“Want to see my second decisive move of the night?” she asked. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Everybody starts talking at once, asking her questions. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“May I ask a favor, then? Can I use your Netbook?” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

"You over eighteen?" the man behind the counter asked me. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Every child who was present at the gathering was asked to give an answer, but no child ever did, since their mother and father were both present. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When Elena asked why Ifemelu had not petted her dog, or scratched his head in the week since she moved in, she said, “I don’t like dogs.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Whenever Kayode returned from a London vacation, flush with relevance, Emenike would ask him about the latest music and films, and then examine his shoes and clothes. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Out in the hall, away from the cameras, I ask, “What’s happening to him?” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

When they told him, “We are amazed at the good work God is doing here,” Richard wanted to ask why God had allowed the war to happen in the first place. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Well, what have we learned from all this?” asked Robert Phelps. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Archie didn’t care about the trip but he enjoyed this reverse position—himself asking the questions and Leon squirming, so different from the classroom. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where was I going to write to? All I knew was that you was in Nashville. I asked Miss Peace about you once or twice.” Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

She asked me why, and I said we were working on a project, and that turned out to be the truth. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I asked God for the strength and courage to make the world a better place. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I think back to our last night on the roof, when Zohra grabbed my hand and asked, “You’re not going to forget me when you go back to America, are you?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Look! My bed has two parts! There is enough room for you! I promise: I will ask my new mother if you can sleep on the top of my bed.” Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had seven kids and was pregnant with you and I called one of my aunts to ask for help and she said, “Your brother died in the war.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It might be a better question, my dear girl, to ask who are you! Who are your parents?” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

People always coming and asking for mail at the wrong time. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

She keeps sending the boys away to play and right away asks where they are. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cop started asking him a bunch of questions, but the guy kept shaking his head and saying he didn’t understand. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

They asked neighbors inside and outside the building if any had seen Julia or Pearl, but none had. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As he wrung her hand, he asked, “No hard feelings?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, out of the blue, he asks, “Do I bug you, or what?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“No ma’am, she just... asking do I want some old clothes,” I say and it sound like I’m down in a well-hole. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and asked, “Would you like me to teach you?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“How goes it back there?” the engineer asked when they stopped. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I was fixing to call the dog and go on to school when I heard Grandpa ask Hosie if he had cooties. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Who are you?” he heard a voice ask him in Spanish. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Ts there much of a market in Rome for dirty pictures ?” Milo asked. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Dr. Matthews asks, tipping the microphone over to him. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Was he “the future of America”? Was he upholding “the American way of life”? I guess it depends on who you ask. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“Hand it up, would you?” he asked with an odd catch in his voice. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“What does a serviceman pay for a carton of cigarettes?” a prospective Muslim convert would be asked. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid you done already asked your last question.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for asking, but I don’t think there’s one thing in here that could even fit my pinky toe, let alone my whole body.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Then I ask, “Are you hungry in there?” and if I get a growl back, I go get some breakfast. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why do they like the taste of Swedes?’ the King asked. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what a rapscallion is?” she asked, waving at the waitress to bring her another drink. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was his custom, after each reading, to ask X to plot out or pad out the letter of reply, or to insert a few impressive words in French or German. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They said they’d ride around some and if it was okay with my mother, they’d ask my brother the same questions—if they happened to see him, that is. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“What happened to the King in the end?” asked the child, when the story seemed to have dried up. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s none of my business what Miss Celia does with her day, and ask me, I’m glad she’s staying out of my way. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Every ten minutes, she plumped up her mother’s pillow and asked whether she wanted a drink of water. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a chaste romance—“I didn’t kiss her until I asked her to marry me,” he said—he became engaged to a missionary colleague, Liz Chalmers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mr. Eberhardt held up the book and asked, “What does this have to do with that nonsense at the hospital?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I could tell from Hermes’s expression that this was not the time to ask. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sierra asked an elderly lady with a handcart full of freshly laundered sheets. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

An audience member asked a prepared question, and Arletta Paisley gave a natural but also prepared answer. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I’ll ask to see the picture of Prometheus I painted when I was young.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“What you got there, sugar?” he asked, lazily. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

She treated me like an adult, asking for my thoughts, listening keenly as I described the various worries and administrative tangles students had brought in. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

His hand caught mine, to stop me, as he asked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Palmer considered phoning Henry to ask him directly, but that felt risky. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

He wouldn’t tell them what their new mission was and warned them never to ask. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he definitely needs to clarify that, so I ask again. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The clerk noticed Luma’s middle initial—H—and asked what it stood for. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I started calling department chairmen to ask for another week, another ten days—‘more time to reach a decision’— to avoid the decision I would have to make. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tony asked Jay, tossing a ball to him as we reached the path that led to our house. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“They may ask for a word,” die Tattered Prince had warned them when he handed over the bundle. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"Mr. Daniels has asked to test your oldest daughter first." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Jack takes one look at the defeated slump of my shoulders and asks, “Can you walk?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you telling us one individual removed all thirty-six copies of Flora and Ulysses?” asked Dr. Zinchenko. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I would ride the trolley, walk the streets, or lie in bed—and ask myself questions. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Then he asked, “So which chicken shall we call ‘organic’?” The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Beyond that, I wasn’t going to ask my parents for a thing. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Besides, a guy who starts playing solitaire in jail is just asking to get depressed.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Brother, sister, you may run, but the day is coming when the King will ask: “What are the tidings that you bear?” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“And when’s the last time you fertilized the lawn?” he asks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Dunnan said yes, he would; and Shultz then said, “Do you recall being asked whether or not you were averse to capital punishment?” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

The police press him, asking about Powell’s address and place of employment. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Each night, when she hears the train whistle, she asks God to protect the migrants from the trains and the assaults. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

He knew perfectly well whom he’d like to ask, but working up the nerve was something else. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Conway asked me to read in front of the class again. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I heard him say, “It was no trouble, really....I’m glad it worked out....Please don’t hesitate to ask if there’s anything else I can do....Yes, I’ll tell him.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

These, and bits of local lore recalled from his childhood, he would tell in his soft slurry dialect, and then growing tired would ask me for a story. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask her about it, but she lay back down behind the piles of hay, invisible again. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Papa asked every night at dinner, often after a long stretch of silence. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I asked the waiter, and he said it was called “paprika hendl,” and that, as it was a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

For a while they were blocking the door, until the banquet hall manager asked them to move. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Frodo asked, when he got a chance to whisper to Mr. Butterbur. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She got so much done that by the second day she asked Leo if he needed any help with his own project. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sansa wanted Joffrey desperately, but she did not think she had the courage to do as the queen was asking. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Instead of singing,” he continued, “some of us are asking, 'When, O Father, are we going to live in peace?’ Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

But my son is in tears and I am his father and so I am here to ask why you would keep apart two good friends. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“Hey, where did that come from?” he asked, standing in the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They sailed around for awhile and traipsed through various countries till they stopped in Cologne where the chief of the Huns asked Ursula to marry him. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The justice of the peace was asked by a prosecutor if he thought that Vaughan had known too much. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Is he coming back or what?” asks Camel. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

He recited basic rules and warnings that a very small child might be asked to memorize in kindergarten. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask you about Anna Watson, about whether ... I don’t know. What was her relationship with Megan like? Did they like each other?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you doing?” she asked as I sat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Do I want to know what y'all up to?" she asked, and they just looked at her like she hadn't asked it. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked as he yanked out a huge weed, clumps of dirt swaying on the roots. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

When the car was fixed and they were on their way again, Dad asked her how she had managed to hold the children’s attention. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You like that?” she asked after a minute, pointing at the sky. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Somehow I know without asking that Mr. Wallace isn’t going to go tellin’ folks about it, because people around here tend to keep quiet out of someone else’s business. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When asked why he used this salutation, he said, “In life we are all masters,” countering a past champion’s chestnut, “In life we are all duffers.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I ask as I dig into my two-piece meal. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Sarge asked us to be runners—guys who sprint back and forth from regiment to base camp, getting orders and supplies. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Now can we have the radio?” someone asked. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kay asked: “Do you mean she is one of those people with bluebells for hats, who spend the time sitting on toadstools?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

When asked for some examples, he listed vacuuming and naming stuffed animals. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Once I asked him: “How in God’s name can you do that?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How long have you lived here again?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

When we sit down to our own chicken dinner I ask it straight out. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“How much of an edge did the boy’s warning give you?” asks Haymitch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Reynie asked, pointing to a rooftop just visible over the classroom building. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to Never-Ending Mountain to see the Old Man of the Moon and ask him how to change my family’s fortune. You can come too and ask him how to fly.” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Once again, ma’am, I’m asking merely in a spirit of friendly enquiry.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

He asks me what I would say to all those cameras if I was him. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Can you sense when someone is trying to break into your head?” he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The judge asked if there was any danger of getting lost “I don’t know,” Papa said. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he asked at the supper table that night. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ask her, smiling lightly in the general direction of Jeremy, who is beaming and kind of acting like he’s waiting for me to walk my frizzy-hair self over to him. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I ask quietly, the worry thick in my voice. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I was listening the next day when other officers asked him how it went. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got out of the car, intending to ask for the polici'as, but the guard beat me to the punch. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meggie didn't think that was really much of an answer, but she asked no more questions. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the best talks I have ever had started with someone asking, “This might seem rude, but can I ask about your face/nose/scars/bumps?” Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Always curious about the world around them, these learners ask lots of questions and like to do experiments. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Kerri started off but turned back to ask, “What was the accident? What damaged your eyes?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is he still here?” he asked, “No,” she said, “he had to go run some errands.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“And what have you been seeing and doing and feeling all these days?” he asked. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

When I saw the hurt look on his face, I couldn’t help asking, “If I don’t come right away, would you find another wife?” Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how to drive?” he asked. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you just say?” he asked, his voice rising. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I hope Fina doesn’t ask me why I have them today. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Lexie had her golden smile and her easy laugh, Trip had his looks and his dimples: why wouldn’t people like them, why would they ever even ask such a thing? Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before he can ask I add: “The trucker who killed my dad and brother fell asleep behind the wheel. He’d been working three shifts in a row. They settled with my mom.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Vatete must be extremely ill to ask the doctor to come from her village. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Professor Flitwick had asked them to read three extra books in preparation for their lesson on Summoning Charms. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Moral was Amelia’s territory of faithful attendance at Sabbath worship and prayer meeting and Bible study, and she couldn’t ask for consideration on those counts. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Will asked, peering at us through oversized clown sunglasses. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

The policeman said, “I am going to ask you once again .. .” I rolled back onto the lawn and pressed my forehead to the ground again and made the noise that Father calls groaning. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think of Ruby’s endless curiosity, and of the questions she loved to ask. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I asked, because I was just catching on that with Nazario and Bodega you had to see the big picture. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, then,” I ask, stepping forward, “why did she go? Tell me the truth about my mom.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Gerald started to ask what Mama’s surprise was, but he didn’t really want to know. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was that brave enough?” she asked Strong Belwas, as a scream rang out across the sand. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to have to ask you to please keep your voices down. You’re right under our bedroom windows. Remember, you are guards, not guests here.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you expect to get a reply?” he asked. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

But there was no chance to ask Bailey either, because that would be telling what we had done. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Neville, can you be that cool godfather that does his goddaughter a solid without asking too many questions?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

She felt bad asking him to do something so impossible. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Where do you aim to take her?” he asked. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, even though I knew exactly why he wanted to talk to me. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“What you think I did? I turned around and asked if she had a problem with me. Ol’ trick, gon’ say, ‘I wasn’t even talking about you,’ knowing she was! The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Faces might appear in the windows at any time, asking angry questions. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if he didn't get to finish the first issue of Watchmen because he'd lent it to a girl who hadn't asked for it and probably didn't even know who Alan Moore was. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Mother never let me forget it. Say, wouldn’t it be good to ask Jenny and Belle down for a visit?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked Osh, later that day, he said what he’d always said before: “This is your home. You don’t need another one.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“What is it my dear?” asked the King. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Alex, I know I...completely destroyed your faith in me, so I don’t blame you for asking me,” he says. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He could have told her he was going to ask about the tortoise first! When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I decided to ask Mr. Partridge if I can learn the stage lights. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Beatrice Taylor...Last night she had dreamed of Beatrice—dreamt that she was outside pressing her face against the window and moaning, asking to be let in. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Her boss, Claire, always kind and perceptive, asked if she needed to talk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Carol asks me what church I go to, and I say I don’t know. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And what escapades have befallen you since you were here last?” she asked, laughing with such delight I could not keep from grinning too. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Beth is supposed to ask one of our parents to light her candles for her. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Why do you do this if it affects you so?” asked Ash. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eltenton was not sufficiently close to any of them to make contact, but he did know Chevalier and asked him to undertake the initial approach to Oppenheimer. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She asked the Blessed Virgin to pray for him. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Where is Papá?” asked the girl, still staring at Lupita and Salvador. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Rab did not like to ask his aunt for so large a sum. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What does he want?” asked Hazel, thinking of Uncle Martin. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“But what else can we do?” he asked. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

They ask me to describe a day in my life. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He then solemnly asked if I had been a very, very good girl this year and did I believe in Jesus Christ and obey my parents. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian asked, as though pained to the point of numbness just to have to ask the question. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if his fingers really were falling off, but I decided not to ask. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you need?” asked a sailor who was counting food supplies. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“What would you like?” asked the tired-looking woman behind the counter. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I ask Mr. Daniels if I can renew my book at the library, and he smiles like I gave him a cake. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Knock on the door and ask if Virgil’s home.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“What?” asked Selena, who was busy feeling the floor of the cab with her hand. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Aunty Uju asked, as though he was not already in bed when she came home from her second job. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Josquin was asked to compose something in this friend’s memory, to be performed by the Ferrara Chapel Choir and quite possibly the duke himself in the role of tenor. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He remembered the sign she’d asked if he wanted to carry: “Give me liberty or give me death.” Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

I used to sneak my chemises and nightgowns out of my drawer and mend them myself rather than ask her to do them. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I avoid it by asking him to meet somewhere in between. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

It seemed mean to ask my mom to talk about something that made her cry. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Can you read one to me?” she asks. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

‘I asked you the same question once before — it seems a very long while ago; but you have seen more of them since then.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Ignatius,” Mrs. Reilly asked in a trembling voice, “what you done, boy?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the end of Spanish class Mr. Flores asks if I can stay and talk with him. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Are we talking about me?” he asks in his guy voice. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

She knew better than to ask what had happened. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I ask the passengers: Am I really gay? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wanted to ask her to marry him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Mallory had asked, marveling at the intricate, almost unearthly weave in the girl’s remarkable head of fine black hair. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

When I asked a question, they competed to answer. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

He stared past her, when he felt like getting up, walking up to her, and asking her to please lean away so he could get a good look at the subway map. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Were you collecting milk cans again?” my mother asked me one evening when I came home stinking like a dead animal. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We didn’t ask for you either, and yet here you are.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Next you are going to ask me where to find the great sword of the warrior mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When he got himself together, he asked once more who I was. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

She asked if Farmer thought more tests would be appropriate. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

I listened to him, and then I asked him if he remembered buying me my first outer-space kit. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Not that I could have asked her in front of Audrey anyway. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Miss Jo. How does Amy get on?” asked May with a conciliatory air, for she wanted to show that she also could be generous. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Saint Sarah sits, barking questions that she’s collected from previous Quiz Bowls, her silk flower turning with her head to gaze at the person she’s asked or aimed her quizzing at. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“How did your first day go, dear?” the receptionist asked maternally. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Uncle Basil emerges from his vapor cloud long enough to ask, “What’s going on?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Are you alone? Where is your family?” he asked. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And sure enough, she asks, “But how many of those hours are spent on that...uh...toy?” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Her father, too, asked why she sounded different and if all was well. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to ring his doorbell and just ask him to give you this book?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Just around town. I want to ask you something.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having already given her address at the ferry, she was asked again when she returned, and refused, saying she had done so earlier. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the third time I asked, “Dad, why did you buy this record player? Don’t they have radio stations in Alabama?” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we didn’t ask a question, she assumed we understood the material and kept going. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, in the newsroom of the New York Times Washington bureau, Sheehan asked his boss, Robert Phelps, to step out to the lobby for a private conversation. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

If anyone had the gall to ask why the door had been locked, Jackson would respond that it hadn't been locked; the students had simply been unable to open it. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t ask for details, and I bet Tagoe is really fighting that urge to ask how it happened. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I had prayed earlier that morning, but now I whispered the words again in our sacred language, asking the Holy People for protection. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She leans in to ask Celia a question, her eyes dreadfully serious. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Diego escorted me to my new class without asking, and I didn’t tell him how grateful I was. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Little came in, later, to tuck Stuart in for the night and hear his prayers, Stuart asked her if she thought the bird would be quite safe sleeping down in the living room. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

At one session in Chicago the committee asked Davis to estimate the final cost of the exposition. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

As the daughter of a dental hygienist, I was interested in his key chain ornament and asked him where he got it. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Unless he explicitly asks me. If he does, you need to know I will have no choice but to answer truthfully.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Chuck asked from behind, running to catch up. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

It’s a question that gets asked every year in the finale.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I asked later as I tore the fish bones out of the soaking salted codfish. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Wexler asked over her dark glasses, tilting her head a little, so all her earrings jangled. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I also asked if he would be willing to give us masking tape to tape our logos and not destroy outside property. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“How was your first day?” my mom asked, stopping in front of me. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

"Look," he said, "I'm getting tired of asking you to stay for dinner." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It's an answer I already knew, but I sit back down and tell myself that I won't stop asking questions until I get in. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Woolf cantered the horse back to the cheering grandstand and calmly asked his valet for a saddle towel. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How old was the aunt when she moved in?" she asked. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Bull asked his son what he had extracted from the morning exercises. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like a stupid thing to ask, but the gumshoes in detective stories were always trying to get suspects to talk so they could figure out what to do next. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

And right when Mrs. Stevens would think it was over, Cynthia would lift up and ask, "You know what I would do if I was a negative number?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

I asked if we could watch a van Damme movie and they said it was rated R, and also I’m just the treasurer. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

When Renee asked a Gestapo agent if she would see her family again, he pointed to a chimney with smoke coming out and said that that’s where she would reunite with her family. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Bunderson began by asking Dr. Strayer whether a “significantly greater risk,” which is a relative term, implied that it was a “substantial risk,” which is a more objective term. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Whose mine is it?” asked Milo, stepping around two of the loaded wagons. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary marched right up to her and asked for my possessions. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Ophie asked again, even as she began to dread the answer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“That’s just my father. He’s lucky that way. He asked about you the last time I spoke to him. He wants you to call him sometime.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this light, one can examine a crop widespread in prehistoric times and ask whether all of its varieties show the same wild mutation or same transforming mutation. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“You mean the people who live in the big house next door, don’t you?” asked one of the girls. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Lance,” she asked in a startled voice, “do you think they could have forced the King’s hand?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What shall you do all your vacation?” asked Amy, changing the subject with tact. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How’s my Sunshine?” my mother asked when I ran into her arms. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“So. You game for adventure?” asked the Duke of Westminster, won over by the novel idea. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

We were sitting there when Ice asked me if I thought that Carver and Latimer were going to play for the championship. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Where would you like to go?" asked the count after dinner. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

I asked Lucas as we drove home that evening. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

With tears in their eyes they asked one another what they should do if their Leader were taken away from them. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

On their way out of Virginia Beach, Carine asked Fish to stop at their church. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Noodles asked, as if I didn't have a home to go to. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“Why?” he found himself forced to ask finally. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He looked like he wanted to ask a thousand questions all at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I held my tongue, for I felt to ask would be to offend him. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you see this woman on Saturday night?” he asked. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Judy walked into the bathroom, I opened my mouth to ask. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few days this boy “confesses” anything that he is asked to confess, any crime that handily happens to be unsolved and on the calendar. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor asked my mother if she would finally like to see her baby. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

A student on the way into class approaches him at his desk, glances up at some posters of Sesame Street characters, and asks, “Mr. Volpe, did you know Big Bird?” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“So did Dad let you have it?” she asked. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

So he asked Marie to describe briefly that day when I had first known her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

If you ask me how Brahman and atman relate precisely, I would say in the same way the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit relate: mysteriously. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

His little daughter was standing close to him, asking him to throw her in the air, too. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“How often do I have to tell you that fool has no heart? Very well, then. Let me ask you another question, because I’d very much like to know the answer.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Why didn’t you ask me for a glass?” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you think that the curfew the mayor announced today will prevent incidents like this?” the reporter asks Mr. Lewis. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Then, if there was still the understanding, he’d ask her to accept another kind of ring. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But before she could actually go to the Ferry Building, she had to ask her parents for permission. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

‘Can you advise us, at least?’ he asked. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Toby didn’t want to give her the satisfaction of tears, but they were close enough that he waited to ask the one question he had. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

We continue eating in silence for a minute, until Rebecca asks us what we’re planning on doing today. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“You’re just going to walk into Capricorn’s church and ask for your daughter back, are you?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He asked the Englishman to take a look at Rantz—to talk to him, to try to figure him out, and, if possible, to fix him. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Grace was asked what he thought of his first Halloween. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

“But if I agreed to do what you asked...?” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Certainly. Meet you at the bonfire?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For all she knew, this big young man smiling at her with such cordiality might be a sheriff—or— “Do you know who that is?” she asked. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

"When I was waiting for my parents at the airport, I kept thinking of something I wanted to ask you." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

A friend, Paul H. Ezell, asked him for some help with his doctoral thesis. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was a long pause on the phone before she added, “You could ask your father if he could use his influence.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next day, I asked Danny where he would take someone if he were going somewhere for Valentine’s Day. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“My boss, the owner of Santa Maria Window Cleaners. I need to ask him.” Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

And Cyrus indicated that, in some future, Charles could visit him in Washington, but he never asked him again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Where you from?” the man next to me at the counter asked. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where are you from?” asked the woman suddenly. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not once did he ask my name or where I came from. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched intently, remembering Mama’s words: If you observe carefully, dear, you won’t have to ask. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But he followed, asking with an air of sympathy, “Did you have a bad time?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what he’s going to ask, so before he can, I say, “It started before. While we were still married. The drinking. That’s what you wanted to know', isn’t it?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

One Junior Double-Talker puts his caller on hold to ask the girl in the cubicle next to him, “Jenny, any chance you brought a spare hypnosis radio?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When Gay asked what sort of cake I wanted, I said, “I don’t care.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They’d come up to me after school, ask me if I had plans, and I’d say yes, I have big plans to get the hell out of here, and they didn’t get it. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I ask because I know the Dragon is tricky. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Almost desperate, I asked for half a cake; she again refused. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Teddy asked, writing a note on his papers. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will this be a cash deal?” the salesman asked. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

Unable to ignore her gloomy presence any longer, he finally asked, “What’s the matter with you? We been getting more calls? You can’t let them get to you.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Not even me? the Doorman walks in and asks. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Jimmy asked, after his grandfather had paused for several long moments. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

I asked if I could zip her dress up again. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then she swept Fabian up to the high table, asking him for his “report.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What did you do to your hair?” he asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I think she knew pretty well that I’d be of a mind to ask you.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seated in the chair, I asked meekly: “What are you going to do, sir?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked Brian some questions, and they couldn’t understand each other, either. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dad would always ask if she wanted him to read them to her, but she always said no. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“Movie night or Honor Pictionary or Book Club?” my mom asks while inflating a blood pressure cuff around my arm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do all the monsters go through the House of Hades?” he asked. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Mitch about it, but it feels like a secret I’m not meant to know. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

We could ask him then to fix things. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The conversation turned to the future, and I asked what she wanted to be when she was older. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Benny dusts himself off, and asks, “You gonna play with us? You can be on my team.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Johnny did not want to ask the next question, but he could not help it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you remember the words of Okeoma’s poem about making the sun rise if it refused to rise?” she asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I said, “Where do I get a ticket for the train from?” because if you are lost and you need directions you can ask a policeman. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I ask him to tell me what he sees. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I then asked my family to help me think of names for the club. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

One year when I was in high school, Reverend Cross asked me to represent our church at the National Baptist Convention in Tulsa, Oklahoma. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I...ask you a question? It’s about your dad, so you don’t have to answer.” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

We talked for a couple more hours, but Grampa never once asked about Dad. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

And I’m all in my head, so I almost don’t notice someone sit down across from me without asking. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“So, that’s why you asked me to take you outside all those times?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“What was the Green Tiger? Da-A-Fu said something about a magistrate?” she asked. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

During the war, all families with private houses that could were asked to take in people who temporarily found themselves without homes. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you like me to ask him some questions about your mother? Maybe I can gauge whether or not the trip would be worthwhile.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dimple got the feeling Rishi had told them what happened from the very obvious way they were not asking about him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He looked at her while she fed him; he knew she had asked Ku’oosh not to mention the visit, except to the old men. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you want me to do?” she asks God angrily. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I knew I was asking for trouble, but I didn’t know who else to trust. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t answer him because I'd like to ask that father of yours the same question. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Incredulous, Bobby asked Sofia: “How can you even talk to those people?” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

But we only had the money for one and I ask you, how do you choose which of your twin sons should go to college and which should take a job spreading tar? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at Bigwig, as though waiting for him to ask another question. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Kevin make a wordless sound of surprise, heard him ask, “What happened?” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

The teacher asked Yudhistira, the oldest brother, what he saw in the reflection. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

The good news was that more students were coming up to me, which was a chance for me to ask their names. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

Once I asked him how he had learned to speak so boldly, not merely to strangers, but even to those above his station. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask for help, but said, “Yes, sir.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I don’t, either, but two people this morning asked me how I was feeling, and one of ’em wants to tell me what to take for headaches. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra asked as they reached the top of the stairs and stepped into the entry vestibule. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Koffi had just opened her mouth to ask, for the second time, who they were, but no sooner had the words formed on her lips than she saw it: sparkling particles of light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe I should have asked him to exchange it for Oscar Wilde. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She refused a biscuit each time Mrs. Sen extended the plate in her direction, and asked a long series of questions, the answers to which she recorded on a steno pad. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

He preened himself, then asked the question again, this time in a coaxing tone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

None of this has made any sense to me at all, but I limit myself to asking what the product is, assuming there is some kind of product involved. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Chubs something, but I caught only part of his response. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

If you went totally crazy and asked the question a third time you might as well tie yourself to a tree and say, “Ready, aim, fire!” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should have asked her for help with finding a safe place to stay. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He showed him what he’d done and asked if everything was square between them. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But why rip me up and stuff me in a bag?” he asks. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Say you are running a company and you have been asked to give a speech and a PowerPoint presentation in two days. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

“So?” she asks Skeezie, leaning across the table and taking back the chocolate-chip cookie he is trying to hide from her. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

When he poured the last of the pineapple juice down his throat, one of the children stepped forward to ask, “Can we have your can, mister?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Chuck,” he asked after taking a bite of eggs, trying to sound casual. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Are those your children?” asked Meggie, pointing up at the ceiling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I hesitated, unsure of how to ask my next question. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

But, when I asked if there could be ways he didn’t know about, he said, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Sophie Brown, than are dreamt of in our philosophies.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Darlene replied, “I think that lady wants to ask you something.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t hugged me, or asked where my three brothers were so he could go to see them. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Grover looked straight at me, and I knew he was asking for my benefit. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you going to be okay?" he asks. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The Marked Girl spoke with the spirits and asked for the rains. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

She leaned her head upon her hand to shade her eyes from the light “And what have you been seeing and doing and feeling all these days?” he asked. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything you want to ask me?” she said. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The style of teaching was Socratic in nature; ideas and theories were elucidated through the leaders asking and answering questions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And suddenly I understand what Gramps was really asking Gran. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys wiped the sweat and cookie crumbs off their hands and went up to girls to ask them to dance. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

He holds the little leather pouch of the remains of the parrot’s father, ready to roll-and-read whenever the captain asks. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The teacher asked, “What was the Missouri Compromise?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I resisted them, saying angrily, “I’m willing to answer what you ask, you can' leave out the intimidation!” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I hope it's not too much to ask for. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He hugged her back, then asked quietly, “Is I still a slave, Amari?” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom asked as she rummaged through my school bag. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What is this trip you keep talking about?” asked the Mellower. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

She brushed my hair from my face and asked me one question: “Brianna, do you know who l am?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“How many of you kongo boys will be going home this year?” asks the colmado-man. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she asked, “What do you want to do that for?” all Shorty could say was, “Don’t ask me no questions, woman, and 1 won’t tell you no lies.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The national leadership noticed Paul’s eloquence and devotion to suffrage, and after her lecture she was asked to serve on their board. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I asked, slipping on a pair of boxers under the covers. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Once, when she was littler, Sansa had even asked Mother if perhaps there hadn't been some mistake. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

When a traveling Klansman wanted to locate brethren in a strange town, he would ask for a “Mr. Ayak”—“Ayak” being code for “Are You a Klansman?” Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

When the match’s venue was moved to Belgrade, Slobodan Milosevic, the president of Serbia, met Bobby and Spassky and asked to be photographed with the two. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I hate it when people...ask me that.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh yes, I am, darling. The hairdresser asked me if this was our first. I lied and said no, we had two boys and two girls.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You young fellows must be hungry. There are some yams in that hut over there. Can you boys cook some for me and yourselves?” he politely asked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Is that what being a friend means to you?” he asked. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Yes. But that is not why I ask." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before Shin could say a word, they asked him for cigarettes and food—but not for identification. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I was scared to ask him how much longer we had before Harmonee came down. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“So what is he going to do—dive-bomb your own bomb shelter?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was just about to ask Cecilia if she even had one when the tray of petit fours started making its way around the room again. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Have you given any thought to how we will actually, like, find Agloe?” he asks me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Would you like to join me?” she asked, gesturing with one hand to the table. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been asked to test you a bit,” he confessed at last. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Eventually, an immigration official asked Bobby to accompany him downstairs. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Who were you talking to?” she asked him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Is any of your work for sale?” she asked. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And did you have a nice time?” she asked. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But can you not take me to see her?” she asked, and she yearned for him to say yes. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are those people going to do?” my mother asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thirty-five minutes later, as our third hour comes to a close, he asks in a small voice, “When are we stopping again?” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew it was hopeless to ask about my mother or Adele. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Hours later in the cookhouse, Nigel asked me to teach him to read. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Junior said, “He even tells me what they all had for lunch. I always ask, ‘Daddy, did you work hard at school?’ Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe I can ask my family if you can work for them? They will need help. They raise wheat and rice and vegetables. They could pay you with food...maybe.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he could not get together with some of the others and strike for better wages. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How are you feeling, this fine morning?” asked Wednesday, without turning around. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Ultimately, he decides that the threat outside our home is more imminent than Jacqui, who clearly will not part with my gun—so my father doesn’t ask how she got it. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dimple asked as they began to make their way over. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You’re just asking Homeland Security to give you a full cavity search,” one of my sisters says as I pass her in the hall. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

What I really want to do is turn around, go back to Mrs. Parker’s office, and ask, What about me? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Axel wonders if these are the kinds of things that Emmett shares because Axel asks, or if everyone knows all of this information and it’s something Axel’s missed. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Odin will ride the horse Sleipnir to Mimir’s well to ask the head of Mimir for counsel, for himself and for the gods. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

But he was too weak and hungry to ask why they were standing still. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hanson asked him to wait in the hall and went to get the mayor. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Officers I didn’t know asked me to sign their books, too. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The night before, I’d called and asked him if he really wanted to go through with this. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss Volker,” I asked quietly, trying to be ridiculously calm like when doctors talk to insane people in the movies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Maybe, if you want, we could visit the Journey to Space exhibit at the science center before school starts. Or, maybe, ride our bikes again sometime?” she asked. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“Do you mean you read the tarot, Miss Martin?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“What do these symbols mean?” she asked in a hushed voice. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Tell me, are you a pretty girl?” she asked Sophie Mol. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxine asks, “So what are some things Woman to Woman can do better?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well then don’t get mad at her if she never does what you ask her to do,” Bertha harped, stirring some flour into a gravy base in a frying pan on the stove. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And on the morning of the sixteenth, when I asked him whether I should offer him my congratulations or my condolences, he replied that either one would do. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They shout our names and ask us who we think will be chosen as the favorite. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was already late afternoon when Fang handed me a pair of socks and some shoes and asked if I’d mind going to get a paper. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Sitting at the end of the examining table, casually asking me questions. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Did Love get the message?” she asked, hateful. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Maggie asked as we packed up the treasure in small portions and sealed the boxes tight. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I feel too weird asking anyone to sign mine, so I flip through the pages by myself and play my mother’s game. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When Farmer asked for the name of the donor, he was told the person wanted to be anonymous. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He often asked about my wife, freely offering his aid in finding her more speech work with the city. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

An inquisitive boy once asked his grandmother why elephants and hyenas lived so far away from people. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My passport was now filled with stamps from dozens of different countries, and I had never been asked to remove my hijab at an airport for security. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

He thinks, too, then asks, “Does she know about this?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Why does Gwin look like the animal in the book?” she asked. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was afraid of Him, but asked favors anyway. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the woman cracked a vial under his nose before he could ask the question “You didn’t kill him, did you?” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, huffing and puffing as we drag him to the side of the road. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

The girls had approached them while they were playing outside and asked where they could find flowers. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” she asks, “have you ever heard of TV on the Radio?” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“How will you know if they fit?” she asked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brown asked, “and how much, may I ask?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Familiar questions are asked decades after the end of the old Jim Crow. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Does that mean murder?" he asked the heir on his right. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

He is tempted to ask her, but instead he nods. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a while I finally asked him why he wanted to play Rufus so badly. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He knows important people have written letters on his behalf, people like his attorney and his senior district Hitler Youth leader and even Hugo, asking for clemency. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

His hands are still crossed in his lap as Dr. Data tries to ask him questions. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I thought maybe I could visit Sarah and ask her to bring the little lad by. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I heard Dad on the phone downstairs, asking someone to come over, I thought it was Dr. Doris. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything I can do for you ?” he asked after a while. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“Sergio is a good guy, but he never strikes out on his own. He’s always asking Darma for advice. I take action. Anyway, that life is too slow for me,” he says. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

Velia asked, turning to look at me with a furrowed brow. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

I asked them about Jongilizwe, and for an hour I seemed to be back in Thembuland as they told colorful tales about his early years. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes, when we were done, I asked Mrs. Baxter if we could call my parents in Cuba. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“What is it that is happening out there at that ranch?” my father asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, when what I want to say is: I understand. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

That evening Marie came by to see me and asked me if I wanted to marry her. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

What the researchers found was that students were more likely to choose the chocolate cake if they were asked to memorize the sevendigit number. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed natural for us to practice together and I asked him to join me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had called Doctor Nolan from a pay phone at the restaurant and asked for permission to stay overnight in Cambridge with Joan. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I was standing in the Westerns section when a guy next to me, sipping Coke from a 7-Eleven cup, pointed to The Magnif­icent Seven and asked me if I had seen it. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you done this lab before?” he asked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Gently, I asked, “What will you and Dad do while I’m gone?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Going to lay on that first conk?” the drugstore man asked me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a long wait, and the waiter had asked for a name: “Kennedy,” Bun said briskly, rocking back on his heels, and the next instant half the staff was scrambling to clear a table. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I asked the man, to break the silence shooting up around me on all sides, thick as jungle grass. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Apparently, Simon’s dad asked the tour guide at Duke to “please elaborate on the campus gay scene.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The deacons sped to their tasks and asked us to go into a room and talk with a man “chosen and anointed of God.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask if we can trade before I cause permanent damage to myself. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“So, you’re going to volunteer at the Pet Hut?” he asks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I nodded even though I could not see myself asking around for someone I didn’t know. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

When I asked Angelo why he hunted wild pig he didn’t hesitate. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Are those our new neighbors?” my mom asked. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

But when Matt asked Celia later, she threw her apron over her face and burst into tears. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you have anything for me?” he asks, smiling, in broken Khmer. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

After he left, Ifemelu’s father said, “What ignominy. To ask us for two years’ rent. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“We need to ask you about your son.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask more, but I didn’t want to give away the fact that I’d actually read the notebook. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The next day at school I asked so many people the exact same question, Where were you last night? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Even Darren knocked on my door, asking if I was okay, but he understood and left me alone. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Dad don’t mention it so I don’t ask. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she asked that question, none of us said anything for a while. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

So badly, and with no money to pay a doctor, that some people carry us to a church, to Titid’s church “So this is how you came to meet Titid, Djo?” asks the girl. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dympna asked her over oily mugs of tea, four hours later. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Believe what you will. You’re a young woman, Krithika. Young, lovely, and smart. All I ask is that you don’t throw away your life.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Someone had asked me to let a keeplock out of his cell, since he had an appointment outside the block. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Citra wasn’t sure what possessed her to bring up the question she had been asked at conclave. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I bought some meat for my mother after asking the cook to fry it once more and then sprinkle it with spiced cabbage. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She felt ill now, too, looking into the burning eyes of the little girl who’d given her a life, and asking herself how...how she could just stand by and let her start a war. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I was expecting a stodgy, older gentleman who’d offer me canned encomiums about Hopkins and then stiffen and ask for the check when he found out the details of my standardized test scores. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Why am I asking him so many questions? An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We’ll go back into Tijuana and ask around. People there must know many ways.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“But why do you burn your own schools and clinics, and kill your own people?” asked a short, stocky German named Hans. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

If only the King’s groups had thought about models, they would have asked which salt was present and we would not be placed in this tiresome position. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He wants to ask if I'm kidding, if I really can't see what he sees. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“We get off now. Soon we’ll be in the rail yards and then people will ask why we are here and if we have the right.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you could ask her to play with you. She’s probably feeling lonely and worried about starting in at a new school.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked tentatively, “Was it bad where you were in North Dakota?” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

But when she asked to spend more time with her daughter, her husband refused. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead of politely asking for modest reforms in seating patterns and more courteous behavior from the drivers, why not try to obliterate the segregation laws in court? Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I ask Dad over breakfast, “Do you think Mom stopped loving you before or after she met what’s-his-name?” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“And what did you know then?” he asked. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you recognize your grandpa?” the woman asked. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

But if he kept asking, she was bound to tell him. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Oh, he might have preferred being unchained a bit now and then, but if you were to be a captive, you couldn’t ask for more than he had been given. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, they said they’d come for us. I asked the tender who brought my breakfast. “ Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just before I blew out the candle I asked, “Why were you crying in the parlor today, before Becky and me came in? Did Madam hurt you?” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the lieutenant asked me if I wanted to know why Benny fell? The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“But I asked Sandy about it, and he says you should be the one to say why you’re not friends anymore.” King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you ready to bake,” he asked, “or do you need more time to finish your argument?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ll walk with you a ways,” he says, not even asking if it’s okay. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

Sophia asks as she flits around her boudoir in a sheer bathing gown. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, he asked, “So, everybody just packed up and moved down here?” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask my mom if there’s Wi-Fi in Puerto Rico and she says yes but she doesn’t want to be using her phone while we’re there. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Well, aren’t you neat as a box pleat. Got any fabrics in mind today?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“What a silly thing to ask. You know I did. I was here when Mellie came home from the hospital with Joseph and Bridget. God, how they loved that baby. Don’t know why she...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

For years, I’d seen him call my grandmother in South Carolina almost daily, asking for her news. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Have games till it’s cooler. I brought Authors, and I dare say Miss Kate knows something new and nice. Go and ask her. She’s company, and you ought to stay with her more.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, pushing myself up on my elbows. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I ask, still looking at Viola, feeling the world changing forever again. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Valley asked, and Mrs. Villalobos nodded and left the room, seemingly unfazed. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure she’s just depressed about losing?” he asked for the eighteenth time. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

As soon as they were far enough away for me to conquer my fear, I dashed home and babbled to my mother what I had seen, asking her who the strange men were. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one asked me to the prom anyway, but Frances kept saying, “Please go to graduation, Ruth. We’ll walk together on graduation day. ” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ever cut your finger? Right, down to the bone and all?” he asked. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“How will we give the things?” asked Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The fourth or fifth drink I served this soldier, wiping the table I bent over close and asked him if he wanted a woman. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what are you up to lately?” he asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Doha thought that was an odd question to ask first. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would ever have the courage to ask my parents to tell about my brother. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

But maybe there’s someone we could ask to help us, some smart guy —” “What smart guy?” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tonight, he needed to ask the water monster how the communication stone worked. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“So, we asked you to come in today because obviously this has been a rough year for Sparrow, and she’s had a lot of trouble getting her work in.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Your world shifts, but you’re asked to adjust and overcome, to play your music the same as everyone else. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Jacob asked, alerted by the jealous edge in Mike’s voice. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Does your ticket say for you to get off here?” he asked. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Spiders were all Irvie ever asked about, talked about, dreamed about. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

Lastly, if a teacher asks you a question directly and the answer's a stammer-word, it's best to pretend you don't know. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Grandpop released her and asked, “You know your daddy’s a fool, right?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When I reenrolled as a senior at Sunrise High, no one asked about the second half of my junior year, and I didn't volunteer any information. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Whose card do you have, Sierra?” asked Charles. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you break off,” she asked then, with her former air of being afraid of me, “because you hate me too much to bear to speak to me?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I asked if it had belonged to her father. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Suppose she even asked me to marry her? Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“How come this lady knows about the place?” the sergeant asked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Whenever I come sailing in with a new hairstyle, I can read the disapproval on their faces, and I can be sure someone will ask which movie star I’m trying to imitate. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t ask you when you made it up, or where, or whether you made it up at all. Has Wemmick got it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

In other words, take no prisoners: shoot first and ask questions later. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m a pretty popular kid, but if you ask people around here about Link Rowley, the main answer you get will be “Athlete.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He asked me to take a seat on a couch. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

What am I supposed to believe—that Mirjam alone is worth taking risks to save, just because she was the one I was asked to find? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When the news come on, the driver ask their passenger, “What do you think of that?” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because what am I going to say when she asks me why I ran away before the mock debate yesterday? The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Did she say anything about Monday night?” he asked, his eyes brightening. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She said it with an edge to her voice, letting me know I was being disrespectful by asking to leave when we hadn’t even eaten. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Plus Uncle Carlos wouldn’t ask you to snitch.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I would telephone editors asking them, “Please use Mr. Muhammad’s picture instead of mine.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What's going on?” she asked in a low voice while trying to peer inside the kitchen. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She never mentioned Blue Eyes, and I didn’t need to ask. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

We’d watched the men from the ambulance bring May back from the woods on a stretcher, then listened as the two policemen asked August and June all sorts of questions. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I heard Shaker schools are the best in Cleveland,” Mia had said when Mrs. Richardson asked why they’d come to Shaker. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s not likely that I’ll be asking him for advice any time soon. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Stop asking why, you fool,” my mother said, her face working up in anger. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was distraught and kept asking for me, but luckily, Lake Mag was less than two miles from where they lived, and the staff allowed me to visit him at the Merritts’ home. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

She had been asking him this question for some time now. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“What have I been missing?” she asked herself out loud. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

One time, I asked if someone were to wave a magic wand and make him all better, would he become, in time, the man he had been before? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now, who wants a chocolate eclair?” she asked in a loud, cheerful tone. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could write to the president of the United States and ask him to make an exception of Alice and me. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every member there considers herself a hostess and will be heard asking one another, “Is it going alright? Has Hilly said anything?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Actually he asks if he can carry my shopping bags, which look heavy and are, and I let him, feeling silly and archaic and looking first to make sure no women I know are watching. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“So what happened to those soldiers on the hill?” asked Jimmy impatiently. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Lorena never talks about her dad, and I never ask about him, because it’s really none of my business. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Especially the time I asked him as a joke if he was going to be a plumber. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I wonder what on earth it cost. A pretty packet, I bet. Did you ask?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Calista asked when she was showing me some more art tricks on Thursday, after we both got sick of studying spelling flash cards. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

When asked: “What did God do before he created the universe?” A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have a favor to ask beyond mere admission.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Jinny suddenly had the odd feeling that Ess wasn’t actually asking her a question so much as she was daring her to answer. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Anyway, I’m glad now I don’t have to ask anyone to write things for me. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He asks,” the man explained, “whether you know a valiant man of your hue named Cato Williams, who fought against us in the late war.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Chantal asks when I step back into her bedroom as she makes her bed. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, Your Grace. It is good of you to ask.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t give them any, did you, boy?” she asks with a panicked look on her face. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If you really love me, if you’d really do anything, then this is the one thing I’m asking for. Please just tell me her name. I need to know.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I thought about him asking me if I’d ever been in love. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She said she would “certainly advocate” for me and then asked whether I wanted to be in the office for the call. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to ask anything until afterward. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“When did they last hang a man in this state?” asked Shadow. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

She asked the class what they wanted to study, but when they suggested ideas, she didn’t seem to be listening. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you to ask this man something,” Baba said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“In the name of the coroner, I will ask the jurors to rise, pass by this table, and view the remains of the deceased, one Mary Dalton.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“She asked that you kids don’t laugh while you’re in her house,” Mom said. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ask as we follow the crowd exiting the library. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I did ask you to come to me here. You returned from your holiday last night, I understand.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Will you yield?" he asked, giving the dirk a half turn. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“You want to teleport us someplace inside the Bureau?” asks Elsie. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

In the morning a helpful young English intern popped in to ask him about his liver. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Do long distance relationships work? she asks every few days. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We clean up the plate and spoon, and Sandy throws out the rest of the fish and its insides and all back into the river, the way I’d asked him to in the first place. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand and didn’t dare ask him. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She asked to be excused, and dumped her dishes into the stainless steel sink. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

When she asked P.J. to have a late lunch with her in the simple house he lived in, up the hill across from the clinic, she felt that he did so reluctantly. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Could we catch it,” asked Gareth, “and lead it to our mother, do you think? I mean, we could get Meg to lead it, if it was tame.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think she’s about to sneak upstairs, which she’s started to do again, but then I hear her on the kitchen telephone asking for Miss Hilly. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You went to the movies tonight?” he asks again. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Is there nothing you can do?” he asked. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he asked me if I wasn’t interested in a change of life. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was the king of Syracuse who asked Archimedes to determine whether his crown was pure gold or had been mixed with lead, a task beyond the abilities of all the scientists at the time. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She needed to urinate; she urinated too often these days and she kept forgetting to ask Doctor Patel if her medication was the reason. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

‘What sort of human beings do you eat?’ she asked, trembling. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Is he a bad man?" the Lord of the Eyrie asked, his mother's breast popping from his mouth, the nipple wet and red. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“What happened?” he asks, the hand that had been moving to right the bottle of ink halting in midair. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

And yet, when I ask Lázaro about filling the void that this overbearing spirit woman left behind, all I get in response are murmurs and shrug offs. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

We asked for help to send disabled and street children to school. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

One migrant recalled his fear of being “completely lost...afraid to ask anyone where to go.” A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Girls never seemed to care about the state of my hair, but guys had been asking me this question forever. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When he asked us to move closer, she commanded that my brothers climb up the tanker, find a way to fling their bodies on the windshield and block the driver’s view. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Adam asked, “Don’t you want me to stay?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And why not tell people, regardless?” she asked. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Umm . . .” Molly is surprised; no one has ever asked her this before. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

She didn’t pay much mind to small talk or banter, but when she asked Sierra a question, she meant it. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Bendix: “It was English. Mrs. Nally never cares if you’re late. Seriously, ask her. We were doing the metaphysical poets. Would you be in a rush to get yourself some pastoral elegy of John Donne?” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I asked, and while he walked back toward the kitchen, I dropped the Red Rose snuff in my bag and zipped it up. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His voice rises, he’s asking a question that I don’t answer. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So...that’s not what you wanted to talk about?” he asked. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She said, “This will be a time of asking questions and not rushing to answer them. A time of poking holes in your own theories. A time of thinking and not knowing.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I know. It’s horrible. I asked Emilia why she couldn’t have real children, and she said they couldn’t be depended on to do the job right.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked him for his reaction, he replied, “I don’t care how often people say, ‘You’re a saint.’ Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“What is your son doing going to temple?” asked the priest. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Those years have nothing to do with the questions you ask. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Cooler than your bloody nose rag?” she asked, and wrinkled up her face. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As a graduate from the Domestic Academy, Lorena knows to ask for the name of a caller. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

So, everyone asked me to stand up and read the poem. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He would be asked about that time he had been accused of stealing auto tires and had been sent to the reform school. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked, thinking the more he could get Newt to talk, the more he’d learn. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Where do you think she is?” he asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She asked, “Do you think things are going to be different?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I get to class, my sour mood must show all over my face, because Yolanda asks me right away what’s wrong. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m not sure your grandfather would approve. Never asked permission. He might consider it wasteful.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

“Coahuila is a desert, isn’t it? It’s next to Chihuahua, and Chihuahua is a desert,” Velia asked no one in particular. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“What sort of family do you want?” she asked me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You found and defeated the evil Cain was bringing into the world. And now you’re the King’s Champion. You did as I asked.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I also wanted to ask you if we can talk to the Erudite you’re keeping safe here,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“If you’re ever in Cody, Wyoming,” I said to him lazily, “just ask for Wild Bob.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked if you ever had one—or ever really wanted one.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That was your best effort?” he asked, laughing. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Teresa?” he finally asked through the barred window of the lightless cell. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He wrote to one official in 1226 asking if he could possibly obtain three pounds of the precious substance—at a cost of about 450 modern dollars. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Do you need to be anywhere right now?” he asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Ma a dozen questions, but the stern look on the strange old lady’s face tells me I’d better keep my questions to myself for now. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Frieda asked Dorian while her two companions studied Ignatius and nudged each other. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Chacko finished his assignment and couldn’t find another job, he wrote to Mammachi, telling her of his marriage and asking for money. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He did not like anyone to breathe too close to him, shake his hand, ask him personal questions, ask to borrow books, or write him letters. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she saw my eyes open, she asked, “What will happen at the summer solstice?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“What do you think you saw, honey?” her mother asked, reaching across the table to calm Stella’s fingers. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The sticky on this one reads: You asked what it would be like. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

My mom’s asking me about my feelings, Dad’s turning it into a joke, Alice is getting political, and Nora is keeping her mouth shut. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

After that, I got more and more impatient with her every time she asked. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know what he’s really asking, but I don’t take the bait. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I find a clear bottle of rubbing alcohol and a small box of Band-Aids, drop a few bucks on the counter, and ask for a key to the restroom. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

I open up the book the way he asks, and the pages smell like a ballpoint pen. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ask me. Trust your gut! Does Obnoxious Kid talking about your body that way feel in your gut like an attack?” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t have asked for a better model. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She wrote to her brother Dries and asked if she could come stay with him in Paris. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Is this true? You were taking brandy to the soldiers and not asking them to rescue the girl?” the doctor said. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day when there was no school, my mom surprised me and asked, “Do you want to go meet your father?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think it’s a good idea to let the enlisted men in ?” he asked with concern. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

In my whole life, I’d never been asked to join a club. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Why do you have to go to the school today?” his father asked, coming into the kitchen. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t, and he was too polite to ask. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As always, she asked Dr. Swingle to let her return to work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“You have to expect progress to be made,” she told herself and anyone else who might ask. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I met another service member who’d had a leg amputated and asked me a lot of questions about the Secret Service. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Mr. Swart smiled at this and proposed a compromise: he would go out and buy two bottles, a dry wine and my Nederburg, and then he would ask my guest which wine he preferred. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If it’s okay with you, I’ll put your phone number on the flyer and print a bunch of copies in color. I can ask my dad to help me hang them up everywhere.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

She walks away so fast, I can’t ask her what she means by that. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He did not want to ask Sergeant Towser, of whom he was secretly afraid, and there was no one else he could ask, least of all Major de Coverley. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Alex asked, feeling a strong need to make lists of arguments in favor and against. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

“How could you be a dog?” he asked Theresa. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"How long does that take?" they asked her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“What have you heard? What do you see?” asked St. John. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I don’t care now ’bout how many questions I ask. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But ask as he might, Prosper knew that she wasn’t going to help him get his brother back. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a thinking—” she stopped, surprised to find that she’d actually been asking a question without realizing it. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I scarf down the bowl of oatmeal she left for me on the kitchen table along with a banana, hoping doing at least one thing my mom asks will soothe my conscience. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It’s like she been waiting on me to ask her all this time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

People would ask for many years: “Where were you when you heard? What were you doing? Who brought you the word?” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Doctor would have liked during the course of conversation to ask, “Is there any man in the case?” but he knew his Creole too well to make such a blunder as that. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

“How many are you going to glean?” he asked Scythe Volta, but Volta just shook his head and pointed to his ear. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“They didn’t ask me to help them,” Peaches said. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But who knows how long Berlin will hold. Do you have other family?” he asked. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It had made him decide, I’ll ask Mom about everything tomorrow. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Is Bruce still as handsome as he was?” she asks. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

As I started my motor Daisy peremptorily called "Wait! "I forgot to ask you something, and it's important. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Ophie started to ask Aunt Rose what she meant, but then she saw it: the hazy blue outline around the elderly woman’s body. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you see that man there?” she asks. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I’d ask her as I lay in bed, my head aching. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Dussel, unpacking his case with an air of importance, asked for some eau de cologne, which could be used as a disinfectant, and vaseline, which would have to do for wax. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Her father looks at the injured dove and then back at his daughter, waiting for her to ask a different question. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“I had a capital time. Did you?” asked Jo, rumpling up her hair, and making herself comfortable. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hesitated a moment, then asked, “Actually, would you mind if we switched sides? I’m used to playing on the left.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand Big Ma and her hair, but it would have never occurred to me to ask her about it, or ask why ours wasn’t exactly like hers. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

At Ellis Island when the ghost asked Brave Orchid what year her husband had cut off his pigtail, a Chinese who was crouching on the floor motioned her not to talk. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did ask her questions, and I let her talk the whole time. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me hadn’t I talked to her. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwen asked, looking at Ash in the mirror, but Ash shook her head. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staff had asked the boys to hold a talent show. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I also try to speak for myself and ask my teachers to excuse me from some of the homework. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He did not ask my name nor I his, but I had seen his quick eyes go to the firearms in their rubber slings, to the fishing rods pinioned against the wall. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

He once told me that a guard had punched him in the chest just because he had asked a question about meal times. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Where are you taking me?” she asks, laughing, as he walks her toward the hammock and helps her sit. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

True story, Grand daddy asked the nurse if they had a ladder. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think the English nation perfect in every respect?” asked Sallie. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pa says it would be a favor and the man says if Pa asked for the moon he’d fly up and bring it back. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Is there a reason,” I asked, “why you are filtering the coffee with toilet paper?” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It kept Buddy from asking me what I knew he was going to ask, and what he finally did ask, in a low, nervous voice, at the Belsize afternoon tea. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

If only I’d stopped to put her stupid doll in my backpack like she’d asked me to, then she wouldn’t have dropped it. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Singleton asked their relationship and she explained, “Umm, we kind of dated a little bit, but we were mostly just friends. We hardly talk anymore.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Wonderingly, Grandma asks, “You knew? You knew Jerome had a toy gun?” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

I ask, “Don’t you want to see me?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Milam had that pistol, and he asked me if I had the boy out of Chicago. Then one of the men said, ‘I wants that boy who done that talk at Money.’ Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Is Lexie still doing theatre?” she asked, and for the rest of the meal they made superficial chitchat about the common denominators of their life: children, traffic, the weather. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I’m just going to ask him what he’s up to.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dave asked, gripping her shoulder and sort of leering, but he sounded a little creeped out himself. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Is there anything that you want from the city?” she asked, but I didn’t answer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

It would be like asking people how they knew that the smell of coffee was the smell of coffee. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The more questions she asked, the worse he felt, and if she asked one more question, he just might tell her everything. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“You got a Misbehavior Form?” she asked, flustered. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t have anything to suggest. That’s why I’m asking you to help.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Ms. Kline has agreed to help us, so let’s all be supportive of her while she asks us a few things, okay?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

My legs were still shaky from the walk and, before deciding whether to fight the edict or leave, I asked for a cup of tea. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

There area few other boats and a bunch of people in the water, so I ask Henry if I can go in, too. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“What is it?” he asked impatiently, grabbing Tree-ear by the arms from behind. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

They said nothing whatever about the Ring, and did not tell him why they set out or where they were going to; and he did not ask for any reasons. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I asked, as if I didn’t know what was wrong. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

But I seldom asked anymore; there wasn’t time. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

So she asked, “Can you work in the fields for my grandparents? Your hand...” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“You good to run?” one of the boys asked me. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Who could she ask without risking being sent back to Afghanistan? The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Mason called the class to order then, asking us to turn in our papers. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I want to speak up, ask, What about the nomination for the study abroad program? Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Rei asks if we want anything to drink—I say no, and Jamie asks for any kind of soda—and it somehow becomes just the two of us again. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Two Step asked, gazing off toward a spiraling cluster of dactyls in the darkening sky to the east. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Now, take your time and think hard. I want to ask you some questions.” Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“What if he tries to attack us in the meantime?” asked Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Hello? How you gonna ask a question and then space out entirely when I’m answering?” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he would like to go out, just him and me. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He's back to his old self, the cold Rémy I first met, instead of the one who tried to make poor jokes and ask me questions the night of Sophia's birthday. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“What are you reading, anyway?” she asks, walking ahead into the school. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But I decided to wait and ask Bodega himself, because if I asked Nazario anything, he would only do that lawyer thing on me, say a million things while telling me nothing. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

And he’ll probably ask me not to go to the dance school auditions this spring. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know anything to ask. Anything I can’t find out for myself, I don’t even want to know.” The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is that why your test asked whether we liked television and radio?” asked Reynie. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Was it still wearing the pink ribbon?" he asks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

But he doesn’t ask me about what I’m learning, or what my research papers are about, or what books I’m reading. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then the teacher asked Arjuna what he saw. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Rose asked, reading from a huge stack of three- by-five cards in her hand. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Rico asked as the bus pulled out of the lot. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Where can we get ourselves some good drugs in this place?” one of the boys asked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him what comic he was reading, but judging by how fast he folded it up, that didn't seem like a good idea. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Roy asked, knowing he probably wouldn’t get a calm, patient answer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have found that with the Scythedom, it is better to ask forgiveness than permission,” he told them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

That was why, when she asked us, not unkindly, what it was we wanted, I stepped in quickly. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Momma asks, peering at me in the rearview mirror before focusing back on the road. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

Thomas asked, surprising himself at how nonchalantly he said it. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you confused about life? Don’t know which way to turn? Need someone to talk to?” the ad asked. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Really?” said Minya, with a skeptical lift of her eyebrows, and Sarai wondered, all of a sudden, why she was asking. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I have a question I want to ask you.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Mind control? So they don’t know that they’re killing people right now?” my father asks me, his eyes wide. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I asked, wanting her to share my happiness. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

This was the nearest she could come to asking outright for help. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

So when Mr. Abbas asked about the prices, she said, “Ten dollars each.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I felt like a big girl, and I was proud I’d been asked to help. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Why haven't I ever heard of this uncle before?" he asked suspiciously. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

“Write any grade A, number one compositions lately?” he asked. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided to ask them if I could use it. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

He obviously didn’t tell her what really happened, just like I asked. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then, once the session was over, they were asked again to fill out a detailed questionnaire on how they were feeling. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Cilia was asking him to close and fasten all the heavy shutters through the house. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Ma knows where I am those nights when I’m not here?” she asked. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

She is walking fast, too fast for me to catch up to, so I don’t get to ask her if she’s new. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Later, after Aisha changed the IV tubing and raised the head of the bed like I’d asked, I thought about what had happened to me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Albert heard Levi ask his father to help him escape across the border to France. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie asked, hoping to steer the conversation towards a slightly less dangerous kind of food. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to win back my mother, pointing to ask her about a small park, a bird flying above us, a long electric streetcar that passed us sounding its horn. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hear my phone ding—it’s a group message from Imani and Heather, asking if I want to meet them at the mall on Saturday. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“What ails you, young one?” he asked again. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

"You know, of course, the story of the red sneakers?" the mother asked the table in general. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“And the butcher’s tally?” he asked, dreading the answer. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you see that thing floating in the cauldron?” asked Aru. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We miss him terribly and Geak, being so young, is the only one able to vocalize our loneliness, by continuing to ask for Pa. I am afraid for Geak. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was April who got the idea of going around the apartment house and asking all the ladies if they had any old junk jewelry that they were willing to sell. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid she would ask me what you did with your special diploma once you got it, and the truth was I had absolutely no idea. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

I ask him when my face is presentable again. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I saw her alarm and I didn’t wait for her to ask. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I asked her once why she didn’t walk to the gym and do five minutes less on the treadmill, she looked at me as if I were being willfully provocative. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby asked him to bring foods and juices to the hospital, which he did, and often Skulason just sat at the bedside, both men not speaking. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The Augurs are otherwise occupied”—a strange, smug smile creeps onto the Commandant’s face—“and have asked that in their stead, I give you the details of the Trials. Here.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

I imagined her reaching out to touch his shoulder, the way she did sometimes when she was asking for something. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

"It means beautiful writing," and she asked me if I would like to learn' how to write like her. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you let me work on your speech?” he asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Upstairs, her father answered the door with an unlit cigar in his mouth and asked me whether I wanted some cold noodles with sesame sauce. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I asked as he counted out the money into my hand. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He hated to be asked questions that implied he wasn’t in charge of things. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Flow come me and Beth don’t have this?” he asks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He asked Dr. Rohmer if he could say, "We are very proud of these youngsters." The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

That's what she said in a baby voice, and it was funny until she asked me what his problem was, and I told her he hadn't really said too much to me since Saturday's race. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Mom asked as she rustled through the fridge for dinner options. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, we come here to the Fastnesses mostly to learn what questions not to ask.” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I had asked Mr. Fenton about it and he said he wanted a hundred bucks because it had historic value. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The defense lawyer asked only a few questions. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You okay?” he asked when Cas was about halfway to the floor. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I could get one of the guards to play me a game of war?” he asked. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked Mother why they didn't act like that, she said it was because they were decent human beings, members of the Baptist organization, who understood we were equal. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He asked her if she would like to rest on our blanket. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Son, Last Sunday the host of a popular news show asked me what it meant to lose my body. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was ten years old, and was not surprised that my parents, who were from India, and had a number of Indian acquaintances at the university, should ask Mr. Pirzada to share our meals. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

She laughs about that now, telling me I asked Dad, too, and he actually considered it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“I asked you about the rules,” she reminded him. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

"So which of you girls live here?" the tall one asks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I had asked him to come with us today, but he hardly ever came out of his apartment anymore. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Perhaps he could ask the question after all. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then one of us—I think it was Laura—said: “If she doesn’t like us, why does she want our work? Why doesn’t she just leave us alone? Who asks her to come here anyway?” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So, what the hell was that about?” she asks, eyes flashing in the rearview mirror as she backs out of the parking spot. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It was illegal for an employer to ask someone about their religion in a job interview. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Philippa had promised to keep it a secret—promised not to ask questions when Celaena requested she find a gown and matching mask. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Ron seemed to be positively lighthearted about the end of his relationship with Lavender, and Hermione seemed cheery too, though when asked what she was grinning about she simply said, “It’s a nice day.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Mother, you can believe it or not, or you can ask him. Alex suggested it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

When one agent was informed that the buyer was black and was asked if that made a difference, he said, “Just to be honest with you, it does.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I am going to ask you one more time. Where did you get the money from?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you know what a pantomime is?” the woman asked. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper asked the guards if they had come from the city. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do I have to have a new name?” he asks his parents, tears springing to his eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to gloat?” she asked, her voice trembling. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

She asked for a cup of hot chocolate and then asked me to take her out for a walk. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was afraid he would ask me to take off my own clothes, that he would then turn me this way and that, looking at me from a distance. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you two working so hard?” asked Sally when she heard about our plans. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat next to us on the kitchen chair he had asked me earlier to bring into the study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

"I got confused. Would you excuse me? I forgot to ask Ollie something." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“But you’re asking me to give you my story, but you don’t give your papers away,” I said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finding that Grammer was away, Bill asked one of the workers for several jars of whiskey. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I lead a tiny life?” she asked. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When he politely asked if he could use his tape recorder, I saw no reason to object. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She asked if she wanted to leave and go back where she had come from and try to find her mother. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Your husband?” he asks, and I shake my head. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, the satyrs were all running around agitated, asking where the nearest espresso bar was. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Did you see where it went to, Jones?” she asked. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a moment, Naomi thought he was asking about San Antonio. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Smith asked Farrell Jones, who would be up for the workout, to wear his bulkiest leather jacket and use an extra-heavy saddle. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But what does he want me for?” asked Neville nervously, as though he was expecting detention. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I was about to ask her to join us when Miss Harbottle rang the bell. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Stanton asked Anthony, trying to persuade her that they should work on women’s rights issues before temperance and other reforms. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Lupita let out a deep sigh of sadness, asking herself if even the effectiveness of hard work could be trusted. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“Was she supposed to come at a certain time?” she asked, looking at her watch. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

‘Your business is your own, no doubt,’ said the man; ‘but it’s my business to ask questions after nightfall.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Annabelle will ask her to bring a Kid Valley burger and onion rings. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

She suddenly thought about the Lady Am I thinking clearly? she wanted to ask her. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“How many here would know where to join a gang in their neighborhood?” she asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She asked those who’d been on Valentine for years, she asked all the new people, pestered the visitors who came to the farm to see if what they’d heard was true. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

When Stanton asked Lucretia Mott to sign the petition for female suffrage, she refused. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Got room on this bench for one more?” she asks. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Why do you say this man is a wizard?” he asked the Vole. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Whenever I ask my folks, my father turns me off by saying I’m weak—that I’m a you-know-what lover. He says colored folks are used to doing without, and I ought not spoil them.” Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Give me a few more days, and he’ll be asking you to Fall Ball before you know it.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Wilma told me that one night when Hello was at her house, she asked him, “Who do you like best, Ursul or Anne?” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“Where did you hear about the Romans?” asked her father. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

“I gave him what he was asking for. What I imagine you want from him as well.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I ask one day when he is up and looking stronger. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

They keep asking questions like “What is wrong with you?” and “Do you think this is cute?” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me, “Have you thought of going to school in America?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is there a spell for breaking a magical item, like those necklaces the Cursed Toads keep holding?” she asked. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I would have to ask for another sheet of graph paper, which always made Jay Stringer sigh and roll his eyes, because he brought it from home. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Faubus is quoted on the news wires today saying if he had it to do over again, he’d do the same thing. What do you think about that?” a reporter asks. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just asked you a question,” he said. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

Joey was going home to the Bay Area, Megan lived in Los Angeles, and Chas, I assumed, would be going with her, but I didn’t care and wasn’t going to ask him. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Cardan’s words when I asked if he thought I didn’t deserve Locke echo in my head. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Before anyone could ask a follow-up, Venkat strode out the side door and hurried down the hall to the makeshift Pathfinder control center. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most nights I asked the same questions over and over: What did I do to make my momma leave me? Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he asks, “aren’t you wondering why I called you that?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Because he didn’t know and would never ask and didn’t think it mattered. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Ximena, who probably hasn’t said more than thirty words to me all year long, is asking me if I like Jack? Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

I asked her if she was the one who made the drawings. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

More than two hundred of Holm’s fellow athletes signed a petition asking that she be reinstated. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Does this block your vision?” my mother asks hurriedly. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m here because thirteen-year-old boys shouldn’t be wiping down counters without being asked to first.” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sor Asunci6n called me to her office to deliver it, an unusual precaution since the sisters limited themselves to monitoring our correspondence by asking us what news we had gotten from home. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked if this is what Hall was working on. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as she says the word “list,” I know I made the right choice in asking Nora. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I could see from his change of expression that this was the question he was hoping I wouldn’t ask. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Just ask my mom, who would give anything not to be forty-one. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

His wife asked me, “Why are people in the world starving when America has so much surplus food? What do they do, dump it in the ocean?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I asked how their relationship was going, Harim blushed, smiled, and looked lovingly at Shin. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“You need your Inner Eye tested, if you ask me,” said Ron, and they both had to stifle their laughs as Professor Trelawney gazed in their direction. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau asks us to “share our observations.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He shakes his head and asks the sergeant’s wife is there any chance of a cigarette. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want her to ask me anything about my Sunshine Buddy. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ready, little guy?" he asked, swiveling his head to check on his passenger. “Off we go!" Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

When the regent was traveling, he generally asked one of us to accompany him so that we would not be alone together in his absence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I immediately fell in love with their invention, and I asked them to sell me a camera. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

After making sure his helmet was straight, he asked, “It’s been tense around here since yesterday’s visitor. Is one of these the one he called for?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He told me quick enough what I wanted to know; he even asked me if I approved. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I have asked for equality, nothing more,” she said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

One morning in Saigon she’d asked what it was all about. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And maybe— I allowed—I’d ask what was to be my fate. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

Just as I turned to leave, I heard a girl's voice from inside ask him who was at the door. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Kira asked me if I was Beryl Anderson’s child, and I told her Beryl was my mom. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Can’t you see your life is going down the drain, and you’re the only one who can save it?” she asks to shrugging shoulders. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mama crying and asking his forgiveness because she had to go back to work. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If she thought I was going to ask what she believed, she was wrong. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After -the meal had been cleared away, many of the guests asked leave to go to the sept. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“A king needs men like you, Horatio, who are humble and true-speaking. But do not think I aim to flatter you. My purpose is to ask you how Lord Hamlet does. He looks most troubled.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“How we gonna ’scape?” she asked, still unsure of the doctor’s plan. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of her having said, “Matthew will come and see me at last when I am laid dead upon that table;” and I asked Herbert whether his father was so inveterate against her? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“She asked if you were going out tonight.” Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

They asked the same thing of the emergency medical crews pulling up to the hospital morgue. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Will you work with her and see what you can do?” my mother asks. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

How you going to get out the house? he asks. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked, barely able to squeeze the words out. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom asked a few days after the surgery. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

Girls she saw every day asked her where she got her dress, as if they didn’t all get them there: “Ginsberg’s. Calpurnia took it up,” she said. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She asked them all to meet at our house at 7:45. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Caleb Franklin, if you don’t get up off that floor right this minute and do what I’m asking of you...” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I told you already. We rented those rooms! Just ask Kev if you don’t believe me!” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Z asked as she ripped a poster of the Eiffel Tower off a bulletin board and flipped it over. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And when I asked her what showerproofed was, she told me I had better buy an umbrella. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It took hours of side-stepping each other, of drinking tea and putting on music and checking e-mail, of Curt lying faceup on the couch, still and silent, before he asked, “Who is he?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He asks her to read lines from the mother of the golden boy, a difficult role for any high schooler because she will have to play the part of an adult. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Do you believe the golden carp is a god?” he asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I apologize. I’ll ask for your permission the next time. Actually, I don’t have to go right away to Darkness. If you want, I can show you my old pond.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure about this, Tom?” she asked. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Even Master did not know they were coming, or he would have been asked to clean the guest room. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him about the wires. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When Frank asked Hazel how her beef was feeling today, and she replied that his shoe was green, they decided to give up. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“What’s the matter? Are you nervous about playing the piano in front of everyone?” she asks. Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Surrender, then leave. I am slapping your face for asking such a stupid question, you ridiculous boy! Do you feel that?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Francie, forgive me. I shouldn’t have asked. I had no way of knowing.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was asking what he could do, now that I was almost a grown-up, to make my last years as a kid everything I hoped they’d be. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to stand around asking stupid questions when you could get your answer just by walking into the kitchen?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There are lots of things I want to ask about Trub, but I settle on the most important question: “Will he know how to find Ma?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

As he was crossing the street, a handsome man in a black bowler and cape with black gun-muzzle eyes approached him and asked if he was Mr. Burnham. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

"You going to be okay?" my sister asks. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

So I confide in Kyro, and I ask him to help me. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I asked in a voice hoarse from crying. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before my guests came I would ask Mr. Swart to get a certain type of Nederburg wine, which I had tasted before and knew was a semisweet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked me why and I replied frankly that I assumed the consultation room was bugged. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, no problem, Khosrou. Don’t worry. I asked them if they had change for a hundred, and they laughed.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“And how are Leo and Nicole?” my dad asks, mouth twitching around the edges of his fork. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

It feels great to have someone ask me for help. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

My foster brother, Shan, rubbing the sleep from his eyes, bewildered, asking when I would return. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as he had apologised for the remissness of his memory, he asked me if he should send Boots for Mr. Pumblechook? Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How’s the war today?” somebody would ask, and Ted Lavender would give a little smile to the sky and say, “Mellow — a nice smooth war today.” The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I need to ask Mr. Kreuk if I can have a few days off. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Autographs. Do you think people will actually ask for them?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

She had asked the entire village and friends and family from other cities as well. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked who would mourn Balder, and she stared at him across her own grave, as if she were seeing him for the first time. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

I ask, breaking the ice that never truly goes away between us. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He looked at the younger boy who had watched mutely throughout the procedure, “You may go as well, Geri. If anyone asks, I will be in my study. Thank you.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“So what did Mike say?” my dad asks. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

She asked him an endless string of wonderful questions, and Colin loved her for it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

While Papa went inside the house with an envelope, I waited on the porch, asking them questions they were too shy to answer. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You could have asked me to stay the night,” she said, in her cold-stone voice. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Dreams disappear when you wake up—ever notice that, chile?” the woman asked as she gave Tidbit more food. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

A month after I asked her, we got married. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask as I fill our dog bowl with some more water and place it on the ground in front of Ziggy. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“None of that nonsense. I’m a Parslow, same as Roger’s father. He’s my second cousin. I bet you didn’t know that, ’cause I bet you never asked, Miss Lyra. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But what about all those dreadful video games?” she asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But when Fang finally turned around to ask a few questions, he looked calm. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Once the Dauntless reach a certain level of physical deterioration,” he says, “they are asked to leave. In one way or another.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

And Robert looks at me, his dark eyes smiling, asks, Is that something you made up? Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

The chaplain came around and asked if we wanted to come to nondenominational services. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They asked each other lots of questions that evening. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“How many do you think we killed?” one is asking the other, holding up his club and examining it. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Let me ask you a thing or two,” she says. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

I began to understand what had happened later, though, when I asked Nigel where Luke was. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you quarter like it, though?” asked Michael. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Do you think,” asked Arthur, “that feuds are good things? An they making for happiness in your two families?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because it is a rule, isn’t it, Liv? If you want to leave, you have to ask me, right?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Somebody let some of his sheep into one of his green alfalfa fields and a bunch of them got bloated. So he asked me to come and punch holes in them with my trocar.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry decided to start with a basic test, asking all applicants for the team to divide into groups of ten and fly once around the pitch. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Papa wasn’t the most involved parent, but at least he asked about me now and then. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“That’s so cute! So, how is that going? Did he ask you to marry him again? Give you any other family heirlooms?” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I ask him, but he just grumbles something and picks at his cheese pizza. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

She’d ask her if she agreed that humans needed questions more than answers. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder if she remembers giving me a piece, and if she’ll ever ask for it back. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As soon as he gathered his wits, he realized that he had to ask her to stand again for sentencing. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

When my dad asked again what the guy was talking about, the guy said he hoped my dad didn’t expect them all to kiss his feet now and reminded my dad how humble Panamá was. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

So that night, as dishes were passed around a silent table, and as the clock on the breakfront chimed the quarter hours, Turner decided he would dare the silence and ask. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The two boys exchanged a glance that Dicey could read—it meant they often didn’t ask permission. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then man walk over and ask about peppers. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Now? Do you think we can leave?” she asks. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Martin asked Abilene on their second day at sea. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

“Why does everything have to be funny to you?” asked Colin. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When she didn’t respond, the prince asked, “Do you find my home to your liking?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She even asked Brother Quang to bless the house right after midnight, so I couldn’t beat him to it by touching my big toe to the carpet before dawn. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

He hoped the blind man would forget that he had asked what something. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

When Alexander asked what he had, Yummy flashed a little bottle of bow-wow wine, secreted away in his coat pocket. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, without us even asking, somebody was gonna pay us to be real artists. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I learned about it over the years from my parents, who told stories of our roots when I asked about various conflicts and wars. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked, his heavy cheeks quivering with each word. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Lourdes spent days washing clothes along the Usumacinta River in exchange for food, asking every smuggler who went by if he would take them through the mountain pass. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“So, the story’s true, then?” he asked in this real low-key kind of way, like we were talking about the Red Wings or something. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I either work at Aw Shucks forever or Troy asks me to marry him and I have babies,” she says, laughing at herself. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I was the only one that day, and so my teacher asked him to step outside for a moment. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I want to ask your advice on something,” he said. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

That don’t stop her from asking me to answer the question, though. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bran wished he had asked him what he meant. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Within minutes of meeting her, he asked if she would see him again. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

I tried to head him off by asking him something, anything, but he was too fast for me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you sure your mom is around here?" she asks. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“It was Uncle Eugene who did that to you, okwia?” she asked. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Mom had asked me over and over that summer and fall as my skirts got shorter, my heels higher, my lipstick darker, my heart angrier and angrier at her. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The next morning, when Mrs. Rouse asked for my reading log, I told her I lost it. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone’s been asking me, but I haven’t got a clue. The last thing I remember was walking into the ladies’ in the Three Broomsticks.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I asked Vega if he would be spending summer down in DR—his favorite subject—and he didn’t say nothing. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“Do you think I’m a poltroon?” he asked, the way a young girl might ask whether her dress was unflattering. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I am always anxious about Jonathan, for I fear that some nervous fit may upset him again; so I turned to him quickly, and asked him what it was that disturbed him. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She’d even asked for updates when Sierra had met her at the library. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Of course everybody is watching us. ‘What you doing, Chief?’ they ask us. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t talk much, just the occasional prompt, but I want to hear him speak, so as I’m leaving I ask him where he’s from. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ophie thought about Mama, refusing to even talk about what happened in Georgia, telling everyone that her husband was gone when they asked. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

All the girls, even girls I didn’t know very well, were asking me if I was okay. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"You haven't been outside the camps. Believe me. Europe is a hollow shell full of hollow men. Let me ask you, what do you know about Eretz Yisrael?" What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

June asked it so casually, like she was asking if Ivy preferred dark or milk chocolate, that Ivy couldn’t tell if there was anything behind her question. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was up and on my way out when he added, “Abby phoned while you were getting ready to ask if you’d stop by on your way.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He must be telling her about my injury, asking her if it’s safe to keep me out here alone. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

I wonder why he hid the robe and cape when his grandfather must have seen the helmet, but I don’t ask, of course. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many places have you lived?” she asked. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Somebody chased him as another woman asked me the usual dumb questions about what grade I was in and what my favorite color was. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

It asks the saints to help them and to disarm any weapon raised against them. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

When this had been done, he turned to the girl and asked her to tell him what had happened. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“If someone dared you to eat dirt, you could, couldn’t you?” he asked condescendingly. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Are you just getting off rehearsal?” she asks as we walk around the path to Nick’s basement door. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

What do I want? she asked herself in the manner she had learned from Magister Reese, who thought it fitting for even an inn girl to want. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My father asked if I wanted to bring a friend. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Then, if he asks you later, you can say you went home with a girl, and he'll give you props." How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

He asked for nothing else from her, only this acknowledgment of who he was, how his soul was shaped. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But both Brother and Mrs. Fowles laughed at that, shaking their heads like Mother had asked if they take their boat to the moon frequently to fetch green cheese. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

After I’d left Colonel Batt’s office the night before, my mother had called back and asked to speak to Captain Hill. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“My mother asked me to get some sugar for tea at the next village, also some tea leaves if they have them,” I said. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

All he could do to show how much he was enjoying everything was to answer, “Yes, please,” each time Sai Fong asked him if he wanted more. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he lives and becomes conscious again—should I ask him about it? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Have you any need for a sword?” she asked. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

‘And when we come there, what shall we see?’ asked Gimli. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“How was your day in school today?” he asked. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Why, as Arthur Eddington liked to ask, do the nuclei that comprise my elbow not slide effortlessly through the nuclei that comprise the table? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

After Sunday school, folks naturally asked where was Mr. Tweedy. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

When I ask Max what time it is, she doesn't answer. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“She okay?” asked the manager, putting his head around the door. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

So he asked a shop buddy for a dog and he’d gotten this one very young. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I do not remember who first asked to borrow my photo album, but it was undoubtedly someone in my section. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He ask no person; he choose no time of suitability. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Several girls moved closer, and for an instant I hoped they were drawing near to extend a hand and ask me if I needed help. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Should I ask Miles to come with us? He has more experience breaking and entering than we do.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

The New York headquarters of NBC, CBS’s main competitor, received about six hundred phone calls asking if the invasion was real. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

When Ruby asks, “What is that on your wall?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Hazel was just going to ask Holly to begin when Speedwell came down the eastern run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do we feel that promoting marriage will solve the problem when there are so few marriageable men?” asked William Julius Wilson, professor of sociology and social policy at Harvard. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

We pray for my grandfather ask God to spare him even though he's a nonbeliever. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

I could ask him to watch me drum. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Want me to help translate for your friend?” he asks. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you boys know anyone in this village?” the man asked. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you really write that story?” they asked me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go and ask the English lady in No. 11 if she will be good enough to come here.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The more questions they asked, the more comfortable I got. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s not like I’m getting married or anything. He just asked to carry my books.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then he went to Tortoise and told him of his misfortune, asking him to help him to bury his mother. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I know. We have trials. Don’t think I haven’t asked God, ‘Why me?’ The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Sanjeev had planned to ask if she would consider clearing the menagerie off the mantel, if only for the party, but she left while he was in the shower. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I wish you wouldn’t ask me that, sir,” said Milo. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I slip back onto the bench and ask, “Friend of yours?” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had asked him how he came to be free. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spent half my time wandering the halls, asking people directions to rooms they’d never heard of. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“So will you come for this drinks thing?” he asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I can tell she’s about to ask what I want to ask: Then what does matter? Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

I was able to ask for help because I was in an alternate reality. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Then she looked at Malcolm and said, “Who was asking me about Andrew? Was it you?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“But why?” asked Shifre, her pale face taking color from the question. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had waited years to join the men and teenagers on the night boats, and he’d spent those years asking questions. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I would feel foolish had I come all this way and seen you and not at least asked you.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He asked Kelly to explain the exact use of jewels in a watch. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Like a handheld recorder or something. Something you didn’t have to plug in but could walk around with. And I didn’t ask why. I told her to wait right there and I’d get one.” Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

She gave me a strange look, but didn’t ask why until I packed up a piece of our second attempt at a Black Forest cake. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I wouldn’t have dared to bother the man who could do what he did with “Daydream” by asking him for fifteen cents. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t suppose I wanted to, do you?” he asked, bitterly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did I ever tell you how this town got its name?” she asked gleefully. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Singleton asked what she knew about the accident. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Is everything all right?” asked Mom as I ate. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

‘What do you think?’ asked Boromir eagerly, leaning from his boat, as if he was trying to catch a glimpse of Frodo’s face. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Visitors never had to ask for cream with their coffee or jam for their tea. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And before Emily and James could think of another question to ask, the chat feed updated again. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Tom was too harmless-looking to be a thief, so one day I asked him where he got the stuff. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lark wanted me to ask if you like the name yet? A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Your mother came to volunteer at the mosque and asked for you. No one knew where you were so she’s very worried. Auntie Fatima and the girls are comforting her in the house right now.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“That was you?” he asked, staring at Dimple. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I put on my surprised look and asked, “Why not?” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had decided to ask a yes-or-no question, which might at least make plain the extent and kind of obscurity or ambiguity in the answer. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Did that just call us tailors?” asked Winter, aghast. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I asked High John about that and he laughed. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Don't you think I would look like a good Foreign Minister?” he asked her. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Macy asked as she sat down on my bed and blew her bangs out of her face. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“If you possess it, you don’t need to ask what it is,” he writes. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Following Mom’s instructions, I went to a telephone kiosk a few blocks from our alley so the neighbors would not overhear me asking about Dad. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first, she had thought that with each passing day, she would come closer to accepting the fate that she had asked for. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We asked for directions to the auditorium, and when we got there the assembly had already started. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

“The whole point of the key is that I found it in my dad’s closet, and since he’s dead, I couldn’t ask him what it meant, so I had to find out for myself.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“How long are you here for?” he asked. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Why are they dressed so funny?” she asked, giggling as she held it inches away from her eyes. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Over there. That box. He asked would I keep it till he came back.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘What,’ Mangogul asks just before he awakes, ‘is this gigantic figure?’ The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, she didn’t ask anything that would force me to either lie or tell the truth that my mom had died. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I must ask you never to use such a method of explanation in my class.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She asked me if I had checked the lock, but she mentioned nothing about the flag on the moon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The woman looks like she wants to ask more questions, but instead she walks back into the milling crowd. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I simply said I’d ask the man if he wished he shot me too. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I asked him if I could die from holding my breath. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

SCORPIUS: Correction, she used to hate me, but did you see the look in her eyes when I asked? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t see one thing inside this chest that would warrant Chester asking Leafie to hide it from others. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I asked where the governor was, expecting him any moment. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shrouded demigods, both Greek and Roman, were burned at the campfire, and Chiron asked Nico to oversee the burial rites. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m not asking you to side with me over her here. I’m asking you to stand tall for yourself and wake up before it’s too late.” Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you even come to the match?” he asked her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“You lie. And that is why you must now walk in darkness until you see the way. Unless you wish to leave us. You need only ask, and you may have your eyes back.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ask them to give me a tissue and pass the remote. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now that Arize was pregnant, he did more overtime at the railway and asked her to cut down on her sewing. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She listened carefully as I spoke and asked plenty of questions. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the newborn ward a nurse asked them to wait on one of the benches that lined the wall. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And she wanted to ask him, “How else could the host have meant it?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He and I met outside a classroom one day, and he asked about my prospects. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And his brother is chubbier and called Marmeluc, which is a ridiculous name if you ask me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

When he saw this photo, and so many others of Ahmad standing in front of this city or that monument, Zeitoun always thought of the people Ahmad had asked to take the pictures. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

He knew somehow that he shouldn’t ask for more, but he was disappointed that she didn’t give him any. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

I asked Allah to protect me from those who didn’t want good for me and surround me instead with those who would encourage and uplift me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She notices that and asks, “Why are we going to the basement?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘What will we feed them on when the snozzcumbers are all used up?’ the Queen asked him. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad asks when I run into him and Mom in the hall. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Washington often asked for secret funds from Morris. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Excuse me, sir,” Rishi asked the waiter, who turned to him, beaming. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Since the beach was small and almost flooded when the tide was in, he asked if he could camp on higher ground. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would ask, “Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July - Independence Day—when we are still in slavery?” Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

I drink the day’s first “Swee-Touch-Nee” tea and ask what they did with Humble. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The colleagues exchanged Christmas cards with one another, asked after spouses and children. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Why did you do all this for me?” he asked. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so how many numbered clues do you see?” he asked. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, Mama never asked me to pick anything anymore, except in our garden. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, and I forgot to say: a woman was asking about you earlier. Or maybe not you. She might have been confused.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Let's go ask them if we can swim.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

No one even asked me where I was after school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I remember asking the men to leave while I washed up my girls, and dressed them. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were halfway up Big Blue when I asked him to hold on for a second and ducked behind a tree. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They looked at me with their tired, hungry eyes, and I asked the spirits to ease their suffering, to please help them. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Alex pulled a camera from his backpack and asked Gallien to snap a picture of him shouldering his rifle at the trailhead. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to this day, you have never asked one of us if we were tired, or sad, or wanted a cup of coffee. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is it just indigestion or is there nausea?” she asks. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she was only five years old, she was asked by her relatives if she planned to get married in a red sari or a white gown. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He only asked her one question: “What’ll you do if things don’t work out at your aunt’s?” Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Benedict would never ask it of him, but he must ask it of himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“He asked me to stay in Greenwood, but he didn’t say anything about a trial.” Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

He did not cry when the man woke him; he did not cry when the police came and tried to ask him his name. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea drift, to ask for water. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ask the nature of a lawyer’s defense before the trial? Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Percy asked, though he wasn’t sure he wanted to know. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Do you know,” asked the Wart, thinking of the thrush, “why birds sing, or how? Is it a language?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he wanted some tea. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She asked the gift for herself, not for her father.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He heard the sound of the sobbing woman again and asked Calvin, “What the hell is that?” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man, who must have been the father, asked me, “Where are you from and where are you going?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Oh, that’s because I wasn’t sure if my question was appropriate to ask right now,” I tell her. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Seth asked, pointing to the flat-bottomed globe with the thumb-sized skull on Grandpa’s desk. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

‘Are you certain, Octavian?’ asked the son of Venus. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I say, actually daring to look at him when I ask this. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t like I could ask someone sitting next to me how to spell a word, and I couldn’t just bust out the dictionary, because that would be considered cheating. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Now I ask Sadhu: "So I can have the computers?" Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“D’you mind if I go a bit sponsor?” she asks with a smirk. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why were you cursing in class, Isaiah?” asks Mr. Tobin once we sit down. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

The closest they came to him was when the police rode by, sometimes stopping to ask if anyone had seen this or that person. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then what is stopping us from being together now?” he asks. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

That day the Reverend had asked Cynthia to be an usher. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“The undertaker’s men arrived a few minutes ago. I’m going to ask them to seal the casket. Before I do, would you like to see your mother one last time?” The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

If he had any idea why we were in here, he would tell me, so I don’t ask. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Girls could ask the dumbest questions at times. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the morning I called the medical information service and asked for the names of some prominent dermatologists. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad’s mother asked as a chair scraped against the kitchen tile. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Even when I was still small, he would ask me.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So that’s why she asked you to keep an eye on me.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Why would you want to go back to a refugee camp?” she asked. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“What are we going to do with this?” he asked, holding up the piece of umbilical cord that had been closest to the baby. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing?” he asked in a hushed tone. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I ask, hardly able to believe my eyes. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I asked, fighting to keep my voice calm. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Viola asks me, having to raise her voice over the rain. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Do you mind if I ask you that?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

They followed her into homeroom and asked to hear her story. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Could you recommend a good book for a girl?” asked Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you didn’t take the money?” she asked. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

As politely as possible, I asked him why he didn’t just raise the pay. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told Pa all about it, and she asked him, “You don’t like golden hair better than brown, do you?” Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson would ask herself this question over and over, before Michael’s call and for weeks—and months—after. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“One day we were asked if any of us wished to volunteer for a firing squad,” said Heinrich. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

I have never asked how you became personally aware of the distance. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

That thing I said to you—it was unforgivable, and I can’t ask you to forget it but I can hope we move past it. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s your fault Red is targeting Liz. If you’d left her alone like I asked, he would have forgotten all about her by now.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

No briefcase, and no one they asked had seen it. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

So, he takes out his bag of pot and asks me if I like the smell, and I said how I really didn’t think it smelled too good. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“There’s a bell?” she asks after the waitress leaves. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Kimberly, fluttery and ardent, would ask how his day was, scrambling to please, as though she could not quite believe that he had again come home to her. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is asking for you,” Ash said. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yes, it was an honor that he had asked me, along with Julian and Jack—but I didn’t want anyone throwing it in my face! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Knowing Toadflax, I’m surprised he didn’t knock you over first and ask questions afterward. All the same, let’s wait a little longer. Blackberry ought to be here soon.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had wondered these things, now and again, but when she’d asked as a child, her mother had given her flippant answers. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He didn’t ask me what I thought was going on. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I was examined by a young surgeon who asked if I had ever before injured my heel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All a police officer has to do in order to conduct a baseless drug investigation is ask to speak with someone and then get their “consent” to be searched. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Mary asked in a sweet tone that made him want to leap at her. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, the dentist seemed more conscientious: he asked me to open my mouth wide. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tate asked, using the nickname Walter's friends and family had given him. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you going to keep sending your love to them?” she asks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bobby Gene asked as we reloaded the wagon. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask him if the ruins reminded him of Vulcan, the way they reminded me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Papa asked again brusquely, rubbing a hand over his unshaven chin. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Finally, though, I ask, “How your dogs doing?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If we don’t find them on our own, we’ll ask her.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have any suspects at this time, but we are asking the community to please come forward with any information that can lead us to whoever committed these crimes.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you have a room for the night?” the owner of the larger boots asked the desk clerk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“How?” it asked in its rumbling echo of a voice. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

I once asked Gram if she would really go back to the egg man if Gramps cussed too much. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Not at all. The only thing I do want to ask of you is not to talk this way when other people are listening. It would only confuse them and they wouldn’t believe it anyway.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you looking so worried about, Earthworm?” the Centipede asked. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What if my boyfriend asked for a picture of me in my bathing suit?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I asked him where he got the nickname, and he said it was from a song. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Nate asked, raising his voice up over the singing and knee slapping. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I could ask the office to play it during the morning announcements.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I'm so hungry that I hardly chew as I gulp it down and ask for seconds. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Could he have been part of the conspiracy?” asks Caesar. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The captain said, “I didn’t ask for a thing like this. It scares the hell out of me. How can a thing like this happen? I wish we’d brought Einstein with us.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Darius finally asks after ten minutes of driving in silence down a highway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“What are you doing here in borghese?” the barman asked after he had mixed a second martini. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever wonder what your life would be like if you could just change one thing?” he asks. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rising with the two pups held close to my chest, I asked if I owed anything. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

So after exhausting all options, I realize that I’m going to have to ask Kelton for some neighborly help. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If you don’t want to know, don’t ask,” Mary Anne said. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Conor hadn’t heard a word of his lessons in school, but the teachers hadn’t told him off for his inattentiveness, skipping over him when they asked questions to the class. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When I asked her if Redwood Farm Supply would be there, she told me they’d gone out of business years ago. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When I came in sight of the house, I decided not to go about my work as usual, but to let him know straightaway that I had seen the padlocks, and ask for the key. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“How do you know the Beiderman likes jazz?” he asked when they were out of Mama’s earshot. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

First I go down the street to the corner store and ask Mr. Wallace does he have any sort of old cheese or lunch meat he can sell me cheap. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to say something to that, to thank her, to ask her to repeat it again just to be sure I hadn’t misunderstood or misheard her. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Number of times she asked me to say my lines: Zero. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

He sees a rancher and asks for water. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

But he could never bring himself to ask her. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, and he turns around at the sound of his name. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Do you deny you were asking Dobson for help with your work?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man asked him in Russian a question that Powers interpreted to mean, "Are you an American?" Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

I lie here and ask myself, Just how many things do I have to invent in my head to survive this? Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She didn't hear me ask her how Mr. Spencer was. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Soon as I could get away from the customers who pressed around, asking more questions, I ran back to Aunt Loma’s. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Give him a calculator and he can change the world, but whenever the car breaks down, and the mechanic asks him what’s wrong, his response is usually, “It broke.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to ask you the same question, Signor Barbarossa,” Scipio answered, giving a perfect imitation of his father's condescending tone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I am writing about those very things my mother has asked me not to reveal. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And these are all the pages here?” she asks me. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Why is it always on me to talk to you?” she asked. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mom asked, wiping her mouth with her napkin. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone has asked me this question, but there’s something in her voice. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Not remembering which of the bases had amino groups, he could not qualitatively describe the quantum-mechanical argument until he asked Chargaff to write out their formulas. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

It will be a break from living with his brother; he will put some distance between himself and S.; and he can also ask his uncles for help. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

What he was chewing, they did not ask or like to think. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The waitress came over and asked if I wanted coffee. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I told her last June how I liked my coffee black and toast barely buttered and she never had to ask again. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Nurse Monica brings me into the same office that I was interviewed in the day before, to ask me how I’m adjusting. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“If your face were a clock,” Lazlo reasoned slowly, “I wouldn’t ask you what time it was. I’d just look at you.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

When one of them asked my dad if he had any questions about the TVs, he said we were just looking. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The students all gaze back in silence, a few of them frowning as if she, their teacher, has no right to ask questions. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

My father didn’t ask why it mattered now. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Where is the freedom, little ones, in moving on to the next life?” he asked. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have to consume everything he says and try to do what he’s asking.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

But Nenny, who is stupider, already is asking how much and I can see her fingers going for the quarters in her pants pocket. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wright had also written to Admiral Thomas Graves, Gage’s naval commander, asking for “immediate assistance” and “a sloop of war of some sort.” George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t ask about the Scout trip now. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

On the way there, he stopped at the rubber factory and asked for Sissy’s foreman. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how to cook?” she asked him. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Bigger, do you belong to a union?” she asked. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I said, and asked him which way was the best to go. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can you see me practicing psychology and looking like a Hasid?” he asked tightly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Dad said I should ask you about Dr. von Braun working for the...Germans and all.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I was more passive, more unobtrusive; I did not ask for things, but instead let people tell me what to do. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also carrying a long, thin package and didn’t answer Aunt Petunia when she asked what he’d bought. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I ask, determined to bring us back to the present. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Ophie finally asked when the ghost did not seem inclined to leave without an answer. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I ask, and then wish I could take back the question. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I’ve asked people when their imaginary friends stopped hanging around, and they never seem to remember. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It hexed the boys, who would or would not ask me to dance, and made them less scary and as familiar and deserving of benevolence as girls. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And might we ask what happened to the old official plan?” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask him why he looks at me that way. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the red-robed justices—Justice Engert—asks the boys simple questions—name, birth date, residence, occupation—and then reviews the charges against each boy. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Before leaving the Hall he asked a favor. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

And the others asked their parents if it was true. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Every single time I get sent to her, she asks me questions that sound like they came from some “How to Talk to Statistical Black Children Who Come to Your Office Often” handbook. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But not so much that he couldn’t ask another question. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She thanked them and asked if they had a little milk for the older ones. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What stands out for you this evening?” the reporter asked as the camera moved in closer. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s been a while since a bunch of girls asked me over to their table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I have been waiting for hours to ask that question. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She wanted to ask why the tsar sent men to fight, then, if he was so concerned with people dying. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

Capt. Draper hath asked me to watch this Negro Fiddler & acquaint the Boy with the Ways of our Company. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aunty Ifeoma did not ask why, perhaps because she already knew. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever happened, however long it lasted, he wouldn't ask Hooper to let him out, he wouldn't do anything at all, now, except sit here. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“You would not have asked me if I were not white.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The other parents regarded me sympathetically and asked me my address, but I was afraid to tell them. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Where you from?” the driver asked with a complete lack of interest. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke was fifteen when he asked Mother if he could have a birth certificate. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Still got yer letter, Harry?” he asked as he counted stitches. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“And what holds up the turtles?” he is asked. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I’m so busy worrying that I might stink from PE, and thinking about the potential awfulness of being on the track team, that I don’t even hear Ms. Jacobs ask her question the first time. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

I was asked by a plain woman in a large black velvet tarn. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you faint at the sight of blood?” he asked. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he was a stranger. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So, you’re returning something?” he asked, and okay, Grace had to give him credit. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Isabelle asked everyone to wait for a moment in the hallway, where Monsieur Tabard put down the large package he was carrying. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

We asked them to snap a pic of us with the weird glass penthouse behind us. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

It was at some point in mid-July that my father began asking me about college. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I asked instead of the real question that was on my mind. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

"What happens on Saturday that is more important than an extra practice session?" she asked. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I asked where it was going: the driver named a place a long way off, and where I was sure Mr. Rochester had no connections. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

I wanted to kick down the door, ask a thousand questions, make them pay for bringing all this into our beautiful home with our books and the fireplace we’d built out of dry river rocks. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I asked how come I had to wait. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I asked, tentative, not wanting to upset his buoyant humor. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but I can’t imagine that whole circumcision thing without any drugs, man. Way too painful if you ask me!” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“You know how you ask me about running? How you talk about the finish line? How it’s some mystical thing that you wish you could experience?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Tressa asks what time it is—a polite way of saying she has to leave. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

So one day she asked him about it. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You want to take a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge?” she asked. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

And then they, too, would ask if they could add a wish of their own. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Agnes arrived immediately, nearly falling over herself with joy that Gilly had not only invited her over but was actually asking for her help in carrying out a secret and obviously illegal plot. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Do you have many twins here?” the Savage asked rather apprehensively, as they set out on their tour of inspection. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are so many things I wish I could ask my best friend. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I ask, still not understanding why they have come. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

What a question for him to ask, when he hadn’t sent us anything for almost a year. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“That is just what I am asking myself. Have we here a coincidence or what? Are there any other inconsistencies, such as would point to two people being concerned?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you two talking about me?” she asked over her shoulder. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“People ask me why I live here,” he said, in good English, “I tell them I want to keep track of the people. ‘Why over here?’ they ask me. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

She explained to him the reasons I couldn’t play and asked if there was some way I could be involved on the sidelines. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

It was as though the King asked one. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For cell number two, the committee contacted Gey asking for a sample from the original HeLa culture. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

I try to sound as if I were asking if Alice were in the barn pitching hay. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Robert asked me to give them an account of my African tour, which I did gladly. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did everybody have to waste precious time by asking questions? Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

In the afternoon Mr. Renfield asked if he might see me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Papa, can I go down to Chinatown and get my cricket a house?” he asked. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jam felt wrong asking the question, but even more so when Redemption flinched and looked away. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

When I went over to Gimpy and tapped him on the shoulder to ask him something, he jumped up and dropped his cup of coffee all over himself. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t ask, he don’t tell,” he said. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

Elizabeth asks because Lou Anne’s wearing a gray wool dress in the heat of summer. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I had also asked Ali if I could try out my Maestro game on them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Since there was no point in correcting him about Katherine’s relationship to her, she simply asked, “Where?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to ask for specifics, but I could tell that it was a touchy subject. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Garrett’s friend Jason has a huge fish tank! I’ll bet he went to his house to ask for water from it!” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The thirtysomething mustachioed barista behind the counter was staring at me in a way that meant he’d probably had to ask that more than once. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

My face felt so hot, my hands started shaking, and I asked him why he believed her. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

“Would you call getting poisoned being interesting?” asked Harry. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What is your favourite bird?” asked Merlyn politely, to keep the peace. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Mr. Daniels begins, “as I said, you can ask whatever you want.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

We did not wake up in the morning and ask ourselves, “What will Wayne Parr wear today?” or “How will Wayne Parr act today?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

And then they comes about ’ee and asks ’ee for to uncurl!” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me once if I “er liked errer my mother.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask instead of the more obvious question: What are you doing here? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

They finally offered to help out, even though no one had asked for their input. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It’s too much work, trying to become who I am, always having to ask others what I should already know. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

So I have him sit on one of the couches, and I ask him what he wants me to tell him about himself, after his memories disappear like smoke. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I would have asked him something interesting instead of “Do you like short girls or tall girls?” One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think,” she asks, “that I’ll die in this domain someday, like Aunt Stella?” The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

They would ask such things as who was smarter than the other. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wednesday, in a hurry My dearest Little Book, Oh my dearest, Minerva asks if I’m ready to hand you over. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you get us a root beer, Cam?” she asked, all loud and obvious. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Apparitions?” she asked with a pleasant Dutch lilt. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

When I asked Doreen about this she said the tipping percentage might well have risen from ten to fifteen per cent since she was last in New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

On the way back from the doctor’s office, my mom asked me if I’d written back to Dante. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I ask Rock while I’m waiting for Mama to pick me up. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Again he was not quite sure that she did not ask the question mockingly, and so again he replied, “I might if I chose.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mom asked as she shoved books into a large canvas bag. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“Does he mean you?' Jessica asked with insulting astonishment in her voice. “Maybe he needs help with his Biology homework,” I muttered for her benefit. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Chaplain, I once studied Latin. I think it’s only fair to warn you of that before I ask my next question. Doesn’t the word Anabaptist simply mean that you’re not a Baptist?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

President Senghor was a scholar and a poet, and he told us he was collecting research material on Shaka, flattering us by asking numerous questions about that great South African warrior. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That the best you can do?” he asked. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Really? How am I doing great? I asked. “I haven’t scored one point yet.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I also decided to finally ask her how she decorated her letters. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I asked one turner, noticing she had on a top with a satin fish that was really a pocket. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Emma asked Frank to omit other sentences as well, and he complied. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked my father as we watched the inferno envelop the bundles. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Does everybody have a bat?” asked Gregor, thinking it would be nice to know somebody was going to hang around and defend you in this place. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward Laura and Mary asked questions, and Pa told them that the big machine was called the separator, and the rod was called the tumbling rod, and the little machine was called the horsepower. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d ask me about my day—all the things that happened at school. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

So I asked him, “Will you show me where they are?” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“So, what should I call you?” he asked, giving me a formal sort of nod. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Is that the only word you know?" she asked him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Are you guys going to be okay going into a season and losing most of your games?” she asked. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Dove was always being asked to read about sluggards and going to ants. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He cracked open his address book and began calling reporters, asking them to announce that he’d gladly meet Riddle’s sum, and War Admiral, anywhere and any time Riddle wanted. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, trying to tiptoe around anything serious. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I remembered how Sohrab had looked at me, when he asked if he would see me. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

When they got close to the collapsed staircase at the end of the hall, Cas asked, “Do you think there’s another way down?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We were in the midst of this discussion when the prosecutor, Mr. Bosch, entered the room and then asked Bob to excuse himself. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Are you wanting to take theater, Mishti?" he asks in English, and his voice is surprised. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And what happened to them?” the plump one asked. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Archie asked, feigning surprise, trying to keep any trace of mockery out of his voice. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

When we are alone again, I ask Zack, “Does the yellow of this lemon remind you of anything?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was looking at Naima, almost as if he were asking her a question. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

“How long you want to wait here?” she asked anxiously. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I felt so responsible for getting Branwell to talk that I asked him a bunch of dumb questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How soon can you bring your sister to me? The cute little spitfire?” he asked. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He blundered into the bathroom while Adam was bathing and saw the ugly bullet scar and heard himself ask against his will, “Father, what’s that scar?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Weren’t you ever afraid to grow old, I asked? Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Four times she asked me that--she was certainly witty. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Is your Dad really coming to pick you up?” she asked. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I asked you to stay in your room.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“How do you feel, hand?” he asked the cramped hand that was almost as stiff as rigor mortis. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you the one they were looking for?” he asked. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“What kind of medicine man are you, anyway?” they asked him. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah translated mentally, “If you ask permission, the answer is no.” The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I ask, making a point of not looking at Vi. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“What happened to your arm, then?” asked Gen, no longer ashen faced. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

At present, I ask only to hear, once to hear your voice.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

Man and horse alike lowered their heads as he asked the mare for more speed. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Where, I want to ask, is the doctor who determines if I am losing my mind? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I didn’t need to ask the ticket master for directions. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I want to ask them more, but lunch is announced. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She saved me with never asking questions, with instead reading to me about bees and botany and evolution. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

And even when they ask about our grades, and we tell them we have good grades, they usually say something like, “Well, that’s good. I’m glad you’re not distracted by them boys.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Do you want to learn to write?” she asked. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama Ya-Ya seems to have forgotten what she asked me to do. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I looked upon this announcement with enormous relief as the end of any sacrifice I would ever be asked to make for Caroline. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And after the Holocaust incident, I wasn’t about to ask for clarification. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe they were going to ask me to come sit with them so I didn’t have to eat lunch alone. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Back when I was still living at The Children’s Home, Mary Miller had asked me, “If you could do anything you wanted, what would that be?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“What do you call this stuff?” he asked, touching a fold of her dress that had blown over his knee. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

"What would my lord father do?" he asked her. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“Charles is upstairs with her now. She’s hysterical because somebody asked that poor girl who rode down with you.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Dad asks, banging his silverware on the table. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

When she returned to the great hall she asked a servant there how to find the stables, and she saw that he recognized her as well. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

We called Uncle to ask him to store her bed in his attic. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

They always ask us to play, but we can never figure out the rules. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She asks me how I feel during the discussions with my friends. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I asked without looking up from the game. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

As soon as the music stopped another one of them asked her to dance. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Bran asked as they crossed the drawbridge between the walls. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanna ask if I can go over to a friend’s house Friday night.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Odin asked her who would kill Balder, and her answer shocked him. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

My mother, I remember, finally asked about it at breakfast one morning. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day he summoned me downstairs and asked me to help him dress. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy thought about asking for help, but she wanted to be able to do this. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He feels like the kind of person you don’t have to ask to stay because he probably won’t ever leave. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What about you, famous race blogger, Princeton fellow, how have you changed?” he asked, smiling, leaning towards her with his elbows on the table. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

First Turkey asked, “Is there any event in particular that you can summon to memory that might shed more light upon this illness?” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"What kind of stuffing Grandma like?" his mom asked. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

He took it out of his pocket, glanced at it and grimaced, as though he wanted to be asked what the text was about, but Obinze did not ask. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I don’t finish my side work or pick up my credit card tips, if any, at the cash register or, of course, ask Joy’s permission to go. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We should have lunch one of these days,” I said blithely, arching one eyebrow ever so slightly, asking, is this Master Ash? The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

What if they don't believe me? he asked himself. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So what was I supposed to do?” asked the Iceman, aggrieved, when he had told Shadow the whole sad tale. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you hear that?” asked Thomas McLeod, one of the sailors. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

“Will you tell us a story, Dandelion?” he asked. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked when I reached where she and Liam were standing. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She had asked him to, afraid that it would be the last letter she ever got from him, for once they were married they did not expect to be spending time apart. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You aren’t mad at me, are you?” she asked James in the hallway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He got up and asked politely, in German,“Excuse me . . . Could you tell me where the toilets are located?” Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lev asked me keenly, and I realized that I had my hand still raised, and that it had been raised like that for the last several seconds. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Some of the SIM guards left behind had asked her for the keys. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anyone asked us about our home life, we were taught to respond with, “I don’t know,” and for years I did just that. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why must she use this sort of envelope?” he asked angrily, studying the little circle of a Planetarium Station, New York, postmark on the thick tan paper. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I did not ask why I was raised in a house by many men, none of w hom claimed blood relation to me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

She had asked permission to take the scraps to her cott. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing was too insignificant for Frigg to ask, save only the mistletoe, a creeping plant that lives on other trees. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Are you leaving now?” he asked Julian anxiously. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

There was a philosopher called Charmadas who, it was said, could recite the contents of any volumes in libraries that anyone asked him to quote, just as if he were reading them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You—you owe me a blood debt. Your men gave up Darin—” “And paid for it with their lives. You can’t ask for more than that.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Focuses his attention on Mom, even as he asks me, “Where’s this coming from, sweetie? Is that girl from school bothering you again?” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Now what are you thinking about?” she asks. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t they have children? Why don’t they ever talk about them?” asked Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

After a while she just stopped asking and zoned back in to the TV. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Julian said no again, and Noah asked, "Now what?" The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

I ask then, and “fine” is what he gives back. The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

Help will always be given at Hogwarts to those who ask for it. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning on the bus, while Park ran his finger along the inside of her bracelet, Eleanor asked him for his phone number. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Until then, nobody had ever asked me that question. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Lily asked, and I knew that she was just trying to goad information out of him. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“The man in charge was Igbo, and Madu said he was keen to give the contract to a fellow Igbo. So I was lucky. And he’s asking only for a five percent cut.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“What can I get you?” asked the man behind the counter. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

They would have liked to ask why he was going to forgive his nephews, or to protest that it was impossible to pardon matricides without damaging the Round Table. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘What does Fledge say about that?” asked the Lion. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I feel frantic—I didn’t ask him what I wanted to ask him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“How did you do, sweetie?” she asks breathlessly. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

I don’t ask Claire why he hasn’t been moved into a kennel, because I don’t want him to leave. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As the outside world grew more meaningful, I became more concerned, tense; and my classmates and my teachers would say: “Why do you ask so many questions?” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben asks as I press the button for the third floor. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But today when I ask Mom for a box to put my dreadlocks in, she tells me to take one of her Sunday hat boxes from the top shelf of her closet. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

After a few seconds of the other girls looking at the images, I got tired of waiting for them to ask how my weekend was. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Brother Khoi asks what if Father escaped to Tibet after shaving his head and joining a monastery? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Herbalist had asked her the obvious question: “What is your age?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Would you like a cup of tea?” she asked. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

"Is there any spending limit to this rescue operation?" another reporter asked. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, since you asked, I do happen to have some Hair Today back in my automobile.” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isaac asks, looking at me like I’ve left something out of the story. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

It goes against tradition; if a woman asks if you’re hungry and you say yes, it makes you appear weak. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

I won’t dare ask the captain what those dark portents might be. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

And then Jo asks if she can have a word with him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Flipping through a file, the prosecutor asked her blundy when our “liaison” had begun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“You are to take the stake to the goldhouse?” he asked. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“How did you inoculate yourself against the death serum?” he asks me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Is that what you want?” he finally asked. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

It was a small thing, but I noticed when, instead of just serving and leaving me a plate of food, Ashley asked what I wanted. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” she replied irritably, “I didn’t ask.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You will excuse me, Monsieur,” she said, “but may I ask your name? Your face is somehow familiar to me.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you want to party with us?” he asked. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I whirl around to ask them why are they messing with me, but when I see Angie, my mouth just drops open like I’m in the doctor’s office and he wants me to say ahhhhhhh. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

He asked the woman about the arrangement of doors and windows in the kitchen, and anything else he could think of. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

I asked doubtfully, struggling to see his face through the flashlight beam. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Colonel Arbuthnot talked of the Punjab, and occasionally asked the girl a few questions about Baghdad where it became clear that she had been in a post as governess. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I once failed to pass an exam in my studies, a few colleagues asked me why, and I responded, to much laughter, “Don Davis!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Know where there’s a garage?” the demon finally asked. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a million questions in my head I want to ask him. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

And I couldn’t even ask because I would be breaking my own rule about not talking about the accident. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you talking about my mama?” he asked, edging forward. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Lincoln asks what it was like to be there, his son is breathless. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Food from Silas mostly came in packets, purchased from the kind of places that sold food late at night and asked no questions. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I said I would see, and headed to a wall phone to ask if the State Shop was willing to let him use the bathroom. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well,” he said, “if I may ask, why did the man kill his wife? In fact, why did he ever have to feel sad to shed tears? Couldn’t he have just smelled an onion?” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

She said that when she was young, she’d wanted to tell Mother, to ask for help, but she’d thought Mother wouldn’t believe her. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Later he asked: “Did many people see me while I was mad?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I were to ask the other guard, which door would he say leads to freedom?’ Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Did ever you think how nice the word April sounds, Nancy?” he asked after a while. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, he lets me play them on my cassette player when I visit, and other times, he asks me not to. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I can’t?” she asked, and a bubble of panic rose in her stomach. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You calling me a liar?” the man asked. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to be asking about an object.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“For example, that bowl of fruit. What do you see?” he asks. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

“Some people are asking for your removal on the grounds that you are incompetent,” he said. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, she asked him to have a drink with her at the Polo Club. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The animals all asked Dog how he remained so well in the midst of famine. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

They would ask the people to go to work when we called a general strike, and make misleading statements to counter any pronouncement we would make. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you children bring bags and rope to haul out zee treasure?” he asked. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

"This goes no further, all right?" she asked, as Gregor turned himself around again, and she placed the chair calmly back in the corner. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm sorry, Turtle. I would have asked for it, but you weren't around." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who looks after you these days?” she asked. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Vu Lee asks what if Father escaped to France but can’t remember his own history, so he builds a new family and is happy? Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

I looked at him after we were finished and asked him, “Is that it?” The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, Charlie asks to draw pictures at the table while I watch TV with the volume super low. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Then the men continued through the people, asking questions and frowning. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

I asked Joel if he believed the industrial food chain would ever be replaced by a local food system. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

She lowers her voice and asks with suspicious, squinted eyes, “Did you kill somebody?” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“It’s not stealing, is it?” asked Hermione in a troubled voice, as they devoured scrambled eggs on toast. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

They asked her if she was sure he was there. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I was asked who else might have killed him. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And it wouldn’t be necessary for me to ask you if I could get the information any other way. That was why I asked about the witch lady first.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“But is hoping in my heart harming either one of them?” he asked himself. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson asked on an impulse, and after a brief pause and the clacking of a keyboard, the woman replied that yes, a Mia Wright had been born in Bethel Park in 1962. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Useless to ask Briony what she was thinking. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I try to jump-start her by asking, “So did Vanessa dominate the four hundred?” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He told me that before his heart attack he had been asked to go as a delegate to the Zionist General Council that was to meet in Palestine during the coming summer. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Some acted like a bunch of rubberneckers at the scene of an accident and asked a lot of questions. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique pushes out his chest and asks for two names, so close together they are almost one. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

“What did she mean by that?” asked Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Has Dr. Thurmer written to your parents yet?" old Spencer asked me. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I want to ask Dylan more about his sister, but before I get the chance, he follows Agent Fiona into the department. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was allowed to be there, but I didn’t dare clear my throat, let alone ask her to show me what she was doing. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bear was gazing at it intently, but when I started to ask him what it meant, I realized he’d shifted his gaze to the gate. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If there’s a boy who likes you,” she rubbed my hair, “and you like him, ask him to visit you at home. That’s the proper thing to do.” When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“How you feeling?” he asks, and points to his head. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

I had asked him to give me his gun. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Enough about the luggage. Did you get registered for a ship, dear?” asked Poet. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

On re-direct examination, I asked Ralph to acknowledge once again that his trial testimony was false and that he had knowingly put an innocent man on death row. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you think we have a chance?” he asked. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Could you ask my father to bring my other pair of glasses?” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Now you know. So sit down and quit asking fool questions.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She almost asked, but Shay came to a sudden halt and pointed downward. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

My mother asked if this offended my father. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I ask him why we need a “thing” and he says, “You seem different, distant—not yourself. Maybe shooting around once or twice a week would help?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Dad hauling in the anchor and Mom zipping her windbreaker and Abbey asking if she could steer back to the dock, but still I couldn’t take my eyes off the sky. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

They asked us several questions along the lines of where were we from? where were we going? and why did we choose that direction? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

When I called Mr. Keller, I asked, “Can you help me build my house?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

She even went around to all the neighbors asking if anyone had seen Fluffy. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we wait on my lawn—which is still brown, and will never be spray-painted green—Kelton turns to me and asks me a question. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was then that Frederick Douglass, a civil rights leader who had escaped from slavery ten years before, asked to address the crowd. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Congratulations,” Cecile said to Mrs. “How are you feeling?” she asked plain and factual. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z