Everything he worked for over almost twenty years has been left behind: the school he started from nothing, the school that now has three buildings and eleven hundred students. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She knew there was a world in all the things she should have told Ben by now. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"I can tell you right now," she answered. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

We were off the highway now, zipping through the countryside of northern Long Island. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

The only negative about my going to Savanna’s party was that now I wouldn’t be able to go to the parade and the unicorn costume would be wasted. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Hugo had helped Isabelle hobble out of the bedroom, and now they sat shaking at the kitchen table. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Even now I could see traces of his red and-silver fur through the gray. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Her name was now Sally Gustafson and she lived in a pleasant blue house on the less expensive side of the lake road. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the messy apartment I was sure to walk into; the flight numbers and so forth left deliberately, so it now seemed, by the phone; both were oversights unworthy of Henry. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We’re paying him a thousand dollars a day from now until December first, with a ten percent daily raise if he’s a good employee.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

All she wants is to get back where she now belongs: the trail. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If there’s one thing he can’t handle right now, it’s pity. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“As for Moss’s shirt,” they began, “I declare that school is now in session for Moss’s sense of style.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But now she found that she didn’t care about that anymore. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Good. And I believe that you owe me payment for my services, now my time with you is done," she said. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now, with Twelve coming so soon and the volunteer hours ending, it didn’t seem to matter. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

They were accompanied by a middle-aged woman who had been Aurelia’s nurse when she was younger, and who now lived in retirement in the palace and assumed privileges that no one had given her. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I let go and collapsed in the dirt, and the iron, now free, and being chewed violently by the blades, launched into the air then crashed down next to me. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Give me my things right now! If you don’t, I’ll tell my father who stole them.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

It has changed, certainly, and it is now experienced in all sorts of ways that would have surprised, for instance, Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer who died a few months after that historic transmission. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

If we had to sacrifice then, why can’t you sacrifice for our children to be a part of quality education through integration now? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now Paul Revere was in his boat, trying to steal around her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The initial confirmation of Walter's conviction on appeal had generated significant press in the community, and most people now felt that Walter's guilt was a settled matter. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

It was light outside now, but nobody had bothered to turn off the lamp. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, that might have had something to do with the fact that he now had all his money back, and then some. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

The business community and a good number of alumni very much wanted to see the young Beck stroking the Washington varsity now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He was falling now and sleep was all he wanted, a thousand hours of sleep. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

I hate to admit it, but I’m a little frustrated Dad is not awake right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It won’t be fast, but it’s the best I can do now. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are also routinely denied public housing and welfare benefits, and they find it increasingly difficult to obtain education, especially now that funding for public education has been hard-hit, due to exploding prison budgets. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

By the end of the day, approximately sixty families, about five hundred new people, now fill the town square. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The name had special meaning for me, for during all my years in prison hope never left me — and now it never would. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pong realized now that it wasn't Ampai's words that people had been willing to follow—not her words: her heart. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Each of them was now approaching six feet in length. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I should not have suspected that it meant she was dying; but I knew instantly now! Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Your book is about us living in all fifty states. We have a lot more to go before we’re done. If we stop now, you won’t be able to write your book.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Others lucky enough to have jumped free now found themselves mauled by her whirling propellers or burned to death when her boilers exploded. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For years a mysterious, sinister man known as Trademaster had appeared now and then in the village, bringing tawdry thrills and temptations but leaving chaos and discontentment behind. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have long to wait, S.Q. My modifications have gone much more quickly than I even hoped. I now fully expect the Improvement to begin the day after tomorrow—perhaps even sooner.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

In 1919, now aged thirty, he moved to California and took up a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory near Los Angeles. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Before I could get my bearings, Bud took off at a dead run straight up a ravine, bucking now and then but running, always running. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Jon wondered how many of those men were in the cellar right now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

But what I gather from what Mother writes me now is that she works night and day wearing a horrid white coat in some dreary big-deal place in Atlanta where they study disease organisms. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Shasta now gave himself up for lost and began to wonder whether lions killed you quickly or played with you as a cat plays with a mouse and how much it would hurt. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Are you satisfied now, friend John?” he asked. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m keeping an eye on him from now on,” he said firmly. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

But now we could go back to the Cottages, Ruth could take encouragement from what she’d seen, and the rest of us could back her up. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She could afford it now, and her mother wanted it now, but she wished it could be another time. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He said I would learn something new . . . and now I can’t wait to begin my new career, and turn my life in a different direction! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Mama says that was the poor woman’s bad luck, because now she has got to go right on tending after her husband and her seven or eight children. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now, though, it didn’t much matter who was King, since the country was run by Parliament. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

It had been some time now since the chimes had rung eleven. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel squinted at the sun, which was now high in the sky. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

There was very little electrical activity in his brain, but now and then the flatlines gave a spooky twitch, as if something continued to struggle inside the boy, some destroyed fragment of his soul. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought of him now—in his room—watching the sunrise; hoping I should soon come to say I would stay with him and be his. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

The vise around my brain tightens and now there’s an ice pick stabbing indiscriminately at the soft flesh. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Unseen, on the edges of the undulating buttes, deer and wild turkeys stirred and every now and then the night burst alive with a shooting star that left a delicate and misty trail. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Word spread quickly around the stage: none of the bands was getting through the traffic, now at a dead stop as people abandoned their cars and walked the last few miles to the festival. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

At all times the Party is in possession of absolute truth, and clearly the absolute can never have been different from what it is now. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“No!” she was screaming, for now at last she hated him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We don’t have one right now,” the woman said. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I can’t eat right now, and while I appreciate Baba’s hospitality, I would also like him to hurry up and leave so I can finally sing this song, before I chicken out. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He stands back from the slats of the fence, on the rocky hill that now leads to Clairmont. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

They finished the meager store of potatoes and carrots they had saved from the last agricultural area, and now they were always hungry. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think maybe when you come to my room from now on, like, you could knock?” Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

There were people murmuring now and whispers coming from inside the shelters, but no one answered Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

It was like a weird part of the syndrome where every now and then his brain would tell him to have an outburst, but it wouldn't tell him to stop. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I could also see that, behind her back, Emma’s hands were now lined with flame. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It was just a question of waiting now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing different about him was that he was now wearing glasses. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

But there is a new part of my story now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

What use is it to him now that he was such a good mathematician at school. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now it was Indra, the god of thunder, who looked down at her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Before, it would have been wrong to ask, but now I may, dearest. How rich are we?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon at her ear, a goldfinch now, whispered, “Be stupid and dim. Be really slow and stupid.” The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“There you go, making me say ain’t. I have not said that word all year long, and now you go making me soooo mad.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jeffrey was still playing with Joey, as well as a couple of other kids now. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

The shop assistant looked toward them more frequently now, but luckily a party of tourists came in and kept her busy for the time being. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, he was one of the enormous team of experts now engaged in compiling the Eleventh Edition of the Newspeak dictionary. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“And we’re not going to get sick. We would have by now if we were going to.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

She moves slower now, and stairs are a challenge. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The songs and sounds they’ve absorbed are part of western musical style, and are now part of the musical lingua franca or the music that is “normal” for them. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“That is the reason I am here. I wish to address the Council. As a former member. Right now, if I may.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

“And now you will tell it to us, with your fingers and your threads,” he told her. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I hadn’t caught up to him, he’d be halfway to St. Louis by now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

I followed her gaze and saw now that Candy was looking at a door. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even now men were hoisting heavy blocks of stone into place, no doubt cursing him for making them work through the festivities. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

We talked about how Dad is super grumpy now since he gave up coffee for Lent. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This meant that every now and then Simon had to do a double shuffle to eaten up with the others. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

The guys were shouting from the bleachers for more action now. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The room had gone dark and tranquil now, the one warm place in all the world, and he felt empty in it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

They were now, with the benefit of the manure, growing tall and leafy and showing hard little green tomatoes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Matthew had inched about a foot closer to the door now. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

At any moment now he knew that the end would come: his master would faint or fall, and all would be discovered, and their bitter efforts be in vain. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Chi m! My God! I am in trouble! Where is it taking my son now? Have you people deceived me?” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Luke had never thought about this until just now, and it made him laugh, a little too loudly, seeing as he was officially on the lam. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Shut your stupid mouth, I got something more im-portant to do right now.” The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

People even joke around with me now sometimes. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

And now Islam meant more to me than anything I ever had known in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

And hours; it must be two hours now since he whistled. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, sure,” Mrs. Campbell said, smiling that half-smile she had now, a smile that existed because it was lacking something. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

"Don't forget. You're mine now," my uncle says, grinning in a way that feels all wrong. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He had said no word to him, knowing that Ged had no human speech in him now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Say three hundred and fifteen miles, at least, southwest of the California coast, to where he sat right now, rolling heavily in a boat half full of water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You sure did, Lanesha. Me, a baby doll. Hah! Go on, now. I can take care of myself. Me, a baby doll.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

But Inkheart was in Capricorn’s hands—and she didn’t want to think of him now, or she would never get to sleep. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

"I'm in for it now—I really am in for it now," thought Shasta. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

My shivering was so violent now that it hurt. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He rests a hand on Axel’s shoulder now, comforting to the touch. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

They were gathered around the blanket now, watching Fremantle perform, and everyone was laughing except the Prussian, Scheiber, a stocky man in a stained white suit, who was annoyed that no one could speak German. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The seven bucks he took off me still smarts, even though we’re friendly now. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Roli and I are out of the car by now, watching, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The rain has now steadied somewhat, but it is still sufficiently hard as to discourage one from going out and wandering around the village. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Too angry now to be afraid, I thrust my face into hers, daring her to harm me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

He guessed I could go now; he had no more use for me. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We all have wounds from that war. But now Osama has turned against the United States.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The Shaper’s lies, the hero’s self-delusion, now this: the idea of a queen! Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell now that the building we're perched on is abandoned and boarded up, and only two JumboTrons along this entire block are functional. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I will tell her in a future day, but presently this is dangerous knowledge, capital material, which can only serve to place her within the reach of hazard, even more than she is now. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They will never know me as I am now. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not worrying about anything. Just living his life, for now. Just happy being here now, with you. He’s a good dog.” The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“We’re a little busy right now,” he said, gesturing to the room. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

These are my people, he tried to tell himself—but because he was dumb this thought did not help him now. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay. Why don’t you leave us now?” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Because why not? Were totally anonymous right now.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

I’ve actually had to stop calling her Glamour Girl, because Sam gets confused and can’t keep a straight face whenever someone says her real name, so I call her Kennedy now. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We barely knew what was going on in the first place, and now, if things had changed, we didn’t know what to believe or how to act. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Her health is fine now. She’s not doing herself any good by lying in bed all day long.” Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Magdalys thought of the other orphans, now refugees, and sent up a tiny prayer that they were safe somewhere. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

That mission continued, but now he had a new one: breaking into the secret messages of foreign powers whenever American security required it. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, there is now,” she said aloud, and again, louder: “There is now!” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

It was night now, and cool, and a breeze blew against the sycamores and moved softly through the leaves. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

The pouch was now too full of broken and useless objects to take any more. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Settle down, settle down, now,” Stella whispered, stroking the dog’s back. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She could smell it now, sweet and luscious and minutes from ready, as she searched for wildflowers between the Emporium’s cracked porch slats. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“However,” he said, “let it be known that this court is not concerned with any perpetrators of violations against our state’s now— blessedly so—defunct Alien Land Law. Mr. Hooks, you may proceed.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m beating on the stone now, taking off more and more rock. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The many blacks who now regularly attended city council meetings glared at him but he relished the smiles and nods directed at him by many whites in the audience. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh. I see. I see now. But I don’t think that’s going to work out. You’re human, and humans feel anger.” Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But as Serber now discovered, “The East was evidently a completely different world from California.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t need an ocean—” “Boys,” Annabeth interrupted, “I’m sure you both would’ve been wonderful at killing each other. But right now, you need some rest.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Nigro gave or loaned him books, and Regina permitted him to purchase a book now and then, whenever she had some spare cash. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t thought this through, and now here I was holding the boy up. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s out trying to help some other unfortunates right now. It’s encouraging to know that his idealism is still intact.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was nothing, Lupita. I like to hold him. I will go and get the priest for you now if you wish.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

“I am Mrs. de Winter now, you know. And if I choose to send a message by Robert I shall do so.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was a man now, I reminded myself. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

So he held on, and the dory jerked through the waves behind the Hurd sloop, the lantern in the bow now so that Turner couldn’t see the Hurds at all. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Styx had this little smile on his face now. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

When I reflect on that moment now, the image blurs, reconstituting itself into that of a zealous knight astride a steed, charging into an imaginary battle, striking at shadows, hacking into thin air. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I'm too out of shape right now,” Mong said, shaking his head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leave now, he thought, come back some other time, when it's less crowded, when Henry's around. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You know he wasn’t sentimental like that. He would want you to eat it now.” Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Please remember that I’m having a hard time right now,” she said, the wobble returning to her voice. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

Maybe right now all I saw were teammates around me, but once we stepped back into the real world, who did I see? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

"I got to work now, Alfred. Be back about eight tonight. You rest. There's some food by the bed, you eat something right now." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t prepared anything, because by now the art of giving an interview was second nature, or at least that’s what I thought. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Him: Light pollution makes naked eye stargazing suck here, but I can see all eight stars in the Big Dipper right now, if you include Alcor. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

And the only way to avoid the possibility would be to throw the competition; to perform so poorly between now and the final conclave that they had no choice but to grant scythehood to Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The noises grew louder and more distinct, the clack of wood on wood, and as they grew closer they heard heavy breathing as well, and now and then a grunt. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

“I always thought and now I have the proof that you’re a renegade.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

The confusion of shell-holes now seems so bewildering that I can no longer tell in my agitation which way I should go. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now that he is president, he keeps that very same coconut on his Oval Office desk. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There are fewer Circus Dinners now that the circus itself is up and running properly, gaining its self-sufficiency, as Chandresh phrased it at one dinner not long after opening night. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel like talking to Mom right now. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

His father was old now, and so too his uncle Victarion, who commanded the Iron Fleet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I’d give anything now for a tiny piece of moon cake or a leg of roasted duck. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth looked back at the elevator, which was now completely out of reach—a polished set of metal doors hanging in space, attached to nothing, six hundred stories above Manhattan. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

If he jumped off now, Seabiscuit, obedient to equine instinct to flee pain, would probably tear over the track, exacerbating his injury. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Miller, who had now been his Guardian ad Litem for six years, agreed to fill that role. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Instead, the whole world was listening to my message now. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I said; “you meant this to happen, didn’t you? Are you pleased now, are you happy?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It’s considered impolite now to say that someone is crippled—most people use the word “disabled” instead. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“You be a good girl, now. Be Mama’s strong little girl, and you’ll be okay.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

I know this, and now I know why. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Germans were now in full retreat as the American armies marched toward Nazi Germany. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Vonetta now sounded low and small, and it served her right. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She didn’t like the idea of aging. At least she won’t die now. Or get any older.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

This morning I could recall the dream, but now there’s more than that—I can remember through the blur, back to when I was six years old and it all happened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m not doing anything. Not until tomorrow, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there was no time left for worrying about such things, for now the voice on the radio was counting down to lift-off. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ansley was part of an aristocracy that brooked no intrusion, at least not now, Ben thought. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I'll take him with me now. You know he spends the nights in my dwelling.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I told the people who had come with me that they were free to go home now, but since the Long Wall was so close, I would go see it. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, she has gone home. Señor Aguilar sent her home when Captain Ortega’s son came here to the hotel for her. I am doing your mother’s work on this floor now.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Her change in status has left Justice a little off balance, seeing the world from two vantage points at the same time: the one she grew up in and the one she occupies now. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“My goat is probably asleep by now,” he said. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I watch those cracks now, watch them good, like I’m daring them to crumble this house on top of me and bury me alive. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His laughter is nostalgic, I see now, the laughter of indulgence towards his former self. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘If you’re right in your reckoning, we haven’t dealt with a tithe of them yet. But it’s dark now. I think the next stroke must wait until morning. Then we must call on the Chief.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Soon, I promise. I want to do a small series of things. Okay, now you can just talk to me.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

A few months later, the South Vietnamese and the Viet Cong were invited to join the talks, now known as the Paris Peace Accords. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

I hear some kids running around in the backyard, and soon I see their faces appearing now and then, rising and falling from a trampoline. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the space of thirty seconds the atmosphere in the tiny room had changed completely and now it was vibrating with awkwardness and secrets. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Over the simple shelter we lived in, we now had a nylon tarp for a roof, supplied by the UN. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

He’s working now and promises to call me when he gets out. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The circle was contracting because it wanted to touch the knights—not now, not for half an hour or so, not until the examination was over, perhaps never. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You make sure you open the window, now.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

There were no flashes of light now, no bangs or screams or shouts. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He's biting into his second chili dog now, and somehow he eats that sloppy food like it’s gourmet. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

But now all is changed, and not even the return of the birds may be taken for granted. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Because German actors, actresses, producers, and directors were now all beholden to him for their careers, they began to flock around Goebbels, fawning over him and soliciting his favor. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

A silence fell and the crowd parted to make way for the tall, dark-haired man who was now striding toward the stage. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

He had brought listening gear from his car; he set it up, now, a revolving detek-snout with blip screen. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

There was another noise to attend to now, a deep grumbling noise, as though the forest itself were angry with him, a somber noise across which the ululations were scribbled excruciatingly as on slate. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Purgatory’s more than just not being tortured,” she argued now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I told you. Treasure. We’re going now. Thank you for letting us stay for a bit.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

But they were now only stories and nothing more. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

As they lay in their camp that day Aragorn watched the flights doubtfully, wondering if Gollum had been doing some mischief and the news of their voyage was now moving in the wilderness. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He locked his gaze on his two humans, surprised to notice that they were nearly the same height now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It always sat right in the middle of the desk, and now it’s not there. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But I don’t have the energy for it now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was only now that Clayton could see the cap’s color. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

It shames me now to know that I would eat it if it were alive today. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why are you here, Jam? Shouldn’t you be in bed? Go on, now.” Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

By now all was ready for the appearance of mankind. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why I remember that now, or why it made such an impression on me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Jonathan noticed that the men were now watching one another as much as they watched the stranger. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

But unless I had taken the life of Trabb’s boy on that occasion, I really do not even now see what I could have done save endure. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The trees were smaller now, and the roads looked like strips of paper. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Would you have any reason to go there now?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Florence was standing against the wall, sunning himself in the morning sun that was just now beginning to warm the cool morning air. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But there was no automobile accident," Mr. Norton said kindly, "nor was the boy responsible. You may send him away, we won't need him now." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

In twenty-five years, I told myself, I’d be as old as she was now. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I tried to answer, but the tears that started in the driveway were now washing over my words. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” said Hazel, “a lot of us went away, but we found what we were looking for and now we’ve come back for good.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now the emissary’s boat might be in the harbor. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

His new priority, now that Tom White had established Partners in Health as a legal fund-raising entity, was to find money for expanding his clinic. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now hit play and come back here.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The crooked, cobbled street was much altered now from the bustling place Harry had visited before his first term at Hogwarts so many years before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Or to me? Is that it? Are we to bargain now?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

His family was asleep in the bunk bed that the store had now threatened to repossess. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

For now men leaped from the ships to the quays of the Harlond and swept north like a storm. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The sun came early, causing him to turn over in protest, but in going to sleep he had learned to vanquish light, and now the light could not rewake him. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea that had started as a teeny-weeny seed in a suitcase was now a mighty maple. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was all done by the glancing light of electric torches and we didn’t dare fire at anyone now, for fear of hitting one of ours. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“No, it must be done now, and done as I say or not at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And I see your wounds are healed up now. So you can start doing your share of the work in this house—” The girl was nodding quickly. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Got a thirst for blood now that you’ve been in your first fight, do you?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Our robot now looked like a great tuft of plants walking through the forest. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

While we wait for one, I decide now is a good time to make things right. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Those were not words he would wish to hear, though, and she could not risk losing him, not now. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It's storing it in Lewis's spacesuit, which I'll call "The Cistern" from now on, because it sounds cooler. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I just think that things are really good right now? And maybe we shouldn’t mess with it?” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They haven’t locked me in for at least a year now. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

We walked quickly at first, and then slower, pausing every now and then to fasten garters, tie shoelaces, scratch, or examine old scars. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

The gears of the heavens had gotten gummed up, and now it would be daytime forever. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Except right now, I’m sort of in a fight with one of my friends. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And let me now posit this: 'dignity7 has to do crucially with a butler's ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was Robb before him now, his j hair wet with melting snow. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Grace was crying now, too, and Maya pushed the tissue box toward her. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Mine doesn’t, even if I feel like all I’m made of now is dust. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Nevertheless, unless you can prove that you have at least one close Wizarding relative, you are now deemed to have obtained your magical power illegally and must suffer the punishment.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“But why now, right in the middle of his studies?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“If she appears now, we can’t follow. I won’t sail out as night comes, even if there were a way to catch her before she moored.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

No one ever told me, not my parents or my sisters or my teachers, until now, right this minute, in the “Wander Indiana” section of U.S. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Connor waits tables at the Pizza Pit, too, and he’s basically the only friend my mom has right now. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

They got her my grandpa, and now they got her my dad. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’d been standing behind me not ten seconds ago, and now he emerged at least three houses down the street. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

They would be incomplete, surely, but they would be more than nothing, and nothing was basically what she had now, all she’d ever had. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

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

“He has been like this for weeks now,” my grandfather said, “beyond hope.” Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, come on,” I reply, my voice rising now in frustration. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Tab, Patrick is my actual friend now. Remember?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

There was almost nothing left in there now, but I had to know if Izio was okay. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Her older children, so tiny when she had first come to Hampton Roads, were now entering college. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“All right, all right. Now, stop crying. I didn’t know. Come on, now. Get on in the house. Go on home, Rosemary. The show is over.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We’ll be ready for them. Hurry up, now! Off you go!’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both fully clothed now, they look at each other again. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“Seriously? It’s my dream to own a tiny house. I’m building one right now.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Was Ms. Fender expecting us to have a band practice now? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

The salmon began to drown in the air, gasping for water, and then it thrashed and twitched, and now they were carrying a panting Loki. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

The little boys are in good health except that Johnny run a nail in his foot last week but he is allrite now. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

If demanded my full presence and participation in now. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Between my outfit, his outburst, and my red face, I have no doubt most of the people in this room now know exactly which boy I “like.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But at least people now thought that things were not all right with him and were prepared to help him. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were in the field now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Yeah, we could have used an epic hero about now. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

I wondered what he would say about the war that I was now running from. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

But I was happy, because now I could venture outside to see the city after the daily workshops. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

He had been feeding him all the things he liked himself, but now it occurred to him that what was good for a boy might not be right for a cricket. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dr. Wells says that a three months’ Pregnancy Substitute now will make all the difference to my health for the next three or four years.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now I raced through the tall trees in that creek bottom, covering ground like a scared wolf. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Funny thing, from the dictionary first page right now, that “aardvark” springs to my mind. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She, too, invited me to go with them tonight, and I agreed now, grasping at anything to distract myself. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

He wasn't used to being inspected as fearlessly as this old man was scrutinizing him now, not even by his men. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“We’re living in a duplex now,” my mother explained, and I sensed that we had come up in the world. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“You're nine years old now. A young lady. You can hold yourself in.” March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Ross and Jock have now lost both parents in the bombing, so perhaps I shall keep them when the war is over. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It came now as a startling and painful realization that he’d had something and lost it without fully understanding that he’d had it in the first place. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I shook my head thinking where I was now. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

All of their good intentions were forgotten now. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the cool thing is, that’s not the translation, so everybody can let it go now. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The building was in flames, the helicopter was now hovering above, and the scythes strode out of the front entrance, like the four horsemen of the post-mortal apocalypse. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The water is more white than dark now. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Milkman was sober now and he spoke as steadily as he could. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Come now, there is no time to lose!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

"And so are you. You won't go to college in India, so you might as well get used to the American education system now." You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I waited, another terrifying thought came to mind: What will happen now that Dr. King is dead? While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

And now he would have to give up that place. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Crow has lived here for years now. Are you really going to act this way? With God watching?” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

It used to scare me, even thinking about the chance of seeing her—but now when I think about her, I can’t help but feel a peace surging beneath my skin. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I have one more token of appreciation in mind, but for now I’d like to keep that a secret,” Mr. Griswold said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Two sons had tugged at them with their gums and lips, and her breasts appeared different to her now. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

All six of them now wore their flight space suits, in case they had to scramble for an emergency takeoff in the MAV. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But no, it couldn’t wait. He had to see me right away. Very important. No kidding, now. Be a good guy for once in your life and hop in a cab and c’mon down.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

If his big plan was going so well, seems like we would have seen hides or tails of the Russians by now. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, no one had anything except Aaron and Evan’s diaper bag. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

His endocrine system was now going fully haywire. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I’m better at the stairs now but still very careful. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I feel sorry for you, and I love you. Just remember to give me tobacco. I’m the bear spirit woman. I knew your great-grandma and great-grandpa. They live with me now.” The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Okay, can you please go now so we can record?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He stood up, full now, wanting to talk. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He made me into a story, and now I am going to make a story out of someone else. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

He was reading Freud now sentence by sentence. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

HARRY: Voldemort’s allies have been showing movement for a few months now. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

“It’s been a good relationship we’ve had over the last several years,” he joked, “but it’s over now. I’m going back to my wife.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Coram was up to something else altogether, and now he had to maneuver the conversation towards a different matter. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

"We'd better go now so that you can get some sleep," he said, draining his glass. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I see her again, two of her, waving, and in one hand there is a photo, the Polaroid I sent them. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

His only hope now, he reasoned, was to get enough money from Louie to fix the whole apartment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“And at about this time of day. If so, and if I were her, I’d be looking for a waterfall and a campsite right now.” On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Well and all, he would burn that bridge when he came to it, he decided, and for now he would take Yvaine into the village and deal with events as they came. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

The men were in chest-high water now, some of them carrying rifles above their heads, and they were dropping into seas already tinged pink by the blood of other men in front of them. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I hated knowing what I now knew about my father. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Every morning when I wake up, now, I regard it as having another borrowed day. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two days at Mona's cottage had been a reprieve from cold reality, but now, as they made their way down an overgrown trail that surely hadn’t seen human traffic in generations, that reality returned. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Round the block seem like a long trip to me now.” Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What in the name of goodness are you up to now?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He could see her now, as the sky lightened into a dawn grey. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

But now I am a flute player, and maybe Mom is right. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

At any other time, he would have put them to instant flight; now he had more pressing business and chose to ignore them. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t know that till just now. Don’t surprise me none though. ” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They rode now more swiftly, and by midnight the Fords were nearly five leagues behind. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Phineas was resting his cast, which was a considerably smaller one now, on the desk and thoughtfully pressing designs into it with a pocket knife. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The freak bit of summer that had broken in during February was gone now, and the weather had turned chilly again. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

By now the men and the spears were gone. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know, right? Anyway, I’ll get out of here now so you can go meet Prince Charming.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He’s all about brightness now that Mom has retreated into the dark. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

As she said it, Jason realized why Gaia hadn’t appeared until now. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Jared: Well, for one, people of African descent are obviously included in the application of the quote now. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was smiling now, gayly, and talking as if the words themselves didn’t matter but that it was important to talk, as if the words were safety valves. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I did,” he says, “and now I’m looking out for Marcus.” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Traitors! All that he meant was that you slipped up when you copied my plans for an attack with a battering ram. So now you know that I intend to tunnel into Redwall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The table that had once belonged to Stanton—the one where the Declaration of Sentiments had been prepared—now sat in Anthony’s front parlor. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“First of all, if you have not yet picked a topic for your science report, please, please come and talk to me after class. You should be well into researching it by now.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

At once I exulted and feared; for now, for good or ill, the end was near. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

That’s why the British interceptors could listen to just a few bursts and say, with absolute certainty, “It’s Oscar, which means that yes, his unit is now definitely outside of Tobruk.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Otto. He’s very scared right now, but if he weren’t, I know he would love to meet you.” Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

The boy is a ways down the beach now. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The children were now trial members of the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Sanders, I’ve now learned, isn’t the type to make empty threats. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

I kept wishing, though, that he'd continue the conversation in the morning, instead of now, but he was hot. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He wanted to be angry at the memory of the creature, enraged, but the truth was that even now, thinking of that moment drove a spike of raw fear into his bones. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

We agreed how weird it was that Tamika now lived in his old house and how sweet it would be for me to finally beat her at the next science fair. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“I go now. I be here pick you up when school over. Wait if I late.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It's a beautiful evening, almost June now, and the wedding party files back to the dining hall for their reception just as the sun is setting. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Why did I insist she had to go now, when tomorrow morning wouldn't have made much of a difference? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

But now it was happening, it was the truth. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And, now, a few nearby people apparently do. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

His eyes, which moments before had been swollen with fatigue, were now wide and alert. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

I ache to pull her to me now and press my lips against hers and wash away the sorrow in her eyes. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

His life’s words had mostly been spoken now, his speeches and letters, his books and protest chants, already etched not just into his story but into humanity’s as a whole. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“We’re locked in to a ginormous number of lawns now, once a week, and I’m having to turn more people down.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

Yet where twin cots should have been, there was now just a long oak desk and tufted leather chairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

And now, someone else screams, a guy, and people are shouting. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Did she go downstream or upstream? “She’s going east northeast now,” I say. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby—I couldn’t get a sub for my Yeats seminar, so I’m prepping now at my office. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first man was done with her now, and a second had taken his place. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Mom’s used to it, but it still makes her mad, even more so now that we really are poor. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to focus on Mr. Hughes first, but now I want each of you to find a poet you like, and we’ll practice writing a little poetry.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Chip and Miles and Takumi will be at your house this weekend? . . . Yes, ma’am. . . . Ha! . . . Okay. Bye now.” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

It all makes more sense now and yet is only more confusing. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

But it’s no longer possible to fly off to France for the year, now that she has a husband, a marriage, to consider. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

They looked now as if they were only very deeply asleep. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Creatures that communicated for tens of millions of years have now effectively been silenced. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right now, it’s all about exposure. Getting your name out there. Getting your songs on the radio. You’ll make more money in CD sales than you’ll ever make on the tour.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I’ll have to be more careful from now on,” Ma continues. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

His gaze returned unsteadily to Montag, who was now seated with the book in his lap. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

If it were only a little ahead of us—we who are already exploring the solar system—its representatives should by now be here. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, now you’re back,” he said, and for the first time they stopped talking and just stared at each other. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

She had frightened him at first, but now he was more comfortable. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the way back we again passed Mrs. Dubicki’s house and saw that the black window curtains were now thrust open. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The creaking was louder now, and Sarai could make out the silhouette of a man. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“No. I mean, yes, but like, all of you. Brer Fox, Gum Baby—you all are from stories, but now...” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

She and I might be interacting under false pretenses right now—it’s a kick to the uterus every time she thanks me for being “so cool about this”—but I’ll certainly take that over nothing. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

There were now five prisoners in their cage. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

But the circles were much shorter now and from the way the line slanted he could tell the fish had risen steadily while he swam. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pretty Boy was singing away in my room right now, so I was pretty sure he had lived through whatever misfortune had befallen him. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You clean that up. You clean that up right now.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

But it might also be that I’m feeling a little guilty, too, now that Roli’s gone. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“If he has escaped, it will not be long now before he comes searching for us. Until we know for sure of his fate, we must never give up hope.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now the soldiers have taken notice—and the one who made the trade is chasing Jacqui, but she’s too fast. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Standing now in the moonlight, Gabe stroked the paddle, feeling the carved names, and wondered if perhaps Trademaster had felt the sudden shift. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I thought how great it would be to go to my senior prom three years from now with Sam. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’s probably writing a mental restraining order right now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were maps of the North African, Sicilian, and Italian campaigns, and now I would have to add a map of Europe, too. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Our mouths are the warmest things in the world right now. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, for instance, she was providing Minerva with an alibi. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So here, in limning her portrait, must I paint her as she was, a girl of little more than my own age now. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

But now someone else would call the tune. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her hair had been shaved off, and it was just a fuzz, now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any second now the crack of my behind will be playing peekaboo with the whole stinkin’ audience. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was just peeping over the rim of the boat now, although she had no memory of a dawn. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Might be it was morning, who can say? I was sleeping, but now I'm not." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“What will happen now?” he asked in a choked voice. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

"Oh, you die now, children, standing or sitting. It is all the same to me." Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

They come just every now and then and have meetings in a place back behind our chicken house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She reeled off several more names I don’t now remember. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sobbing into a crumpled white handkerchief, she says, “I thought this stupid war was supposed to be over by now. Why does my fiance have to go?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was nowhere to move the car, however, as the only route of egress was now a foaming, full-blown river. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She’s lost control of her whole life. Isn’t it good that she has some now?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“And what an interesting choice for Captain Asher!” the analysts are now saying. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was Amelia’s idea to hide the discovery from them, and now that we’re no longer friends, I can ask Mom and Dad about it. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Digory now saw that where four trees grew close together their branches had all been laced together or tied together with switches so as to make a sort of cage. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When Coach called us back out to the court, I was now not just physically wiped, but mentally wiped too. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Slopper’s and Minerva’s snoring filled the hallway with familiarity and every now and then I heard a cough or a sneeze that reminded me we were all still together. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The first scribes had to settle on basic principles that we now take for granted. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Organic food can now be found in most supermarkets. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s a room where the kids in the building hang out. That’s it. Can we go now?” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"Anything can happen now that we've slid over this bridge," I thought; "anything at all. . . ." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

"When I first met them, I also doubted their sanctity. And now, I am more conflicted than ever." The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He throws his arms in the air, and says, "I don't even know what to freak out about right now." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

He was as tall as she was now. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Right now nothing in here matches, since our old rooms had completely different styles. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

His sneakers are still smoking—the flames had been that close to him—but now the fire has retreated about a dozen feet. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

All she could hope was that from now on, and maybe forever, she would never be in jail and nobody would ever point a gun at her again. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There are mad things wrong with that theory, but I don’t have time to comment on them right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Everyone turns and looks at me like, What you gonna do now? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Charley had forgiven me in a nauseatingly superior way, but now he had settled down to business also. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now, letting his beard grow back was the right choice for Rashid. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The uneven ground that had seemed interesting on the way in now seemed treacherous. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“When he said them I didn’t listen very closely, but now they come back, and I can see his face when he said them.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“In a word, yes. I’m guessing now, but I think she believes that Branwell is stonewalling, that his silence is just a stubborn refusal to talk about what happened.” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, given what she’s saying now, whatever made her cry this afternoon has nothing to do with me. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Even though she was a girl, and kind of pretty at that, Nathan now felt more at ease talking with her. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

He took the handkerchief from her and went to the hall door, still dizzy and, now, feeling nausea. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

He imagined the Romans drawing up battle lines right now, encircling Camp Half-Blood. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

For, before this, she had clung to him, she had said, 'You are all I have now, Charles, I do so want you to do well, you do understand that, don’t you?’ I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

For one wild moment, I think I’ll find a bathroom and change into it right now. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

I clambered up the mountainside to the rear of the house—the stairs had completely rotted through—and climbed through the back window we now used as a door. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He might be that voice just now drawing nearer. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

And now the stone was gone and she flew across the Dothraki sea, high and higher, the green rippling beneath, and all that lived and breathed fled in terror from the shadow of her wings. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

She said, “The witch gave me a name. I had no need of one before. She called me Kirjava. But listen, listen to us now...” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

What really scares me is what they might do to my mother and Prim, how my family might suffer now because of my impulsiveness. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The remainder, because there wasn’t enough room for them in the Box, were “keeplocked” in their cells or placed on the special gallery we were now visiting. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I say, “No, but maybe I should go work on that now. Do you guys mind?” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

We’re in the forest again, only now the trees are square, the branches growing out between windows in the trunks. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

"He is beyond your aid right now," Cain says. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

The questions I’d tried not to think about before come back to me now. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then he shook his head. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It is not now the time but I will not lose these thoughts, I will keep them, shut them away until the war is ended. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even now, after flying halfway up the East Coast together, Reyna could scarcely believe the immortal horse had allowed her to ride. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“Eh! She must have known what I am craving now.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ah!...Yes!...I could see several of them now! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They had reached a large stone reindeer now, over which they could see the sparkling jets of a tall fountain. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He had worked and waited a long hot month, and now, standing up, he turned at last and faced the direction from which he had come. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Those people have now got me down for a braggart and a liar. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They are giving me so much discomfort now, I can hardly listen to these gentlemen.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What was less comprehensible, however, was how Robbie imperiously raised his hand now, as though issuing a command which Cecilia dared not disobey. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

We have seen that they now contaminate soil, water, and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our gardens and woodlands silent and birdless. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was a strange feature—now that Lancelot was in the conversation—that Mordred's vivid feeling was exchanged for indifference. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay—and what am I supposed to do now? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

His mouth came wide open, he stood up, his face was now in front of the second hole and, doggone-it-ail, some of the rotten folks in the crowd hollered out, “Two!” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

I now know a few of those who speak a little German. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right now I want to be what he needs. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

We don’t care that the German soldier walking down the street is now being searched by the Russians, his hands on his head. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“We were only curious to find out what you’d do when you did find it. And now you’ve found it, and now we know!” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Did the whiskey and beer and wine, did they make you do the bad things that are ghosts now?” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Her afro was huge now, and he admired how well-kept it was. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

‘Let us hope that the fire now lies between us and pursuit. Come! There is no time to lose.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She swore it had been in the water upriver, but now there wasn’t anything there but ripples. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

“You only eat the food your handlers give you from now on. Not people. Or I’ll be back with more seashells!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The light is fading now and gray clouds billow over the mountains we crossed earlier. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Not only do I have to sit by Angel every day, but now she’s my partner. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“But they’re out of commission for now. The problem is, this is only a fraction of the Sleeper’s army.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She had none of the “new” courses now required by the board of education. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jared: Right here, right now, on these red hills of Georgia, a son of former slaves and sons of former slave owners are sitting down at the table of brotherhood, dude. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I was joking with myself earlier, but now I’m wondering how it’s possible that I’ve stepped into the most predictable teen rom-com ever. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

What if he had—would things be different now? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

The thing had been up now for two days, plus a bit and he had been hammering and climbing on it and it hadn’t gone back down. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly the Emperor, who had kept his voice down till now, let out a roar of rage. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She looked for the Red Keep, but it was hidden now, walled off from her gaze by the tall timbered buildings to either side. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I was still scared but now it was that get-real-excited-and-want-to-move- around kind of scared. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Her life is so full I can hardly take it in, the complete opposite of the empty-life Jenna I am now. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Jazz had been cutting and glueing, looking down on the whole thing, and was now watching Needles knit his heart out. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

It was now official; I was one of the top four women’s saber fencers in the entire United States, earning me a spot on my first national team. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

The Shrouded had wrapped its now smokelike arms around Thorn and was pulling her into it. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

Building had to stop because it was now too wet to mix the cement. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I reached up to stroke Nero, who was now entering his fifteenth year. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

The gloved hand emerged from the deep folds of the cloak and in the moonlight Gabe could see that it now held a gleaming knife with a long, very narrow blade and pointed tip. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She is supposed to be on the company health plan by now, but they claim to have lost her application form and to be beginning the paperwork all over again. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

We have two clipboards now instead of one so we can split up and talk to twice as many people. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

I told Mom that if she left Dad, she’d be eligible for government aid, which she couldn’t get now because she had an able-bodied husband. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Your father has her now,” the shadow rumbled. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Afraid of you, too. But now I think we must forgive you. And you must forgive us.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“That was the mistake, you realize. They were too well matched. Too taken with each other to be competitive. And now they can never be separated. Pity.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Donovan was obviously making a bad failure of his attempt to stand up, “Are we alive now? Or is there more?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I really want to ask about the appointment and her father, but I know better than to ask right now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Miller was now the only teacher in the room: a group of great girls standing about her spoke with serious and sullen gestures. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her blond hair was now streaked with gray. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

“My f-farm was so big now, I need to have a manager with me year around. So he is living there, plus room for pickers come picking time.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Tremors go through my body now that I am close, making it difficult to walk. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But now, sitting at the table with my books, I’m just pretending to read. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

With a foreign debt now in the billions, any hope that was left for our Independence is handcuffed in debtor’s prison. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’ve gone off the deep end now, but the longer I stand here looking at the house, the more desperate I am to go inside. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

It felt so out of my reach now. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sam has been around for five years now. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Go and change,” he said, “it does not matter what you put on. Find an ordinary evening frock, anything will do. Go now, before anybody comes.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The ground was dry, the night warm, and I could sleep on anything now. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder why God doesn’t do that now.” Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I remembered then that I had aimed to get some more, but it was too late now, and then I looked up and there she came. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

The local leshy would get her lost, which was something she couldn’t afford right now. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

But now I know our next place has to be better. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

I thought I was used to those kinds of stares by now, but I guess I wasn’t. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Zeus’s master bolt,” Chiron said, getting worked up now. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“It feels good. I can now get married without my parents’ permission, buy liquor in South Carolina, and die in any war that comes up. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, he’ll keep trying now just to shut Marv up and see the look on his face when he gets hired by someone. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

She closed her eyes now and pretended she was asleep. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

We make our way out onto the street, now humming with people. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

I wonder what life will be like a millennium from now, when the average age will be nearer to one thousand. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

"Good night. Go right to sleep now. I have a splitting headache," my mother said. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Fifty thousand people at the Pentagon, Holling. Fifty thousand. Something big is happening, and it’s starting right now. Maybe it’s time to think about growing up.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

For now, what he saw strutting around the shell house and lounging in the doorway was plenty of ego and not much humility. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were very high up; a bird fluttered past the window as he stared in the direction of the Burrow, now invisible beyond another line of hills. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But in the face of the endless mob that now surrounded them, the Sixers looked woefully outnumbered and outmatched. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Instead, the most recent trend in corrections is the advent of the “supermax” prison, of which there are now roughly three dozen in the United States, including New York’s newest facility. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mouth was a slackened O, and her hands, those long fingers with a man’s hard nails, having done their laying by, could now be dainty on the sheet. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Hurd was out on her porch now, and she waved to him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“You wanted to prove that you weren’t from Penikese,” he said, “but now you seem almost glad to think that you are, Crow.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But here and now, tonight, you’re wrong. Wrong as wrong can be. You don’t want to be on that side of the fire when you figure that out.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Unmistakably, it was the question of a still very young man who, now and then, is not inclined to admit that he knows the first names of certain people. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

From what little is known now, it is thought to have belonged to a hadrosaur, a large duck-billed dinosaur. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The box now had a porch, where Frightful could drop food without getting jabbed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Geyer realized to his astonishment that Holmes now was moving three different parties of travelers from place to place, shoving them across the landscape as if they were toys. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Although he sobbed with pain, he knew he could not give up now. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The painting might have been done by a second grader, a second grader who was now a grandparent. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hrothgar is asleep now, resting up for tomorrow’s ordeal of waiting. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, cane is often used to create ethanol, much as corn farmers in America now convert their harvest into fuel. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

But with the strike now the nation’s biggest story, things were not turning the policemen’s way. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

"Okay, now, guess who this is," the oldest said. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

“Okay. I need to go to bed now. Good night, ghost.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I’m using many of her threads still, but I’m beginning now to make my own when I’m at her cott.” Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Taran had never been allowed to read the volume for himself; now he was sure it held more than Dallben chose to tell him. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

We now know that the volume of atmospheric carbon-14 varies depending on how well or not Earth’s magnetism is deflecting cosmic rays, and that that can vary significantly over time. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Go back to America with your prize, the Athena Parthenos. Your comrades back home, Greek and Roman, are on the brink of war. Leave now, and you might save many lives.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This—right now—feels more like a family than I’ve ever had. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

After all, I only had puny softskin muscles now to power my wings, while he had the muscles of a dragons body. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is changing the physical surroundings, now threatening to swallow the auditorium. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She was walking directly into the setting sun, now a great orange perched atop the mountain crests. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Chris was walking up the block toward me, his giant umbrella now being used as a cane to put some extra cool in his bop. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The restaurant was filled now with people who chatted and laughed to an orchestral background and a clatter of plates, and glancing at the clock above the door I saw that it was two o’clock. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The tubing was all gone now and it was a roomy, dry, and safe apartment. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Keep this discovery a secret, at least for now. Serenity and I can help you do some research and go through the box. We’ll figure out who this other Edith is on our own.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“All the lights are off now. Very good. Please, stand over here.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Good thing, because she’s tapping the end of the marker on her bottom lip now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

And she’s right, I know that now, as I kneel on this undeniably hard floor, listening to the ceremony drone on. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

It feels good now, but I don’t think I’m ready to toss my sneakers. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed like Zero had lived at Camp Green Lake forever, but as Stanley thought about it now, he realized that Zero must have gotten there no more than a month or two before him. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Remember to mention that when you talk to the media. Og says there are a few hundred reporters on their way here right now.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Hey, don’t be. Believe it or not, the Thunderhead’s a better father than my father was. I get good advice now, and get asked how my day was by someone who actually seems to care.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

All the president needs now is for Grant to finish the rest of the job, and then he can get to the work of reunification that will be known to history as Reconstruction. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

I am still Adah but you would hardly know me now, without my slant. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went into the police station, which was now full of North Korean soldiers. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was not quite clear to the boy then, but it was now. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

In America, the history of racism is taught like this: “There was slavery and then there was Jim Crow and then there was Martin Luther King Jr. and now it’s done.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You’re in trouble now,” the navigator tells me as I leave our cabin. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Both Mr. and Mrs. Bacon were looking at Adam now, and he knew he had to make some explanation for letting his good land run free. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

I was supposed to do something by now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Computer programming. I’m in between gigs right now because of the relocating,” Mr. Seuss says. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He was unsure now that he had really heard it. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Half hopeful and half afraid of some new danger, Frodo and Sam now both stood still. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dorothy was now his best friend, the only person in the world with whom he shared Nipper. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, of course, that is true. And now, Mademoiselle, may I ask you the reason for these evasions?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

This would all cause trouble later, but for now, the young pilots of the 586th were busy getting used to flying real combat missions—even if they weren’t at the front. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

“I was gone send it to you in New York, but I think you need to have it now.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Papa, Mama, and now Teacher Sarah...how could I go on? Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had her hands in her lap now. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he refused, he was going to get a lot more pain now. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Normally you pay it in addition to your first term’s Arcanum tuition. But since you’ve jumped rank on us, you’ll need to tend to it now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Suddenly they heard the water again, loud now, rushing and splashing. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"All the same,” says Kat, "it’s very good for you to see it just now.” All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

They told everyone the people of Mozambique must work together to build a new nation now that the Portuguese colonialists had been defeated. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If anyone needs to go back, for whatever reason, now is the time,” I say. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He was a veteran of a hundred rangings by now, and the endless dark wilderness that the southron called the haunted forest had no more tenors for him. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

It amazed me that now my body was able to create a child, and it frightened me to think of the pain that lay in my future. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

My jacket, the one my brother gave me, now torn. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I had changed pants and now undid my belt and gingerly let the changed pants down. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“You got that right. Just relax now. Slow it down, get it over the plate, and let the fielders give you a hand.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’d left Georgia at the height of a peach-blossom summer and now stood in a bewildering dry, red fog that seemed like no particular season you could put your finger on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing, though—there was no sound now but lapping water and the distant sound from the lighthouse. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

And now, with new Lady 'Stache Off’s triple beauty action™, you can moisturize and self-tan while you rip that unsightly hair from every pore. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“It feels too deserted; I think I want to go now.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Two hundred and fifty feet below him now, the man in black continued his painful climb. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Zizmo roars again, and now the engine is whining, the ice is whizzing by underneath the car. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And another, firmer voice—her mother’s—added, “Come in now, Winnie. Right away. You’ll get heat stroke out there on a day like this. And your lunch is ready.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He squozed his eyes shut for a second, let out a long breath, sat down, and said, “What? What now?” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“Come now, I’m not going to believe that story. You’re all Tories here. We want your gun.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But what’s wrong with a little burp now and again? It’s sort of fun.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The alcove at the far side had grown as well, now completely unfettered by knotted ropes. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Because even though I was still pretty short, over the summer I'd had a sort of growth spurt or something, and now my jeans were getting snug around my hips. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

All these things I know', but I don’t say them out loud, not now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of us were between the ages of thirteen and sixteen, except Kanei, who was now seventeen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They had reached the Thieves Quarter wall now. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

There were many gray mice on the island and now that I had food to keep from one meal to the other, I needed a safe place to put it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now all the rings were in a pile with the other family valuables, and their mother was tying it all up with a small parcel of clothing. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

‘Since Gandalf’s head is now sacred, let us find one that it is right to cleave!’ The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“I will explain everything, but right now we need to get her home. And away from Freddie as fast as possible.” Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Looking back on it now, there seems little doubt that the Matron disliked small boys very much indeed. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Was that Grace Poole? and is she possessed with a devil?” thought I. Impossible now to remain longer by myself: I must go to Mrs. Fairfax. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Let white flowers grow upon this place that you rest, Yours was a life well lived, and now you dine in the halls of the Elders at their eternal feast. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I recognized now that I was being offered something more than just a career as a player, acting out a variety of roles. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel like this book is familiar for some reason. But I don’t think I’ve heard of it until now,” James said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And now he was going to cut her loose before he dragged her down. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This remarkable star, 5,000 light-years distant, is now called the Crab Supernova, because an astronomer centuries later was unaccountably reminded of a crab when looking at the explosion remnant through his telescope. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now she was confused, now she was just plain scared. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Throughout the West, frontier regions that had long revolved around the horse were now dotted with sleek, modern Howard dealerships. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, all the big tankers were being held up in their ports until the submarines could be chased away. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, he could see his future. es, the mayor will see you now.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

HARRY: I don’t know how you became friends in the first place, but you did, and now—I need you to— ALBUS: My best friend? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

But now she was back to her peaceful self. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

And then I say, “Do you have a houseguest right now, Mrs. Krajewska?” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“I do,” she said, “I feel reborn, as if a festering boil has been lanced and now at last I can begin to heal. I could almost fly.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

As a perverse and incredibly boring experiment, I am now trying to prove that I can get by without the drugs and the drinking. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“I really appreciate it,” Grandpop went on, “and now I need you to do something else for me, ’cause I trust you.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“You ain’t, and I wouldn’t let you now, even if you wanted to.” Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. What you know is written down now. We’ll look it up later in those books you just told me about. You are no longer useful, my little Weed.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“You are part of something special, and right now, our community needs it.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She didn't want to think about the little kids right now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But now, in 1838, it was more expensive to send a letter outside of London, though that didn’t matter to Emma or even to frugal Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

First she twisted Savanna’s brain, and now she’s turning you into a pretty zombie just like she is. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It's been a couple of days since the birthday party now. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“We need to leave now!” he said, looking at the king. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“It’s the only thing you’ve got to remind you of your people, now, isn’t it?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“No, no. Not now. It’ll be fine, I’m sure. I suppose I ought to take it for a test drive. Is that possible?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Get Number Four back on line, and I mean now!” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Curiously, I was too full of fear to cry now. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both ymbrynes seemed profoundly exhausted now, but Miss Peregrine more so; I could see her strength failing. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But peace was there, energy, singing, and now his own remembrances. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

We now had very little money to spend on food, so we had to find other food sources. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all of that—city and angel and calamity—seemed worlds away right now. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Harry was now marking Malfoy so closely their knees kept hitting each other. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The carts rumbled through the streets, and now they came into the quarter of the Jews. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

He was full-on gaping at me now, obviously no longer concerned with the time. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Her husband stretched his neck in order to see her over his newspaper, “What now, Grace?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

His true color was still black, but now it had a bright, glossy sheen. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Also, doc, right now the phone messages and e-mails are bunching up and the rumors are flying. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The lines struck me as wistful suggestions of a stricter time, of rules now observed in the breach, a memory fading like the strict lessons of the Academy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was the Antonapoulos who now was always in his thoughts. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“We only severed the connection the spirit had upon Nathan. Right now, it is finding its way back to his uncle. It will be very angry.” Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I wonder if I’d called the police back when I was ten or thirteen or fifteen, would Charlie be alive now. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She’s always looking straight up now, paying attention to whatever the teacher is saying, like she’s afraid to miss a word. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

What now of the passengers inside, still moving forward with tremendous inertia? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The professor has just confirmed what Ida told me; now I need to hie myself over to that side of town and find Katherine and Lily. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She looked more like me and Juanita now, strong and voluptuous, but tired from working so hard. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Father. It is in full bloom now.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And now to business,” said Artemis, placing a micro recorder on the table. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A lifetime of hurt, a lifetime of proving himself, a lifetime of anger controlled his muscles now. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Jane,” he told me afterward, “now I know how you felt when David Greybeard first took a banana from you!” My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

By now everyone has put down their forks to watch the scene unfold. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m working in the priory kitchen now. They might need me more if Sister Fenella’s ill.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I already placed the order. I don’t know if they’ll let me swap now. You know how they are over there.” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“It has been nine days and your debt is discharged. If you came to hear me say it, you can go now.” A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

But now being a girl was like being stuffed into a heavy, constricting costume. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

"Bran, child, why do you torment yourself so? One day you may do some of these things, but now you are only a boy of eight." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Do you think McCoy could be obsessed with someone else now? Like...he found a new tether?” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Ramo had disappeared from the cliff and I knew that he was now running along the trail that led to the beach. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Zion told me it’s actually summer down there right now,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He was wondering about the speckled cattle, whether they had pushed their way through the fence and were halfway to Mexico by now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I was a little frozen. I’m OK now.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was obvious now that Clara was truly riding around inside of Penelope’s body. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He is seventy now, with short gray hair and soft eyes that can water at a mention of the past. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“It’s hard to start from nothing. A few weeks ago, some of you were where Howard is now. It takes time. And patience.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

I found it and now I’ll wear heavy boots for the rest of my life? Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, that’s why it exploded. I shook up a lot of bubbles. It’s safe now. It’s just like water. Go ahead, you can finish it,” he said, and she continued to take tiny curious sips. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But for now, I settle into my seat. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you don’t want to be rude to your friends, Johnny-boy, now do you? Share and share alike.” The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

That time has now come to South Africa. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though I once hated the sight of the scar, I view it with a sort of pride now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It was not acceptable that I was now living as a male person. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Alas, I do not wish to entertain these unwelcome thoughts now, so I push them from my mind. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Right now, I have other things to do. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

The upper edge of the circular cutout was now thirty feet in the air, the lower edge fully sunk into the ground and out of sight. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

I realize now it was just plain foolish of me to think he ever would. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The path seemed to switch directions constantly but overall we were now headed more or less in the right di-rection. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivan had tried to save them, but he wasn’t as good at magic back then as he was now. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Feeling better now, I walked back up the hill to gather the few palm fronds that were left for a new fire base. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tomorrow, or any time other than now, would not do. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

So Mr. Patrice will be the Prime Minister of the Congo now and it won’t be the Belgian Congo anymore, it will be the Republic of Congo. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her heels lifted from the sandals now and then. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Almost as if she were reading my mind, my mother said, “Everything’s different now—I go to church, have a good job, and I’m sober.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Okay I’m thoroughly awake now, thank you very much. What’s this all about?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Others moved into the few spaces available at Harlem Valley, a former state mental hospital about forty-five minutes from Sing Sing that was now used to house correction officers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the energy to make fun of him now, and I’ve come to trust that there’s a reason for everything he does. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

You can see Laman never moved a thing since his mother died and now we have to clean up so that we can live in this place. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

And not telling me till now that he'd been there when my daddy went in that lake. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

“We have to go! We have to go now!” A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

That fact had not assumed importance in his eyes until now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I thought coming home would help me feel better, but now all I could see was my mother’s bare wrists, Fozia’s frightened face, and a baby sister who would never know me. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Even now, Izzy thought, her sister seemed less effervescent, less gregarious, as if a damper had been closed. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I say, the possibilities firing in my head, though most of them involve Dennis, and now even Jack, the two of them watching the blaze from the periphery. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not right now, because now you’re going to the bathroom to throw up! It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was huge now and low in the sky. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The wedding will be in Calcutta, a little over a year from now, on an auspicious January day, just as she and her husband were married nearly thirty- four years ago. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember now. When the Titans ruled, they imprisoned Gaia and Ouranos’s earlier children— the Cyclopes and the Hekatonkheires.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Persons like my good friends now, those who, smiling, wonder why I am more than an hour late for their Sunday brunch. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Only now do I hear the sound of voices coming from the street below. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sailed lightly now and he had no thoughts nor any feelings of any kind. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their hair had once been piled in curls, arranged with jewels in the style of Roman noblewomen, but now their locks were disheveled and dry as straw. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In fact, she was probably already on her way to Middletown right now. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mass meetings were now being held weekly at Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The element of surprise had been lost—now he must try another ploy, the show of force. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn't see her because Rita was now spinning around, and everything in the restaurant had become somewhat blurred—all the faces had become one face; all the screams had become one scream. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Don’t be afraid to tell my own truth and talk about the journey that led me to where I am right now. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Yet, now the paper was invisibly fastened in the book, with only a thin line, like a scar, showing that it had ever been removed. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

But I have not got to that bit yet, and now von Linden is just arriving, and I will have to translate what I have written today for him myself, since Engel is not here. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“Somewhere to the west. They have been doing this for four or five summers now. But I don’t remember seeing this many.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

This way of keeping a diary is much nicer, and now I can hardly wait for those moments when I’m able to write in you. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But now I didn’t feel so many regrets. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Between Boots and the twenty killer rats that were now streaming across the bridge—there was only Tick. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

I think we better go now or we’ll be missing that train to Limerick. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

“And having arrived at the fact that there is—eh bien—where is he now?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything looks wrong, false, weird, like in dreams, and now," he murmured, turning his head to indicate the surroundings outside, “now we’re flying. Or the night is flying past us. Or something." Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Gollum had shown no signs of tiring, but now he looked up and halted. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you go get your corn now, Biddy. I need to rest and be alone with my thoughts.” Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I saved those writings—they now sit in a box on a closet shelf—and to this day it still hurts me to read them. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Same truck he’s driving now, right here in front of me. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Tire peace dividend changed the region once again, and now it is best known for the great gambling casinos of Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods and for the pharmaceutical researchers of Pfizer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

Before he had entered the service he had not been much interested in warfare; now he bought every book about war, read every report, subscribed to the New York papers, studied maps. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Strawberry trotted on with Digory on his back till the noise of the other animals died away, and now the little group of Aslan and his chosen councillors was quite close. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Wait. Do you see me backward right now?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I felt as if our family were almost falling into their arms now. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The salty smell that she had grown accustomed to was now overwhelming. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And I used to be a bike messenger. Right now I’m a handyman. Turns out I have mad skills with a wrench.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

“Of course you did. Everybody did. Everybody but me. But I can play it now. It’s my game now.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now she wept, after her long austerity, as though she would never be able to stop. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

By now, I had taught myself to tell time, very roughly, simply by turning my head toward the direct warmth of the sun. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We’re supposed to be meeting the squadron at the club for drinks right now. Then we’re all driving over to the mess hall together for the ball.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would not listen: “You ain’t in the pulpit now. You’s here with me. Even a Reverend’s got the right to take off his clothes sometime and act like a natural man.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The bow was completely underwater now, and waves swept over the deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then over the years Methuselah had searched through Redwall for Martin and his sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The game! It must have been a blowout. Everyone’s leaving now.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The priest had watched every inch of the way, and he was sure now where the angel was standing. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Right now it’s mostly Negroes, a few drovers mixed in here and there. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

What animal he was now, Will could hardly tell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Its a criminal offense now to tune into a foreign broadcast. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I avoided the nursery, whose murals were now partly obscured by rubbery black stains where the rebels had burned the corpses of my friends. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Gently now, she prods Minou, “Tell me what the girls had to say today?” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt as though I had now discarded the last remnant of my childhood. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I usually hate the days I'm trapped in the laundromat with my mother, but right now I would give anything to be staring at laundry spinning in circles. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Obscure at the time they were spoken, the words were now as clear to Ranofer as the shape of the shelves in front of him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Well, just for fun—suppose I ask the robots from now on a few questions on gamma rays. Wave length limits, for instance.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

I mean, the innocence of it all seemed almost silly now. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“The family calls her Dale. She’s almost fifty now, still living in Baltimore, with grandchildren of her own. Henrietta’s husband is still alive. He’s around eighty-four—still goes to the clinics at Johns Hopkins.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It is set up in a crater alongside us; Berger has fetched it, and now the counter-attack comes over from behind; we are set free and make contact with the rear. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sound now like a wooden club repeatedly slapping a side of beef. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

“I had to pick a door. You know? If I hadn’t said anything, that picture would be everywhere by now.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

They’d have been watching with spyglasses, preparing, and now she could hear them calling back and forth, readying their intercept. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“He’s back awake now—they called from the hospital. We think it’s his kidneys. Remember when he had that really bad attack a year ago?” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Down the Hill, everyone lives for the now and everything is raw. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now he could see two more azure, nearly circular lakes above the ninth Little Baldy Bear. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Smiling, he gained the saddle of his horse and whipped his horse along, thanking the old man, who rode with him now until they were out of sight and hearing. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

If anything, Grant is even more beloved than the president right now. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

By now, the husbands who lived on other plantations had come for their Sunday-night visits. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll wrap her in the blanket for now and dress her properly when it’s aired out a bit or washed if we can.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He glanced around at the surrounding trees again, but was convinced now that nobody was going to attack him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

However, you have found me out,’ you says just now. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Yes— he give me $ now and then when he had it. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And right now I could use all the help I can get.” Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

But he seemed at peace now with the risks he was taking. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was moving quietly now; for he thought that he could hear the sound of voices talking, still some way above. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s holed up in his office right now with his security detail.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

He should ask Harrison about tear gas now, but instead he said, “Let me show you my new room in the Boys’ Quarters.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

If the other boys on the block were now smaller than me physically and somewhat behind in their athletic ability, they were far behind in their literary skills. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

As if, now that we were getting waxed together, she could treat me like an adult. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I promise I will commiserate with broken people all over the whole wide world from now on and forever. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

She puts one leg in the car and says, “I guess now you know you’re not the only freak.” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The tiny gray balls turn silver, bright silver, and now there are swirls of yellow mixed in. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

He was getting angry now as Lucas continued his interrogation. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

It was made of dark green nylon with an aluminum frame, but now it had the curious look of flesh. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then, Wishbone’s feet jerked and he let out a little yip while he slept. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

"I was told Princess Charlotte will wake up any day now. The queen will announce it at the Declaration of Heirs Ceremony, you'll see." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Even under my pillow with my eyes closed, I could tell my room was way too bright now. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Hugo couldn’t be taken away now, not when he was so close to finishing the mechanical man. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was as if he’d never really wanted anything, and now this wanting blazed inside him like a lamp, the light reflecting out of him as bright as a beam from a lighthouse. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Harry wanted to believe that Kreacher had changed toward him in the past month, that he would be loyal now, but who knew what would happen? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Mom said, Look at that beauty—now that is a strong woman, keeping on while the going is rough. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

With remarkable prudence he acknowledged that his calculations could be wrong if "sources now unknown to us are prepared in the great storehouse of creation"–but it was clear that he thought that unlikely. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

More MPs were running through the gate now, toward the fight. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Controlled by the simulation, he will now murder the people he called innocent not three minutes ago. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She had no doubt now, nor had Michael, that Mary Poppins had gone for good because the wind had changed. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

And now the line has moved and I’m next, a small, new officer before the mighty sergeant. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t you think we should trade names now that we know so much about each other?” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“She may have started talking now, but she will never heal.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Two men and three women, relatives of The General, had bullied Adamu to open the gate, and now stood at the front door, shouting. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mini turned even redder, now looking like a tomato’s mutant cousin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He edged among them, looking around, and suppressed a laugh as he imagined the look that would spread over Dudley’s piggy face if he could see where Harry was now. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was lying back on the settee now, tugging a sock over his foot and trying to sound casual, but I knew he was anxious for my reaction. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Between that and evaporation, most pools are now totally empty. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She looked very tired and worn now but she was still cheerful. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Not only did I have my very own last name but now I knew someone else’s. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Officer Trixie walks back to the cell house door and stands stiff and straight, not smoking now. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Facing the rear of the building, I now discovered a back door had been left partially open. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

After a while, I lift my head to see what Eden's drawing now. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

And now I answered, "Painful and empty," as I saw a glittering butterfly circle three times around my blood-red parts, up there beneath the bridge's high arch. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

This man looked exactly the same, except that now the roles were reversed. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up until now, the whole day had been tainted by suspicion and doubt, but David’s face shone with admiration for what she had done. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

She was smiling now and reached out and pushed me gently, and I thought, here it goes again. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

They say they want to make an effort to admit more low-income students, just as they now do for minorities and children of alumni. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

There was activity below him now, cattle and horses and sheep moving, the sheep bells clanging, and birds—magpies and bluebirds and killdeer—everywhere. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Link can handle most of it on his own now, so I work on my homework. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

We didn’t sound Rwandan since we had never lived there—or even visited there—until now. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The Home Town Chronicle showed a picture of Mrs. Bigio on the front page, holding in one hand the American flag that had been draped over his casket, now folded into a triangle. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

There’s no hiding it now No way out. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

So now I have a car and a weapon and maybe some water. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Maybe he used to be the best, like everybody says, but right now he couldn’t catch a tuna if it jumped in his lap. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

If this has to happen, he thought, it might as well be now. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

By now, my partner’s got the white kid. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m saying it now because I might not have time later. I forgive you for not washing the dishes when it was your turn.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The hogs were gone now, but I could see their tracks in the sand around the rocks, where they’d tried to get at him from behind. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I had broken down my reluctance at saying Rebecca’s name, first with the bishop’s wife and now with Frank Crawley, the urge to continue was strong within me. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha was mad before, but now he's a volcano when we cross the alley at night to the garage. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

To trace out that chain, let us now remind ourselves how large dense populations themselves arise. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They also knew they must act now or never. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The boy and his heart had become friends, and neither was capable now of betraying the other. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfectly balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

But I do see now why it was no accident that I later wound up as a sub-editor with a literal blue pencil. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

The built-in fly escaped the flames, so it was still more or less weatherproof; now, however, it was approximately thirty degrees colder inside. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s time to be with my brother now. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I know he’s Josh’s friend now and not mine but I don’t like all of these people so I wish I could at least see him. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Lasaraleen, now quite selfish in her panic, fought back and pinched her feet. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t much matter, since I’m here now. And I have a name.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, from all of your stocks and bonds right now, over fifty thousand dollars. It’s less because I took out my commission, but I will of course reinvest it.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

There was now good blood in the family against a future bad choice by one of its women. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

But I knew they were inside, bound and gagged, hurt maybe, and now I was the one to make haste until we were both almost running. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

By now the air was a deep, damp blue. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It upset him now to think that she might have. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Even now, since the King had begun to encourage Justice so as to bind the power of Fort Mayne once for all, there were three kinds of law to be wrestled with. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If you had been born such, would you have been here now? Not you—” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

You can see the chapel, now quite open to its god, and the windows of the great hall with the solar over it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t matter. It’s behind me now and I just won’t think about it another minute.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Aru dragged it over to Mini, who, by now, was buried up to her chin. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Both boats were now logging impressive trial times, but neither seemed able to beat the other decisively. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

"You've got the book now! What more do you want with him?" Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They call out a chorus of numbers that are as familiar to me now as my own name: BP, pulse ox, respiratory rate. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Company now took their leave and returned to their pavilion. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

"One of which is in my possession now." Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

But now as I look out across the open deck, there it is, poking rudely off the side of the ship like a middle finger. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

As for a name, they have decided to let Ashima’s grandmother, who is past eighty now, who has named each of her other six great-grandchildren in the world, do the honors. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

If it weren’t for her morning meditation sessions, Alex is sure his mom would have throttled an aide by now. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It is easy now to admit my wrongs, even to this proud sister, for I no longer fear the consequences of speaking truth. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The Helianthus annuus are fine for now in their containers, but they will need to be transplanted. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

They had been his friends for a long time; they were the only ones left now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not crowded right now, so we manage to snag a booth. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You go on home now, son. Back to your own kind. I seen ya at the block party. Now you get goin’.” Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll see you tomorrow,” he sighed, and I knew he wanted me to leave now. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

The squad car was hot but, oddly, it looked darker outside now than when he’d first arrived—so dark, in fact, that he couldn’t see anything, not even the construction trailer. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It now preferred to take on the shape of a slim golden bracelet around her wrist. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Fine, Doc, just fine. We got two new chairs. I wish you’d come up and see us. It’s pretty nice up there now.” Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear Dad saying my name but he is in another world right now. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t mean it that way. I mean that I just wish I knew before now.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to talk about that right now.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

If they had, I might’a done something crazy because of how I was feeling now. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I didn’t understand him then, but now I did. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

And now with a car between them, Henry gives him an answer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was so proud that I was at the Academy now. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Inside it was the book, which he had now had in his possession for six days and had not yet opened, nor even looked at. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“I need to do some work now,” I said. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“So, in plain English, are we friends now?” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Because he has lied to law enforcement. .. and he has hidden behind an attorney, he will not have any consequences for his actions as he is now on a mission. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Merpeople were emerging on all sides now, watching him eagerly, pointing at his webbed hands and gills, talking behind their hands to one another. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

The members of Marina Raskova’s regiments would meet—and a dwindling few, now in their nineties, still do—in front of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, in May and in November. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Holmes could not claim the money himself, for by now Cowie knew him. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I gladly advanced; and it was not merely a cold word now, or even a shake of the hand that I received, but an embrace and a kiss. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

And so it is now that she’s making her final checks before takeoff, looking for passengers who are going to need a little extra help. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, it’s time to really hold her down now.” First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not able to work now because of my liver—I only have about thirty percent of my liver left from drinking. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh my god! Stella, we have to go right now!” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

But now, seeing one like this, in obvious discomfort—it changed things. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I have no further role to play, I have to accept that now. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I’m sure. It can wait. Right now we need to be celebrating.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Then why are you here? There’s no possible reason—” “There is, but it’s not one I can explain right now.” An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Yet it helped him to hear it aloud just now—it helped him to think more clearly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

It had melted as it fell on the wet ground and now it was raining again. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“There’s not anything else you can tell, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since we’re all doing deep confessions right now, I broke up with her because I wasn’t good enough for her.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But Mack and the boys had something to do now. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leo was getting the hang of it now. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

In many states, including Colorado and Maryland, people convicted of drug offenses now constitute the single largest category of people admitted to prison. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Cara could see that now, and she could believe it was true, even if all the rest of it still didn’t make any sense to her. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

As the flight continues north, look west, at the hills of what are now the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Guerrero. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

To hear those cries now: the scene a stand of oranges, a wall of canned ham. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes coyotes would come and eat watermelons, too; and now and then a deer would jump into the field and eat corn, melons, and peas. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wish I had a coat to hide behind now. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Connor surveys me with his finger to his lip like he now has to send all of his mosh pit extras home. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For now, both teenagers are just taking the bus home from school. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She looked the same now as she always had, but people knew—almost everyone in our town knew—that she had changed. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Hundreds of people were now entitled to pursue new sentences, and most were in states where they had no clear right to counsel. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and try to drown out the sound, which seems so inappropriate now. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Every now and again they heard a dull rumble, as a great boulder rolled down from hidden heights above. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Well, said Fujiko, now your father is gone, folding laundry in a camp in Montana, and we all must get by, endure. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The younger boys, used to seeing his black temper break out at the least hint of slight or insult, watched him in wonder at his coolness now. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually you reach a height where you can see the tops of the topmost trees, with nothing but clear sky beyond, and your faltering spirit stirs—nearly there now!—but this is a pitiless deception. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t forget the peach is a lot lighter now than when we started out,” James told them. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

The old couple were on the steps now, the old man holding her arm, the white men leaning forward above, and the crowd pressing me closer to the steps. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am sorry to say, those men making their agreements in Katanga just now are accustomed to getting what they want.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a thousand years ago now, something that had happened to a different person in a different life ... to Arya Stark the Hand's daughter, not Arry the orphan boy. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Ah, well, I told myself, there's no turning back now. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He was wearing an oversize white T-shirt that draped over his bony shoulders and gray thermal underwear that covered his legs, which were now trembling in fear. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

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

Her dark hair was braided like Zoe’s now, so you could actually see her face. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

I now understand Cinna's choice of dress for me for tonight. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Having regular meals had filled out his once hollow cheeks, and he was three inches taller than her now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Are you wearing one of those right now?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I should like to stand up in Sunday school now and ask: May Africa talk back? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tom Sands said, “And there’s another. Right now he’s just walking around the chapel. He’s the one who’s been all around the graveyard for the last month. But there’s something different about him.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And if she didn't know already that she liked that stupid, effing Asian kid, she knew it now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Back then, he’d thought it was a hallucination, another one of the jungle’s illusions, but he saw clearly now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

His face was long, with a high forehead, he had deep darkling eyes, hard to fathom, though the look that they now bore was grave and benevolent, and a little weary. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The puddle of water churned now, and I saw glimpses through its cloudy surface. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Right now, the contenders are, of all people, Michael Clark and Edna, which has split the class into boys versus girls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“Paqo,” I said, poised to ask a question I had pondered for some time now, “where is Beyond? Is it past the stars?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Although the MSA had been a critical part of keeping me focused while at Duke, I had now developed my own routines that reminded me of and kept me close to God. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

It felt as though his feet were glued to the grass, which had now become the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had a room now, and I had a life, too, and there was no place in either one for Mom and Dad. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She added, with meaning, “Just don’t start in on me again, bright and early in the morning, Zooey, please. I mean it, now.” Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, if I turned now and went back the way we had come, I could be in Monson by the following afternoon. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It takes strength to push myself up, because I need air by now, badly. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She knew that even offering to leave now could be provocative. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

What he himself was wondering was: Why now, four years later? Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Surely panic is the one thing we shouldn’t do right now.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It has only been nine months since he died, and now my teacher wants me to open the floodgates and lose control of my emotions by writing a book? The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I still think about that now, eating off the metal trays in the prison cafeteria. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

At the end of the eulogy, he says, “If anybody wishes to view the body, now is the—” He stares at the back of the church. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

They were going straight back to the platform now. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

But he was close now and coming fast toward the safety of runways and the smell of hangars. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they would now be in competition with the black agenda put forward by the two black aldermen and backed by the power of the Republican mayor. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I been looking for you and that white girl you run off with for a long time now,” Clay drawled. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are a state, now. Independence and all that.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaves were rustling outside her window; now that it stood open she could hear the littlest sound. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my dear children. Pray for them. They are all alone now.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Ah! The new voice speaks first with strength and now with wisdom. I will discuss the matter with Yawar. It is time for you to leave, for soon they will arrive with the injured boy.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Consider now another true story of a real-estate agent’s information abuse. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

We were flying now, going up the droptube, and I was waiting for her directions. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then my parents have Styrofoam or plastic bowls on hand, but most of the time they don’t, so I have to secretly take a real one. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

There were a lot more of them now. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, Sahil, I know college isn’t the right path for everyone! But, Twinkle, I assume going to film school affords you some opportunities you wouldn’t otherwise get, no?” From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

But Rodney said quietly, with a tremor of excitement: “There. Over in that corner. In the blue outfit. Her, talking now to the big red woman.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m used to seeing a random one every now and again, but tonight it feels crowded. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

He reared back to hit her, but I was closer now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The house where Billy had grown up used to be somewhere in what was so empty now. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I was going upstairs to fetch my portfolio and pencils, Mrs. Fairfax called to me: “Your morning school-hours are over now, I suppose,” said she. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

What matters now, as we near the end of sixth grade, is that freezing urine is easy. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Matthew Brady, who had photographed Lincoln many times, now photographed the scene of his murder. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ll start the fire now so we have good coals for cooking supper.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And if already, right now, she was in the family way and it was a boy, she was likely to get more out of Grandpa than Mama could stand—and heir more, too. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She laughed nervously and said, “Well, now he’s in Man’s Greatest Hospital.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

The heavy burden I have borne so long now lifts from my soul. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Perhaps, he thought now, if he chopped enough wood quickly, there would still be time at the end of the day . A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

We were literally now putting our family in front of the American people. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

But now those hopes could be put to rest. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Compounds containing spores of Bacillus thuringiensis are now being manufactured by several firms in the United States under various trade names. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I will be sixteen on my next one, about three weeks from now. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Dari’s already done with his worksheet, of course, and I’m realizing now that the answers were probably in our reading from this weekend, which I didn’t do. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"So now you are a woman. Do you have the least idea of what that means?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

But now, trying to write simple English, I not only wasn’t articulate, I wasn’t even functional. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I decided the moment was now, right here, right now, with the bright lights of the house of God shining on us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

My head is getting heavy, “Not such a coincidence,” she says, and now she picks up the binder of old show pictures. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The abbot’s eyebrows now nearly mingled with his thinning hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

It was strange how everything had been so full of life and funny and in a way sad, and now everything was quiet. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another zeppelin, meanwhile, had found a clear space farther down the valley, and the crossbow men who disembarked from it were now running up the path to reinforce those already in action. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But what will they do with her now — tonight — before the trial?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He was probably there now, on a redwood bar stool, watching this exact game. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He saw that the sword which Frodo still held unsheathed was glittering with blue flame; and he saw that though the sky behind was now dark, still the window in the tower was glowing red. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

When Pinmei finally dared to look back at the Sea King, she saw his head had elongated, with deep brows shadowing his glittering eyes and his horns now majestic. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

I adjust the settings and now everything isn't all stretched and too bright. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

I had met my number one celebrity crush, and now my fish could peacefully swim across the rainbow bridge. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I would have to be on constant alert from now on, watching for signs of what his real motives were. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driver cursed and complained but Paul murmured reassuring words to him in French, as I couldn’t be stopped now. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You two, we need to go now,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

It occurred to him now how lucky he and Koffi had been. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But now she was staring at her phone. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I am always well. But I am getting old. I detect signs of age now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

And similar to that person Jack had described, she also couldn’t imagine ignoring The Gold-Bug puzzle now that she’d found it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They were driving through mountains now, the slopes on both sides of the road rose ever more steeply, and there came a point where the houses looked not just unfamiliar but really different. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She writes, “I have found the paintings”—clearly she didn’t have them hanging up—and they are now even dearer to me.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

My refuge from the nightmare of Plaszów was now a trap. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s enough. Turner will be hungry, and the Lord knows we could all do with something to eat, now that the excitement is over.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

“Let’s just say I never planned on staying long enough for it to matter. And besides...me and Jesus have been ignoring each other in peace for a long time now.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was confused now, but Dessie could hold his bit and point him, the way a handler points a thoroughbred at the barrier to show his breeding and his form. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I just nodded at my uncle, who was now wiping tears from his own cheeks, and swallowed my pretend cupcake. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

When my father came home in the evenings now, the first thing he did was to announce how long the siege had been going on. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know if you can hear me, but I’m ready to press the button now.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

There aren’t any chicks right now because it isn’t the time of year when they get them, but Jane, who works at the paint counter, says they get hundreds every spring, and sometimes ducklings too. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“It still sounds like nonsense,” Constance muttered, “and now I’m hungry.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

For now, before sunrise, there were no divisions, no barriers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had now forgotten the delicious meal which he had enjoyed, and all that remained was the burning pain from the blows which the people had inflicted on him. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

My eyes were wide-open; I finally understood it now. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I am now,” I say, and I breathe him in and close my eyes. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Aru could now make out long swords, axes, maces, and arrows with strung bows, all jutting from the tangle of teeth. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Can you perhaps stop putting your sodding life in danger now?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘I know of them,’ said Pippin softly, ‘but I will not speak of them now, so near, so near.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

The people, the thousands of people who had dangled so peacefully and quietly, now surrounded Roza and Finn, crouching like animals, needle teeth bared. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was now twelve and in the seventh grade. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Emily felt its squat presence now as she closed the front door on the search parties and turned to cross the hallway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

And now I had to march down to Malloy's house with my giant hand and tell him what happened. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

But now I was tired of her game. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After all, we had been away less than a year, and customers whose accounts I had formerly remembered without consulting the ledger were now complete strangers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were now no openings to other galleries or tunnels on either side, and the floor was level and sound, without pits or cracks. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

From his office in the Soviet-East European Division, Ames pulled secret files on every Soviet agent who had switched sides and was now working with the CIA. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell me something new. I’ve been sixteen for two years now.” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was calmer now that his first anger had passed. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go to dance now. Have fun.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I can’t help it. He’s a rat now. I’m just treating him like the dirty, rotten, slimy rat that he is.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grit my teeth and pull out my second knife so that I now have one in each hand. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“I understand now. I understand everything. I just wanted to know the truth, Daddy.” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Kathy, calmer now, was glad to hear that he had been able to help the dogs, that he was feeling useful. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

She would have loved to read aloud to her mother from her own favorite books, but of course she understood why Mo very seldom did so, even now. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

We’ve now seen, from Niger-Congo language distributions, that the blacks who did the engulfing were the Bantu. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, maybe we should wait. It’s only a couple of months now.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Shouldn’t we wait to see if Len—the results on our epiderm-filters. It won’t be long now. Perhaps we will not need to use the toxin at all, if we must leave.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The only one who ever challenged him in any way now was Citra. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Were you sleeping? Sorry, I thought Penny would be awake by now.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

And he answered: ‘I have wished thee joy ever since first I saw thee. It heals my heart to see thee now in bliss.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

"What's risky about having your nephew from the village visit? You want your money, you'll get it when you bring him back—or give him to me now for a quarter of the price." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

It now appeared that Snowball had not, as the animals had previously imagined, merely attempted to lose the Battle of the Cowshed by means of a stratagem, but had been openly fight-ing on Jones’s side. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

Mama has enough to worry about right now. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh, my dear boy, how I wish we could go back there now, how I wish we could start again. I wouldn’t have yelled at you, I promise.” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lower the book, thinking Jeremy would be gone into school by now. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“So,” she starts, “are you going to come home now? You don’t have to worry about your stuff going missing.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Hugo felt sure that the note was going to answer all his questions and tell him what to do now that he was alone. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I know now that this must have happened in the month of October in the year nineteen thirty-nine. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

“Uncle Louver says that sometimes, even now, he catches a shadowy glimpse of that figure going hither and yon, especially during a full moon.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was one of my best V-cuts ever, probably a little soggy now with the juice from the tomato soaking into the bread all afternoon. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Markus Wolf had waited out the fall of communism and now watched the dissolution of his longtime protector, the KGB. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But for now let’s just keep this murder talk in the family. We can trust each other, but something is wrong and I’m not sure why.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She rummaged now in her suitcase for it, opened and sniffed it, rubbing some under her nose. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

He nods back, and it feels like enough for now. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She was really sweating under her load now. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

But now, the plainclothesmen had gone away as suddenly as they had appeared. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, now listen very carefully,” the sawed-off shotgun continued. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Annabeth nodded to let me know she was better now, then she murmured something I couldn’t hear because of the wax in my ears. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way I could forget about Marcus’s alibi witness, especially now that I had her name. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“However, the legend of which you speak is such a very sensational, even ludicrous tale —” But the whole class was now hanging on Professor Binns’s every word. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I was now definitely decided upon leaving home. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had always been incredibly disorganized, but now her disorganization reached new heights. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But more than just increasing in numbers, Mr. Muhammad’s version of Islam now had been getting in some other types of black people. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is better to agree now,” said my father. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

But for now, I just want to go home. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bod heard the howling again: now it came from their right. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

"Miss, whoever you thought was there next to you, he's not there now. And I've got to go before the light changes." Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And this change, O most learned Prince, has doubtless been brought to pass by the powerful incantations of those wicked persons who now call themselves kings and queens of Narnia." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

When at last he reached it he knew that now he could die and he was glad. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked down at the child, who had quieted some, and was now staring at the Witch in the same way that she had stared at the Grand Elder—with a calm, probing, unsettling gaze. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The crowd was in a turmoil now, shouting, jeering, urging Janza on. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The music increases in tempo, and now there is something harsher about the way the snakes move. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I was smart enough to put things in my head in my youth and now I have a library in my head. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The disagreement, which has ramifying political implications, is encapsulated by Amazonia, the subject to which I will now turn. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Since waking, he’d traveled nine hours without thinking of rest once, but now the stunning immensity of the distance ahead drained what was left of his energy. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

He looks better now, no doubt about that, but the signs we used to gauge his moods are all gone. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

But now into the gracious doorway stepped Zeus’s daughter Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now word had spread and bystanders lingered outside the cabins, heads tilted in anticipation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

No, I must still be strong, it has to be something else, now what could it be? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I watched him push around the corner to the top of the hill leaning sharp against the cart handle, and heard his voice arise, muffled now, as he started down. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Pardon me, Headmaster. But our family can’t afford that tutor from Kolkata, sir, and I’ve heard you say that math was your best subject. I think I could learn it now—with your help.” Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

Someone at the head of the column winded the horn every now and then, and each time the sound came from a little further off. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was a wonder Conner hadn’t tossed it out the window by now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Sunny went on, “At first, I didn’t like him—Butteray. We fought a lot, like you and me used to. But now Ray and I are friends. Just like me and you. I gotta go.” The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

We all crave sweetness, now more than ever since there are so many ways to satisfy that need. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

The yips and howls, and what they meant, were in his head now. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lloyd: What problems have made Wells what it is now? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom is locked up right now, for being strong and proud and, heck, for being exactly what Ella wants me to be. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They are at peace now, son. Their suffering is over.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said Harry, now trying to sound innocently curious. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He heard the words the way Mom had said them eight years ago, and the way Emma said them now, and the tone was exactly the same. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

She eased the gourd away from the baby and said, “There now, darling. Go slow. Ain’t no point making you’self sick.” Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

Until now he has seen radios only in glimpses: a big cabinet wireless through the lace curtains of an official’s house; a portable unit in a miners’ dormitory; another in the church refectory. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, then you don’t work in a house now?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“But she was just a kid. She didn’t have a choice. It’s not like she could’ve said Mom, Dad, our visa is expired. We should go hack to Jamaica now.” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Me and you, shank. The Tour begins now.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

The seats around me were now filled with other students, and our teacher, Mr. Avenovich, was materializing at the front of the classroom. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I just now called down there. She’s fine. You didn’t shoot her if that is what you are thinking.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

After many years of taking careful precautions to avoid pregnancy, I was now singularly dedicated to the opposite endeavor. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Although he was still, of course, a professional of the highest class, he was now in his seventies and much ravaged by arthritis and other ailments. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was sitting in the snack bar now, with her back to the valve. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And why are you here now?” my father said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I looked down at my dinner, which was before me, now. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It will be better if I take him with me now, with his tail between his legs.” The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every time his music is performed it lives again, fresh, newly awoken, sometimes interpreted surprisingly or unexpectedly but always experienced in the here and now. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“Now, now, let’s be nice,” this other dude said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Better, now that you are here,” she said, remembering sadly that day that seemed so long ago. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

It had been formal once, but now was wild. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Transvice glistened with shine and, now charged, put out a faint orange glow. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

But now, at the age of forty-one, I feel another birth coming on. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Alyssa had been dead six thousand years now, and still no drop of the torrent had ever reached the valley floor far below. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Kronos’s scythe had liquefied into molten metal and was trickling into the coals of the hearth, which now glowed like a blacksmith’s furnace. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He began practicing law in Natal, a region in what is now South Africa. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z

Matt wished he could see what was happening, but he had no chance of prying Maria away from the peephole now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Action had been taken, so the whole issue was dropped for now. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She’d never seen any of that goodwill returned; she never would now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Danny was watching him now, too, and his little brother stared at him as though in a trance, his mouth open, his eyes glazed. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Tommy and Gino were now going all the way back into their own end of the field to pick up the ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was, after all, a job that promised to exercise my talent for public speaking, and if the pay was anything at all it would be more than I had now. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s with someone right now. It might be a while—” A tall, lean Cealdish man opened the door behind the entry desk. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“There now,” he says, straightening up, “I’ll take just a minute. If I move too fast, my head forgets where it is.” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I have time to think about that right now. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

The first was that I was now a real leatherneck. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The reedy guy grinned in a now we can be pals way. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Deen stared at her now, as though he didn’t quite recognize her. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

By the end of the next day, he had to limp along one-legged with an arm around Gendry, and now he couldn't even do that. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“But Newt thinks we should go tonight. It doesn’t sound so good now.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I now felt awful, and I was confused. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mami was the leader now that they lived in the States. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

And now, all of a sudden, it was gone. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

All my anger and fear and anxiety now zero in on the back of his head. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

It was now dark again outside 3 Guys. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

More code-breaking adventures lay ahead of her—and from now on, she would do her best to set the terms. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

"From now on your friend here will not be allowed to move around the house unsupervised," Ida said angrily. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

LeAlan: Is there anyone who you can look at now who you felt was very bleak back then but has changed around? Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And now, little brother, pray excuse me. I need to bathe and dress for the feast. I wonder if I still have that chainmail gown I like to wear over my boiled leather smallclothes?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I realize now, she’d wanted to introduce me to her daughter. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

I wonder this about everything now, trying to piece together the last minutes of the boy I loved. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

My eye pained and swelled with each throb of my pounding heart and I wondered if now I would be allowed to speak. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was grim and grave as ever, but Ged knew now his compassion, and loved him well. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Olmsted recognized that now he himself would have to take over direct supervision of the exposition work, but he felt less up to the duty than ever. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

He could not remember wanting anything so badly as he wanted to kiss her now. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

I think of the beauty of the room in which Amber now sleeps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And they were after Jan now; he was safe. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

There are even more now than last Monday, following the angle of my eyebrows. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

In the case of the Mexica, the obvious target is Hernan Cortes, who landed near what is now the city of Veracruz on April 22, 1519. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Couples were flocking to city halls and county courthouses to exercise what was now a constitutional right. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

It grows, now it is the sound of many little feet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

To ensure compliance, the film department of the propaganda ministry now directly oversaw the planning and production of all new German films. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Slowly they had built up the sketchy maps and notes now stacked in front of Hermione. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

This face now said to us, “Right this way, ladies.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, okay,” said Leonard, “let’s see now. I saw the Kasi- lof, the Islander, the Mogul, the Eclipse—this was all out at Ship Channel I’m talking about—” “The Antarctic,” said Dale Middleton. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She seemed aloof, watching the people in their group with a now indifferent, now mocking expression. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Gupta’s taken over our island, and now he wants our tigers, too? Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not understand why Susan suspected nothing, why she could not simply look at him and tell how different he felt, why she did not even notice that he splashed on more aftershave now. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Finding people. You found your mother. And Maisie. And now this. ” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

The taste brought back to them the memory of fair faces, and laughter, and wholesome food in quiet days now far away. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

I revived you when your neck was broken, and I am in the midst of reviving you now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t been Sirius’s friend, but I am now — Let me explain....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I remember seeing it the first time I caught him on TV, and I recognize it now. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Sitting on the sofa, where Gogol sits now? The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

After Hubble discovered the expansion of the universe, there was no need for a cosmological constant and it is now generally believed to be zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps that is what he called out now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Our group of fourteen astronauts, having successfully finished our jungle, desert, and classroom training, were now put to work. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isobel stands near the shadowed stairs of the one she called home for almost a year, what now seems like a lifetime ago. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you run over and invite the neighbors now, so I’ll know how much food to prepare?” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still, why would he care to keep it when he barely has two words to say to me now? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Writers would now be free to make their political contributions in the form of their creative work. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Parisian cousins nobody has heard from in decades now write letters begging for capons, hams, hens. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Ophie had experienced a taste of freedom, and now she was loath to give it up. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

The wind was picking up now, and the umbrella Mom was holding went inside out after a strong gust. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s been messin’ up people’s mail for thirty years now,” a man with a florid, hawk-nosed face said from a far booth. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was summer when we came up, the trees were still green, now it is autumn and the night is grey and wet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

But all I feel is relief—relief—as though I’ve been underwater and breathing through a straw for the last two months, and now I have my head in the air again. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Jaimito is five years old now and has a two-year-old brother. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three months now. I really love her, Mom.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He was now glaring at Moss, his eyes searing into him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were hints of much worse things around us now like a faint odor in the air, evoked by words like “plasma” and “psycho” and “sulfa,” strange words like that with endings like Latin nouns. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My load was heavy now: the sack, the gun, the filled bottle; and it was hard to see in the dark. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

So now that she was in the hands of the Oblation Board, Lyra didn’t fret herself into terror about what had happened to the gyptians. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

"Let's stop now, and the table can be the judge of it," I suggest. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

He is able to take a few painful steps with a cane now, but it is still hard for him to get around. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

The only place they did not inundate was the patch of hard earth where the hurdles were and where he now sat with Sandy and Nan. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though she couldn’t remember it now, she wanted to weep. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She just keeps smiling at me like she’s been doing for a month now, like she’s got a pocketful of paper money. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

But right now, with the Communists invading South Korea, Jinjoo could only look at them as brave men willing to fight for a country that wasn’t even theirs. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I was now really into the teeth of winter, and quite fascinated by its activity. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Truly, he is not mean or cross as a rule, as I say, just every now and again, when he’s been away at his club and then comes home late at night. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

His voice, when he spoke very softly as now, did have much the timbre of a woman’s voice, husky and unresonant. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Consider now a randomly selected family of four that is known to have at least one daughter. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The others don’t know I’ve got it. And now, you and I are going to have one more fling at finding that last ticket. How about it, eh? But you’ll have to help me.” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Voices now ring with whitewater fury; the air itself turns angry and intense and it pushes through the walls and sends my houseguest to the liquor cabinet again and again. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Yes, of course,” said Slughorn, his eyes now gleaming with enthusiasm. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She should have acted friendly at the beginning of the year instead of waiting until now, when all I could do was feel sorry for her. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I whip back to Bill, who is now frantically chambering his next bullet. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“On ordinary days the animals carry human beings and now there’s a human being carrying the animals. That’s what I meant.” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Aunt Maggie’s husband, the “uncle” who had fled from Arkansas in the dead of night, had deserted her; and now she was casting about for a living. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘All is now ready for you. Enter the boats! But take care at first!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Still, I give it to you now be­cause it’s part of the story and it happened to me. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s out in the parlor right now looking at TV. Every afternoon, as right as rain, he looks at that show where them kids dance.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up to now, Mama Ya-Ya has always insisted I stay inside the house after 8:00 p.m., finishing my homework, getting ready for bed. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

My father used to bring scraps from work, but now that the factory was doing so poorly, that luxury ended. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Whatever I write now must be beyond reproach. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Moody’s magical eye had now left the door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

A broad national consensus now exists that, whenever it is socially and politically advantageous to do so, class considerations should trump racial identity. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then he stepped back, breathing loudly, and said, “I wish to discharge the defense attorneys. Mr. Moss will now represent me.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

This morning, all he'd been able to think about was how to get more servings of Eleanor into his day, but now that she was here ... he wished he would've thought this through. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I’ll ask Scipio what he's going to do now. If he comes back. Maybe he'll have another one of his brilliant ideas.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I know now that this new world is dangerous, but are Amil and I just supposed to live here inside like prisoners? The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I hate how adults look at me now, ever since the “situation” started. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She’d only been back as a human for a few months now, and once in a while she would stand so motionless you’d think she was still a tree. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

He was a Twelve now, and all Twelves would be working hard this year on the preparation related to their Assignments. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But three of them beat Halliday’s score and are now inside the Grail simulation.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

"Not unless the elevator ride jogged his memory. Hon, you remember your name now?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Before I put all the photos away in what had now become Caitlin’s box, I selected the photo of her wearing the big straw hat. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mark followed Alec’s lead, crossing the dead lawn—now nothing but weeds and rocks—into the shadow of a home that had once been a mansion. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Only now I’m about to go on a date with a guy who is actually available, infinitely more suitable, and definitely interested. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I have lived with the family for a month now, and the longer I am with them, the more my hatred grows. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If this is true,” said Jack, “and if I am now a Jack-all-alone, then I have an excellent reason for killing you both.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

I would return it myself but I have to go upstairs just now. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

At first I thought maybe she was sick in the body, but now I’m wondering if she’s sick in the head. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The waves were huge and he could hear them well now, thundering against a beach he still could not see. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Can I now see deeper than the normal human perceptions? The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I’ll never get a football scholarship now,” he said, and his lower lip began to tremble and a big tear welled up and dribbled down his fuzzy cheek. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I’m shaking my head now because I want him to stop. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sitting up by the generator now, his full attenshun on us, his Noise coming right at us like a laser. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

"The second hole's a lot harder. You're hurting before you even get started. If you think you're sore now, just wait and see how you feel tomorrow morning, right?" Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

How do you think we’re going to turn them to our cause now?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s what I’m saying! And now I’m going over her house so we can talk about it.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Understanding his dismissal, he strode to the door, each of his footsteps sounding in the now too-silent room. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“The thing we got to worry about now is infection. That leg wound is going to take twenty...thirty stitches. What happened?” Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked out of the window and understood, now, how the trees felt. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

There was perhaps some discontent or unease also in Ogion's mind, for he had spent all summer and autumn alone up on the mountain, and only now near Sunreturn was come back to his hearthside. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Weasley had staunched his bleeding now, and by the lamplight Harry saw a clean, gaping hole where George’s ear had been. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Some lay in pieces: broken gears aller than a man, leather straps gone brittle with age, great vooden beams that were now explosions of white fungus, tuge as hedgerows. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Besides, she had three children now, and it was necessary to turn her attention toward them and to give to them a part of what she had once given to her husband. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As he played on, the energy magnified; the tuning fork going crazy now, firing off vibrations all over, until my entire body was humming, until I was left breathless. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s as sharply dressed as he was when he visited Wisconsin last year, although he’s thinner now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

And now I was out there in the world, going to class again, hanging out with people again, laying down the foundation for the future I was told I was supposed to have. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dimple thought that was likely utter BS, but instead she said, “Yeah, maybe. But tell me about your parents now.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“The devil came in your head like he doin’ right now. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The rest of them now dropped into chairs, all except for Harry, who remained standing. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Have you got some aspirin? Are you sure, now? I’ve got plenty. Well, good night, my dear.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crypt, of course, now she remembered—the place where they put the condemned. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

If they hadn’t noticed me before, they did now—and the hair. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

If the Klansman was still a figure of fear, he was now also the object of ridicule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Those feelings I had within me were now found at the tips of my toes. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The silk basketball shorts she now wears are enormous, and the T-shirt is silk-screened with a rising sun. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was critical now, Olmsted argued, to concentrate on making improvements of a kind most likely to increase the gleam in the stories people took back to their hometowns. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

For now, he lives in a walk-up apartment in the suburbs with the mother of the second of his three children; she’s a housekeeper at the local YMCA. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Fought in ad 451, against the now Christian Roman Empire and their allies, the encounter was a rare occasion on which Attila and his heathen Huns were beaten. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Seeing it all now—the beast matched with the sounds—Thomas couldn’t think of any nightmare that could equal this hideous thing coming toward him. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

We pitched our tents—they were quite brown now and no longer a bright purple—for the fourth time in four days. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

That is, I now tied her meat on a piece of wood, covered with hide and feathers. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was possible to sip the stuff now without grimacing. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The same family portraits glared down at her, but now they seemed smug rather than austere. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Me, now,” he said, “me, I don’t hang around here after dark.” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I think she thinks she’s safe now, because it’s been three and a half months and I haven’t said anything about what really happened on the night he died. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Grandpop was practically living there now, like he was hiding from everyone. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Joaquin asked, and Maya knew him well enough by now to hear the quaver there. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

They had finished the whiskey by now and they really felt in a party mood. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘We have been set many riddles since we came to Tol Brandir, but this is the hardest to unravel. I would guess that the burned bones of the hobbits are now mingled with the Orcs’. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

They also learned that what had seemed a brutal workout schedule in the fall was merely a whisper of what Al Ulbrickson and Tom Bolles had in mind for them now. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They know I was in the woods and should be trapped there now. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He should go into bed now, but he was not comfortable lying down; he could not breathe. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was my best friend in the whole world, and he’s probably king of Australia by now. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Like there might be some cave where that stays now. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

If all the fake plants and trees swayed to life right now, I wouldn’t be surprised. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I cried myself to sleep, and now my eyes are swollen and red, my head pounding. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

In Albuquerque, she’d started school on the official first day of school in August, and now she was starting school again in San Francisco, almost two months later than the rest of the kids. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His rosy face just now untucked itself, the whole moment marsupial, strangely wondrous that way, and I thought if I had tasted a family hunger all my life that this should be my daily bread. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I thought was hard at the time, now seems easy in comparison. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

If Cecilia went in now she would have to mediate between her mother’s vague instructions and Betty’s forceful state of mind. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They excited Sounder, and now he was scratching at the door. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

My hands rest on the arms of the sofa; now I make myself at home and draw up my legs so that I sit comfortably in the corner, in the arms of the sofa. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every night now, as soon as Jay was asleep, I’d fly. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew the snake wouldn’t attack anyone now, though how he knew it, he couldn’t have explained. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

And now at dinner, he barely touched the food on his plate. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

None of this mattered now; I would have listlessly agreed to anything. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

We now know that neither the atoms nor the protons and neutrons within them are indivisible. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There weren’t heavy drugs and crime like there is now. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now the mist was thinning, and here she was, breaking. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

There was something familiar in the songs, and he remembered old Betonie’s singing; something in his belly stirred faintly; but it was too far away now. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

‘I don’t like this great big tree. I don’t trust it. Hark at it singing about sleep now! This won’t do at all!’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But now in this waiting, burdened silence it seemed that all flesh waited—paused, transfixed by something in the middle of the air—for the quickening power. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Pleased though he was with his choices, Harry had also shouted himself hoarse at the many complainers and was now enduring a similar battle with the rejected Beaters. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t let himself think about her now. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The light was fading rapidly now, the hall full of shadows in the evening light. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was weighted down now heavily by his pack, with his helmet pulled to his brow. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

But now I hear a low whisper: it was Eduardo they wanted. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And there was a log of every trip the now ruined ship had taken. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Two gods have warned us we will be attacked four days from now. We must not spread our resources too thin, especially by funding projects that have a slim chance of success.” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She knew that, now, here in her own bedroom. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Words that Toby had used countless times before but now were less rebellion and more an exorcism. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

A stretch of shore had been as yet between us and the steamer’s smoke, by reason of the bend and wind of the river; but now she was visible, coming head on. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Flight one ninety to Miami is now boarding.” The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

It is now twenty-three centuries since the founding of the Alexandrian Library. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life was already out-of-balance and now her dad was dead. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what bad things happened to you, but it’s a matter of safety to wear the mask now. The Keepers won’t bother you if you’re wearing a costume.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The water hole was now almost as large as the holes he had dug back at Camp Green Lake. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

And again, since no animal now stole, it was unnecessary to fence off pasture from arable land, which saved a lot of labour on the upkeep of hedges and gates. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I had friends and a secure job, and now I had Raji. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m feeling better now. I just woke up.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

El Patron was watching them with obvious glee, and Matt realized it might be dangerous to draw back now. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jasper had been her dog, and he ran at my heels now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me a curious look but seemed content to hold onto her questions for now. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Right,” said Harry, who had more pressing matters on his mind than Snape’s detention, and now looked around surreptitiously for some indication of what Dumbledore was planning to do with him this evening. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Papa says you never come to see us now,” continued Miss Oliver, looking up. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Do you want this town run by—now wait a minute—-Willoughby’s a crook, we know that, but do you know of any Negro who knows as much as Willoughby? Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps you might lead us in prayer now, Reverend,” suggested Mr. Stonecrop. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He kissed her, saying, “Yes. Lyra will be safe, and the Kingdom will be powerless against her. Call him now, Marisa, my love.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

In the past, whites took land by force; now they secured it by legislation. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

But overhead the snowflakes became sparse and floated down slowly on their own weight, now that the wind was gone. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Anatole left Kilanga soon after we did, and now spends a lot of time in neighboring villages, talking to people and organizing something large. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was early April and the sky was now clearing after heavy rain. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I lay my head back on the pillow—it only hurts a little now—and close my eyes. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

But a terrorist attack happens now; death by heart disease is some distant, quiet catastrophe. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

His navel had once jutted out, I could tell, but now it looked like a wrinkled eggplant, drooping. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

The next night, however, when the warder came to the window, Tefu strode up to the bars and said to him, “From now on I want my own tobacco. Just give it to me directly.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

All the oats were in the shock, and now the rain could come and it would not do any harm. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The driveway approaching the main entrance curved around formal gardens of great beauty, now tinged with the first brushstrokes of autumn color. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I know now that it was the sense of being a real part of a mass of my own kind, for the first time. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

At least they would go to good use now. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I bet she didn’t know about him and now she felt stupid about it. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Théoden had sat silent, hidden from the man’s sight behind his guards; now he urged his horse forward. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

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

If I can’t talk to all of the other kids right now, at least I can talk to her. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

For a week now it’s been a hundred degrees and ninety-nine percent humidity. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

All along he’s been learning from masters and now from his contemporaries. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

From where I now sat, on the roof of my own building, you could gaze out across all of Central Harlem. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Only forest below now, forest and lakes and the plane droning. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

That was all he had to do, now, today; four years ago or at any time during the four years. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Corpses for our work Set in motion now set in motion by our witchery set in motion to work for us. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t noticed the injuries during the desperate fight to survive, but now he hurt all over. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s no use going into all that now,” said Colonel Julyan. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s nothing you can do to change any of it now.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Grinning like a newborn, the Señora now took Shirley’s hands in hers. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

I gained ten pounds and I’m two inches taller now than when you saw me in September. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Hands up!” someone says, and one of the two soldiers now chooses the people he wants and inspects their bags, pockets, bodies. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

When I nod, he says, “I’m going to check the height now,” and puts his thumbs on the crest points of my hip bones. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“You better get to the chickens and the wood now.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joon, now that he has an audience, starts to do tricks. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

The fun and excitement was out of it now. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Another flash of light—and our Artifact is now with me. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

As the Russians advanced, his Hitler Youth battalion was sent to dig trenches at the front line, now just thirty miles east of Berlin. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

All he could do now was honor his brother’s memory. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

“Suppose you had to choose right now,” his mother had once replied. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily Holmes looked at Mrs. Lawrence with a directness that was unsettling, but now he avoided her gaze. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I can only imagine how many bets people are casting right now in larger gambling shops like the Pirate’s Den. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The marking period isn’t over until Thanksgiving, and that seems very far away right now. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

She plugged my phone in the wall and put the sketchbook and pencils on the roller tray-table next to the chicken tenders I now wasn’t going to be eating. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was evidently second nature by now, which explained why he looked as if he hadn’t been out in the sun for years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Your mama, she looks old now. My mama does, too. And you like the boy who was waiting near the truck.” Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

With every mile she traveled now, the oil drums became more and more numerous and the tracks of the wolverine more and more scarce. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You heard Mr. Ray. I’m usually gone by now.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All of these items are now stacked in a climate-controlled storage space just west of here, out on Route 22. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

No; let her be with him; let somebody be with him now. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was an even more imperative goal, now that I was D-Bag. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I happen to think Axelroot could get us some food too, if he tried, but he has been making himself scarce for months now, supposedly because he’s on some top-secret mission. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every now and then a staccato interjection from my grandmother. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed very strange now to think of morality, or that minister long ago, or the poor runaway black. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She must be staying with her daughter now. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer sold to Biswas; there were several other shops in the town now where I was paid better, and where I did not have to endure the sly, spiteful observations he made. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the narrative form, psychologists now believe, is absolutely central to them. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It rained before we started, and now when we need it most, the sky is as dry as our throats. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My work now ties me to the nuns more firmly than a pledge to share their poverty. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

It seemed most of it had been put out, but Ekon didn’t care now. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have a few hours now if you want to get a book,” Bilal whispered to me now as we cleaned up after breakfast. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“So are you and Jamie dating now? Mom says you guys are living together.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“There is another village a mile from here. We need to go now. We have to use every bit of strength we have.” The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Her dress wasn’t as long as he had thought; it came to just below her calf and now he could see her unlaced men’s shoes and the silvery-brown skin of her ankles. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Whoever lives in there surely heard us coming. If they aren’t out to welcome us or fight with us by now, then I don’t think anyone’s there at all.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Mirabelle has grown so much over the past few months. I wouldn’t recognize her. So skinny before, and now look at her, she’s chubby and glowing. Oh, Lexie, look at those little cheeks.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Milo’s argosies of plenty now filled the air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If I was a coward back then, best believe I’m too much of a coward to say anything now. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

The room begins to darken perceptibly now. 11TH JUROR: Pardon. Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked nothing like the foreboding, cliff-ringed fortress I had first laid eyes upon a few weeks ago; now it seemed fragile, a shard of rock in danger of being washed away by the waves. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stood up and carried Toby to the place where the cockpit had sat, now an oval of exposed dirt circled by overgrown grass and leaves. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

And now, the riots had given teeth to all those prickly feelings of discomfort. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“If you have nothing to fear an arrest is nothing. But it is always bad to be arrested—especially now.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was by now the first week of April, not a pleasant time for me or anyone. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I wish I could die now,” she tells him. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“He has it sideways in his mouth now and he is moving off with it.” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But, all the same, you should’ve got used to things by now.” Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m the law around here. I didn’t like you before, and I like you even less now that I know you’re only here to make trouble for this decent little town.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She had assumed, from Aunty Ujus calls home, that things were not too bad, although she realized now that Aunty Uju had always been vague, mentioning “work” and “exam” without details. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Seven nodded, pushing down the fear that was becoming all too familiar now. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

You see, I have my own terrible memory now, one I haven’t told you about yet. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She wanted her life shaped now, immediately--and the decision must be made by some force--of love, of money, of unquestionable practicality--that was close at hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

I was free to ignore “I wish you would put on a shawl,” or “Why don’t you go to bed now?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

We are doing little now to preserve its integrity. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I now clung to memories more than goals or material things. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She looks up at me, expecting a response, but I just stare at her open-mouthed, because something huge has occurred to me, something I haven’t understood until now. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

So they had to go fast now and there wasn’t much time to talk, or at least, Grandfather said, he did not appear to intend to resume. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What, has she got magic ears as well as an eye, now?” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re sure now,” she demanded, “that none of the robots have had a chance to talk with each other after leaving the Orientation Room?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“You’ve grown, Virginia! You get pret- tier by the day. You look so lovely now that you gained some weight back, dear.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s all happened so quickly that now, knees curled up to his chin as they leave the ground, is the first time Alex is able to actually think about everything. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’d expended every last bit of his strength to reach the summit—and now there was nothing left in reserve for the descent. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

One afternoon Hazel, who now shared a burrow with Fiver as in the old days, was woken by Bigwig to be told that Kehaar had something to say to him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be frugal, now. And no slacks. Make sure Miss LaVole helps you.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

Her work had been her exercise and now she could not work. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lancelot now that you could see him clearly, was an erect refinement of humanity—a fanatic for human responsibility. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Longer than you anyway. I guess you wish now you was young as me, eh, Hiram Wallace?” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never wanted to smack an old woman before, but boy, I did now. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Alex, can we go up to sixteen D now and get their food?” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

On occasion tremors shook his whole body — tremors of the sort now made all too familiar by the sight of birds poisoned by DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“I went fishing at sunup. It’s probably around eight by now.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was over; there was no point in making myself crazy by overthinking it now. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I am a man of magic now, Big Ben. I could’ve summoned them.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

And now the difference between a luxury automobile and a newfangled cartoon car began to show itself. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“Quito is a big, beautiful city, so much prettier than those boondocks where you live now. And my daughter needs a maid desperately. She’s an angel. She’ll treat you well.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Here's another thing I always carry. A souvenir of Oxford days. It was taken in Trinity Quad--the man on my left is now the Earl of Dorcaster." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

Everyone in the city must have seen these posters by now. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the United States, he’d put himself through two years of chiropractic school, and now ran a small office in Birmingham with a human skeleton he was still paying for in installments. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

And riding the tame ravid that now had icing on its whiskers. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

For now, there was nothing but the flat gray of the sky and the dead rock of this miserable excuse for an island. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

We are well beyond throwing things, by now. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m wide awake now, lying on my back, looking at the ceiling. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I want to say so much more, but it's just not coming out right now. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The empty box is now on the floor, and the nest of shredded paper sits atop the jumble of things Ma dumped out of her purse. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

There’s silence, and salt stinging my eyes, though I won’t let the salt fall, and I think my heart must’ve stopped because I don’t hear it anymore now. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

I had never been a coffee drinker in the World, but now I wanted it. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve always been meaning to read your A compositions but I never had the time. I’ve a little time now. Would you like to read one to me?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t afford to rent an apartment right now. The rebuild is going to cost a fortune, and insurance only covers so much.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“They can’t hear us now. They’re too far off. Will, I asked how we get there, too. It said to follow the knife, just that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Eleanor didn't know the half of it; his parents were probably making out right now. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She always did now, and Sarai always answered, “Like a baby,” and pretended everything was fine. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I should have had this stitched up when it happened. It’s never going to heal like this. I hope Mr. Cruz can take you now.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But perhaps I understand things a little better now. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

His father’s face, always awful, became more awful now; his father’s daily anger was transformed into prophetic wrath. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Right now, he crosses his arms and frowns at me. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Right now the Appalachians are shrinking on average by 0.03 millimeters per year. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Jacob—real carefully this time, and his voice all raspy now—says, “I do believe in God.” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Such stores are run, now, by people the color of Mr. Banerji, or by Chinese people. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“I am so thrilled to see you right now.” A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was past noon now, almost two o'clock, so the statue was already in shadow. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She approached the cacophonous sleeper, now on his side. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

To her list of runaway father and runaway daughter she now added a further possibility: runaway husband. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re the only girl I want to bring down there now.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It’s like a small crack in a wall, before now impenetrable. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were traveling now at seventy miles per hour. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Plus Audrey, who had always been interested in fashion, was even more obsessed now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Because that wouldn’t make for a very interesting tape, now would it? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

General Eisenhower said to the French people: “Stiff fighting will come now, but after this the victory. The year 1944 is the year of complete victory. Good luck!” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I said I would face it exactly as I was facing it now. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

I still carried my shoulder bag Brooklyn-style, but it was now lighter and I wasn’t worried. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was covered with it now, with the white cloud and water. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aimee didn’t split with me because of you, so get that out of your head right now. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“Hurry, and come with us now,” Doha said. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Well, folks,” said Grandpa, taking aholt of her elbow, “I reckon we best mosey on home now. Hit’s been a long fancy day.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Bowing, he said, "But now you must excuse me. I have urgent business with queen and council." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“There you go, sir, fit you like a glove now.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

At least one of us isn’t cold, he thinks to himself now, crossing his arms tightly in front of his chest. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How big a space do you take now, Blu? Same as before, or just a inch or two?” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

He could never remember that she was now Weasel and kept calling her Arry, even though he knew she was a girl. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I knew Negroes were allowed to use this library now—that rule had passed a few years ago—but I didn’t see them there much. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now I care about a lot of them. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Cleopatra, now caught in the middle of the conflict without any friends, found herself in extreme danger. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

When he woke, now, there was an enormous moon, so that at first, he thought it was already dawn, and that he had missed his chance. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“His old name won’t be of much use to him now, anyway. There are those out there who mean him harm. Suppose we pick a name for him, eh?” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

The cat must have sensed this general failing, for he now walked steadily beside the dogs, very close to his tottering old friend, and uttered plaintive worried bleats. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could cure Daoud right now, or we could try to save more people—like my parents—by conserving every drop and diluting it....But in doing so, we might end up with nothing. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

By now what had happened was known to the King, and he sent his son in pursuit—Medea’s brother, Apsyrtus. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Katrina was now a Category 5 storm with winds over 150 miles an hour. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I saw now that my comrades were acting out a fantasy that had no relation whatever to the reality of their environment. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Promise you’re going to be yourself from now on and not some lying weasel. Unless who you are is a lying weasel, in which case I am letting the quicksand keep you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Grabbing the scarves, we pick up the wood, now the size of our bodies, and carry it horizontally on our backs. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t stopped to consider why Mr. Griswold had chosen a black bird to replace the seagull, but now she realized it must be a nod to this poem. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But who could think in that bed where they had been and where they also had been and where only she was now? Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The children’s faces were frozen, staring at the sharp object—a tool for removing waxen seals—that was now touching the soft underside of Gwenforte’s throat. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

That seemed to happen without warning now, like severing ties with Rishi had left her emotions raw and vulnerable to the elements. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I count the houses between where the soldiers are now and where my family lives. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe it is, but I find that I say it to myself now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She had not trusted herself to withstand the night before; but now there was almost no time left. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

Everything inside of her seized up, as if the claw hands were squeezing down on her right now. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

How exciting—I now had enough money, along with the small amount I had saved while in London, for a round-trip fare to Africa! My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

"All we lack now is some good wine to wash down our kid," Tyrion said. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Our Father, who now made a point of being home to receive Tata Ndu, would pull up one of the other chairs, sit backward with his arms draped over the back, and talk Scripture. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I remember now. All the green trees. But there was no one there.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I thought Tobias would come by now,” I say, dropping to the edge of my cot. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

When Mario’s family moved to Chicago, we managed to see them every now and then before eventually stopping. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

So they were hungry now and would stay that way until Max brought food after work tomorrow. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Or worse—perhaps Nazi leader Erich Koch was standing on the dock right now, waiting for me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

My life may be a mess right now, but some of these people have it worse. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

“And now that my phone’s back on, I keep trying to call Yule May.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

She’d just sort of expected the kid to figure it all out on her own, as they read together each day, but now she saw it was going to take more work than that. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Better. He got a tetanus shot, and now we’re loading him with antibiotics and pain medication. It’s strong stuff, so he’s pretty sleepy.” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now she had it all diagnosed, deduced, clear. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"There is now little doubt," Michael Coe, the Yale archaeologist, wrote in 1994, “that all later civilizations in Mesoamerica, whether Mexican or Maya, ultimately rest on an Olmec base.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That if I had let Rufus die, everyone would have been sold. More families would have been separated. She has three children now.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

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

Many of the other students were now looking to Wes for help with their GED prep, for assistance with their personal issues, and for friendship. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Yet that thought worked its way into her brain now. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

She was gliding down now, through the soupy brown light, almost to the bottom. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

For now the coin was turned over, and the captives were ushered in. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The day I started there, Mrs. Hagen dropped me off and said, “You’ll have to find your own way from now on, so remember where your classroom is.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

“Let’s try for less punk rocker and more señorita from now on.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“We have to stay here now. We had to run away from those men, like we ran away from Appa.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He had certainly been my patron in court until now. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“My brother promised me that you would be an Elder by now. He promised.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

It was only now settling in that they simply hadn’t shown up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

And now he was making me feel guilty. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I sound like I’m six and a half now, but I can’t help it. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everything would be about him now, I realized, in support of this larger cause. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been so successful rounding up people that now they have to work hard to meet their quotas,” Martin said. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I will fall off the earth now, supposing the earth is upside down, and then I shall go sailing and sailing away. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

My odds of living through this are way higher now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I have twice done you a wrong which I regret now. One was in breaking the promise which I gave my husband to bring you up as my own child; the other—” she stopped. 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

My goose probably cooked now—I didn’t file that memo. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Six hours ago, he was sinking drowsily into Henry’s chest, and now he’s standing here half-naked, talking about the paperwork. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

All the houses in the neighborhood used to be expensive, but now they’re all covered with a layer of black soot. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No. But I know that they know you were here before as an of-ficer and now you are here out of uniform. After this retreat they arrest everybody.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I thought about denying it, but what was the point now? Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

My arm stings, my shoulder aches, the bone bruise on my thigh is now an ugly purple-black, and I’m hungry. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“In some ways, though, it’s better now. They have to keep thinking of ways to keep the people satisfied. All sorts of fancy tricks they got—well, you’ve seen ’em. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

His schemes, until then unknown to us in detail, always dealt with groups of three bases, hydrogen-bonded in the middle, many of which we now knew to be in the wrong tautomeric forms. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

He now stood tall, looking at me, waiting. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don't feel like reliving it right now. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He holds his back now as he shuffles more quickly. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

Suddenly I had strength again, now that I needed it. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t used to know that, but I do now. Also, I read all about the Innocence Project. Have you heard of them?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“You lie still now, son,” the first doctor said. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

“We saw her give them away to Maia. And she’s not wearing them now. So it must be true!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I know how you feel about him, but he’s my brother, and he’s not in a good place right now,” she says coolly. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Because she didn’t know that there were two of me now; split between everything I had wanted, and everything I would now have to be. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I was not nearly as ordinary as I used to be—or if it was true that I’d never been ordinary, now I knew it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Time does slow down now and I get a kind of tunnel vision. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was possible that Sherm had seen Em’s picture by now. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

One peasant woman explained, “A lot of us wondered what would have happened if we had known how to write. If we had known how to write, perhaps we wouldn’t be in this situation now.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“I can’t think about this right now. After seeing the house again, salvaging pretty much nothing...We don’t even know what we’re eating for dinner.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She was now wearing a cream-coloured overcoat, and struggling to fasten her briefcase as she walked. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There wasn’t another colored family for miles around. And now there ain’t a colored man on this ranch an’ there’s jus’ one family in Soledad.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Right about now, running out of here and straight home seems like a pretty solid option. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

And do you know, those old gendemen who were sliding gently down to death are too interested to die now?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The candy-store man had hoarded all broken bits of candy for weeks and now passed it out in little bags for all who came begging. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them look at each other now, and one takes another bite from his pie. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I took it. And now I give it to you, to keep safe. Here. Don’t give this one away.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“The baby got the colic and passed right after we got here. It’s just me and Thomas right now. Were getting by, barely.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

And Metatron was close now, close enough to smell the perfume of her hair and to gaze at the texture of her skin, close enough to touch her with scalding hands. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Even now I can see her walking down the aisle of the old State Theater in Worthington, Minnesota. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A few minutes from now I’m going to carry you back to Hrothgar, safe and sound. So much for poetry.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think about how I wouldn’t be standing here right now if it wasn’t for Glenn Burke. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

June 22 now, and Alaska was still a long way away. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Standing up over a seated monk was the height of disrespect, but Pong was too far gone for that to matter now. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She was about seventy now, a little more wrinkled but still petite and still kind. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

So now the entire faction is brain-dead, obedient, and trained to kill. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

What had once been home was now a place of peril and the family was poverty stricken. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Owens asked the flickering shape in the graveyard, now little more than an outline, like distant summer lightning in the shape of a woman. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

An inky dark sky now stretches out above us. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Except now Calvin showed me that French people put an X on the end of some words. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Looking back now, it’s funny to think we got so worked up, because usually the Sales were a big disappointment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside, something new: Long Live the Führer has been written on the building across the street in white paint, still wet, and now I'll see it every time I leave work. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Our commanders now estimated there’d be at least one million American casualties. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of these have now left most of us, thanks to antibiotics, plumbing, civilization, and money, but we remember. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You must be a Stark for true now, like your son. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

Whatever window of opportunity had existed to complete the one glaring piece of unfinished business in the revolutionary era was now closed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Peoples, we’re not home right now. Leave a message at the...” We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

It bled and hurt, but my other ailments were already causing me so much trouble that I let this one slide, which was stupid of me, because now I’m walking around with an infected toe. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Its touch calmed her now as much as it had back then. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

If the house I live in now with my mom and dad is a graveyard, then Auntie Idris’s house is a church, full of life and love and praises for above. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Their paths now went into thickets where the dusk had already gathered. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Ma, I told you, I’m not going to grad school right now.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Then: “And you said this morning we was going to do something. What we going to do? That’s what we got to figure out now, Gabriel.” Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

“None of us can. On account of the Recruiters. We re bush Indians for real now.” The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The air seemed clearer now: The dust had settled, and the stench was gone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Any minute now, I thought, my mother’s voice would come calling down the stairs: “Yanek! Dinner!” Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I felt very weak now, very tired in a dull, spent way. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena’s teeth were, of course, still red, and now she felt queasy as she stared at the bag of candy. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He would let you live in the warehouse for free if you carved pegs or sanded a few mandolins now and again. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"You'll be all right now," she said, "Just try to forget about it. Did you really manage to pour the whole bottle into their soup?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

By now, however, protein subunits were easy to imagine in large numbers. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

“No, why would I want to? And could you now kindly stop making personal remarks? Hasn’t your father ever taught you that it’s bad manners?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It was getting worse for her now, and she believed that she had to touch every separate slat in every separate bench beside the pond. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Finally the kid staggered breathlessly onto the bus and sat behind me, tapping at the window and waving at his father, who was now standing next to Mommy, waving at his kid. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Exactly how it did that wasn’t the pilot’s concern, but making good on that pledge was now Dorothy Vaughan’s full-time job. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

But now she saw she could do no such thing. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He moves a step backward so he’s even higher on the rock now. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

“Even now he’s sort of adorable,” she answered. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And now she couldn’t even remember where she’d gotten the ball in the first place. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“We all are one. Bird and spider. Leaf and wind. To hear is to see. To feel is to know. The past is now. All is Beyond. Do you understand?” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

My girls, who arrived at the White House with their Polly Pockets, a blanket named Blankie, and a stuffed tiger named Tiger, are now teenagers, young women with plans and voices of their own. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“She is a terrible person. The only hope we have is to try to talk to the authorities. But we will do that. You go home now.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

“Not bad, huh? I can put it on my demo reel now.” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

We have encamped upon the shore; abandoned our encampments; and now we have set off, at last, from the ruins of Norfolk. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Juanita and I have been back in bed for a while now. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Nothing but trash and discarded containers strewn about from the ship tipping upside down now and then. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

As Ms. Fender had announced, I was now trumpet section leader, totally focused on our next performance in December. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

There’s a tight shot now of Mario Reed and his friends. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I don’t even have to get up that early for school, and now that I’m on my summer vacation I want to sleep in. Why does she need me so early?” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, so now what? I don’t see any way we’re getting in.” Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

A doctor bent over the now unconscious Ear and dabbed him with antiseptic. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

With a wave of his hand he indicated the wide two-and-a-half-mile sweep of beach that was now in view. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“However,” said Mr. Popper, “now that spring is here, a lot of people will be wanting their houses painted, so we’d better be getting back.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Alex determinedly picked up the best from both of them, and now he’s the only one here who can handle racks of ribs while Oscar does the rest. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“And now you here, and every night she happy.” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Some time now. Spoon says, more you know, more you want to know." The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Axel plays back the days that Frank’s been here now. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I thought she was cute before, but she’s even cuter now. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The green metallic vessel that felt so massive when I was on it appears little more than a toy boat now. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

It was comforting to sit here by the warm fire now. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

And now he was here in that mystical place, the huge oval of Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas, with those smooth flanks of concrete curving to the sky. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And now there is one last decision to make.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

She missed the fly, but now her cheek stung. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“With Cersei? More fool you. All my sister requires is my head, and you have a fine sharp sword. Why not end this farce now and spare us both?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z