When Dustfinger caught a rabbit he didn’t take it out of the trap until he was quite sure the poor thing had stopped wriggling. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t quite tell, but he decided that the odds were pretty good that she hadn’t left the world this very afternoon. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

An activity may be very dangerous but quite rare, and thus would result in few deaths and have a high safety index. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the new house isn’t quite done, so it would have been crowded in the old house with Ded6 and Jaimito and the boys already moved in. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the color of a mountain lake—that gem-like shade that didn’t quite have a name. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

"It would seem he has met some trouble on the road. My lord father is quite vexed. You would not perchance have any notion of who might have wished my brother ill, would you?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

They didn’t smell quite as bad as Geryon’s stables, but almost. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

But this assignment made it, in fact, quite necessary to allow for more than the usual trade. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Joe meant to sleep until noon but he awakened at seven and lay in bed for quite a long time. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. And quite a few creeps have turned up,” Alex muttered. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But then I realized quite a few things at once. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

He walked to the kitchen, obviously trying to hurry but in truth moving quite slowly. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Milkman was the butt of their humor, but it was good-humored humor, quite unlike the laughter the trip had begun with. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screecher still hadn’t quite grasped the art of running. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

But it was quite different to the way things would have happened before. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The road came quite close to the lake now and 1 saw a soldier coming out of a cafe on the road. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

It did not spoil his birthday, as it did not spoil his father’s lap, but it changed those things so they did not feel quite as good as before. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

But in Spanish my name is made out of a softer something, like silver, not quite as thick as sister’s name— Magdalena—which is uglier than mine. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that knowledge is a flash of light I can’t quite see through. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Don’t worry, aapa. Maya is quite the catch. I’m sure she will have no problem finding eligible suitors when the time comes.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

His face, as well as I could see it, was narrow and long, with quite a big nose. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It was quite literally a tightening and a shrinking of the skin all over my body from the top of my head to the tips of my fingers to the ends of my toes! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

"I can assure you the Holy Grail is quite safe in London," said Ishtar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I quite approve of your plan of furnishing a bit of the house first & getting into it how we can & then furnishing at our leisure,” she wrote. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For me, his romance wasn't quite such a positive, since it meant I now had to share my brother with someone else. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

When we reached our destination, it was quite late, but Farmer eagerly, and no doubt with some anxiety, opened his computer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

“It sounds as if the Martians were quite naive.” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood them about the fire, close in against the blaze, but not quite touching the flame. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Up until the war there were still quite a few rich relatives. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

I recall flying fish as being quite tasty, their flesh rosy white and tender. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Just—I’m not sure she’s quite ready to handle a knife that sharp.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The lives of some domesticated animals could be quite good. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, I don’t know what you mean, Constance. I heard the party went quite well.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I looked at the clock in the recess yard, and it was only twenty to twelve, so I had quite a lot of time to kill before I met old Phoebe. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But there...I have quite made up my mind now, I shall not say anything more about it, you are much too tired already.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

There was a lesson in all that, but Armpit wasn’t quite sure exactly what it was. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But why do you have a beard in this picture? It’s only two years old! Were you, um ...” I didn’t quite know how to ask how long he’d “been a woman.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

This does not mean that we should not try; quite the contrary. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

It took quite a time for Grandpa Joe and Charlie to explain to everyone exactly what had been happening to them all day. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

He wiped his face with his handkerchief, for he was quite warm from the exertion of being Chairman of the World. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

It wasn't quite like stepping into a military ambush, or being on the front lines in Spain, or witnessing the aftermath of an atomic bomb, but the atmosphere around me was definitely hostile. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

"And you, Nigel," Miss Honey said, "do please try not to be smart-aleck with the Headmistress today. You were really quite cheeky to her last week." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

He did not mind his work and knew himself to be quite good at it. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Aunt Marge had already had quite a lot of wine. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Elinor hit him in the face with all her might, and she was quite strong. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She had been talking for quite a while, and Ugwu’s head ached. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Olive, who truly believed that her family was the best in the world, quite snobbishly would not permit it to be touched by debt. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

She asked Joyce how her parents were doing, and expressed her regret when Joyce replied that her father was quite ill. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I wasn’t convinced the circular white pill was doing anything when I did take it, and for another, I was not taking it quite as often as I was technically supposed to. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I can assure you that the refrigerator is quite empty. In fact, it hasn’t been plugged in for a week.” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Guenever, who did not yet realize that Elaine had come between them more effectively than ever, Said this quite spontaneously, and she meant it She was overwhelmed with pity for her rival in the barge. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, when she drew out her wand and pointed it at Barty Crouch, her hand was quite steady. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

This argument, on the surface, seems relatively straightforward, but there are actually many layers to it, some of which are quite problematic. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It looked quite unobtrusive, and he had been pleased to find the food untouched the first time he hid it there. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z

Clay, looking quite distressed, gazed at the bleeding and unconscious Amari for a long time before following after them. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

But they never quite got anywhere, because Pennsy never slowed down for them. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

He was quite alone, but where he was, he had no idea. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Your laundry problem is quite a bit more complicated than that of a hotel. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Part of me doesn’t quite believe she’s got a fake leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

He really looked like a different person, and quite nice. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

All day long, she realized, she had been feeling strange, and seeing strangely, as though everything was already long in the past, made more vivid by posthumous ironies she could not quite grasp. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

‘But, alas, I cannot. Zeus will already be quite angry with me for helping you. Besides, the guardian will reprogram itself soon. You should leave.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Amari was surprised and pleased that she was able to understand quite a few of the words he said. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited like that, hardly able to get a breath past her Adam’s apple, until she began to feel quite faint. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Now that I thought about it, I hadn’t seen quite as many strays around the lanes lately. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

He said I was quite brave, and that was my cue to reveal our confrontation with the peckerwood dentist and Momma’s incredible powers. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Of course not. But never mind. You can see me on my way. Tell Rose that you won’t be away very long, not more than a fortnight; and you’ll come back quite safe.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

A look of disgust crosses Namontack’s face, as if he is not quite sure how to tell me his next point. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

For that instant it seemed to him they were quite alone. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

“And quite alone? Have all her friends left her?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

The moment, when day had not quite become night, held the forest enthralled. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you lie down for half-an-hour? It's quite cool in the library.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at the blackened metal, puzzled, but not quite knowing what puzzled him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He sat with the pot of orange drink still in his hand, staring at the plane, not quite understanding it yet; not quite knowing yet that it was over. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

They became quite popular, which could perhaps be attributed to their down-home personalities, or to the fact they had one of the few working indoor toilets on the street. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His instruments, too, he fixed to the framework with close attention, even the compass, whose needle was swinging around the dial quite uselessly. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he reached her he saw that she was quite conscious, her eyes wide open and calm; he stood above her, thinking, ‘Yes. She is the one who owns the terror’. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was holding the phone, so talking to her was almost like talking to him at the same time, but not quite. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Then, quite suddenly, the strange, silvery quality of the air faded. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She smiled at Coraline, as if it had been a very long time since she had smiled and she had almost, but not quite, forgotten how. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

But he did not quite know what “it” was. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

A little electric shock flared through me and I sat quite still. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Well, you might remember last year coming to school and finding all the homecoming posters had been replaced by ones that didn’t take themselves quite so seriously.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

However, the speed at which the galaxies are moving apart gets smaller and smaller, although it never quite reaches zero. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eva was quite a spiritual girl with a big family of brothers and sisters but she was an unpredictable drunk. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am haunted by the ghost of my father, I think that should allow me to quote Hamlet as much as I please. You used to be quite fond of Shakespeare, Prospero.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

They were the legs of a once quite widely acknowledged public beauty, a vaudevillian, a dancer, a very light dancer. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Granny, what did Grandpa say? I didn’t quite hear him,” I whispered. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Speaking with European accents that locals couldn’t quite identify, the visitors asked for directions to “the cottage of Dr. Moore.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recall thanking him for his consideration, but quite probably I said nothing very definite, for my employer went on: i'm serious, Stevens. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“He generally would answer patiently,” another student agreed, “unless the question was manifestly stupid, in which event his response was likely to be quite caustic.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie loved to watch Ernie’s matches and tournaments, but not quite as much as he loved to watch Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Something about commissioning a piece for the circus, he was quite enthused about it before he left.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

A second pig moved out from the back part of the cave that I couldn’t quite see. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, police departments were capable of increasing the size of their budgets, quite substantially, simply by taking the cash, cars, and homes of people suspected of drug use or sales. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Really, Mr. Stephanides, for a family such as yours, with young children, I’m not sure this is quite the best—” 256 Before she can finish, however, Milton holds up his hands in surrender. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Harry thought he heard Percy discoursing loudly on broomstick regulations, and was quite glad of the excuse not to stop and say hello.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He did not quite know why he said this, or where he wanted her to run, but it made him feel instantly better. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

The grounds of our elementary school were quite small. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“As Agatha Swanburne used to say, ‘Doing your best is the best you can do,’ and we have certainly The children were quite skilled at identifying animal tracks in the snow . . . done our best. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

All that to say, I feel like quite the “ding-dong,” as I like to call Drake when he’s being idiotic, in the words of Britt-Marie. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

He was picking at his teeth with an enormous toothpick, and his nose was deep in a book V was quite familiar with. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“My keeper has found innumerable corpses, including masses of small birds — Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Linnets, Hedge Sparrows, also House Sparrows . . . the destruction of wild life is quite pitiful.” Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but it’s somewhere between pride and hope. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“It is difficult to judge the probabilities of a child as young as that, but it seems to me not quite a normal baby...” The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had quite a bit of time to kill till ten o'clock, so what I did, I went to the movies at Radio City. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Tehlu hates you even more than the rest of the world does, which is quite a bit.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was quite long; I did the repeats, and it was going well—when all at once I heard his cane tapping behind me. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He thought this quite a nice gesture, but the romance was lost on Ruby. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

"Well, don't you see, Ma'am—it's an important occasion—returning to one's own country—entering society—the best society—it is so essential to make a good impression—not perhaps looking quite ourselves, yet, eh?" The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

She goes on for quite a while longer, but again I focus on the Ace of Diamonds. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

So it was quite surprising to the people of Green Lake to see her running past them. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The light from a flickering lamp behind the captain casts his shadow across the table—a shifting blob, that almost, but not quite, mimics his actions. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

All this respect among the Japanese could get quite aggravating! A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite calm, quite confident. You saw how Julyan was at lunch, and Frank. There won’t be any difficulty at the inquest. It’s going to be all right.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger glanced suspiciously around without knowing quite what he was looking for. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed lively enough, and I was quite proud of the bit about the drops of sweat like insects, only I had the dim impression I'd probably read it somewhere else a long time ago. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

You might also decide, since they had quite different attributes, that one of them was merely invented by the priests. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why is it,” he said quietly, “that quite often even the things which are correct just don’t seem to be right?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pirithoüs was quite as adventurous as Theseus, but by no means as successful, so that he was perpetually in trouble. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was quite a sea running but we were going with the wind. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I am not quite so exacting. I will let you off this time. It is really too hot to think, especially to think about thinking.” The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

He can’t quite hide the surprise in his voice when he sees my arm up, and he calls me to the front. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Still, many people didn’t quite grasp what an impact could do. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

She was not quite tall enough to reach things around the kitchen, but she kept a small box in the outhouse which she brought in and stood on in order to get whatever she wanted. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“No,”—replied Emma—quite confirmed by the depressed manner in which he still spoke—“I should like to take another turn. Mr. Perry is not gone.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

That freedom was won at a hard price and if it requires a hard price to retain it... we are able . . . and quite willing to pay it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Long story, involving many close calls with death and quite a few giant chew toys. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The pains came quite regularly, then slackened off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He is feeling quite crazy, and has been for some time. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

Another hint that Ebola is extremely ancient is the way in which it can seem neither quite alive nor quite unalive. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“WL” was Farmer’s abbreviation for “white liberal,” a group that donated quite generously to Partners in Health but which he now seemed to be claiming was naive. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Later, Scarlett’s mother could not remember quite what he had told her, although disappointingly, she had learned that that nice Jay Frost had unavoidably been forced to leave town. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

In reality, the United States wasn’t trailing the Soviet Union quite as badly as it appeared in the wake of the Sputnik crisis. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

The finished paper would not be quite as large as the newspapers she had made by hand, but it would look much more real, more important. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

“What I meant quite literally,” she says/grinds, “is that the inimitable Grandma Sweetwine, dead and gone, was in the car, sitting next to me, plain as day.” I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Until quite recently, it was customary to write “MP’s” and “1980’s” - and in fact this convention still applies in America. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

However, it would be quite wrong to think of the new science as primarily an amateur—that is, unpaid—activity. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“I think he has put soldering quite out of his mind,” said Dr. Trefusis. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The girl's face was there, really quite beautiful in memory: astonishing, in fact. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was obviously much stronger and standing straighten I realized that he was quite tall. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Many of you cook, and you cook quite well considering what you use to create meals. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the beginning these occasions hadn’t been quite so excruciating. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“From what Al told me, you all had quite a little lethal bull session late one night—the same night you made that tape, I believe.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Elihue, not knowing where to look, was thrown back on his own devices, and “found” himself quite unable to earn money. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

"An imperial guard to your rescue. You are quite important." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

And if I’m not mistaken—and I’m not—the boy says, quite clearly, “More like SuperFag.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

He knew at once that he had done the right thing; though he appeared to be standing in water, his shoes, feet, and robes remained quite dry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the erosion of traditional beliefs had been going on for quite some time. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“Excuse my rudeness, but at my age there’s no point in beating around the bush. Your appearance is quite stylized. Are you one of those—what are they called, gothics?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If only Julius had not been too distraught to look at the ground for signs of footmarks, he might have found his charge quite quickly, and put his own agony to an end. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“To have Provis for an upper lodger is quite a godsend to Mrs. Whimple,” said Herbert, “for of course people in general won’t stand that noise. A curious place, Handel; isn’t it?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

We looked at each other, not quite ready to let go, not sure what else to do. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It turned out she’d broken her leg tripping over one of her cats, and she didn’t seem quite as fond of them as before. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t quite translate what this girl was saying—like when he heard Spaniards or South Americans speaking Spanish. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I know this has been quite a shock. We had no way to shield you from witnessing that. I’m so very sorry. Now, I know you have questions.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Yeah. They got a sign up. I guess quite a few folks come to see it. It does the town some good.” Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, that wasn’t quite the effect I was going for.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

That could loosely be translated as “doctors who don’t quite know what they’re doing.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Colin nodded with some reluctance, waved good-bye to Lindsey and the others, and headed out with Hassan, whose orange vest was not quite big enough to fit comfortably around his chest. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Though they still made a show of being a couple—they still did the punching-on-the-arm thing when they parted—I knew them well enough to see they’d grown quite distant from each other. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was not quite the deluge of the previous year, but it rained more days than not for the rest of October and into November. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We tried many cases involving police brutality, though our success rate was quite low. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to them quite likely that the place would be given up without any fighting at all. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m not quite sure that things are going very well—that is, things between us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Her long brown hair blew behind her in the breeze, fuzzy and never quite cooperating with brush and comb. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The crow was still quite high, soaring easily, to keep pace with him. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It had the sweet, burnt taste of the jurda blossoms she knew, but there was another flavor, too, one she couldn’t quite identify. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She was quite taken aback when he greeted her so warmly and shook her hand with both of his: was that affection in his voice? The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

She smiles, but it doesn’t quite reach her eyes. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was stellar, and I was quite moved by its contemplation of the human spirit. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

She realized, quite suddenly, that she wanted to breathe the same air as Obinze. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She was quite pretty and smelled like fresh eggs, but there have been many grateful and pretty girls. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

All the time, the mist was thinning, and thinning, he could see the tractor quite clearly, and the barbed-wire right on the other side of the field. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

ALBUS: Listen, I’ve got quite a lot of packing to do, and you undoubtedly have Ministry work coming out of your ears, so . Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

It was sunny, a rarity for Indiana in April, and everyone at the farmers’ market was wearing short sleeves even though the temperature didn’t quite justify it. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

They nodded and winked at each other quite a bit. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Mine are quite high, El. Higher than yours ever were in the House.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

For Rowan, the decision wasn’t quite so difficult. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“I must say we did quite handsomely by him,” Orddu continued. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the counselor has told me that he feels that Andy is adjusting quite well to the situation, and we will be discontinuing those sessions on a regular basis. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the event of a mishap they would have been quite useless. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

Even Dr. K in her purple Nikes doesn’t seem quite as tall. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I could tell Dad was on to something, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Nobody quite knew whether he was kidding or not. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

‘It is now quite safe for you to be outside until they is coming back,’ he said. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, as if something were not quite right, she removed the cans from one shelf and switched them with the cans on another. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

But these state-based deliberations quite naturally tended to focus on local or regional interpretations of the Constitution’s rather elliptical handling of the forbidden subject. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

She bit him on the cheek, not quite playfully. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was like when you pull apart two pork ribs that weren’t quite finished cooking yet. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“That I’m not!” acquiesced Laurie, with an expression of humility quite new to him, as he dropped his eyes and absently wound Jo’s apron tassel round his finger. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s normal. You’ve had no resistance or pressure on that leg for quite some time now, so even when it’s perfect, patients still say it feels long.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

It was a collision of disappointment, disgust, and the distinct pain of watching something break, something that would never be quite whole again. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

And then she took my hand, and though I didn’t quite understand what was going on, I drew a deep breath and let her pull me underwater. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Masks were useful then; not quite lies, not quite truths. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But the play in the outfield didn’t quite unfold the way I’d imagined. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

In this way, my family was quite practical. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I hope you don’t mind,” he said, almost looking at me but not quite. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She jerked her head away before she realized he was shouting the words: “Is that quite clear?” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have improvised quite a bit trying to come up with tents that did not require blueprints.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quite seven a.m. yet, but he seemed delighted to have someone to talk to. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

Something was not quite adding up, this disconnect between attitudes and behaviors. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She would never be quite certain, but the more time passed, the less probable it seemed that she could move elsewhere, and it became a question of chickens and eggs. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“No, but I do other things, some of which are really quite extraordinary,” the Earthworm said, brightening. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had nothing to think about now and no plans to make: he had only to run, and that was quite enough. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

They ate lots of fried catfish—some of it quite raw and some of it crispy black. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back home, it occurred to Palmer that since he now could read quite well, he should have another look at the inscription on the golden pigeon statue in the den. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

Doctors would un-squish my nose, and raise the bridge and narrow it, so it didn’t look quite so much like a lump of clay that had hardened before it could be properly shaped. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

When he came into the canteen she was sitting at a table well out from the wall, and was quite alone. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was little and saw my mom’s eyes glassy with tears, but I didn’t quite understand. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I had never made quite sure whether the invitation was a request or a polite command. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

In five minutes more the cloud of bewilderment dissolved: I knew quite well that I was in my own bed, and that the red glare was the nursery fire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s not quite as exciting as the cliffs, but you’ll like the bees.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

The man said nothing, but he knew that what she said was quite right. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I was not thinking quite about that,” said the Wart “As a matter of fact I was thinking how nice it would be to be a knight like Kay.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others took it up, a brief swelling sound, not quite a word. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the first pages, he introduced them to a land quite different from the green English countryside. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

"You wouldn't be the first prentice who's run off. Sander said you'd found your first day not quite to your liking." The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He could almost understand them . . . not quite, not truly, but almost ... as if they were singing in a language he had once known and somehow forgotten. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes. That did strike me as a bit odd. I can’t quite surmise why she was there.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

And all the time, never quite forgotten, never fully seen, the shadow. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“There’s a spot in the roof, see it, almost over them. The last blast didn’t quite get it. If you can get it at the base, half the roof will cave in.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

"And quite another to take on England, the greatest power in Europe." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

Her head knew that what happened with Milo wasn’t her fault, but her heart didn’t quite agree. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His face was clean-shaved, smooth-skinned, ordinary, not handsome but not quite plain. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Any other areas where you guys feel like we haven’t quite reached the equality bar? Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Now the truth was that Uncle Andrew, who knew nothing about the Wood between the Worlds, had quite a wrong idea about the rings. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Before long, Captain Cook became quite skillful at getting out and was ready to be taught how to get inside when the door was shut. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Never quite in their league, talent-wise. I was often rather sharp with him. You can imagine how I — how I regret that now....” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

The leadership saw Wilson as sympathetic to suffrage, even if he wasn’t ready to move on the issue quite yet. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The Ebola Reston vims jumped quickly from room to room, and as it blossomed in the monkeys, it seemed to mutate spontaneously into something that looked quite a lot like influenza. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Embarrassed for a quite unimportant reason—because my hand was hard from working and his were soft, from wearing those plastic gloves so long, I suppose. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

‘But talking would stop me thinking and wondering, which are quite as tiring,’ said Frodo. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

She shrugged, not quite understanding the gleam in his eye. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I can’t exactly say. He was always quite pleasant in his manner.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

They weren’t surprised that she was frozen mid-step, one black-and-white-striped stocking and a black clog shoe stretched ahead, not quite touching the ground. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It all took a while and I didn’t help much, sitting quite dazed on the edge of the field wearing only a camisole and panties under a borrowed sweater and overcoat. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

He made this confident remark almost but not quite to Phineas, who was still sitting alone in the middle of the room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was dusk, or dawn, I’m not quite sure, but there was someone else there with me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he was the most electric personality I have ever met, and I still can’t quite conceive him dead. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was wearing a set of spangled silver robes that were attracting a certain amount of giggles from the onlookers, but otherwise she looked quite nice. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“What would happen if you stopped?” asked Milo, who didn’t quite believe that color happened that way. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And I wasn’t quite sure how I could answer that. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Gene, who was more fastidious than C. J., had not been quite so eager to try them. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s quite obvious that the two of them have been here before. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Not at all. You are sixteen now, quite old enough to be my confidant, and my experience will be useful to you by-and-by, perhaps, in your own affairs of this sort.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were available whenever I needed to talk, and back then I needed to talk quite a lot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He was also quite fearless and he loved adventure. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite a while before Mr. Popper got his pets safely into the baggage car. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He suddenly couldn't remember if he had known this or not, and it made him quite irritable. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

Damasen handled him with surprising gentleness, murmuring words of encouragement that she couldn’t quite catch. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Because of this, they talked quite a bit, and in asking their own questions, they told me most of what I wanted to know. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The island, which was about nine square miles, had a thick belt of quite dense bush around the edge. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Although there was nothing markedly peculiar about her gait as she moved through the hall—she neither dallied nor quite hurried—she was nonetheless very peculiarly transformed as she moved. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

For a minute he fought quite hard; then he lay still, breathing fast and shallow. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Sumac, apparently quite pleased with himself, was bobbing his head at the man as I reached him. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Then I crawled in and lay there for quite a long time trying out for size the expensive, confined, strangely new-smelling, entirely novel space that was soon to be my home away from home. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Wilkins, Sprat and Locke are looking for a quite different sort of person, one who exemplifies CUDOS. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Presently he became aware that Frodo was singing softly to himself, singing the old walking-song, but the words were not quite the same. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Not until it was time to leave did I discover, quite by accident, how the mirror had actually been broken. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By contrast, Durham’s leading white newspaper denounced the idea of a boycott, calling it “dynamite” and “a distasteful aggressive suggestion...quite unfair to the theaters.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

I think in the end we must have absorbed quite a lot of information, because I remember, around that age, a marked change in the way we approached the whole territory surrounding the donations. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So you’ve—well, read things out of a book quite often?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Later that morning, quite unexpectedly, he came upon a chance to talk to Blackavar alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Julia appeared to be quite used to this kind of conversation, which she called “talking by installments.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

What he tells Theo is that he knows he's reached the point where “it really comes quite readily to me to paint a given object, whatever the shape or colour may be, without hesitation.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

If by “effort” she means writing a check that could send a small village to college, then she definitely put in quite a bit of effort just so I could be a human petri dish. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Charles is getting to be quite a problem,” he said. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

In this respect the Scientific Revolution is quite unlike, for example, the First World War, where there is general agreement on what it was and a fair amount of agreement on why it happened. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Mercy stirred and asked, in a quite natural voice, for a sip of water, and Rachel’s haggard face lighted with a smile. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He seemed quite at home, and Jasper certainly recognized him, but these two facts did not fit in with Maxim’s words to Mrs. Danvers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The fear created by commercial experts may not quite rival the fear created by terrorists like the Ku Klux Klan, but the principle is the same. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

It is quite crowded and Bailey is still surprised that no one pays them much attention, assuming that they are just the same as any group of young circus patrons visiting for the evening. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Four of them, alas, didn’t move quite fast enough and were killed. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Hannah whispered to herself, and the dream she’d had came back to her: all that Seder food and the familiar faces around the table, faces she cculd almost— but not quite—name. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He bent over to put his face quite near to Cassiopeia and spoke loudly and slowly, as if she were an idiot. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

My second month, I found one old lock that was so flimsy I could almost twist it off with my hands, but not quite. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am quite willing for the children, his, of course, but also ours as they come along, to be raised in the Catholic faith. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was standing there with her hands on her hips, looking at him with an expression he couldn’t quite place. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You are quite literally Queen Victoria’s worst nightmare.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Most are eating pea soup, you see, but that would be quite challenging to transport,” he explained. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

We had begun with the floor, which we built by laying wide planks between two quite far-apart branches and nailing them down. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

She then stood quite still, her back against the wall between the filthy window and the stove, as though she wished for nothing more than to sink into the stone and vanish. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I now saw quite clearly that Mrs. Willard had simply traded her open house in Russia for my bite to eat in New York. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

It’s not quite finished, but you can see the shape of the jackal head, with beaded eyes and a thin, sharp snout. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I could hardly breathe, because I knew that something bad was happening, but I wasn’t quite sure what. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

The accounting procedures used to measure these assets are frequently quite artificial, and there are other complicating factors which are obvious with a little thought. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the look of the first house suggested that you’d better pass it by, so did the look of the wood, but for quite a different reason. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We've lost quite a few of our folks over the past few weeks, not just to shambler attacks but also to a group of men calling themselves Survivalists. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Therefore nobody here is quite so free as a free male anywhere else. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sophie’s sense of patriotism was suddenly so bruised by this remark that she became quite angry. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was the only boy who practised it seriously, and it was not quite so simple a business fifty years ago as it is today. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Three days is quite unusual. But then again—” Some of the self-importance seemed to leak out of him. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She watched him as if he were quite insane. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moreover, to Harry’s amazement, he turned out to be quite right. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

By the time Mandy had whisked away my plate, I was wondering why I had thought the earl resembled a hound when he was really quite handsome. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite a change from living at the temple or the Mud House. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“Stick around home, okay? This isn’t quite over yet.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He also looked quite serious, though I could see the sparkle of a smile in his eyes. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

His usual dress, of a grey winding sheet, was, he knew, quite wrong. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

And I also have an Inner Stickler that, having been unleashed, is now roaring, salivating and clawing the air in a quite alarming manner. Eats, Shoots & Leaves 2003-11-06T00:00:00Z

But in the crucible of the moment, another quite plausible definition of leadership was circulating in the upper reaches of the government. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

He had not quite understood how to make the thing turn, and the tree had come up on him suddenly. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Afterwards, they tried to square him back up, but he never did look quite the same. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Not best pleased at all. You’ve put her quite out of sorts. And when she gets out of sorts, she takes it out on everybody else. It’s her way.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The Whispering Gallery, though quite large, was furnished only with a single desk, two cushions in the corner, and, in the center of the room, a strange contraption resembling an old-fashioned beauty-salon hair dryer. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You speak quite freely of your employers,” Penelope commented. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

We usually think of the moon as being quite bright, especially when it is full, but the moon is a dullard compared to the earth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And now that Anna knew him, she saw that he really was quite handsome. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

With a handsome gesture he waves toward us—and the little woman goes from one to another and smiles at us and hands round the sausage; she now looks quite handsome. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad was quite careful about his elbows, but every so often would forget. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, well, I don't plan on being dead quite yet.” Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

She was thin and sallow, with angular features and a black moustache, not quite droopy enough to hide a horsey set of upper teeth. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I see,” he said, replacing his spectacles and looking quite as though he saw much less than he had a few minutes before. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“This will never do. I feel quite uncomfortable.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The temperature has dropped and the sun is glowing like some kind of frosted golden jewel.Yet everything feels different and not quite right. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He sat quite still, anger still surging through him, listening to the frantic thumping of his heart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It was the reason Shawn would never quite be Shawn again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Capital boys, aren’t they? I feel quite young and brisk again after that.” said Jo, strolling along with her hands behind her, partly from habit, partly to conceal the bespattered parasol. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once more he was that self he had long since taught himself to wear in the world’s eye, pompous, spurious, not quite gross. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is quite possible that the mousehole branches and twists about, and that he has lost his way.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

His hair looked quite combed, and he was tall and thin and carried the same cane he had waved from the steps that morning. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He looks familiar, too, actually, but I can’t quite place him. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The incline was not completely vertical, but most of the descent was quite steep. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

But I did mention I had read quite a few books. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Polly had disliked the Queen from the first; and even Digory, now that he had heard the story, felt that he had seen quite as much of her as he wanted. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“But—” “How did I get free? Hercules did that, eons ago. So you see, I have a soft spot for heroes. Some of you can be quite civilized.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Now he’s been kicked out of Best School, and all summer my mom frowns and doesn’t quite believe and doesn’t quite understand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

And my mother, who tried all her life to believe in God without ever quite succeeding, looked up at him for guidance. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Rachel shouts, You got quite a load there too. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mena told me one night after it happened that Lucas had to be pulled off the stage and was quite lucky that he didn’t get charges pressed against him. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I uncovered the small form, beautiful, strong, but quite plain, a girl’s body. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

That wasn't quite true about wanting to go to the show, but I tried to convince myself now that it was true, so I could be really wounded about what Jay Cee had done. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Of course you were apparently quite wild but I never knew too much about that. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

But until quite recent times—painfully recent times—one thing remained in abundance that preserved the primeval super-Eden feel of the original forest: the massively graceful American chestnut. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

They are presumed to be planets that never quite made it, owing to the unsettling gravitational pull of Jupiter, which kept–and keeps–them from coalescing. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But these men had rejected what was before their eyes without quite knowing what they had rejected and why. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been starting to quite like Cedric — prepared to overlook the fact that he had once beaten him at Quidditch, and was handsome, and popular, and nearly everyone’s favorite champion. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I’m not quite sure what it was even now, but I had begun to change. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were days when she was quite silent; but there were others when I could not account for the sounds she made. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“In pouring through the records, text and cell phone records, I got quite a bit of evidence. I know you haven’t been totally up front with me on what was said.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Eleanor kissed Park's new face—just under his eye, not quite on his nose. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It is clear from the transcript of Bickel’s reminiscences that his interviewer does not quite know what to do with that information. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

I smiled, pleased she didn’t quite recognize me. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

She just couldn't quite get a hold of the pain that comes from having that happen nearly every day for years. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He found quite soon that even if he had ten thousand acres of hill country he could not make a living on the bony soil without water. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Gonzalez, my “boss,” is rather a cretin, but is nonetheless quite pleasant. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet there was something between them, a tension, an understanding, he had seen it in her, and felt it in himself, he thought that he was quite sure... I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

The inhabitants of the planets of distant stars witness quite different constellations in their night skies than we do in ours—other Rorschach tests for other minds. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It became clear that the state lawyers had been discussing this case quite a bit. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“This fine account of him,” whispered her aunt as they walked, “is not quite consistent with his behaviour to our poor friend.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

It was quite light and any moment now the sun would rise. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I think you know quite well who I am. How many sons do you have?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

“Old John and his wife: he would have none else. He is quite broken down, they say.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“It is quite fortúnate you found us. It would have taken much time to free two spinners from King Gorger’s prisons unnoticed, and we have no time to waste,” said Ripred to Gox. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She remained quite still, floating in midair, staring down at him, and a sense of hopelessness engulfed Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” he muttered, not quite meeting my eyes. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

There was quite a pile of saucers now on the table in front of me. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

“So good that I’m almost okay with you reading it in class. But not quite.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The two children played for quite a while, climbing trees and drawing in the dirt. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“A group of children were seen along the road this morning,” the wight said, his voice clipped, accent obscure—not quite English, not quite German. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As we were going with our candle along the dark passage, Estella stopped all of a sudden, and, facing round, said in her taunting manner, with her face quite close to mine,— Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t quite understand the science of it. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

It was the one place where sunlight fell on the city, down through the gap where the seraph’s wings came together in front and didn’t quite meet. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

He was a man I hoped to soon know quite well. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Telemachus they treated with amused contempt as if he were a mere boy and quite beneath their notice. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of them, without quite knowing why, were talking in whispers. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

It was quite possible he would get no welcome at all—and he knew it. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, during my first days under Mr Farraday, I was once or twice quite astounded by some of the things he would say to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

One night, quite early in November, there was a blizzard, and when the Poppers got up in the morning, there were large drifts of snow all over the house. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

And around the edge of the tinted mirror there were little pink lights, so that when Lyra looked into it she saw a softly illuminated figure quite unlike the Lyra she knew. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

There were four girls, including Catherine, who was born not quite two years after Charles. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Miss, would you please get off of Bill? I’m afraid he’s the sheriff’s cousin, and the sheriff would be quite upset if anything happened to him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

When Dicey looked at the water, they seemed to be traveling quite fast. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pontellier's mind was quite at rest concerning the present material needs of her children, and she could not see the use of anticipating and making winter night garment’ the subject of her summer meditations. The Awakening 1899-01-01T00:00:00Z

On top of that, I am in quite a bit of pain. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that, with the exception of the guitar, he and I actually had quite a bit in common. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

He could not be quite sure, but it seemed to him that suddenly, before it passed out of sight, the horse turned aside and went into the trees on the right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Her older sister, Margaret, was matronly and dignified, probably from having assumed matronly and housewifely responsibilities too early in life, their mother having died when they were quite young. The Awakening 1899-04-22T00:00:00Z

He smelled vaguely of some tropical fruit I couldn’t quite recognize. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Today we know that the fall was not quite as rapid, dramatic, and widespread as earlier scholars believed. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Andeg was looking at the food cache as though he wasn’t quite sure he’d meant to share, but Mama was pleased. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

And she said, “Because obviously he is going to find it quite upsetting.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But L.V. stayed off by himself, as if he felt he didn’t quite belong. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I used to think she was quite intelligent, in my stupidity. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The black population of Odessa was quite small—about 5 percent. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the idea seemed so bizarre that it was generally ignored until quite recently. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave me something that wasn’t quite a smile. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

"You were quite drunk, my dear," said the count. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The dropout rate was quite high, but it didn’t seem to matter all that much. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Dad had told me he was really proud of how I’d handled myself with Julian and that I was turning into quite the strong man. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He looked quite at a loss for what to say, and resorted to refilling their mugs. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t throw’ away anything not quite worn out. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The canoe was quite handily placed, in fact; luck had been on their side, or a little luck anyway. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The alarm clocks went off in our house at 7:00 a.m., and after we all silently made a pact not to wake quite yet, the alarms beeped again at 7:05 a.m. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

"Yes, you're quite right," I said, giving my glass a tinkling twirl. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though quite young, his light brown hair was flecked with gray. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

What was meaningful to voters and what was just grandstanding, though, I wasn’t quite sure. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The dictionary, quite reasonably, contained an entry in which people could learn about the word, including, of course, the fact that many speakers disapprove of it. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The world beyond the rubber mask was stupendously vivid but seemed not quite real, as if a movie were being projected in slow motion across the front of my goggles. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

As you might imagine, it was quite a bit larger than life. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Not quite isolated; among Galileo’s visitors in his last years were Thomas Hobbes and John Milton. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

I rose and instead of calling my first witness, I declared quite matter-of-factly that I was not calling any witnesses at all, at which point I abruptly closed my case. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And my element, quite obviously, is being alone and invisible. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I know it’s directed at me, and as usual, I can’t quite tell if he’s saying it earnestly or maliciously. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But his memory had warned him, and he wasn’t standing quite close enough to be knocked over. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He placed his hands on the sides of Pong's chattering jaw and turned his face one way and then the other, as though he weren't quite convinced the face really belonged to his old friend. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

“He won’t go anyplace without his dog. “It’s quite small,” she added in a whisper. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although a capital trial can be quite grim, our spirits were generally high. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time I figured he must consider himself quite a fine fellow and had thought up a cutting remark about how only a mother loves a fat man, he was gone. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She was building quite a reputation in a short amount of time. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Shortly before the athletes came ashore at Hamburg, a doctor noted that quite a few were expanding. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

I waited until he went back into the house and the door closed behind him; then I started to walk back, but for some reason, did not want to quite yet. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Shaun and I made sure we were together for the rematch, but it wasn’t quite that easy. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

We’ve been receiving so much mail from people all across the country, and we have no idea what to do with it all; the donations for our college fund are amazing and quite touching. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

While that was quite enjoyable, I felt overcome with an uncertainty of what to do with my hands. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Indeed, we now know that Liszt and his contemporaries were quite wrong about the provenance of what they called ‘gypsy’ music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

They knew quite well that He had four, and that the fourth explained Sula. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

One day I might tell Frank Crawley, but not yet, not for quite a while. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t want to interfere. But sometimes, just lately, I think Tommy’s been quite upset. You know. About certain things you’ve said or done.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Comparing texts word by word turned out to be quite the consuming task. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

This, though, was One Life to Live, and no one could suddenly recall the birth of a child quite like Erika Slezak, who played both Victoria Buchanan and her alternate personality, Nicole Smith. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Oh, yes. In my day, you could buy quite a lot with a sand dollar. I think you will find it still buys a lot, if used in the right situation.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got you, eh? You’ve made quite a few telescopic observations since being put together, Cutie. Have you noticed that several of those specks of light outside become disks when so viewed?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Even though James’s grandmother was barely taller than Emily and swam in one of James’s old Angry Birds shirts, she was still quite intimidating. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Um, well,’ Leo said, ‘this is quite simply the most amazing instrument ever!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

This food, which was rich and good, had made him quite fat. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Paying tourists didn’t like to be jostled around quite that much, unless of course they were on an illegal jaunt to Disneyland. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I told Buddy later I didn't see how that was possible, but he said it was quite possible, though unusual, to see something like that happen. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

I know you were quite concerned about their reaction when you had all that homework to make up. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I quite fail to see what is 'good’ about this afternoon, when you have rubbished the founding principle of the comprehensive school. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Luna was demonstrating her usual knack of speaking uncomfortable truths; he had never met anyone quite like her. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He was stranded, quite alone, in the dark Muggle world, with absolutely nowhere to go. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“It’s something quite strange to me, I’m afraid. But I’d rather admire you and your friends than stones on a wall.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The social worker wasn’t going to be swept out quite so easily. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The whole thing looks quite pretty, but I don’t know if it’s enough of a birthday present. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“They did quite a job getting that piece of glass out of your eye, trooper.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I froze, too, aware that something was amiss, but not quite sure what. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Often the war of wills goes on for quite a time, I squinching my eyes shut and he forgiving me, but he nearly always wins. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can leave that to me, I think. I haven’t quite decided where to put it.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

They looked toward the voices, and there was a gathering of children, some of them teenagers and some of them quite small. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Janssen sees me, her face breaks into such a relieved smile that I nearly turn around a third time, because I’m still not quite sure what I'm doing here. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I was quite unaccustomed to being with so many people at one time. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Natural harmonics are ‘hidden’ notes, usually quite high in pitch, which are found within any given sound, like the additional colours of the spectrum that are contained within white light. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The ends weren’t quite even, but close, and they were pointed, the way the beavers had chewed them off. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He’s sure he used to know quite a lot of words, in more than one language, in fact, but he can’t seem to recall any of them. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It’s actually quite a dilemma trying to decide which one’s worse. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes, quite right, master,” Minos said with amusement. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t quite know why I was convinced of that; I just knew that I was. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

For reasons that he couldn’t quite fathom, he didn’t mind terribly when Juliet called him by the pet name his mother had for him. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

When suddenly I notice Peeta, he's about five tributes to my right, quite a fair distance, still I can tell he's looking at me and I think he might be shaking his head. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then, quite suddenly, they came to an edge and it was all before them. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The scent was familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Thus she did not quite believe in the war, not even when Troop C, our militia cavalry, was called out, loaded its horses on a train, and set out for the open world. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we lay there, Katz said, quite brightly, “Hard day today. I’m beat.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

If they had wanted to, that would have been quite easy. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

In fact, he lifted his head up and quite openly put the rest of the strip in his mouth. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

They were very nice people but quite formal. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thank goodness,” I said, quite earnestly, too, and took my leave of him and the mountain. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The conductor let his arms fall limply at his sides and stood quite still as darkness claimed the forest. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

They never quite looked each other in the eyes. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

His ignorance, poor fellow, at last served him; he never mistrusted but that my inheritance was quite safe, with Mr. Jaggers’s aid. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now that they were in his head, the possible answers were quite frightening. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Lee rode slowly up, slouched a bit, no longer quite so trim. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You think there’s no other way of saving yourself, and you’re quite ready to save yourself that way. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Troublesome, careless child! and what are you doing now? You look quite red, as if you had been about some mischief: what were you opening the window for?” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had known it would happen fast, but could not quite believe that eleven days ago Pauline had been alive. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

For several hundred years, and until quite recently, Milagro had been a sheep town. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been quite right to say that he, the only person on Gethen who trusted me, was the only Gethenian I distrusted. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” said the owl, sounding quite sure, “it will not. The wild onions are already up in the pastures.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The wagon was quite full when we finished. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was so thin, it was almost like her body couldn’t quite hold up her big head, like she wasn’t balanced quite right. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In that way, I saw that Reverend Harris had a public face and a private manner that were quite different from one another. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maxim stood quite still, with the door open, staring at Favell. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

She could tell from his long legs that the man was quite tall. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is coming as you should do,” said she; “like a gentleman.—I am quite glad to see you.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It was not till after dinner that I saw him again: he then seemed quite at his ease. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was quite unlike any other party they had seen that day. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

“He has certainly been quite a help,” said Mrs. Corcoran coolly. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“No,” said I, “I had quite enough of the Finches the last time I was there.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

The Earthman laughed quite suddenly, “In Earth’s name, why?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

She was as crotchety and sullen as a three-legged mule, and I was not quite sure why. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

Ever since, they have maintained themselves and their ways, replicating in their own fashion, privately, with their own DNA and RNA quite different from ours. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Judge Corbett then turned to the others and said, ‘The prisoner is quite right.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Dead last. Which is quite a feat, if you consider his classmates.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dear Mother, I was made quite sad by your letter telling of my sister Agnes’s death. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“As you all know, the last few days have been bloody crazy, and quite a bit seems centered around our Greenbean, Tommy, seated before us.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“It was quite a precise job. And when I think of precise, I think of one person. You.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” said Colonel Julyan, “I quite understand. Could you throw me out at my sister’s? It’s one of those turnings off the Avenue Road.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It is a strange and risky business in which the makers never quite know what they are making until they have actually made it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were a hardy and self- sufficient people, quite capable of taking care of themselves. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Seems like quite an opportunity for a hardworking young girl.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

In Parsons, the distinction, as we have seen, is quite simple: internal evidence consists of my feelings, which are inside me. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“That was quite a welcome,” I tell her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

This was merely embarrassing but then—being prodded a bit too energetically by the attorney—he suddenly and quite without warning lost his head. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

When apartheid came, colored people defied easy categorization, so the system used them—quite brilliantly—to sow confusion, hatred, and mistrust. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Because it would be quite as rude as kicking down the front door,” said Dumbledore. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

My education and that of my Black associates were quite different from the education of our white schoolmates. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The houses here were just as old if not quite as magnificent as those in the center. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He laughed as if he were quite funny. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

‘It is quite made up. Go away and leave it behind. Stop possessing it. Give it to Frodo, and I will look after him.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jam didn’t quite believe the line, but they’d been taught it all their lives. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Neville performed a series of quite astonishing gymnastics he would certainly not have been capable of in his normal state. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

In fact, there are three quite different levels of technology in medicine, so unlike each other as to seem altogether different undertakings. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you succeeded. I’ve been quite safe from wild ones here.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She pronounced it, as she thought, in the French way, monosyllabically, but without quite getting her tongue round the r. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Colin noticed she looked different, but not quite how, and then he saw it. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“It makes me quite ill to think of it,” said Grandma Josephine. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

I visited Uncle Edisto and Aunt Florentine in the cemetery quite a bit. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“All on your lonesome?” he says, like I bragged on going to the moon and back and he didn’t quite believe me. The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite invisible, and the traffic was flowing again. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I began reading it, the style reminded me of someone whose work I am quite familiar with. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But the lower pond was quite close to the river. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Emma was quite relieved, and could presently say, with a little more composure, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I can tell he likes the picture, although he says I didn’t quite capture his distinguished nose. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t surprised, but I didn’t quite know what the end would be for this kind of gathering of young people. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Totally weird, but I couldn't help but think that his face looked like some kind of jigsaw puzzle, the pieces not quite in the right place. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

They sounded just like the articles in the foreign press, as if these killings had not happened and, even if they had, as if they had not quite happened that way. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Reluctantly, as the other two could tell, Hermione let the matter rest, though Harry was quite sure she would attack again at the first opportunity. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I could hear the drums pounding more loudly, speaking quite clearly to me. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

When the man in charge cut off the grain, the first group gave up quite soon, the second group a little later. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell Marv I wouldn’t have slept anyway, and he’s quite gracious in accepting the bed. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Finally she said timidly: “Sir, I would not want to intrude. And I can hear you quite well from out here.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Indeed. It was quite a year. They cloned Dolly the sheep in 1996.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“That is Frightful; don’t be afraid. She’s quite wonderful and gentle. She would be glad to catch you a rabbit for supper if you would prefer that to venison.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old Mom has disappeared, replaced by someone I don’t quite know—and for this project, I’m on my own. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

"A witch will never do silly things like climbing up drainpipes or breaking into people's houses. You'll be quite safe in your bed. Come along. I'll tuck you in." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But ever since Dinorah turned in Minerva’s treasured packet of little notes from Manolo, my open-minded sister has become quite guarded around this so-called victim. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite a good one, and we had a lot of records. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

When they were quite certain that the meal was finished the birds rose with one grand, fluttering movement and flew round the Bird Woman’s head, copying in their own language the words she said. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Tell him he’s looking quite well himself,” the Prince returned. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“This is about as loose as I get,” I said, quite truthfully. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She was a tall, narrow woman with short hair, probably quite young still, though at the time we wouldn’t have thought of her as such. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

This petulant auto-da-fe did not herald the end of the roadside crosses however: quite the contrary. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, quite suddenly, my school days were over. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I cannot quite believe what I am about to say, even as I know it’s the conclusion that makes sense. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It hardly matters. Annabeth is very territorial about her friends, in case you haven’t noticed. She was quite worried about you. And now that you’re back, I think she suspects where you were marooned.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

I have spent the past few days somewhere between sleeping and waking, not quite able to manage either extreme. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

To a physicist, mass and weight are two quite different things. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

No other animal, and I knew quite a few by now, had been so brave in my presence. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother, who is quite devout and traditional, was shocked. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

And what made it even better was that Mini wasn’t standing quite so timidly anymore. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He waits for me to give it back but I’m not quite ready yet. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s quite a jump! Why were you working in the kitchen?” When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had said the word quite naturally, quite calmly. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

You probably don’t know it, but Manchester and its smoky suburbs have got quite a large Jewish population, and nobody minds. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“But need it be quite so bad as those twins?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Who’s to take care of Poppy while you go off delivering messages? You must move in here with me. I have an empty bedroom, after all, and quite a nice one. Come and look.” The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Often the amount of amazement she wanted to feel never quite matched reality. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

We could not agree on a mutually satisfactory definition of “politically motivated” crimes, and this would be an issue that would bedevil us for quite a while to come. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It itched and never sealed quite right because it was the wrong size, but it was all Nailer had. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

When the doors opened, he stepped out into a torch-lit stone passageway quite different from the wood-paneled and carpeted corridors above. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“You’re getting to be quite a girl. How old are you now?” A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I should be quite happy if I only knew if Jonathan.... Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

The Mutual’s newspaper was quite open about the company’s determination to resist Du Bois’ call for an aggressive challenge to white rule. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ocean was quite a bit taller than me, and I’d never looked up at him like this before. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To be honest, they looked pretty silly, and I wasn’t quite sure how well they’d survive, but I couldn’t think about that. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Clara glanced at her stepsister out of the corner of her eye and said, “That’s quite something — for you to be telling me that.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I quite understood; my only doubt was as to whether any dream could be more terrible than the unnatural, horrible net of gloom and mystery which seemed closing around me. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

It seems quite likely, however, that the entire Reston outbreak started with a single monkey in the Philippines. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once the entire mess is ready, Katherine and I eat it greedily, the past week of good eating not quite able to make up for the weeks of starvation. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

That caused quite a sensation among the villagers, who were accustomed to loose-fitting, simple peasant clothing. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Based on what Bo told me about him being on scholarship, I figured he didn’t live in a new neighborhood, but I wasn’t quite expecting this. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I also know that President Ratcliffe would be quite surprised to find out that Chief Powhatan thinks Captain Smith is our real ruler. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

She’d always try to put together some couples costume that suited both of us, but no matter how hard she tried, it never quite worked. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

They had been traveling for quite a long time. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe down the line—in a month or two—when things aren’t quite so raw. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“I will go with you,” she said quite suddenly in her soft voice. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

“This one comes with four games. And the beauty of it is, each cartridge turns the computer into something quite different.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

At least 90 percent of these pedestrians are quite unknown to us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The Queen spoke so sharply that the maid was quite taken aback. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were quite a few shots of me, too, looking as stoked as my friend, taken at arm’s length by myself, or sometimes by Fang if he’d managed to wrestle the camera from me. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

‘Not quite. Almost. He’s so rich gold and silver are like dust to him.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Because there is one who can see me, and he stands the sight of me quite well.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“No,” she said quite simply, “it will not be necessary. You can tell them just as well. I must go with you on your journey.” Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Ah, but that’s not quite even. Yours wouldn’t have been risked if it had not been for me—me and my piece of string.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Pickett suggested with authority that it was growing quite late and that his officers should get back to their separate commands. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was also quite religious, and the party’s antipathy to religion put me off. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some artists reach a creative peak quite early in their careers and then “go dry,” while others, after a slow and unpromising start, may achieve astonishingly original work in middle age or even later. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Really, it is quite essential that you don’t.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Mr. Potter. Now I can hear you quite clearly.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ruth held on through the holidays, but when we were taking down the Christmas tree, she told me that she’d been thinking that the First Presbyterian just wasn’t quite right for us anymore. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“You mustn’t worry about offending me, young man. I’m quite impervious. As for this...” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I’m calling regarding a case Mr. Riley was working on quite some time ago.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Because no sooner had Fezzik’s great hands reached out than the man in black dropped and spun and twisted and was loose and free and still quite alive. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure where that was, but I got the idea that there wasn’t anywhere in the world that New Orleans didn’t send its ships to. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They made quite a grand procession, all walking together like that. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Nothing,” said Francis, quite easily, despite a slight, stunned pause of maybe a second. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Amaka s letters are often quite as long, and she never fails to write, in every single one, how everybody is growing fat, how Chima “outfats” his clothes in a month. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

But somehow, I’m not quite “normal” in suburban Massachusetts. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

You could never quite be sure what might set him off, shut him down, or make him lose his focus. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The propaganda can be quite creative: the famine was repackaged as the “Arduous March,” a patriotic struggle that North Koreans were encouraged to win with the inspiring slogan: “Let’s Eat Two Meals Per Day.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

I can tell he doesn’t believe me—not quite. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

It must be quite something, sir, to be discussing matters with his like.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And then there is the good old AT, still quietly ticking along after six decades, unassuming, splendid, faithful to its founding principles, sweetly unaware that the world has quite moved on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It took him no more than twenty minutes and it got a laugh, sure enough, though not quite the sort he’d expected. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My expectation was not realised, for, when he found that his appeal would not be successful, he got into quite a frantic condition. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“Just to say how that study was painted—quite simply this. Green and red are complementary. Well there’s a particular—red in the apples, very coarse in itself—and greenish things as well.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I can almost see Gram beside me, twisting her parasol overhead, wearing one of her old-fashioned long dresses and a frown on her lips that doesn’t quite match the mischief in her eyes. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I correspond with quite a few astronomers,” Dr. Holyoke said, “but I don’t have much chance to talk to one.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Somebody at the directorate gave it to me. It’s quite old. But it’s good to have just in case.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

What I saw wasn’t quite what I would have expected. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everybody teased me quite a bit yesterday because I lay down on the bed next to Mr. van Daan. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

It is probably such a tiny thing bothering you, we could clear it up at once, and everything would be quite all right again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It’s a simple notion, almost rudimentary, but accomplishing this in an actual game can be quite difficult. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you I hadn’t got it quite right,” sighed Mr. Wonka, shaking his head sadly. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

So he was accustomed to the kitchen, quite apart from the fact that everybody who lived in the castle was a friend of his who might be visited on any occasion. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I felt quite sure that it was Captain Hardcastle who had opened it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also told quite a few lies, and very few truths. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Are you quite sure, dear? You don’t see it writhing on the ground, perhaps, and a shadowy figure raising an axe behind it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Northern abolitionists like Ralph Waldo Emerson made Brown a martyr, and Southern loyalists got up in arms, quite literally, at the idea that this might be the start of a trend. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Does this mean that fat obstetricians deliver babies that have one set of personality characteristics, and skinny ones deliver babies that have quite different characteristics? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And Jane and Michael were never quite sure whether Miss Lark was asking how they were, or how she and Andrew were. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

A ‘robust’ or ‘stable’ answer comes to be regarded as quite simply the right answer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“No, actually, I was quite disobedient. I sneaked out of the house and went with my friends to a midnight showing. I watched the movie, feeling quite brave the whole time.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

So the performance continued to happen, once a week quite regularly, whenever it was not impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

He offers me a slim, pained grin, and I try to offer him one back that’s not quite so stretched. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

And so they’ve spent all their money looking for you, in fact have gone deeply into debt and are now quite poor. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet of heavy hose, containing oxygen tubes and radio wires, is quite a bundle. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day, when I had been there nearly two weeks and the monkeys were quite used to me, I decided to try to follow them into the forest to see what they did. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

That seemed to the hobbits quite enough to explain his ‘hastiness’, at least in the matter of Orcs. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

The sound he had heard was now quite loud, and before much time had passed he saw the head of the great snake appear from a crack in the rocks. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

So if it ever happened again—and he was quite certain it wouldn’t; he had been very careful near heavy doors since the accident!—he could still receive medication. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then I realized that was quite possibly the most inane greeting in the history of American-Iranian relations. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“That was quite a catch you made at the fence,” he says as we head into the lot. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

He put his hand on my shoulder, leaning quite heavily, and after a few minutes we went on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

In fact, I recall quite clearly the very last time we met like that; I was wishing to discuss with Miss Kenton a forthcoming event - a weekend gathering of distinguished persons from Scotland. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at it and knew that it was not, for some reason, quite right. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their wide khaki shorts were rigid with starch, and bobbed over the tall grass like a row of stiff skirts, quite independent of the limbs that moved inside them. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He took a breath and was suddenly quite formal. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As I’ve written you many times before, moods have a tendency to affect us quite a bit here, and in my case it’s been getting worse lately. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

She turns to find Marco hovering behind her, notebook in hand and looking quite concerned. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Whispers, almost indistinguishable from the rain, turn to normal speech, and I hear some voices lift above others, almost yelling, but not quite. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I said, although surely I didn’t sound quite as effusive now that I was completely faking it. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

And then, looking down at his wife in the tub: “Oh Christ, what—” “It’s only my period,” Linda said, shocked, not quite comprehending: the water was tinged with menstrual blood. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be the best thing he ever did, since, quite unexpectedly, the Nazi offered him a job. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

She squeezed his hand, she smiled, her lips moved, then quite suddenly her head fell forward. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the same melody may sound quite different depending on whether the character is in love, being heroic, or dying. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Of course, after about five or six minutes of not quite running, not quite walking, I had to stop and figure out exactly where I was going. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

Everything around him seemed innocent, and he could see for some way ahead, it was all quite all right. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

We called for her and scanned the dark, not quite brave enough to run back, and then Enoch shouted, “There!” and we saw Bronwyn leaning against a corner of the icehouse. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Me too,” said Lyra, though she was also feeling more than that, something subdued and pressing and half-happy and half-painful, so that she wasn’t quite sure what it was. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Renzo had said goodbye to the mastiffs, they had wagged their tails so feebly that he looked quite worried as he boarded Barbarossa’s boat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The farmer put up quite a stink over having to bring the machine over to our place, but Pa said he could only work on it when he had the time away from farming. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

We just sat there like that for quite a while. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Three other wanderers, not quite so dazed, allowed Billy to tag along. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She followed his gaze and saw a distant tremor of movement, quite different from the shimmer of the heat haze. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Vernon Dursley, whose mustache was quite as bushy as Dumbledore’s, though black, and who was wearing a puce dressing gown, was staring at the visitor as though he could not believe his tiny eyes. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

DAD: I think you’ve never quite accepted that he’s dead or moved on to find new friends. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Not because of Reba, who was quite content with the life her mother and she lived, but because of her granddaughter. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The thing is, though, I have to get going now. I have quite a bit of equipment at the gym I have to get to take home with me. I really do." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Harry put the Pocket Sneakoscope on his bedside table, where it stood quite still, balanced on its point, reflecting the luminous hands of his clock. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

He paused a moment, then said, “I think it quite necessary that the authorities here should be prepared to meet and deal with the greatest congregation of criminals that ever yet met in this country.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

I say “roosting” because it seemed almost asleep, perhaps not quite. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

The incentive for those cheating taxpayers was quite clear. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“I believe Adiah will be quite accomplished in a few years, once she completes her training.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The night table that ordinarily stood alongside the bed had been moved close enough to it so that Franny could reach it without quite standing up. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite aware of my differences. I wouldn’t classify them as weird.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

He would have taken someone with him for company but quite by accident everyone was away or was busy. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing my ground quite well when visions of bears, lions, and all kinds of other animals started flashing across my mind. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, as I watched her, she seemed quite happy, her two brown braids bouncing jauntily in rhythm to her walk. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if, between them, an old intimacy had quite suddenly lapsed. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I guess the magic of being someone else is lost when you can never quite shed your own skin. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

No quite tall as me, but thin as a rail. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Not quite. It sheets off—like that—” The last syrup hung over the edge of the paddle, and a great double drop came slowly down. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Two years here, and I still hadn’t quite adjusted to the city’s loudness and bustle. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wave hesitated, balanced there, and then hissed back toward the deep water, its tentacles not quite interested enough in me to drag me with it. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could see them bringing it up, at first very tentatively, shrugging, putting it to one side, bringing it up again, never able quite to leave it alone. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black jumped at being addressed like this and stared at Hermione as though he had never seen anything quite like her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed strange to announce Look at me, I’m writing! but then again, writers were quite strange. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is possible—quite easy, in fact—never to see the embedded reality. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Laurie looked at her a minute as if he did not quite know what to do with himself, then turned sharply away, saying in a desperate sort of tone, “You’ll be sorry some day, Jo.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite unlike the brutal, rational way roads in Will’s world sliced through hillsides and leapt across valleys on bridges of concrete. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

His place was built the old way; it was a birchbark house, but it was quite warm in winter because he knew how to heap the sides with snow and he was an excellent trapper. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

We were quite used to this kind of rumor. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had to use a Hover Charm to get you into your bunk, I couldn’t lift you. You’ve been...Well, you haven’t been quite...” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It was quite obvious that by even mentioning this, I had offended the man,” Gold reported. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

None of the ancients seemed quite able to agree that any of the others were funny, however. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Luckily her tongue got stuck and her mother replied, “Um—we don’t think—quite in those terms.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

She had never understood the quarrel with malls, with the notion of finding exactly the same shops in all of them; she found malls quite comforting in their sameness. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Not quite as big as the Brady house, but there's a slight resemblance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was quite expensive to live in grand hotels and travel about town in taxicabs. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

And now that she was doing something difficult and familiar and never quite predictable, namely lying, she felt a sort of mastery again, the same sense of complexity and control that the alethiometer gave her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Up the stairs I went, jumping quite easily from one to the other, keeping well in against the wall all the time. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Obviously, Reynard, you were unaware of the extent of my improvements. You needn’t be seated in my lovely Whisperer to experience its most powerful effect. In this room you are all quite within range.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are quite a few in the valley; also squirrels, and a few crows who seem to have had the sense to stay around. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Over our own territory we could get down quite easily, and over the German lines we felt that it was much better to burn up than to be captured by the Germans.” A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

Kaz had done his best to teach her, but she didn’t quite have his way with breaking and entering, and it took her a few tries to finesse the lock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

It was quite an unnecessary gesture and made it seem I simply couldn't bear to give chemistry up. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Jane tried it and found she could sit down quite comfortably on the air. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Once, I answered his phone when he was in the shower and he got quite upset and accused me of not trusting him. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Until this point, of course, I had believed myself quite alone and I turned in some surprise. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

But the elastic waist on the polyester pants wasn’t quite elastic enough to fit over my hips. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite tell if he was annoyed or just worried. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could not quite think of the answer. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sat there in his worst enemy’s kitchen for quite a long time, watching the fairy flying around the room investigating everything, for fairies are naturally inquisitive, and this one was obviously no exception. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“You just sit quite still with your face to the wall for a minute, and then ten us what you are talkin' about Take it easy, old boy. No need for hurryin’. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

"If you're quite done trying to kill one another," Mr. Armin said, "we'll continue with our lessons. Not you, Nick," he added as Nick retrieved his singlestick. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And putting up her hand to screen her words from Emma—“A congratulatory visit, you know.—Oh! yes, quite indispensable.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

“No, we found another one up in the mountains and he’s quite extraordinary. Old, of course, but then, who wants a young miracle man?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then Mother Earth would not be quite so beautiful. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wear them, for they fit me quite well. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

In quite a different way than the women at the bus stop. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Clara ran her eyes over everything and found it all quite lovely, just as she had politely approved of a sunset on the high seas, the Piazza San Marco, and her diamond jewelry. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My three younger brothers, my baby sister, and quite a number of my cousins had followed my lead. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her accent wasn’t perfect, a little too long on the ohs and too tight in the back of the throat, but it was really quite good. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And it bred within each of them at least a basic level of resentment and mistrust: You never quite knew what other folks saw you to be. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He was not quite ready to quit trying, he said. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

The common room was deserted, and, judging by the fact that it smelled quite normal, Hermione had not needed to set off any Dungbombs to ensure that he and Sirius got privacy. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Bigwig realized that he had stumbled, quite unexpectedly, upon what he needed most of all: a strong, sensible friend who would think on her own account and help to bear his burden. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The sun has dried up all the rain-drops, sir. The breeze is still: it is quite hot.” Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Then he handed the sword to the Wart quite quietly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thus judged it best simply to smile and say: 'Of course, you're quite correct.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Of course, one has to allow that Mr Harry Smith was employing the word 'dignity7 in a quite different sense altogether from my own understanding of it. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She tried but could not quite find her balance and fell down to the mudflats, striking her head on a granite outcropping just before she dropped to the bottom. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, the nova marks, quite precisely, the beginning of the Revolution, as the death of the archduke marks the beginning of the war. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Their eyes weren’t blank or dead, their bodies weren’t quite at rest. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I’m not quite sure what to make of him, and it’s annoying that he’s not all that unpleasant to look at, because that could cloud my judgment. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“But I thought it was quite a coincidence. Few people have access down here, and everyone else was more or less accounted for last night.” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

She looked different, quite definitely The train roared by outside the window, and Petra stood still, watching her earrings tremble with the vibrations. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

I no longer felt quite so impressed with myself. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

So, even though the man is a stranger and I am afraid of him, I am worrying about his being sick, and the idea that he might die makes me feel quite desperate. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I smiled at Twig, but I felt a twisting in my stomach—like my hypothesis was wrong and the world didn’t work quite like I thought it did. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“The girls would be downstairs and the guys would be upstairs, so it would be quite proper.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

During the day no rays of the sun could penetrate into the gloom of this hut, and so the wax children were quite safe. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Emma wrote to her mother that Charles wasn’t quite used to her “honours yet.” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The sky was quite clear now and the sea gleamed in the sunlight. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

At first he looked a little awestruck, like he couldn’t quite believe it. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s quite capable of making trouble over this business of your brother. You must keep out of his way as much as possible.” Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, well, you’d have to row quite a ways to find my ducks somewhere in Italy, or France, or maybe Czechoslovakia, so that presents a problem, doesn’t it?” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

As you know, I am quite an accomplished watchman. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Because the “Waters were quite impassable” for horses, Washington sent three men along the shore and sped up his own journey by borrowing a canoe and taking the rest of the party by water. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

But sometimes a reporter doesn’t write quite enough words, and the story doesn’t reach all the way to the bottom of the page. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

To be polite, he took a sip from his cup too, and almost gagged: The stuff was quite disgusting, as though someone had liquidized bogey-flavored Every Flavor Beans. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I scan the bare walls, not quite knowing where to let my eyes rest. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“Let me tell you, apprehending a fairy is no easy task. Slippery critters. The trick usually involves appealing to their vanity. Even then, takes quite a bit of know-how.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Not quite mountains, but rising fast, full of gorges and deep brush and places you could die. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite cold in the room now; the chimes would ring for one any time now; the chill had a compounded, a gathered quality, as though preparing for the dead moment before dawn. Absalom, Absalom! 1936-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We shall say quite frankly that if noncooperation and passive resistance constitute high treason, then we are guilty. But these are plainly not encompassed in the law of treason.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than the wings, the fairy looked like a slender woman not quite two inches tall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Each side must be quite confident that the other understands the new limits. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The fruit, when peeled, was unappetizing—quite like soggy cardboard in color, texture, and flavor. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But not quite guilty enough to take the lie back. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Joe had never heard his coach speak in quite that tone of voice. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There are three explanations that mesh quite nicely. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m thinking of buying the Parkers old homestead and using the fields for additional corn for the whiskey, since our small distillery has become quite popular. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The mantelpiece in the drawing room back home was quite empty. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

She did, however, propose that we wash the windows, a job we had done quite thoroughly at the end of the crab season. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have not seen Halmoni since I was four years old, so I can’t be quite sure of how death takes her even farther from me. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

While I would not have considered fighting the political system of the white man, I was quite prepared to rebel against the social system of my own people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Papa used to make it and I never quite got out of the habit, even though I rarely use it—and” she added quickly, “only for medicinal purposes.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They were very clever. They put it in one of the first places anybody would look, knowing quite well it was so easy nobody would ever think of looking there.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as if my feet in their flat red shoes aren’t quite touching the floor. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

He does not know it but he is quite safe. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Mr. Davis was quite fluent on the subject. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Umbridge held out a small hand: She looked so toadlike at that moment that Harry was quite surprised not to see webs between the stubby fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

When he served them tea, he took his time rearranging the biscuits on the saucer so that he could linger and listen to her, until Master said, “That’s quite all right, my good man.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The others liked croquet, but Bunny and I didn’t; neither of us ever quite got the hang of it, and we always hacked and sliced at the ball as if we were playing golf. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, my duty in this instance was quite clear, and as I saw it, there was nothing to be gained at all in irresponsibly displaying such personal doubts. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes adults don’t know quite what to do, so they make the best choice they can with the information that they have,” Ms. Dale says. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Bigwig’s spirit was as tough as his body and quite without sentimentality, but, like most creatures who have experienced hardship and danger, he could recognize and respect suffering when he saw it. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was quite a lot of talk about jobs. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

He has the sugar of his tea spread out on the window-sill, and is reaping quite a harvest of flies. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

She went on, “That smell of burning tires never quite leaves you. The smell is forever associated for me with political violence.” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Not quite understanding it but frightened all the same. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, ha! They look quite vegetative, in fact.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

"Hello, Gerta. I was hoping I would find you here some evening. It's quite late." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Lady Constance, it is Miss Lumley, the governess! I must have your ear for a moment regarding the children. Their current accommodations are quite unacceptable.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

It seemed dangerous to her, even if she didn’t quite put so fine a point on her observation. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was short and chubby, quite young, his hair carefully slicked back. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

He could not quite believe Lee’s words or conceive that other boys were going through the same thing. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

"It's quite all right with me," Mike said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“Well,” Chase says with an irksome smirk, “that would make quite the story.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

This time he quite deliberately placed his hand firmly on Gabriel s back, and released the rest of the calming day on the lake. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was large—taller than me, but not quite John Henry’s size. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I had long wanted to ask her to tell me about the books that she was always reading, but I could never quite summon enough courage to do so. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that every Wednesday a delivery boy brought a basket of food that was quite sufficient for a week. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

But the atmosphere never quite righted itself, and when we said our good-nights in front of the Black Barn, we parted without our usual little touches on the arms and shoulders. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Life as she saw it was quite simple. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

As long as the muvuki maintained his supremacy, he was quite willing to let a Catholic trader operate in the same area. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me questions in a quiet, confidential tone, and quite before I knew it he was not “white” any more. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

However, this option, quite aside from the misgivings his lordship was bound to have as regards gossip travelling, entailed my having to rely on unknown quantities just when a mistake could prove most costly. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The old man was sitting on an upended box; on one side of his head, the hair was quite short; on the other, still shaggy. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was almost conciliatory, that “just,” but not quite, not yet. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A little awkwardly, as though not quite used to supporting his considerable bulk in that position, but with perfect balance, he was strolling across the yard. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

I was actually quite hungry because normally Sam and Patrick take me to the Big Boy after the football games, and I guess I was used to it by now. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Juniper is quite distressed. All her branches are turning yellow. The Council of Cloven Elders has revoked Grovers searchers license in absentia. Assuming he comes back alive, they will force him into a shameful exile.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There were hundreds of old volumes, some of them probably quite rare. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh! yes, I am quite aware of that. It is the garden of England, you know. Surry is the garden of England.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

I suspect that the Korean language that was carried to Japan in 400 B.C., and that evolved into modern Japanese, was quite different from the Silla language that evolved into modern Korean. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“They seem to be designed to be read by someone who knows Shay quite well. By you, perhaps.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But she stopped quite short at the small cocktail bar at the far end of the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

She was shaping her cigarette ash on the side of the fresh ashtray the waiter had brought, her mouth not quite closed. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

They weren’t quite close enough to hear him, and the moaning beast on their tail didn’t make listening easier. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, she did. For the better part of an hour, I’m afraid. Your daughter’s voice is quite shrill, and coupled with her early-rising habits...” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stared about, wanting to go back because this could be only a nightmare, it was quite insane. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I like you. I’m quite taken with you.” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose my father was used to treating me with a certain roughness, not quite as he would have treated a son, but certainly differently from the way he treated Caroline. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Adjusting to an upright position was quite a challenge, especially when the scaffolding had to support an extra-large cranium. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not quite fit the profile of college-educated recruits who became part of Hoover’s mythology. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

"Well, I admit, there are a couple of quite decent items here this time. So I’ll offer you,” he opened his eyes again, "one hundred thousand lire. And I'm still doing you a favor.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

“He told Sven quite a bit about me, right while I was standing there. It was rather embarrassing.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Crookshanks took quite a while to recover from the fireworks, and by the time they entered London, Harry, Ron, and Hermione were all severely scratched. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He was crying quite silently, his face gleaming with tears, and in his arms, wrapped in purple velvet spangled with golden stars, was what Harry knew to be Dumbledore’s body. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I had started to say that since I could only plant and cultivate so much, I had not included beets—and quite a few other things, like pumpkins, turnips, squash, and so on. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“They are quite worn out. Marmee must have a new pair.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He thought he'd seen something like it, somewhere before, but couldn't quite place it. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

Where Browning was straightforward and usually clear, Shakespeare was devious, never being quite where you wanted him to be. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Bad news never sounds quite so bad in the light of day. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

I designed for both of them literally dozens of insulting, sub-normal, but quite constructive, drawing exercises. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Percy couldn’t quite wrap his mind around that. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She was the littlest baby in the village and still couldn’t quite figure out how to crawl. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

No one could quite believe what Miss Peregrine had done. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I'd been there quite a few times, because after I left Elkton Hills Mr. Antoilni came up to our house for dinner quite frequently to find out how I was getting along. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Confused, I think it's for Glimmer, although this doesn't quite make sense because I'm still in the picture, still fighting for the arrows. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

This ugly story seems to have come down in its early brutal form quite unsoftened. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And I was only a little foal when I left so I don't quite fully understand it myself." The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

He was on a roll and was about to say something else; but then, quite suddenly, he stopped, his face souring as if something unpleasant had occurred to him. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

"The point is this. When you haven't washed for a week and your skin is all covered over with dirt, then quite obviously the stink-waves cannot come oozing out nearly so strongly." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

In America in the closing decades of the century there arose a rivalry even more spectacularly venomous, if not quite as destructive. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

There was still something not quite right about them, but they were a thousand times more vibrant than they had been in Jilin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Still, I could live quite happily without the labels I picked up because of it. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The staircase led so far down that by the time it reached a level floor, the sky behind them at the head of the flight was quite invisible. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Could you please call Signora Spavento, before this box falls on my feet? It's really quite heavy.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

An ordinary, straightforward statement like I was taller becomes quite another proposition when we insert one little word: If I were taller. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Grown into a jolly little beast. He was quite a youngster when I saw him last. He’s too fat, though. He needs more exercise.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t quite understand the point of watching your terrible team get walloped, though the air- conditioning was reason enough for me. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He was so drunk that I thought for a moment he might fall asleep on his feet, but he snapped to and found some rope and quite deftly tied our packs on the roof. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled of mint and liniment and unwashed body with another odor that Ophie couldn’t quite place but wasn’t at all good. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Are you quite well? They told me you were wounded on the Isonzo. I hope you are well again.” A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The words float by, flecks of ash, seeds on the breeze, remnants of another life that hasn’t quite vanished. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t meant to say it with quite so much sass. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Asher’s parents had waited quite a long time before applying for a second child. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

Finally, when he had gotten quite out of breath and Paula had probably grown quite seasick in her box, the girl stopped and knocked on a door fit for a giant. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

At first the Greek system of numbers was quite similar to the Egyptians’. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Before we left home, I took the liberty of having a makeover at every counter in every mall in town. I racked up quite a few free gifts with purchase.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Though I hadn't quite learned a new language, as Julia was doing, I felt almost as though I had. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Root was as intellectually challenged as he looked, it was quite possible the entire scheme would collapse around his ears. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Grace could see her mentally ripping out the carpet in their living room, adding a second wing, or quite possibly abandoning Grace’s father and her to live in this house instead. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“I am quite good at discerning lies. I hear none from you. Your story also fits with what Hazel Levesque told us.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

For reasons that no one can quite pin down today, Robert decided to name this boy Loser. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The two statues were cut from similar marble and sculpted in quite similar ways. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Celia is quite pleased with the arrangement, and spends most of her time reading. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Apparently, he'd made quite an impact, and the city was all abuzz about this "dashing Arabian prince." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“I—don’t quite remember. But that’s not unusual. Praise is like beautiful music. It carries you away and makes you feel better.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

It still felt strange to acknowledge it, like answering to a name that didn’t belong or slipping into clothes that weren’t quite the right size, but she made herself say it in her head. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He was a moody, complicated man, possibly suffering from some degree of clinical depression, who found himself in possession of musical talents even he couldn’t quite come to terms with. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

He had never been quite able to forget my father, Mr Charles told me, owing to an incident that occurred during that visit. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux listened and he was quite certain that he heard the nails and teeth of the rats, the sound of sharp things being made sharper still. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, King, you were quite right,” he said, “and I should have listened to you in the first place. She is Lyra’s mother; I might have expected something like that.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“He grew quite mad. I had to break them apart, and it took much to calm Hamlet again,” said Horatio, and he sighed heavily. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

But never in quite such a cataclysmically, internationally terrible way. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Dedd had asked Minerva several times, quite casually, about their old friend. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet he was not quite at the goal: simple math told him that reaching that energy would require a linear tube many meters in length—“rather awkwardly long for laboratory purposes.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

It had been only a year since I'd discovered we were undocumented, so I didn't quite grasp the gravity of the day our Social Security cards finally arrived in the mail. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Richardson, after some thought, called the city’s department of records, which was not quite as accommodating as the one in San Francisco had been. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was quite clear that there would be no getting past the main-door guards. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Professor had evidently noted the road we were to go, for he went on unhesitatingly; but, as for me, I was in quite a mixup as to locality. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

When it was beginning to be daylight we were quite close to the shore. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Instead, Reich employed a method of driving music along through constantly evolving reiteration, which was quite alternative to the tried and tested Western formulas perfected over several hundred years. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The people who had built the Teeth had misjudged the sea rise quite a lot. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

In about twenty minutes he woke up, and said to me quite cheerfully:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You probably see that quite differently, don't you, little redhead?” he asked mockingly. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there was something about it that was—not quite right. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quite a lie—though she had hoped for all of them to contain something about Wyrdmarks, or what they meant beside a corpse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He stood with his head down, gazing at the marble floor as if he had quite forgotten where he was. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Bessie Leaven had said I was quite a lady; and she spoke truth—I was a lady. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure you will not join us of your own free will? You could be quite.. .precious to us. Why die again?” The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

“They don’t quite know how to appeal to people yet,” I admitted, wondering whom I could convince of this if I could not convince my mother. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moody, quite unconcerned, was now loosening the ties of the large sacks he had brought with him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Pulling shut the door, which, despite all Charles’s efforts, still did not close quite flush, they remembered the bear and wondered how they could keep the wild creatures from destroying the cabin in their absence. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I could call him “Char” quite easily, but writing it was another matter. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

And quite honestly, sir, I don't know what else you could do at this hour. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

The daily routine was blurred to me and I never quite grasped it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one seemed quite sure about the reason for the fight, but there wasn’t much attempt to break it up since the girl who got pummeled was generally thought to be a jerk. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tea ready, I was going to approach the table; but she desired me to sit still, quite in her old peremptory tones. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

At the hotel we’ve hosted big, fancy lunch- eons and dinners before, but nothing quite this big. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gave me her look that said she didn’t quite believe me. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Needless to say, quite a few eyes were turned in my direction. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Since the paper was quite small, I compressed my handwriting to get as many words on the page as I could—this was a big moment in our relationship. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I knew Kia and I had a close bond, but I never realized quite what I meant to him until that moment. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Ophie couldn’t quite think of him as Aunt Rose’s husband; she’d never met the man when he was living, and his spirit seemed to be a person all its own. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

They were more interested in Sam and Pippin, who were now feeling quite at home, and were chatting gaily about events in the Shire. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

But the Stickiness Factor suggests something quite different. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had no idea...it’s quite unusual,” he said, scratching his forehead with the stem of his pipe. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then, quite unexpectedly, there was another knock at the door. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I used to go there quite a lot, but I don't any more. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

To say that the lithosphere floats on top of the asthenosphere suggests a degree of easy buoyancy that isn’t quite right. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

But in a few hours, I got to know my classmates quite well. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

We seemed to be having that quite a bit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looked quite furnished. I thought from the outside it was just a boat-house.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t quite resigned myself to staying here just yet,” I say. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

There was quite a wind even though it had warmed up enough to start the snow melting, and it made the frilly canopy on the cars snap loudly. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The sun still sets quite late in the north of England in August, and Maddie on fabric wings flew low over the long sands of Holy Island and saw seals gathered there. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Then he strolled back to them, hands in pockets, quite recovered. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

After leaving school, I continued for a long time with photography and I became quite good at it. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Popper was quite worried when he found that all these changes were going to be very expensive. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

After a few hours I am no longer the only one, and by morning we are quite accustomed to it and ask for what we want without any false modesty. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he told them to leave the pitch, they did so quite cheerfully and went to sit in the stands to heckle everyone else. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Pet’s face tracked toward her, and she felt a sheen of an emotion coming off it, not quite regret but something bittersweet. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Some of the houses were very old and some quite new, but they were all built in much the same way out of wood and clay and thatch. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He said this all quite calmly but I, listening to him, felt a lump growing in the pit of my stomach. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Being a branch on the same family tree as Leo made sense to him, and this strange new history made Joseph suddenly feel more alive, more real, and not quite so lost. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though it hopped up and down with great energy, it couldn't quite fly. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

Several months before he had caused quite a bit of outrage up at the school, and now his name was never mentioned above a whisper. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, he thought quite the opposite—Teresa seemed as tough as anybody there. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Saying NO NO as an individual was one thing, bullying the entire camp into it was quite another. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You did not hear, for instance, a commotion going on in the compartment next to yours? The American lady who occupies it had quite an attack of hysterics and rang for the conductor.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The smooth, continuous fabric of space-time might have tears in it, and nobody knows quite what happens in the region of those tears. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

At first she did nothing, but then, when the feeling became quite strong, she turned round and looked behind her. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” said Amber, which didn’t seem quite enough. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Most of their eggs are quite safe—and delicious! But it was the exploding ones that earned them their rather unkind name: Armageddon chickens.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

This is a point I think about quite often: why is it that Pim annoys me so much sometimes? The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Nothing quite as dramatic as the sinking of the First National Bank of Midland had taken place for some time, but by then people had become immune to catastrophe anyway. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pull to know was strong, and he didn’t quite understand why. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

I had heard others do this before, and I enjoyed listening because sometimes they were quite clever and ingenious. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He pauses, holding on to his words like they aren’t quite right in his head yet. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

This is all quite fascinating, but over the next six pages the paragraphs jump around between descriptions of the Cossacks’ way of war and still more exegesis of Clausewitz. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Hamilton resisted the recommendation, arguing quite plausibly that such a specific proposal was inappropriate for an address designed to operate at a higher altitude. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

It’s either a serious injury that never quite healed, or a minor but recent one. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

At first there were bright lights moving about in a black sky; Digory always thinks these were stars and even swears that he saw Jupiter quite close—close enough to see its moon. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He must have made quite a sight as he struggled to his knees, only to feel his right leg spasm, sending him sprawling once more. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He looked quite startled and I am sure I went red as a tomato. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

All those thoughts are so loud I can’t quite make sense of any of them. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Though my legs had not quite recovered, by shortening my stirrups and leaning back in the saddle, I could ride without too much discomfort. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

And it’s quite a hug: full body, no space between them, Cal whispering something in her ear the whole time. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite sure what crickets liked, so he decided to try him out on everything. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gulped and suddenly felt quite nervous, although she would have been hard put to say why. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger must have bought the clothes for him, as well as the shoes in which he walked very carefully, as if his feet weren't quite used to them yet. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

At the back of the bay it was already quite dark. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

Put him into a quite different frame of mind altogether.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

"My nieces talk quite a bit about a show called The Brady Bunch. It's set in a suburb of big houses, and lawns, and all—" She looks from me to Starry and back again. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“We were in House Beautiful last year, and the Home section of the Times the year before that. Not quite what I’d pick myself, but Kathy’s the decorator in the family, y’know.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I almost ask whom he’s talking about, because I can’t quite believe he’s admitting that high and mighty Cardan is affected by anything. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

If you take these two studies together — the toys study and the editing study — you reach quite a radical conclusion about children and television. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Sam began to hum some tune I knew but couldn’t quite name, and Esme played with her duck in the tub, and ever so slowly, the Feeling began to diminish. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

But she shoved through the dense crowd quite near enough to me so that I could see her coat of imitation fleece and her gold earrings. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her fingers hover over her mother’s face, almost touching it but not quite. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

The subtlety and precision of the modeling, the fine gradation of planes and ridges, the feeling for the relationship of flesh and bone would be remarkable enough in themselves, quite apart from the early date. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It may be all quite true,” said I to Biddy, “but I admire her dreadfully.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

Ron said he would wait, so Harry reentered the tent, which somehow looked quite different now: friendly and welcoming. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He scrutinized Meggie so thoroughly she felt quite embarrassed and didn’t know where to look. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It is quite controversial and Mrs. Mandell is a poet besides. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

I did; whereupon began a heaving, stamping, clattering process, accompanied by a barking and baying which removed me effectually some yards’ distance; but I would not be driven quite away till I saw the event. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

If Tracy—Mom—hadn’t been there, I probably would have fought with Nadia, who was quite obviously calculating some unspoken communication about Julia and me maintaining our physical and emotional distance from each other. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The evening arrival at the great town of —— scattered these thoughts; night gave them quite another turn: laid down on my traveller’s bed, I left reminiscence for anticipation. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now he said, quite suddenly and without turning around: “How do you know if he was in the yearbook or not?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

His long absences were quite bearable for Helene Wright, especially when, after some nine years of marriage, her daughter was bom. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

"There was actually quite a lot of bad science going on throughout the period–people rushing in with results that didn’t always stand up to scrutiny." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The whole face was transfigured, the eyes round and bright and she was sitting there speechless, quite beautiful in a blaze of silence. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

That she’s not quite as alone as she thinks she is. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

She had never felt a heat quite so hot. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Several people rushed forward to help him; but as one pulled him one way and another another, perhaps he would have got out quite as quickly on his own. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

He stayed inside the house for quite a while. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

For by that time, such thinking was quite out of step with that of the finest men emerging to the forefront of our profession. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“There is a great deal more going on than we are privy to, of that I’m quite sure,” Tara says with a sigh. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had not thought about writing, or books, in quite that way. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Yet the ancient Egyptians were quite sophisticated mathematicians. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Silvertongue sounded hoarse, quite unlike himself, as if when he'd lost his daughter he had lost the sound of his voice, too. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He’s definitely kissed other girls before, and quite a few at that. Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

As he walked across the Ballroom he had to stoop quite a lot to avoid hitting the ceiling. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes, you know, the standard passion surrogate isn’t quite ...” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I jog in place, lifting my knees in a fierce rhythm that raises my breath and sets my heart pounding, but doesn’t quite drum out my rising thoughts. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But that August we haunted the midway like ghosts—stopping in front of the Tilt-A-Whirl, then the fishbowl game, watching like we’d already seen everything there was to see but couldn’t quite pull ourselves away. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“She lived right next door to us while I was growing up, so I spent a lot of time with her. She was quite a lady.” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The leather was wet, but when he looked inside, everything was quite dry. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“That will do,” said he, when it was finished, thinking aloud—“you have sung quite enough for one evening—now be quiet.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

While standing up, it was possible she did not have on quite enough clothes for mixed company, but upended she did not look to have on any. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She answered, “Oh yes. Some of them are quite good players.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

After that they said nothing for quite a long time, all three of them absorbed in their own thoughts. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Harry lay quite still, pretending to be asleep. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Brett was looking at him quite coolly, but the corners of her eyes were smiling. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

It was quite a sight, and she found herself answering him before she could help herself. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Helen also found a mangy fur stole that looked like it was made out of four hundred Angora alley cats so, needless to say, she was quite the sight coming down the stairs. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The easy thing to do would be to let the issue drop and raise it again later, especially considering Bailey is not quite sixteen and there is a substantial interim before either option will occur. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be a variety of marine algae, but quite rigid, far more so than normal algae. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s eyes had, by this point, adjusted quite well to the darkness, though it would have been better if they had not, for the things he saw made him shiver and shake. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He smiled faintly and rubbed his beard, which was quite thick. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

If he had gone straight through, he would be approaching Kira’s village, his own home in the past, quite soon. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

But they could see she was not quite so cross as before. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite sure you can make this call too.” Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He could know what the sound was before he quite realized he had heard it. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was quite certain he would never take advantage of it. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what made me say what I said next, and I wasn’t quite sure what I meant by it. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Officially, yes,” Goddard agreed, “but you gained the admiration of quite a few important scythes.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

And, indeed, once the noise of the weaving room was out of her ears, she did feel quite all right. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

We walked through the party not quite like a couple but still mostly together, drifting between clusters of colleagues, drinking beer and lemonade, eating hamburgers and potato salad from plastic plates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Harry tried to feel pleased that Ginny was glad he was taking Luna to the party, but could not quite manage it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Byrd thinks that they are meant to protect, but that doesn’t seem quite right. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Which was, the Controller reflected, quite possibly true. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure what to do, so I bowed. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I braided it myself each morning, to keep it out of the way and to remind myself of things I couldn’t quite remember but that, nevertheless, I knew to be true. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Gareth stood square in front of Agravaine, who was three years older than he was and could have knocked him down quite easily. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is one thing to consider them in theory, and quite another to engage in them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, no one quite knows what to do with me now that the war’s over, although if another one should spring up, Plutarch’s sure they could find a role for me. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Sometimes what was said and done didn’t quite work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“She ran the house herself, too,” I said, smiling, as if to say, “I am quite at my ease, I often discuss her.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He went quite a ways down the mountain but still didn't find the shovel. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

The theory of the Anglo Saxon home became so warped that it never quite recovered. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was hungry, thirsty, and exhausted, but she couldn’t quite relax, not yet. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

The sun was slanting on him now, and I could see him quite well. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

She told him she had been that way for quite a while without being sure and had been working and had not suffered. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

They left the plain and gathered round Treebeard, standing quite still. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He told Margaret, “I thought the fair was an intense life, but I find the pressing forward of all these important interests gives me quite as full a day, week or year.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Buttercup did not see quite how to begin. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just, quite literally, a matter of life or death. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Because somewhere underneath, a part of us stayed like that: fearful of the world around us, and—no matter how much we despised ourselves for it—unable quite to let each other go. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It happened quite the opposite: once the mule did not come on the usual day. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes, quite,” says Uncle Al, bringing a finger to his lips. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“You must have quite a sweet tooth,” he said. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She could hear her mother’s thought quite distinctly, colored with some snark: the painting would have to know what it was before it could become real. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite six feet tall, but somehow his presence made the ceilings seem low. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

What appealed to him about it was not so much its beauty as the air it seemed to possess of belonging to an age quite different from the present one. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

I was a D-Bag, in social status if not in name quite yet. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Now I am quite prepared to believe that other countries can offer more obviously spectacular scenery. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite another for Zero to try to pull him up. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

In retrospect, Dimple wasn’t quite sure how it happened, exactly. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

And when I lost, I was filled with growing dread, and then terror that I was no longer a prodigy, that I had lost the gift and had turned into someone quite ordinary. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Somewhere between one day and the next, he supposed; but even of the days he had quite lost count. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Within a few days I was quite adept at the machine. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Close up, he saw that Stan Shunpike was only a few years older than he was, eighteen or nineteen at most, with large, protruding ears and quite a few pimples. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“That it gets printed in a book after the poet makes it is quite beside the point.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“No, you aren’t. I just got off the phone with her mother, who was quite displeased to hear what I had to tell her about little Susie.” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“If you happen to meet Mr. Bhaer, bring him home to tea. I quite long to see the dear man,” added Mrs. March. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

In these and other modal traditions, the rules for constructing a piece of music are quite different than the rules for music that is based on a scale. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I think it’s quite enough if the hostess makes the effort,” said Maxim. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

It dropped open as easily as a slot in a machine, and a sound—not quite a cry— came out. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Petra suddenly felt as though she had forgotten something important, or as if she was supposed to be someplace but couldn’t quite remember where. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Just ’cause someone isn’t quite as smart as you are don’t give you no right to look down on them.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” said Hermione slowly, “but it’s a bit odd, isn’t it? I mean, this is supposed to be quite a good broom, isn’t it?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

I gave up, though I didn’t quite believe in the pet either, Skipper or whoever. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

As we run the Big Dipper backward into the past, allowing for the motion of its stars, we find quite a different appearance a million years ago. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it was quite green, like thick glass, and you could see the bottom. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I find it quite easy to believe,’ said Merry. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

"How odd. I think quite the same of you." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

While this system sounds very cumbersome to us, back in 1871 it was considered quite speedy and efficient. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I have some better ones at home, but these are quite good, really.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t quite stand up, but I could crawl in and kneel or squat comfortably. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen,” started Milo timidly, “I would like to take this opportunity to say that in all the——” “That’s quite enough,” snapped the king. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, having no middle initial didn’t seem quite so bad. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

And often sound does not quite become a word but suffocates or floats away over me half finished; an arch, a pathway, a comet. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“From what I know of her father they are quite different. She never forced Poppet or me into playing complicated games, for one thing.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Those were great days back then, great days, and it was safe to say that life was never quite the same afterward. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I do love knitting patterns. Well, Harry, we have trespassed upon Horace’s hospitality quite long enough; I think it is time for us to leave.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

“No. I don’t think so. It’s quite clean, look, and it doesn’t smell....Must be an overflow or summing.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Even if I never found more money, we could keep buying a little extra food here and there for quite a while. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

He was not quite so tall as Jaime, but he was heavier, with thick shoulders and arms that would have made a blacksmith envious. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was one more thing I wanted to ask, though, and I didn’t quite know how to put it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“There is quite a bit to keep in order with the circus, as you know.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t know quite what to make of it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“All impurities burned out and ready for a glorious flux, and for that—more fire. And then either the slag heap or, perhaps what no one in the world ever quite gives up, perfection.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

No bolt of inspiration struck, and the bookstore didn’t magically offer up a solution as she’d hoped it would, but she was quite content to roam. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She never quite approved of Ba’s stories, as she felt they made Minli impractical and caused her to daydream. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She had quite a collection of these picture calendars, and we got through most of the counties this way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite deep, even then, and oddly hypnotic, it went up and down in a rhythm. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“It’s quite a place, don’t you think?” she asked. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes people would say to me that I’d managed to do quite well despite my appearance and my disability. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

I swallowed hard and managed to say, “It sure was, Mom. It was quite a ride.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every piece fit together effortlessly; not quite country and not quite rock and roll. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

"I couldn't believe it at first, but apparently it's quite true," she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Wholly untaught, with faculties quite torpid, they seemed to me hopelessly dull; and, at first sight, all dull alike: but I soon found I was mistaken. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Cal had been practicing fast starts all week, but neither boat was quite ready at the start. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Like I said once, on a day when none of my words came out quite right, urine is sterile. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She has to claw around the girls’ reaping ball for quite a while to snag the one piece of paper that everyone already knows has my name on it. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite sure what any of it meant, only that his dad seemed to love Olly and Kara and his mom a little less than he did before. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

What the printing press did, quite simply, was undermine ‘the dishonourable tyranny of that Usurper, Authority’ and strengthen evidence. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Then she smiled at the shoe in such a way that the shoe knew quite well that the smile wasn’t meant for it. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

They had floated not quite half a mile in just over fifteen minutes. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He began to shout at me, cursing, quite hysterical, throwing wild punches at me. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the child’s world is never quite whole again. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Or they can be quite large, big enough for an open-minded bear. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Okay, I am also very impressed that you Googled your way to Elliott Smith, who was quite possibly the greatest songwriter since Lennon and McCartney. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Plug was quite the gentleman as we picked our way around patches of mucky gumbo the next morning. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

With the box, the rifle, and the counter he was quite heavily loaded. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

We push through without a break today, but I’m not in every scene, so I actually have quite a bit of downtime. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

For quite a few seconds, she looks at it. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Señor,” he drawled, “you are quite a guy.” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

But even if she wasn’t leaving Wales quite yet, it was essential that she move to a smaller and more manageable house. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Poison spewed everywhere, melting centaurs into dust along with quite a few monsters, but Mrs. O’Leary weaved around the serpents head, scratching and biting. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“E. O. Lawrence personally never quite demobilized after the end of World War II,” the Rad Lab physicist Wolfgang “Pief” Panofsky would observe many years later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

They make me stay with him quite a lot.' I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Your statement, Monsieur, is quite true,” said the Countess. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Leave that part to me,” I say, wishing that Vivi didn’t know me quite as well as she does. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

It’s just, there’s something in his eyes that makes me feel like he doesn’t quite mean it. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

Her cough is nearly gone, and she is growing quite fat with Mrs. Phinney’s cooking. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

“You looked like you were having quite a good time with your friend.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She wears a dress that would have been quite fashionable two years ago and is damp from the rain. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

His hair was white but he was very erect and he still appeared to be quite a strong man. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quite the whole boat but pretty nearly so. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Actually, we see quite a lot of them. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, bosh,” she replied, “you looked quite different when I saw you before.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

I have this sudden mental image of her as a kid, which gives me this tug in my gut that I can’t quite explain. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Three or four others were sitting quite motionless on the rocks themselves. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

It looked absolutely dead, like something in a dead world; and Shasta felt quite terribly tired and noticed that he was getting cold and that his lips were dry. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Colin wanted to continue the conversation but didn't quite know how, so he lay back and rubbed his sore shoulder. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“You came quite a ways to be here.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Also I had to help my dad quite a lot around the house. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

It is quite characteristic of him at his best: well-told; several rhetorical monologues; a little essay on Love by the way. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s the summer’s end symphony. People from all over come to it. It’s a quite a big deal. We, the youngster musicians, play as a sort of cute sideshow,” Simon explained. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them were close-ups of leaves, and some of them were quite striking. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But she hadn’t quite said it like that. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

So saying, he went to lie down, for he was quite exhausted from all the unusual exercise, while Captain Cook had a shower and took a nap in the icebox. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

But there was something else that Pong couldn't quite name. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

The weather was wet and cold for quite a week, as it often can be in the west country in early summer, and we did not go down to the beach again. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“My parents waited quite a long time before they applied for my brother. I think I was eleven.” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Harry had been to several Hogwarts feasts, but never one quite like this. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

She is not often assigned this role, though the twins are quite fond of her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The pieces of the picture do not quite come together until I see his arm raise the whip. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

People just couldn’t quite seem to figure out how to help or what to say or what not to say, even. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t quite mean that,” he said. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She now reached over, without quite having to get up, and emptied them into the wastebasket. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

There weren’t quite enough showers for all the employees at once, so everyone was assigned a shower time. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their manner with one another is also quite free compared with the way girls are in Pakistan. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He says, “Okay. Okay. It’s a little rough. Not quite what I’m looking for.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Even Hazel, who’d seen glaciers before, couldn’t quite process what she was looking at. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was quite a sight to see them, after Mr. Popper had the idea of training Louisa to hold a small American flag in her beak while she proudly led the solemn parades. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gave a small laugh, but it didn’t quite sound happy. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

"I don't think I quite follow you," she said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Above and below this ford, depending on the season, the water ran quite deep. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

At the moment the fire trucks arrived, though, and for quite a while afterward, no one knew what was happening. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Never saw much of Meade, didn’t quite know what to think of him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked briefly at the clenched hand on the blue afghan, then, quite gently, with his cigar in his hand, took hold of Franny’s shoulder. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

The basement wasn’t quite finished, bathroom project abandoned years ago, toilet bowl off its sewage site, half inch of dust coating it. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

It turned out that Hagrid knew quite as much about unicorns as he did about monsters, though it was clear that he found their lack of poisonous fangs disappointing. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Davenport was a Philistine, not worth mentioning, but the Italian was somber and polite, quite charming. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

‘He was with the Lexington men. They stood up at dawn and the regulars killed quite a few of them.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

On sunny days, it was actually quite pleasant. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think the girl’s father played it quite fair, Grandpa, do you?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Then he felt quite warm again and scampered off to the emergency kennels, to watch the King’s huntsman making his last arrangements. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

I turned round quite slowly and looked into the darkness. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The rest of them were all quite happy to join in Dudley’s favorite sport: Harry Hunting. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

It is more as if he does not know quite what to do with this colorful child and is relieved that she is content to be on her own. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

It was always better to drop down that way, feet first, arms holding on to the top of the ledge above, until you were quite steady, belly flattened against the wall. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t quite where it appeared to be. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“We would be quite handsome if it were not for my hair. I need another haircut.” My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I've tried quite a few times but mine are never any good." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Although his friends had no idea, for quite some time the Pope had been keeping his eye on a particular girl. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

On clear nights, the stars shone, and their pinprick light comforted Edward in a way that he could not quite understand. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

How he’d been so patient with his younger brother, who wasn’t quite right. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

I wanted very much to be calmed by these assurances but could never quite manage the necessary leap of faith. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite a while before Powell shook himself together. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“No. 15—that is quite close to your seat, is it not?” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

But not much money was bet and he had won it quite easily since he had broken the confidence of the negro from Cienfuegos in the first match. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Seeing you up close, you really are quite beautiful. The papers were right, for once." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

But his own was quite different, and Hooper had the measure of it, he had done so from his first day at Warings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But then again, if I were to say, ‘What a nice day,’ quite breathless, you might look about you to see what had put me in a fright. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

But things were never quite the same; there was now a definite change in our life. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Really, this is quite out of the ordinary," she hisses. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“Frank,” I said, “before we put an end to this conversation, for ever let’s say, will you promise to answer me one thing, quite truthfully?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I knew quite a few back in Connecticut.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The X-rays showed a certain malformation of the uterus, I remember, which meant she could never have had a child, but that was quite apart, it had nothing to do with the disease.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

My parents perch on the red velvet, their feet not quite reaching the ground, dangling like children’s feet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the engineers analyzed Katherines reduced data, they were fascinated, realizing they were uncovering something they had not quite seen before. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

There is a plausible and quite persuasive answer to the second question, which will then lead us to a plausible but more speculative answer to the first. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“You know, I shop this store quite often,” Helen told a personnel clerk. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mark’s face never quite dissolved into any expression. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Oh, of course, it’s quite all right,” I said. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The beast is quite safe. He loves her, you can see it. He wouldn’t hurt her—she has tamed him with her strong will and kind hands.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

‘But quite long, I should think. We can have many a good talk. What about helping me with my book, and making a start on the next? Have you thought of an ending?’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Hob just looked at the Wart, but so proudly that the Wart went quite red. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Felicia,” said Felicia hesitantly, as though she weren’t quite sure of her identity. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The types of tests that Hartshorne and May used are quite central to their conclusion, so I’ll identify a number of them in some detail. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he was only eleven years old, he was quite used to figuring things out for himself. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She learned his name, which was Bill, and how to say “yes” and “no” and quite a few conversational phrases. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she finished the spraying she began to feel quite ill, with nausea and extreme anxiety and nervousness. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“She has a very dark, almost black, head,” he said, “and her eyes are quite large—larger than most peregrines’. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

My guess is pockets of ice formed around some of the bacteria, leaving a bubble of survivable pressure inside, and the cold wasn't quite enough to kill them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, how marvelous. You and Robin should go, dear. I’m really feeling quite full.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bailey stares at her blankly for a moment, her words not quite sinking in. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As was explained in Chapter 1, we could never be quite sure that we had indeed found the correct theory, since theories can’t be proved. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your mother never felt quite at home, and this made the possibility of some other place essential to her, propelling her to The Mecca, propelling her to New York and then beyond. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

He struck me as being very reasonable and, overall, quite pleasant, despite a nervous tic which made his mouth twitch now and then. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Scipio said nothing for a while and when he spoke again his voice sounded quite shaky. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

She went without the children, which was quite unusual, leaving Charles to negotiate his work around them. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair to Keegan, after reading his book I don’t think he is quite as confused as the first few pages suggest. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

But each of these aspects of her self may be a quite genuine and real aspect of her total being. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Larson had not done much day-to- day teaching for a number of years, quite a bit of learning happened in room 145 anyway. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

But Nat easily matched her nervous pace with his swinging stride, apparently quite unaware of her desire to be rid of him. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

He leaned forward, brows knit, and then, quite suddenly, his foggy eyes became intelligent and alert. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Malcolm was delighted; he thought he’d be able to paddle for miles without tiring, and camp anywhere, more or less invisibly, and altogether own the water in a quite new way. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I had a ridiculous fancy that he must be with you, Mr. Pip, till I saw that you were quite unconscious of him, sitting behind you there like a ghost.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I still quite often go for walks on the trail near my home, especially if I am stuck on something I am working on. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I know that my achievement is quite ordinary. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, old man, your little friend has quite a good imagination. Don’t you think we would know if the Timekeeper was dead?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It did not struggle, but sat quite trustingly. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

He had the most ridiculous theory quite suddenly. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t keep going quite so fast, but he continued running for a while—it would build him up. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

A structure had never emerged quite like this before with no explanation. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He was supposed to be at his desk when McNaughton showed up in the morning; some days he didn’t quite make it. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“My boy, although I have had my doubts, there are moments, such as this one, when I believe you are quite capable of learning. How about the science fair this year?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It had felt off with Jenna away all summer, like we weren’t quite whole. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

I’d stood in the living room and then there had been the stairs, and then more standing, which was quite a lot of standing for me, and I didn’t want to faint or anything. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

None of us is quite sure about it, but we don’t suppose so. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Your wife is quite lovely, you know, so doll-like and inscrutable." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So Herbert and Clara say, but I don’t think I shall, Biddy. I have so settled down in their home, that it’s not at all likely. I am already quite an old bachelor.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I should say that these errors have all been without exception quite trivial in themselves. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

We often try to look back on it and to find an explanation, but never quite succeed. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s your first surgery without Abby,” he says in explanation, a new expression I don’t quite recognize filling his blue eyes. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

We had quite a few close calls, but I thought Marcus liked the thrill. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

His instinct was telling him one thing, his brain quite another. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t known quite as well then what there was to fear. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

If you don’t quite get my meaning, ladies, gentlemen, vuvv—remember that I do at the current moment, on this night of all nights, have a temperature of a hundred and four. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He acted quite smart about it, but then, who wouldn’t? Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Something about it intensified the green of the lawn so all that vast expanse seemed unnatural, luminous somehow, and not quite of this world. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And for reasons Bailey cannot quite put words to, he is walking toward the circus with a considerable amount of determination. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But there was another problem quite literally brewing. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He made a sound, not quite a laugh. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then a retraction: Petersburg was not quite in Grant’s hands—only the outworks. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1650 nobody quite knew how to study the physical world. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The sky was a featureless grey sheet of cloud that looked as if it wanted to rain but couldn’t quite work up the energy. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was another, as magical, but quite different. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

My trouble, to be quite candid, is a lack of confidence in myself. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway, go wash your hands, for supper. And Papa, put away this litter of paints, because you won’t be needing them for quite a while.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

There is one man among them who is not quite a native, though not quite a white man either. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

“All right,” said Lyra, quite happy to be moving again, with Pan and Will, alive and awake. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Rather thicker than one usually sees . . . quite rigid . . . ten and a quarter inches. Avis!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Something about this place felt very familiar, yet not quite right. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I watch, stunned, as half a dozen flat cars whoosh by, loaded with what look like wagons, although I can’t quite make them out because the moon has gone behind a cloud. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

But as to what really caused such changes, just what particular chain of events was really responsible, I have never quite been able to decide. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

They wrote notes in her chart saying, “30 year-old colored female lying quietly in no evident distress,” and “Patient feels quite well tonight. Morale is good and she is ready to go home.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Brad showed up, which caused quite a stir because he was popular, but Patrick kept a secret as to why Brad came to the party. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The Cycling had begun to develop, although it hadn’t hit hard, and I didn’t know quite what it was yet. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I feel quite exceptional to be taking part in Operation Hannibal’s evacuation. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Four months later when Brother Jack called the apartment at midnight to tell me to be prepared to take a ride I became quite excited. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since it is officially game season now,” Jiro explains, “you will see this quite often.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

On especially black days I sometimes tell myself that if I’d loaded up with degrees when I was able, I might not now be teaching anything quite so collegiate and hopeless as Advanced Writing 24-A. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You see my state,” said I. “I would come with you if I could; but indeed I am quite unable. If you take me from here, I think I shall die by the way.” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

I felt sorry for her, I honestly did, though not quite as sorry as for myself. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Makes me quite puffed up with pride and yet fills me with scorn all at the same time—what rubbish! Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

"And I have quite a bit of gray hair." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Wart did not quite see, but was just going to say that he was sorry for Merlyn if these things made him unhappy, when he felt a curious sensation at his ear. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did not quite know what to say or do, as they were ignorant of the amount of my knowledge; so they had to keep on neutral subjects. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I don’t quite understand how that works, though, sir,” said Riddle. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I warned them against the dangers of being disheartened and insisted we were doing quite well. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He smiled as he realized that wouldn't quite work. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

I said I saw our struggle as parallel to this famous rebellion, and we discussed this historical episode for quite a while. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Now, my cousin Alfie can be quite particular about the way his wife should look. He's been through quite a few." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

One of her weaknesses was a desire to move in ‘our best society’, without being quite sure what the best really was. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Must have been quite a blow. After you’d been counting on a big piece of money like that.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

She then whispered something I could not quite hear about showing signs of being disturbed by all the upheavals in my life. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Nothing more happened that evening, and by the time I went home, the lunatic did not seem quite so threatening. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The second laughs: a strange, puzzled laugh, as if he does not quite believe the Germans would come to his country and leave a city like this behind. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She wore dangly blue earrings and quite a bit of rouge, which made her look flushed. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

This is, if you think about it, quite a radical idea. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bouncer wears a T-shirt that doesn't quite extend over his belly. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite ready to take risks, but only for something worth while, not for bits of old newspaper. What could you have done with it even if you had kept it?” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Once the remaining Weasleys and Hermione had joined them, Harry and Ron led the way to the end of the train, past packed compartments, to a carriage that looked quite empty. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“Her actions were quite controversial back in the day.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

So the atom turned out to be quite unlike the image that most people had created. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

"He has quite a large army, he can do that. Nor is he the first. Is he?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

It gave Harry a look that said quite plainly: “I get that all the time. “ Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

“I find myself quite torn by your offer. Stand you, boy, and let us better tell your stuffing.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed to, quite quickly as Emenike sent news only of progress: his postgraduate work completed, his job at the housing authority his marriage to an Englishwoman who was a solicitor in the city. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I looked at my aunt, a question on my face that I didn’t quite know how to ask. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Vincent thinks maybe it’s a nervous fit, but he realizes all at once it’s quite different. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It didn't quite click that getting a new sibling meant I would give up my coveted spot as the baby of the family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I say, my companion seemed genuinely interested, but after a time I felt I had revealed enough and so concluded by saying: 'Of course, things are quite different today under my present employer. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“And I must say,” she said, “I was quite agreeably surprised.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The child was still in high spirits, and blackbird Ben was helping Pantalaimon fly as high as he could, which was not quite high enough to reach the lowest branches of a light-bearing tree. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He supposed that they must be quite high up. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

They had become quite accustomed to it, both the family and Gregor as well. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had a word with Paulino in the hall as he was leaving. It seems Sefiorita Minerva has been quite cooperative. I am so glad.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And when I explained that she had found it while digging for cinquefoil root—which we used on open sores—he seemed quite interested. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The room was quite smoky, and the kids were much older. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

For, quite accidentally, they had stepped into the callused hand of the Gelatinous Giant. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

"It's not me who had quite a day," I say. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

In consequence you get to know your fellow hikers at least a little, quite well if you meet them nightly at the shelters. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

At least I don’t sink in quite as deep this time when I sit down. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Just not quite as deep as it was online. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For quite a while afterward, my life really was different than it had been before. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just thinking about it hurts in a way I can’t quite pinpoint. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

That conference was also memorable, of course, for other quite separate reasons, as I would like now to explain. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Never again would they quite so comfortably overlap. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Yes, quite. The gods we discussed in Latin class.” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Henry didn’t say anything, and I’m sure that at that moment he would have looked perfectly impassive to anyone who didn’t know him, but I could tell he was quite agitated. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had quite a few topics on my mind. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Would they have stars and galaxies and worlds, or something quite different? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teacher paused as though she didn’t quite understand. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It didn’t look quite as old as the jino blade, but it was obvious that it wasn’t new. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Hugo was waiting for her inside—she was quite sure of it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Sandwiches of unknown nature, mysteriously flavoured and quite delectable, and that very special gingerbread. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“If my experiments are valid, my name will last beyond my body. It’s immortality I’m after, to be quite honest.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

He hadn't quite recovered from the parade, for he gave me a salute, a very superior-officerish kind. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I still haven’t quite recovered, I fear. Five more days of these, what are they called . .. sulfa pills.” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

She'd never met Allie or anything, because that was her first summer in Maine--before that, she went to Cape Cod- -but I told her quite a lot about him. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But if you had taken that videotape and slowed it down, until you were looking at our interaction in slices of a fraction of a second, you would have seen something quite different. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have a lot of friends who are in honors English and they’ve become quite interested in what my class has been doing lately! The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Being quite shy, I did so with a quavering voice and a reddened face. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I take it the moles are quite fond of homemade vegetable soup. I know my Jess’ll be ready for some.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It took Mr. Popper quite a while to open the windows, which were stuck fast. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

There he worked with great vigor, and, although many resented his nonstop conversation, there was a war to win and he was quite helpful in producing ingenious magnetic mines. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

Everything that could be seen was quite visible from horseback. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

I have slept quite a lot, for it is cool and shady here even during the hottest days. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

It is difficult to explain how it happened, but I mounted the coconut tree quite fast and unexpectedly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Furthermore, since perceptions tend to become realities, the natural tendency of the mass media to accentuate the anomalous, combined with an innumerate society’s taste for such extremes, could conceivably have quite dire consequences. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before we quite entered the town, we turned off the road and down a narrow lane to a substantial house surrounded by a high hedge. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

He still looked affable and relaxed, though not quite as loopy as before. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

I thought Little Women was quite possibly the worst book ever written. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“I was not quite sure, sir, but I thought so. Here’s a note, sir. The messenger that brought it, said would you be so good as read it by my lantern?” Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

During the growing months, quite a few of my schoolmates had—as adults liked to say—“developed.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Finally, after nearly half an hour, Winnie was brought onto the stage with me, quite cross that she had been lost. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Feeling sicker—quite dizzy in fact—I sat down and loosened my shoe. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

I was quite sure I was crazy, and it was amazing that as soon as I admitted it, I became quite calm. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Edward felt quite strongly that they were not the whiskers of a rabbit. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane 2006-03-30T00:00:00Z

I complained quite vociferously about our clothing, affirming that we did not want to wear short trousers and needed proper clothing including socks and underwear, which we were not then given. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

His face stays calm, like he's reading a quite interesting book. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

The sweetness did not quite conceal a taste of disinfectant. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m not quite sure when I’ll be back,” she said as she reached for the frame. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Parts of the forest were quite heavy, but in other parts you could see the komorebi—the sunlight filtering through the trees. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She thought of the other beastkeepers, not quite a family, but certainly people she cared about. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Good story, huh? Sometimes we get three or four Captain Reeds in one night. I can’t tell you how many times I heard that legend. It’s never quite the same, is it?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Daddy still turns the book over in his hands like he don’t quite know what to do with it. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

It had been bothering Seven for quite some time that they couldn’t seem to find anything about those Spares of ’65. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

He would have nothing, he would be quite free and alone, without Hooper behind him, and without even the satchel. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Pocket’s dignity was so crushing, that I felt quite abashed, as if I myself had done something to rouse it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

She still didn't sound quite normal, but she was making some kind of sense. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Koffi had worked in the Night Zoo for eleven years—looking after its beasts in every condition, from torrid rainfall to scorching sunshine—but she’d never felt a heat quite like this. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Every muscle in my body said run, and the other boys seemed halfway at a trot already, although they were actually quite still. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had no weapons to fight with, and did not know how to fight She was quite without character. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some even remarked that Peach had done so well, to which Aunt Goldie replied, “Oh yes, he has come a long way, hasn’t he? He’s quite the brave boy! Just look at him!” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She used to worry about me quite a bit Now I went into the living room and lay on the floor next to the couch. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

But I wasn’t quite ready to let the subject drop. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I know I’m supposed to go in there, but tonight doesn’t feel quite right. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

No one could quite believe what was emerging. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I think it would be quite insulting to take the house in Bedford Place just opposite the Horneritas,” she wrote to him. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

But she couldn't quite make out what it was. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sir Grummore had given in early, having had most of the breath knocked out of him by the boar, and stood far in the rear declaring that his spear could no longer be quite sharp. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everybody knows about the baby, dear. There is nothing to be shy about The King and I are quite excited to see whether he will be like his father.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was their sign, but it still took quite a while before something happened. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were other little incidents like that, and before long I came to see Miss Lucy as being not quite like the other guardians. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I won’t budge. Here, take this elven-cake, and drink that last drop in your bottle! The whole thing is quite hopeless, so it’s no good worrying about tomorrow. It probably won’t come.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You monster! I bet you thought it was great fun. You must have found their cries and their struggles quite entertaining.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The four of them watched the elves in silence, not quite knowing what to expect. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Even though James’s grandmother was barely taller than Emily and swam in one of James’s old Angry Birds shirts, she was still quite intimidating. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

If he had kept her to himself, perhaps the future might have been quite different. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Yes, Herr Beck. But it’s quite a walk to Gotenhafen. There may be a small boat that can take you.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

But as I recall, I did not actually disembark again until I was quite near Salisbury. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Very sweetly, and in a way no one else could quite detect, she took my arm and half supported me as we walked away from the ledge. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

It is quite impossible that you should persist in pursuing me like this during the very few moments of spare time I have to myself.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You will forget all of this quite soon,” he said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

It never quite rivalled those institutions, but this was still a significant step in the spread of learning in England. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

She sat on the sofa and buried her face in her hands until he said he was very sorry, although he was not quite sure what he was apologizing for. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The wagon held potatoes and onions, not many of them, but quite a few. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have noticed that quite a lot of times. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“I quite disagree, respectfully, of course. I see many who act on instinct, which I believe is wrong. Through instinct we succumb to weakness and emotion. Careful thought and planning, mental construction, is always best.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

And pretty soon, no one knew quite how, “typical Pete” turned “typical American” turned typical American this, typical American that. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

But then, he thought, as he shoved Scabbers off his pillow, it had been quite a personal question. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Hooper's own fear in the storm had been absolute, and yet it had gone, it might never have happened, Kingshaw knew that he was quite powerless to use it as a weapon. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

And when that was done, he looked at the family, and Thialfi did not think he had ever seen anything quite as scary as Thor’s burning red eyes. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

She even folded her arms and did a kind of half smile, almost like a smirk, but maybe not quite. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Lyra raised her head and wiped the wet hair from her eyes, and saw something quite different from horses. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“You read it! I can’t, I feel so queer! Oh, it is too lovely!” and Beth hid her face in Jo’s apron, quite upset by her present. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the truth was, there were times Dolores didn’t feel quite so lucky. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The laws governing inheritance are quite unknown; no one can say why...the child often reverts in certain characters to its grandfather.... The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

‘Have you, upon your honour?’ said she; ‘well, that is quite unexpected. Do let me hear what she says.’ Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The child looked straight back at the Queen, her face open and quite serious. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day Johnny led Goblin to the Common, for it was quite a long time before he dared ride him through the narrow, crowded streets. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

But something didn’t seem quite right, so my mother had a different question for the doctors. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

“Mother, I am quite busy at the moment.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course,” I said, “I shall be quite happy.” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

The change came about slowly and was never quite completed. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he drew his revolver, opened the cylinder, and, doing what he had forgotten to do when Harlan sounded the alarm, he slowly and quite sheepishly loaded the gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

They don’t quite land there, but I step back and try to throw the little things with all my might, one by one. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Beidleman, sensitive by nature, was quite conscious of his place in the expedition pecking order. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Wait just a second. This is quite interesting,” Teddy said, without raising his chin from its resting place and without taking his eyes off the ocean. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“You’ll be telling me next that Luster’s not quite ready to eat yet. Quentin knows when meals are served in this house. Hurry up with it, now.” The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn't quite know what to bring out. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I received quite an education about politics, as an embassy wife. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was also quite kind to Miss Trixie; there was hardly any friction in the office. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” he said, his face crinkling good-naturedly, “but it's not quite—delicious.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“The marriage laws in this community are quite simple,” Count Olaf said. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Good point. I’d prefer not to be bitten, personally. Look at this old musket! Ashton’s got quite a collection here.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

As you may know, traveling alone is quite a different kettle of fish from traveling with companions. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I found I was quite drunk but went to sleep. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Nevertheless, he could not quite overcome his surprise when, after a short while, they indeed came upon a swift running brook winding its way through a stand of rowans. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

The truth is, however, that both ideas arose quite simply and reasonably from the fact of his being the god of wine. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I wanted somebody who wouldn't gossip. Daisy comes over quite often--in the afternoons." The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

His ideas concerning it could not have been too precise, but they were quite sound. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

She chewed her lip, and darted through the doors, crouched low where the smoke wasn't quite so thick. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She came to the bookstall quite often and knew just where to find me on a Sunday afternoon. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

They were thin, and pale, and quite pretty, and had black button eyes. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Any barriers there might have been between the passengers had now quite broken down. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was quite possible she was never going to speak to him again. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

There was quite a bit of pie filling oozing around the edge of the crust in 1945. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Although he took great care to disguise it, Julian was quite an observant creature. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, when he was quite sure the man in black would not go to his maker embarrassed, Fezzik locked his arms tight around. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Not quite in front but slightly to the right he saw a lake. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It looks like ..he said slowly, not quite sure he believed his own eyes, . a hot air balloon.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The doctors were puzzled by the fact that it wasn’t quite jaundice. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The day is quite cold, with a pale winter sun, and yet not a single gentleman has come to our cabin for an ember. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

One day’s delay, she observed, would be of small importance; and her mother was too happy to be quite so obstinate as usual. Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

I knew that at this point something else was supposed to happen, but I wasn’t quite sure what. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

The stated purpose of Millennium Challenge was for the Pentagon to test a set of new and quite radical ideas about how to go to battle. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Templeton’s teeth scraped loudly against the wood and made quite a racket. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

By this time Sir Grummore’s helm was unlaced and they could see his bare head glaring at King Pellinore, quite purple in the face. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that is quite enough,” another voice piped up. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The guava is not quite ripe; the skin is still a dark green. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

She was quite obviously waiting for him to go. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, it was quite interesting really. You can see all the things people have bought.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Ah, well. You did leave quite a few half-blood weapons in your room in Virginia, the last time you . . . left.” The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

In fact, knowing about numbers at all was quite an ability in prehistoric times. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It’s natural to think that if the number of men is very large, this probability should be quite small. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

He lived for half an hour, quite conscious, and in terrible pain. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's British, but not quite white people British. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Though I was never quite able to put Falconer out of my mind, I saw no sign of him. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Harry didn’t mind; it made him feel better that Fred and George, at least, thought the idea of his being Slytherins heir was quite ludicrous. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

When he had to go away for a quite long period, poor Rickie was shut out of the house. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

I saw us quite clearly, as there were no longer any frogs to plop in the water and break the mirror with circles and ripples. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I would expect our interview - aside from a few informal exchanges quite proper in the circumstances - to be largely professional in character. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I say that quite impersonally and do not mean to be obnoxious; actually, it is intended as a compliment. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Shasta trotted back through the Tombs—they looked quite ordinary now and he wondered how he could ever have been afraid of them—and down into the cultivated land by the river's side. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

It took me quite a while to get to sleep--I wasn't even tired--but finally I did. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

While he traveled, however, Charles did go to church quite regularly, both to the services that his captain led and on shore whenever he got the chance. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the more he learned, the more the little stash of treasure had grown, until it spilled from its corner to quite fill his mind. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Fellow seems quite unbalanced,” said Fudge, staring after him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t quite say “Melody,” but she got the last part! Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“Quite out of the question, quite out of the question,” he replied;—“but you must often wish it, I am sure.” Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

It turned out to be quite a revelation. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

So the capture of the federal armory at Harpers Ferry served as quite a neat overture for all that followed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t quite comprehend why you’d force someone to bow when the purpose of the gesture is to display allegiance and respect.” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“If only it weren’t quite so hot,” we said in the afternoon, when the windows had to be shut. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“In nursing your sister I am sure you have pleasure,” said Bingley; “and I hope it will soon be increased by seeing her quite well.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

But I couldn’t quite bring myself to say the words. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

John had praised her, and was undoing the old pocketbook which they called the ‘bank’, when Meg, knowing that it was quite empty, stopped his hand, saying nervously... Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Fledge had quite Finished his own excellent supper he lay down. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, Mr. Crouch is quite right to get rid of an elf like that!” he said. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I had begun to notice that my mother became irritated when I questioned her about whites and blacks, and I could not quite understand it. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Things were not quite so bad, after all. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her homeliness composed a form of beauty; she was quite impressive to look at. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

I made my voice quite deep so that she wouldn't suspect my age or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“There’s been quite a bit of interest in hawks and falcons around here lately,” he says. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

"And I'm quite excited to see what you can actually do. It will be such a relief to work with an official Belle again." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

It was getting to be quite a crowd under my little rain poncho. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Each book and each paper, as it turned out, had quite a bit to say. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

He takes me in from head to toe, and the look would be shameless if it wasn’t for the slight puzzlement in his face, like he’s seeing something he doesn’t quite understand. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

It is, however, quite bad form in biological circles to put it the other way round, to imply that the operation of insect societies has any relation at all to human affairs. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

All brought by other brave Baptists before us, though it is hard to see quite how, unless one envisions a time when other means of travel were allowed, and more than forty-four pounds. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

We always have several outside but they’re kept quite busy because there are a lot of kids on the playground at the same time. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hand looks quite human, with a thumb and delicate fingers with fingernails. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She lay quite still, and I looked round the room to see that all was as it should be. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

I suppose it must have been quite cold, but I didn’t feel it, because my rage was eating me alive. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you I’ve published quite a lot. I’m very well known. I have a virtual fan club in Finland, you know,” he says. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

But three generations of Shaker reverence for order and rules and decorum would stay with Elena, too, and she would never quite be able to bring those two ideas into balance. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If Father weren’t so patient, I’d have long ago given up hope of ever meeting my parents’ quite moderate expectations. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“This is quite a bouquet you’ve brought for me,” she said gently. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

But if we could hear a whisper quite clearly, so could the warder, who would yell, “Stilte in die gang!” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second they stood quite still, wands directed at each other’s chests; then, recognizing each other, they stowed their wands beneath their cloaks and started walking briskly in the same direction. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“It’s fine. Thank you, but I am quite all right.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

But before he had the chance to do anything, the man bent and scooped up his cat dæmon and made off quite quickly down the towpath, as if he’d decided to go and get help. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite certain, either, why he had shot it, because Shorty was not the type who slaughtered wild animals for fun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, no. Some never find a bat to bond with. I became one with Aurora when I was quite young, but this is not common,” said Luxa. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, she was quite certain he never would. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“You will find him dependable, brave, resourceful, and loyal,” continued Azaz, and the Humbug was so overcome by the flattery that be quite forgot to object again. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“The poison used on Thalia’s pine is something from the Underworld, Percy. Some venom even I have never seen. It must have come from a monster quite deep in the pits of Tartarus.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

"No. You're wrong there. I read quite a bit. I read when I'm at home." The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The name sounded familiar, but she couldn’t quite place it. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“However, Mr. and Mrs. Keeley, I’m afraid your son Kyle does not enjoy the theme song from Rocky quite as much as I do!” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The family looked quite happy and normal, smiling serenely up out of the newspaper. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He was thin, but not skinny, for he lived quite well on the mice and rabbits in the field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Dad went in but didn’t quite close the door, and a few minutes later a woman called to me in a whisper from the side of the house. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe ...” I said, though neither sounded quite right. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Poor Fredrick! He is such a doting and perfect husband in every conceivable way, but now and then his temper becomes quite excitable.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

She turned her eyes upon me and I felt quite cold. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A whole dimension of drudgery—the tedious, mad, really quite pointless business of stepping over every inch of rocky ground between Georgia and Maine—had been removed. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Only then did Wylan remove the prisoners’ hoods: four men, one of them quite old, a middle-aged woman, and a Shu boy. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

A terrible defeat, but not quite a complete one, for the left wing of the Army of the Cumberland had held firm under the command of a general named George Thomas. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

Something was off, but he couldn’t quite place it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I was feeling bold and quite sure of myself. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we’re all quite used to it out there, you see,” I said, trying not to fidget, flushed with the brilliance of my success. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

As we drove several miles down a lane into the forest, he told me he was a sawmill worker and never made quite enough to get out from under his debts. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our housekeeper was quite fat and did not know that the dog liked to hide. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Butler could kill you a hundred different ways without the use of his weapons. Though I’m sure one would be quite sufficient.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

The husband looked in consternation at his wife, who merely lowered her gaze to the ground and told him that what the lion said was quite true. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

And that’s exactly what it was—parked at the side of the road, painted bright red, and looking quite deserted. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

And the parallel stems from a concept that is quite counterintuitive: the Internet, smartphones, and other devices are addictive because they often deliver us worthless information. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“I heard you. To be honest, if I had the choice, I wouldn’t. I don’t have much of a stomach for that kind of food. I find it quite distasteful.” Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The weather became quite warm and it was like spring. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

The thief got up, not quite believing that he was free. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her smile was big and you could tell that she had had quite a laugh herself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Maybe he wasn’t quite sure about me yet, maybe he hadn’t even wanted me born, but he was watching. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

It was perhaps the first time Constance had ever used that word, and though she’d quite possibly said it by accident, no one wished to spoil the moment. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The historian has to mediate between the past and the present, finding a language which will convey to present readers the beliefs and convictions of people who thought quite differently. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Timothy hadn’t quite figured out what was ticking inside the vast adult mechanism beside him. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I'm quite sure he didn't," Miss Honey said. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

I quite deliberately dressed wild animals in tame costumes of my imagination. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

I stayed quite still, watching for my chance. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I thought it was quite exciting. I hope to go up the Icefall in a few days.” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

But Teenie knew that Mr. Derby was probably quite capable of murder and would be within the limits of social acceptability to do so for this impropriety. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Evans, who has not met Sacks, laughs at the suggestion that he might be either autistic or a savant, but he is powerless to explain quite where his talent comes from. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Big Science, as it happened, was not quite ready for its time in the sun. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

You can get cheeseburgers quite regularly in Shenandoah National Park, and Coca-Cola with ice, and french fries and ice cream, and a good deal else. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Your mind knows this unconsciously—so something will look off, even if you can’t quite put your finger on it. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“And please, stop putting your mouths to the wallpaper. It looks frightful, and I am sure it is quite unsanitary.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were nearly shut but not quite, as if she were just between sleeping and waking. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

Yet almost singlehandedly, and quite brilliantly, he created the science of geology and transformed our understanding of the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Nothing quite fits; the shoes are a little too big, the waist on the costume is too tight, but it will do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“True, quite true. The law is the law, and since it is, then I assume you will not mind if I review each new edition of this paper before it is distributed, correct?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen his body quite clearly, and to her astonishment, there was no blood. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well, I have passed the Old Took today! So that’s settled. And now I think I am quite ready to go on another journey. Are you coming?’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

“The Virginians seem different, quite, from the Texans, or the soldiers from Mississippi. Is that true, do you think, sir?” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Late that day, besieged by fears, very lonely and quite famished, I fell to my knees and prayed with deep-hearted, sobbing words. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

So I had quite a load to carry, and by the time I got back and got a fire going it was nearly dark. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

They all knelt around the table silently for quite a while, and I knew I should join them, but I felt unaccountably afraid to get close to the table. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lou said, looking as if she wasn’t quite sure what to say. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But he hadn’t quite figured out how to aim it—Ernie left that part out. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I used to get in quite a few arguments about it, when I was at Whooton School, with this boy that lived down the corridor, Arthur Childs. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

As she jogged up her front steps, something ugly and awful was forming in my mind, but I couldn’t quite find the right words for it—or I didn’t want to. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Often, he dressed himself quite handsomely—full turban, beaded velvet vest, calico shirt of fine red cloth, a bandolier bag, earrings. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

A raid is actually quite a lot like a battle. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Something played at the edges—something I couldn’t quite see yet. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Since you had lived in Alaska quite a few of the fellows used to call you “Eskimo.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

People too firmly rooted to the center of their lives find such questions uncongenial at best, quite distasteful at worst. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Edward said that it was very hard to do ... I don’t quite understand,” I said. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Mr. Castellan was quite obviously admiring the girl walking next to me. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

The crystals didn’t quite melt and that made it wonderful. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wore an old winter jacket and stained khakis that didn’t quite fit. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

A quote from a school friend says she was “a good laugh, very pretty and quite wild.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

While he had successfully trapped the prairie dog, the rest of his invention wasn’t quite the success Chase imagined. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was at a place he had not quite known how to pronounce when he had read of it in the papers. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So it seems! The dogs and that, they’re quite sharp, you can train ’em to come to a whistle, do what you tell ’em. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Life in Venice is quite expensive. The Thief Lord won't be looking, after you anymore. Are you going to start stealing again?” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were still quite a lot of them, plenty for my purposes. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had not planned it, but the question, which she had quite forgotten, from the Book of Common Prayer, was a provocation. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

They have amassed quite a sack of coins for their efforts. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

So it’s interesting, and more than a little disturbing, to see how Barb turned out—that she’s meaner and slyer than I am, more cherishing of grudges, and not quite as smart as I’d hoped. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, that wasn’t quite the way things were actually happening. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I may be retired, but I'm not a hermit. Not quite yet." City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Or we could look for relics,” cried his commander, who was quite on fire. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Will was in great danger from Metatron now, and at some time Balthamos would have to tell him; but not quite yet. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“I suppose it’s common gossip among the slaves that the animal had to be castrated. Well, and quite right too. The Emperor is too wise to take risks.” Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

It was a moment or two before Maxim replied, and when he did his voice was quite calm and matter-of-fact. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Even as it was, they had to stay up all night She recovered quite suddenly. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t quite sure what it was but it kept chewing at the edge of his thoughts. Hatchet 1987-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the contrary, he seemed quite small, smaller than Beans and Mutto, smaller even than Palmer. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

A teacher had coughed quietly on the other side, and said, “Dear, you’re free of boogers. Trust me. I can see quite clearly.” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Several people who remained conscious throughout, while appearing to have been quite dead, could only describe a remarkable sensation of detachment. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hospital staff thinks both his physical and mental state are “appalling & have said this quite openly.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

I'm amassing quite a pile of dead before me, and I take a few steps back, giving myself a bigger space to work. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Manet had taught me loden-stone was quite valuable and difficult to come by. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Bessie stooped; we mutually embraced, and I followed her into the house quite comforted. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Not quite as cool as usual, frowning, Jasper brushed the light away and snuffed it out with one gesture. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

I opened the glass-door in the breakfast-room: the shrubbery was quite still: the black frost reigned, unbroken by sun or breeze, through the grounds. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

But for the first time it occurred to him that he was eleven years old and that perhaps his great muscles were not quite what they had once been. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“If there’s an invisible assassin in this place, I can only imagine it’s the Devil himself. I dare say he feels quite at home.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Bernabe stubbed out his cigarette and sucked in a deep breath, which he expelled very slowly, never having felt quite this heady before. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He expected it to be a manual about farming, but it was something quite different and exciting. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I can run quite fast standing up with the bottle in my arms," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Emma was quite gay and responsive, but something about her hard, handsome face warned me to lay off. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dill eyed her blankly, not quite processing what she was saying. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

"Well, actually, it's in the spinal canal. I mean it's quite a ways down in the spinal canal." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

They were obviously quite nervous about saying or doing the wrong thing. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I never quite feel fully rested even on my days off. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

I think I would even find it quite a satisfying challenge if it weren’t for the noise—and Paul’s wandering hands. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

Like the buildings and bridges held up by hoverstruts, or jumping off a rooftop with a bungee jacket on, nothing was quite real there. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Her father was about to have a heart attack, and my memories of her now are tinged with a blue wash of misfortune that hadn’t quite befallen her at the time. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m quite tall enough to destroy you, Bacchus! You gods, always hiding behind your mortal heroes, trusting the fate of Olympus to the likes of these.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

She looked like she might've been about to do some kind of dance move, maybe a spin, but couldn't quite whip it right because the artist forgot to make arms for her. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

She had held a snake before, and the texture of Nero’s scaly skin was quite similar. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

By the time I got to a description of the orange device, he had heard quite enough. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid Nico was quite sincere about wanting to help you. The boy is as honest as he is dense. I simply convinced him to take a small detour and bring you here first.” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Oh, it was quite fun, really,” said Hermione, now putting on protective goggles. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

It was quite a climb, but we made it without meeting a single person on the way because everyone was using the lift. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My mother died when I was quite young, and certainly a motherless girl will come up wanting in some respects, but in my opinion she has a freedom unknown to other daughters. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside they saw that Victor's tortoise-husband really looked quite lonely. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The moment he came awake, it was just dawn, and he remembered, and then he knew, quite suddenly, what to do. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

“Your Radiance has stated the case much better than I could have hoped to do myself. I see that you are eloquent as well as beautiful. I am quite persuaded.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Though she would never quite articulate it this way, resentment began to sheathe concern. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And he is quite good at chasing down the cricket ball when we kick it out of bounds. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

This arch here looks seventeenth century, but isn't it the case that it was built quite recently? The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t quite sure if I was acting or not anymore. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scrunched her face into a scowl and added, “And I’m becoming quite peckish!”—which made us all laugh harder. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Hours and hours later, Harry woke quite suddenly in the pitch blackness and gave a small yelp of pain: His arm now felt full of large splinters. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“According to my readings, they were once quite popular among the upper classes, though I’m sad to say they’ve gone out of fashion in the last century or so.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But he couldn’t quite convince himself that it wasn't reality, in its way. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“And she is quite right. We turn left again.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Both were gone as soon as I said, “Almost twenty. Not quite, but I almost had you.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“To a man like myself, ten pounds is nothing. Nothing! Why, I could quite happily bet you a hundred pounds a point!” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

"I don't like to ask this, but it's quite necessary . . ." He leaned forward with a pained frown. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw I had strayed far from the village: it was quite out of sight. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

When the I ion had first begun singing, king ago when it w as still quite dark, he had realized that the noise w is a song. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

She still doesn’t quite look at me when she speaks. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

And I knew I looked different They’d brought a barber in to cut my hair, which had grown quite long. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like she understood something about me that she’d never quite understood before. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I was quite proud of the calm way I stared at all these gruesome things. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the ambulance climbed along the road, it was slow in the traffic, sometimes it stopped, sometimes it backed on a turn, then finally it climbed quite fast. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

He was quite sure that Ron’s support of Hermione had little to do with a desire to know the meaning of the triangular rune. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

She was staring straight ahead, quite as pale as he was, her long blonde hair hanging down her back, but beneath the table her slim fingers closed briefly on his wrist. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“His hair is quite gray,” said Taran, who could not bring himself to believe these strange creatures were indeed speaking of his old teacher. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

For all that, I could not for some days quite bring myself to raise the matter again with Mr Farraday. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Reaching out with his hands, which the guards had left untied, Shin could not quite touch the floor. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“But I am no ordinary prisoner, madam, let’s get that quite clear!” he roared. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“They appear to be seven ordinary broad stone steps; nothing special; quite the same as any other set of stairs in the Abbey, wouldn’t you say?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They found a temple all slimy and moss-grown, but not quite in ruins, and there they gave thanks for their escape and prayed for help in their dreadful loneliness. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z