucky pennies and the clouds on a rainy day. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I consider this my lucky shirt because it has a prime number of stripes: 17. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t think anyone survived the war without being traumatized by it. But still, I was one of the lucky ones.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z We were lucky to get our uncle back from there and luckier to have him almost back to his old self, although Uncle D had long ago stopped telling us make-believe stories. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z He asked me if I thought he could beat Lynn with this lucky set, and I said no. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a very lucky man, you know, wonderful family, beautiful children, such an attractive wife ...” He lit a cigarette and allowed the match to burn until he couldn’t hold it anymore. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He ate his pizza and nodded while Mom went on about how lucky we were to have a top children’s hospital close by. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Looks like you’re one lucky girl. Do you not want to answer any more questions? It’s okay if you don’t.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z "Perhaps it is as you say, my friend,” she said softly, "and perhaps it is also because Siddhartha is a handsome man, because his glance pleases women, that he is lucky.” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're lucky that he wants to teach you to be a good boy. If it were me, I would have whipped you!" A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Come on. I see a pile over there. Maybe we’ll get lucky.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z “I’m so lucky. Other guys have sisters that set them up with dates with gorgeous girls. Me. I got a sister who makes me more aware of the language.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I wonder how I could get so lucky. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Of the scythes in his way, the lucky ones only had their robes sliced. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z We found seats next to each other at the gate, which was lucky because everyone seemed to be flying to Atlanta on that day at the same time. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Or if you get lucky: “Kicked in the head by a horse.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “That cat was our lucky piece for six years. Not one of the men would have weighed anchor without her.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I doubted if I would ever get such a lucky punch in again. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z On the rare occasions when they noticed my presence, my relatives commented about how “strong” and “brave” I was, about how “lucky” Jeffrey was to have me for a brother. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sir Fig Newton sure is lucky to have you.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “You’re so lucky you can wear anything!” the salesgirl at Lord & Taylor’s had complimented her as she swiveled this way and that before the dressing-room mirror. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z His circumstances were as bizarre as mine, and very lucky—we agree on that. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re lucky to have a computer lab at all in such a small school, Mrs. Johnson reminds us like she does every time we go to the computer lab. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Whoever he was, he was lucky if Hazel cared for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I’m dissatisfied with my job when I should feel lucky having such interesting work. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He was lucky to get enrolled in the trial, they told me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Lina walked down the Wide Hallway with Lizzie, who said, “Poor you! I thought I picked a bad one, but you got the worst. I feel lucky compared to you.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z It’s lucky, for Judith and her cousin to have an uncle who could help them get a place at the Schouwburg. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Once in a great while, the stick got a lucky hit, but the Goddess Kwan Yin was again merciful and sent the ball nowhere near the fence. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “She was lucky to have you for a brother,” she said. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z I even had this crazy hope that maybe I’d be lucky and Dr. Art Ulene would talk about that very thing, about grieving old men who were starting to oversleep in the mornings. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z I says you’re lucky if her playing out of school is all that worries you. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z Hanako had not felt this lucky in a very long time. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z She certainly was a lucky woman: a respected restaurateur, wife of a state official, and mother of the cleverest kid who ever lived. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re so lucky, Virginia!” they say when they visit me at the hotel, ogling the indoor garden and skylight and elegant furniture. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The soup was tepid, and you were lucky if there was a limp potato floating in it. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z He knew that they had been lucky to get so many does out of Efrafa and to escape from Woundwort without having to stand and fight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As for me, I’d be lucky to glimpse him on the street. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Here I am wearing my lucky bunny barrettes, but I am still thinking that I might faint.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Really really lucky When David dropped me off at home, Mother was still sleeping. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They’ll be lucky to arrive at Ford’s in time for the second act. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z This was a lucky break for the assassin. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathe On the mirror and fog it up, which proves I am alive—which, in turn, reminds me how lucky I am to be alive. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z But I was lucky—I never got stung or bitten. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Overhead, three separate lines of copper wire ran ahead of him, a lucky find that meant he might even make Bapi’s quota, but Nailer was having a hard time caring. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Last year, when I didn’t know any better, Miss McDaniels gave me a detention for wearing my lucky sneakers instead of the regulation loafers. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Ah! I truly am a lucky one after all,” the stonecutter said. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve been lucky so far, but it’s getting worse. It’s not medical... not really. Nico says it’s a side effect from my past, from where he found me.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z And the red slippers were of course lucky. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z They also said that it’s lucky our house sold so fast, and we found an affordable apartment in our same town. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z The men paid her no mind, but she was not so lucky with the boys. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Aru considered herself extremely lucky if she remembered to brush her teeth at night, much less floss. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He counted himself lucky when he landed a summer job with the Civilian Conservation Corps, laying asphalt for the new Olympic Highway for fifty cents an hour. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z Fates were all right if you were Pima and got lucky with a good mom and a dad who was nice enough to have died before he could start beating you. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “He was lucky in a way. It wasn’t long and drawn-out. No months in a hospital hooked up to machines.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “It’s going to be a lucky day. I can feel it,” Henry says. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z And people will visit us, and envy us, and talk about us; they’ll say we are the luckiest, happiest, handsomest couple in all England. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z If he was really lucky, his father would be out drinking and he’d be able to slip in unnoticed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “Then you got lucky. That’s pretty much the theme of the whole book. What ideas do you have so far?” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z They’d spent long days slogging through the snow, freezing nights in whatever rudimentary shelter they could assemble or in the deserted huts of whaling camps when they were lucky enough to come across them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “Count yourself lucky! What kind of life with an old bear hunter like Tallow? Nobody has ever stayed with Old Tallow. She drives them off. Eyah!” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z “Luckily,” Baby Kochamma said, “luckily for you, the police have made a mistake. A lucky mistake.” The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And when he thought about all the things he was lucky to see, like stars, and model cars, and Shelly, he knew for a fact Grandpop couldn’t have meant that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “I like us, too. And I feel really lucky to have you, even as a friend.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z For a few lucky ones, that moment might not come until they were established in the pros. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Greenberg escaped without permanent damage, but others, including Fitzsimmons, may not have been so lucky. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The luckiest thing was that the store was there, and that it was a big store, a general store, well stocked because of the Amish trade. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I was lucky enough to reason also that I should try to improve my penmanship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z A body would be lucky to settle down with her. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z For a medic, though, it was ideal duty, and Rat counted himself lucky. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z As Wanda and Eugenia began to talk about how no one had ever taught them how to raise gay sons, Moss realized how lucky he truly was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He watched the pilot carefully, noted everything he did, and realized how lucky he’d been. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Ten years is ridiculous, Noah. Ten years without so much as a postcard. I’m lucky your father forgave me.” Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I’m so tired that night at work I’m lucky to make it to midnight with all my fingers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I feel that I’m lucky to be alive to write novels today, when the whole world is caught in the pangs of war and change. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Alsole’s threat is a reminder of where I might end up if I don’t get lucky soon. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And maybe you’d be lucky enough to cop a cheap feel as the Holy Ghost took over her body. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z His one lucky shot had put him into retirement. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z Others said he was lucky to have survived and bore no guilt. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Her face hit the dirt; she was lucky her eyes were shut. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “It is lucky that I know about the poison of the scorpion, otherwise—” and he shrugged to show what could have happened. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z She had been extremely lucky the crocodile hadn’t been watching her bathe. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, it is annoying, that. Unlucky for your theory, and extremely lucky for our Italian friend that M. Ratchett’s valet should have had the toothache.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z Still we were so lucky that we had survived. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Things he said we just wouldn’t understand because we were lucky. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe, if he was lucky, someone would come down to get pencils and leave the door open long enough for him to slip out. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “I’m so lucky that I get to go to four high schools instead of just one,” Ben declared with feigned enthusiasm. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But here’s the lucky part — and ’tis pure sooth. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z It was lucky that Fiver had not come out with this foolish notion in front of any of the others, especially as there was trouble enough already. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky, buddy. It’s after ten. They usually shut the phone off at ten.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I told him: “You really think it’s been lucky, though?” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z “You should be so lucky as to get engaged,” she says. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The two party boys were lucky to get out alive. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z Next time—if there was a next time—I didn’t think we’d be so lucky. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “A few. But the few were fairly amazing. I got lucky.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z But before that he decided to check out the far side of the ridge and that was where he got lucky. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z “You sure are a lucky duck-duck,” said Mona, in the hospital. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Now it’s a dollar if you’re lucky, and not as big either. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z The result was that the wives stayed in the villages, seeing their husbands every five years or so if they were lucky—though sometimes there were longer separations, as with Mother and Father. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z I am so lucky, she thought, so extremely lucky! The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z In prison, one counts oneself lucky to be able to wave good-bye to one’s comrades. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I keep thinking if I had shot more, maybe a lucky shot would have got the guy that . . .’’he stopped and shook his head. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Tito himself was lucky: the bullet had crashed into his chin and ripped through his jaw. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z And so, thought Siddhartha, I enter this town under a lucky star. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky we didn’t know who you were when you were still lying under your bedroom furniture.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Maybe I am lucky—that at the age of nine I was given the ghosts of my parents’ best selves, and at twenty-three the ghost of my true love’s best self. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z They hold each other tightly and remark at its beauty, at how lucky they are to witness this once-in-a-lifetime cosmic marvel. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z But then I realize, in a way, the birds are the lucky ones. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky to be alive. It was touch and go right through the night.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z When she had visited Chicago a couple of years ago, she had told Petra that all of her namesakes had grown up to be very beautiful and very lucky. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z “Don’t feel sorry for me. I know I am the lucky one,” Grandpa says as if reading my thoughts. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Donna brings us two beers, and we crack up again when I say, “Speaking of lucky ladies!” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z I really do love him so, so much, and I’ve been lucky to have him all this time. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z That Roman bell would be lucky to get work cleaning up after a French bell's dog—and even then he'd need papers. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, well, count yourself lucky my other fingers aren’t loaded. Get my meaning?” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Percy wasn’t scared of ghosts, which was lucky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z I admit on that day I was just plain lucky. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “You are so lucky to have a director who has this vision, who has taken you on this journey. This is a journey that will be with you the rest of your lives.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “This must be my lucky day,” he said. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Abrasions on my legs, which will require skin grafts; and on my face, which will require cosmetic surgery—but, as the doctors note, that is only if I am lucky. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky if I hear from Mother and Adah twice a year. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re lucky to have him with us. It raises your spirits just to hear him.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I rest my head on his chest and think how lucky I am to have such a father. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it probably won’t live. They say the way her mama beat her she lucky to be alive herself.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky, it might turn out to be somewhat benign. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And the five lucky finders of these five Golden Tickets are the only ones who will be allowed to visit my factory and see what it’s like now inside! Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z She has the perfect body and expects everyone to be as lucky as she is. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “You lucky stiff. You got to see all those ball games.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z "Well, it just made me think about how lucky I am," her mom said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z He felt lucky that she didn’t expect him to make wads of money, but he was concerned about their finances all the same. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z “Perhaps this is one of the days when they let it go out. You never know....they might be lucky....” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z But they were lucky; the arrow had been true, and it was only another half mile before they found the deer collapsed on the ground, his flanks heaving. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “They built a courtyard in front and in back of their house. It’s behind the gate with the pictures of the lucky children on the door.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “And this,” Michelangelo announced, “is her very lucky husband—Rabbi Yehuda.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We were just lucky like that,” said Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z If he was lucky, Enrique would spend no more than two or three months locked up before being sent back to Honduras. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Not only have you been lucky enough to be attached since time immemorial to a favored evolutionary line, but you have also been extremely–make that miraculously–fortunate in your personal ancestry. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z She was aware that her mother was already on the lookout for a suitable match, though Aurelia would not be expected to marry until she was thirteen, or even fourteen if she was lucky. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z His legs were cramped from squatting on that stool, and he felt so light-headed that he was lucky not to fall into the river. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z But, as his canoe glided along another curve in the river, Roosevelt wasn’t feeling so lucky. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z I slide out of the van and grab my lucky ball from the back and warm up while Papi says hello to his friends, slapping their backs and asking about their families. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Yeobo, thank you for making me the happiest man in the world by being my wife for fifty-seven years! You are the best wife, and I am so lucky to have you. Saranghae!” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah. They would have succeeded, too, if I’d been at home. I was just lucky.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z And Twig threw an arm around his shoulder and said, “Sometimes good things just happen. Sometimes you get lucky.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Whatever was going to happen at the lunch table is something I’m lucky to have missed. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z My sister answered, “She was courageous in life and lucky to be in love.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z If I'm lucky, I get 'em talking to each other. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I raced off to the burning library, thinking I might, if lucky, be in time to salvage a few books. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z He’d be lucky now to get his Christmas order in time. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z For every two breaths I was taking in, I was lucky to get one out. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “Stewed apple, and lucky to get it,” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z If I am very lucky—I mean if I am clever about it—I will get myself shot. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z He felt lucky to have Hazel and Frank watching out for him. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “I’ve engaged him to sign up with us. Seems to me we struck lucky a coming here.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “Here, take mine so you can try chocolate. Even though you’ve already eaten more than half of yours. Gosh, you sure are lucky that I’m such a stand-up gal.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Lace flowers and a lucky leaf bloomed on a black back. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re an incredibly lucky kid. You might not think you are, but you are.” A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z I felt I would be lucky to pass. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was he one of the lucky ones? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And that’s when I see it, hanging from a wire ring looped into a zipper: my lucky rabbit foot from Libby. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I could only think how lucky a woman would be to be married to Raji; he was so kind and clever. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z So the populations did not merge, but a few lucky Neanderthal genes did hitch a ride on the Sapiens Express. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew we were lucky because we had our old Honda minivan, which had lots of room. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z There we kissed and marveled at one another’s existence, feeling secret and lucky. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z I didn’t want this to be my next lucky thing. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Mrs. Bucket said gently, “You mustn’t be too disappointed, my darling, if you don’t find what you’re looking for underneath that wrapper. You really can’t expect to be as lucky as all that.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z Six days a week if he was lucky, seven if he was not. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We get bogged down in traffic for several miles, and even though Radar is desperate to violate the speed limit, he’s lucky when he can go thirty. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z Nervous, waiting, worried it wouldn’t taste good—that it wouldn’t be so lucky after all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z If I am lucky, it might crack his skull. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “So you want to randomly flash S-O-S north, south, east, west and hope to get lucky?” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are very few people of whom so much can be said. You are lucky in having such a master.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z It was just lucky for Rachel he had so much else weighing on his mind. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Werfel and Spurge were lucky there was another balcony right below them, so they only fell ten feet. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Human beings like to laugh, and lucky for me pretty girls are human beings. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Given the firepower contained behind the Ice Court’s walls, she supposed they should count themselves lucky. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The plan was that I’d page Sonny when I got to Baltimore, then he’d pick me up and take me to his brother Lawrence’s house to meet their father and—if I was lucky—Deborah. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The day does come, finally, when a daughter can walk away from a man such as that—if she’s lucky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel such calm, so lucky to be here right now. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But he gladly played his part, even considered himself lucky—he didn’t know what he’d do without her. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Still, trees are luckier than people in one way. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I brushed Wishbone while Jackie packed, stuffing her shorts and things into her duffel bag and telling me again how lucky I was to have such a nice place to live. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I think it’s just lucky they didn’t shoot him, too,” I replied. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let’s say her village wasn’t as kind to Jews as Zmeyreka has been. Her parents were killed. Lena was sold to a jarl who came through. She was lucky. He wasn’t cruel to her.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z What a sorry group we were, brutalized and bandaged, yet luckier than most; certainly more fortunate than the dead family upstairs. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z John Flynn, the barrel-maker who had been blown clear through Number 3 freight house into the harbor, was also one of the lucky ones. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Then he said, "You're so lucky. You don't have to be afraid of the dark because you have Roofus here to protect you." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z If I was lucky a baby would wail in another room and she’d be off, hanging the belt on the doorknob as she went. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I had to do all that before I caught the bus for school, but this was Thursday, and Thursday has always been my lucky day. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I was far luckier than most girls in one other way, too: My father ran a school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z I know it’s selfish, but I can’t help thinking that Lucy is the lucky one. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Of course, Lettie and her friends came in not long after I did; I knew I wouldn’t be lucky enough to be in a different class from her. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z It was a small group, and we were lucky. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Mother offered more advice, and added that Father had been lucky that the man he had killed had had no close kinsmen, for that sort of thing had led to feuds in the past. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not everyone gets to see who they want to see again. I guess I’m lucky.” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z And if you’re lucky, maybe some people pop back in after you thought they were gone for good. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z However, this time he was not so lucky. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “Just lucky?” asked Mona, with an innocent look. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not that I’ve found. But today might be our lucky day.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Still, in town they said we were lucky. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “Must be my lucky day,” she said, finally delighted by something I said. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Basta was still standing on the stairs, playing with the rabbit’s foot he wore around his neck as a lucky charm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The last thing I think is it's lucky I don't snore. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "I'm not exactly the luckiest guy in the world." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Produce protons in sufficient quantity, Gamow suggested, and sooner or later a lucky bullet would find its mark. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The boy would be lucky to stay out of prison when he grew up—if he grew up. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Ike Green sat on her case seriously one evening on the store porch when he was lucky enough to catch her alone. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z Tucking down to leave, I remember the lucky sand-dollar birds still in my pocket from last night. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z As I look around at all the happy faces, I feel so lucky to be here. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z And the refugees are lucky if they get quilted toilet paper. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Styx is lucky to have good friends like you.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Catholics were mysteriously lucky, ‘chosen’ by God to be nurtured a special way. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes he just hung around all day at the unemployment office; on lucky days he got picked up to unload furniture or do cleaning. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z And I had friends, I was a lucky one, but I was lonely anyway. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “But somebody else might be luckier than he was. So we’ll go out there as soon as the weather clears.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z It was a moment that made him deeply aware of how lucky he was that his father was a doctor. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z One time I was lucky enough to get a dress. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not when I realized it was going to be my sixth lucky thing,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He would be lucky to answer a single question correctly, much less all of them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z One even says, Aren’t you lucky to have so many relatives? Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leaving the cow and the wagon out by the river to be driven off. You’re lucky those boys didn’t hurt you!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z He’d picked it up secondhand back in 1930, had come to think of it as his lucky hat, and wore it now for every race. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z But we know we are lucky to be getting help. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z I guess I should feel lucky that she stuck around the twelve lousy years she did. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Better to be a lucky cooper than an unlucky sailor?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z For a few lucky ones, this assignment might last only days or weeks. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Taking a deep breath, I patted my lucky film-reel hair sticks. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “It was just like detective stuff. The previous times, I’d sat there for over half an hour each go, and nothing, absolutely nothing. But something told me I’d be lucky this time.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “You brave, wonderful children. You’re miracles, every one of you, and any ymbryne would be lucky to call you her wards.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “Life is only precious because it ends, kid. Take it from a god. You mortals don’t know how lucky you are.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Tom Bolles commenced beating a stranger on the back with his lucky old fedora. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z And even when I was lucky enough to find one online, it was often from overseas and expensive. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The girl was extraordinarily lucky, Mariam thought, to escape with relatively minor injuries, considering the rocket had turned her house into smoking rubble. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Reporters lucky enough to be in the front rows rescued one elderly woman by hauling her over a railing and laying her out on a press table. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “Maybe my lucky yellow scarf will keep them away,” Sairy said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z I remember looking around the confines of the campus, thinking I would be lucky to ever get out of Tampa again. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z "Matilda is a very lucky girl. She has wonderful parents who have already taught her to multiply lots of numbers. Was it your mother, Matilda, who taught you?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a very lucky young man. Go home, and for heaven’s sake keep your head away from baseballs.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They knew because of Valley’s lessons that they sometimes stored their meals for later, but if there were already bones in the den, someone else hadn’t been as lucky. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z People in different states in India speak different languages, and I'm lucky because I know more than one. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z If he were lucky, he might get to do some programming, set up some systems. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The girl had been lucky, although he still couldn’t see her. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z But we are mighty lucky all the same, all the other squads have had more casualties than we have. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z “So round four o’clock Ah had done cleaned ’em out com-plete—all except two men dat got up and left while dey had money for groceries, and one man dat wuz lucky. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “Consider yourself lucky. I didn’t know until I was twenty.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It is grounded in a web of advantages and inheritances, some deserved, some not, some earned, some just plain lucky—but all critical to making them who they are. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Could have been hit by something or could have been just the blast. You were lucky.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “A woman’s got a man that likes to cook is a lucky girl.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, if you have never been hit by a flying burrito, count yourself lucky. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z Moss had been lucky enough to score a decent locker last year, though his mom wasn’t happy with the rental cost. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He had long since come to the conclusion that her brand of fortune- telling was really no more than lucky guesswork and a spooky manner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Find something you’d want to keep doing forever,” she said, “even if you stink at it. And then if you’re lucky, with lots of practice, then one day you won’t stink so much.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z “You’re a lucky young man. Have you the letter done? I’m going down.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z We are lucky to have been given this work. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z I squeal my happy surprise and point to the lucky number on my sheet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z I likened the top sixteen fencers in the world to superheroes, insanely fast, mesmerizing to watch, and lucky enough to not even have to fence the first day of World Cup competition. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When I saw how crowded they were I realized that I was lucky not to have been raised on a farm: there was usually plenty of room in the tavern for me and Sam. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now don’t get huffy. I never thought I was lucky before, just having girls.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “As for you, Lyra,” said Father Heyst, ‘I’m pleased to see you taking an interest in what lies in the oratory. You are a lucky child, to have all this history around you.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z I scrolled it up and tied it in a lucky red ribbon. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The fine line between safety and danger was probably all about lucky connections. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “My mom’s a nurse, and we have the restaurant, so she’s really busy too. But I’m lucky both my parents are really good cooks.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z We were lucky they hadn’t noticed us swimming there already. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z No one would ever call him lucky, but it could have been worse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z For Bill Gates, the lucky break was being born at the right time and getting the gift of a computer terminal in junior high. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z He was lucky, but he always knew in the back of his mind that if he failed in football it didn’t really matter anyway. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, sir,” said Mack, “Hazel’s all the time buyin’ these here charts arid lookin’ up lucky days and stars and stuff like that. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ah, no. You’d be lucky if he lets you pose for him sometime. ” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z I could sense Shorty’s genuine gladness, and I don’t have to say how lucky I felt to find a friend as hip as he obviously was. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z If I hadn’t missed so much school the previous two years, I might have smoked those tests, but I had barely passed the eleventh grade and was lucky to be a senior. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z They ate beans and rice when they were lucky and begged on the streets when they were not. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sober up. Write another novel. Do the thing you’re good at. Not many people are lucky enough to be so good at something.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z There probably wasn't anything "of interest" out there, and even if there was, he'd never been what you could call lucky. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “Every last detail. It’s lucky that you’re a girl. They trust women.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Just a foolish old woman who talks so much that every now and then she gets lucky and says the truth.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z They caught the lucky eye on their eighth day of sailing. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “But you are your father’s and your mother’s and you are in a lucky boat.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm lucky we try to take care of each other that way. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z There was an outcry and a great deal of complaining, but everyone knew they had been lucky to hear as much as they had. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Don’t say it out loud or we will be in trouble. I am lucky to be alive at all. I feel sad Geak did not get her meat.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z We were inordinately lucky that my university health insurance would cover most of the bill. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Moss and Esperanza had been lucky enough to attend the same junior high, but since freshman year, they’d attended different high schools. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z He says the best thing to do is find a lucky penny when you’re with someone and give the other person the good luck. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I stay, staring out the window until darkness fills the room, until the five of them walk off in the direction of The Spot, Brian’s lucky hat on Courtney’s lucky head. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z So he decided to take a holiday and travel back to his own country, Norway, and who knows, he might if he was lucky find himself a lovely new bride in his own country. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should think I was a pretty lucky chap if I could. She makes a good living out of such stories, they say.” and he pointed to the name of Mrs. S.L.A.N.G. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z In my ignorant, crippled condition in the Holy Land, I had been lucky to have met patient friends who enabled me to talk by interpreting for me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z She wants me to remind you to keep out of trouble, and to always wear your lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z I never thought about how heavy it must have been and how lucky we were to have someone bring it to us every day. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She just sat and stared out of the window, thinking what a blissful world it was and how lucky she was to have entire charge of a pig. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z We were also lucky to find some oshá, because this plant grows better in the mountains. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky he thought at all and didn't just pull out his gun and shoot me, resolving in a second the dilemma presented to him by this little Jewish boy. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z “Well, today’s your lucky day ’cause I’m about to make a new movie and guess what, you gonna be the star!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She thought of her luckiest fishing rod that Velutha had made for her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, lucky,” Rivka said, sounding as if she were beginning to lose patience. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She said, “You think I’m a lucky charm because Mabel got away. But I ain’t. You saw me. You saw what happens when you get a thought in your head.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z By a lucky chance the wind was blowing from him to me, so he couldn’t smell me. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The commandant’s assistant says, “You are very lucky, cadet. To serve is an honor.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z But I don’t feel lucky, not at all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z She also didn’t tell me what a valedictorian was, but lucky for me, I didn’t care. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z Like us, some are lucky and ride away in some kind of vehicle; however, many leave on foot, their sandals flapping against the soles of their feet with every step. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But if you are lucky, you find the chimps again when you emerge from your battle with the vegetation. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Aaron finally pushed me toward the track, and Lu had no clue how lucky he was. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z The poor people at Levy Pants were lucky that they hadn’t ended up in Angola. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Looks like it’s your lucky day,” she told him. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z But do we know enough about the sunlight that warmed them, the soil in which they put down the roots, and the rabbits and lumberjacks they were lucky enough to avoid? Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z With most of us, even when we are lucky enough to get our revenge, we must pay for it, sometimes in actual dollars. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well — I was lucky once, wasn’t I?” said Harry, pointing at his scar. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “The crew gave it to me. Said I should share it with you. Because I’m lucky for you having me.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I was lucky to like what landed there. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Carol says we are lucky to be in her class. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Nineteen, thirty-one, twenty-seven, fourteen, thirty-nine. This week’s lucky numbers are ten, fourteen, nineteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-nine. Thank you for playing Superlotto.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z The men said I was lucky to have had such a great man for a father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “But what if we don’t? What if there’s another blizzard? We were very lucky, if you ask me, to escape with our lives last time.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky when I climbed aboard and found a window seat because the train was pretty full. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I told him crickets were considered lucky in China. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Well, they must be pretty smart if they can speak our language but we can't speak theirs. You're lucky to have him, Rani." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The three of us stand there, our mouths open wide, strong white teeth inside, and my grandmother has to nod, has to say, They're lucky before sending us on our way. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z He held Minnie and kissed her and told her how lucky he was and how much he liked her sister. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There were adorable wicker ones with a bench along each side on which lucky children sat while they were pulled along by a Shetland pony. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I breathed out, knowing I was lucky for the answer coming to me so quickly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z “She’s a lawyer. And she says that she’s so lucky to have her career back that she has to work extra hard.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z "Winter's gonna be brutal this year. We got off lucky last year." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In fact, he told me, he was lucky that it was only ten years. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z When the Truman kids got to Nebraska, many of the other students they encountered just assumed that they came from one of these lucky kinds of places. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He was caught by a lion, crushed across the chest in the animal’s great jaws, and saved in the instant by a lucky shot from a friend. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, when we are lucky, we catch a glimpse of the moon through the skylight in the food court. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z They had to work harder in Bree, but Bob treated them well; so on the whole they were lucky: they missed a dark and dangerous journey. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Is it true, Mr. Smith, you consider eight P.M. to be your lucky hour?” Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m lucky that way. Listen, we need a ride to camp quick!’ The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z In one respect, of which he knew nothing, he was lucky. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Come on in. You’re lucky I don’t own a shotgun no more.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes, if they were lucky, they’d be able to shoot one to curb their never-ending hunger pains. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z To the south, Trinity Church was not as lucky. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z What if we get lucky and actually topple this thing? Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z “Not really. Maybe three or four at a time, if I’m lucky,” I say, and pick a tiny leaf from my sweater. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Since in this particular case the bird is of little value, Edgar may be lucky enough to get off with a whipping. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The company had arranged with the National Basketball Association to have one lucky kid take a foul shot during halftime of Game 1 of the NBA Finals in June. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z He had been lucky that the two of them hadn’t become tangled up in the sudden eruption of water. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Maybe they’re the lucky ones, if they have other homes to go back to, take their chances in. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry I lost my temper. I’m an ungrateful child and I’m lucky you speak to me at all. I don’t really think you’re creepy, Va-njuzu,” she added. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z At any moment, Rex Rollins the casting director could call, so I’m clutching my dying Nokia in one hand and, no doubt about it, that lucky rabbit foot in the other. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “Ah, ’tis your lucky day, yer honor, for don’t I know the very vixen.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z And I think about how lucky they were that they never had to go to school. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “You are in a hospital in Peshawar. You’ve been here two days. You have suffered some very significant injuries, Amir, I should tell you. I would say you’re very lucky to be alive, my friend.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you took quite the hit when we crashed.You’re lucky to be alive. Lucky to have a guardian angel like me to save your hide.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “What I am is very lucky,” Mom said, knocking the side of her head. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Ronan gets lucky, getting all of the yellows and greens pretty fast. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z It was very lucky he was so thin. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z How lucky it was that I had an understanding mother! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z “Spoils of war! It’s yours, all yours, you lucky lad.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “It was a lucky thing for you I had the influenza,” she said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “No, it’s true. You should be so lucky to have a friend like this.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “We’re lucky it didn’t get impounded. I called the manager, and he said ‘no problem,’ but Carl Walter was still in Boise until today. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z “Boy, you’re lucky ducks. I was just about to throw your bags off.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z While her lemon-yellow skirt was spared, the doll attached to it was not as lucky. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I pray under my breath that he stays on the park side, but today is not my lucky day. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Ellis was nowhere in sight, and I thought how lucky it would be if his family had moved to Queens or Staten Island. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Ms. Banks pressed a lucky hand to her chest. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Mark was the second son—the lucky second, Luke thought when he was feeling sorry for himself. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Not so lucky is the woman next to him: she has a different set of HLAs, which are able to pick up and transport only eight of the ten varieties. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z Sometimes it was better to not know how lucky you were. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z She steps forward a bit and says, “Yes, and I’m so lucky to work with them.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z He did have big, powerful arms, which might have scared her had she not had the most peculiar thought: those arms would allow him to give some lucky girl excellent hugs if she wanted them. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I should feel lucky it’s not something really bad, like cancer or some rare flesh-eating bacteria. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z “But you’re lucky. You just have to read to your mama and me. Do you know what you want to read for your bat mitzvah yet?” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z For now, I do invite you to come to my factory and be my guest for one whole day—you and all others who are lucky enough to find my Golden Tickets. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Old age, in short...One day, perhaps, it will happen to you...if you are lucky....” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Still, Emily thought they should consider themselves lucky to have evacuees because at one point it had looked like the whole house was going to be requisitioned for use by the army. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Almost one hundred and fifteen clean greenbacks glowed vociferously in the center of the table, waiting for the lucky winner to claim them all. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A few sparks jumped out beneath the train as it roared and rumbled overhead, and I made a wish on those lucky train sparks. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z “I had many years before these hands could learn to be Cealdar hands. You are lucky. You will work here.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z "I've never liked court much. I was lucky to be at sea with my father most of the time. He's grooming me for a boring life on a boat." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z If my dad was fishing, he might get lucky and make that much pretty quick. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z We're so short on everything I'm lucky to have a gun. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z Every day, I feel lucky it doesn’t occur to the other students that I might be from a poor indigenous family. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “And recall that silliness about ‘It’s lucky a house can’t speak’—I would wager it is Old Timothy, not the house, who could tell the Ashton family secrets, if he so chose!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Nya could see the questions in her mothers face every morning: Would they be lucky again? A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets are dark and I have to keep an eye out in case I might be lucky like Malachy long ago and find fish and chips dropped by drunken soldiers. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I always knew this was my lucky hat. I never go anywhere without it.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z “We wouldn’t be getting off on any manslaughter charges. We’d be lucky if we didn’t go to the chair.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Three thousand of the luckiest took refuge under the cover of the massive permanent grandstand, right in front of the finish line. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z You made a lucky guess; and that is all that can be said.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z “This is our lucky day. We’re going on a free shopping spree!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Trainer Woody Stephens, who began his racing career as a bug boy in the late 1920s, always felt he got lucky in this respect. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But your pole. The St. Croix is your lucky one. I’m so sorry. I want to get it back for you,” he begs Henry. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z “Oh, yes, lucky me! So small you can pack me in the luggage. Why don’t you try curling up in a suitcase?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A stone with a hole straight through it that is supposedly lucky. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And they were two of the lucky ones. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Oh. For Mum? Oh! Isn't Mum lucky having you as a son?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Any of them would be lucky to marry you. You are very pretty,” I would whisper back, and my sister would bat her eyelashes and laugh. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z What came next for Barack, though, was a series of lucky twists. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “I won many times and was so lucky the others teased that I had learned the trick of a clever thief,” she said. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d make such a fool of myself, and I’m already lucky enough as it is, that Kalinda decided to speak with me and walk with me and invite me to her home. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It was a bit like Frankenstein’s monster, except that it was my mother’s monster, and I’d been the lucky recipient of its great girth. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z That was my third lucky thing on my streak. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Abigail pushed her lucky bracelet farther up her arm, then hoisted her granddaughter into her lap. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I hear over and over again how lucky I am. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z “Good. You were lucky . . . this night. But prepare yourself, child. One of them—probably many of them before this journey is over—will take you.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I can’t believe how lucky I am, but I’m careful not to react. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z "Well, isn't that lucky? I can tell you that—because it happened right here." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Thank your lucky stars it was only half to death,” she replied. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I was lucky to get him instead of dolphin. Dolphin is too sweet. This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But it had never actually been used “in the field”; so he was cautious, and it was lucky he was. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I’m lucky that she decided to forgive me, for the way that I went and told Camille and Darrell about Sandy liking other boys. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z One in back says, “Yeah, right. Like that dweeb would have a girlfriend. He’d be lucky to get a pet bird.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z “Simple. Each of you loses his or her library card and adds it to the discard bowl for our next lucky contestants to try and win.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Even without the sons, though, how much luckier they were than Grover! Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z How lucky the “Collective” has been to live on the ship with all that cool stuff. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Some were lucky and had a professional or two in their midst. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z You might be lucky enough to be trained as a specialist—the person who watched the cane grow and who kept an eye out for when the plants were ripe and ready to be cut. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z “We’re lucky we don’t go to one of those schools where everything’s, like, enclosed, and the halls are really crowded, and you have to go up and down levels to get to class.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z “If we’re lucky, we can make it before the next wind cycle.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “Think I take offense on behalf of my lucky hat,” Brian replies with a smoothness and coolness that drive spikes into my eardrums. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z The doctors said I was lucky to come out of it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z They turned into the ward, and she was lucky that an emergency bed was ready by the door. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It especially hurt at the temples, but my mother said we were lucky we didn’t have to have our feet bound when we were seven. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The boys at the post office tell me I’m lucky to get the Carmody family telegram, a shilling tip, one of the biggest tips you’ll ever get in Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Looking back, I count myself lucky that I ended up in Anker’s. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Many families weren’t as lucky as ours and suffered months of anguish while trying to arrange transfers from one camp to another. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess she was trying to contain herself in front of the other girls who may not be as lucky. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Some of those lucky guys, like my friend Georgia Boy, waved to us as our bus roared through the gate. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Some of the other women with food poisoning weren’t so lucky and somehow had to find the energy to compete anyway. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You’re just lucky that I caught you and not my mom or dad,” I say. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z That puts us at thirteen and Missus Stein asked for a dozen, so I think we’re lucky. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z "I thank you for them . . . and for your tender words. I pray you a lucky name day, Your Grace." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Our rules dictated that the girl’s choice be respected and once she had chosen her favorite, she was free to continue on her journey escorted by the lucky boy she loved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Who makes pork and sauerkraut a traditional lucky meal on the day after the year’s biggest traditional drinking binge? Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “You don’t know how lucky you are, I was just about fixing to stab you in the heart!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z I arrived at the Wanderers Club in an unusually happy mood, feeling that it was my lucky day. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Marina was lucky it wasn’t later in the year or she wouldn’t have been able to survive the taiga’s severe winter weather. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Perhaps his dead mare was the lucky one. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z “Well be lucky if ninety seconds is enough for our ship to make it off the old planet. They’ve overrun the guard station. They’ve taken weapons.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z "And count themselves lucky that they have such a gentle queen," added Lancel. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z He was lucky; his lack of caring made him supremely un-nervous. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Me and Jay were really lucky we didn’t get caught in that trap. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z I slow down, try to move with some stealth, but I'm really just lucky to be upright. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z We will be lucky if we can postpone the search for new technologies for a while, until we have discovered some satisfactory things to do with the extra time. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was part of a buying spree I had with some of my scholarship money when I heard I was one of the lucky ones going to New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She counted herself lucky to be on days, seven till eight with half hours for meals. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z It doesn't have much detail, but I'm lucky to have it at all. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think this is going to be my lucky day.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And, in spite of the dread for this day, she feels lucky. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z He was lucky if they even remembered to get him a gift. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “You couldn’t believe how bad it’s been. I’ve often thought you were lucky to be hit when you were.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Gopal complained, “I have to sit in a hot schoolroom all day and have my knuckles rapped if I look out the window. You are the lucky one.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z The caravan would be very lucky to reach the oasis. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, I must be the luckiest kid in the world.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Maybe if I'm lucky, that will one day happen to me. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Unless you have been very, very lucky, you have undoubtedly experienced events in your life that have made you cry. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z And she would answer, “Because he was the best,” or “Because he was the smartest,” or “Because he was the handsomest. He would add, “And the luckiest.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z My best friend and I happened to be the lucky ones. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was one of them who had been picked off by a lucky shot from the swaying zeppelins. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z If you got lucky, the bad guy would drop an artifact when you killed him. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “We were lucky to be lost here,” Mr. Bacon said. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “I’m just a kid from Florida. I probably got lucky when I killed that hollow.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “That was close. Next time we might not be so lucky,” Connor said as we neared the cottage. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Who would have dreamed I would be so lucky? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “I brought the lucky key,” she told the dolls, “to make sure we have a good picnic.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z How lucky they were to find work so soon and friendly Mexicans to help them. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “Well, all I can say is that it was a lucky day for the Weasleys when Ron decided to sit in your compartment on the Hogwarts Express, Harry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Babulya declared the rain lucky, an answer to the prayer they hadn’t even said yet, but to Anya it felt like a punctuation mark to her utter failure. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “I think I’m lucky, too,” Robin said with a sigh, and looked out at the beautiful view before us. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z “Grandma used to say that the scratches are what made it lucky.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z My mother said a deer must have been lucky some long-ago day. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “You are a good friend, baba. And he is lucky to know you.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He was lucky enough to die in his plane. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The sheriff's job was not an easy one, and that county which, out of the grab bag of popular elections, pulled a good sheriff was lucky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z "Follow me! We'll be lucky if they didn't catch sight of us!" The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky, we won’t have time to cover much more than that. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z My lucky red underpants were in the wash so I settled for my banana-yellow ones. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Maybe today I’m wearing the true lucky shirt. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z One would be hard- pressed to pick which side was the lucky one, since both were equally dead. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “You remember what I said a couple nights ago? About needing to be lucky and smart?” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z It was a lucky bird, a nice thing to see on a day like this. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. Elvio,” Salvador called out, “what does lucky mean in English?” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z “If it wasn’t you, it’d be some goalie from Michigan or Maine or Wisconsin or wherever. It didn’t have to be you. Remember how lucky you are to be here.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky I still have teeth to lie through. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “It’s a lucky thing for you you’re too tough for stew,” I threatened that morning after she’d pulled her favorite trick once again. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z Not that I’m complaining about a ruined birthday party — I was lucky to be fed and alive. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z It was a piece of garbage, and if that got him out of the house, I would have felt lucky. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z Several lucky ones returned to the water after a bounce on the tarpaulin. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I felt lucky to get my shoes on the right feet, that’s why. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “And sometimes the dead are luckier,” he said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z We suspected Mr. Axelroot of having better boxes that he took to luckier children elsewhere. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z How lucky she was that he was even still alive. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z No woman in her right mind, these days, would seek to prevent a birth, should she be so lucky as to conceive. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z People like Park, who were lucky enough to have a whole seat to themselves, weren't going to give that up now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z "I'm talking about you. How lucky I am that you're so smart about boys." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z They are disturbing to look at, nightmarish, but most of them, oddly enough, are intended as lucky benignities. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Other lucky children might merely be thrashed for their sins, but we Price girls are castigated with the Holy Bible. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “The man in charge was Igbo, and Madu said he was keen to give the contract to a fellow Igbo. So I was lucky. And he’s asking only for a five percent cut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Some were lucky and gave the mob the slip. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A lucky blow to his chin and I had him going too—until I heard a loud voice yell, "I got my money on the big boy." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “This is the only decent hospital in town—lucky guess. Plus, your name’s on the door.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Panda-Laney also loved cookies—well, Laney liked them too—and if she was lucky and ate three whole carrots, usually a cookie would follow. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Most days she felt like the luckiest person in the world, in love with her husband and blessed with three daughters she adored. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z "But she planted 'em way too early. She's lucky those seeds even came up." Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We did feel lucky to have met that thing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I’m not sure if I can be so lucky to be called again. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “You lucky he didn’t die in the middle of talking to you,” Trey says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z She tells me that if I am lucky I will be sent to a place called Ravensbruck when they are finished with me here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z I’ll tell you we were lucky to get a murder case. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z And he was lucky that the kid didn’t feel like talking, because despite the complete weirdness of everything that had happened within Thomas’s known reach of memory, he felt calm again. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z “I barely escaped with my life. Most who enter aren’t that lucky.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z You’re lucky to have a sister that is one of the best cooks in the county—don’t ever think you’re not.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z They were lucky I didn’t push them off the side of the bed—selfish brats. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Even then he was lucky, for the rebels retreated and the field surgeons moved up immediately. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We were lucky if we were able to read out loud. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Some lucky chance in our worlds long ago must have meant that creatures with backbones had it a bit easier, so all kinds of other shapes developed, all based on the central spine. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z As the wagon worked its way up the hill, I figured I was a man now and maybe about the luckiest one alive to be able to build a levee on the great Mississippi River. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The chaplain was passing out pieces of lucky candy and rolls of military toilet paper, and Ishmael took one of each from him chiefly because everyone else had done so. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “You were lucky this time, Tara,” she said. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z ‘If there are no worse things ahead than the Old Forest, I shall be lucky,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z This was the only option Arturo’s new job had given us, though, and I told myself we were lucky to have it. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z In a way the C.I.D. man was pretty lucky, because outside the hospital the war was still going on. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Nah, you planted that ball. Your first baseman would be lucky to catch a cold by himself. No offense.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z For the millionth time he thinks how lucky they are that they stumbled across the hidden haven. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z They weren’t very good at this yet, but once in a while they got lucky. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a whole tribe of men who made a living simply by selling systems, forecasts, and lucky amulets. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z But when those lucky few show up every morning, Anatole lines them up, littlest to biggest. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z In the hallways afterward, the other kids kept coming up to tell me how lucky I was. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “That little parasite is lucky. Its life is just beginning, while mine is nearly over.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z “You’re just lucky the old guy isn’t going to press charges,” the cop said, practically slamming the door on John’s foot and then getting into the driver’s seat. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z On another occasion, they were not so lucky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “That was just lucky,” Caleb says, turning the gun over and over to see it from every angle. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Wasn’t I the luckiest boy in the world? Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z And I was more lucky that Ma was back in her room when I came in, and I went straight to my own room. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “You’ve just got a broken leg. You’re lucky. This woman here, she was in the car in front of you. She’ll probably never walk again. We think she is paralyzed for life.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z “Mama was lucky. The city didn’t want a scandal. They agreed not to press charges if she signed a confidentiality agreement and destroyed all her research.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “We were lucky the weather was very good in Helsinki,” he said. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Salva was well aware of how lucky he was to be able to go to school. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z One man is lucky: he happens to have HLAs that can lock onto and carry pieces of all ten variants to the cell surface. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z In fact, I thought myself very lucky when I found a room in a two-story house on Jesus Green, a superb location less than ten minutes’ walk from the lab. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I take my lucky spot in the den in front of the sectional. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z That they’re lucky to be alive.Truer words have never been spoken. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z The people who were right behind us were not as lucky as we were. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z ‘I think we can reach Spain this time if we’re lucky. Just let me -’ The mob of ghosts vanished, like a mass of birthday candles blown out in a single breath. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “No, baby, do not apologize. You realize how lucky I am that my son is one of my best friends?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky I’m such a liberal and freethinking type of guy” he continued. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “A Palm Pilot? Boy, she’s lucky, I don’t even have one of those!” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z Nobody could really be as lucky as Richie seemed to be. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z And I don’t remember to put my headlights on until I’m already halfway home, which means I’m honestly lucky I didn’t get arrested by now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z If the kid isn’t lucky, then he dies down there, and the tale ends sadly. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “You’d be lucky to get one this late in the day.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “You’re probably just naturally lucky, so your luck is coming too fast.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn’t think I was lucky to have tripped on a rock. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I remember feeling lucky that some old building had been gutted and there were so many toilets at the junkyard to choose from. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Mom blindfolds me With a dish towel And turns me six times, My lucky number For my lucky day. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernie looked like Ma but was lucky enough to have Dad’s smile. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He’d logged much weight-banging time since I last saw him, that first semester of freshman year, when I got lucky and pasted him. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He won a homework pass off a lucky guess and he confused me in Scattergories. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z "I am, for sure. But with other things I'm not so lucky. Seems like we both have bad stuff in our lives we want to leave behind, right?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Extra clothes, books, scientific instruments and specimens, chess sets, flags, lanterns, tools, sewing kits, lucky talismans, razors, barometers, combs, scissors, playing cards, dishes, silverware, photographs—each man added to the heap. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Mrs. Frisby and her family were especially lucky in the house itself. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z 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 It was lucky that Harry had tea with Hagrid to look forward to, because the Potions lesson turned out to be the worst thing that had happened to him so far. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky he didn’t kill you. He would have if Alice and I hadn’t talked him out of it. Now what are you going to do to repay us for saving your life?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky that we’re safe inside and all together,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z They couldn't have felt lucky at the time. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z I feel lucky that Papa is a doctor. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I think: How lucky I am to see the dead. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z But Chigger got lucky because Miranda was on a losing streak and was starting to get a little desperate. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The ER nurses and doctors who see me say that I’m lucky. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Paul Van Riper’s Red Team did not come out on top in that moment in the Gulf because they were smarter or luckier at that moment than their counterparts over at Blue Team. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z How long would Eliza keep me, a day maybe, a week if I were lucky? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t feel lucky but they keep coming. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z And Barack, if he was lucky, could sometimes squeeze in a daytime round of golf on the course at Andrews Air Force Base, which left him more relaxed. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z There was a scramble for chairs in the back rows, but I was not one of the lucky ones. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Hush Puppies, in a sense then, got lucky. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was so odd to feel lucky—lucky to have food, lucky to have a seat. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z When Petey reached for his lucky letter, it wasn’t in his pocket. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z How could anyone be so lucky as to have two fathers at this horrible time? The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “It was certainly lucky that the old man was there to shout for help,” he said. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I’m just the lucky one who found you. Your Graecus friend here -’ he pointed his chin at Nico - ‘he was easy to track. He stinks of the Underworld.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z “A lucky thing, too,” Mr. D grumbled, playing a card. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I thought how lucky he was to have had a woman like her directing his life. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z It’s lucky I didn’t have anything against Mama written down. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “We’re lucky Mrs. Williams didn’t get hurt, or that someone else didn’t, either. I expect we won’t have water pooled on the floor like that again.” Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z These are the types of boys back home, maybe a year older than I am, who make it their primary interest in life to torture or, if I’m lucky, murder me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky. I was also fifteen when I had my first episode, but I didn’t end up in a place as nice as this.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “But still, Ritu, you’re so lucky, you know,” Mamma said, smiling wistfully at the ultrasound picture, which was now in her hands. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Nay, not born lucky, as you shall bear — but lucky soon after and ever after. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “If I’m lucky, many of my guests will have gone. They needn’t all hear their future ruler disgrace himself.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z Still, we were lucky because it rained a little when we first came to Kakuma and that settled the dust. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z "One daughter almost killed, the other one a bomber. Smart-aleck kid, first she blows up my kitchen, then she advertises my cuisine. Win the inheritance— ha! Maybe I'm lucky my son is a dumb jock." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "An evil dude like Iggy Lee, we were lucky to get out of there alive." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z The officers had no basis for suspecting Bostick of any criminal activity, but they got lucky. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z But just spending time with Thomas online and knowing that he believed in me truly made me feel like the strongest, luckiest element in the world. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky,” he says, “because good things happen when I wear it.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z On a steep slope, I'd be lucky to get 40 kilometers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The one lucky thing was that it was coming from the direction opposite to the one in which the gray goose had flown. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z From the first I escaped unharmed, but on the second occasion I was not so lucky. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Luke slept, on his bedside table a flashlight and the lucky piece he always carried with him. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z They had all brought their mothers-in-law and children, and even their village friends who were not lucky enough to have overseas Chinese relatives to show off. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z He was carrying a lever-action rifle without a scope, and he was close enough for the agent to hit with the pistol, though it would take one hell of a lucky shot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Epileptics were often shamans because people just assumed that God gave seizure-visions to the lucky ones. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z We were lucky, that’s what they said to those of us who were left. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He thought he’d be lucky if a single one came up—but to his surprise, four of them were noted as having done something heroic at some point in their lives. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z It was lucky that Rose had her camera with her. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z “It is nice. But a pretty face is just a lucky accident. Pretty can’t feed you. And you’ll never be pretty enough for some people.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z He was lucky not to have been more severely wounded. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z The streets of Russian cities were filled with homeless children Marina’s age who hadn’t been as lucky as her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z My dad was lucky to still have a job. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I would be lucky to get an invitation to my own funeral, with my reputation. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z “I’m not sure yet,” said Harry, thinking privately that Sloper would be very lucky to get back on the team. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “Yes. If they make it. Family rockets are made for travel to the Moon, not Mars. We were lucky we got through.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “There’s no accounting for some people. You’re lucky to get it back. Is it all right?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z "If he is, you lucky it's just a dog—'cause, man, I tell you I believe it's a bear that's got holt to me." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are very lucky. It’s not every day Holy Beings present themselves to humans, especially in this day and age.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Sometimes I am lucky to achieve a steady state between replacing the returns and picking up items strewn on the racks and the floor. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky Mom even let me come with her this time. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z As if he knew she didn’t let people touch her, and he knew she would let him touch her, and he was the luckiest guy in the world. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He said, ‘You’re lucky I’m saving my energy for the main event, little satyr. I’ll just grant you a short nap. Pleasant dreams.’ The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Yet landbirds flying from starboard crossed his bow— a lucky augury. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z He said to the boy in play, “It’s lucky you’re so prodigious sweet-faced. Otherwise we’d all feed you to them sharks for introducing fleas.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z It was really lucky that Harry now had Hermione as a friend. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “You were very lucky to get out of there alive.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z "Well, sometimes light shines on the worthy. But sometimes it just shines on the lucky ones. And sometimes..." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In reflecting on his game a while after it occurred, Bobby was refreshingly modest: “I just made the moves I thought were best. I was just lucky.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “Jupiter is lucky to have you, you know? Your dad would be so proud.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z We marched on for three days, and I still hadn’t been lucky enough to get any food from the kind-hearted Czechs. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z We were different, not just because we were white and had our vaccinations, but because we were simply a much, much luckier kind of person. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had thought I was lucky getting the best education and the top-notch teachers. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “I had quite an accident last week, lucky to be alive, really. But the thing’s almost fixed. Which utensil did you say you were interested in?” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z But Uncle Paul said the charm was lucky, not magical. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z The luckiest thing he had ever done was to disobey his mother and show this cup to Cilia last July. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I was also wearing my lucky film-reel toe socks, but he didn’t need to know that. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z One thing I can say, though, is that in a certain way I was lucky that whole time, since I never heard footsteps. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes there are no drugs available to stave off infection, but Carlos was lucky. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z “Lucky, lucky Mum! I have a son as lovely as you, too.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “I did. I was one of the lucky ones. Your aunt Aggie wasn’t so lucky.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z You were lucky it was only a sign. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z I've been useless for a week, driven around for appearances and meetings, lucky if I’ve made a single meaningful contribution to any of them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “Well,” I said, feeling cooler, “it’s about using your head, getting a spark from being creative, I think. All I’m trying to say is I’m real lucky that Yvonne helped me the way she did.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z Evangelists who on Sundays peddled Jesus, and mystics, would pray a lucky number for you, for a fee. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Even going to school felt different—not so much this thing I had to do, something I was lucky to get to do. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I don’t regret it, but I don’t feel quite as lucky anymore. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Matthias thanked his lucky stars that he had once more come out alive. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z We’re lucky that English, with its stretchy grammar and its giant grab bag of a vocabulary, gives us so much room for verbal play, if not anarchy. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dodgers led throughout most of the game, but everyone knew the Yankees were luckier than mice in a cheese factory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z Though odds were that he and Alec would find a portable phone or workpad somewhere in the wreckage—and if they got lucky it wouldn’t be broken. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z I looked at him and laughed, and said, "No, Daddy. Roofus is lucky. I protect him." When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z “I’m not. Really. I’m very sorry. But whoever is your mom, she is very lucky.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Joseph did not feel very lucky at that moment. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z ‘We are lucky men,’ he murmured, ‘for we have a cause worth dying for. This honor is not given to every generation.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah,” said Ron, “and lucky Harry doesn’t lose his head in a crisis — ‘there’s no wood,’ honestly.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z It was lucky he saw it first or she might have yelled the way she did when she saw the deer. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z “You have no idea how lucky you are that I was sitting at that bar today.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Bad children out of cabins! Snack time for lucky harpies!” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Mena told me one night after it happened that Lucas had to be pulled off the stage and was quite lucky that he didn’t get charges pressed against him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z Having been lucky enough to be assigned some of the best code breakers in America, he was not about to let them slip through his fingers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Why didn’t they try being “lucky” like Jeffrey for a few months? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Good, good. Well, Lizzie, you’re a lucky little girl. Those huntsmen who found you brought you to the best place you could be.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z They’d been lucky to find an empty set of seats near one of the doors. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The lendri, the dog, the crow, the marksman—they had been lucky to escape them. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z "You're lucky it was just a wheel! A bad driver and not even TRYing!" The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z We were among the lucky ones who survived, although we did not feel lucky. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “It sounds like you were extremely lucky,” Dr. Cullen said, smiling as he signed my chart with a flourish. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They wouldn’t go without him—he was their lucky ticket. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z They were lucky to find it so late in the season. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Perhaps, if they are very lucky, he will give one of the speeches for which he has become so famous. shouts. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z They were also lucky enough to find a canoe so they could deliver the supplies to the other men. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I suddenly really get that I am lucky. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z On the other hand, you may be just lucky and get a man very much worth knowing. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky he doesn’t ask the question out loud, because I’m not really sure if I am, either. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z That is why seven is a lucky number, and why we celebrate on Chaen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z ‘After two jumps in a row, even with a little help . .. you’re lucky to be alive. We’ll need you to be ready again by nightfall.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z I wondered if we were lucky or not. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are to be born in the ‘A’ nest don’t yew think, and wouldn’t it be awful to be one of those old B’s.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It takes no small degree of humility for him to look back on his life and say, “I was very lucky.” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But the truth was, there were times Dolores didn’t feel quite so lucky. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky, though. I mean, now you speak two languages, right?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He added that we had been justly convicted and were lucky not to have received the death penalty, which we probably deserved. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Or just that he felt lucky that out of all the people in the world, his dad was his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z But that’s the kind of luck we have—dumb dead relatives who go outta their way to interrupt your good-night’s sleep to give you a lucky number that only brings you bad luck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky you haven’t froze yet. You should go back and like punch out the guy that sold it to you because he’s been like, you know, negligible selling you that.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Any dream would bring out the Black Cat dream book for an interpretation and the accompanying lucky number. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “My son was very lucky to have had you in his life.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z That one meal never varied: hot water with a little salt or pepper, and if we were lucky, bits of potato skin and slivers of other vegetables. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z And now...looking into Grammy’s denim-blue eyes, I feel lucky that I never had to weather a storm alone—and that Grammy and Papa Joseph were there to step in when my mother stepped out. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z All her life, she would preserve her luggage tag from “United’s Mainliner” as if it were a lucky charm. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z She thinks I’m lucky I got yanked out of the only place I’d ever known my whole life and sent off to live with people I’d never laid eyes on before? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z This would be her fate someday—if she were lucky—living at the mercy of some rich butt-toad. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z If they are lucky, they become so full they have difficulty moving. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I am so lucky, she thought, to have the job I want. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Or, if they’re lucky, the family they work for lets them stay on and they can have the baby, but then the baby goes to live with relatives in the homelands. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z These were the words Roosevelt lived by, and he knew that the expedition would require only the strongest men—and the luckiest. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Always I was waiting for my lucky break. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Maddie, lucky beast, did not have to endure any of this. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z But more recently a lucky accident uncovered the fact that Friedmann’s assumption is in fact a remarkably accurate description of our universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The chickens are luckier than we are—most days their crates are brought up on deck and they get fresh air to breathe. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z Maybe you’ll think it’s nuts that the brother of a cancer patient would feel lucky, but at that instant, I most surely did. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “Let’s say a Hail Mary for our lucky stars,” Mary Anne said, suppressing a giggle. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I suppose you were lucky. Things could have been worse.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z We’re lucky if there’s a cut of bread in the house. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “I doubt that very much. Families are very far-flung these days. Not everyone is as lucky as you are to have your grandparents close by.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I don't think he knows how lucky he is.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Who knows if Grandma really thought the first daffodils of spring were lucky or if she just wanted to go on walks with me through the woods? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, perhaps because of first-night board fright, Bobby underestimated his opponent but was lucky to coax a draw from Neikirch, even though Bobby had an inferior game. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It was especially lucky that the Nightbeast had not eaten him right away. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z But he knew he was lucky to have only shrapnel wounds. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “We’re very lucky, Jack. There’s so much we take for granted. ...” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z This hand’s lucky winner turned out to be none of the men seated around the table, however. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I color myself lucky that she's got her arms around me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky for us you happened to die,” Minya said, redirecting herself at the ghost. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z We were lucky to live in Northern California, I figured. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “If you’d been willing to spend the money, sir, we could have had separate rooms. Weren’t you lucky there were two berths on the boat!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z So, for peace of mind, I again went to Tembisa Hospital, and was lucky to find a doctor to look at me. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But he was lucky: orders from on high had not yet changed the bribe-hungry behavior of the four bedraggled soldiers Shin met at guard stations along the Tumen River. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z So unless you have been very, very lucky, you know that a good, long session of weeping can often make you feel better, even if your circumstances have not changed one bit. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z But I was lucky enough to see which tree one squirrel went up; so I put some of Little Arliss’s racket to use. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z I am awfully lucky to have something like this to refer to in my old age. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z If he’s lucky, maybe he’ll still get that A and go to Disney after all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It was not so lucky for the Queen. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky; Mr. Banner wasn’t in the room yet when I arrived. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Among them were women who hadn’t been as lucky as Hayva, but had been young when the gods ruled Weep. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z “That Roman boy is on his way to Epirus—the one who killed me on Mount Othrys. Got lucky, he did. Now it’s my turn.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “I was lucky. My doctors say it just missed my blood vessel here.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z If you were lucky, even to sit with them on the front seat. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z “You could have died. I don’t know how you got so lucky.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z “Cooter,” Pa said, “today your lucky day, son. You’s ’bout to get two shows for the price of one. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z “I am so lucky, not to be a Christian,” she said aloud. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Occasionally someone remarks on what a lucky coincidence it is that the Earth is perfectly suitable for life—moderate temperatures, liquid water, oxygen atmosphere, and so on. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Henrietta and Day were lucky if they sold enough tobacco each season to feed the family and plant the next crop. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z He was brilliant red, the color of a lucky lantern, with emerald-green whiskers, horns, and a dull stone-colored ball like the moon on his head. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky,” one of the nurses said as she picked glass out of my curls in the emergency room. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Which was lucky, because the brutally skinny chicken carcass turned out to be her new roommate. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z I said I’d been lucky so far, knowing that luck had nothing to do with it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Who,” he asked, “is the luckiest person in the world?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The luckiest person on that day was a graduate student named Harry Glicken. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Record companies spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on promotion, trying to get their videos on MTV, and if they can get them broadcast one hundred or two hundred times, they consider themselves very lucky. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But Mr. Bailey waved his hand, saying, “Seventy plus seven is a lucky number.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Wanda, the Good Switch was newer and had a little padding to it, if you were lucky to get its softer side. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Bertha had asked me about a million questions, like what was my favorite subject in school and did I have a lucky number? Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Bertha paraded me around like I was a beauty queen, introducing me to everybody and making on over me and saying how lucky she and Gus were to have me staying with them. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky we have snow,” says my mother. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Fine would later write that Bobby “was not yet strong opposition. My family remembers how furious he was after each encounter, muttering that I was ‘lucky.’” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “He’s lucky he hasn’t been eaten, is what he is,” Hector said, eyeing Otto. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z Sivaji acted for him, and being a kindly, humane man, we counted ourselves lucky. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z They were lucky to escape with their lives. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z “And you found it more quickly the second time? That’s the really lucky part, I guess.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z We were lucky we were cutting class down by Propp’s pond. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “You were lucky. Going to hit me with a stick, were you? And what else were you going to do?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z They were just lucky to be wired to endure and overcome. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Me, I’m feeling lucky he came along like he did. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z My dad likes to joke around, and it would definitely be awkward, but I guess I’m lucky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I am quite certain that you will use it to greater advantage in these difficult days than I ever can and that you will accept it as a lucky talisman. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky I had my first-aid kit with me,” said the doctor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z "He was lucky to have survived," Stanley's mother was quick to point out. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z “I envy them being able to walk around like that. They don’t know how lucky they are.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z He had already smacked a home run earlier and could get lucky again. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z “Six weeks is a long time, Agent. And it’s a hostile island. They’ll be lucky to last two days,” the Boss answered. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “I know it’s hard to believe considering everything I’ve done, but you really do mean a lot to me, Rae. Coop’s lucky to have you.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Here was a woman, she thought, who had understood that she was lucky to even be working, that there was always something, something else, that they could take away. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z "Faster," Freak is saying, and he's urging me on, it's lucky for me the little dude doesn't have any spurs, but I don't care, I just want to get clear of Blade. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z If he was lucky, maybe there was a ladder. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky that I had two different grandmas. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z I am one of the transfers, or the “lucky ones,” on “Gruwell’s List.” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah. My parents are a whole other matter. You’re lucky you get along with yours so well.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z She turned and shined her light on new people, people who felt lucky she had noticed them. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z You’re lucky, missus, that you saw a bit of the world. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z “Now, now, that doesn’t seem fair. Anyone can get a lucky guess.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Not likely to be so lucky,” said one man bitterly. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A couple of decades ago, his choices might have been the military or the Simplot plant or, if he were lucky, a trade or vocational school. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I once overheard them arguing over which was the luckier number—five or three. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Walked toward the statue of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, since it seemed a lucky thing to do. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z It was hard; rain or no rain, it would still only be in the high forties, if we were lucky. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z “You were lucky you slept because the sound tears the heart. I could hear babies crying in it. I could hear tortured people screaming, and the cries of their relatives who had to watch.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to encourage him by remarking that he was lucky at least to have found a position. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Some people were born lucky and sailed on clipper ships. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “That will be a very lucky baby,” she said. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “They are calling it a massive stroke. We’re lucky he didn’t die. But he’s still not conscious yet, so we don’t know how it has affected him.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z All I can remember is how awfully lucky I felt, and consequently how worried I was that all this undeserved good fortune would someday slip away. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z It's lucky I'm ready to move on because when I hear the feet, I have less than a minute head start. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “But the other agents weren’t so lucky,” Sticky said. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z But then I think how lucky I have been. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z Their birthday, maybe, or some other lucky digits they arrive at somehow. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z When someone falls ill, the family throws out his belongings, puts the sick person on someone’s back or a wagon if the family is lucky enough to have one, and march on. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the years to come, Barack and I would be lucky enough to return there a few times as invited guests. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I wish I could go back and find that he’d turned into mulch, but I doubt I will be that lucky. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I love my parents and Uncle Phil very much, and I know I’m lucky to have them. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Hiding Jews was a crime punishable by death, so she was lucky that she wasn’t killed. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z When Oshiro came out of anesthesia, they told him he was lucky the bullet had hit the radio first. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z I ended up with pants that were too short and a shirt that was too big, but I was lucky to get a pair of wooden shoes that fit. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Maya had really gotten lucky, but Joaquin wasn’t going to say that to her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He hadn’t had that many strokes of good luck in his life, but Joaquin knew he had gotten lucky by not having any siblings. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Around me I hear small grunts and sighs as those lucky enough to have slept stretch out their cramped limbs. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “She seems to have found some good guardians already. She must be lucky.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “We’ve been lucky,” he said, “but it can’t last much longer. You’re young. You look normal and innocent. If you keep clear of people like me, you might stay alive for another fifty years.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z “It’s not everyone who is lucky enough to be picked to represent our school in this way,” she says. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Maybe it was lucky, then, that my terror-to-confidence ratio was at an all-time low. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We were lucky to get four or five customers a day. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Other prisoners said he was lucky and would never get it again—that a mild case was like an inoculation. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z So much for my lucky rabbit foot, still gripped in my palm like a handgun. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It would be like stepping back into a box I was lucky enough to break out of. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The man handing out the papers says my arms are that skinny I’d be lucky to carry two stamps but Uncle Pat sticks eight papers under each arm. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z I felt lucky to be his grandson, and I always wanted to earn his approval and be worthy of his affection. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z At that time I didn’t think I was lucky, I thought I was brave and knew how to fight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I felt lucky, but anxious, expecting one of them to ask or to say something at any moment. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I am a very proud and very lucky father. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “Me own land? A house? We’re lucky if we can pay our rent.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Until the audition I felt like the luckiest girl in the world. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She was just not very bright and not very pretty and, because of these two lacks, not very lucky. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I was feeling pretty lucky right then that JonPaul is a total hypochondriac who’s always worried that he’s coming down with something rare and dangerous. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z And after a minute she says, “You know, I’m lucky to have you as a friend, Minny.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “You’re such a good egg, Jimmy. I’m the luckiest woman alive.” Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z “Eighty-five is a lucky number,” the old man said. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z But a Pe-2 from another Soviet regiment was not so lucky. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Well, lucky for you she’s not on the radio too much anymore.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “Well, since it already has, is she all right? She’s so sweet and dear, that woman, so unspoiled. You’re very' lucky.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Carefully, my parents chose my name: Ji-li, meaning lucky and beautiful. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was not brave, I was lucky,” said Tonya; “like all fools I was lucky. If someone had turned me in, of course I would have been shot, shot on the spot.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Girls are lucky they get to wear makeup. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Another reason we were lucky was because my sleeping box was just decoration. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Dad says Eugene is lucky to have brothers like Malachy and me because we help him forget and soon, with God’s help, he’ll have no memory of Oliver at all. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z She said it is lucky they were notified at all. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess I am lucky to have two best friends,” Axel says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Something about me being lucky while I just stand there caught in between wanting to disappear and wanting to help her. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A few girls went off to be teachers or nurses for a while before they got married, and I considered them lucky. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z He was lucky it was the headlight and not his head. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z He turned his head and spat, and wondered if Ralf Kenning hadn’t been the lucky one. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z An ounce of gold buys only a few pounds of rice, if we’re lucky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z And I can’t shake seeing the seal and wondering how it can be so much luckier than me. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z Doing two heads in one place was lucky and Violet looked forward to the eleven-o’clock appointment. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z She was lucky that there were still paramedics around to bring her to a hospital, or else she would have died. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I, on the other hand, apparently went over like a felled ox and was lucky to land on the grass and avoid cracking my head open. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z As I lay in bed I thought how lucky I was to be going to school and to have a job. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z I knew I was lucky to have older cousins to take me on adventures that included meeting my literary heroes and drinking tasty vodka concoctions. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z I’m lucky, too, because it’s a size 10 and it’s on clearance. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Like a diamond ring in a lucky bag. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “And, of all people, you know how lucky we are to get to live with him. It’s not like he hits me. We are lucky.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z I know we're so lucky we're coming out now and not twenty years ago, but it's still really a leap of faith. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Perhaps a few lucky ones came to their life’s term and died of old age. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “Some people think my dad’s a hero. That he was doing his job. That he’s brave and I should be proud of him. That I’m special, lucky to be his daughter. I’m embarrassed.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Jam always felt lucky when she stood in the path of her father’s joy. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Solon told him of three lucky people in old times. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z You don’t need a hundred bucks to audition for a Broadway show; you just need a lucky break. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z She's so lucky she gets to spend it at the farm. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z “Aww,” says Taylor, “I guess I'm lucky I have a really fast metabolism.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But they were luckier than usual: once they surprised a large fisher in the very act of dispatching a porcupine. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew in my heart that any one of us could have achieved what I had; I was lucky that I had parents who encouraged me despite the fear we all felt. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Hari went on, “If I am very lucky, I will die in Varanasi so that my ashes will be scattered over the holy Ganges River; then my spirit will be free.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes I win when it comes down to luck, but I haven’t been very lucky lately. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “He was lucky, that’s all. Even so he was badly hurt. Forty-eight stitches. I used up nearly all my gut.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z My teachers tell me I should feel lucky to have a father like this. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I was in Group One, so I was one of the lucky ones. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “You better be lucky we love Jupiter, fool.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z If the potato was symbolic of the Meecham family’s flight from Ireland, then the freight train was the lucky talisman of their redemption in the new world. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was lucky that Aunt Petunia didn’t come in to vacuum anymore, because Hedwig kept bringing back dead mice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Other times we ran into storms or into road construction and we were lucky if we made 200 miles. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The luckiest migrants were scooped up out of the chaos by waiting friends or relatives. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z General Good Times had not been so lucky. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z The new vibrations woke whoever had been lucky or exhausted enough to fall asleep. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z A relative would know personal names and secrets about husbands, babies, renegades and decide which ones were lucky in a chant, but these outside women had to build a path from scraps. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And I’d be delighted to discuss just how lucky at another time. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z “You bet they communicate. And the next time they do come, you can be sure they’ll case the place carefully. We were lucky. These rats hadn’t been bothered for years. They’d grown careless.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z If I am not lucky—in other words, it I do not produce a satisfactory report in the time allotted—I will be sent to a place called Natzweiler-Struthof. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Every day he thought how lucky he was. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is so. Cool! You’re so lucky. Letters just stand there all boring when I read. I hate reading. I’d rather do anything in the world than read.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z She said lucky number thirteen could take the tapes to hell. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Then let’s look on the bright side: we’re having an adventure, Fezzik, and most people live and die without being as lucky as we are.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Her cousins were lucky to be able to get so much education. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Maybe other kids at other schools are luckier than I am and actually got assigned math problems. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Even though it was pouring rain outside, I felt like the luckiest girl. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z This was a very lucky break for Alice Paul. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Those who were lucky enough to live in Shaker were certain theirs was the best community in America. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “This was a lucky idea of mine, indeed!” said Mrs. Bennet, more than once, as if the credit of making it rain were all her own. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z That was when I first understood, really understood, just how lucky we’d been—Tommy, Ruth, me, all the rest of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Kaz had looked down at their reflections on the bright surface of the canal and thought, I feel lucky now. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “You are such a lucky girl to have this chance.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Those Chicagoans lucky enough to be able to afford the latest technology had electric fans to keep them cool. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’ve been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people—world leaders, inventors, musicians, astronauts, athletes, professors, entrepreneurs, artists and writers, pioneering doctors and researchers. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z So I had thought of her as lucky. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He had been born free—one of the lucky ones—to a black mother and a white father in North Carolina. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I tap the pen against my lips and think about other lucky numbers. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z In consequence, he could observe perhaps four hundred galaxies in an evening while a large professional telescope would be lucky to do fifty or sixty. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I’d been lucky enough to have been assigned a bed on the far side of the room, next to the wall. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z She sobbed out that he ’as lucky to be dead; now he didn’t have to work all day after coughin’ all night, and didn’t have to worry bout gittin’ enough vittles. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z “But I’m afraid there’s someone at the other end who hasn’t been so lucky.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z These goggles were a lucky steal from a military supply shipment. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z You reach a point where you’re at the bottom of hell, yet you have your arms crossed and a smile on your face, and you feel you’re the luckiest person on earth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps if I were lucky enough to get in the first blow, I might have a chance. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I have placed what Mai calls "my lucky acorn" on the box next to our bunk beds, which serves as a nightstand. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z And so it is that you learn how to pass, if you’re lucky, to look like everyone else, even though you’re broken inside. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z On the first occasion they were lucky enough to find and kill a sick owl that had eaten a mouse that had eaten poison-dressed seed corn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z How lucky I was to be on such a large ship. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “The way that wind is whipping the sound through this timber,” the judge said, “we’d be lucky if we ever found them.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, well”—Nailer shrugged — “I still feel lucky today.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z True, they are luckier than some, for food of a sort is nearly always to be had. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I get lucky and catch a ride on a farmer’s wagon for more than twenty kilometers. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z And he thought, too, how warm he was and how happy he felt and how lucky he was to be alive. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z I’m lucky to have another opportunity at a clean start. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “You were lucky to get paired up with me, because I don’t know anyone else in class able to cope with this much responsibility on their own.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t sure, but maybe he was thinking how lucky Percy and Annabeth were to have each other. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z “Don’t come back here anymore! You’re lucky I don’t call the police!” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z It was lucky that in my confusion I had run down the road and not straight up to the cave. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I'm thinking that it's lucky I'm a fast runner when Peeta nudges my arm and I jump. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I’m lucky. We received a letter this morning that snows in the mountains prevented Hollin from coming home. He’s stuck at school until after his spring term, and he’s beside himself.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Like people trying to find pictures in the clouds, those lucky enough to see Mir did the same when looking at the space station. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z Farmer wasn’t put on earth to make anyone feel comfortable, except for those lucky enough to be his patients, and for the moment I had become one of those. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The commuter shuttles ran only a few times a day, so the residents lucky enough to have a job would already be waiting at the bus stop by the highway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z God, I didn’t know which of us had come out luckier in the end—him, for not having his brain wiped clean, or me for avoiding yet another potential disaster. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Now that same sheet of newspaper was carefully folded and tucked inside Penelope’s volume of poetry, serving as both bookmark and, she hoped, lucky charm. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z The luckiest ones worked for the post office or as porters on the railroads. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He takes the recliner on the sectional, his lucky spot. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z I don’t cheat—which everybody thinks I do since I always win all the money—I’m just lucky. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was broken, when my record finally fell, it had nothing to do with a lucky heave or a slippery surface. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m lucky they didn’t turn me into a mermaid. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z He missed the lion—and lucky for the rest of us, he missed us, too. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z And since I haven’t reached the recommended minimum age on the air-bag warning sticker, and since I barely weigh eighty pounds, I’m lucky he doesn’t force me into a booster seat. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z Her left side was still weak, and she couldn’t move her arms well, but the doctors said she was lucky and would probably recover completely. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We are lucky to get them, and I am quite sure they cannot come any other day. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Yet, in some rare cases, we are lucky enough to find telltale clues. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Now I know how lucky I am to have you on my team.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Writers and intellectuals, such as the world-famous novelist Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose books depicted life in Soviet prison camps or gulags, were lucky by comparison—he merely found himself permanently ejected from his homeland in 1974. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z But life is hardy, and when the smoke cleared there were enough lucky survivors from every species that none permanently perished. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z If we were lucky they wouldn’t get the film threaded upside-down. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “Leon Longbridge is the environmental conservation officer. He just happens to be here today. He has a big territory to cover, so he’s usually in the field. You’re lucky.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z There are ants, grubs and beetles, frogs and toads, garter snakes, even salamanders if we’re lucky. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z If we were lucky, the damage to the myoglobin molecules which prevented crystallization would be averted by immediately freezing the exracehorse’s heart. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Sir Pinel confirmed the statement by running away the same morning, leaving a written confession, and everybody had to admit that it was a lucky thing Sir Lancelot had been about. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “We were lucky,” he said hoarsely, then continued on. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “I guess we figure if we’re lucky enough to have anything to eat, we don’t care how we eat it.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Every time she brought it home, all I could think about was how lucky the people in the hospital were that they could get that for dinner. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I know that. Principal Long told us it would be very competitive. I know it’s just an audition, but who knows? I might be lucky, right?” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z She counted herself lucky that Gallup was a gentler soul who treated her kindly. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He was a lucky person, getting that medicine and all. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z "He's lucky you wear those little tennis shoes," his dad said, "even in the middle of winter. . . . Seriously, a jump reverse hook?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z People from faraway villages would line up at our home, asking for lucky dates for weddings and predictions for their children. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Maybe the “lucky” one-third of its victims live from ten to forty years. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z And in this moment, I realize that Soheil was lucky that guard did nothing but brush him off. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z I couldn’t look at him, because he was right—I did—so maybe I did get lucky after all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Is that all? He’s lucky they haven’t had him strung up from the nearest tree” “I noticed something strange,” Comrade Pillai said as he peeled his banana. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z This came with a wink, and a kind of sideways look that made Ralph’s pants bulge — lucky thing he was still carrying that hat around. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Liyana wondered if the person who could let it out, the same size it was to begin with, was luckiest. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “If we’re really lucky. Then someone comes out. Fishing boat or a trader will spot it, even if the beach rats don’t.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z They were lucky to find one room, now that Umuahia was thronged with refugees. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z On the sides of the fuselage I added its insignia, a “lucky” pair of dice. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am lucky I can still think and speak.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “That was a nice shot, a very important shot for us. It’s lucky the wind wasn’t blowing this hard when he took that shot.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You lucky you don’t have this problem,” said Auntie Lindo with a sigh to my mother. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The sergeant doctor cleaned my wounds and would always say, “You are lucky.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Mom’s been asking her to clean out her closet for months. You’re lucky—there’s some really good stuff in there. I guess.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I was very lucky,” Bill Gates said at the beginning of our interview. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I’d say you got off lucky,” the stranger said with a smile. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z “It’s always nice to be reminded how lucky you are.” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’ll tell him I was attacked by a dog on the Dock Road and he ate the whole dinner and I’m lucky I escaped without being eaten myself. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z From dawn till dusk, you will be lucky in everything you attempt. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z To eat, we only got stale rotis—if we were lucky.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z Morgan links her arm through mine, and I link mine through Anna’s, and I have to admit, I feel pretty lucky. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z It was tilted at about 2 5 degrees, so that if I were lucky I’d find the helical reflections. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z “Well, you’re lucky, he might have bitten your hand right off and run away with it, if he’d had them!” retorted Aurelia, sitting down on the ground and calling the cub to her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z “My cousin got lucky and won some Indian land in the lottery, in the north part of Tennessee. Grows corn.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z He says I am lucky I will never have to know things like this. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “Something for you to wear on Tuesday. You might even have a scar now, if you’re lucky. That’s what you want, isn’t it?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He was too busy posing a young couple to notice me, which was lucky. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z “Well then, this is your lucky day. That’s where I’m headed, too.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Gave up her self, for a while there. She loved you that much. What an incredibly lucky kid you were.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “And well named. Stargirl. Though I think she had simpler things in mind. Star people are rare. You’ll be lucky to meet another.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z “We were lucky we got out alive, actually.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z “You went trespassing at the mayor’s? Near as I figure, you’re lucky to still be breathing.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “I got a first edition for Christmas. That means it’s one of the original—” “You did? You are so lucky,” she said. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z He had made a lucky guess, and his waist pouch would soon be filled with rice. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z “This potion is the only thing that helps. I am very lucky to be working alongside Professor Snape; there aren’t many wizards who are up to making it.” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Leaving him alone in the Treaty Room at night, I wondered sometimes if they had any sense of how lucky they were. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky there’s a feast at all tonight, you know,” said Nearly Headless Nick. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “Well, lucky for you, when you’re a dragon, you don’t have it.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “If the next explosion is above or below us, we won’t be that lucky.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She would be lucky to make it there, let alone back, before Bahumat was free. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z “He says, I'm so lucky to have my beautiful grandchildren here. I’m so proud of them both.’ Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z I was lucky—and stupid for having gotten so close. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “I think your pool is beautiful, Spirits of the Water. I am so lucky to be allowed to see it. Please don’t drown me!” she cried. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Masha Dolina, whose first wartime job was to fly aircraft away from her burning airfield, was one of only a few lucky women whose commanders found a place for them right away. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “You’re a very special woman, Jupiter Sanchez. Whoever winds up with that charm bracelet will be one lucky chick.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z Thanking their lucky stars that what happened to Anatole hadn’t happened to them. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I’m the luckiest guy on the Lower East Side, ’cause I got wheels, and you want to go for a ride. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I count my lucky stars—that is, I’m reminded again that there is some luck to be had, even for a washed-up hustler like me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Girls are so lucky because they have so many props. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z If they were lucky, and the birds didn’t steal too many of them, the sunshine would shrink and sweeten the firm globes into rich bits of chewy deliciousness. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “I was very lucky to collect this,” he said, as he poured the gleaming mass into the Pensieve. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “You are a wonderful fighter and I was lucky.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z When I complain about Bull, she tells me that I don’t know what a mean man is and to thank my lucky stars I don’t have to live with one.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z We are lucky because this work will keep us from starving. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z No matter how strong or lucky he was, no matter how many monsters he destroyed, Percy would eventually fail. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If, he thought, I could get lucky in my work again. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z “If that ain’t being born with the lucky eye, I don’t know what is.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you’re lucky. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z By the time we were done, we had a whole tray of lumpy, squishy, fingerprinty treats, which weren’t nearly as good as Mom’s, but were still lucky. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z But she isn’t lucky and so we hear the clicking of the monster’s teeth, and the clacking of his boots. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z However it happened, Roz felt lucky to have lived such an amazing life. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z If they were lucky, they could crowd onto an American boat or barge, or pay gold to get a fisherman to take them out to where the big ships waited. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z My number was 113, which is not a particularly lucky number. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z “And thank your lucky stars you didn’t shoot anyone,” he added, and slapped the back of my head. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z And if Sam thought himself lucky, Frodo knew that he was more lucky himself; for there was not a hobbit in the Shire that was looked after with such care. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z Poor engine hates it—coughing and spluttering the whole way—suppose I’m lucky I didn’t asphyxiate in the exhaust. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “So after I joined you on the island, I searched every night under cover of darkness. Even then I was lucky—I only found the entrance the night before I was captured.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The men found a thin-walled cabin nearby, stumbled inside, built a fire, and felt lucky to find some food. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “My people. Yeah, ship breakers like the lucky eye. Not much else to hang on to when you’re on the wrecks.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Our senior year finally came and Ms. Gruwell was announcing at the Freedom Writers’ “Open-Mic Night” who the lucky recipients of the computers were. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even if you’re lucky enough to lose consciousness, you’ll find you still need to get up every half hour just to empty your bladder. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He turfed out half the contents of his trunk before he found it hiding beneath the rolled-up socks in which he was still keeping his bottle of lucky potion, Felix Felicis. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He had his hands and I had mine and the match was even but he was not so lucky. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Her parents, who ran the shoe shop in town, weren’t as lucky. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Either the old pirate was following us around like some sort of weird guardian angel, or Abbey and I were the luckiest two kids in Florida. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He was lucky to have a mask at all, even if the microfibers were beginning to shred from repeated scrubbings in the ocean. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She filled it with lucky beans to make up for the lack of proper beads, and hurled it far into the lake. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “This could be your lucky day. You guys could end up on Broadway!” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “When I married her I was told I was the luckiest man in the world,” he said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Oh, boy, how lucky it was for me that Granny could not read! Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I stay in the parking lot with Bo for far too long, but am lucky to find that my mom is dead asleep with her door closed when I get home. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z So I gave a big smile and shouted, “What a lucky girl I am. I’m going to have the best life.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Suppose I’m lucky they didn’t hit me over the head with a bicycle to speed it up. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky. I can barely see it anymore. Where is it?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “A stolen lucky charm," he always claimed, “brings only bad luck. Everybody knows that." The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z It’s just lucky for Father he never had any sons. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “Go make an offering to the Fates. Be glad you were lucky and fast and smart. And then go do something right in the world.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the deck, the lucky ones sit leaning against the side while the unlucky ones crouch in the middle, their heads between their knees. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Outside the gates of Wonka’s factory, enormous crowds of people had gathered to watch the five lucky ticket holders going in. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky I don’t want to pop you in front of my kid.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Phew, she passed me up, I guess I got lucky this time. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z "You are a very lucky girl Your sight is perfectly intact." The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z To avoid misunderstanding, use another word to describe an un- lucky accident. fulsome. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Plus he’s an honored guest and I’m lucky he didn’t have me arrested for stealing the harpoon. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z “Guess I’m lucky the Government outlawed pets. Didn’t farmers always used to keep big guard dogs that would chomp people's heads off in one bite?” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z These lucky five will be shown around personally by me, and they will be allowed to see all the secrets and the magic of my factory. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Every boy should be so lucky as you, to play in a Shakespeare Company’s Holiday Extravaganza, and with such a part!” he said. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z How was I so lucky to get a story about abortion? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Compared to what we’ve admitted these past few hours, Airman Young, your injuries are superficial. So you’ll consider yourself lucky. And you’ll show some courage worthy of your uniform. Carry on, Nurse Tallis.” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Miss Honeywell was in Zambia, sharing her fun projects with students who didn’t know how lucky they were. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z How lucky he and Lyra were to have her to rely on! The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z “There’s plenty,” Daddy went on, “that aren’t so lucky. A lot of the boats not sunk are all tore up. It’ll be a hard year for many.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “And you are the lucky few who got picked for a personal introduction to the school’s dress code. I need everyone to take a few minutes to read over the list on page two.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z Like I Was the luckiest kid in the world. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z Sometimes if she is lucky she can buy a ride on a truck. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “This was a lucky find, boy. We got to play it smart though, or we’ll lose it all.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Jason wished they could be that lucky, but he doubted it. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The luckiest and smartest among them, by the time they are grown up, can work their way out of Haiti altogether. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Which meant that they’d been lucky at Bright Sands, and missed being flattened. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z But there was always Miss Mortimer, who was like a mother to the girls; all in all, Penelope felt her lot in life had been rather lucky. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z She would stand in the middle and they would tell her how pretty she was, how lucky she was to have naturally curly hair, and what a sweet, quiet girl she was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z I floated out of the room, thinking about how lucky I was to be in her class. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z If Florida had been older, she might have felt that Mr. Hopper was right, and that she was lucky to be away from the Hoppers. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z That first day together, Annemarie and I got lucky and found two stools next to each other at the counter under the flag of Italy. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z By analogy with the engulfing of Aboriginal Australian hunter-gatherers by British colonists fed on wheat and cattle, we have to suspect that some of the “lucky” Africans parlayed their advantage into engulfing their African neighbors. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “A few weeks ago,” she said, “after his condition worsened. We’re lucky some friends were able to let us use this house.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Taisin knew she was lucky that the Academy had taken her, for her family could not afford to pay for her education. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “You were lucky. If anyone had been sitting by the window...” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I tramp a perpetual journey All goes onward and outward.... and nothing collapses, And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z “Very lucky. I got enough grief for a broken nose. I’d never have heard the end of a lost head.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z When one of ’em says to another, ‘He was a convict, a few year ago, and is a ignorant common fellow now, for all he’s lucky,’ what do I say? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Because he lives across town, he is not often lucky enough to be at Maria Edelmira’s house when his mother phones. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I’m lucky to have a Last Friend, especially with my boys locked up and my ex-girlfriend on block. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z But it’s too late—they’ll be lucky to get themselves out. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “You are so lucky you didn’t have to go last night,” one of the pledges said. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z For four years, up to that point, I’d been lucky enough, or slick enough, to escape jail, or even getting arrested. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, then this is your lucky day,” I say, dropping my game bag on the floor. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z In 1930, a far smaller percentage of black children attended school than did white children, and those blacks lucky enough to see the inside of a schoolhouse endured overcrowded classrooms taught by severely underpaid teachers. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A few lucky men got jobs at the lumber mill, the only real industry in town. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z But I will carry it with me because red is a lucky color, and very important in the natural world. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky,” she said, “it’s muskrat stew and there’s plenty left over tonight, eat as much as you can.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z “God. We don’t have time. We’re lucky if we get to the game on time.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z "If we were lucky, we got an apple core," he says, "or a few orange rinds." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z This couldn’t happen again—I was lucky this time; he still remembered me, even if he couldn’t recall what I had done, but there was no guaranteeing that luck would hold. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Z has always been my favorite letter, and twenty-six is my lucky number. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z As ugly as she was, I thought privately, she was lucky to get a husband above or beneath her station. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother says I’m lucky I don’t have severe frostbite. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “I shouldn’t. I know I should feel lucky to be alive, but as much as I want to, I don’t. Not entirely.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The boom had really smacked him—he was lucky it hadn’t knocked him completely off the boat—but he hadn’t thought it had cut him. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z On our third try, we were luckier and had a daughter whom we adored. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z But maybe it wasn’t lucky at all, she thought. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “She got none of your looks, lucky for her. My name is Muriel, dear, pleased to meet you.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z There was Trip, lounging on the long wrap around sectional, impossibly handsome, one arm slung along the back as if waiting for some lucky girl to come and sit beside him. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z And when Solon did not mention him, Croesus was forced to say, “Do you not consider me lucky?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “And lucky you are that I did. For I can do the work of nine men.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z Instead, the whole seventh grade sat in the auditorium and watched the same Magic School Bus cartoons over and over, except for the lucky homeroom that won the rock-paper-scissors tournament and escaped to the gym. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He felt doubly lucky that Sadna and her crew had arrived. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z She’s lucky because she also has a kilt, an old one of Perdie’s from when she went to her girls’ private school. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z “They’ve been really supportive of me, nothing like what happened to Melissa. I’m very lucky. I have great parents. They love me a lot.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “Next time you call,” said she, “I hope we shall be more lucky.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z If Sir Ector had not been lucky enough to own a little land in Pie Street, on which there stood a respectable inn, they would have been hard put to it to find a lodging. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z It also occurred to me how lucky I was to have Baba as my father, the sole reason, I believe, Assef had mostly refrained from harassing me too much. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z That was when he saw Drave, who hadn’t been so lucky. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I reach under my shirt and run my thumb over my lucky penny. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z “Think yourself lucky,” said Bigwig, bleeding and cursing, “that I don’t kill you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I waved to them and all the time, I’m thinking, Gloria, you have no idea how lucky you are. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z They said at the hospital that I was lucky, and I suppose I was. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z As you watched him run to his car, the rain soaking him to the bone, you wondered how you’d ever gotten so lucky. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Then he would sleep outside, sometimes lucky enough to be near the walnut tree; swinging in the tarp they kept there for when they needed it. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But since we're lucky to get two or three hours of electricity in the evenings, it's usually safe to touch. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z If we are lucky, it might be ginger chicken, spicy hot, fire on the tongue. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z But that night, as she stretched out in her Vancouver hotel room, she had no idea exactly how lucky a trip it was. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z For the umpteenth time, Pefta reminded us how lucky we were. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We were all sniffing at him, absolutely horror-stricken; but one of the Owslafa said, ‘You needn’t make such a fuss. He’s lucky to be alive.’ Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s just lucky that no one he ever dated persuaded him to skip studying and to trust that the right grades would fall into place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z I have been very lucky in my life. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z The lucky person was a small girl called Veruca Salt who lived with her rich parents in a great city far away. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z After tea I returned to point out that it was lucky I found tennis more pleasing than model building. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z I gotta get real lucky, and before I even get a chance to be the right kind of lucky, I gotta get lucky enough to live. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I guess I should feel lucky she didn’t give me up for adoption or abort me at the clinic behind the bowling alley that no one thinks we know about. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I remember thinking how lucky I was Diego was away for that week. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He’s lucky to come home to a friend like you. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Okay, I say, and I tell them how lucky they are. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fourth grade. I was only teased for about a week, so I was lucky.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She held up the phone to show the lucky guy grinning on the slopes. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Instead I said, “You’re lucky to be leaving the city where one day is like another and you hardly notice the weather. It’s like living inside a glass bottle. You’ll be happier on your farm.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z How some were lucky and found a forever home, while others had to scratch out an existence on the streets. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z “Good boy. You’re a lucky cub. Look at your mistress! Wasn’t that worth a little pain? You’re better off than your brother!” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z ‘I can’t abide fog,’ said Sam; ‘but this seems to be a lucky one. Now perhaps we can get away without those cursed goblins seeing us.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z She was lucky that he was her age and she would be the first wife, an advantage secure now. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Others lucky enough to have jumped free now found themselves mauled by her whirling propellers or burned to death when her boilers exploded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “We have a long, challenging road ahead of us. We’ll be lucky to get past the checkpoint outside the city limits. This guy was the least of our problems.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z The lucky ones are the kids who live in places like Boone County—out in the country. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “I was lucky. Perhaps you should give my head a good rub before our next game, Captain. Some of that luck might rub off on your fingers.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z I was just lucky he gave me another chance, and that second time around I went to claim it. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘I am here. And you are lucky to be here, too, after all the absurd things you have done since you left home.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z If I was lucky, I could guilt-trip some scholarships out of a school or two, the way my parents had done with Hillpark. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “You can think yourself lucky you’re the main attraction at our festivities this evening, or I’d wring your skinny little neck here and now.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z And, before they could answer, he went on in his strange croaking way: “Well, don’t just stand there in the cold; come in, come in. It’s lucky you happened by; none of you looks well.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z She’s so much darker than her husband, but lucky for her he doesn’t seem to mind—of course who knows how long that will last. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “Like? Gosh! This is my lucky day. Well, gee, thanks, Miss....” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky to have a friend like Erin,” Coach says as we get into his truck and buckle up. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Six more days on this boat—if they were lucky and the wind was good—and then they should make land. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Any college library would have been lucky to get that collection. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I am riddled with fear, but I am lucky my family has a truck in which we can all ride safely away from the panicked crowds. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, every morning she would examine Ching Chow, a daily cartoon that supposedly gave lucky numbers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “You think they’re putting up that wall only to last a week? We’ll be lucky to ever get out of here!” Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z The Martials will sell him if he’s lucky and kill him if he’s not. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z They were just lucky enough to have no idea of the reality I faced. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z “If we’re lucky this fellow had the good sense to buy a spare crossbow. ...” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Nearly all parents are faced with the problem sooner or later, and then the child is lucky if the parent remembers his own childhood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Forgive yourself. Forgive others. Don’t wait, Mitch. Not everyone gets the time I’m getting. Not everyone is as lucky.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I understood how lucky we were to be living this way. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I have no time to erase the stricken look on my face, but, lucky for me, she associates it with the conditioner and curling iron that I left on the desk. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Resourceful as always, the young women collected the remaining fuel from each of their twenty aircraft and distributed it between eight lucky planes. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “Not yet. I need to wait for the sun to get a little lower. And if I get lucky, I’m going to coax a few birds to pose with it. A modern-day lion-and-lamb thing.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z I still tried to tell him we were lucky. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I had always thought that people born before Generation Freak were the lucky ones. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z Old lady like me’s lucky to have her as a friend. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Let’s talk some more about how lucky we are to be military brats.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I said to myself, “We are lucky no white folks know about us.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, maybe it was lucky my stomach was empty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Hell, they’ll be lucky if I don’t swallow the whole reservoir by the time they make it there. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z He did not have to creep along, for he met nobody on his way, but this did not surprise him in the slightest: This evening, he was the luckiest person at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z But some people have to get lucky just to live. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “You and Immie were lucky the uniforms changed. Did you do music at Greenbriar? You sounded so passionate about Gershwin the other day.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Hall got lucky—Koontz felt guilty that he was taking time off while his partner was spending Sunday in the office. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z But she would have been dead and he would have called himself lucky. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “He’s a character, all right. He was just like that in college, too. He just never grew up. Some people don’t have to. They’re lucky.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z He realized they’d been lucky not to have encountered any more wildlife since the grootslang, and now he suspected that luck had run out. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Each Christmas, black families would celebrate by taking children of all ages to the Indian place on First Avenue to be outfitted with cheap garments, and some, the extremely lucky ones, with sneakers or shoes. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are lucky the spirits have touched you so. Every girl here wishes she were the one to have been marked in such a sacred manner.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Through a friend from high school, he was lucky enough to get to know some people in the music business. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Tears filled the woman’s eyes, and she began to rub her left arm nervously, as if it were a lucky stone. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z You take the retail job, flip burgers at McDonald’s, if you’re one of the lucky few who even gets that much. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The doctor had said we were lucky the trap hadn’t broken any bones. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Now and then, I'd get lucky and catch a handful, and the women would reward my efforts with laughter and applause. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z You should just think yourself lucky that he's got plenty of money, shouldn't you? I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “Don’t worry. You are the lucky one. People in Port-au-Prince fight for this work.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “You are lucky, little fellow,” said Hans, smiling. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z If they were lucky, they might see something to connect one of the two witches with the Nightbeast. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z For myself, I am glad I married “beneath me,” for a finer man no one could have had; but possibly she was not so lucky. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors said I was lucky to be alive. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z It was all frantic, sluggish panic and roiling, invincible foes, and the outcome was not so lucky as it had been that morning. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I knew that others had tried it before me and had failed, but I was hoping to be lucky. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re lucky the way we all got dropped there, the way we all ended up in Ms. Laverne’s class together, right? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “Just because you got one lucky swipe in the forest doesn’t mean I can’t still gut you with my eyes closed.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z For Worlds, I made sure to pack my lucky turtle, the one with a little red ladybug on its back. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But somehow our team stays with them and I’m praying that us winning with me not even playing is not my last lucky event. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z If Toby had gotten over his betrayal in a single night, Luke would’ve counted himself lucky. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z God give a lucky few of us some talent and then put us on earth to make use of it. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Though they took the one thing that means the most to me, the captain tells us we should consider ourselves lucky. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, right, gander. That suits him. Pretty boy . . . So, why is that lucky for you?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z We’ll be lucky to make one pizza between now and midnight, when we officially close. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z I was lucky and grateful to have him in my corner. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky she didn’t put a knife in you while you were asleep.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Though Pask has been lucky this far, he may find it difficult to obtain the kind of skilled work he desires. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z “Lucky? How is what happened this morning lucky? Lolo was acting plain loco.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Even if they were lucky enough to elude the patrol, they could not possibly hide from the bloodhounds. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am a lucky man, twice a day I see you,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Him and everyone like him, the lucky sons of guns who slide through life like they’re greased. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “The houses are lucky,” he declared after putting down the bowl. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “My great-grandfather. He named me after the Penn Relays. Not many children have a great-grandfather. My dad says I’m really lucky. Want to see my turtle now?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z “We were lucky to get those, what with this drought and all,” he said. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky the bullet went straight through the flesh. Any lower and it would have shattered the ankle.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So, in other words, I was lucky to have a job, and keeping Sharaud and his posse another year would be pushing the envelope. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Then ’tis lucky we are eating late this morning,” said her aunt. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z I considered myself lucky if, after subtracting lapses from new business, there remained fifteen dollars that I could call my own. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sometimes I wonder how I ever got so lucky to get a son like you, Albie.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z If you’re lucky, you boys will be fishing with him in no time. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z ‘Well, I was born lucky, whatever my gaffer may say. There’s another wish come true! Where is he?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z “That she was sad girls in Pakistan don’t have rights. And then another girl said we’re lucky we don’t live there.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Yeah, we’re so lucky we don’t live there,” the girl sitting next to her declares, and then Sheila adds, “Can you imagine?” with a dramatic sigh. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z His lawyer is going to rely on his closing argument to win the case, and I don't think that's going to be effective unless he's very, very lucky. Monster 1999-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought my routine must be like a soldier’s fighting in wartime, only I was lucky enough to have weekends in another world. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Certainly that lucky pigeon had not fallen under the aim of Howard Eckert. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z After a moment he said, “We were lucky.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We’re lucky to have enough money so that my mom doesn’t have to get a steady job right now—she can actually pursue her passion. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z If I have one saving grace, it's that I'm lucky enough to have found someone willing to handle the ugly business of day-to-day living. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z I become gloomy: I will be away for six weeks—that is lucky, of course, but what may happen before I get back? All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z The lucky ones are excluded, the unfortunates are harassed, humiliated, sometimes assaulted literally as well as socially. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I had been lucky; they hadn't hurt me, but Ras was becoming bold again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z All the while I stitched, I thought of how lucky I had been to find Raji, and how without him my life would have been very different. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Every house in the lane has electricity and we’re lucky if we have a candle. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Papa says we are very lucky and there will be many people scattered with no homes. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Heidi reaches down and picks up my lucky rabbit foot, dropped this morning—so early—when Mom flung me across the room. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z In which case, their arrival is a lucky thing indeed. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “He’s a lucky man, your husband,” I sniff. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z These giants were lucky to see their lives laid out so sweetly before them. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “Isn't your lucky old father in for a pleasant surprise when he comes home?” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If I’m lucky, I can tune in the Wolfman Jack show on Sunday nights. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z "You've been sent to the orchestra, yes? Well. Join your very lucky sisters. Music has saved your life today." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Bart, the night doorman, was asleep at the desk, which was lucky, because it meant I didn’t have to tell any more lies. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “She be lucky if it don’t live. Bound to be the ugliest thing walking.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew how lucky I was to have escaped with no broken bones, but I’d been truly frightened. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It also said that they were so scarce in the city, you shouldn’t feel scared if you met one; you should feel lucky. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z I feel so lucky that we have him for a president. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Those few black souls lucky enough to get work from Swift and the other meatpackers were good union men, treated as members of the butcher brotherhood. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Gathered comfortably into the hills, she thought, protected and warm; Hill House is lucky. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z As for what would happen, I could see little but an early death in an unmarked grave—if I were lucky to have even that. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z And maybe I’m just lucky, but I’ve never had to deal with it. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z They churred excitedly when someone discovered a large scorpion—and muttered with disappointment as the lucky finder nipped off the stinger and ate the rest of the creature! A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Or maybe he wasn’t as lucky as Tad had been, and the ceiling or something else had fallen on top of him. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z "What a lucky, lucky man he is—er, was," he says, still obliviously hearty. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Then I grabbed my lute and cloak and snuck downstairs into the kitchen, where I was lucky enough to find an empty Velegen wine pot with a wide mouth. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Besides, with my English skills, I’d be lucky to test into the kindergarten. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z But it was lucky that we at least went through the front door to look at the community bulletin board. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z Oh, Grandma, I thought, we may be far apart but we’re lucky, you and I. Do you even know how lucky? Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Piper wished he was right, but she suspected they wouldn’t be so lucky. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Under the sink he scored two lucky finds: a roll of duct tape and box of heavy-duty garbage bags. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z “Yeah, Mila, let’s see if that shirt is lucky too,” Dante said. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z "Symbol of Shamash, the patron god of kings, and the guy who had a magical net capable of trapping all sorts of terrible evils. You're very lucky to have such a powerful gift." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z And she is lucky indeed to be part of its magic. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z All I could do was hope I had chosen a lucky spot where lightning wouldn’t strike, where no tree would topple down. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z As the train began to back up, Tom Bolles, wearing his battered lucky fedora, had much to ponder. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z We’d just been lucky getting away from them the first time. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky to have such a good girl. I ain’t heard from my own girls since they both ran off with those fellas of theirs.” Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Mainly,” Hugo answered, taking a sip of water, “I’ve had some lucky races in the canoeing team, Aunt Helena.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z If you're lucky, Congress will let you die without first sending you to the labs to be examined for imperfections. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z Finn dropped his gaze to see if Other-Finn was just a smidge older, and if that was the reason he’d been lucky enough to lose both his front teeth right before school picture day. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z She wore her lucky bunny barrettes and a blue dress spangled with silver sequins. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z It’s lucky that my hands seem to know my locker combination, because my brain has checked out. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z He touched her like the two of them were lucky to be touching each other; like he knew she didn’t very often let anyone touch her. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z After fourteen weeks Sister Rita tells me I can go home and aren’t I a lucky boy that the day will be the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z But there was one other thing that the grownups also knew, and it was this: that however small the chance might be of striking lucky, the chance was there. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I’ve been lucky enough to get to walk into stone castles, urban classrooms, and Iowa kitchens, just trying to be myself, just trying to connect. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Then they searched the cabin and got lucky—in a drawer they found a log-book with the location of the cabin written inside. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Remembering their last meeting as he stood at the dark window, Harry had to admit he was lucky even to have reached his thirteenth birthday. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z I’d be lucky to find my way out of the enclosure without breaking a leg, much less successfully navigate the main sanctuary and the front driveway. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, I don’t know...let’s see...how is only a broken bone lucky...” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z And each week, we could hope to be lucky. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Even if Mother hadn’t been such a pretty woman, light-skinned with straight hair, he was lucky to get her, and he knew it. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky: A medical student from England delivered me, and his name was Martin. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Taking their seats, they felt lucky to have beaten the mob that would follow once everyone learned about the Martian invasion. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He said that it had cost him an arm and a leg and that it was now his lucky chess set. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z Now he'd be lucky if he could manage to avoid being arrested. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z “Provided we get lucky,” she thought, “and the entrance isn’t guarded.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z She was a beautiful lady, and Kenny was a lucky man. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “She doesn’t know how lucky she is,” I whispered in his ear. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I was only lucky he could not see the pond from the house; I had not given away the whole show—only half of it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z "At least I am still alive. I was lucky to have fallen in Faerie. And I think I was probably lucky to have met you." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z She constantly reminded the family how lucky they were because Dr. Han was so well-respected in the community. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z Everybody wanted to get a look at the Golden Ticket and at the lucky finder. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z “Families bring them here from all over India. They are left just as your sass left you. Only if you ask me, you’re lucky to be rid of her.” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z “This is Portland. You’re lucky if a drug overdose gets you into the ER,” Adam replies. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I hoped they knew how lucky they were to have a mother like her. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Men and some of the women would report to their jobs, if they were lucky enough to have one. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z If I was lucky, the Sixers wouldn’t detect my ship and blast it out of the sky before it could reach me. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He will wake up next to her, and he will feel lucky. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z When the first shot was fired, we dove toward the floor, but the man a little ways down the bar wasn’t so lucky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z If I’m very lucky, it will misS, and he ’11 beat me to death with his fists. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z “I’m lucky at least to know that Colin likes me. Even if he is as dense as a...” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z Lucy was in eleventh grade by then and she hadn’t been so lucky. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky. You get to see them every day,” Gabriel said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z But the sneakers were his favorite shoes ever—and he considered them lucky. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She had a soft landing on a warm bouncy surface and was feeling lucky—until she opened her eyes and found herself staring through a glowing gold membrane at another, much larger face. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The lucky numbers were on one side, just like they always are, and the learn Chinese message told me that in Chinese, winter is dong tian. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Fact is, I feel lucky I’m not dead. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z “Shocking business...shocking . .. miracle none of them died...never heard the like...by thunder, it was lucky you were there, Snape....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The emergency room is nearly abandoned at five-thirty in the morning—I don’t know how I caught that lucky break. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z “From the way things are pannin’ out, it looks like Doc is a pretty lucky guy.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re lucky,” he said, “this is the last tent we have.” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I took Constantine for granted at times, but I think I knew, for the most part, how lucky I was to have her there. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Now, though, as I waited, I realized that I wasn’t going to be that lucky again. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s lucky for my ears that the Special Events floor is only a few stops up. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I’m lucky to have one. Though, when I was little, I wanted to be a Kehanni.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z And if I’m really lucky, Mrs. van D. calls me to account five minutes later and lays down the law as well! The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z "You have been lucky,” she said to him on parting, "one door after the other is being opened to you. How does that come about? Have you a charm?” Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “You got lucky. That’s all,” he said as his head lolled forward and he stumbled even closer to me. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The fools themselves seemed uncommonly lucky, but how far did that luck extend? Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “So are you the one who has been painting with Rei's dad? Man, you're like the luckiest person alive,” a stocky boy with red curls says, his face swollen with awe. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z She’d seen them on the road at seven in the morning coming home with their strings of fish or with mushrooms, with fern tendrils, butter clams, sea-run trout if they got lucky. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The only things I want are my lucky penny and the packet of letters secured in my pocket. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z If I am lucky, she thought, I will not have to trade the heavy gold bracelet and jade ring. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Matt figured he’d been lucky, but he didn’t doubt that more agony was down the road. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There was nothing to argue about, his life in Chamisa County had ended; he was lucky they offered an opportunity to walk out alive. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m very lucky to have Adam to write to, not only because he’s the only one who understands me, but because I seem to be fighting with everyone in my family. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z “It was lucky that his plane crashed into a building site,” Mrs. Jones went on. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Yeah, and it’s lucky for us that you didn’t,” Aech said. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Bobby Moch reached under his seat and touched Tom Bolles’s lucky fedora, a few extra ounces of weight in exchange for a lot of luck. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If I was lucky enough to attract the attention of a patron, I could earn enough to square my debt to Devi and pay my tuition as well. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z And they fell into contented conversation, as if they’d been lucky enough to con all their parents into letting them have a colossal sleepover with no supervision. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Ha! Hell no. But if you think they’re bad now? Let something happen. We’ll be lucky if they let us back through the doors.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z My Dan is lucky, four years with the city and he don’t drink. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Tucked under the pillow was Mosca's greatest treasure, his lucky charm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z If we’re lucky, maybe there will be lightning later while we’re still here, and I can get some good shots of the bolts hitting the water. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z My sister did help me trim it up a bit, and I was lucky because everyone in school including Sam and Patrick thought it looked cool. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z And when I glance at the men again, I feel a little bit lucky that they're so busy arguing with each other that Muscle Man is leaving me in peace. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z “You are lucky,” she said, and her voice was bitter. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z I was lucky he didn't tear off my arm in his eagerness. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “It’s lucky I studied martial arts for so long. When the Liberation Army woman saw my back bend, she just loved it.” Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “If I were lucky enough to sit by you, I would have talked to you.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z They would send photos, those lucky little girls who had found their perfect families, and Miss Mallory would frame them and hang them in the front hallway, just above Cady’s row of trophies. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z I grab my lucky rabbit foot and hold tight. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Snow fell on us most days, and the dirt road we walked on was frozen when we were lucky, freezing slush when we were not. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z “How lucky we are to have seen them pass by,” Buttercup’s mother said, and she took her husband’s hand. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z As the train clacketed along the tracks, Hannah thought how lucky she was to be near a pocket of fresh air. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z We are not really entitled to complain, because we are lucky children: English children got their houses bombed and we did not. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z He pulls up the leather string with my lucky penny on it, a single eyebrow raised. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z They asked if their house was underwater, and Kathy admitted that yes, there was some damage, but that lucky them, their father was a contractor, and that any damage could be quickly fixed. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z |
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