“I don’t know. Maybe a hundred miles; maybe a thousand.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

She said, “Well, maybe he has a point, Christopher.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe this is out of left field, but I find myself thinking about Taylor. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve come through here dozen, maybe two dozen, times, but I have never smelled it before. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he is the one who was speaking Spanish. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another time he saw a white-robed woman—maybe a nymph or a goddess—holding a wicked-looking knife, slipping between ruined columns in a public park. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m biased, but when my sister quoted a pop song and talked about the future, it seemed great. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I see a thin ray of hope that maybe he’ll let me buy Shiloh. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though the air was frigid, it seemed to me like the sun was too bright for snow, but maybe I was wrong. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It occurs to me that maybe the Doctorita makes them feel bad about their lives as homemakers, mournful they don’t have their own careers. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that was a sign—he didn’t think he believed in signs, but after the coyotes last night, he wasn’t sure he didn’t. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

When we drive back to American Street, all the lights look brighter, maybe there are more stars in the sky, and this city is more beautiful than it has ever been. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t some silly school rule. They’ll get a lot more than detention for blackmail! Ron. . . maybe you’d better tell Percy. “Are you mad?” said Ron. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

‘Few escape her nets, they say. These are strange days! But if you have her favour, then you also are net-weavers and sorcerers, maybe.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“But maybe when somethin’ really bad happens in your life...maybe then you wish you could make it go back to being boring.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The limo sailed over my head, missing by maybe two inches. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was in my stomach, because I kind of felt like I was going to be sick. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Tomorrow. The next day maybe. First of the week.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Not in years. But today. Today maybe I did.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Oh, maybe ten years ago, she would have clapped her hands—hurray!—as if this were good news. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, this weekend, maybe. But normally there’s just a parking lot.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

If I took it, I thought then maybe he’d jump me, smash my nose, and tell everyone I stole it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know that Tori’s hatred of Jeanine was common knowledge—or maybe it isn’t. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was an easy flow to their conversations; a sort of instantaneous shorthand, maybe because they came from similar backgrounds. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe it was something else for the apartment. But then I saw your handwriting.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

For three days, then, maybe no one would know. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kept looking at him, hoping that we could have another eye contact and maybe he would then say something about what was going on in his head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I was ready to say it again, maybe yell it, but a light went on and the window opened and Lelia peered down at me. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it wasn’t an after-shave, for he hadn’t shaved. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe after she learned how to write these simple tunes fairly quick she could begin to put down the whole music in her mind. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“So maybe other reinforcements can get through,” I said hopefully. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'm always dreading the others, but maybe Foxface is the real opponent here. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They seem to have far more effect on the displaced Capitol rebels like my crew and Fulvia—even Plutarch occasionally reacts in surprise, maybe wondering how a specific tidbit passed him by. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I thought it would be a good cliff-hanger, but maybe my pen pal doesn’t agree. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Enough to know that I’ll certainly have nightmares tonight, and maybe even nightmares for the rest of my life. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t speak well enough. You’re pretty bright, so maybe you could be a law clerk and help other lawyers.” Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it went underground with her body, buried in the cemetery across the street from the liquor store. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Then I think—if I dyed my hair purple, maybe no one would notice, or even care, how frizzy it is. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Despite what he had said to Luke, he was waiting for Lily to come with a new story, maybe a disguise this time, that would spring him for a few periods. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was that I’d let Nan think I’d called her, or maybe it was that she hadn’t called me back—or called at all in months. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Seven felt the ascot in her pocket, wondering if maybe they had not suspected the wrong witch. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“All right, you two, I said no nonsense and I don’t mean maybe.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just mean you can’t be around all the time. And maybe she wants a friend her own age.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes they do them because they love you. Well, maybe not you, but...” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And there, parked on the corner maybe two hundred yards away from the house, was a black car with tinted windows. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had maybe an inch or two on him, and I was short, with an average build. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Don’t jump like that. I only wondered if maybe she likes me, that’s all.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The river god was talking about something that had happened thousands of years ago, when this area was nothing but marshes and maybe some shacks. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, maybe I’ll try not to ruin things by getting so emotional.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles and I both jumped up and looked over at their apartment, thinking that maybe it was Needles coming out to join us. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe Grandpa wasn’t in a fighting mood that day, or maybe he took one look at Mr. McAllister and figured discretion was the better part of valor, as the saying goes. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe, even, that was why Carroll got nailed, because somebody didn’t shoot enough, or maybe somebody didn’t order enough bombs dropped, or enough shells fired into some sector three months ago. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were all different, our lineages half buried or maybe just half forgotten. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They’re still avoiding me at the bus stop, but maybe if I talk to them alone, they’ll be willing to forgive me. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, maybe it was lucky my stomach was empty. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I think maybe the father can feel it, too, and the expression on his face is of curiosity, yet patience. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“No. Well, maybe. Yeah—yeah, I think he maybe has a knife.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe there was something really weird going on. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Somehow, he’d gotten bigger—or maybe her eyes were playing tricks on her. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Or maybe find a teacher to chat up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And the longer they looked for these kids the more he wondered if maybe the backpack had been black or green. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The meet ended by three and that meant maybe six good hours of daylight left, six and a half if we counted twilight, which seemed far darker from inside the hospital. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

But, maybe, if someone else gathered intelligence and it happened to fall in my lap... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But maybe these Canadians was doing something right with this idea ’bout parks, ’cause it sure was soothish and calming to sit there and wait. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He’s still nervous, but maybe it’s not because of how he looks, or because of me. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

As far as I knew, everybody I “hung out with” was a Christian teen, and even if some of them maybe weren’t so convinced, not a one of them was talking about their doubts. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t get over how happy I was, crying genuine tears of actual happiness for the first time in maybe forever, imagining my mom as a Patrick. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Like the train we took in the middle of the night, this one is also pretty empty, maybe a dozen people. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But maybe it’s not a big deal to him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the short hair or maybe it’s just that I wear all that has happened like a mask. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I stood there for a minute, feeling like maybe I’d seen a ghost. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Kay says, “I think maybe that scripture is not only about the harvest, but the work it takes to get a harvest, and the patience it takes to wait.” Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And he judged that northward was, maybe, the way that their hunters would least expect them to take. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“They might be craftsmen, artists, maybe advisers, but not warriors. Not leaders of dangerous quests.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Evarts Ziegler has been my movie agent for maybe eight years. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

However, where personal space is at a premium, tensions are apt to spike much more quickly than in a place where one’s battle cry reaches maybe ten neighbors instead of a hundred. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Yes, three syllables, about the same as Jamison; maybe the age of her mother’s brother, she decided. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At the Mauthen farm, maybe. But this is just the work of a rabid cow- lizard.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, maybe it was not an oxymoron. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“And maybe you would have gotten it the first time then.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

"I think we should also maybe practice stop, drop, and roll with Mrs. S," Maddy barreled on, rolling her hands in the air. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The golden warrior’s voice was rich and velvety, with an exotic accent—Middle Eastern, maybe—that seemed vaguely familiar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Not in class or anything, but maybe there could be some roped-off area on campus designated for screaming your cares away. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it is. Maybe if I wasn’t hiding I’d have street smarts or something. It’s early to be blaming myself, but maybe it’s going to be my fault, Lidia.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So I was already thinking about Liz, which is maybe why it didn’t quite register when I saw her walking toward me. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That he would be home in a couple of months, maybe three, maybe a little more, depending on how things went. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I could catch and keep it in there until it got used to me. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Little things; maybe something from a truck stop or a diner or a Holiday Inn. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m the one that will have to fight and work, and climb and wait, and maybe never get in after all.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fifteen feet in length, maybe ten feet wide. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I know you can’t watch TV or read, but maybe you can listen to music.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Look, when we ask a question she replies, ‘I don’t have the information you seek,’ like maybe if she did she would answer the question. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe I hit it—but I’m not sure.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I dose my eyes, maybe the girl relax. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to read them, of course, but maybe they weren’t written for me. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, instead of coming out of his room, Gebu had just gone in. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Layla,” she said, “why don’t you go find us some more blankets and clothes. I’d rather not lay the boys on this dirty floor. And maybe a few granola bars or something.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he is done for the moment. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We probably fell for, let’s say, five minutes and then we must have run for about twenty with the roaches and we’ve been here maybe ten,” he thought. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ray, who became like a big brother to me—well, maybe more like an uncle—was worried about me staying in the house by myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The things already invisible living all around him, and maybe even on him, and there was nothing he could do about it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

They have maybe barked up the wrong tree. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I mean, I guess I’m trying to be deep, but maybe it’s just dumb. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I am taking more than I know. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was one of the many times he looked at my mom and spontaneously declared how much he loved her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

When there was no answer I banged on the door, thinking maybe the bell had stopped working. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

It was a party of maybe twenty people, and even at a distance I could see that some of them had on blue uniforms which meant that they were Continentals—the Rebel troops. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe she knows something—maybe she wants to tell me something about my mother’s disappearance.” Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As I move toward him, I wonder—maybe Ben has a reason, too? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Blast them with TNT or maybe nuclear warheads? A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it wasn’t too far, or maybe it was a long, long way. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Running along the entire length of each shed was a grassy yard maybe fifteen feet wide. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

What else do you want? 12TH JUROR: Well, maybe . . . 3RD JUROR: Let’s vote on it. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

This has shaken them up as much as me, maybe more. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked better than she had since her fall, and maybe happier than I’d seen her in a long while. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

But I didn't, and maybe my boldness impressed him, because he told me my father was at St. Michael's prison. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

But this time it wasn’t enough and one of them maybe a Sioux or some Eskimos started showing off. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should start talking to Them, maybe a little bit. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Sierra felt that if she could just be alone for a few seconds to clear her head, maybe she could make sense of the poem. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Maybe it will be the principal, maybe it will be Mrs. Hall who did not hold your bags. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He tell me them boys was cowards, and maybe he could have them pointing they fingers one at the other. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I was actually excited about homework, maybe for the first time ever. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking maybe if we get enough money, we can find a real nice place to live, and then Mama would feel better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, lingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the Moon, outstayed their day, and in hideous eyrie bred this last untimely brood, apt to evil. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s not that I want to pry, but maybe Alice is not going off to find her own home. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father would then say, “Have you women stopped and told yourselves that maybe the police keep on coming because you women think about them so often?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a big, old-fashioned house key, maybe one that my father had carried on his key ring. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

If I could find her, maybe I could persuade her to lift my curse. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The travellers were light, or maybe none of them would ever have found a way through. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Think maybe he could get autographs too, Moose? Because Al Capone’s signature, that is worth a fortune! This is the beginning, Moose!” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair in dookie braids, maybe five or six of them sprouting every which way like antennae. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Probably. We’ll see. I need to do some stuff at home this weekend. If that works out, then yeah. You know, maybe.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was made of strong light and maybe a sort of relief. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe shrug at how strange everyone was, especially me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was made from a hide, elk or maybe buffalo, heavy and stiff enough to stop stones and arrows; long dry years had shrunk and split the edges, and it had lost the round shape. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was thinking about strangling me again. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They say when you die your brain lives for awhile longer, and maybe he could’ve heard me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

Five months, since I had seen her body, maybe eight or nine since I’d really touched her. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

At close range, and with his choppers showing, I could see he hadn’t seen a toothbrush in quite some time, perhaps maybe never. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I want to get a bigger apartment with someone...someone like you, maybe, and...I want to hide them.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“And maybe his whole country will split into pieces. He doesn’t have any idea what’s going to happen to him.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I know this will be nothing good, either: it will be Cathy, perhaps, asking me ever so nicely to maybe give the booze a rest this evening? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

To my surprise, the wick lit right up and, after shaking it a bit, I could hear that there was enough kerosene in it to keep it going for a while, maybe even all night. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think maybe Lara will be so focused on completing the obstacle course that she might leave me alone, but then she turns to face me with that little grin of hers. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He leans back now, his slippered feet bobbing, the drink maybe getting to him, and he says, You’ve almost got it, there, but something is still missing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would savor it, maybe fold it too in a brass box and hang it from her other ear. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was dying from third-degree burns on ninety percent of his body? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that is what it means to be a free people, and I should be glad? In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he was looking for one miracle, maybe another had snuck up on him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the witch teacher smiles back I think maybe she will not eat me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“The kids at my old school thought it was funny, too. I wasn’t exactly, um, popular there. But I thought maybe now we’re older...” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

That wasn’t what he was telling her at all; maybe the ghost was just repeating his wife’s name, Sing, and Pilate didn’t know it because she never knew her mother’s name. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And how am I supposed to take that? As a compliment, maybe? After all, it's my story you're talking about.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The landlady says that one of these days the rental service will pull it out, but maybe by that time I can learn to play it. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“What would you like for dinner tonight? Mac and cheese, maybe?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Not unless I revealed that I was Parzival, and maybe not even then. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was maybe thirty degrees outside, but I stood there sweating. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everyone could tell from the way he talked and from the car and clothes that he was rich and maybe had a castle out in California. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like it could be off the handle of a lantern, maybe. Where the handle rubbed against them, maybe.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

So maybe I could, once, try being nice to her. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe another baby might have helped us. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Colorful maps spilled across its pages, which were made from something stronger than paper, calfskin maybe, and edged with gold. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

In his other world he was very important-—maybe he was even emperor—but with me he was just my loving, talkative friend. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

The way she says it has Kalinda looking at me, hurt, like maybe I betrayed her in that journal. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I was proud of the flag and I thought maybe today it was proud of me. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really likes teaching kids English and thinks maybe he can take over the drama department, too, next year. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I was still hoping that maybe, one of these days, I’d work my way into that group myself. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know—maybe it doesn’t count as a date. But it was the second time we hooked up. And, I don’t know, you were just so...sweet about it. Don’t get mad, alright?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe Ash just wanted to pick someone who matched his team’s pedigree. Isn’t that right, Ahmadi?” he says to Roshan. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Dad’s eyes fill with water and he blinks a lot and I think maybe he needs to get those funny glasses Atticus wears. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We could give you a tail, and maybe some whiskers—then you two can match." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Then a new thought struck him: maybe that’s why the dog ran after him this morning. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

My chest kept on falling, maybe with some ice crystals on it now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You said . . . When the guy died, you said maybe all the strings inside him broke, and then you just said that about yourself, that the last string broke.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Each place we pass I figure he’ll stop—somebody come out and whistle, maybe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would take them months or years to re-form, maybe even centuries. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Except maybe those sons she and Ralph had always talked about. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

And also ... maybe it really will help me get to Closure. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because maybe Balekin isn’t going to try to kill Dain at all and the Court of Shadows has the wrong idea. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Turner thought that maybe there were times when Maine would do. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

I expect Fuchsia to smirk and maybe throw something at me, but she doesn’t. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“You maybe could,” says Dad, and points the Jeep up the road into the hills. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe a person is just made up of a lot of people,” I say. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Run, folks. He might kill us all. Personally, I think maybe he’s the communiss.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe he’d learn to care a little more if he didn’t have his precious stolen treasure to sell. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"And maybe they had other children. Children they couldn’t feed." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

By reading my diary, he will know all the things that I went through and maybe be in a position to do something about it. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

You can maybe hear my heart beating, scared. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

After about an hour we decided to head north toward Denver, thinking that maybe a bigger city would be more likely to have a Labyrinth entrance, but we were all getting nervous. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Annabeth had been tempted, maybe just a little, until she realized the place was a trap, and Percy had been turned into a rodent. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped for a moment to stand up and wipe the sweat from my forehead with the back of my wet hand, and maybe, I thought, I was dizzy, because everything around me moved. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For the first time, it occurred to me that maybe my mothers leaving had nothing whatsoever to do with me. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

If they went together, maybe Gregor would have the courage to face his dad. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe if my mouth had not been so dry, that would have come out the way it should have. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Audrey was maybe the one person who could have understood, and I wanted to tell her, but I didn’t. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Not sure what I want from him, except maybe a few words of advice. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Years later, Aimee told me that was the day she knew I had what it took to go all the way—to Nationals, to Worlds, and, one day, maybe even to the Olympics. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Id stay here, happy forever, playing games forever, and soon I’d forget my mom, and my quest, and maybe even my own name. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The youngest one, maybe he is five or six years old, is sniveling. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Kneeling in front of the poster board, there’s so much whiteness, I’m tempted to find a soft-lead pencil and draw tiny footprints, maybe two sets, walking through a windswept field of snow. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could disappear into Przemyśl, and maybe even Russia after that. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I thought about introducing myself but decided maybe now wasn’t the greatest time. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just go out there. Then maybe the sun will come out too.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So maybe Martin hasn’t given up after all. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

By then Herbie was desperate, and so, leaping at the chance to converse with a relatively friendly English-speaking person, he blurted, “Excuse me, sir, but maybe you can help me, I’m looking for Mr. Cantu.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who was given away? What can you tell us about this place? What about a virus? Do you know anything about two women and a little girl, maybe captured outside?” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

"Hmm," he said to himself, "maybe if ... no .. . perhaps . . . Ah! Yes, this is how it can be done!" Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

When he'd kissed that girl last year, with his mouth dry and his eyes mostly open, Park had wondered if maybe there was something wrong with him. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He knew he faced years—maybe the rest of his life—in prison. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Papa wouldn’t come; he would be looking for work, maybe in Hiroshima. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“My head aches and I’m tired, so I thought maybe some of you would go,” said Beth. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what that means, but then I think maybe, just maybe, this is what it’s like when you start turning into a water-zombie. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said once he would have ended up a lawyer, and maybe so. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If I could get there and climb it, maybe they wouldn’t think to look up when they searched for me. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

If I book it, I can maybe make it there in time. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For a long time she stared at him, and then she bit her lower lip and said, “Colin, maybe the problem is us.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

For a second, I thought maybe Mike had kidnapped Mrs. Winterbottom and was bringing her back for some ransom money or maybe he was now going to do away with the rest of us. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

It made them think I was a thief or maybe I'd do something to their swimming pool...and that white was better. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Higher up, maybe fifty feet in the air, a young woman with long blond hair was hanging facedown, held in place by nothing but the harness that now strained against her weight. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, listening to her, I even started wondering if maybe it was all feasible: if one day we might all of us move into a place like that and carry on our lives together. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You both shoot like hell so you’re both alive and God is smiling. But I’m not. I’m unhappy because I think Claudio shot too close and maybe hit him.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those women were maybe two times his age. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe they were looking for money. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But right now he was struck with the thought that maybe he'd lost them because the blessings had all come true. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

And if she could rescue Nin, if she could get to her in time, maybe that would make up for letting them take her in the first place. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

A small certificate would do, or maybe a badge to sew on his jacket. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe one of these days, I’ll allow you to polish me, instead of just that pole.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t see that Mars Bar disliked him, maybe even hated him. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glanced up at her once, maybe to check if she was still there. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Negotiating the terms of the job, though, I’d had what maybe should have been an obvious revelation about nonprofit work: It doesn’t pay. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Her whole body looks as if she is fighting—fighting us, herself, the air around her, this house, this city, this country, maybe. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

There are maybe fifteen people dancing, while everyone else spreads out on the bleachers. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even if she would maybe regret it later. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I have it in me to entertain strangers too. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

That he had been buried in Lwów and maybe they could visit the grave after the war. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

And then maybe he would glean himself as his first and only act. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe I want to go to the university.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I had a feeling that maybe Dad would call me, so I didn’t mind hanging around the house all day waiting for the phone to ring. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Then it occurred to her: maybe the little statue of Mithras wasn’t stuck in the rock. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And I thought, maybe everything in the universe is alive tonight, anyway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The kind of color you’d only find in the sky just before sunrise, maybe. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

A religious fanatic, maybe even crazy, but a murderer? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

But if I bought the Swarp, it was a little more sporty, and that might be brag, because the Dodge Gryphon was maybe too family. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her emotions soared for the time it took to reach the street, maybe five or eight seconds. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Except maybe the eight bulging asbestos ceiling tiles, which now had about as much bulge as asbestos ceiling tiles can. take. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“So he could’ve tripped that camera. I mean, it’s been a few years since I was there; maybe it’s gone.” Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could have used some companionship that week, but maybe I wouldn’t have believed anything about Jeffy until I was ready, no matter what Dad said. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Chuck offered up that maybe they were just exploring and having some fun, Newt had given him a stare so harsh Thomas thought Chuck might spontaneously combust. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Walter Johnson, maybe with the best fastball in the game, could drive a nail in a fence post from sixty feet. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raised my eyes to him, the first time I’d looked up in days, maybe weeks. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if her father had told her, maybe she had asked him. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe to win this new game we need to play the old one.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I’m going to write it down because maybe if I do I won’t have to think about it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

His near-expulsion actually seemed to shake something loose in her brain; she was maybe more surprised than anyone that Ocean had voluntarily broken someone’s nose, and, suddenly, she was asking him questions. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

But Jesper had always wondered if maybe his father had been a little afraid of him, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder if Howard changed them, and maybe they couldn’t go back to their old hoods because they’ve grown too big, too tall. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

That some time in the last hour he became so annoyed at something—maybe the juggling brothers threw a ball at his head—that “the creatives,” whatever that means, had a meeting and decided E.T.: Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“I guess it would be—maybe impossible. Tell me about your brother.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

After maybe ten extremely uncomfortable minutes, during which we pretended to sip at the dregs of our ice-cold coffee, Henry walked in, a book beneath his arm. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But maybe he’s not the only one, though. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was because he knew that shoestrings as jewelry would never fly back home in Brooklyn. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A boat, tiny at this distance, moved up the bay, maybe heading back to Crisfield with its day’s catch. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some man told her that maybe there was no Mattie Mahony; it was just the name they gave to whatever man was head of the organization. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Otto whipped out his notepad jotting that down, another deduction—and maybe one more maneuver—came to mind. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

And Gran would’ve told me that maybe I was there as an angel before I chose to become Mom and Dad’s kid. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to explain my problem without really explaining my problem, hoping she’ll understand and maybe show some sympathy. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe not as smart and clever as the song sellers made out. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

He knew where there were good sassafras roots in the woods; maybe he would bum some brush in the fencerows and heat a little water for sassafras tea. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't normally use words like terrific, so maybe Mai will understand that I have my concerns. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Now that I’m moments away from my meeting, I’m suddenly gripped with the feeling that maybe I don’t want to be here after all. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe I could earn some money and buy one in America. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

There had to be dozens of them now, maybe over a hundred. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Voice recognition software, maybe,” Shanti said, searching the control panel for some hint. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

We stopped a distance from it, maybe the distance from home plate to the left field fence in a regular stadium. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All I’m saying is, maybe the Sanders family could stand to feel a little pain themselves. Way they caused pain for everyone else.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He did not seem hostile, but maybe Brereton knew something I didn’t know. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was she maybe staying in an apartment where one of them had once lived? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Because, you know, maybe that made it, and her, safer. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And a chance to go into the cottages, maybe.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

And maybe it was her head-of-a-seamstress head that made what you thought was a cheerful dress turn loud and tatty next to hers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is with the people—spread out over Detroit, and Michigan, and America, and maybe even the world. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A boy and a girl—both older than him, maybe eighteen or nineteen, would be getting their rings today and become junior scythes. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Stella’s mother and Mrs. Hawkins linked arms, whispering, maybe even praying. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got a right to think that way. Or maybe you’ve forgotten that a few years back the government decided it couldn’t trust any of us and shipped us out of here.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

From the street, it just looked as if maybe there were a ton of trees in her backyard. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Someday, maybe I can cook him some eggs from my own chicken. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

And the feeling that maybe I shouldn’t have made it so difficult. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Probably a year—maybe more, maybe less. Most of our children either go home to their families or axe adopted.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Right, but maybe she lived there for a while after. Or moved back, or something.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And I knew JP was going to pout like this for the rest of the year—maybe the rest of high school entirely. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was exhilaration in the collision, the honest contact of football, not as beautiful maybe as a completed pass or a fake that threw your opponents off balance but beautiful nevertheless and manly, prideful. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, I thought, since you like making things, maybe you could fix it up and use it. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the smaller figure of Nike came to life and busted out some ninja moves. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Inside it was another universe, and maybe if she figured out the right way to ask, someone would let her in. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Grandpa had started coming around again while we were still there—he did live with Adele again after we left—and maybe the authorities found out. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you know that it has other roots in the Rastafari religion. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait a minute; maybe I have an old one you can use.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Finding them was like a game of hide-and-seek, or maybe more like who’s-got-the-button. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was because I didn’t really trust making deals with Mr. Spizz. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, something that I actually did know. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

They must have shot maybe a hundred shots and people was running and screaming. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was an hour, maybe more, before Liam’s breathing evened out and he began to snore. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And yet she had something precious that I—despite all my opportunities, or maybe because of them—did not. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And maybe, if she’s feeling fearless, a few things not on there, like going to see some holiday lights at one a.m. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I realized that maybe I could tell them. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looks younger up close, but older than me—maybe Chantal’s age. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She looks up, watching the birds come and go, maybe just watching the sky. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And maybe he’s experiencing it too, what with the singing and all. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

And maybe my timing sucks here, but I guess I'm not really thinking about Leah. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Like maybe he was just as terrified as I was. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

So, maybe just for me, in that moment I decide to come up with my own names for us all. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the fact that he felt like he couldn’t do anything about it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I mean, sometimes I get nervous around him, but I think that’s because everyone else is watching us. Or maybe I’m excited to be friends with him. Or maybe...” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s just the fact that we loved Aunt Helen, especially me, and this was the time we could spend with her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“If sightseeing and exploring new places is our family norm, then maybe adventure isn’t the right word choice.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“But...maybe...somehow...someone by accident...someone might have heard me talking to Bradley....” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

He just accepted the things people did, without comment or judgment and maybe without being terribly concerned. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe . She looked around the barracks. “Maybe it was a great blessing.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want to be as close as possible! Run along its edges so we know exactly where we are! And maybe lose those psychos while we’re at it!” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I asked, thinking that maybe witches had been in the coal. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe you only fight when there’s a river to dive into, so your daddy can protect you.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was a good eight feet across to the next building and maybe a yard down. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe she’s not as ready to make a new friend as I was. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Never more than a few hundred, maybe a thousand rand at a time, but it was all cash on hand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you just happened to end up with a group of girls because of the class you had right before lunch. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Each of us is a self-contained, free-standing individual, labeled by specific protein configurations at the surfaces of cells, identifiable by whorls of fingertip skin, maybe even by special medleys of fragrance. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe Finch didn’t feel like he had a choice, or maybe he wasn’t trying to kill himself at all but just going in search of the bottom. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But maybe people who felt that way had never learned the universal language. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Doubt it. She is not into the outdoors, at all. I mean, maybe an outdoor mall...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Because an angry, independently thinking victor with a layer of psychological scar tissue too thick to penetrate is maybe the last person you want on your squad. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe we can ask again, what we are to each other?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Shelving units were arranged in a square around an open area, maybe twenty feet by twenty feet wide. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to tell your father, but maybe you deserve to hear it first. You scored higher than any boy from the Sunderbans in English and Bangla.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

That maybe knowing Jesus was like crying and making new friends and being scared and not having parents around, all at once. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Liyana’s mother believed a whole lot in karma, the Hindu belief that what someone does in this world will come back to him or her—maybe not the day after tomorrow, but eventually. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was looking like maybe it wanted to swim where the other two birds were, but maybe not. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

I shrugged, dried my hands on the dish towel and followed him, thinking if maybe I was in trouble and what for. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the other way around, and what bothered me was that he stuck with her after she’d given me up. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe because I left you so fast. Maybe I didn’t lay the groundwork for a proper memory. Or maybe I wanted you to find me, in some way. I don’t know.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“But maybe I will give away my half,” I said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t a fulfillment of her duty as an Abnegation—maybe it came from a desire to help people like the ones she had left. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I think that maybe Richard Nixon just wanted something too much. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more importantly, maybe she’d been scared of being paralyzed by fear again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Sure, maybe he needed time to figure things out. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He’d been ready to introduce himself, explain how they’d come in peace, maybe tell a few jokes and offer breath mints. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I figured that would maybe count for something. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She moved, then moved back, maybe deciding whether to come to us or not. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Amarante Cordova was already talking to the approximately seventy-five people present, most of them either middle-aged or quite old men, interspersed by a few women, and maybe a dozen kids. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear them whispering, eager to see if it’s really Brooke, or maybe just happy for the break in the routine. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hears a rustling over the phone, and he pictures Henry in his heather-gray pajama shirt, rolling over in bed and maybe switching on a lamp. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I hope that it isn’t too soon at all—that maybe she’s even begun to consider me a friend too. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Still she watched, saying to herself, perhaps, after all, there were only eight, maybe they decided that eight would be enough. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Move one more step and I’ll put it there. Or maybe you rather watch me shoot another string half in two.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

So maybe the guy had a good reason to want to make people at this school pay. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I think he expects it to be horrifying, maybe even wants it to be. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was too close to the road or maybe we’d turned a little wild and couldn’t live in a normal house anymore. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the laboratory recognizes people, maybe it also knows data about everyone, and can present a corresponding simulated environment depending on your faction.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe it’s a good thing, the way we never stop surprising each other. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he would wait till he got home. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“But maybe it could help others. If they don’t already have a treatment ...” Alec gave him a doubtful look. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, you ought to be glad to hear that friends can maybe become more.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Harry said his fence would take root in places, maybe, and get green leaves on it in the spring. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The rules are pretty straightforward: an adjective is put down, like maybe “awkward,” and everyone has to throw down a noun that best fits. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I missed them in the crowd. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I had food enough in the cave for a couple of weeks, maybe longer if I did not eat much. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I want you to keep your mouth shut. It may all blow over, and nobody’ll ever know. Maybe—maybe Pa just thought she said yes.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Thank the gods, Percy turned his sword—maybe on purpose, maybe accidentally—so the flat of it hit Jason’s chest; but the impact was still enough to knock Jason off his mount. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Jared: Well, maybe if more people were like Manny’s parents, that wouldn’t be the case. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If there’s something in my head, then maybe someone can help me get it out. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This time my clammy hands aren’t because of nerves but excitement—or maybe a little of both. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He saw that he had a donor he could trust, maybe a WL who could be educated about the real challenges of abating poverty. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Now, if the killer began running immediately— 12TH JUROR: Well, maybe he didn’t. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know, maybe they used to but no one paid attention to them. You could still apply yourself, though.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The way he would sit in the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the jook for that night. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The only thing better would have been a pair of binoculars with, maybe, Jesus saw that she was ready. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I'll stay on the sidewalk—see?—just like a path in front of the stores. Then maybe later we can all go into the mall and look in the stores. You’d like that, wouldn’t you?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I think having you and your wife maybe, her sister, too, near Veronica would help.” Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"I promised I wasn't going to get involved, didn't I? But maybe I can give you some one-on-one acting lessons, Chantal." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“But where will you go? If it’s not too far, maybe we could still see each other.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I thought if whites came into our schools, maybe our textbooks would improve. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

Ancient Greek, but just as old—Minoan, maybe, or something like that I could understand what she sang about—moonlight in the olive groves, the colors of the sunrise. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it started that way,” Naomi said earnestly. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But maybe it’s a good thing Malik took today off. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was dark while the guards were breaking up our demonstration; maybe most of the people got home without being recognized. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if the vision of Bacchus offering her a silver goblet was false, maybe the other visions didn’t have to come true either—especially the one of her, Percy, and Jason drowning. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Next time, maybe you could, I don’t know, trust me?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But maybe he didn’t have to tell everything he was thinking. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to walk until I’m exhausted, until I’m so tired I can’t think, and maybe then I will be able to sleep. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe, when you get all through, I could call the dogs and hunt the mice.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” he said, “there’s a tipi out back. Let’s go see it, maybe rest a bit before we head on.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Step right up—ah, what can I do for you, little boy? How about a nice bagful of pronouns—or maybe you’d like our special assortment of names?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I should have at least known something, but maybe not; who can sense revelation in the wind? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Sharks have few offspring, which makes it easy for them to become extinct. But maybe we can still reverse what we’ve done to them.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I told Liam and the others I’d meet with them about something. Can we maybe do this later? Or even tomorrow?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“If she left her phone here, maybe she left one of her computers, too,” Emma said. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Eight, maybe nine at most, judging by her size. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He might get old as midday maybe, but sweet God! the evening cannot come, and the night—? East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And scared, so scared that maybe she was wrong. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe he even thought, wondered if perhaps that was not why the beard, if maybe the other had not hidden behind that beard against this very day, and if so, why? why? thinking But why? Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thirsty, and I’m angry, and I think maybe I’d rather face the nightmares than this, after all. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He said that maybe I had a calling for the religious life that was manifesting itself early on. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He used to be really into it, maybe even more than Emily in the beginning. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Still, I didn’t dare to suggest that maybe we wanted to get the corpse out of the boat before the skin split. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was peeved and about to chase him off when I noticed he was looking on with interest, like maybe he wanted to join in. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He will be brought down by the woman, both in society and maybe in his own health. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was maybe then that I felt a first flicker of resentment involving politics and Barack’s unshakable commitment to the work. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“You just see a piece and you know it wants you to pick it up and you know there’s a bird inside, or maybe a boat.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Or who knows, maybe it is, I thought. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe not. Maybe I talk to lawyer instead.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If more show up, maybe the Faire will actually happen, after all.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Hazel needed to explain, she needed to say something, because maybe Susan didn’t realize it, maybe Susan thought she was alone, too. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

‘Say not unscathed, but if you say unchanged> then maybe you will speak the truth,’ said Aragorn. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I follow his order, realizing that this is what all of District 2, all of Panem maybe, must be seeing at the moment. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, to my left is a sliver of a park, like somebody’s yard in Jankburg, but I’m sure this is considered, I dunno, maybe The Central Park?” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

As we exit and make our way to the playing field, it becomes pretty apparent that this maybe isn’t friendly territory for a team like ours. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

“You need to do this for you. And maybe this is the wrong thing to say, but I need you to do this, you know?” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I felt him fumbling for something—his phone, maybe—and then glanced down and realized he was trying to hold my hand. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe it would all have got forgotten eventually; or maybe Ruth and I would have drifted apart. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t belong in this century. Nico only brought me back so I could correct my mistakes, maybe get into Elysium.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked younger than I’d seen her in a long time, maybe since before the accident. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He’d readied himself for a comb, a mirror, a change purse, maybe some paper clips. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought if you met her and knew she would never want to take Lily . . . that you might bring the child here and allow Biddy to see her maybe just once. Just one time.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

And maybe there are more kids that I haven’t met yet. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“There ought to have been some guardian, or such-like, whiles you was a minor. Some lawyer, maybe. As to the first letter of that lawyer’s name now. Would it be J?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe they would’ve been furious at me for keeping it from them for so long, and the credit would have gone to someone else.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Since her mother was talking about money, maybe she’d be honest about a few other things too. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They’ve sent him to a decent school; maybe he’s even matriculated. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe—whatever. I thought maybe he wasn’t cheating.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe I could get her homework and then, you know, pass it on to her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want anyone to think I was a baby so I said, “Not exactly scared, sir, maybe I am a little bit nervous.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I know we’re not sure about the dragon’s pearl....Do you think maybe that’s the stone the emperor is looking for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe Mary Dalton was a hot kind of girl; maybe she spent lots of money; maybe she’d like to come to the South Side and see the sights sometimes. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was dressed in business clothes, a suit and tie, like he was maybe just getting off work, even though it was too early in the afternoon for that. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

He wondered whether he should try to talk to Kaira when he got back to the hotel, or wait a day, or maybe just fly back to Austin. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The thing was just barely alive, its heart slowed almost to nothing, beating maybe once per minute. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Or even...well, okay, maybe not Coach Hedge. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

But maybe there are other reasons she doesn’t want to go inside. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

We victors staged our own uprising, and maybe, just maybe, the Capitol won’t be able to contain this one. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like how stealing could actually help someone, could maybe be worth the risk. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t take long—twenty minutes, maybe thirty—before Luke seemed in his right mind, calm and able to prop himself up. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It’s only a block away, and maybe it’s not a red star on her map, but it should’ve been. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

There was a look of determination on each of their faces, and maybe a little bit of joyous anticipation. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I wondered if maybe someone had already brought it up. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s just that teachers hear everything. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He died of lung cancer maybe three years ago. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Or better yet, maybe you could give me his address and I’ll just send him the book.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

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

“Besides, if I can just spend some time with them, maybe—” She broke off, not able to believe she’d actually been about to tell Rishi her thought process. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He thought of going up—because maybe they were not there—racing up the stairs, grabbing the cereal box, racing back down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But maybe that is Tobias—when he’s supposed to be weak, he’s strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’m Last Friend—less, but maybe dying alone is an okay End Day for someone who lived his life pretty alone. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

If she could steal beauty from swans, even for a moment, maybe there was some kind of hope. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Let's hang up now, okay? But you can call me back anytime. Or we can get together, like maybe go for a walk. Or whatever, okay? Anytime." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think the boys he’d been playing football with earlier came back, or maybe it was some students strolling by who came and sat down with us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s a long shot, it’s suicide maybe, but I do the only thing I can think of. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid not. But maybe there’s something useful in the Yearbook?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember her name, maybe I forgot it instantly when he volunteered the thing. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Places where people who have no home, no money, no hope gather together of an evening to share a fire and maybe some beans and coffee. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They’ve got guys on that team that are fifteen, maybe sixteen feet tall. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know, maybe some people are just preconditioned to think about it more than others. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Well, I broke your window. I should pay. And I can pay. I get money from helping people. Or maybe I can do something for you. I’m a good worker. I like work.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“He says maybe ten minutes to the harbor,” Leo reported. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On one of these stools, maybe this one, Hannah sat when she first arrived. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“The big ship is not ready. Leo says tomorrow, maybe two days. Then they will come.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I think maybe he would want to hear about the trip. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

But after a while he said in a low voice, “You should not have told me her name, maybe.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

You start with nothing and maybe end with everything. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As I read the morning newspaper that Monday, what with all the changes, I thought maybe the headline would read, “Integration Halted Again.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He be so mad I wonder if maybe it just feels like happy to him. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she was just incredibly embarrassed and didn’t want to admit she’d made a mistake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The winter was as exciting as the summer—maybe more so. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something about their faces, maybe their eyes, disturbed Nathan and scared him. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“That was on the tape...Or maybe it was on the one I made last April. I’m not sure.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

His face was thinner and more chiseled, maybe because he hadn’t been eating. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She has hopes for him: graduation from high school, a white-collar job, maybe as an engineer. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“And maybe there’s some other crazy connection with Charles Fort,” Calder went on. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I applied to some schools in New York City, so maybe we’ll be in the same state.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Maybe that’s land of perverted or maybe it’s just romantic and highly intelligent. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

So, yes...maybe the scepter could cause a freak ice storm. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She stopped for a moment and looked around, as if maybe she hadn’t moved at all. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

They are straggled together, maybe from an orphanage in another country. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

If he were talking to me, maybe I would. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Someday when this was over, if it was ever over, maybe I would be able to write about it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cop car is parked outside, but both officers must be inside, maybe even in the backyard by now if Peck snitched. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“This is what you want,” Byrd says, like maybe she doesn’t know Axel at all. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I’m a bad person, and I don’t realize it, and I don’t deserve a dad. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

It had worked once; maybe talking to the older woman would work again. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Emily played around with rearranging the letters, thinking maybe it was an anagram. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s just that you’ve been on this whole time, and it’s already getting old. One of you, maybe. But two of you is too much.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

It could be funny, maybe, the way we’re all wondering and thinking the same things, but no one ever says a word about it. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

And maybe leave some room free—I don’t want to lose one of my best customers.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

"I don't, but just because I don't want to take your arm doesn't mean I'm following protocol. Maybe I'm worried you're carrying sickness. Or maybe you don't smell very nice." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Don’t know what Judd done with the meat—rented him a meat locker somewhere, maybe. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now stretched out for another good ways, maybe forty rods or so. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, maybe,” said Harry as they reached the entrance hall and crossed into the Great Hall. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s low-wage work in general that has the effect of making you feel like a pariah. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wore what I wanted. Didn’t you? Besides, maybe it was a command,” Isabella says. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Max hands it to Jessica, who gives it a little shake and says, “I think it’s a wooden block. Like maybe one of those alphabet blocks.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

It was a salsa party of nerves, embarrassment, and maybe, kind of, excitement. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Would we maybe even be split up, me and Finn and Emma all going separate places? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I accepted that, began to think maybe he really could get us home. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Who knows, maybe our religion will teach the world and all the people in it about goodness, and that’s the reason, the only reason, we have to suffer. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

"There are too many maybe's here, which is what Sam Westing planned. We must not allow ourselves to be distracted from the real issue: Which heir did Sam Westing want punished?" The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first George thought maybe the engines had started up again. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

I sing “Jolene,” and maybe it’s my imagination, but I hear a few voices out in the audience singing it back to me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Thinks maybe he could find himself some quail over there, he says. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It is, because maybe I don’t even know if I really wanted to be with all those guys.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Coach says, “I thought that maybe if Russell had a friend who knew what it was like to be different, the transition might be a little easier.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just hope Amber will read the note and write me back, and maybe even come to the party tonight. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

That moment when I was off the ground, one foot against the side of the moving train, one hand holding on to the train or maybe an outstretched hand, that moment would last forever. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was that nothing seemed to happen, except the same thing happening over and over again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The genes I got from my mom and dad. And my luck, well, I don’t where that came from. God, maybe.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then again, maybe he was just playing it cool—he was in the gym that day. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And it was kind of amazing, since the original pizza-slice-sized store would have fit maybe ten people tops, and that would have been shoulder-to-shoulder. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He was a farmer’s son, and Anya liked to imagine that if Ilya could go from being a peasant to a knight, maybe she could too. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

What if maybe she’d only said those things in anger and regretted them? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I’m sure that by then, thousands, maybe even hundreds of thousands, of kids had already up and gone the same way she had. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He wanted to meet this mysterious brother, maybe learn something about Hazel’s background —who her dad was, what secret she was hiding. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

They just died because somebody else was scared, maybe careless. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cordelia will see this piece in the paper, and maybe she will laugh. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So maybe we can figure this out some other way,” I said. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

We loved our sports pavilion, maybe because it reminded us of those sweet little cottages people always had in picture books when we were young. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She got three T-shirts, huge ones, maybe cover up a king-size bed. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The office, as Myron had told me maybe a million times, used to be my dad’s bedroom, and before Myron moved to the basement, he and my father had shared it. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The campaign had worn us out, maybe even more than I’d anticipated. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’d always believed that the cello was a solitary instrument, but now I was starting to wonder if maybe I was the solitary one. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could begin with Minerva's mother telling her she was an outside child or maybe her just finding out, or maybe some kids telling her in a mean way. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He might be running from the law, or maybe a charm had been placed on him, which would explain why every ordinary hex he tried to put on his wife failed to work. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

But maybe there is also a third kind of dysphagia that comes when your heart breaks into pieces. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Or wonder if maybe she wasn’t seeing herself right—or, anyway, like how the boys saw her? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

That maybe I’m getting my hopes up for nothing. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe she’s a little like Ms. Dale, but maybe she’s also a little like George and wants Axel to stay curious. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Small steps, Trying to pull myself together, And maybe I’ll discover, A clue along the way. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she said, “maybe I should tell you . . . Something funny back on the bus . . .” Whatever she wanted to say was interrupted by a shrill toot-toot-toot, like the sound of an owl being tortured. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps the Mountain Spirit whispers in our dreams, or maybe the moon cannot help showing us when we close our eyes. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

If someone tried just a little harder, maybe attempted to climb the towers, or use a magic raft…. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I let it go again because celebrating my parents’ marriage after everything with his parents was maybe too much for him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

When the bell rings I stand there sucking my sleeve until I remember I have a maybe friend and I go find Michael. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe if it was a windy day, the swings just kept on swinging. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I decide that I like my silence, and that maybe I should run away to become a monk so that I will never have to speak to anyone ever again. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His voice ringing down Hall Street, circling round the roads of Nicholtown and maybe out into the big, wide world . Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He’s the only friend I have and maybe the only friend I’ll ever have. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I swallowed the nagging feeling that maybe I wasn’t being the best brother. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And Minny, maybe she don’t want a be deprived a any a the things that go along with being brave and good. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

"My father maybe dying behind the walls of River-run. My brother is surrounded by foes. I must go to them." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Sure. But in the meantime,” Tally said, “maybe I could come home with you?” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Still, I thought maybe north might not be so good either. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was seventy-four years old, but in Nye’s opinion, “looked younger— maybe ten minutes younger.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You think maybe she didn’t send your essay because it was too, too—I don’t know—uh, dangerous?” he asked. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

That means using more chemical fertilizer or maybe trying new hybrid or GMO seeds. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And maybe he was all torn up about it. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

And maybe I came here looking for someone who won’t show up, but I’ll leave with someone who could be even better for me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

At that point, I think I was just relieved she’d finally found the tape and not made a huge scene about it, and so maybe I wasn’t being as careful as I might have been. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Could you...I know this is going to sound dumb, but could you maybe check on him?” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Peggy seemed kind enough, but maybe she was being kind in order to shove her part of the work on him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It had been two days since he had eaten, or maybe three. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking she found a good shrink, or maybe she published that novel she’s been writing since the earth cooled. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

So I say, "Well, I'm really sorry... you know, that I bumped into you. I've got to go . . . so, maybe I'll see you around." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the past few months, Ivy had daydreamed once or twice—okay, maybe three times—of getting away from her family. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Its thick pilings caused races in the current that could trap a small boat and maybe even overturn it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someday maybe I’d figure out how to suck it down evenly. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Given that, Jason decided maybe he shouldn’t complain about being an old man. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“My family. Yours, if they want to come. Haymitch, maybe,” I say. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, maybe at the moment of his death he would be too weak to feel pain. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Ellie stopped walking and looked at me like maybe she was actually considering it. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Piper put some charmspeak in her voice, which maybe wasn’t cool, but Percy needed to be able to focus. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Before the letter, I thought maybe I could take them back to San Antonio, just for a while. Maybe the summer. But that won’t work anymore.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

And every adult who maybe held some sort of imaginary report card as to what kind of human being she was. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Entertainment!” he says, but I think maybe he doesn’t want to work. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s my new life just beginning to announce itself. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she has a work phone and a personal cell phone, and all the other messages were on that other phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she didn’t really want anything, except to be left alone. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figure if I keep my head down, maybe I can serve out the balance of my life sentence in relative peace. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he had been saintly before and the war had made him something else. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But maybe one day we’ll both get to taste mangos in India and Cuba!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

His paws looked like ordinary mouse paws to him, but now that she mentioned it, maybe... Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

One, maybe two steps more, and I would have jumped inside the closest tub and buried myself under a pile of blankets. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’d haul us to jail and maybe even have a beating in store for us. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jamie might not see me as a burden, but maybe his mom does. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” I said, slowly, “we should have talked to them first. You know, before you...well, just maybe we should have talked.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

She had done well—maybe better than good, even— and it surprised her, this thrill she felt over his small compliment. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

I don’t know; maybe he’s funny and I’m not. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Lots of people do understand the Arabic. Some who memorize the Qur’an may not, but maybe for them it’s a first step in their study.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I like to think that maybe he—as Aristotle did—would bring up a man who would conquer the world. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was struggling to become someone else, and maybe felt the pressure more than the rest of us because, as I say, she’d somehow taken on the responsibility for all of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was still trying to decide which college to go to, but I thought maybe the engineering program at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe he knew it and maybe he didn’t, but for someone like me, words like that are worth all the medals in the world. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And I think that maybe the very last postcard she sent is exactly where she is now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

That state of affairs lasted a year, maybe two. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Something you maybe need to know: People call me White Rabbit. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he does, but you get more positive points for helping the old lady who was so happy she cried and kissed my cheeks so hard she rubbed tears all over them. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Byrd looks around the field, like maybe her son is talking about nature again. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

A torn painting hung on one wall: a clipper ship, maybe even this one, painted from high up, looking down on the deck. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe I could wish for a new best friend. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She seems almost amused by the tone of my challenge, surprised, maybe, that I would even question her. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Or am I a new Jenna, the product of technology, changed by what was put in or maybe what was left out? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they would just appreciate some fresh fruits and vegetables in their diets. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

So maybe the grass is a metaphor for our equality and our essential connectedness, as Dr. Holden had said. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And someday I’d maybe go down to Mexico for real, I told her, maybe I’d even live there and learn Spanish and visit where my grandparents were from. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I thought I should maybe apologize for what I did to her lovelies. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking next year we might do a Gone With the Wind theme for the Benefit,” Hilly says, “maybe rent the old Fairview Mansion?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

It was probably just an animal, maybe another beetle blade. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the lady who ran the park food stand in summer. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mistake, maybe — a foul-up in the paperwork. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We adopted Fred from the New York City Animal Control Center. They informed us that Fred had been abandoned in an alleyway. That he showed signs of neglect, maybe even abuse...” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he's told her that his old buddy Tara is visiting? You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I even dared to hope that maybe, by the time I got there, college would extend a welcome to me, which no one had done for Mother Lois. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The laughing man wasn’t on the comer—maybe he didn’t work holidays. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Sweetie, no, I’m sorry. That’s not what I—poor choice of words, okay? I just think maybe you and your mom and I should talk about this.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“With a bracelet or another ring. Or maybe some coin.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

As for Leo and Dante, maybe they were truly sorry, or maybe Ms. Fender had just worn them out with all that repeating. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

If the police were busy downtown at the library, investigating the theft of the missing books, it would take them maybe ten minutes to race all the way up to the motel. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

If he trusts me, maybe that makes me trustworthy. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Sure,” he said, “maybe we can go downstairs and look at the moon from there.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

One more year maybe Dell's bike will be mine. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

Go outside, maybe follow Dinah if she ever went on another one of her outings. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

She hoped maybe the rain would stop, but she didn’t think it would. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his thoughts down, looking around at the world and life, and then I came along in two minutes and boom! it's all over.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe Carole Lombard or Arturo Toscanini who played on the radio. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

So maybe, Mai thought, the risk part involved riding the city bus. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Things are going to have to change if we can’t figure out a way to get some food. It could happen before that even, maybe as soon as our water is gone.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, maybe two or three times a month, usually on Saturday, my father would come and pick me Lip and I would go home and visit. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe his friendship with Esperanza would remain rocky, or maybe this was their chance to rebuild. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Beside the woman sat a girl, a little younger maybe than the twins, but not much. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I never even stopped to think about the future, about leaving this school, this neighborhood, maybe even this city. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is a very private person. And maybe his other sister didn’t want him to. I’m not sure. Too much time went by and we lost touch.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she just knew we didn’t have time to argue. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

We got another ten, maybe twenty feet, before the car jerked to a dead stop. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“An early snow,” he said, “maybe it will be a wet winter. A good year next year.” Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe you didn’t feel as compelled to have a career or follow your passions in Iran. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He figured he could walk for no more than anothe'r hour, maybe two, before he had to turn back. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

But here Mom was, fresh out of rehab, letting go of the past, surprising him, surprising me, and maybe that was the best sign of all. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Empty food tins would be pounded into palm-oil lamps, toys, plowshares maybe—who could say? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If the Bureau can get to the Key Holder first, then maybe we can spring a trap for Moreau’s apprentice. This could be how we get Quinton and Maria back.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought, If I could wait till he falls asleep first, then maybe it wouldn’t be a big deal. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Did you ever think that maybe that’s why I brought you?" Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I felt like someone—something—was looking for me right now, maybe pounding its way up the stairs, growing long, horrible talons. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe I’ll come back as some HeLa cells like my mother, that way we can do good together out there in the world.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They tended to resemble Tom Waits, or maybe it was the other way around. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe a little. But I didn’t, because I thought— I didn’t want things to stay the same for eternity, because things could always get better. And I was thinking ...” My throat felt really dry. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If you’ve never done gymnastics, that might look like a hard list or maybe even like a different language. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he can fix that chipped tooth. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was and I didn’t want to admit that a white boy had done the thing to me. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe his abrasiveness is also his armor. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was late, noon, afternoon maybe; I reached for my watch on the night table and started again, more violently this time. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” said the Admiral, “maybe you know why we explorers prefer the South Pole?” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

There are too many maybes and only one truth: I don’t know what you’re doing right now. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Soon as Mong left I reached into Rondell’s bag for my new book, Of Mice and Men, thinking maybe I could try reading a little. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they cut it down before it crashed in on itself. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know you can't write me back, but maybe you could send me a sign. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean—okay, maybe ‘normal’ isn’t the right word.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

And they brought music—maybe not the best, but the form and sense of it. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I picked up the swoosh of a drag, like a bag or maybe a body. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Isidore said, “Could you maybe fix dinner for us? If I brought home the ingredients?” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I just remembered. The gorgon’s blood—maybe it’s starting to heal my mind. The Sea of Monsters. Hylla... she welcomed us at the docks, took us to see her boss. Hylla worked for the sorceress.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But if you would kindly tell me which ones aren’t, maybe I could buy them some apples or something? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped that they were doing something nice, like maybe walking home from dinner someplace, maybe even looking up at the same moon. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I grab a box and run up the stairs to my room because I have to do this fast, like, maybe it's already too late. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could all eat out, maybe go shopping in Baton Rouge. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they already took her away and that’s why I was being called a “foster child.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, there you are, you gotta weigh two hundred pounds, and you got a rifle, and you’re against a squirrel that weighs maybe two or three pounds, and he ain’t got nothing.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And people would give them a lot of pennies and the monkey could eat with them and maybe sleep in her bed at night. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t within easy reach, but maybe...A third idea slithered into her mind like a poisonous asp. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I think maybe the reason I have spent most of my life being afraid is that I have been trying to prepare myself, to train my body for the real fear when it comes. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I don’t know how to, but maybe I can figure it out.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Like maybe Axel doesn’t know the whole truth of the things that happened between Byrd and Frank, and maybe—no, definitely—he doesn’t know what happens next. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well...maybe you’re right about that...but, well, we can make sure we don’t step on it.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

It was easier, I guess, than the truth—or maybe because some small part of it felt like it was the actual truth. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

And it isn’t about magic, or some idea that maybe God is looking right at you, or an angel is sitting next to you, or anything like that. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

But then I’d thought that maybe I could pick up some valuable information from a group like this—so many locals, some who might even know Day personally. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because the Corcorans were Irish, maybe it was that Mr. Corcoran was born in Boston, but the whole family seemed to feel, somehow, that it had a mysterious affinity with the Kennedys. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Eric, “maybe. But the man in the canal was definitely a spy.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Like maybe I could just fly to New York and avoid getting mugged in the Greyhound bathroom before I even make it out of Pittsburgh. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you think maybe we could get a game together for Tuesday after school, instead of Mondays?” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘It wasn’t all just roses with you and she. But maybe that sort of makes it worse for you now.’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dad says the old lady who owned it was really eccentric, maybe even crazy. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Too wide in the shoulders, maybe, but she had terrific legs, a bubbly personality, a happy smile. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad said well, if her parents are as strict as she says, maybe they don’t let her and Georgie watch new movies. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they didn’t want to face either of us. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Zero was the first to spot the Mary Lou, maybe a quarter mile away, and just a little off to the right. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Then again, maybe he was just tired all the time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I guess Burn Sanderson had gotten an idea of how much we thought of Old Yeller, or maybe Mama had told some things about the dog while I was gone to the creek. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Few years, maybe, in other places of less royalty,” my father answered. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Maybe she knows that I’ve killed people, or maybe she just doesn’t want to get into trouble, but she’s losing her nerve; I can tell by the uncertain set of her mouth. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

You’re there to sell vegetables, to pick up a job for the day, or maybe just to enjoy the sights. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

We talk for a while, and when it’s time for everyone to leave, my father says, “Moose, walk your friends home, please. Or maybe I should say your harem,” he whispers in my ear. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange that people dwelt on so small and forlorn a place, a mere sandbar; maybe they were castaways; but he was too weary to puzzle his head about them then. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Everything was so strange and I thought maybe I was dreaming, but her hand on my arm felt like a real touch. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

And okay, maybe I was willing to have a little selective amnesia. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I could give one of the younger boys a penny to touch it for me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking that maybe in the fall you could keep on working nights and go to high school in the daytime. I know it’ll be hard but it could be done somehow.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe another fight on the phone with Dad? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We didn’t used to have security for the demonstrations—Father didn’t like the way it looked, like maybe he was afraid. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s eleven prescriptions,” she told me once, “maybe twelve. I can’t keep track, they change all the time.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I call Jenna back and leave her a message that I can hang out with her next week maybe. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe he felt sorry for her when he first heard, and she was shaking but he wasn't going to right now. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It is time for him to support himself, and maybe soon, help the family. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Everybody, except maybe Molly and Claire, clapped as I rolled slowly to the front of the room. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

That’s maybe not so exciting for the fans, but it’s good baseball. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, a little like a phone call late at night from your sister, who isn’t all that interested in finding herself anymore. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I was sure he’d broken at least a leg, maybe his neck. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Laila pictured him as he must have been an hour, or maybe minutes, earlier, rushing from one room to another, slamming doors, furious and incredulous, cursing under his breath. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Part of me would like to talk to them, but I wonder if Grammy is right—maybe talking about things just stirs up sadness. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

When he was first saying it I didn’t like it because I thought maybe he was seeing things but now I was seventeen I was beginning to understand what he was talking about. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

If we finish early, maybe we can go to the bike shop downtown and window-shop. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was seething at the injustice of the act and maybe she was a little bit jealous, as she had been in the same position as Monica back at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Nazario said that was okay and that he would like to talk “bookshop,” as he called it, with me maybe even at the Aguilar branch, since he hadn’t been inside that building in years. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

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

“The girl knew Poli, maybe she saw that he didn’t look so good.” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All right, so maybe I do have it,” he says. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“You say you are so sad, maybe this is why. No sun. No trees.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Did he...did he disappear? But not die...like...maybe he became someone else?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t seem to mind, but maybe deep down she really does? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

The accent is enough to tell me that she’s from India, or maybe Pakistan. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know—maybe you can say something like ‘We can make a difference together’ and start lists of ways to volunteer.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

‘If I could have set a spear in rest, riding before my men upon the field, maybe I could have felt again the joy of battle, and so ended. But I serve little purpose here.’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

My parents wanted to give me a place where I could go to high school and play for a real basketball team and maybe go to college. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

And then you looked up at Sahil, who was beaming at you like he was filled with a thousand stars or maybe like he was the moon. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She moved away from him fast, shuddering, but he seemed not to notice or maybe was too drunk to notice. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to stay focused on my coming calc exam, but I was starting to feel like maybe there was more string to the story. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t argue with her because maybe it’s the right move. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But it seemed to have a fink to a tracer on the Berg, maybe controlled by old-school radar or other shortwave technology. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

If we were happy here, then maybe the move was right after all. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe the biggest difference was that she didn’t look so defeated. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And maybe I should be worried about how much that would destroy me, but right now all I want to do is kiss him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Any thoughts? I think maybe try pricking people’s finger with a pin. Or pinching them really hard and seeing which hand hurts more.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

“Runaway pets, maybe. Or some people think they escaped from a crate at Kennedy Airport in the 1960s.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Just like in the train station, every person with a gun is white, and not white like maybe they’re Bosnian—the kind of white that thinks internment camps are going to make America great again. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Among all of Volpe’s students, Wayne is the best at describing his teacher’s directing, maybe because he sometimes struggles with it. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And coming from the guy who wouldn't kiss you in your orange Volvo, it's just weird and maybe even mean. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They were so close together, maybe they were part of one word. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think a person gets seen, really looked at, looked into, seen the way a leopard would see into you, maybe ten times in their entire life. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

As far as I remember, this suggestion wasn’t taken up; maybe hardly anyone heard it, because a lot of us were talking all at once. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could see hundreds, maybe thousands or even millions, twinkling in the clear desert sky. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looked fourteen, maybe fifteen, and had long, glossy black hair pulled back with a rubber band at the nape of his neck. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Don’t ask me why Minneapolis came to mind, maybe I just had a yearning for deciduous trees. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

So maybe he wasn't really all that fierce in day care, except I'm pretty sure he did hit a kid with his crutch once, whacked the little brat pretty good. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No! Of Fry maybe. This view of the city is spectacular.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

While we were sitting there, a light came on—not in the main house but a house maybe a hundred yards to the left. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t seem to notice, and maybe she really doesn’t, since she isn’t looking at anything or anyone but me. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s the sound of this breath that makes him take his own, or maybe it’s the image of the crane in his head, but something inside him lets him ask. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe it was stupid. But I just want to fit in. I’m tired of being different, all right?” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I worry that maybe he can’t help me,” I say. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Part of me wanted to laugh at the thought of Lin Nai-Nai maybe meeting Dr. Carhart, our minister, whose face would surely puff up, the way it always did when he was flustered. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like trying to describe love, or maybe even hate. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Did you ever consider that maybe you were just a little afraid of Auggie, Julian? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It makes me think that maybe I should write about all this myself. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But if you don’t know for sure, maybe there’s still a chance,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe we would both be dead by tomorrow. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The way she said it made Genie think that maybe Grandma didn’t like him too much. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe your brother is the ecstatic impulse.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Sure, it protects the bulb, but maybe if people weren’t so careless, then nothing would need to be caged. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Take back your library card? They don’t do that. They mark the book damaged, maybe make you pay. Now that you got the pages they can fix it.” Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Dark and emotive, they suggested a trace of ex-otic blood in his heritage—Greek, maybe, or Chippewa—and conveyed a vulnerability that made Westerberg want to take the kid under his wing. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think I’ve ever known what you people call happiness. We think of contentment as the desirable thing, and maybe that’s negative.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was just because it went so well with blind. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Like a small, striped snake, like a salamander, or a squirrel maybe, or a raccoon, something quick, little, harmless, and desperate, she slid, crept, wiggled underneath the sides of the summer house. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“And maybe do your hair before your next shift! A well-styled head of hair is a head above the rest.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“But that can’t be the original. It’s too small. A prototype, maybe. A defective model.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

But I guessed that maybe I had impressed her and I walked on over to the rail. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she had sat here in the cacophonous darkness and felt some kind of desperation take her over, and maybe she found it impossible to unthink the thought of death. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure some of the kids who moved here used to take lessons, or want to, and maybe it’s hard for their parents to find out where to take them, or to pay for it.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“And I’m getting another idea that maybe those two shouldn’t be out there all by themselves, hiking up those hills, you know what I mean?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh well, not much I can do. But maybe I can do something for you. I heard about Nan’s fall.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I learn that it is not the idle fantasies of someone who maybe wants something important to happen to him, even if the important thing is horrible. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Someone who'd take a whole page and spend some time on her eyebrows and her cheeks, or maybe notice the shape of her mouth when she's concentrating on walking with her cane. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Born and bred West Virginians, it seemed to me, had a suspicion of anything that was too much fun, as if it were maybe a sin. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can still get into a yoga gym class, or maybe there’s still a spot in ceramics. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“But maybe I could have done something. Maybe I can now.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s true. I figured: learn to talk that way, and maybe you don’t get told to shut up so much.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I thought how maybe I wasn’t cut out to be no good worker or whatever. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Still, maybe next time, if there is a next time, we could talk a little longer first.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There were maybe fifty different dishes to choose from on that table. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on the doorknob, because I thought maybe her hand was on the doorknob on the other side. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The surface shimmered maybe a hundred and fifty feet above. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t come here to say you sorry. I thought maybe you did. You come in here to deliver some of your own evil.” Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was small group, maybe thirty or forty demigods in battle armor, mounted on skeletal horses. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But maybe God intended for me to sleep in that morning, needed me to stay home, as He counted on all of the day’s events spreading out just like He’d planned them. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her concrete house is missing its paint, or maybe it’s just been that long since anyone painted its walls. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I am a hopeful person—my friends may say too hopeful, maybe even a little crazy. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe nothing happened, maybe these emotions I remember are not the right emotions. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Camilla was nervous—embarrassed, maybe, by the way Henry was acting. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“If there’s fresh water at the beach, maybe we should go there instead,” Henry says, having no idea what the rest of us have already been through. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe they’d tried to fight the corrupted with fire—or maybe the corrupted had tried to smoke them out. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A kid dressed up in a weird outfit maybe. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“But it doesn’t matter. I can’t find anything. I guess maybe eight years was too long ago.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Leo’s head was pointed straight down at the sea—maybe thirty seconds to impact. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Percy was sitting in one of the praetor chairs that he’d pulled to the visitor’s side, which maybe wasn’t the proper thing to do. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“The problem here is that you are not here. Some other girl make it all maybe, I don’t know.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“If I was in the book—permanently, y’know—and there was a place for me to rest, where I could exist, even after I died...maybe I wouldn’t have to do all this.” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I decided to myself that if we went through the whole list and still hadn’t found anything, then maybe, if we had no choice, we could come back and ask her some questions. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“If Big Joe is supposed to be her daddy someday, maybe it is her business,” I said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He says, “Mason, so much has happened in the last twenty-four hours. And after spending that time with you, I got an idea. I thought maybe we could start a new dialogue.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She started to think maybe she was dead after all. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’m being dumb, but the thought of having that kind of power over people scares me a lot more than another magician does. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t, because this afternoon he looked at me and said, “You should wear your hair like Mirjam’s. Hers is so pretty. When the war is over, maybe she’ll show you.” Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He thinks maybe he should have a housemate, maybe Paul Gauguin, a friend from Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It was no big deal, and maybe the guy really needed to cross the street, but that kind of thing happened a lot to Armpit. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe I could grow my hair out and be a girl?” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s now. She wouldn’t go home for it. She went to Mumbai, maybe. I don’t know for sure.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I can’t help wondering if maybe deep down Mama does know that his job is the reason he’s gone. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I just didn’t want to know. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

I also wonder if we’ll maybe end up being friends—real friends. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a long day of school, sometimes, maybe if it was about to rain, JT had a slight limp. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then again, maybe he’s really trying to make up with me. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

But this was someone she knew, maybe even felt sorry for. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the light shifts, maybe a cloud moves, and that or something else makes me look up, toward the front of the building. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“So maybe we give him a chance to cool off. And you too.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

If things had happened a little different, maybe the papers would be singin’ a different tune about Grant.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

She could be a friend to her, and maybe that would help. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The half that, maybe, in the most secret recesses of his heart, Baba had thought of as his true son. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she simply could not hear him past her own breathing, so loud in her ears the house seemed to resound with it; she thought the neighbors must be able to hear. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe one lady in particular, because he turns down dinner at Mrs. Quaker’s house, and shortly after that, Annabelle gets a glimpse of his e-mail, and sees Dawn Celeste’s name and name and name. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I been thinkin’ he maybe don’t like what he see too much.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Nico, you can’t miss every meal. If you don’t want to stay with Hermes, maybe they can make an exception and put you in the Big House. There’ve got plenty of rooms.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“And maybe they don’t know—but Northeast has its sketchy streets still. It hasn’t changed over there that much.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Yeah, well, maybe they would be fun if I got to pick the rides sometimes, you answer, your eyes glued to the Ws. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And maybe now that I know what it is, and what it feels like, perhaps I can start to control its power. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“They’re not that old, and maybe there isn’t any catch,” Dallas said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t big enough to stab, maybe two inches long. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It made her feel safe; maybe it would work for him. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe I had too much time to think about it.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

There were adventures to come, but they could wait until she’d had a hot bath—maybe a few of them. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She falls among the lead group of five, and the rest of them stretch out, up to maybe twenty-five meters in front. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I would find out what was going on with her and maybe help fix whatever she was going through. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Who knows, maybe our young men in arms are closer to the homecoming we have all been praying for. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Mrs. Nichols thinks I could maybe play that guy Action, the one that starts all the fights. She says bein’ in a play would maybe be a good outlet. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

We weren’t allowed to talk to the kids who weren’t in the gifted program, or maybe they weren’t allowed to talk to us. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Yes, the engine of a zeppelin, maybe more than one, some way above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well, now that he thought about it, maybe not. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

To try to throw them off my plan, I told them that, yes, maybe I would be willing to marry this man the next year. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he would even if he was in New York writing plays. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

And all this happened in the span of maybe three seconds, now that I think about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Lifting his weapon, Ellsberg spun and saw a very young soldier, maybe fifteen, wearing nothing but black shorts. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She'd just left the room for a minute, to get more potato chips, maybe, and soon she’d be back to lecture him again about how they both deserved a better life than hiding. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon your mom will nudge him enough to make him roll over and the snoring will cease, maybe until dawn. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He'd give her the money back tomorrow or maybe the day after that, but not tonight. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

He’s a cute little boy, maybe a year old, with a chubby pink face and a halo of wispy soft hair the color of com silk. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so Chess saw in stark detail that Mom was staring straight at him, her desperate wince full of not just anguish but hope—and maybe even faith as well—as she pleaded, “Kids, please.” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“I had this crazy notion that maybe we all ought to have some rehearsals.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason—maybe because Miles had so willingly hugged her—I felt no need to check her for weapons. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Below, she saw a mosaic floor decorated with deer and fauns—maybe a room from an Ancient Roman villa, just stashed away under this modern basement along with the crates of string and plastic swords. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For an apple pie that can last for generations, you need the printing press and the Industrial Revolution and maybe even a poem. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe it might be more than a crush, what with that afternoon by the river. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But maybe that’s why I’m in here, to meet guys who take the appeal away. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe hoping Fig would make a sudden recovery. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

He thought, They must have a kitchen somewhere, so maybe it’s here....And then he saw what was splashing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He looked a little freaky, or maybe it was the coat he wore. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You can be a big help to me on this trip. How about coming along? You can sniff down food for the two of us—and maybe a criminal or two.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She raised her glass to the heavens, toasting her dad or maybe God. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He listened quietly, then let out a long sigh and said, “Have you ever thought maybe you should just let them go?” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

But it felt, deep inside herself, that maybe once upon a time she did. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe I could make enough to keep up the interest.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If Horus were here he could peek into the girl’s history, maybe discover how the magic was passed to her.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe my father wanted to yell at Mr. Lyndon. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The trouble is maybe they’ll fight. I don’t know. Look what it says in my Field Book.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now maybe I understood what his real job was. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

In PE he’s not around, so maybe she won’t get stuck on that. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

If Ariana liked it, maybe she’d add it to her menu. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe there would be something she could use—something to put the white witch to sleep, or maybe a luck potion. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I reckon maybe you better move’m on to the back, Will Tweedy,” he said. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Like smoke, maybe. But don’t go getting the idea that I’m a ghost. There are no ghosts.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

He hoped it was a dignified nod, maybe even a little tough. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s almost,” Dad continued thoughtfully, “like you’re triplets. Think of it: you’ll be in college together, get married at around the same time, and maybe your kids will be close in age.” Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“After they play a game, so maybe in an hour.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

We’re sent in teams of two to search cars on the northbound side of the freeway, maybe a quarter mile up, because all the closer cars have already been inspected. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was hard to tell, but Alex didn’t think the temperature got much below twenty degrees in the daytime outside, so it would probably be about that, maybe a bit warmer, inside. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Okay, there were maybe ten people, but it felt like more. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He owned a sharp pocketknife—which I had been forbidden to touch— and sat for long hours in the sun, whittling, whistling quietly, or maybe, if he was feeling well, humming some strange tune. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone—probably Madoc, possibly Balekin, maybe even one of the other minor kings or queens—could squat there like a spider, consolidating power. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Clarissa, who by the way couldn’t have been much older than Spoony, maybe early twenties, white, freckles, bright-red hair, looked at the start of my new piece. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you need to check yourself in as a patient.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was teasing, maybe, but not the kind you use on outsiders. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Off to the right a huge mass of prisoners: two hundred, maybe more. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Love had hardly sat down on the daybed in the hall before she hopped up and said maybe we ought to bring the parlor rug in out of the sun. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I walk over to the canvas, or maybe it’s the other way around. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

It was probably in this kind of wishing and hoping that I’d started imagining maybe I had found him. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Just a right at the first stop sign, and maybe a quarter mile from there.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

When we study the narrative of plants such as wheat and maize, maybe the purely evolutionary perspective makes sense. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

After maybe ten minutes of questions, the crowd disperses and we walk back to our parking spot. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Bad as he wanted to leave the mill and amount to something, Hosie would be equal to ten of Uncle Camp plus maybe two of me, and Grandpa would respect him. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was her soul that cracked each time the tone broke. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The night Uncle Katsuhisa arrived in Iowa, he left the dinner table early so he could go out and take a walk and maybe talk to himself. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, like I’m getting sick. Sickish. Anyway, I think maybe I’ll just hang out in the library today, instead of going outside.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We all jump out of our skin, but maybe me more than the others. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her brown hair was short and straight, uneven around the edges as if maybe she had cut it herself and hadn’t tried too hard to make it come out right. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Mom assumed it probably had to do with Mr. Tushman, that maybe he was getting fired. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

All four of them walked through the empty basement and up the stairs in a clump, almost like a single creature—an amoeba, maybe. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I’m just nervous that my dad might already be here. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

If Francie saw the good in her father, even though most people considered him a shiftless drunk, maybe I wasn’t a complete fool for believing in mine. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it’s because I’ve been emptied; or maybe it’s the body’s way of seeing to it that I remain alive, continue to repeat its bedrock prayer: I am, I am. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he had gone straight to bed maybe Joseph could finish cleaning everything up. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she likes the idea of being a family more than she likes actually being a family. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Then I said, “Father said I was never to mention Mr. Shears’s name in our house again and that he was an evil man and maybe that meant he was the person who killed Wellington.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“We know you love us. We know you want to protect us. But maybe we’re ready to see a little bit of the world outside of Sutton.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

And maybe it was childish, this old urge to explore for exploring’s sake. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Bits seemed to recognize that maybe Moss didn’t want to say anything. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘This journey is over, maybe,’ said Théoden, ‘but I have far yet to go. Last night the moon was full, and in the morning I shall ride to Edoras to the gathering of the Mark.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

He had undoubtedly shot someone in a psychotic rage, maybe a child, maybe a cop, maybe more than one person. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thousands, maybe millions, of hungry mosquitoes massed so thickly that in one breath Salva could have ended up with a mouthful if he wasn’t careful. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

They’d met at the pool and maybe it was the sun, the heat, but she had invited Toby to her house. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They could hang out, date for a couple of years through college and maybe grad school, and then get married. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

You could tell from the way the mouse’s tail was flying behind that in the picture there was a strong wind, maybe gale-force seven. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe it was because Mtisha was crowding in on my mind, or maybe just that me and Ice were getting older and being close was harder than before. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You peoples like my stew so much, maybe you take a bath in it.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Something in my expression, or maybe the fact that I’ve made no attempt to conceal it, makes him go easy on me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Some linoleum tile, maybe some plywood, maybe the buzz of the fluorescent tube light. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe if she had just hand-copied the rain poem she loves on a piece of nice paper. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to keep them, maybe show them to my students next year to introduce them to the idea of open-mike readings. If that’s okay with you.” Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think it means someone’s blood is too heavy, or maybe it’s that they have too much blood. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

But this one agent said maybe he could interest some supermarket chain in buying the factory for a store. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she couldn’t let the fact in, because she just loved her little brother so much. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

So maybe the big splash came from miles away. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Then maybe we can gig some f-f-flounder on the way home.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But at the same time, I wondered if it was maybe ’cause Mong was sick or something. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

And he looks just like me, or almost like me, and maybe he is me, I think, but then he speaks, and it’s my grandfather’s voice. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The creatures—maybe half a dozen, Annabeth guessed—had paused just on the other side of the boulder, but still they gave no indication that they’d caught the demigods’ scent. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He held up a clear plastic binder maybe two inches thick. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

And not that long ago, maybe they could have been guards in her camp. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But maybe my luck was starting to change. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Well, maybe I just won't be here when she wakes up, then. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Like maybe he couldn’t believe that I was man enough to club him that hard. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

The level of noise was back to nor­mal again, but with a different quality perhaps, muffled maybe. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Nico and Hazel shared a look, maybe comparing notes on their Hades/Pluto death radar. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Maybe some seedlings had not been planted into their underwater beds properly, or perhaps our pig was eating the wrong kind of garbage, or maybe one of our chickens was dirtying our doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’ve always been friendly, but I’m starting to feel like maybe he could be a real friend to both Boy21 and me—someone we hang out with regularly. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so we all matter—maybe less than a lot, but always more than none. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

The cake itself was really good, very moist, but there was maybe too much fig. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

But the man in front of Luke looked small and, maybe, scared. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered if Coach had maybe hired some Mafia dude to take out Rowdy. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her father didn’t react—maybe because he’d heard that comment before, or maybe because it was true. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Maybe there was something to find at the library where he was supposed to make the announcement, or maybe there was a message hidden on the Book Scavenger website. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Go get yourself some eggs, Mrs. Miyamoto. Read the papers, maybe.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A raccoon or a possum or maybe even just the rustle of leaves in the wind. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she was talking to the people in the pictures. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe robots rise up and murder us all. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

One, or maybe more, of the thirty-two kids Mr. Lemoncello had entrusted with all the wonders of his library had betrayed him. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. If we mail it next week, maybe we’ll hear from her by mid-February. But I can’t say for sure.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“I really hope it’s an abandoned hosiery mill. Oh! Or maybe a raccoon-infested bus station!” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She was drinking some, maybe more than some, spending hours playing video games. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

And during the summations by the prosecutor and my lawyer, there was a lot said about me, maybe more about me than about my crime. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Like a cup of water or rather milk; yes, it’s milk or flour or maybe an egg—or, specifically, their ersatz substitutes. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, dreaming big, someone fulfilled all our fantasies and threw a rock at the head of the nearest Psi Special Forces soldier. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe Jimmy would end up in Tulsa, but maybe not. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was because I knew the visit would have to finish pretty soon; maybe I was getting curious to know how exactly Miss Emily and Madame felt about each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I didn’t—I’ve had a lot of fun with you. And if we were in a different situation, maybe it would work. But...” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Across the street, some white chicks in bikinis lounged on a billboard for something—maybe a car dealership, or some kind of cigarette? Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

This is such a familiar phrase that she should have it tattooed on her wrist, or maybe over her heart. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I figured maybe the practices would get better later on. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

When the phone rang in the Nelsonville house, maybe my mother was out hanging laundry on the line or down in the kitchen speaking softly with her mother-in-law, Grace, missing her own mama back home. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He tasted the deep heartrock of the earth, where the water came from, and he thought maybe this wasn’t the end after all. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I knew people would get smacked down, and maybe fired for what happened to Hal, but why Carlyle? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I felt like maybe it made her look bad, and I didn’t want her to look bad, especially in front of the Menzers. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I’d missed something from the police report, so I went through it again and was still reading when Daisy called me. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Principal Nutter Butter thought it would be a good idea for me to learn respect, maybe see a counselor, the usual.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But maybe they were already in serious trouble and didn’t know it yet, and what they found out might be extremely important! The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In one version, maybe I’m not the refugee kid in the back of Mrs. Miller’s class. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

She spotted me and her smile seemed to stiffen, but maybe that was just my imagination. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And maybe the most obvious one of all, “Let the houseplants die.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

But maybe there’s no way to help it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I should ask about the potato, or if I should wait for him to bring it up, or if maybe we shouldn’t acknowledge it at all. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"Back in the day, my father used to make beats. I think I'd try to send one of those up there. Either that, or maybe his favorite cupcake recipe." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

I think maybe that was Mr. Charles's plan. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

So much so that I started wondering if maybe I was wrong, if maybe it wasn't mere coincidence that kept bringing us together. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It must have been 2:45 by then, maybe later. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Maybe,” I started, “maybe he likes to collect toys.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

And maybe he didn’t even say then, ‘But he sent no word to me?’ Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Too steady, maybe. Too serious, maybe. He laughs when there’s something to laugh at, but he doesn’t play enough. He’s been with the king’s councillors too much.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We couldn’t wake you. Finally we decided to bring you ashore. We thought maybe the seasickness—” “It wasn’t seasickness.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He’s evaluating me, trying to see what I know, or maybe he’s trying to trick me into giving out information on Russ. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s the crackling of the wood, the whooshing of the flames, the swishing of the new spring leaves in the trees above, a call of an owl, a rustling in the earth—maybe a chipmunk. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Shoot, maybe she really did volunteer at the fire department. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

‘And, maybe,’ said Imrahil, ‘the road that leads thence to the pass above will prove an easier way of assault upon the Dark Lord than his northern gate.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe in a way, they just didn’t know any better, or maybe old Hitler was just able to pull off mass hypnosis or something. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

If I got myself killed, maybe they would starve. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But maybe she had given up on me too. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then as her is she’d maybe let me borrow one of her instruments to play. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe you’d help me with my essays. Some of the tests make you write them.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It made me realise Ruth didn’t trust me, and for all I know, maybe she herself hadn’t fully realised it until that moment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The problem with Gina, and maybe all mothers—she could overreact, but she could also be right. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I just helped as much as I could, and hoped that maybe someday I could join more than a semipro team. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because maybe there’s a way to spy inside his studio undetected...yes, like from that fire escape in back, I think, spotting it. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

When I hear her walking I feel even more sorry for her because maybe she keeps her mother in a bed in the middle of the living room just like Miss Stewart. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

It's the same, my sister says, or maybe even better than infinity. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Good, maybe you will see me there,” I said, but coolly. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think maybe they’ll put you in one of those adult diapers, and then realize that maybe they already have, but you can’t tell, and don’t want to find out. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

His whole pitch, maybe his whole life, depended on his next words, and he was reluctant to say them. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Janssen can tell, from my slumping shoulders or my rumpled clothes, or maybe just from the way I'm walking. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“If you bring us four more trees—good, healthy ones—maybe I’ll have time to help you and the gosling.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Maybe—maybe one of these gentlemen here . . .” The men looked up in the hot, uneasy shadows, looking first at the boy and then at Teece. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes, individual Cherokee took on temporary taboos - maybe to cleanse their spirit, or because they knew, from listening to the spirit world or whatever, that the taboo was important. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Nothing in there looked like anything to do with animals, except maybe some more pieces of fence. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Now her steps are smoother—more elegant, maybe, but lacking the childish joy I associate with her. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sairy thinks maybe five dollars would be about right,” he said. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

To encourage you to let her into your life a bit, and yes, maybe to shame you into letting her see her baby. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe she just ran away. Her name was Runaround Sue. Maybe she was living up to it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They rarely both entered the room at the same time, and I felt a ripple of nausea—maybe they had bad news about Margo—before I remembered it was my graduation day. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And in this place, where no one pointed it out or treated him different, maybe that was another kind of spectacular. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I think I understand the Fall. I could perhaps feel that in myself. But the brother murder—no. Well, maybe I don’t remember the details very well.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I just think that comfort and prosperity are not a priority for Abnegation, and maybe they would be if the other factions were involved in our decision making.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

My scalp crawled, and I felt suddenly like a civilian who had seen something that maybe civilians should not see. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent forward so his mouth was maybe an inch away from the microphone. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t say anything. I started thinking maybe the hairdresser was right again because of the way she looked when she said ‘me.’ Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Some things happened to me in the town pool. Like maybe what happened to you.” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her lips were curved, like the smile of a cat, and something got into me — maybe ’twas the devil. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

Or maybe a real punch to the jaw. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He’s going into surgery in two days, and maybe watching it will help keep his mind off of it. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Maybe the knowledge is too great and maybe men are growing too small,” said Lee. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

That’s when it occurs to me that maybe the rocks are weighing him down so he doesn’t rise into the air... I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Isabella thought that maybe we should go to Fright by Night at Six Flags. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Look, maybe Mom was right about not writing while I was angry. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

A big jar, like maybe she bought something at Costco and saved the container. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the cleaning fluids are at fault, except that then the rash should have begun on my hands. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sighs, realizing I’m right, and maybe mad at himself for not considering that already. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He didn’t say anything, so maybe he didn’t hear that much. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

At first, I just thought that maybe they were out getting gasoline for the car or eating out, but not to see me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

It might not look like a regular friendship, but maybe we could find some way to be friends. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it wasn’t much, but also maybe it was all he had for a home. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wherever he traveled, he found himself looking into faces, thinking maybe there had been a mistake, that one of them had survived. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

She always said it was too dangerous, but I wondered if maybe it was something else, like she was afraid that she could lose me to a song. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And I think maybe part of what she is saying is that I really need to get some Black friends. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

It smelled maybe a day too old, but at the same time Hanako did not think she’d ever smelled anything better. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ruth, Midge, the rest of them, they all looked at me, maybe a little surprised. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few would decline, possibly because they weren’t feeling well enough or maybe for political reasons. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

They could see them buzzing around the face of a man under the bridge, smelling the sweetness of the wine or maybe the vomit down the front of the man’s shirt. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Even on Election Day—maybe especially on Election Day—I thought school would be a good idea. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The fourth person is a woman who's maybe thirty, maybe younger. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Far away, maybe ten miles or more, there was a great burning, but between it and the Riders lines of fire blazed in a vast crescent, at the nearest point less than a league distant. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

It’s the first sign that maybe he’s not an impostor after all. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"Eight days, maybe nine. And night is falling." A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe your dad will haul it off to West Virginia, where I bet they’ll rip every one of those letters down and toss them in a furnace.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, maybe you’re the one person in the world who never did anything wrong in his life. Maybe you were born perfect. Maybe you were never a dumb kid once.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was something unsure about the way she said she was sure, which made me think that maybe she was keeping some sort of secret from me. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s time to just scrap the word “racist.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe us three are just tougher than how some people might be. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I run to my room, wondering how, merely a moment ago, I was this close to considering the possibility of maybe, perhaps, loaning him my room for a brief period of time. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But I admit I felt a smile on my face and hope in my heart, ’cause maybe wishes really do come true. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

She would be imprisoned wherever she stood...maybe for days...maybe till death. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know which is more horrifying—the thought of being here for another week, or the thought that maybe the medication that I so despise might actually be working. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

They were near the water, maybe on one of the piers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe it belonged to a neighbor or maybe it was just a stray. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“I was thinking maybe you could take the pictures.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe it means you’re sympathizing too much with the enemy. Personally, I don’t feel the least bit guilty for sending a bunch of bullies on an emergency trip to the bathroom.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

No waitressing, nursing homes, or housecleaning this time; I’m psyched for a change—retail, maybe, or factory work. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't even say maybe or let me think about it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“You know what? I’m starting to realize that maybe you need to stay in here.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The firelight gleamed in his eyes, or maybe it was his eyes that gave the fire its light. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But it doesn’t always work, because you’re giving the kid tough love when maybe he just needs love. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He decided he could probably come up with better titles: Huckleberry Finn and the Merry Apostles, maybe. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Two of my sister’s kids from Mexico, or maybe they are Hermilio’s relations from Texas.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

But if you do read it, maybe you'll know me a little better. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I said I thought it might do him some good; maybe what I really thought was that it might do me some good. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then began a sixty-second countdown, with maybe a hundred voices jumping in by the end: “... nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Good dinners, some pocket money, maybe even something really big, like a car... The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe he’s just paying attention, or maybe he remembers she was this way even when I was younger. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he really didn’t want anything to do with me. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I could do that, I thought—maybe naively. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

During that time we talked on the telephone maybe five times and saw each other twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They’re near the river’s edge and there’s a forked tree just this side of them along the riverbank, bleached and leafless, like it maybe once got struck by lightning. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was too embarrassing—barber’s sons, if they hustled, maybe got to be IBM salesmen, but writers? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe it wasn’t that bad to have someone to talk to who wasn’t punching me in the face. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tiller had an image of Dallas wildly swinging the axe, maybe chopping off his foot. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered what my dad would want, but maybe that wasn’t even important anymore. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Charlie was absentminded at dinner, worried over something at work, I guessed, or maybe a basketball game, or maybe he was just really enjoying the lasagna — it was hard to tell with Charlie. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If she stuck around, maybe they wouldn’t beat him up. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then we were to go home and maybe live again. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her voice drifts a little, and I suddenly wonder if maybe she ever gets tired of caring for all of us. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I was wondering if maybe you could give me an extra print. Of an SS man.” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"Twenty men, maybe twenty- five," he said, breathless. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

But maybe he had only found the handle. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I guess maybe looking different from most people means I’m just going to have to be resilient now, too. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The piano music got closer; it was Chopin, one of the preludes, maybe. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But those sleepovers were maybe the best times we ever had—safe and close. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Alec had reached out and closed the door after Mark came through, maybe buying them a couple of seconds. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He felt himself drifting away from the one-sided whispered conversation, wondering if maybe everything big and heartbreaking and incomprehensible is a paradox. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Smell of them cedar shavings is nice, too, or maybe it’s the smell from Mr. Woodwell’s corncob pipe. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

He froze as if waiting for someone to yell—maybe the waiter again. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe the ride was short, or maybe he was in so much pain that he couldn’t remember it; Moss wasn’t sure. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The nail polish also points to maybe her still being in the area? Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

As its face disappeared beneath the dirt, the warrior seemed to grin at the last name—or maybe that was just its skeletal teeth showing. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Treat him like a spirit worthy of my attention, and maybe he would start behaving himself. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they’ve got battle lines and the approach is real narrow and the army’s at least the rest of the day away, maybe even tonight, too, and I swear that can’t be a thousand men.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if he’d gone to school that day, because I never saw him, and I suddenly worried that maybe he’d transferred classes. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

If a guy like you can stand up and do what you did, then maybe everyone can. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

But there was a story he’d heard about, maybe read about in the paper, that was running around his head—making him nuts. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Then maybe it is my foot after all,” said Major Metcalf. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And if he did, which surely he must have, Mother must have whispered a reply, or maybe she wasn’t able to whisper anything, I don’t know. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they do and they are just keeping the knowledge to themselves. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

There was something about him—maybe it was his brains or his sincerity—something kept kids from messing with him. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because maybe, given time, people do change, maybe laws change. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

My head hurts maybe from sleeping too long—and my body aches. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

A sturdy hat to keep the sun and rain off and maybe some bed linens as Chester's are none too choice. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I caught a quick glimpse of sliding scales and an evil eye, maybe a fang. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

“We need all the help we can get, and maybe...just maybe, with your help, we can tip the balance in our favor for once.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Tabitha smiles to herself, and I think maybe she even winks at me. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“She said maybe she could get me one. Maybe,” Scout says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe those kidnapped kids, too. I hope we can rescue those kidnapped kids, too. This’ll probably be the most important thing any of us do in our entire lives. We’ll be heroes!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want to say it, but I was also hoping that maybe, just maybe, we would find Grover and Tyson along the way. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Just to stop myself from thinking so much, maybe. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was the promise now of finding a hootch somewhere, or an abandoned pagoda, where they could strip down and wring out their fatigues and maybe start a hot fire. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I ought maybe to take me a trip down there,” said Macon. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’d nearly killed himself trying to finish the Argo II. Now he’d fired on the Roman camp, most likely started a war, and maybe lost the trust of his friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Emily saw her grandmother who lived in Vermont maybe once a year, and the rest of her grandparents had passed away. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“And maybe you can find it healthy to rove all night, but the Lord God will do what He sees fit about that.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And just maybe those words will turn into reality. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He’s sweaty and unsettled, like maybe lunch didn’t agree with him. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

But Tally saw one nearby, Croy's maybe, that had only been unfolded once. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Sick inside, hurt, and maybe a little tiny bit of relief that we now knew for sure what happened to our dad. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I was being too sensitive, but this proves that I was not. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

He thought the kid meant to take revenge on the dogs by spiking the hamburger with something harmful, maybe even poisonous. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d clipped her right wing and she screamed in rage—or maybe it was pain. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

And maybe say something—anything—that would prove to her he wasn’t the unthinkable criminal people were saying he was. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Admittedly, fifty thousand would hardly make a dent in the tuition, but maybe I could get a scholarship. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was heartsick, hating her for what her daddy did to her but still not willing to give her up. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When Candless turned, Nailer said, “If you trust me with a gun, maybe you could trust me with some work, too.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought I’d been wrong, that the odds had been too high, that maybe my mother had been right this whole time and I had made the whole thing up. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I’d scored six points during a basketball scrimmage in PE, and Coach Yang told me that if I kept that up, maybe I could try out for the team. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

An hour, maybe, went by, though it seemed far longer, and then at last they saw Legolas coming back. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I show up to work maybe more buzzed than I’ve ever been. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And unlike the girl in the novel, she understood heat and wind more than ice and snow, and had no intention of breaking anyone’s heart, except maybe her own. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

I had thought Maud seemed a little off, maybe preoccupied, but I didn’t say so. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You know, right now this closet is feeling pretty tight, like maybe there’s not as much room in here as I thought.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I expected her to roll her eyes, maybe nod in that “I know, everybody says that,” kind of way. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

And fix my hair or maybe shave or whatever, since you think I need to start doing that, and I’ll be down in a few minutes. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

This’ll sound crazy, I know—a kid like me from the boonies on the Eastern Shore—but what I want to do someday is design buildings—maybe even parks and stuff. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I’ve got please and thank you, yes, no, and maybe close together on the right-hand side. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I just think maybe you deserve a day off to be as blank and closed as you want. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

The girl was younger, maybe thirteen, with amber eyes and chocolate skin and long curly hair. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Hosteen Mitchell continued, “that Golden Rule and those other things he did makes me think that maybe Jesus was a Navajo.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe they didn’t; maybe everyone makes it up as they go along. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought, maybe I should look in a mirror, see if I’m still here. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I been moping around and feeling sorry for myself, but maybe Tyler done me a favor. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I was about to break and suggest maybe not pairing purple with orange, the phone rang. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Lally and I still part of Lafanmi, and there be maybe fifty boys now. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if this is about my room—maybe he wants to swap after I’ve gone. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe he doesn’t care, because this is all just in your ...” She couldn’t finish. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But when I asked them what it was, they said stuff like maybe they could plant a money tree in the backyard. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted to, yes, but maybe she didn’t have that thing that makes it all worthwhile, whether you hit it big like Picasso or not: the need to. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

She didn’t bother to say her name, first or last, because you would’ve had to be from another high school or maybe even from out of state not to know who she was. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

Vengeance was waiting, vengeance for Jordie and maybe for himself, too. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I need another hype—high-energy song. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We thought the tent was….We’re looking for...prisoner...the emperor we thought maybe...” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He screams a loud, shrill cry, that pierces my heart like a stake, and I imagine that this, maybe, is how Pa died. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I could have found Ben earlier. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I saw her face again, heard her call the dog to run me off as if I were disgusting, maybe even dangerous. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Fine. Any two pups so close to adulthood could maybe be left to their own apologies, I reckon.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

But Jake and maybe six or seven other guards stand by me and the other internees, facing their fellow soldiers. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“But maybe...maybe your birthday really is March third.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it’s not okay. But I...I understand. I know losing Maddie as my best friend hurt.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

To wish and hope that maybe he’d grown up and become my daddy. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe nothing had happened yet, maybe Pet was there to stop something from happening. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Someday, when you are on the other side of the world, watching your dreams play out before you, I hope you'll think of me and maybe drop me a line. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The blogger is about to get his car towed, and maybe even be arrested, but it doesn’t seem to bother him much. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

The police couldn’t let that kind of thing slide if a reporter were to wonder who was at fault and maybe call for someone’s punishment. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sun was rising from wherever it rose, behind the distant factories maybe, or over the blind river. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

About ten or twelve seconds, maybe. 3RD JUROR: What’s all this for? 8TH JUROR: I’d say that was a fair guess. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boy turns around and I realize he’s older than I first thought, maybe early twenties, with stubble darkening his cheeks. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Maybe he brought all the dread with him from the guard station and the brutal, bloody words of his friends, and maybe the moths brought some of it on their furred twilight wings. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe it was just the little girl.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

We were both only children, but sometimes I thought maybe she had a bunch of brothers and sisters hidden away, because she always felt like someone was trying to cheat her out of something. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

As I got closer, I thought maybe she wasn’t laughing after all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Do you think maybe now all the babes will love me the way they love you? Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Lots of kids have stopped to watch now, and I don’t think Principal Trask likes that very much, or maybe she just doesn’t like Coach West calling her Dorothy. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“If people know more about other people,” she says, “maybe they won’t be scared?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

If he didn’t look up I would see him and maybe even get him down on tape and I’d have him forever and he wouldn’t even know it. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

By then, he recalled, Visibility was maybe a meter. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

If things got really bad, maybe he could convince the school to let him take lunch home with him, and then he and Julie could split it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

But maybe I can cut it in half by moving my bookcase and dresser. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the danger they had posed, or maybe I was just becoming psychotic, but I didn’t feel guilty at all. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t recommend getting struck. Lightning kills an average of 47 people in America every year and severely injures hundreds, maybe thousands.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Our day at Hailsham always began with an assembly, which was usually pretty brief—a few announcements, maybe a poem read out by a student. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that anything to talk about at a time like this? Your own flesh and blood, and maybe Dr. Guarino can make him like other children, with the Lord’s help, and you talk about money!” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

That was partly because of the tape; and maybe, if I have to be honest, because I was pleased by the notion that Ruth wasn’t taking the animals seriously, and everything that implied. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Crazy Horse led a charge through here, maybe right where we’re sitting,” he pointed out. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

“And if it get busy, I could help you at the register, maybe.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her hand, her fingers poking through the blossoms, touching his; maybe letting him touch hers. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what killer she’s referring to—Jeanine Matthews’s predecessor, maybe?—but more confusing even than that is that she didn't join Erudite. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

In the old days, the drive from Jalalabad to Kabul took two hours, maybe a little more. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Then the pipe-filling business and the lecture went on for maybe another thirty seconds. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think maybe she just knew the order somehow, without even saying it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“But I still want to be your friend. I think we should still stick together and be each other’s moral support. But maybe it’s okay if we’re not friends with each other’s friends.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

She says it as though it can’t possibly be true, but maybe, just maybe, it is. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I think maybe I waited too long. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

He tastes like toothpaste and Earl Grey, and maybe Alex isn’t getting dumped after all. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The man waited, hesitating, maybe, for her to say more, to ask again. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could maybe wait until the semester break. Or until next year. Get a fresh start.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe, just maybe, if this worked, he could convince Dad to let him sneak out to the barn and help there, too. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they would make someone else the king or queen. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I also know that when this war is over, Afghanistan is going to need you as much as its men, maybe even more. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

When they were twelve, maybe thirteen, Luke had made the same walk. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

She hugged herself tightly and thought maybe she could remember sitting like this before, when she was younger. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Christ, maybe if he got back in Devine’s good graces he could actually tie into some kind of steady livelihood for once— “None of us really knows,” Ruby said. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe quick and unexpected would be better. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe he changed his mind, maybe he figgered he had to kill her. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s because no one is yelling for riie to get off the stage, but my thighs survive their moment in the spotlight. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Deep inside I hoped maybe they would give me a baby shower. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But maybe there were bottles of water somewhere in the kitchen. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t made a new friend since Twig, so maybe I’d forgotten how it worked? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If I had been here, maybe I could have warned them. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“So maybe the words need to be in a different order?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It made her dizzy to think that her father didn’t actually belong here in Japan, and as a matter of fact, maybe her parents belonged nowhere in the world, not here and not there. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It was so easy to get things wrong; and without her dæmon to guide her, maybe she was wrong about this, too. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What if it was? What if Jules snuck in here, maybe with one of her friends? Maybe the Viking had a hand in all this? Your locker went untouched.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And maybe it connects with Big Dub’s clue...with the Oilers or that guy Mackey!” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They wanted me to grow up and fall in love and maybe get married and have children, like my friends would. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

And maybe—just maybe—I’m supposed to find him by following the boy who brought him to the post office in the first place. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe he was imagining it, maybe not, but he thought a faint whispering was coming from the books, as though they knew someone was there who shouldn’t be. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I wondered...maybe he was reliving what it was like to leave me every day to be a cop. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got maybe forty-five seconds till the next wave,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I think maybe one or two of those shots weren’t just warnings. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I realize that maybe, for the first time in a long time, I have a new friend. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I went from seeing my dad every Sunday to seeing him every other Sunday, maybe once a month, whenever my mom could sneak me over, same as she’d done back in Hillbrow. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“And a television, maybe. And a garage with one of those automatic doors.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘You could say, suspicious. Or maybe just coincidence.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he liked it a lot; maybe he even loved that santo. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only maybe he hit me a long time ago, he thought, And I just now felt it, and he thought Hurry. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe there’s only one line, but it isn’t a sure thing, solid in its place. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t say what I was thinking, that maybe she had stayed at home for his sake, but now she doesn’t need to anymore. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

And Hina’s right: maybe I’ll be able to share that sort of glance with my own husband one day, but on my terms. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know the connection with her bridge club either, although I’m sure there is one. She’s your mom’s mother, maybe your mom will know what that meant.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Rose had said that ghosts stuck around because they wanted something; maybe if Ophie helped them get what they needed, they could help her find Clara. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They ignore me, or hurry past, because maybe they can see the steel spike of terror piercing my skull, driving all the way down into my soul. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

"I think maybe he already guessed about the computer," I say. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘I still wish we could’ve gone through the Gulf of Corinth. I was hoping we could visit Delphi, maybe get some advice. Plus it’s such a long way around the Peloponnese.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I thought I’d find an easy job, the kind other kids had, working in the dime store or maybe a hotdog stand. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And if the flu isn't infectious anymore, maybe he could talk with Bobby and explain some of the assignments. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now he was alone and wounded, dying maybe, and...she had to get to him. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I thought that maybe he was having a stroke. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t mind, could we maybe go somewhere else now?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She half wondered if she was starring in a movie, or dreaming, or maybe even dreaming about starring in a movie. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I think maybe we all do. And I don’t think that’s the asking.” The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

He was a boy, like me, maybe one or two years older. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Because you look just like the picture, and you look just like me. Or I look like you...so I thought that maybe...I thought you could be...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I would have said never mind about Operation Orchid and also maybe never mind about our friendship, because how could she tell him about this? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

‘But, Father -’ Zeus’s eyes sparked with power, and Jason realized he’d pushed his dad as far as he could for today . . . and maybe for the next few centuries. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

As if maybe I was there to accuse her of not being a very good friend. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But maybe...maybe they were having an off day. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich and warm and lovely, glowing and gloating and triumphant. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

And all right, benefit of the doubt: maybe I'm making this a race thing when it's not. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

They couldn’t get to me from down there, not without first having to go maybe fifty yards down the draw to find a place to get out. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was the end of the hottest season, or the building of a storm, for we were coming into hurricane season, or maybe it was just because most people had worked hard all day. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe things aren’t going so well with Anna, maybe he remembers some of the good things about us, maybe there’s a part of him that misses me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbed her flowers, maybe her snakes too, and just whipped the prizes into the air. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t say Vonetta did Fern any favor, but maybe things worked out the way they had to. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pick up some aluminum cans, maybe, for the recycling place.” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fury—maybe even hate—flashed across his face. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He gave me a sideways look as if to say “Oh, a wise guy, huh?” and said suddenly, decisively, “I think maybe I’d better take your name.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was probably the hysterical bawling that had wiped me out, or the fight, or maybe I was just slipping into coma. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

And maybe—just maybe—she would give us the clue we needed. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

I think of the umbrella again—“carry it, and maybe it won’t rain.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

She usually waits until all the men are gone, but maybe she wants to catch me before I fall asleep. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Mom said you don’t have e-mail, but maybe they don’t let you write letters, either. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

No one could make it disappear except maybe the Governor himself. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He looked maybe thirty, with a slight potbelly, like a frat boy who hadn’t yet realized college was over. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I was sure it was there, so maybe I wasn't listening close enough. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

He had been on a tanker once, maybe twenty years earlier, navigating through the Philippines. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Could be he’s up in his cabin, maybe. Knocked out one way or t’other. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

If water could get in and out of the palace...maybe he could, too. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe Hiroshi and Jamie, but either way, I didn't take those photographs, and I certainly didn't apply to Prism for drawing. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Maybe he called out after me, maybe he didn’t, maybe it was just some kid asking if this meant he could keep his library books. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

That’s when I told Mrs. Rouse that math club maybe wasn’t so bad after all and I wasn’t mad at her for signing me up for it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless maybe there’s something I can do to help.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, then maybe he’s off chasing skirt. A dog will hunt.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

But I’m also wondering if maybe it means they think I actually have a chance of passing. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ton-Ton had a face that looked like it had been slammed into a wall.You could see right up his nostrils and maybe, Matt thought, get a peek at his brain. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

They didn’t have much time, but they didn’t even try to pool resources to build a shelter, or maybe another ship. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure I have to? I was thinking maybe we could wait.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“When you get home, tell her I said hey, will you? Let her know I’m in town, and maybe sometime we can—” R.C. held up a hand to stop me. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Have I? Maybe—but maybe the wrong kind. I don’t know my sons. I wonder whether I could learn.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that was all their purpose, and they had nothing else to do with us — with the Ring. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Only rarely, in fact maybe never, had he really felt that these kinds of people, that these Chicanos, belonged to a race not his own. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe he just read it all backward,” said Rick. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe not as smart as Charlotte or Ximena, but he’s up there. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“A word scramble, maybe? Open wild rat home...Rat fort belief...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Trying to make it look like he’s sleeping, maybe. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

He’d thought maybe this quest would be a fresh start for him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They looked worried, maybe because she was here and shouting for them! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

They seemed a little afraid, maybe, but mostly confused. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Don’t be foolish, Gaea said, but Hazel detected concern in her tone, maybe even fear. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it just felt loud because she was so close. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The room has maybe six or seven young guys in orange jumpsuits inside with their visitors. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The blankets must be covering what she's really transporting: documents, ration cards, maybe even a pile of money to pay off an inside man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

There's still more than an hour, maybe two, when I wriggle into the underbrush and wait for the blood to begin to flow. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe—when all the ships in port were loaded—maybe he could get pepper. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

And one more thing: If we make it to the finals, I will not miss the big game for a small maybe. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

He was coming soon, maybe even that very night. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

"Maybe you should put on American clothes, darling. You look so lovely in jeans with your slim figure. Or a miniskirt, maybe?" You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“When I was a girl—I could tell you stories maybe you wouldn’t believe.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then again, she wouldn’t want me to, so maybe it’s a lot friendlier than all that. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

I decided that maybe we left each other alone too much. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“O wisest of the wise, maybe you can teach me this method of thinking to not think.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Fuchs suggested that someday, maybe, they would meet again. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it hasn’t been that long, and only seems that way because I haven’t been doing anything. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Also, maybe because it’s not that hard to remember fifty words somebody asked you two days ago. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

If I was ever the kind of guy who punched things, I would have put my fist through something—anything—maybe Cade’s window. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

There is no maybe like in their eyes at all. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The torso was a silver cylinder, maybe three inches in diameter and ten inches long. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“No, never did. Except maybe talk to you tonight,” Dad admits. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

He said now that maybe if he’d set off at twelve, he would have ended up staying in California instead of going to Iowa with his family. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

We worked from sunrise till dusk, five or maybe six days a week. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My sorority sister invited me to visit. We’ll probably go to a cookout, maybe a movie. She’s a die-hard Braves fan, but I’m not about to let her drag me to a game.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The heat was getting to me, or the billiard room’s confines, or maybe it was the copious amounts of cigar smoke wafting from the gentlemen on either side of us. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe we should focus on Mr. Quisling’s cipher challenge for a little bit instead. Admit it—wouldn’t it make your day to see Her Royal Fungus with an official mushroom-top hairdo? Besides...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It makes trouble and is born and then you look after it and get fond of it maybe. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe we are not that well provisioned after all. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

For nearly an hour, maybe more, I lay there listening to the soft chorus of Maribel’s and Arturo's long, even breaths. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

It’s three, maybe four miles away down the farther valley. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’ll be the kind of soon that never happens. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rely as much on my ears as my eyes as a hunter, maybe more at times. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And maybe I would say it back, but I am too far gone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ducky’s about five feet six, got red hair that’s always hanging in his face, and this look on his face like maybe something hurts him. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was staring at John, who probably sat in the lean-to reading my primer like I should’ve been doing. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

It was an aerial view, maybe being shot from a plane or a satellite. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“So maybe, when we pray in the morning, if you don’t want to think of God, you might try thinking about being Good. About doing Good. Yes?” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

With all the time Hannah spent at Monet’s, maybe she wrote something in here. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Maybe everyone was right, maybe she did let her imagination run away with her, and maybe she could be a baby sometimes. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

She took a different route, too, maybe to avoid running into James as much as to avoid those men if they were to come back. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He poked his head out maybe three feet away from where Flora and Ulysses was supposed to be shelved. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

Two flags were on the desk, the blue UN flag and another country’s flag that I didn’t recognize, maybe where the guy was from. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You think maybe you could get a job there again?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured it was because I knew he would have a good comeback, or maybe it was because he wasn’t a regular in the cast of misfits who hung out at Fang’s. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she wouldn’t want to be partners anymore. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And maybe one of those tweaks would’ve sent her over the edge. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“And our neighbors, the ones to our right, they’ve been here for, oh, maybe twenty years.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Mr. Jimmy said, “Oh. Oh, maybe I should,” and left the kitchen. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I dashed inside, wondering if maybe I could do a quick under-the-bed deaning job like the Hermes guys, and I found my half-brother Tyson sweeping the floor. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was a time when this was true, but maybe not anymore. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He muttered something to God or maybe to himself and continued. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

The boat was on a pond or maybe lake. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So maybe the kid’s just a psycho. Who cares?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Please tell me—I won’t be angry or anything, just so I can know that—maybe it was only a joke? To frighten me?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe they’d have done nothing, or acted like our neighbors and schoolmates, who did worse than nothing. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I reply, stepping forward, maybe a smidge too excited. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

It was a quick-enough flinch that maybe I was the only one who noticed. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe we can go shopping on Saturday then. Do you like Bamberger’s?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Perhaps she hadn’t noticed, or maybe she hadn’t gone by the display, or maybe Lula and Dovie had taken their pieces down before she got there. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

If I got there maybe Miss Hill would be able to help me, maybe she’d understand and would be able to tell me what to do. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

So maybe we could eat old chicken together? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I had thought they were adults and maybe citizens of Brobdingnag, at least. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afraid maybe somebody had forgotten to light the tree. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Longer, maybe four days, or more like seven. But don’t be all hope, child. If he had deep head wounds, he might be addled crazy and not know where he wandered off to die.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe you’ll be in class together next year—in high school. Speaking of, any thoughts about where you want to go yet?” Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

His father wanted Colin to transcend all that stuff, but maybe even he was starting to see the unlikelihood of Colin ever becoming extraordinary. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It made me start thinking about maybe finding my mom. Our mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He’d thought maybe she was unhappy, but that it had to do with losing, with not being able to see Jenny Lindt. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I mean, he’s a nice guy. He deserves to know he doesn’t have a shot with you at all. And then maybe you guys can move past the awkwardness.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

They pushed on the door, ten of them, maybe fifteen. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He might not have meant to—maybe he was only trying to look out for me—but he hurt me more than anyone else has hurt me before. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was being there in the place where it happened that made it seem so real. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remembered what she’d told me in New York, about building something permanent, and I thought—just maybe—we were off to a good start. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But maybe if Ms. Lansing came and told the story as it really happened, they’d believe her, and I could get out of there as quickly as possible. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Or maybe like she didn't get what a mess she was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I thought, “If only I could see her maybe I could figure out some way I could help.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Except I’m laughing now inside my hat and he’s laughing outside of it and we’re getting carried away, far away, and I don’t think I’ve been this happy maybe ever. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it’s more about how Papi and I didn’t watch Lolo—which was Abuela’s main thread when she saw his blistered ears this afternoon. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“You mean your father just lets people die when maybe they could be helped?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

They were laying off sugar or carbs or caffeine or meat or dairy, but maybe a little butter was fine now and then. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Really. The simulations in Erudite headquarters .. . helped me, somehow. To hold on, maybe.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “No, but maybe I should go work on that now. Do you guys mind?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It seemed so normal at the time, but, in retrospect, maybe there was a bit of a frown on his face. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing by the door near the side of the building, a secret passageway, maybe. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he was embarrassed for his family, that they never looked like any of the Barons. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t help thinking that maybe Padre de Jesus or Brother Daniel or one of the others would have an answer for me now about what was required during these troubled times. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Austin hears the fear, looks at me and maybe sees something worth keeping. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

If you want a god who speaks, maybe all you want is revenge. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Seated across from me was an American man, about the same age as Lau Po, maybe fifty. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We think sometime maybe we get frame for these and keep on table, but then maybe I cry more if I see all time.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe you could use some help around here,” I said to Shady, wiping off my milk mustache. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

May is a source of our word maybe, and that’s a good clue to how it’s used. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someone is gripping my arm, a boy from the Seam, and I think maybe I started to fall and he caught me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“But maybe they’re right about the housekeeper,” I admitted as we slung our schoolbags over our shoulders. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe I was surprised by how incredibly empty it was. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone else at the table frozen, like maybe this wasn’t something they were meant to see. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, Rondo,” I said, swaying a little, “maybe it’s ’cause a court-appointed judge told me I had to.” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

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

He pictured her there, stroking Catapult, gazing into the distance, maybe thinking about—him? Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

If you worked out enough, maybe the man would too. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father is thinking maybe we should reconsider...and have you stay at home.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Something cool and casual and maybe even a little bit funny? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

If I keep repeating this, maybe I’ll wake up from this nightmare. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

When he came to Luxa, he thought maybe he should just shake her hand, but he went ahead and hugged her, anyway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that so? Well, maybe I’ll just have to put my name on the list.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe the spangly outfit was just something I imagined because it was there—a flash of light—and then it was gone. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“We can find you someone else if you want. Or maybe you’re done?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I mean she couldn’t escape the memories, and maybe never left her seat in the train station for the next forty years. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Put it down to years of hunting, or maybe my reconstructed ear does work a little better than anyone intended. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Depends. With a party of ten, a couple of hours. With twenty, maybe an hour.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She sat there like that for so long that I started to worry that maybe her marker was going to dry out, because the cap was off. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was that we could see and smell the ocean and the tar, salt, and wood from the wharf. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s maybe a little bit in awe of how Henry arches up off the mattress, at hearing his sweet, posh voice reciting a litany of profanities to the ceiling. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I go back in time and imagine myself being a little slower, maybe tripping, and losing valuable time and losing my valuable friend as bullets rip apart his beautiful heart. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

That maybe the police would get on him for stalking if we gathered enough evidence. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I said, “Okay, maybe I’ll ask my mom to make me a baloney sandwich one of these days.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe Jace was just going along because he didn’t know how to stand up and do the right thing. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

And if they’re scared, maybe they can do a word search or get a Snickers and they’ll feel like they can “Hang in there,” like the kitten. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I yelp at the same time I hear her cry out in fear or maybe in pain. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I reckoned we were going home where she would concoct a brew to eliminate the pain and maybe give me new teeth too. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just stick close together, and maybe we can avoid getting lost or going insane.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

We’d brought none of the old photo albums with us; maybe this would be the first picture in a brand new one. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe this is all one giant coincidence. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Okay, maybe I wasn’t better, but I was okay—it was a weird feeling, a lack of weight in my head. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Just for a laugh, I imagine him landing in our tiny front yard, maybe in a personal-size flying saucer, which would probably just fill the center circle of a basketball court. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That chunk of coal was once a green plant, a fern or reed that lived one million years ago, or maybe two million, or maybe one hundred million. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Her eyes meet mine, and I feel guilty, or maybe scared, or maybe both. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I open my mouth to apologize, thinking maybe it’s not too late to save myself, but the English teacher cuts me off. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the God he had never believed in. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

What I wished was that things would stop for a while and maybe we could all catch a breath and check out the score or something. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

It didn't look like much, maybe just a big rock, but in a land of nothingness, any little thing seemed unusual. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

A vain pursuit from its beginning, maybe, which no choice of mine can mar or mend. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"Well...I was wondering if maybe you would have a cupcake with your uncle." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

“You wouldn’t have died. A little maimed, maybe.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was only one of hundreds, maybe thousands. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Enjoy life while you can. Nothing’s gonna happen for maybe five, ten, fifteen, twenty years. But lemme give you a piece of advice: Whenever the doorbell rings, have somebody else answer the door.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe I’d even have a chance to find my people there. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Mami, I want to be an artist, and maybe a writer too, when I grow up.” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

There was a moment of consideration, Laila thought, maybe a change of heart, and, when he bent down, she imagined he would pretend his shoelace had come undone and walk back to her. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe she’s badly wounded, and she crawled away to die.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The Cartwright farm grew a lot of cotton: hundreds, maybe a thousand acres. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, you got it coming unless maybe this happened against your will.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The weakness probably came from a bad weld that got jarred loose by the chain drive, or maybe too much compression from the Bimba cylinder.” Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the day we’d spend it on food and maybe some beers, and then we’d go home and come back and it was: How do we turn ten into twenty? Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

This is how it was with her, and maybe this is why we chose her. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I tell him how horrible my day was, he pauses for such a long time, I think maybe the call has cut off. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

My whiteness could bar him outright from many possibilities, maybe even survival, in the Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe there’s a lot more to it—maybe you choose and you practice, and that’s what makes the love true. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I'm not the bravest kid in the world, but maybe, just maybe, I can act like I am. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“A word scramble, maybe? Open wild rat home...Rat fort belief...” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I reached the end of my tune thinking he might take this as an opportunity to applaud or maybe even apologize for underestimating me. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

What if there’s someone else, maybe playing floor hockey right now, feeling what I’d felt? Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“And maybe,” Florida said, “it’s some convict who’d just as soon shoot us as feed us.” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

I smile ahead at the little runaway who’s lived his life isolated on a ship, without ever running or playing, who maybe only laughed when no one was watching, whose favorite color was probably clear. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

He looked athletic, like a tennis player maybe, or a serious pickup b-ball player, although he was too short to play under the basket. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in the middle of a dark room surrounded by maybe a hundred and twenty foot-high statuettes of Smokey the Bear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe even felt like I deserved it. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“All right. We’ll go to the warfront and find out where Eden is, then cross the border. The Colonies will probably welcome us—maybe even help us.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Let’s maybe focus on the fitting part for now, Lydia,” he said through clenched teeth. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Or maybe there was something she wanted to say in private. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“And then maybe you can help me produce my song? I think I’m almost ready for that, too.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Maybe, he thought, maybe it tasted like chicken. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No! Seconds—minutes, maybe. Gum Baby told you she move like the wind.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

They must have known she was there, but maybe she knew just how to blend in. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she doesn’t expect any better than bad manners out of me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I've been thinking maybe you take a break from my dictionary, son. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it isn’t even his: maybe he found it at the gym and meant to hand it in at the desk and he forgot? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is one area where maybe I won't be sized up against him. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

For a moment, from his vantage point, it looked as if maybe his boys and the Brits were all alone out front, duking it out. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

It had never occurred to him: if she will not come home, then maybe he can go to her. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see just how to break it to them by explaining that I ‘own’ a heavyweight prizefighter, so I figured I would maybe wait until tonight. Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“She was Hailsham, maybe a few years before you lot. Apparently she’s working in this clothes shop right now. A really smart one.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I let it steep, oh, maybe five days before I took it out and dried it. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad really wants to quit his job and find a new accounting firm or maybe even start his own—he’s a CPA—but he can’t because we get our health insurance through his work. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she despised Ivy now and hated the picture Ivy drew for her, and their friendship was over and done with forever and ever. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe if he’s nice to me, if he apologizes, if he promises to go back to how things were before ... maybe then I’ll give him one last small chance. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe it was die heat, maybe just like it had sucked all the energy out of me it had sucked all the meanness and fun out of Byron. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why he is running with me except maybe because I’m slow and he is slow. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

She’s looking back on that time as if it was her golden age; or maybe it seems that way to her because it’s better than now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe she wasn’t feeling as smoky, or maybe she’d just had more combat training. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Yeah, they most likely linked us to the tied-up store worker, got our descriptions, and maybe they even knew we were from the Lighthouse, but it’s not like we’d hurt anybody really. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Which is maybe a stupid hill to die on. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I came down to get you to sign a warrant. I want to search Kabuo Miyamoto’s boat, maybe his house, too—I’m not sure yet. ” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What I do happen to know,” I said, being maybe a tiny bit coy, “is that a civet cat got all of the Nguzas’ hens last Sunday. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Nice bit of engineering, that bridge was,” Tam’s going on, like he didn’t hear me and maybe he didn’t, what with how loud he’s talking. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Some people said he was a genius, and maybe it was true. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month, maybe two, and the families with their out-of-state plates and minivans that were a tick too nice for the parking lot would disappear like a magic trick. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Lord. Santa, maybe you oughta go tell Angelo to run along. I can get me a taxi. Tell him he can run out the back way. It's easier for him. You know?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking maybe Sandy will feel sorry for me and postpone our big meeting until after winter break, which starts tomorrow, when he mouths at me My office, and gestures toward the door. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Quick, I have a bit of roba recuerdos potion left. If we drop the brooch in, maybe we can see what happened and where he and Thorn went.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I mean, I personally am pretty okay talking to adults—maybe because I travel a lot and I’ve talked to a lot of adults before—but most kids really don’t like talking to grown-ups. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And so I think maybe I really don’t belong to this world. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Ma said magic was leaving the city, but maybe she was wrong. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

The apparition grips his trophy under an arm and turns out his palms as if to say, “I don’t know,” or maybe “I’m sorry.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Pop must be opening the suitcase—not just getting ties, but maybe other things? Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was as simple as Justin’s wave, or Sarah’s smile, or the way Mrs. Turton moved her hands in sync with the kids. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“So maybe we could coax him back to Long Island Sound,” Grover said. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

If worse came to worst, maybe the plague would be a more merciful way to go. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe because of it,” Ma said knowingly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Statistical probability told them that Davis was from upstate; maybe some-thing in his bearing betrayed it, as well. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if maybe I should’ve sent Poseidon that seashell pattern tie for Father’s Day after all. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

After that Melanie suggested that maybe they’d better stay up with the group a little better or the fathers would notice and start watching them. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With her palm pointing up, she all the sudden throws her fingers open like she been holting on to a hand full of something, dust maybe. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

He called me Somalia for a whole year, maybe because there was a map of Somalia on the wall behind my head. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There’s something about calling out Brooklyn that makes you feel like you’ve grown a few inches, maybe sprouted some hairs on your chin, or an extra lump in your bicep. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Underneath those vests, though, there are real-life charity cases, maybe even shelter dwellers. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just mean...I don’t know if you’re happy,” she says, “and maybe it’s time to try something different. That’s all.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I pictured it grabbing me and dragging me down to the bottom, holding me there too long, or maybe long enough, depending on whether you looked at it from my perspective or the fish’s. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I could make up the losses in a year, maybe.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were white people, but Hanako had a strong sense that she had met them, maybe was even related to them, though she hadn’t and of course she wasn’t. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He died, I say, in a car wreck or He fell off a roof or maybe He's coming soon. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

He sneaked through the woods longing to make his big kill—if only a deer just his size would pass by, or a moose, maybe. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

All I could say was, “I was wondering, ma’am, if maybe you’d let me borrow your baby and carry her to Buxton so I could show Ma how much she favours my sister?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He looks right at me, maybe because he wasn’t expecting me to be looking back, and as soon as our eyes click together, he hesitates. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was the way I’d seen Kat struggle into her fur-collared jacket, the morning she’d rushed out to get the photos of the strange man enlarged. souvenir shot was not somebody waving. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

But maybe I don’t know what it feels like to think that every person you meet wants to kill you. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I actually want to...to roll in something stinky. A dead skunk maybe, or some ripe trash.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Or maybe a memorial. I don’t think you can dig a grave in this earth.” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. And I was thinking we should maybe start considering the possibility that there is a murderer at Stagecoach Pass.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Practically all. Of course when it is all gone, maybe we could eat the twelve penguins for a while.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason, maybe because he didn’t know R.C., Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

Blunt maybe, but something about him intrigues me. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Mark grimaced, thinking these two people were far too unpredictable—maybe even unstable—to risk being sarcastic or rude to them. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Said something didn’t agree with his stomach, so maybe the thing that didn’t agree with his gut was...what happened to me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She could barter with him, maybe offering to decorate a fabric for his wife, in exchange for the beams she would need. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

DRACO: You are late and unapologetic, maybe you are determined to compound the problem. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It was not very cold out, maybe in the high forties—warmer than Tule Lake in January. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They should both flow through this town and out to sea where maybe they’ll make it back to the island of their birth.” The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

It's so dark I can hardly see my feet, or maybe I got some dirt in my eyes, but the point is no one sees us because there's no one to see us. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe that was all he wanted to think about. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Or maybe she just had a crick in her neck. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But maybe it really was a mistake, the newsletter. Maybe she—” “Elizabeth.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The other good thing about this new discovery of Tess’s Internet was that maybe he could figure something else out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe she’d had a heart attack or a stroke, it wasn’t out of the question, though she hadn’t been sick that I knew of. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He breathed deeply like he was trying to suck in all the breeze, or maybe smell the night. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“My parents gave it to me as a San Francisco-themed present before we moved here. Or maybe you saw it in my room.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps,” thought Mr. Popper, “all that white tiling reminds him of the ice and snow at the South Pole. Poor thing, maybe he’s thirsty.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

But if there was someone who waren’t enthusiastic ’bout his studies more than me it was Cooter Bixby, so for him to be this riled up maybe it was gonna be something after all! Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“That’s a promise. A new suit—maybe blue—with a red satin vest.” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

This made me think that maybe the drink wasn’t as potent as I’d initially thought, so I poured myself another glass. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

It is maybe, maybe true that I’m dancing. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Come to think of it, she had heard of yellow flowers called cowslips; maybe this was their special flower. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep telling yourself that, and maybe it will come true. But if it ever gets over to the high school, you’d better pray that no one knows I'm your sister.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Mamita gets up early too, and heats up my soup and watches me eat, which is maybe her way of saying good luck. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Told the deputy if he called me to his office on some pretext or other, maybe I could tell him who killed the Clutters. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noah sometimes rides a skateboard, so maybe, but why would he write me a note? Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Or maybe the angelic tune is simply stuck in my head. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I know these courts weren’t here when they held the secret tennis game, but maybe they found a way to play here anyway.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Kat’s at the end of her beer, maybe a second one, who knows. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he meant some of them seriously and some others he didn’t. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

If we move swiftly, maybe we can reach Snow’s mansion before the mutts reach us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, maybe I will. I’m going to tell him he needs to get his act together and drop Meg and her punk ways,” Jasmine says. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe I shouldn’t have told you. I hope I haven’t ruined a surprise.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“God will provide more food. Money, probably not. But maybe food.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She looked like a hippie who’d been kicked to the side of the road maybe forty years ago, where she’d been collecting trash and rags ever since. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But now...if they could discuss such a huge problem so calmly—the ultimate source of Greek/Roman hatred—maybe there was hope for the two camps, after all. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

So maybe at some level, I am on the lookout for Hailsham. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe, just maybe, I would finally be pardoned for killing my mother. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if maybe he was an actor supplementing his income. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It would have taken maybe six flatbed trucks to get all the fencing to the station. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

You were so little when you and me went, though, maybe you don’t remember much.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

But maybe he also meant stop being so helpful. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, but I’m fixing to scoot off to the grocery store. Oh, maybe I should sit and wait.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Before long, maybe in just a few days, he would be at the Pyramids. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, well, it looks like a two, which would be really bad news, but maybe it means four?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I want to loosen him up so he’ll go downstream. He’ll dirty the water, maybe his juices will flow into my pails.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he could see why she wasn’t married; she stirred a man’s mind maybe, but not his body. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like maybe this isn’t as bad as it could be. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe they knew where Alex lived and maybe they didn’t, but it was unlikely they knew which apartment the Morales family had taken over. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Styx hesitated like maybe he was going to argue. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, oh, I know, maybe make a time line? Like the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, the Louisiana Purchase, and Westward Expansion.” Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

Maybe because I spoke and maybe not, he slammed his hands against the lockers on either side of me and then leaned in close enough for me to contemplate his toothpaste brand. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I thought maybe the schools would be better here. My twins could have the advantages.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Below, ruins stretched out for maybe a quarter of a mile: limestone blocks, a few broken walls and some tiled holes in the ground like wells. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe they were from the American government. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I figured maybe he could at least pick us up,” she said. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He liked to be alone, or maybe he was just used to it. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe it was ’cause of all the books I was reading. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I even thought maybe I could sneak back into the Lighthouse and pretend like I was there the whole time, they just didn’t see me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

—So maybe you’re blaming yourself for something that Rob forgives you for. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if maybe he just liked to pat guys on the head when they're asleep. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But if I can’t laugh, maybe I’m not so fine after all. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

She would find Montez, in New Orleans maybe, or wherever he was along the way, and stay by his side until he woke up. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Okay, maybe I will,” June said, folding her arms. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“And I thought maybe you’d want to be bored with me. Plus, it’s Friday. They never teach you anything on Friday.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

About how she has always been protective of him around us, but maybe that was for one reason, when I had assumed another. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The boxes were maybe eight inches long and had two compartments. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“If you worked hard, maybe you could take entrance examinations next summer and go in the fall.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about maybe making little cards, seeing if I could sell them in the gift shop on Kingly Road. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to seem eager; maybe if I talked about how good it tasted, Papa might forget that he had not yet punished Jaja. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Or maybe, he thought now, he just didn't recognize all those other girls. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Ms. Malone said maybe bats are altruists, which means they’re sharing to help the other bats, even if it’s a risk. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z