This gave the illusion there was a bottom that might be safely reached, when really the quarry was so deep even a strong swimmer should consider it bottomless. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I could not make iced tea, but I could make cool tea, and I thought that what he really wanted was a sweet drink. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Someone with cheekbones and giant eyes and really wet lips. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Are you really surprised? I suck! I'm sorry, but I suck, and we've all known it. Now it's official. So let’s stop pretending.” Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

But all they had to do was look around and they’d see what was really what. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

His voice was tight, a little breathless, when he finally said, “There’s really no chance of you getting out of your house right now, is there?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Allegra was great, but when Isa talked to Benny she felt like he stopped everything he was doing and really, truly listened to her. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes,” I said, “it feels like he doesn’t really love me. Not really.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Even though he kept reassuring me, I was afraid he really did feel like I was picking Mrs. Hidalgo’s advice over his. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t have a moment to really stop along the way. Almost thirty-six hours of drive, drive, drive.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would make Minerva's father really alive but somewhere far away. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

Though he had no illusions of his own immortality, he apparently feared being buried alive, perhaps believing that was really what had happened with Jesus. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s saying it really loudly, as if that would make a difference. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“He’s always talking about himself and his problems. Like you. You’re both self-centered. Only, you have a low opinion of yourself, so it’s tolerable. He has a really high opinion of himself. It’s a pain.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

No matter how many times they repeated it at school, she’d never really quite believed that one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“That really goes without saying, doesn’t it?” he says. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Much like the rest of us on the surface, he had an underlying obliging and considerate strain which barred him from being a really important member of the class. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

You had to really look, because it seemed like she didn’t move her mouth. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

There’s a seating chart, though, so they don’t sit near each other, and there’s not as much walking and moving around as there was in Mixed Media, so they don’t really talk. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really see anything, and when I tried to go towards the screams, I was stopped by an impenetrable thicket. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

He really only mentioned it but I became crazed, hysterical. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Ivy didn’t really want to go hang out in the bathtub. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

If he was really going to attend the university, he was going to need to scrape together enough money for rent and books and tuition. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

We watched my brother make a great play, but this time, nobody really cheered. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

But there was only ever one person she really wanted to talk to. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I must look really frightened, because the grin fades. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you really think you were going to get to keep her?” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

He really seemed to like it, and I guess because of that I played better than I usually do, and hardly made any mistakes. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“It’s really something,” I said, and it was. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t trying to lie, Carlos. Not really. I didn’t want you to feel bad.” Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

“As to what I really do,” he said with a placating smile, “I’m a fool because I should like to be in Heaven before I die.” Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The twins aren’t coming b: to school this year, and I didn’t really mean I wanted to be dead. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It was really something to make up an outlandish story like that. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

They hadn’t really hung around one another until I came along, and we became our own little group. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure it’s over my head, Bunny, really,” he said, glancing over the first page. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“On the contrary, she is one of us. Most decidedly. She is us more than we are us. She is, I think, who we really are. Or were.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Everyone is really laughing, and I don’t get it. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I really, really don’t like talking in front of people. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t kidding about what I said to Charlie—I really did; want to be left alone. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

And finally, I’m settled in a pair of tight black pants and an even tighter denim shirt that makes my breasts look much bigger than they really are. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Not really. She used to have lunch with this girl sometimes. Denise, I think. But I don’t know her last name.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I really wanted some solo time with Arthur, but a double date with his best friends is way better than no date at all. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Look, I’m really sorry about that telephone call. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

She would turn the music up really loud and dance through the apartment, with Tiger her only audience. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The beanbag chairs are really comfy for reading,” I say. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’m glad you like it, for I want you to take me to one of the new concerts some night. I really need some music to put me in tune. Will you, please?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try not to cry, I really do, but the tears leak from my eyes. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘Don’t hrumm me, Ted. I didn’t smoke it. Not really. I had a puff or two. But it wasn’t my brand. It tasted like cowshed.’ The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nothing in our minds is ever really gone. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Yet if there really is a complete unified theory, it would also presumably determine our actions. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought for a while there, when we were eating your food, she really did learn how to cook. Until that Saturday, when you weren’t here, and she tried to make hamburgers.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“But in this case ... this doesn’t really just belong to you.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I was really into tongue twisters and funny Shel Silverstein stuff back then, and I loved reciprocal reciting, surprising him with things he’d never heard. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

But there's nothing really for me to do but wait. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

They began to manifest a curious and really rather terrifying single-mindedness. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

I said, so loud I really startled her. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“It was really spooky,” I said, “because she looked exactly the same. Maybe her face was slightly older. But otherwise, there was no real difference. Same clothes even. That smart grey suit.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

She didn’t ask me a lot of questions, said we could work out the finances later, which was really nice of her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

But me and Noodles knew what he really meant, what this was really about, and now it was Noodles's turn to earn his brother back. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

My parents said the situation was temporary, and I think they really believed that. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He spoke slowly, and I noticed that he had a habit of finishing everything he said with “and I’d even say,” when really it didn’t add anything to the meaning of his sentence. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Did you really leave all the doors open for us?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry I missed your birthday lunch. I really wanted to go.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I seemed to be on the periphery of life, not really a part of it. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

They really were going to make me sleep in a shed with a patch of blood from that kid who had disappeared out of here a couple of weeks ago! Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Saints, she’d thought, if he believes that, he really must be desperate. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

His behavior is really not out of the ordinary— anger, depression, even tears—are all positive signs that he is in the process of working it out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do I really want to be back on the third floor with her, nowhere to go but back to my room, nothing waiting there for us that wasn't there before, no newfound ease or understanding. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

They were glad that the war had lasted long enough for them to find out what combat was really like. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

If this was to be my life now, if this really was where I’d be stuck, then I did have to let go of what happened with Nabila. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Yeah, she was in class, but not even she knows what I really did. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

Because even if Rashad did everything Paul said he did—really? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

He grinned at me and said: “Man, you really got your top shaved, didn’t you?” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Had this boy really once just been a stranger? The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

My sister and brother and Daddy are the only ones I feel really comfortable talking to, so I missed David something terrible. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it possible that race really didn’t matter for these white women and men and that they simply never happened to browse a nonwhite date that interested them? Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Or you were using some alias so you could really escape Mom and Dad’s influence. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t want to miss out on this chance to visit the Elwha River. That place was so important to See-yah.” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He annoyed me for sure, but he really got under Audrey’s skin. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

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

“I don’t really want to talk about that stuff.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

The dirt floor was circular, just big enough that you could drive a car around the rim if you pulled it really tight. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s okay because umm I know you cannot really get all good news in one day. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

She put it away, saying, “Iorek? Is he nearby, Will? I thought I heard you call him, but then I thought I was just wishing. Is he really?” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Because if you really wanted to come home, you’d have fought harder. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry about everything, okay? You forgive me? You know how much I love you, right?” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Gogol always finds the labels unsettling, the sight of them making him feel that his family doesn’t really live on Pemberton Road. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

John Wayne didn’t really speak Farsi and he wasn’t Iranian! The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really think of ‘chicken nipple’ as a swear word,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

God help Miss Love Simpson if she really had gone off and married Grandpa against her will—against Aunt Loma’s will, I mean. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“No, really, don’t mention it, Ross. No, honest, you’d’ve done the same for me, I know you would.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

As Mr. Language Person implies, sometimes a writer really does need to express a negation. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Boy21 and I do all our homework up in my room, but we don’t really work together. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did he really want to tie himself to this girl? Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, me, I figured my dad out—not my mom. My mom is the biggest mystery in the world. I mean, she’s predictable when it comes to parenting. But really, she’s inscrutable.” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t really know what happened next, and I never really asked. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s a really fancy leadership camp,” says Mama. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“There is still time for me to kill you,” he said, “if you really persuade me that it’s the sensible thing to do.” Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But—” “Percy, the spiders getting away. Do you really want me to explain the exact details of how I was born?” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Looks like Drew Young really enjoyed the beef stew at the cafeteria today, Reggie.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

I think that's why really rich and famous people look so weighed down and glum in most photos. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

It surprised me, because it's a really sad song, and that's not what I would expect coming from you. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The class fell absolutely silent, all eyes on me, and for the first time I really looked at Andrew Carr. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Song Po-po added, really speaking to Grandma rather than to us. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The boys had to keep an eye on the cows, but the cows did not really need much care. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

But now, in that gallery, the woman was too close, much closer than we’d ever really wanted. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t really care any more what he thinks, or what any of them think for that matter. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I really didn't understand totally what that meant, but it somehow made sense in some kind of way. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Could they really be foolish enough to try and play hide-and-seek with him? The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, I never really understood why they like me. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pulls me up and hugs me, rarely stopping to sit in the rocking chair anymore, and rushes me to the bathroom because I usually have to go really bad first thing in the morning. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

He hates snowboarders, he says, but I think he really means that he hates people who have families who take them snowboarding. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What we were going to do. All the places I was going to take you. I really wanted you to meet Harry.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In spite of the complete overhaul that your mind is crying for, you have a brain that could really grow and flower here in N.Y. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really think I’m bluffing?” the stranger says in a raw, scratchy voice. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

“Dude, I really think it’s fine. I mean, we’ve only lost like five minutes. We don’t even have to push up the cruising speed.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Or maybe he thought the place he was leaving her was really worse than death. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"Not really, but here I am," I replied. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Not really the person, of course. You’re sponsoring him, and if he does well you split the purse.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

I laugh so hard I almost fall off, and this scares me— like, really scares me—and I catch myself and Violet catches me as Amanda looks up. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

But there was really no need for that. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

I really wished then that I had that wood stove moved in from the barn so that I could have a real oven and do some proper baking. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I really think he might have been the last. I haven’t seen any other screechers in ages.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“You can tell Jane Fonda isn’t really naked in that movie,” I say. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Tears streamed down her face, and even though I couldn’t see anybody else’s face, really, I could tell a lot of people were crying by the way folks were thumbing the corners of their eyes. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It really unsettled me, and although I wasn’t to find out its real meaning until years later, I think I sensed, even then, some deeper significance to it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think everyone in the building has really appreciated the spectacle. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Sweetie, I wish I could wake him up for you. I really do.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

When she died is when I started really going on the drinking spells. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, there’ll be other houses. But not like this one, not at this price. We’ll never be able to afford one like this. I guess I really didn’t expect to find anything.” Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He really thought seeds meant it was bad? How funny.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Why, how marvelous. You and Robin should go, dear. I’m really feeling quite full.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was so convincing, I really believed him for a while. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

Always friendly, they could never be anybody’s friend; always reading, they could really never learn; always boasting of their passions, they could never really feel and were afraid to live. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Son,” Mr. Lucas said, “I know some World War Two cats who can show you a thing or two if you really want to fly. Leave Crump and his crop duster alone.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

“Did you really think that being a knight would make everything better?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

And now Maya was about to make it really easy for Ellie to be mean to her—in front of a whole bunch of ice-cream-eating kids! Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Eating with the Sleets and Lefty Lewis was really hard to do, not because they had bad table manners or nothing, but because they talked through the whole breakfast. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

"I really hate that people think I'm dumb or that I'm going to bite my tongue off in front of them." The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Thanks to my constitutional childishness, they have always sounded to me like the names by which the Three Musketeers really should have been known: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

“You know, you should be on that for...a couple months, really.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Other than the Halloween party, we didn't really do anything besides talk on the phone a few times—and even then, I did all the talking. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Even so, it was almost a year before I could approach to within one hundred yards, and that is not really very close. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

It could not have been clearer that Malfoy really wanted that lucky day. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Maybe I can really give you that hug someday. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Look, Dad, your—our...situation...makes it hard for me to talk to my classmates about stuff like this. They don’t really want to hear it, you know?” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Were this balding man and this intimidating woman really going to be my parents? Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

So she went downstairs and built a fire that really burned. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“You really think this is the time to separate?” the man boomed. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

At the same time he's afraid not to look at me, and he just ignores the fact that half my face is bandaged and stares really, really hard into my good eye. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

In his eagerness to have something really worthwhile to show on his return to the Council, he had jumped to the conclusion that they were alone. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m pretty sure I can convince him. Usually, when I really want something, I go to him with a list of arguments. So he can’t refuse.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Nigel not only wouldn’t believe me, he might decide I really was crazy. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

Not very appropriate really, but it was all I could think of at the time. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He acts like I bottled everything up inside, but really, I’m okay. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She sat there primly, slipping a forkful of potato into her mouth, then chewing it with a really superior look on her face. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

It could have worked, I suppose, but the children of suicides are hard to please and quick to believe no one loves them because they are not really here. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The hope that in this world, there are magical fish who will give you advice and warning, when really, the future is unknowable and infinitely dangerous. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

But he also really wanted to go to Uncle Jet’s diagnosis meeting in Nali’s hogan. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

“Thanks. But I really need to win this competition.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“We’re not really supposed to talk to the alive ones, but looking for dead guys is my job. Piper said.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom didn’t really want to know about her day. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

And Father was silent for a really long time. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It suddenly made everything seem like it really was. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Some of the children looked like walking puffballs, they were so bulky, but their gear had been made in factories and laboratories far away from the cold, and it couldn’t really cope. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Now she knew what the plaque really meant, but tonight, she wasn't interested in written words. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She squints like she does when she’s really worried about something. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“You get any pain in the leg, you call the nurse. Try not to ask for painkillers unless you really need them, though, okay?” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She waited on the hill, exhausted but unable to sleep, wondering if she could really do what Dr. Cable wanted. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The first is that the really effective control of insects is that applied by nature, not by man. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I can hardly remember mine. Only my aunt that kept me until I was ten. And she’s gone now.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not sure if it’s memory or if I really do hear Bibi’s voice. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

But I sat wondering and waiting in Mr. Jaggers’s close room, until I really could not bear the two casts on the shelf above Mr. Jaggers’s chair, and got up and went out. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘Bilbo gave it all away. He told me he did not feel it was really his, as it came from robbers.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

The wall’s bright white paint along the edges really helps the dark red brick stand out. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

I’ve thought about death often in recent weeks, but not really about God. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Everything is really coming together for the festival. I think it’s going to be a big success.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Other than that, I found many shells, some bodies of dead birds, pieces of cork, and chunks of sponge, but nothing I could really put to good use. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because we both know I’ve been ignoring the only words that really matter. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“All right,” I say, though I know' as well as she does what she’s really after. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Five. Heavens above! You're really very young for a bunch of thieves.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

But when she thought back to the hand on Wash’s arm, it seemed to her that there had been a deliberateness that was not really romantic. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I pretended a lack of interest in the first few airport cafes, my head scanning for what I really wanted. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

“And I really do, so I was not lying either, at least not about that,” Heqet said blandly, offering the wedge to the Ancient instead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I just want to kill you.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No, they replied after a split-second but telltale delay; there really wasn’t. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

What if Dimple really did still love him? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I really don’t want to talk to anyone right now, especially about school. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone loves it,but I like to think it takes a special kind of heartbreak to really call the song your own. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I know there wasn’t really a sixth borough. I mean, objectively.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

She showed me my desk and it really made me feel good not to have the rules taped to the top like with Mrs. Maxy. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘But that fellow over there’—Dove was pointing to Johnny—‘is really on the other side and .. .’Johnny left Dove to his fate. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You told me you didn’t really know her.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I’m really excited to get all the numbers and data. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I think she was surprised. And perhaps her feelings were hurt. She certainly didn’t express herself very well. Shocking, really, that a romance novelist could be so inept at the language of the heart.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think I care whether it’s in ten thousand pieces or not?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He’s a “high-powered intern” at sixteen, just relocated to New York, seems really smart. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Our camaraderie has more than just two sides, and I feel really fortunate to be a part of this new movement that’s not just black and white. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really know how to help back then, and I’m not sure I know any better now. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

For all I really knew, I could have come through a Lazarus Door. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Then they began trying to convince themselves they could have built the bomb—if they had really wanted to. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He wasn’t really showing it to me,” Lyra admitted. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

“When we lock things away,” he said with conviction, “we’re really imprisoning ourselves.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

I had editors—more teachers—and these were the first white people I’d ever really known on any personal level. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Outside it was still snowing, but the temperature had come up, and the flakes that were coming down were the kind that really wanted to be rain but couldn’t quite get there. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if they’re really a good omen, but seeing wild dolphins always makes me feel better. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Is she really talking to me like this?” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Although our camps were really different, there were a lot of similarities. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She really wasn’t sure about this one, but... Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“At this stage, it really doesn’t matter,” she said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Others believed that even if the egg really did exist, no one was ever going to find it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was the first time I had been out of the state on my own, and it felt like I was really part of something important. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Well, not really, but I had seen him once. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to wonder what authors like Byron and Shelley were seeing, or if they were really just more sensitive to beauty and interest than I was. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

I wondered as I watched the stars, really seeing them for the first time, whether they could see me, too. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

"Did he really and truly turn into a porpoise?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I figured that if these letters really aren’t getting through to you, maybe he can give you a message in person. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“That,” said Harry, “is a really good question. Come on.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh Lord,” Meggie heard her add in a murmur, “I’ll have to buy a new pair of feet, I really will. There’s no hope for these.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The young man, in his unease, smiled nervously and Malcolm jeered, ‘Look at him laugh. He’s really not laughing, he’s just laughing with his teeth.’ The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Passenger pigeons’ diet centered on mast, the collective name for acorns, beechnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, and the like; they also really liked maize. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Are we really going to try to run away together? King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really want more to eat, do you?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

I know that Erlan could beat me at Spit if he really wanted to, because he can be fast as lightning. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell he’s trying to make me look uneducated and useless, though I don’t really need his help. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“Looks like a really good plan from where I’m standing,” said Harry, grinning bleakly. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Had that poor Reilly kook really been proud of Levy Pants? A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I loved writing, and he was really complimentary about it. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When you get to know her, you realize she’s really funny and a blast to hang out with. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“You know, I happen to think he’s really handsome.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

“Something the rest of us don’t know about, Petra? Something you’d like to tell the police? No more secrets, now. And hanging out in Calder’s garden—really.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She had been pleased at first, watching Moody and her lonely daughter, who had been uprooted so many times, who had never really been close to anyone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

One day after the stone throwing, nothing has really changed, except now those children watch me watching them. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I used to be really shy. I didn’t have any friends,” he confessed. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I’m keeping you from getting home. This probably isn’t what you expected when you offered to give me a ride.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

She takes me stealthily into her mother’s bedroom, saying that she’ll really get it if we’re caught, and shows me the twin set, folded on a shelf. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“These pull out into sleeping bags. And they’re really warm inside.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I leaned over him, just to make sure he was really there. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“They provide all Units with jobs, you know. No trouble. But I’d rather be in Karhide...if you really think it could be managed....” The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Charlie’s been watching that nonstop, and Sneaky likes to tease that I’m really the one who keeps picking it. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

His mom did not like to eat food that was suffused with GMOs or not organic or a whole bunch of other phrases and words that Nathan didn’t really pay much attention to. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

Thus, many items had become superfluous, and these were not really things one could sell or things people wanted to throw out. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Praba will be thrilled. She really fell in love with him.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Lina didn’t really feel cold but she did feel sad, which was in a way the same. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I never responded, because what happened was, well, I didn’t even really know. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was beginning to realize that there was a difference between my mother’s public face and what she thought her world was and what was really going on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The snow really is as magical as Mami said it would be, and it is falling so thickly and yet so silently that one thing doesn’t seem to match the other. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

She hesitates, and I know that she must really love it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

I cleared my throat really loudly—so loud, the sound echoed in the station. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

I flushed the toilet so Andrea would think I’d really had to go, then I went into the bedroom and asked about the bath salts. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it feels really good to step away from the shovels of sand they’ve been throwing on me for weeks and finally climb out of the hole. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

“But really—I can’t help it. What a scene! What a scene!” Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Are you serious? You really believe that? Are you blind?” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Will they really show our pictures on television?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“I never thought I’d be going to it. I’m really glad I saw that movie in time, you bet I am.” A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I started to think that maybe he really was someone else that night, and it was the magic of Halloween. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Nothing smells as clean as cold mountain air, and the views are really beautiful. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And when the veil lifts, we can see the world as it really is, just for those few seconds before it settles down again. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“Let’s not get the police involved unless we really need to.” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re right, that really wouldn’t be fair to you. Tell you what, why don’t we split it down the middle? I’ll take half, you take half.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks for getting the bracelet back to me. The inscription—it was really sweet.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

But when he and his father came over to our side of the room and I saw Kamal’s face, really saw it... The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But I didn't really have an answer for her. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Even wanted to make sure I understood that whatever I write down don't have to make sense as long as it's really me. Sunny 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Then in the end I said to him: “I’m sorry I blew up at you earlier. I’ll talk to them. I’ll try and see to it you get someone really good.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she hadn’t really wanted to help her father, no matter how much she’d told herself she did. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I felt like I really was starting over. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Well, we didn’t really get a chance to know one another before we left. And it’s just that some of us might not be who we pretend to be.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Madoc, who’d let us all get dressed up and given me a beautiful sword to wear tonight, as though we were really going to some fun party. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I have never got over the fright — though I daresay the beasts knew their business and would not really have touched me.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

I’m starting to worry that I might disappear—really, really disappear behind the courtroom door. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

But as soon as our dorm leader leaves again, Elsie says, “I can’t wait to get my badge tomorrow. My overall potential rose really high on the Badge Tester, so I feel pretty good.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? Nice weather too, for sitting out of doors. You only need a camp-stool and a box of pencils, don’t you? Tell me, were you interested in those books I sent you?” Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Loga said, “Coke, it’s really good, almost as good as Pepsi.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That was really nice of you to come see me at the hospital. I know how you just love hospitals," she adds. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

More kids had shown up at open gym than ever, and some of them were good—really good. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Lack of students, mostly. If you’re old enough to go to college, you’re old enough to be drafted. Even if that wasn’t the case, I doubt people can really afford it anymore.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Hell, that mop. You really are a punk.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“If you knew him, you knew the only thing he really cared about by the end of high school was the Internet,” an old friend agreed. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before it was really light he had his baits out and was drifting with the current. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t tell if she’s trying to get us back into our clubs because she really wants to fix things, or if she just wants us to leave her classroom. Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z

I woke up a little then and really looked at him. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

We have a little set in the office at the back of the house, and if I’d been really eager I could have gone in there to claim my front-row seat for the war. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

As a matter of fact, he didn’t really wonder what it was at all. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

When most people believed in an essentially static and unchanging universe, the question of whether or not it had a beginning was really one of metaphysics or theology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I felt really bad about the other kid losing. She was really nice. The kid I played against—she took it kind of hard.” An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

“At the most, thirteen. You really think I did something that would send me to prison for the rest of my life?” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

These people had forgotten what the old world was really like. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

One night, far back in the mountains, in a place called “The Cyclone Timber,” Old Dan really pulled a good one. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“None of the people we lost were idiots. They knew what they were doing. They followed you because they believed you really could kill Snow.” Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Then I start to wonder—is Mama really at court today? Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

I enter the beauty salon wearing really big sunglasses, like one of those women on TV who's just been given a black eye by her husband. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“You really shouldn’t cover up your scar,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really know much about Father’s work. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

If it had really been New Year’s, she would have had to shut herself up in her own house. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the first time Luke had really said those words. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Where you going, Nick? asks Don, not really caring about an answer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

It turns out they really have become attached to me, and the idea of my returning to the arena has undone them. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Daisy was really into Star Wars—and not just the movies, but also the books and the animated shows and the kids’ show where they’re all made out of Lego. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There had never really been a place for her, after all. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve stopped talking because there’s really nothing left to say and there’s this piercing sort of pain where my heart is. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Second, it is really, really cold walking around practically naked. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It’s kind of disappointing, but I’m late to the Great Mascot Debate,” Elle said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Then he said: “Look, boy, do you really want that thieving old dog?” Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t really be leaving them, she decided. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For some reason people loved using Aladdin to put me down, which made me sad, because I really liked Aladdin. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“We need to think about what our marriage is really based on . . . not this balance sheet, who owes who what.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Exactly. I don’t get why he likes me, but I truly believe that he does. I really do. It’s just that I don’t think anyone else will understand what he sees in me.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

The deal is, this is really two birthdays for the price of one, because Freak the Mighty is almost a year old. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The girls—the women—hop up and down and squeal, “I can’t believe it’s really happening!” Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, not really. But you know what I mean. I went to a funeral and had to carry a casket.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

They went early in the morning; Joseph and David were really excited, but Father looked serious. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then I asked a question I wasn’t really sure I wanted the answer to. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“So we thought, Aslan,” she said, “that there must be some mistake, and she can’t really mind the smell of those apples.’ The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

"Thanks. I'm much better, really. Can I sleep now, Katniss?" he asks. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Are we really supposed to know what we want to do for the rest of our lives at the ripe old age of seventeen?” The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Scoob swallows hard—he really wishes he had some water—and blinks back a wave of...well, he’s not sure what exactly. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

But Ivy didn’t think it was really girls that were the big puzzle, and when she opened her mouth, something else came out. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He hadn’t believed it was really there, or really gold, or that he could really have it just for the taking. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

And even though me, Dre, and Red didn't really find it that funny, we couldn't help but laugh too because, well, that's what her laugh makes you do. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

His brow crinkles together, and I can see that he’s really making an effort to understand. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Ugwu had not really looked at her and now he noticed that her slender, dark arms and face were shiny-wet, as if she had bathed in groundnut oil. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Mama never understood that we were really at war and that her life was in danger.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Everyone thinks chemistry and alchemy are so similar, but they’re really not. They’re not even related. They just happen to live in the same house.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

His forehead is damp, like he’s nervous—or maybe like he really does care. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“One of the pilings is crumbling from water erosion. But really it’s the same thing—governor’s decree.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It’s kind of a relief, since she’s the one person who it’s really hard to forgive. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

He cuts me a look that I assume is meant to intimidate but is really just a reminder of his plentiful sex appeal. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The way I see it, it’s not really gossip if I’m talking about myself. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I never knew if you really wanted all that stuff, though. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“I’m so happy for you, Melody! You really needed this! And, yes, we’re gonna have to find a day so you can teach me some fashion sense!” Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“No...no...I really must get back,” said Lupin at last, declining yet another goblet of wine. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

But I really decided to go out West and all. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m so sorry, Imam Malik. Really, I am. I should have known better. I shouldn’t have done what I did. It was really stupid.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

I’m at this low-key coffee shop with Hudson since our exam is on Tuesday and I really need a solid study session to handle my weak spots. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I can never tell Dad what I really think like that. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You don’t know Annie. And neither would Jimmy. Not if it were really against the rules,” Piper says. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is something to be afraid of, indeed. Wanting to be with me. That’s really not in your best interest.” Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

"Well, if we do something really bad and they kick us out of the camp, then they ’d have to — ” "Don’t even think about it, Frankie,” I warned. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to do anything, really, except sit in my room and feel miserable. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

April and Melanie had often wondered if they ever really would. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know if they were really girls. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“My heart really sank when I heard his voice,” she recalls. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

And if it was him, maybe it was the other guy who got shot because he’d done something really bad. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

My family hasn’t been on a trip in, well—never, really. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

"You might not can come back, man," the porter said, "but after what you did, I swear, they never will stop talking about you. You really baptized ole Rev!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I don't really have any homeboys in the neighborhood, just because a lot of teenagers around here are messed up these days. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Which means when we see it—when we see any star—we are really seeing what it looked like in the past. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t really a tune, but from the first note the beast’s eyes began to droop. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

I am really out of my league in this conversation. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what to say to that, because it sure doesn’t seem like I’m helping Russ, and he really isn’t getting better, as far as I can tell. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The lemon ones, yes. The grape ones are Furies, I think. Or are they hydras? At any rate, these are potent. Don't take one unless you really, really need it.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Um, wow. Well, one, I can’t do tomorrow. I’m going to see my aunt. Two, I’m sure it will be really romantic considering how you just asked me out.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Andrew says, “The world is in for a big awakening once you really get your work out there.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He’s sure he saw his face in the news before then, but that was the first time he really saw him. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

She’s really a Hill woman, through and through, while I am a creature of the street. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Patrick doesn’t know if Brad was really asleep or not at that point, but if he wasn’t, it was a good acting job. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He pushed up his glasses, looked at the still man on the hood of the truck, and said, “Man, I really gotta learn how to drive.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

His alarm goes off, playing a song I really like. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

She really had outdone herself, and she had never, she realized now, given herself the proper admiration that was her due. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

The city’s mayor, Ole Hanson, declared that the walkout was not really a strike at all but a Communist plot to change the very fabric of America. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“It must really be hell to walk around sick all the time and have to depend upon pills. He’s really a sweet kid. And bright, too.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to go back to living with Mom, existing alongside my brothers without ever really speaking, never going anywhere because Emery isn’t there to go with me, and occasionally seeing my dad. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now they really had no idea what he was saying, but his tone was so sarcastic, they couldn’t miss it. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think you’d get in trouble if we hooked up?” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

I wondered if I would ever really know my brothers, or would they remain but phantoms of my dreams. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In more ways than one—I really do believe in myself because of him. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Drunk for a week, my father must have really wanted to spend those last five dollars. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Don’t really feel the need to say any more than that. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He could find a way to drink every night if he really wanted to. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Still, it was distracting—even before some piece of snot got stuck on his finger and he dropped his hand under the desk really fast. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

One baboon, though, was suspicious, and he decided to hide the next day and see what really happened when the adult baboons had gone in search of food. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

No matter how many odd jobs or errands the crew dreamed up, however, one fact remained: there was really nothing to do on the frozen ship but wait, wait, wait. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

I thanked her for her considerate choice, and as I really felt fatigued with my long journey, expressed my readiness to retire. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m not really in the mood to feel more guilt right now. So go away, please.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They were fine, perfect really, except for the burned areas. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Yes. I thought”—she sounded about to cry—“I thought I shouldn’t have any secrets from the man I was about to marry. I thought if Clayt really loved me....How stupid I was!” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

While it really is good of you, old boy, to listen to my wishes, I find that I miss that pinkie more than I anticipated. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

If she only knew how nervous and overwhelmed I really was as a first-year teacher. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

People liked me well enough, but they also didn’t really know me. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If I find out that you have been disrespectful to Mrs. Granger or any other teacher at school, then you really will be in big trouble.” Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really know where you are. For the first time in history.” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we still don’t really know what happened, if you think about it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

She was concentrating on the road and on what had really landed us in the car together. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Of all the things Digory had said this was the first that really went home. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Dunno. I guess I didn’t really get a chance to ask before I slammed the guy against the wall.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Called to them to come out and play in the sunshine—as though the sunshine would last, as though there really was hope. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The fact that the spy map wasn’t really a spy map at all. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

The truth is that he really was a heretic and was burned for his religious beliefs; it was just unfortunate that the Copernican model got tangled up in the whole business. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“I can’t tell if he’s just not ready to confront the seriousness of his disability or if he really does care more about getting dumped by Monica, but he won’t talk about anything else.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You said the science elective is supposably really hard. I heard you.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

So, now is not really the time for me to see Jeff Garnet. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I think I know them,” I said, realizing that I could never really talk with him. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Great-Uncle Jim had so much junk around that no one would know but me, really. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

When she finished unpacking their clothes, Ma told the boys to put the suitcase back in the car, which really meant leave grown folks to grown folks’ business. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“If you came to a city intending to kill someone, do you really think that you would tell another person of your intentions?” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“You were really sick,” I whispered to him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Freak has this look, he's still acting really fierce, and he goes, "Sometimes, I am." Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

How I wished to succeed in tennis so that they would really have something to emulate. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What about you? Are you really one of them? You look like you have a lot more sense than that.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think that you can absolve yourself of guilt by pretending to be someone else? I don’t like you, Fortiori. Do you know that? I don’t like you at all.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Do you really want to be that girl? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

But on those occasions they never really paid much attention to me. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

Man, I’d found some family and he was gone before we could really get to know each other. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I fell,” Cole said, wishing he could wipe the corny smile off Garvey’s face and show him what fists were really for. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Thinking any minute he would tell me what was really on his mind, I just said, “I declare.” Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Not really. I mean, I guess they go to heaven? That’s where my Grans went.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

"Do you really think you'd forget the way to your favorite place?" The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And if I don’t leave, I’ll die in that apartment, possibly in front of Penny, and that’s not how I want to be remembered—Rufus’s approach is really smart and thoughtful. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I know that Clyde was really trying to kill me. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

He was much better this morning—so much so that I began to doubt whether he was really going to get sick again at all. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“He never really went to college,” Bobby says, “so he’s bounced from job to job, but I don’t worry about it because he’s really smart.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

Oh—now this really is good reason to blub, tears of relief. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

“You know, it really isn’t fair that you all get insider information and we don’t,” Will says, glaring at Uriah. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Privately, he had his doubts about what had really happened in the Gulf of Tonkin. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Her name was Charlotte and she was very quirky in a way that you couldn't really put your finger on. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But the words were the same—Marcus really said he was innocent. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“That was a really good report. I can see how hard you worked. I rarely give As for these reports, but I’m giving you one. You deserve it.” The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Or what if the Professor was innocent, but the somebody else who wasn’t really did live right in the neighborhood, as so many people seemed to think? The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, he’s right at the age where he’s learning so much. He grabs toys when we hold them in front of him—my father says he’s learning small-muscle control. And he’s really cute.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had never been in the rosebush before, never even really close to it, and now, the nearer she got, the more nervous she became. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo laughed like I'd made a really funny joke, so I grinned like I had. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“As I tried to say earlier,” Luke remarked, “living in a haunted house plays hell with a sense of humor; I really did not intend to make a forbidden pun,” he told Theodora. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He's standing with his arms folded, and the expression on his face—well, he really does look like a pint-sized Darth Vader. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

He placed a cushion on the operating table, which was really just a desk repurposed from the former school, and I laid the bonobo down on it. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I open my eyes, panting, sucking in air like I really have been running. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Coach’s words alone don’t say what he’s really saying. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I really hated him, and the feeling was mutual. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Asher’s such fun. But he doesn’t really have any serious interests. He makes a game out of everything.” The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

"You two really got on tonight," said Aunt Pearl. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t that big, really, it was just so pretty. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The air-conditioning was on, but they drove with the win-dows open as well, because, ".No offense, but you boys really smell bad." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z

“I really need to see him, it’s urgent!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

And only once that I can really remember. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When wounds or arguments—anything, really—would vanish. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“This isn’t really the best time. I have some business to attend to.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Alex really resents the extra few inches of height Henry has on him right now. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“But you don’t have to be really good to join Bassmasters. You just have to love to fish.” Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Maya didn’t really remember a time when her parents weren’t fighting. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

This time I really did expect Mr. Ferris to be waiting for Luke and me after school with our belongings in plastic bags. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

I murmured that I hadn’t really thought about it yet, but would discuss it with my siblings later. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

But perhaps there really was something behind the printed story, a world that changed every day just like this one. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

It occurred to me that anyway one more Sunday was over, that Maman was buried now, that I was going back to work, and that, really, nothing had changed. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z

It was the color of a dried-up rose, and Seven thought it was really pretty. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

His white friends eventually assured him that they considered him “not really black.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

He decided to begin with the most obvious question, to get to the heart of the matter, and so he asked, “Is it really pain you feel, Mrs. Das, or is it guilt?” Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

Sometimes Jacobi’s parents let us use their garage, but it didn’t really matter where we were; we’d just set up our old boom box and breakdance. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, in that case — I really didn’t want to lose you as Seeker, Harry. And have you ordered a new broom yet?” Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

And of course, I couldn’t really relax yet, because we still had to compete in the apparatus finals over the next two days. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“He must’ve paid really well for you to schlep all the way out here whenever you found something nice,” I said as we entered the marshy gloom. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The wind was really whipping around here, fourteen stories up. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"I'm still feeling really cold for some reason," I say. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We’re not really tight but he’s okay and he can play a whole mess of guitar. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

“A rat, perhaps, or pheasant chicks. Lucky for us it had killed, otherwise it might have been quicker. Still, fortunately we did the right thing. We really came out of it very well,” said Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t really see any of them writing this chapter, though. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The goat’s dawdling was stretching Anya’s time in the woods, and she really wanted to get out fast. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. I lose myself. It’s just my oddball way of accounting for someone I don’t really understand any more than you do.” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

I thought about what Amari had said the day before, about how none of us are really free, then looked down at the letter again. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I would have told the table that, but they were really having fun being cynical, and I didn’t want to ruin it. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Are you really falling! the crow asked back. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

And really, he is just another bird drinking from your misery. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you did—well, then, you could really get hurt. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The box is the size of a shoe, but it’s really light. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It takes a few seconds before I get what he’s really asking me. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“What would you really like to say up there to that studio audience?” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

As for the dog, I always got my pets at animal shelters, so I called the Wasilla shelter and was told—perfect, really—that they had a three-legged border collie that needed a good home. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Rain always said that when we judge others, we’re really judging ourselves. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“Do you think lieutenant Baker will really be home in time for strawberries?” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I hated it at the time, and my annoyance had blinded me to just how generous my little brother really was. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I can’t really be sure of anything—but they’d be my first guess. All I saw was three people in masks running away while Dub lay on the ground, choking on his own blood.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Martin’s really tall, so the amount of his skin on display is actually pretty obscene. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

She’d been four when we moved to West Virginia, and it was all she really knew. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

It’s like when places have those Guess How Many Jelly Beans Are in the Jar? games and I guess something like fifty but it’s really four thousand and fifty. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“No really, I’ve never seen a tarantula before in my life,” I said. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Until then, Marian had never really thought much about vocal technique. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z

And though his sister talked tough, she was just a kid, really. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“Well, I guess we’ll know if you’re really sick if you start to feel sharp pains on the left side in your ribs. That’s usually the first sign of the flu.” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If they gave him what he really deserved,” Dottie Lynch said, “he would be getting all P’s. That’s P as in pitiful. ” 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think it’s that simple? We do a web search on this Parker guy, and that leads us to the money? That seems...I don’t know. Convenient. Easy.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. Sure. You looked like you’d eaten something really gross though.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

And to be honest, all I really wanted to do was leave. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She meant, All well with Lyra? but she didn’t really listen to the answer. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

It really is no wonder his ambitions remained unfulfilled.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I am really a Dragon, as she is a Dragon, both of us born in dragon years. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every week or so my son over in Virginia comes and brings a lady to vacuum a little. It’s really all I need.” The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I wouldn’t I really wouldn’t. Reach me my bag, dear.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

Also, is the Dutch Tulip Man a fraud or does he really love them? The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Or that my friends don’t really want to hear from me. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“It’s really nice to meet you, sir. You drive like a wild maniac, and I respect that.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

I guess she has a point, but it’s a weird thing to call a girl if you really think about it. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

When we began to move, it wasn’t really dancing—just some glorified swaying. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

“Then I really have to fly the fifty missions, don’t I ?” he grieved. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

But what he really wanted to say was “What’s the matter with you people?” Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She’d have to count again some other day—or, really, lots of other days—to know for sure. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He made out like he was only pinching it, but he was really getting the old thumb right in there. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

He knew there really was no going back. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“But...I really just want a leg that looks like a leg. I don’t want flames or flowers, and I sure don’t want pink.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

As the nation became more racially and politically polarized, did I really want to take a stand at the risk of my own safety? Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

“But Mr. Chris says you have to really watch,” Marly said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He reaches for the box, so now we’re both holding it and facing each other in an aisle that really only has enough space for one. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

The satellite array that powered the onboard Internet and TV was blown to bits, which had really made Coach Hedge mad. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dad feels really bad about that too, especially since you left us your farm. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“Believe me, if it wasn’t an emergency—” “Is your mom really horrible?” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Grandpop reached in his shirt pocket and pulled out a white handkerchief that wasn’t really all that white anymore and patted his forehead. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“I really wish you’d make at least one friend—a close friend—this year at your school,” she says. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Are you really going to do math for the talent show?” he asks. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Again, I wonder if he really has been missing his shots intentionally, and for some reason I decide he probably has. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed one can say that ‘hypothesis’ only really acquired its modern sense after the foundation of the Royal Society. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“And it really is. I can’t believe it never occurred to me. I keep thinking of that quote by Picasso: ‘Every child is an artist. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

One day, I was shooting my fourth set of one hundred shots and I was really in the groove. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

What really mattered in life, what gave it weight, was death. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I knew how the backbone worked, which really wasn’t bones, and now I decided to try to make sense of the fins. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“Emmett’s making her some tea. You know storms really rattle her. Sometimes you think a person’s seen everything, then you remember, once you’ve seen everything, you know what the fallout can be.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

At first I don’t understand it, because I don’t really know the man they’re talking about—I don’t know any of the people in this room. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Like he was looking at me, really looking at me, for the very first time. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I've been spying again, without really intending it, I confess, and this time I saw something. I did indeed.” The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“You saved the fat girl. I bet you’re really proud of yourself.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

If I were really Justin, I would find something wrong with her. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Mong started clearing space for a makeshift barbecue pit, me and Rondell trying to help out but really just getting in the way. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When I tell her that Safer plans to teach me the secret of truly excellent scrambled eggs, she says they sound like really smart bohemians. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I didn’t want anyone really to take advantage of the old man. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The two of them had never really trusted each other. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

"You really can dance," I told the blonde one. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh really? And somewhere up in that brilliant head of yours, you think that’s a good idea?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Someone who—because no one thought she was a person—had no one to really talk to. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

However, since Mr. Ages had been right in all that, Mrs. Frisby knew he was sure to have been right in the other things he had said: Timothy was not really strong yet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She looked really hurt for a moment, but then she got angry. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at her, speechless, at last comprehending what was really bothering her. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t really know my brother at all.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

That meant I could get out of the house if I was really quiet so I didn’t wake him up. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Time seems to drag until listeners hear Phillips's voice again, but really, just ten seconds go by. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

“But that’s no reason. It’s true, they moved our house, and that was nice of them. But we didn’t really know them.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

And it really has hurt to hear the ugly rumor going around. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was summer and little else really mattered. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Everything I think of when I think of really living, living to the full—all my ideas are just the opening credits of sitcoms. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe you really did hit your head and you have a concussion and you don’t remember who I am. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

It made me feel mad awkward too, ’cause whenever a dude cries near me I can’t really look at him. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Aunt Loma really didn’t want to go, or so she said as we waited at the depot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

In an effort to make him understand what it meant to really be a Muslim, his cousins had shown him places where people had died. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

But I think what really got me over the nightmares were the Discovery Channel nature videos my mom brought home for me one day. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Really, you must. I had no right to influence you. I really had no right to say anything.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t really forget, did you, son?” the father said. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We didn’t really do birthday parties or birthday cake back home. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“So my whole life, I’ve never really fit anywhere,” she begins. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

Not bad, really, and I finally ask Marv exactly why he’s chosen today of all days to take me out to breakfast. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I think the bruise really brings out my eyes, don’t you?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Nobody at all knows this except for me: It is how things really are. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

She gave me the Bob Marley cassette and the Walkman, along with a really nice notebook and pen. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Well, you can’t really worry about other people’s expectations,” he said. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Deep down, he knew what was really bugging him and why he was in such an up-and-down mood. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

But I realized when I do that I usually start thinking about something I don’t really wanna think about, like my moms or Diego, so I decided to start reading books. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think it really matters,” Candice said. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Everything is quiet, tense, until Chantal changes the music and turns the volume up really loud. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That is the literal meaning, yes, but what’s really being said is, ‘From nothing, nothing can come.’” Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

“Do you really think you can find a place?” he asked, trying to keep a note of desperate hope out of his voice. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also don’t know how much I should really be investing in this since Arthur is just going to leave at the end of the summer anyway. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I could tell he was mad about me even trying to get him to break his mom’s rules, but I really wanted to see what the fuss was about. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

She had been really funny but never snarky when judging food or restaurants. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

In any case, it seemed to him that if Cedric had really wanted to give Harry a hand, he would have been a lot more explicit. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

“If I need to really get out of sight one day, it would be logical to go there.” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

“I can tell. It’s not just a trick to you, like it is to most runaways. Even Shay, who really believes the operation is wrong, doesn’t get how deadly serious the Smoke is.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Maybe the passage of time, even centuries, didn’t matter when something really important needed to be said. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

She could go at a full sprint in high heels, but if she really wanted to come after me she had this thing where she’d kick her shoes off while still going at top speed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, the real one. All I know is he was really good at basketball. Soojin said that her whole family couldn’t believe he got in because he’s not even smart.” Amina's Voice 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

The AT&T thing really crushed him, the wound torn open again. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

From what I've read, their fathers seemed to really love them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I never see Silas during the school day except at lunch, but usually he’s in mute mode so that doesn’t really count. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

He had not really wanted to go out with her tonight; but her questions and suspicions had made him say yes when she had wanted to go for a drink. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I really want to be friendly with him so I can find out more about you, but he doesn’t seem to want to be with us. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

An unpretentious Lutheran church—a chapel, really—that looks like a set for an Ingmar Bergman drama and can seat only about fifty parishioners, guards the site of the cemetery. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

So what I'd really like is to try and conceal him somewhere safe, then go hunt, and come back and collect him. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

And R's never look like backward E's to Freak, which is the way they look to me sometimes, unless I really squint and think about it. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

Rose seemed to be looking at them too, but not really looking at them. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

When she hadn’t been thinking of him, all she’d really been thinking about was him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

He had been really scared for a minute there. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

He rode slowly up the road, not really thinking, just moving, reluctant to stop. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first she really thought a girl could and tried it once or twice. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

‘I really did dream about those children, Mary. It was clear as crystal.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy swallowed hard to keep the lightning inside, because it really wanted to spill out of her mouth and ears and nose right now. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

That question really hit me the wrong way. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

They walked down one side of the street and we were on the other....No one really seemed to think of them as individuals. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s only been weeks, but it seems like a dream. Was she really here? Who was she? Was she real?” Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I really do, Cullen,” Lucas said bluntly, his gaze on the road ahead. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I pretty much expected him to say this, but I knew it had nothing to do with yarn and was really all about him not having money to buy it. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Did Otto remember — or ever really understand — that his real mother was dead? Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? Oh, I say. That’s awful,” he said in a hushed, respectful voice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I want to say I’m sorry about the Bartlett Dirt—no one really believes the lies they print; it’ll all die down eventually—but then he writes: Meet me at the Quarry. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We were just watching a smart documentary, so it’s not really your life,” Travis said. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

He really liked the reverse hunter thing—where the deer go out and shoot the rednecks. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I really love the way lit windows pop like stars when it gets dark out. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Micrographia really did mark the moment when microscopy came of age as a scientific discipline. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z

“Are you all really so desperate that you’d stake everything on him? Why, he’s just a boy—a soft- bellied normal who knows next to nothing of our world!” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Winter doesn’t really start back home, not on the clock anyway, until mid-November. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No one really starts anything new, Mrs. Nemur. Everyone builds on other men’s failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes to the sum of knowledge is what counts.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, if you mean the race, well, I don’t really know.” The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I meant because we could really kick everyone’s butts. If we had more time like that. If we were living together.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“Did you really blow up your aunt, Harry?” said Hermione in a very serious voice. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It must be really hard losing forever forever someone you love. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

There’s really no denying that I have breasts and legs in this thing. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He really got wound up on it, too. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I just say, “Oh, my classes are really hard this semester.” The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess the two of you don’t really need me for this conversation, do you?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really consider what would happen if he refused. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I sit up and Arthur opens his eyes; I get this feeling like he wasn’t really asleep. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“You know what, I really don’t care what you hear,” Nicole said. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I bet the first person to figure that out was really happy about it. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

But when he came to go, Amy held him back to whisper with trembling lips, “Is there really any danger about Beth?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. You know how when you really want to get to know someone, how you make it a point to hang on to their every word?” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I wanted to get more doughnuts, but it was this debate between getting more doughnuts, which were really good doughnuts, but not being able to stand up because 1 had complete prong. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She never went to a school with boys, and yes, boys make school really, really annoying sometimes, but they also can make it pretty fun. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Freak scuttles back a little ways but he can't really run and even if he could, there's no place to go. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It is really the major festival for the springtime. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We don’t really see the creator twiddling twenty knobs to set twenty parameters to create the universe as we know it." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I just felt like I wasn’t really there—like now, sittin’ here on my bed, wishin ’ that I was nowhere at all. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All a parent really wants from his child is her happiness. So if you’re happy, Toby will be, too.” A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

They are not easily tested, nor have they been really monitored. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

If I took it, that would mean I was really saying good-bye. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I like that when I’m talking to her, she looks me in the eyes and really listens. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Savanna’s really good at those kinds of put-downs, where it’s all in the eyes and the corners of the mouth. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He looked really exhausted, but his fever was gone, and he was much more alert mentally than he’d been the night before. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I know I messed up, but do I really deserve all of this? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Lazlo was uncomfortable pressing onward in this bloody line of inquiry—and he was far from certain he really wanted an answer—but it felt too important not to delve deeper. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

You might decide that Marduk and Zeus were really the same. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really does have 2 million followers—2.3 million to be exact. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“He is a very nice man, too. I really want to know his name,” Kanei said softly. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I pretended to be mad, but I’m really not. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Now they could go back to concentrating on what really mattered, like saving their home. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Because I am that dough, Mom! Am I the chocolate chip or the vanilla bean? I’m not really sure.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Race doesn’t really exist for you because it has never been a barrier. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Ones I didn’t really want to be in. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

“Will, that’s when I realized he really meant to marry me,” said Miss Love. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, ma’am,” but I was thinking what I really needed to do was get back to South Carol-liney, where folk don’t act so strange and uppity. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

She told me that a lot of dyslexic people do really well in sports to overcompensate for people laughing at them in the classroom. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

He really didn’t get why Nico had promised to lead the Argo II to Epirus if he hated Percy Jackson so much. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was really hammering this say hi to Pop thing. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“Ollie's not really a friend, Papa. He's just—” I realize, belatedly, that any way I qualify the statement will only bring suspicion. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“It was really nice to meet you again, Nate. I—I really wish I could see you more often, but you know.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Then let’s put a pin in it. A really big pin.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t heard him really laugh in a long time. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I never really wanted Albert for a husband. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Ma’s smile soon flattened when the pastor said—his face still glazed in a smile—“You know you’re not really married unless you’re married in the house of the Lord.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

“My grandma drove for two hours to hear me play. So I’m really, really mad you did that!” Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“What happened wasn’t really his fault. His family probably even knows that by now. The war made a lot of men go funny. You knew he was a gunner, didn’t you?” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“I have nothing I’m gunning to do. I had my funeral and that didn’t exactly go as planned. Not really expecting a do-over, though.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He wanted to see her too, to make sure his daughter really was doing better than before. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh yeah, that really describes my daughter—top student, athlete, White House guest.” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

And we are horrible singers, but we sing really loud, so Casey and the other football players couldn’t do anything about it. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

But there was so much on the Maple Hill side, it was really ridiculous—like “Live cheaper in the country” and “The Chrises” and “Could live on government pension without Mother working.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really planned what to do if Eddie asked me to dance or if he tried to kiss me. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

I really want to say yes, but I’m afraid of leaving now and what Kristina would say. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t going to spoil it by trying to convince them she really was someone else. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And while the content of the secret study was certainly interesting, what was really sparking the nation’s interest was the mystery—where did the Times get this explosive document? Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I nodded, Mama, but I don’t really understand. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It is not really ours but we act like it is. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes. That’s what my mother said, anyhow, but who can really predict these things? It’s a shame, though. I thought for sure it would be a boy this time.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“All you need is a really good knife,” Donald tells him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

No one among the Norse goddesses is comparable to Athena, and only two are really notable. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I looked at Mom, surrounded by nodding moms, and I thought, okay, so maybe this is going to turn out to be one of those really super-mom moments. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Or “oeuvres,” if you’re really pretentious, like some of the kids in my art class who wear berets, like somehow their brains are so creative, they need a covering more unique than anyone else’s. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

“People really do that?” said one girl whose name I didn’t know. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

She really dug this one song, this Christian revival number, and whenever it came on she’d drag me into the living room and make me dance with her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Art, I’m really, really sorry we didn’t tell you about...us. I know it’s weird for you. Of course it would be.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“The only sport I can really play well is soccer.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

But when I walked over and stuck my head in the band room door, I couldn’t really process what I was seeing. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I don't know, because Shakespeare is a really good writer?" Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

"Do you really think you have the right man?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

So it wasn’t really all that surprising, then, that she’d taken a liking to me, especially after we discovered our common love for Dr. Seuss. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

It was really great watching my sister get on the podium because my brother was something like 223rd in his class and consequently didn’t get to give a speech. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I just came to tell you that if you wanted to come to my house for Thanksgiving, I would really love that,” I say through the door. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It now seemed really clear that, having assumed they were to hear a beaudful or entertaining violin recital, they were disappointed, and were allowing their peace and quiet to be disturbed only out of politeness. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

I feel as though he’s looking right at me, and I get the oddest sensation—I feel as though n he’s looked at me like that before; I feel as though he’s really seen me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You really think you can promise all that?” The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“It didn’t seem sexist, really,” Bridge told Tab a minute later. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’d had a dream, nothing scary really, in which Charles and I were on a train, trying to evade a mysterious third passenger. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

After breakfast, I returned to my bedroom and brushed my teeth really well. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I check for crocs, tho it’s really too small a place, and refill the water bottles. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t know what I’d do if it weren’t for all the kindness you folks have shown me and Jubilee. ‘Kindness is the language the deaf can hear and the blind can see.’ Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

I snort really rudely and throw my phone on the steps. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“If I was really trying, your watch would already be in my pocket.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

In the second example, the subject really is one. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

So really, it was no wonder she went through the wrong door. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

I braced myself in case the news was really bad. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Yet all I could really taste was salt and that all-purpose fast-food flavor. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“What, like I don’t know what this is really about?” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A shudder passed through his body as though he’d just drunk something really nasty. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

But really I’m thinking, what can you do with a man who blubbers when you make him pancakes? The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Is this true? Are these people really gods? It’s all so...” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

It seemed like the whole of the ribbons tent was waiting for me to answer, Ted and MaryAnne and coaches I didn’t even really know, and even Lindsey. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I really didn’t want to go anywhere near Ms. Griegson’s farm. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I can’t really use them for target practice this year, with the force field up and all. Maybe make some fishhooks. What about you?” Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I knew they really loved each other because they continued to date even though her stepfather did not like Mexicans. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

The snow stopped, but the temperature really dropped the next few days, so that getting up to zero seemed kind of hopeless. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

But I’d never really processed that this made them my . . . family. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

That was another thing: most of the kids here were either Green or Blue, with a small tight-knit group of Yellows that didn’t really socialize outside of their own circle. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

He’d really freaked out when he lost it, I remembered, but then my mom found it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Maybe in a few days, if I remained patient and prayed, it would really be that way—white students would welcome me and smile and treat me like an ordinary human being. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles really wasn’t interested in this kind of stuff. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But with acting, you don’t really get to spend years stumbling along in private. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

A lot of gunters even questioned whether she was really female, but I wasn’t one of them. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was a big loss; it really was. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Is the rationing really because of the extra families or because the supply line from Baltimore is gone?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

‘If you is really wanting to know what I am doing in your village,’ the BFG said, ‘I is blowing a dream into the bedroom of those children.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You should really get out more, Wade. It’s not healthy to spend all of your time indoors.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Was this really where her neat and trimly-dressed school teacher lived? Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She clutched the pendant squeezing the unyielding metal until her muscles ached, as if forcing into her own mind the almost unthinkable fact that she might really remain an ugly for life. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

But then I really don't know it's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

And as a black teacher, it really bothers me to see bright African-American young men like Andy waste their potential. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had discussion groups about dying, what it really meant, how societies had always been afraid of it without necessarily understanding it. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

What she really wanted, though, was a Chinese expert who could speak the Cantonese dialect. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

“I suppose that will do, but a little bit of color would really be nice for your complexion. Since you refuse to wear makeup...” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“In fact, that move’s all I got, really, and believe me, I rehearsed that like six thousand times.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Let's do this burglary together. Of course, only those who really want to.” The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

It's what my own mother always does when she wants me to know—really know—that she adores me. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

If I were to show anyone who I really am inside, how cold my heart is, they’d probably run in the opposite direction. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Was what he had heard about rich white people really true? Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Did I really wear bathing suits, at the beach? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

"But have you really managed to live here on one pound a week for two years?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay, I have to go back out there because, really weird, when I got up, I noticed his mom smiling at my mom. What if they start talking?” she says. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t really trust him, but I tell him I do, as a way of inspiring a reciprocal trust. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Was VanQuish really breaking up? Dylan said that you didn’t get along and that you were fighting and you really wanted to be a training agent like Fiona...” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I called to the Lady of Chains, but maybe I wasn’t really saying her name out loud, only hearing myself call on the inside. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s really mean of you to say that the only lives that matter are the ones that are lived for something or die for something. That’s a really mean thing to say to me.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You don't really do things on your own. I'm worried you're going to spend the next few months hiding out in your room not talking to anyone. Plus, you know, your mom.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“And, guys, really, thanks again for doing this. It’s good karma to do good. It’s a mitzvah, you know?” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t tall like Ekon, or burly like Shomari, and his face still held a softness that didn’t allow him to ever really look serious. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ve been dying to show you this! And the really good rapids are on the other side.” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t sure if this drummer guy really was a dirty dog or if he was just a big teaser. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Only her hands had really aged, the palms and fingerpads shining and tight, the backs wrinkled and splotched with brown. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Bicycle Bill...well, nobody really knew where Bicycle Bill came from, but he had lived in the neighborhood for as long as anybody could remember! The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Everyone knows you gotta use the flash when taking a picture of something really dark. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Maybe there really was a glitch with the Crystal Ball, and this will prove that whatever happened back there was a mistake. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

To be truthful, it had been a long time since I had really thought about why I loved building with Legos so much. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I puked before I went to bed, but I didn't really have to--I forced myself. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

Mom tries to help, but she’s really just in the way. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Are you really going to put all of us in your television commercials?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

I don't really understand the point of crying. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

“But it was there, and I think we really didn’t think much of it, that’s just the way it was. “I’m not real certain we were ready for the kind of desegregation that currently exists. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I had an English friend at college who really went for colored girls.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t really intend to come here,” Kit found herself explaining. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

But the really amazing part, the no way part, is that when they get back to their caves, they share with the unlucky bats who haven’t found anything to eat. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“If God is really taking a hand in things,” I informed Thérèse, “he is bitterly mocking the hope of brotherly love. He is making sure that color will matter forever.” The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much of the music that is popular today cannot really be classified as completely Western or Non-Western. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“But, honey, the truth of the matter is we don’t really do anything that folks can see. Our contributions are behind the scenes.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

What he needed to do, he thought, was really make an impact. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

The cat’s eyes really are like eyes, but not the eyes of cats. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

An absence rather than a presence, betraying no sign of how high and strong it really was. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

We’re starting to realize that maybe it’s a risk we have to be willing to accept if we really want to get out of here and aren’t just pretending at escape. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

It suddenly became really hard to be in the same room with Carmen. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I wanted to do something nice for you, because I know that I hurt you, and I’m sorry. I really, really miss you.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

What if I just really like her as a friend? Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Back in his house, he was free to join in the gaiety and enjoy what he really felt—a kind of carnival spirit. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Like Ralph Waldo Emerson? Ms. Jacobs says he was really into observing, so that’s what I’ve been doing. Observing. Like I’m an eyeball. And writing what I observe in my eyeball journal.” A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

“Look, I know I’m negative all the time, but I really think he’s shot himself in the foot with this.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

We sat there, two boys under a sour cherry tree, suddenly looking, really looking, at each other. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“That was a good trick, brother. You really caught him off guard.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

First we had to get Ma in the SUV, and when I say we, I really mean Uncle Tony. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

How about really, really big ones, she said, like a planet? Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. He’s really big. Bigger than this horse. He gets really shaggy in the winter. He’s the color of a thundercloud.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And to tell you the truth, I don’t really care if it impresses the Excelsior judges. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

But today it’s even broader, and it really comes down to interactions between individuals. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Was it really with the birth of our Saviour? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

So, God, you really do want me to go back to that school. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's really ironical, because I'm six foot two and a half and I have gray hair. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

But Berg had found no evidence that the man really presented a threat to the Allies. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I really needed was to meet somebody coming south who could tell me if they had seen Katz, but there was no one out on the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

He was really an awfully nice person, Harry Cat was. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

He must have eventually drifted off, but the only way he really knew he was asleep was when the nightmare came. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Love to help ya, I really would,” he said, “but I don’t have enough for my roof as it is.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know what the hell to talk about while I was waiting for the elevator, and he kept standing there, so I said, "I'm gonna start reading some good books. I really am." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

I really wasn’t looking forward to being somewhere this crazy. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Strange as it might seem, I’d never really thought about why. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He said the stand really belonged to his partner, who was out trying to locate some peanuts to sell to the winos of the quarter. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Then he really did say it. ‘We’ve got your pal, buddy,’ he said. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

I mean, maybe they were, like, really advanced prehistoric peoples. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really think I’m college material,” Molly says. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

If you looked hard enough, it really did seem like there were little faces there. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

But I was really scared of this other story about Turtle Lake. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

For once when he thanked Christ for his blessings, he would really mean it. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

And even if they were one hundred percent effective at sealing out the radiation, which is really unlikely, would we ever be able to leave this place? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It’s that we don’t care in quite the same way you do, or rather care isn’t really a feeling we can have.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

Ever since the Soviets sent up that Sputnik satellite last year, I’ve been studying really hard. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could they know I wasn’t making fools of them by saying things I didn’t really imagine? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Christ. No. I haven’t really figured out the logistics. I just know that I want to enter the pageant. Not like I can hide it from her.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“What you just did was really responsible and right,” he says. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Do I really want to drive him away? Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Chickens are really funny, and I like your chicken a whole lot, now that I’m used to her, but they aren’t very huggable. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

It was a case of honor among honorable people, and the content meant more than the form, and marks were really a bit silly anyway, weren't they, when you knew you'd always get an A? The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“We can still do this. I had a really great idea when we were walking to get the Christmas tree. Listen.” The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He really listened to us too, like we were equals. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, not really. A girl told me she found one in the bottom of hers once, and ever since then she throws that part away.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean he’s not really a bad guy. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

What really struck Ellsberg was that government leaders seemed to have learned nothing from three years of failure in Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I started out with some simple beats.When my hands and feet started to loosen up, I switched over to this really complicated Latin rhythm I’d been working on. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The U-shape would soon be a complete rectangle, and the demigods had really taken to the new task with gusto. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He felt that Fiver really deserved a short touch of Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we don’t really have to buy our lunches there, do we? Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really cold this morning, so we both kind of hop back and forth from one foot to the other to keep warm. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“To let him know you haven’t been kidnapped. Principals don’t really like it when fifth graders disappear in the middle of the day.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Make sure the things being compared really are comparable. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Harry agreed without really knowing what he was saying. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

By the way, Roy White really was hitting .429, which was .205 points over his last season’s average, which seems to me to be important enough to talk about at supper. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

They had the windows fixed so you couldn't really open them and lean out, and for some reason this made me furious. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Maybe we speeded things up a little, but you really can’t say we murdered him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Do you guys want to see something really cool?” he asked. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

“We could really use you at this meeting. You have a voice that they’ll listen to.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

We had poverty in the United States, though I had never really seen it up close. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But what really surprised me was that Joey had both of her shiny, shiny black shoes in her hands. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don't know that it means wild animal, I really don't know what it means, and I don't use it.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

She knew that bats didn’t really have curly heads, but that’s how this one came out. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Bernard grimaces at me, which is really him smiling, and I smile big back. A Good Kind of Trouble 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z

For one thing, I really haven’t slept since implementing the Game Plan. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

“I really need to learn that sometimes it’s best if I just listen. It’s a compulsion of mine, always wanting to be involved.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The coffee was good—really black and very hot. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

“Okay, D, real talk. I’m kind of freaking. I really want Arthur to be up there, but I’m also feeling weird getting my hopes up about someone new. I need wingman advice, Digby Wilson.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

“All that really matters,” she said to me one morning, “is that you kids learn to read. That other twaddle is just brainwashing.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And I didn’t really get a chance to answer, because then she said, “I’m too hungry to wait for the spaghetti to boil. What do you say we eat cookies first?” Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Zeta-1, was it really useful to collect so much of this one plant?” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

The librarian held up a hand, which Sierra was grateful for because she really had no idea how she was going to explain. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“People believe different things. It’s all in what you believe. But honestly, Clayton, no one really knows.” Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

“Not really. Even if you take him, it won’t be the same.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

The paper was covered with really messy sketches, each one of jellyfish, some of which looked like raggedy versions of the images I’d shown the class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Oh, really, and what book would that be, Nicholas? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“I really got to get back to work,” she told me. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“So, do you think she really likes you, or is it all just for sympathy?” Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

No one is ever really together, even if it looks for a while like they are. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“It is so, so lovely to meet you. I know Maya is looking forward to it, too. I think this’ll be really good for her.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I even wonder if we ever really had an asusu anya, a language of the eyes, or if I imagined it all. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted—really, really wanted—was for the animal to withdraw. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t really have to—” Lorraine started, but he looked bewildered. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The lawn is strewn with tables laden with wares because the open house is really one big superbazaar, a suburban souk, with haggling thrown in for authenticity. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

He’s short and kinda thick, which I like, can’t lie, and he’s got these really full lips that he bites a lot, especially when he’s smiling. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He and the handful of other blacks who lived in this town of thirty-eight hundred people could do whatever they wanted inside that wall; no one really cared. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Though I don’t suppose many really know about this place.” Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just my grandmother, and I don’t really even remember her.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

So you got a chance to really stand out, okay? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Reilly found was that there really wasn’t any agreement at all. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

She wasn’t my type, though I really don’t have a type. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Half friends, really, we were never that close. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course, that must be it. Oh, now I've upset you, I can see I have; I'm sorry, really I am.” Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

If that kind of time travel were possible, then every imaginable alternative history might in some sense really exist. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had one pair of cufflinks upstairs which were little roulette wheels that really worked. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want you safe. Until you understand what the world is really like, I want you close.” The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“That really irritates me,” Liyana muttered, “that he does one little thing and you act so grateful. I do things every day!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Here, I thought, was where it all really happened. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Not yet. Can’t you call your mom and tell her we need more time with Rocket? Like, hours? Tell her he’s really sad and missed us, and he needs us a lot!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I am really trying not to think of her that way, which is becoming increasingly difficult. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He’d earned a grade of 90 percent in Spanish and 97 percent in geometry, making for “a really good year.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

My dad didn’t really talk to me except to walk up and check to see if I had a fever, which I didn’t, because it was a software problem. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mommy, I need to know that if something happens to me you will take care of my babies. I really need to know that.” The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

Because in my opinion it's not really a great idea to see people as one thing. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“She seems really nice. And did you know she dances huapango? Very impressive.” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

People were really frightened of what the white community would do to them, because the ruling was making white people extremely angry. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Link’s bar mitzvah was more than a religious service; it really changed people around here. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

His grandmother didn’t want to acknowledge it, but Reggie really did have it worse than a lot of his classmates. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Was my grandfather really running from the Nazis when he came here?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“So tell me, is his mother really that porky, or is it just the picture?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

We really knocked it out of the park. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

That wasn't really a lie, she told herself. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Victor the snoop likes to dress up. Perhaps it really was him. And—" “The pigeon man was called Victor," Bo interrupted him. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had never held, never really touched a kid’s hand before . Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he was very little, before a piece of his hip bone was surgically implanted into his lower jaw, he really had no chin at all. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Did he really want to fight me for some reason of his own? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nobody really knew where Bicycle Bill lived or even where he’d come from, but he had been a fixture of Canal Grove for as long as I could remember. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Talking about it made it seem more real. And I didn’t want to believe it was really happening.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

Werfel felt like he should say something nice so that Spurge would feel better about himself, but that didn’t really make sense, seeing as the elf had been trying to spy on Werfel’s people. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

“Moving one ear at a time is still one of the hardest things to do. I have to really concentrate. It takes everything I’ve got.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Like fishing. Do you really find Nurse Duckett so attractive? I should think she was rather bony. Rather bland and bony, you know. Like a fish.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“After that first lap, I was curious. You seemed really strong.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“It’s okay if you are,” Mark started to say, just as Linda said, “We really do want you.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Sal, do you detect any signs of lunacy? There doesn’t ap-pear to be any place he could be hiding a gun. His jeans are really tight. Maybe he has a knife tucked into his socks.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

The first couple of weeks really weren’t that bad, except for the fact that I’d started fasting, which just made me kind of tired. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

It was all still swimming in my head faster than I could really grab hold of it, let alone accept it. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

We move away from the curb and lean against the wall and he’s shaking, like he really doesn’t wanna be out here, and when he slides down to the ground, I go with him. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The one thing that really helped Sam through her week was her lunch with Craig. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I feel that the penguins are really your responsibility,” she said, “and you must make up your mind.” Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

Pride was just about all we had to preserve, for by 1934, we really began to suffer. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You are young, but you will learn. Beautiful women lie, just because they can. It’s a sickness, really.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“These are really good,” she said, pointing to a close-up of a banana. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Even though I wasn’t having a lot of nightmares anymore, the fact that I had started having nightmares again really worried Mom. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

When I wake up, the train has stopped—can I really have slept through the screeching brakes? Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

There had been a fierce auction and they’d been thrilled to walk away with it for fifty thousand—really a bargain. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I’m really surprised he told me that and I decide to never tell another soul about it. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

Daddy is beyond geeked that I was “really able to connect with” his favorite granduncle. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

This is the first time for me, hearing Freak really talk, and right away I know one thing: When he's talking, you can't take your eyes off of him. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t really have anything to do with the crater. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

They are the centre of the universe; they are all that really counts. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

But later, in the middle of the night, he had woken up suddenly and remembered it, and then he had realized that it was really true, it was going to happen. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

But since we couldn’t afford to pay the town’s trash-collection fee, our garbage was really piling up. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I was really glad of that, because I was getting so hot inside my garment that I was about to rip it open, germs or no germs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be like Styx, to really fly, would I have to leave behind everything? The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

For not the first time that day, I felt really alone. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And probably because I really believe in responsibility for your actions. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

The priestess and die seneschal were happy to see her garbed in a tokar, a proper Meereenese lady for once, but what they really wanted was to strip her bare. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

And I’m really sorry you died before I came back. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

There was a picture of a tennis player on his back, who I guess was the winner, but I couldn’t really tell if he was happy or sad. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know her name, but she was from Hackensack. She was really good,” I said. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I burst out, before really considering if this is a good idea. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“If you think that little sale was bad—and Daddy really had already arranged it—you better make sure nothing happens to me.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve taken a couple extras. Only when I really needed to.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“But your eyes really do change color. Normally they’re bright green with a ring of gold around the inside—” “I got them from my mother,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It almost looks like a really fancy pen. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I close my eyes and try to listen to the music, really focus. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I’m really glad I’m here, now, and not lying at the bottom of the Steerkiller River. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

It’s really hard to be happy for someone finding romance when I’ve clearly just taken a loss in the same department, but it’s Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Were the reported tools at the site really tools made by humans, or just natural rock shapes? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I really want to sit down now,” said Louisiana. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Tad was trying, but, really, it all still sucked. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We couldn’t have a conversation, really: the cattle made too much noise as they tromped along mooing, and we had to shout to hear each other. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was really tall and easily commanded the attention of the room. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I mean, wow! That explains a lot. He really believes he’s from outer space?” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The moon really isn’t working out, I said. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think the major impact of Ella’s arrival, at least upon me, was that she was the first really proud black woman I had ever seen in my life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wondered if he had really shot Edward, and if so how badly he had injured him. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted was to sing in the voice of Billie Holiday. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I can barely look at Sam right now, because I’m afraid she’ll see my eyes and know how I really feel. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t gotten to know his half sisters, really, but they both hugged me anyway. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I’ve known this for a while, but you can know something for years without it really hitting you. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

But Genie didn’t really understand it this time, because, well, five miles over the speed limit was against the law. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I could tell that some of them were really honest and sincere. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I told you you had this. I’m really proud of us. So, what’s the maneuver?” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now I see what is really special to them . . . the drugs instead of me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

She didn’t want to admit who her grandmother really was, especially with the way Mrs. Farmer had talked about her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

But it turned out it really wasn’t at all. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Lincoln’s speech was a political as well as a literary tour de force, and what was really clever about it—not to mention cheeky—was that he used it, in effect, to game the Constitution. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Aru really wanted to kick the chair and get out of here. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She thinks I’m prereading the stuff, but all I really need to do is count the words. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

What if she’s not lying at all, and she really didn’t see anyone there, and she would have no idea what I was talking about if I dared to ask her? Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My heart started pounding like crazy because I knew if I found what I thought I would, I’d really blow my lid. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The noise called Tu-Whit Tu-Whoo, which is wished by poets on the owl, fa really a family noise, made by separate birds. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both of us just two beings floating around in the world but not really living no more. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

If this really is a police apparatus, here; if it’s what it asserts itself to be. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t even paying close enough attention to what she was saying to really understand her. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

“I guess so,” said Chester, although he was really a little leery of venturing out into New York City. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When all he really wanted to do was run downstairs, grab hold of Emma and Chess, and never let go. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“So I’m slaving in this miserable place for a name and title that don’t even belong to me? Who does everyone think Adarlan’s Assassin really is?” Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She really believed her parents when they said, “Look both ways.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

It was pretty obvious that they didn’t think we played as well as they did—and, to be truthful, we really didn’t. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

Couldn’t act like I really wanted her to read it cause then she wouldn’t. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“Did she really turn herself into a squirrel?” Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

The meet actually went really well until I got to beam. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“If you stay and talk to people, maybe it will make them know that you are really not a snob.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Now, Gregor had no practice at all in going backwards; it was really going very slowly. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

One day a truck appeared in the driveway and never moved again; if the region really was at war, there was probably nowhere to get gas. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

I really needed this dog more than anything in the world right now. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The nostalgia is the stronger and the more ambiguous because he is really ‘in quest of his own absconded self yet scared to find it’. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Back then a feeling would well up in her sometimes, like she just really, really loved America. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

This is my way of describing what it’s like when people have really bad arguments and it is the worst place to be in all the world. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

He plays a little ball but he’s really not kicking hoops and he’s kind of mild-looking. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was really no point trying to arrange wildflowers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry that we’re not going to get a chance to see where that kid was headed,” Dad said. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

He looks at me with his mouth half-open in concern, as though he really wants to know. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think he really thought if the boys wanted to go mini golfing, it was as simple as getting in a nice car and going. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

That big crazy man was really the kiss of death. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a deep breath, wondering why she was saying all this, lying to Shay when she didn’t really have to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“It doesn’t seem like he really wants to play ball.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was the first time that I really saw my mother as a person. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

Then one day I thought: If my mother and father were really and truly in Rome, they wouldn’t do what the Romans did at all. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother could see that I really wasn’t in one piece after all, so she listened quietly, stroking my hair as I talked, but gradually I could feel her stiffen. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once inside they saw that Victor's tortoise-husband really looked quite lonely. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Fang never did come back, but Faith really surprised me by returning an hour or so later, with her face back in place and ready to sell more shirts. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The sound awakened Derek, who was not really asleep, and he looked out of the jacket. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t really a lie, but then I added, “I’m sorry.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know what got into them, I really don’t. Are you sure you didn’t say anything to scare them off?” Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

“It must really suck being you, Skiffy. How do you stand it?” The Young Man and the Sea 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Queen thought it was a little unusual, since the two children had just met, but they really seemed to like each other. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Did she really believe that Dad was going to straighten this out? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I can tell from the look in his eyes that what he’s really saying is: I know that you’re hurting. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Would sharing him with the state of Illinois really be all that different? Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

I really do not know whether my answer came out of innocence or venom, but I said coldly, “No. He’s Jewish.” The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been really supportive of me, nothing like what happened to Melissa. I’m very lucky. I have great parents. They love me a lot.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Now I really don’t understand. Why don’t you sell your mess halls the eggs for seven cents apiece instead of for five cents apiece?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes Melanie decided that Ken really didn’t have anything in mind at all. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We can’t really go any further with you until we know the truth.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Even cancer isn’t a bad guy really: Cancer just wants to be alive.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Zeno really did believe that motion was impossible, and his paradox was this theory's chief support. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Sorry, it’s just been a really long day.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

She learned that golden retrievers are not ponies, peas taste funny, dead flies on the floor are a no-no, but candy is really good. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“I’m not really here. You’re just dreaming,” she answered and stepped out from behind the covering of the plant. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

He had even lighted two lamps, though it was not really dark out. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. I don’t really have a story to tell.” Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t think I really understood how different Auggie was from everyone else until I was four years old. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed like maybe he was putting up a front, like he was really frightened but trying not to show it. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Because what Fang really liked doing was climbing. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I will speak to Zau again, really speak to him, face to face, he kept thinking. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t expect it’s really empty at all,” said Digory. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but what I’m talking about is hunting. Starting as a young teenager, he was a really good hunter.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Now, the man really has more than he bargained for. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Aileen just seemed to be someone who really had her act together. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

“You really think the old horseman is gone for good?” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what I expected, but there really was a city inside a mountain. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I’m really... I didn’t know. I swear!” Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

The last song is the title track and it’s upbeat and makes me feel like I really want to go to outer space, where “there’s no limit to the things that you can do.” Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Percy, you’re my best friend. You’ve seen me underground. In that Cyclops’s cave. Do you really think I could ...” His voice faltered. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

After these dreams I do awake, and I know I’m really awake because there is the wreath, on the ceiling, and my curtains hanging like drowned white hair. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really like that expression because in general, I think people don't give this contracting muscle credit for how much work it does. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

“Surprising, isn’t it? Technically I guess Pasqual is more of a partner. And really, they are all partners in a way—they share the income from their work with you, the company head.” Lawn Boy 2007-06-12T00:00:00Z

“Look,” I said, “I don’t really know what you’re talking about. But if you want to know why I’m here, what I need...” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

She really did try to make the trip interesting. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom hates cooking and jokes that she doesn’t know if I’m really her kid. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Her tone made it clear she wasn’t really asking permission. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“I never really thought of him as a real person,” she says. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

You don’t really not like him, right, Holly? Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We walk through the museum, but I can’t even really enjoy it. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Moreover, the labor of the exploited peoples round the Equator is not really necessary to the world’s economy. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

They were drawings on pieces of paper that they cut out and stood up with pins, because Elsie was a really good artist. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Dark round glasses covered his eyes, but what really caught my attention was the skin on his face. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He shrugs as if he hasn't really thought about it. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Thing is, Boys and Girls Clubs don't ever really cut nobody. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really know where he was going now; he just needed to walk—anywhere. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“I mean, I know it’s your job, but you’re really good at it. So, thanks.” All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

I felt rotten hating someone I really loved but I couldn’t help it. Homesick 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man was doing most of the yelling, even though we couldn’t really make out anything he was saying. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I’ll fly more missions. Or maybe I really will desert and let them catch me. They probably would.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Mum always told me that you were a better man than I could see, but this is what you really are, isn’t it? Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Not met her or saw her but the first time I really saw her if you know what I mean. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Solitude gives me a chance to read and think, and now that the memories are coming through again—to rediscover my past, to find out who and what I really am. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have never really been satisfied with the operation of my brain, and it might be fun to try running it myself, just once. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mom really loved it when we were doing things together—she and Abbey fixing the salad and potatoes, Dad and me cleaning the fish. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know how really lucky I was, he added, a little bitterly. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

I’m breathing really hard and my heart is pounding and I don’t feel better, not even when Rufus massages my shoulder. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He didn’t really know what would happen if you put a battery in the fire, but he had a vague memory of his dad saying it was a dangerous thing to do. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you sure? You really think we can kill an entire bag of popcorn, in secret, just the two of us?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I really should get back to my work,” he said instead. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The news footage of Iranians protesting in the streets, burning the American flag, and screaming "DEATH TO AMERICA" didn't really do much to bolster our image. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Even though Moss never really prayed, he still replied with an “Amen” before digging into the bowl of greens in front of him. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Everyone thought they saw or heard strange things here, and I didn’t have to hide the fact that I really did. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Look, we don’t want to upset you. We don’t mean to criticize. We’re really just offering to help. You’ve been working at it so hard the last few days, and you seem...frustrated.” Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I guess I really have come to love her. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

To see him again, though it would not be him, not really, lying on the floor of the kitchen. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

From John, age thirty-seven: What this really means to all my fellow young geeks out there? Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Genie didn’t think the dolls were really that cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I’m really not in the mood for his girlfriend trying to patch things up between us. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The shadowy walls were lined with shelves of large glass jars, in which floated all manner of revolting things Harry didn’t really want to know the name of at the moment. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

“Am I really holding whole stars in my hand?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He isn’t really paying attention to me, anyway. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I sold back all of last semester's textbooks two days ago, and I don't really want her to see the book on solitude. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Even now they might possibly be caught, if only there were a really enterprising officer to put in charge of the search. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jerome was a bad camp, because the director was really tough and made some inmates cut down trees for the whole camp for heat in the winter. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

It really bothered Emma that she couldn’t calculate the odds, because of not knowing all the possible names in the world. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Was it really worth it?Anxiety’s cold fingers pressed against Dimple, trying to find a way in. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

In his dreams, he is a knight on horseback, carrying a silver sword, and it does not really seem that strange after all. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

For example: My acquaintances are many, my friends are few; those who really know me fewer still. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I say, not really caring if Angel was hurt or not. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

“You are using prosecution tactics to confuse what is really a very simple situation.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

Her nose was tilted up high in the air, like she was trying to make herself look taller than she really was. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

And Zuppa Guy, who was usually really funny, and pretended to dance romantically with the babushkas so everyone would laugh together in all the languages, said, “This? This is American food.” Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Are you really telling me that they haven’t come recruiting yet?” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

And the way Robin said it, it was like she really did know. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

My heart’s beating really hard, and I realize that I’m swallowing now too. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As if we were skirting around the edge of what he really wanted to know. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Just off the bow. And it’s true. He really does have a Negro with him.” Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

The sexual chemistry was what really surprised me, though. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

And we’ll all three of us just sit there watching TV together, not really talking anymore. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

When he entered my car, I felt really embarrassed because my car only has one seat in the front. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

I was so deliriously happy that it didn’t matter that the rent on my studio was really only four hundred thirty-five. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hear fifty . . . sixty-five . . . seventy . . the bidding was laggardly, nobody seemed really to want Babe, and the man who got her, a Mennonite farmer who said he might use her for plowing, paid seventy-five dollars. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By all means, if you really wanted to, you could,” the Humbug agreed. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Her uncle and his wife were atheists, but it was still a really fun trip. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

But the thought of Courtney figuring out how I really feel before I’m ready for him to know is scary enough to make me do all manner of unscrupulous, people-not-pleasing things to maintain my cover. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

But it was perfectly possible that O’Brien had really forgotten the photograph. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

We wanted to show that we can all unite and stand together for a positive cause and think about the person who really deserves some attention, the seven- year-old child who lost her life. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Usually I hate speaking, but I wrote a really good story. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

“Not really. More game planning, I think. We gotta stick together.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

When her face furrows in disapproval, she really looks like Mom. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yeah, okay, I really did love my mom. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

I really wanted him to remember me every time he saw his gappy smile. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

I’d heard of sea cows, like manatees and stuff, but this really was a cow with the back end of a serpent. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

The child, who had a certain inclination for the macabre, would concentrate according to her uncle’s instructions until she was able to visualize her mother’s death as if it were really happening. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was really touchy about it, even when you tried to encourage him. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I couldn’t really tell, but it seemed like maybe the man came to wish her Happy Valentine’s Day, but they were already broken up and she had a date with someone else. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It felt like everyone in the room was leaning in and listening and really caring. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

“It does sound curious, though. Perhaps they’ll write to the Lady Prioress rather than call in person. I wonder if it’s really sanctuary they’re asking about.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“What really happened to your nose?” he asked, once they were at the very back of the throng pressing out of the Hall, and out of earshot of anyone else. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

He would like, really, to take a long holiday. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know if Dad really could see it or not, but I knew it was there. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it has to do with his father. You never really get over a thing like that. At any rate, the kid attacked two police officers over on Bryant Street earlier this afternoon.” The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I don’t, um, want to tell you to stop, like, looking at me, exactly, but all this uninterrupted staring is really making me nervous.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

While music listening is wonderful for our brains, it turns out that music performance is really where the fireworks happen. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It was funny how he had really come to detest flying. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

As he sat there, watching the robot’s animal gestures and listening to her animal sounds, Brightbill realized just how special his mother really was. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re saying I don’t really like Margo? After all this—I’m twelve hours inside this car already and you don’t think I care about her because I don’t— ” I cut myself off. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really? The thing about the planets colliding?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I must look really pitiful, because even Mouse Girl reaches out to give me a swift pat on the back. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“Look, you smooshed-face beast, I admire your dedication to your craft. Acting is believing, and all that. But I really don’t remember.” Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

But what really makes me mad is that he definitely doesn’t want to be seen with me. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

If they really were two different worlds’ versions of the exact same woman—and as much as Emma hated the idea, it did seem true—then Mom and Kate Gustano were probably genetically identical. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

I try again to think of something I’m really good at. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“Oh, dear, I know it is not really your fault, but children—that poor, poor squirrel!” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t think, however, that I really believed that the women I knew found me physically appealing. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

He greeted me with a curt nod of his head and muttered something about not really being in the mood for Talmud now but we had to go up anyway. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

She made me feel I was that much sharper than the others, and she really was wonderfully funny. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really think that’s any of your business,” I said, and then, quickly, before she had time to say anything else, “Would it be possible to have a glass of water?” The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That is a really foolish question,” she said with her voice rising sky high. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I could see out the hallway window that the snow really was coming down hard now, and a part of me just wanted to run outside and ice-skate away. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

But no one really knew what would be okay and what wouldn’t. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

They pop in and pop in, like Malcolm used to do when she was studying for some really intense final in her room. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“It’s either really valuable or really dangerous,” said Ron. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The water is really piling into the boat. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

There are big new houses springing up all around this area, but since we live in a different part of town, I’m not here enough to really notice the changes as they happen. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

And even though folks around here was cool with Needles, the freak-outs were the only times people really looked at him like he was, well, crazy. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

“She dump you already?” he asks, after taking a quick look down a couple of aisles to verify that she’s really not here. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

"Thanks a lot, sir. You and Mrs. Antolini really saved my life tonight." The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

“They just go hard for each other,” she says really low. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Garrett, for some reason, hasn’t really shed certain strange juvenile habits, like secretly eating cherry Chap Stick and raw pasta. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really think of myself as a little girl anymore, but I smiled. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

I guess he must have noticed that I wasn’t really listening to him. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps a narrator, then? The narrators have a really important role. They keep the audience informed.” George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

I scooped up some of the sand and saw that it was really tiny sapphires that made noises like laughter when I rubbed some of them between my palms. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, we don’t use this field for anything, really. The goats graze in it, I guess. But that’s all. We could build a house here.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

“I really thought I could control him,” I said, leaning my forehead against the cool window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

I remember one really peculiar case of this—a white girl who never missed a single night in the Savoy Ballroom. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I hugged her back and told her that I knew they were only stories and not really real. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Either everyone at this school was an idiot, or Miles Richter really was as bad as Tucker was making him out to be. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

“Well, all that training has made you really strong.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

“I know boys from school and church, but no one I’d want to go somewhere with — by myself. Well, not really by myself, because he’d be there, too.” Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Okay, so this place really is all business. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“Telling you wouldn’t really be in the spirit of the exercise, Marlene,” he says coolly. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

But Violet was like, “Sure. Do you have those big searchlights? I mean, the really strong ones?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will have seen the art but not really looked at it. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

"About Nick. The thing is that he and Gary were together for a really long time and, like, they only broke up yesterday, but there's a real spark." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They buy my Cauldron Cakes—but they never really notice me. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

Even at the brightest midday, it was never really light inside the cabin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

Could a teenage boy really wound him like that? Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Theo assured me that, if Miles really was the one running the job to set Celia’s hair on fire, he wouldn’t have let me take the fall for it. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

It was kept brimming with things that he could hunt, and it really wasn’t like any other animal sanctuary anywhere. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“No, really. It may not look like it, but appearances can be deceiving. This dude is a fearless spirit. And with that fearless spirit, he signals bravery to those who require it.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

“It went on for something like ten years, thirteen years, I’m not really sure, but we got to stay in the house. Her boyfriend was the one who moved out.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

And discoveries that are never made public, or made public only long after they have been made, are not really discoveries at all. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

It all depended on what their grandmother was really like, inside herself where she was who she really was. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But they were really good at distancing themselves from the guy who lit Sasha on fire.” The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He’d make himself really sick if he didn’t regain some of his old control. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, everyone, all joking aside, we really ought to try and get a boat.” The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Since many of my students are fifteen, and Zlata is fifteen and Anne Frank was fifteen when she died, I think the parallels between age, alienation, and teenage angst will really hit home for them. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The whites were so used to taking the lead, this time it had really gotten them in the hole. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. He lives in Maine and besides, I guess he’s really old.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

“It’s just...well, this is where my hero grew up. And where my best friend grew up too. I don’t know, it just feels really special being here.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I’m not about to argue with a full professor, but if you ever have a really unbreakable case of insomnia, do yourself a favor and start reading Chapter Three of the uncut version. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Does he really?” said Mrs. Arable, rather vaguely. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“Did you really think your father paid for that trip?” We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“Only children of Hades can eat them. Nico always kept some in case he got stuck somewhere. But if he’s really imprisoned—” “The giants are trying to lure us,” Annabeth said. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“Of course not really,” said the voice, with a drawl of exaggerated patience. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. We only kissed a few times. And last night was the first time we really talked, you know?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

Maya, who was only really fun to talk to when Ellie was there. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They were still overwhelming as a group, and it was on an individual basis that I really got to know them. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I said, “Yes, ma’am, my spirit’s a lot stronger than it looks too, most folks are really surprised by that.” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

I could tell from his face that I’d hurt him, because he really was only trying to help. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Every weekend, I’d pay my bill—anywhere from fifty to even one hundred dollars, if I had really plunged on some hunch. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We were so together that we weren’t ever really apart. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“But those fences looked really old,” Finn said, remembering the mismatched, faded wood. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

So I wrote the unvanquished truth stuff down and then kept on going, for months and months, until it was spring again, and the world was really and truly green all over. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really want to share more and he hasn’t asked. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

It really was no help to receive encouragement from a fellow physicist. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

If Roan had really owed Hale that amount of money, then all Hale would have had to do was present proof of the debt to Roan’s wealthy estate, which would have reimbursed him. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“I didn’t know until just now how true that really was. I’m afraid I’ve doomed you, Jacob, my sweet friend, to a short life trapped in a dying world.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The underside of a mailbox is really ugly—a bunch of paint-splattered metal joints and bolts. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

“No, really. Are you feeling OK? Olly told me—” “He told you I’m sick.” Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“And till Colonel Forster came himself, not one of you entertained a doubt, I suppose, of their being really married?” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“We don’t really like to talk about those days. Dark times and such.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He understood he was only a photograph of a human, and that meant he wasn’t really important. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

How could Mama think that movies and TV showed what things were really like? The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She smiled as if she thought this was something I really wanted to do, but I was just being polite. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“I’m really sorry about all that, sir,” the patrolman said, thinking: Sorrier for me than for you. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Someday I might have to tell Amanda where I really live. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But I really say it, the whole word. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I went to my room and put some water on my hair, but you can't really comb a crew cut or anything. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

And since she still can’t grip a pen because of the stitches in her hand, I’m really working. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

She's a social worker, and all that really means is that she takes care of mentally sick people. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Ton- Ton really needed another day in the infirmary, but he obeyed without a murmur. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some creep had written do i make you wet on her geography book, so she spent a really long time covering it up with a black ink pen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I get one of the bags we used to move from Mickiewicza, which is really an old potato sack, and stuff a blanket inside it, along with my hairbrush and Helena’s doll. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Never really thought much about Alabama’s red dirt roads, but now, all I can think about is kicking up their dust. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

I really hope I don’t lose my best friend and boyfriend in one summer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

This was really going to give them a leg up on the others. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t really kissed him, or at least it didn’t count. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He looks at me like I’m asking really stupid questions, which I suppose I am. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“You really shouldn’t do that to people,” I criticized. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I check Dray’s messages and scroll up really fast. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Well,” said Mrs. Gause, “you don’t really need all of them. Just the winners. The ones who received medals?” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes you really get under my skin,” she said. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I never really told either of them too much about last summer, which is reflected in both of their flummoxed faces. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Said she wasn’t really living on the place, wasn’t fulfilling the residency requirement.” Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

It did not occur to him that he was really concerned about his own suffering, since the dog had adjusted himself to frailty and old age. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She really does love them, only sometimes they are rude. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘I really am. It is very rude of me to keep correcting you.’ The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to hop in unless there’s something really rad. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He wanted to know who she was and if he really did know her somehow. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“My parents don’t really get it when I’m sarcastic. It complicates things.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Half of your donation goes to civil rights for colored people in the South. So they can get their rights. They're going to be really happy with your contribution.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I tried to nod, but he had my neck pinned, so I couldn’t really move my head. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, you see, I’m not actually arguing, sir. So I don’t really know. But I’ll be there!” The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“What are we even arguing over? We make out behind the Dumpster and in an old parking lot. That doesn’t really seem like anything worth arguing for.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“No one’s really going to give me work as a landscape gardener. I don’t want to teach, or go in for the civil service. And medicine interests me...” Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“He’s avoiding the grief, not treating it. If I’m his solution, he’ll never really get over her death.” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

And I was pretty messed up by the whole thing, but doing my best to be strong and brave and big, and all the other things I ain't really feel like being at the time. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

That reminded me: I really did need to go to Mo's community garden at some point and water our beds. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Between the rock lasers, the sheer mountain face, and its completely obscured city on top, the Ridgefolk really did seem to discourage visitors. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I tried them in the flashlight and it lit, so I knew it was really the station. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Maybe, I thought to myself, everything Barack had been talking about for all those years really was possible. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

The Taker isn’t even really wearing the odd clothes anymore. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“Not really. It’s more like they named us after getting to know us a little.” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

“To be honest, I really don’t want to do this.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

In a way it’s as if they were never really there to begin with. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

If you had a really good spaceship and you had people to help you I suppose you could go. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Gram is uneasy, I can see her eyes flitting nervously around the room, like she's crossing the border into a really foreign country. Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

The house was sold, and she was here in New England, and perhaps Nat had never really meant his offer at all. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

“He came by last night while I was really sleepy, and I could’ve sworn he said he was going down to Boston—oh! Here he is now!” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I asked, not really expecting her to say. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

I go up and down each aisle, filling the basket with things I really like, pretending I have the money to buy them. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

I don’t really plan to do this, it just happens. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Years later, I’d fall in love with a guy who, like Suzanne, stored his belongings in heaps and felt no compunction, really ever, to fold his clothes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

You didn’t get all Excellents on your report card every year, and win the chess championships too, without being really smart. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Me? Nothing, really. I mean, nothing special like you.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

He seems like a thirteen-year-old boy, but when I look really closely I can see hints of my grandfather. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

It sounds really cool, but it keeps her really busy. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Amazingly, I didn’t really get in trouble, although it was pretty obvious who was copying from whom. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z

Is it possible she really considers me family? The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Grabbing my arm, she pulled me down on the bed—pulled so strong that if she’d really been pulling me into her grave, I wouldn’t of been scareder. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Goodness, this is serious. Okay, I’m—let’s see—I’m in front of a really weird building that looks like a 3D triangle, or something.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

And, of course, besides these there was Katie Nanna, who doesn’t really deserve to come into the book at all because, at the time I am speaking of, she had just left Number Seventeen. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

I once asked my mother how he really died. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It s really great. Really. I just ain’t got the hang of it yet.” Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

Because of that, I don’t really have to pay too much attention to the houses. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

And although nothing much ever really came of that, it made him uncomfortable all the same. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What if the cops keep us out of the house for hours and then we really are too late going to rescue Mom?” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

A nice laugh, easy and friendly, lovely really, not that I notice. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

She had really and truly won the Lemonade War. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

Hence fourteen days for Frank and Jim; I thought that was really a very' long time to spend inside the tiny Gemini cockpit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I light up a cigarette, all my mother’s really worried about is that I’m going to bum a hole in the rug. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

"I can see that you’ve really got your hands full with that one," he said, rolling his eyes toward Valencia's office. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

That doorjamb really hurt between my shoulder blades. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The area is called Hyde Park Square, but it’s really more like an oval, with cool stores nestled together. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

“Yes! I think her involvement will really get some of the more popular students to participate. By ‘popular,’ I mean those students that fit a construct of what high school-aged peers deem to be cool. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

He’d really come to talk about a book when a Champion’s corpse had been found that morning? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The general’s cover story was that André was really an agent named John Anderson whom Arnold was personally running. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt like I was really going to work to do something important. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Well, that really got the lady from Student Services going and then, all of a sudden, the policeman in the room came out with Bunny’s wallet. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And if you like someone a lot, is it really so evil to follow your heart? P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

That’s when the one with the freshman beanie said he had heard a couple of guys in the men’s room talking about how Shakespeare’s plays were really written by a lady. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

And at that moment, I really wanted something to be easy. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

I really sounded put out, but I’ll tell you the truth: I was getting a little too involved and I was glad he told me. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“And you know guys! It’s gotta stink really bad before they notice.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once, I went into a store with my mom and saw a beautiful Easter hat I really wanted. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

“Max, I’m really happy for you,” I interrupted. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

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

And maybe, for a moment, I hope that Dray means it this time—that he’s really sorry and he loves her and he won’t hurt her anymore. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But can I really play un-muffed in front of all the parents, brothers, sisters, and grandparents? Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“We call this Circle Justice, but we really seek wellness. We try to meet the needs of both the offender and the victim.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Emoticons are combinations of punctuation marks people frequently use when they don’t really know how to express themselves with real words. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I caught myself midword, tried again, nauseous with a terror I couldn’t name: “Yes. I’m fine. Thank you, but really, I’m fine.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

“Thank you for saving my brother’s life,” I say, ignoring the apology for now, and really, I’m just brimming with gratitude because: What in the world? I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

He has never been told why he was really named Gogol, doesn’t know about the accident that had nearly killed his father. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They never let me really try. They’re always holding me back.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I don’t know how dumb guys get girlfriends, I really don’t. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before The Incident last night, I hadn't really thought much about it. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I think I thought about this present from the first time I really saw her. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Hannah’s eyes keep sliding over to the cafeteria windows to gaze at our usual lunch table, which I suppose is where she really wants to be. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Those days, the world feels as gray and cold as it really is and it's hard not to believe the new girl isn't mas mejor than me. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

“Sounds fun. By the way, thanks for showing me the Hideout. And, um, for letting me into your friend group. I was really nervous my first day at the bus stop.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

I’ve known Summer since we were in third grade, and I never really paid any attention to her, but this year Henry started liking Savanna and they were like, “going out.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

"When we make a split-second decision,” Payne says, "we are really vulnerable to being guided by our stereotypes and prejudices, even ones we may not necessarily endorse or believe.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

I knew it didn’t really hurt Amil, but it always stopped him. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I was really a clown, but my ignorance made me think I was “sharp.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

How simple, and amazing really, that no one in France lives without fear, without suspicion. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

It’s the first time I have been really eager to be one of them. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

"Although it is not true, it is really a very good limerick. Oh dear, oh dear, I must try to remember that one." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

The road curves round the stayshun past the clinic, which is Dr. Baldwin and all the crying and moaning men do to doctors when nothing’s really wrong with ’em. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Not really, but I always liked to pretend the business was a front for the Persian mafia. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

The claim that we really know where all the black men have gone may inspire considerable doubt. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry I put you on the spot back there. But you really didn’t give me much of a choice.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

By the time Berry and your dad got really serious, I was already away at college. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Thomas hadn’t really expected to do anything but run and watch on his first day. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

His hand stayed only once, really, and then quite briefly. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

And then Mother came in and pulled him out of the room and said, “Christopher, I’m sorry. I’m really, really sorry.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Do you think Dad really would have built us a house?” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

“They make it too easy to be homeless. If it was really unbearable, we’d do something different.” The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Or did Chess really want to say, Don't scare me? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was astonishing, really, what people could live through. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

They hope things will work out okay, and they might even believe things will be all right in the end, but are they sure, really sure? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly was scared to think he might be, because if Joe was scared...Well, that meant it was really dangerous. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Your unconscious was simply telling your body: I’ve picked up some clues that we’re in an environment that is really concerned about old age—and let’s behave accordingly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

But I knew this wasn’t really a dismissal. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

“Spill it. Use the word grudges and there has got to be a really good story!” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

“No. Not really. I mean, I know people thought I was trying to hurt myself, but I wasn’t.” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t have the money to buy him something flashy, but my parents don't really drop bank on gifts either. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

They understood that the governor’s scheme was just a way for North Carolina to say “maybe” and “someday” when it really meant “no” and “never.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

My mother’s smiling voice made me suspect that the lady who faced me was not really angry at me. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Is it really such a big deal for a boy to look like his father? Freak The Mighty 1993-10-01T00:00:00Z

There was a pause, and then he said, “We’re not really friends. We hang out sometimes during the summer, when I have nothing better to do.” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

And this was what she suddenly understood about her mother: how with each man, each husband, she was really trying to fill in the sketchy parts of herself and become somebody she could finally love. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

“We’re the only ones around here who really know that man.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope you get to Virginia Beach, I really do, but—” He pulled the glasses off his face and pinched the bridge of his nose. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Was I really so debilitated that I had stared into the face of a near stranger and mistaken him for a friend with whom I’d spent the previous six weeks? Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

I really want to go to the CIA. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The Sisters of the Star always had an apprentice—always a young boy Well, he wasn’t much of an apprentice—more of a serving boy, really. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

After Matthew’s departure the conversation never really righted itself. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She says, “Maybe what you really need is a good nap.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

Mom said, “His spirit is there,” and that made me really angry. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Which is really our brains, terrified, hoping to ignore the fact that we have giant holes in our chests. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know why, but I really want to. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

The only really traumatic thing that I’ve been through is Grandpa’s death. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I hated Billy at that moment, I really did. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

No telling what they’d say about her going off to New York unchaperoned with a man she claimed she wasn’t really married to. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Jake warned me, but I didn’t believe it was really possible. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

I mean, I’m not really shy or nothing, but Monday was just better at talking to strangers. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“This is the greatest place. I’m really glad my folks bought it.” Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even though I had been in this area a bunch of times, I don’t think I ever noticed how peaceful it really was. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I really am giving it to you. That’s all right, isn’t it?” Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Uncle Max laughs—like, really laughs—as if having my dad’s nose is the most hilarious thing he’s heard all day. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

There’s no way for me to know if these messages are really from another magician. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Did he really intend to do the fertilizing himself? Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Let it sink in that he’s really here. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

And thus anyone who does not diagnose the ills when they arise in a principality is not really wise, and this talent is given to few men. The Prince 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z

Like, tornado victims would look at her and say, “No, really, we don’t need the money—give it to that unfortunate girl.” Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I watched Linda clamp down the cap with the palm of her hand, holding it there, smiling over in Nick’s direction as if none of it really mattered. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Or, What do you think it is really saying? Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Can you really still be carrying around the murder weapon? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the corpse between them and tried to make him bend in half, but the man in black was so stiff Fezzik really had to perspire to get him at right angles. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“So how do you drink a really cold Coke?” Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Claudia didn’t really mind too much when she saw the snack bar. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I pushed her away because she was grabbing me and I didn’t like it, and I pushed really hard and I fell over. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Thanks,” says Lil, because she doesn’t know yet that he’s a jerk and she doesn’t know like you know that he’s not really saying they’re nice. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For hours and hours he sang these folk songs he had picked up over there; really significant songs that proved my theory that music should basically be an instrument of social protest and expression. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

"We really have to get into town," I said. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

Perhaps it was because the people who thought they were white told her she was smart and followed this up by telling her she was not really black, meaning it as a compliment. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

I was impressed, not enough to clap—really, I was just happy something unboring was finally happening—but definitely impressed enough to stop sorting seeds in my mouth until he was done. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But is it really any of my business? Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I had never really had any personal contact with this kind of Jew before. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He’s not a kid, he’s older, like the ship’s officers, but he’s not really one of them. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Did she really think Dimple had nothing valuable to contribute besides her looks? When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“You did fine, baby. You’re really good at this, you know?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Emma was not at this time in a state of spirits to care really about Mr. Frank Churchill’s not coming, except as a disappointment at Randalls. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

The guns and drugs and all that, not really my thing. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

The first thing I noticed is that no one was really excited about seeing me again. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I really blew it,” Seth said, palms pressed against his temples. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

You know, she still didn’t really look like a mean lady. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

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

“We must hurry,” he said, which Percy noticed wasn’t really an answer. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

It really ticks him off when they don’t. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

It grossed me out in a way I couldn’t really articulate. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Now it can go anywhere it feels like. That was really nice of you.” The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“They truly had no idea what was going on, and they really wanted to understand. But doctors just took blood samples without explaining anything and left the family worrying.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it seems silly to me and Abbey, but other times it’s really heavy. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It was. Of course, we could never really go anywhere, so the entire fleeting romance took place on school grounds.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s just that I really want to be...” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I didn't want to be on nobody's bad side, especially since I wasn't even really on nobody's good side yet. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

Did I really sit on the floor of Grace’s bedroom, on her braided bedside rug, cutting out pictures of frying pans and washing machines from the Eaton's Catalogue and pasting them into a scrapbook? Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

I’m trying to be as calm as I really don’t feel. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

Had I ever really lived in a world with such wondrous things in it? Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I’m imagining that it’s worse than it really is. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

“She looked really bad. She wasn’t breathing,” he whispered. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Not really," the innkeeper says, and he wipes his face with his sleeve. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Creekwood really blows its load on costume days all at once. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Hassan never wanted to, but if I asked, really asked, he wouldn't deny me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Eugene, I asked you not to come,” Aunty Ifeoma said, in the same tired tone of one who did not really care. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

Just you and your girl, I hear Bernie say from yesterday, and I realize that Bernie really deserves more than sitting up in the projection room tonight. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

“But nothing really changed for Mabel until the day she found a book in the street. She always said it had fallen from someone’s bag, although if you ask me, I think she stole it! ” The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Prophecies made him think of fortune cookies, which weren’t even Chinese—not really— but the bullies at school teased him about stupid stuff like that: Confucius say... all that garbage. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Not so much because the children are really any different. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I really cared about the quality of the music at that moment, but still, it was what I noticed. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Even now she couldn’t bring herself to suggest—even to herself, really—that perhaps he didn’t deserve madness. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But maybe my parents really are a Saturday-night-on-the-sofa kind of couple. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He attacked the table with drawers that was setting next to the fireplace, which, in my mind, if he was really looking for clues, was the first place he should’ve looked. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“You sat down and started being really nice,” I say. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

‘Man,’ Leo muttered, ‘he was really anxious to practice his Valdezinator.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I did not really think he would, and yet as I played the first piece, a Clementi Sonatina, I had a terrible urge to look over my shoulder. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

If she was a really practiced reader, she thought, each of those ideas would be surrounded by a phalanx of qualifying detail, but there it was: that was all she had to go on. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He often thought about the cold, distant regions in which the little creatures really belonged. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t know what Dr. Holiday had found out about Frank, or what she had told Mama, but I knew that Mama was really upset for the next few days. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

“Do you really need a rundown?” she asked. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

After so many years of constant fear, I struggled to believe what he was saying could really be true. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

There is nothing about the United States I can really explain to this child of another world. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You don’t suck, you just...you are really stubborn, for a kid who's never been outside Pittsburgh.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

‘And these others, they are really complicated, so I will do them myself.’ The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z

I’m not even sure I Get It myself I get to see Michael on the playground and talk to him for the first time in what feels like a really long time. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We got wind of you a while back. Just a whisper of a rumor. I didn’t really expect . . .” Chronicler paused, suddenly awkward. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“I had it really bad. I’m getting out in two days.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Not that we really need one. Nothing’s happened here in Maycomb yet, but it’s always wise to be prepared. That’s where they are this minute.” Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

“If Kathy and I have a good laugh about you, it doesn’t really matter. Because that’s just us. But please, let’s not bring everyone else in on it.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you mean yesterday? After Babou...when you said that wasn’t how he really is?” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The only table that really seemed to be having a good time was the Artemis table. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

Let’s see how good he really is, okay, let’s put some helmets on ’im.” Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Numbers runners often had hyped addicts who had hit, who were so dragged that, when challenged, they really couldn’t be sure if they had played a certain number. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He was very nice. Asked about you all, really. Said to tell everybody that he said hi.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the truth is, she really was terrible at fractions. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Before I could really think about it, I opened my mouth and said, “Agnes said they were mine. She told me not to give them to anyone.” Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t really see myself as a teacher.” Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

—After 1 got out of the hospital, and after all the police investigations, and 1 found out that I had to go to court, I was really scared. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because they are so long lived, atoms really get around. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I could really do with a drink,” I said. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You know, you really should try to get to school on time.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He moves his mouth in such an exaggerated way that I can see all his teeth when he says “Nice to meet you,” which is really easy to lip read because everyone says it. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Like you have to swallow every bite three times before it really goes down. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

“It probably sounds stupid, but I’m just, well, really proud of you.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Shut up, and let’s get out of here. Relief is waiting and I won’t feel right until I actually see Earth and feel the ground under my feet—just to make sure it’s really there.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

“Y’know, he was with your father today,” Mr. Ray continued, “and Matthew, it really doesn’t matter what they were doing, but—” He stopped. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“He’s old and so . . .” She searched for the right word, and Mariam knew then that what she really wanted to say was He’s so close. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

The sand on it felt coarser to my feet Everything about it feh different, but that didn't really make sense since it was only about a milft from south beach. The Cay 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her first attempts at a really long strand had come apart, but she was getting the hang of it. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He’s extremely hospitable, and I think he really likes to see me. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But then his mum’s “little talk” had happened, and what came next was simple, really, and sudden. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but we still have some of it, and who knows where it came from. Who it really belongs to.” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Hugo could sell Nigel to a glue factory and Maggot would still say, “It's just like Hugo said, really, Aunt Alice.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

“You really are bad for business,” remarked Mr. Thirsty as he went back to polishing. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Good lord, you really don’t know anything about women, do you?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Now I wonder if I was really in love with him or with that little square of freedom—the breeze in my hair and the sun on my skin? Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

All she knew really was riding, and how was that to interest a man when that man had been looked at by the Countess? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

My mom cringed and said, in Farsi, “Is this really what you’re going to wear?” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

“But it’s really not that simple,” he said. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

And I nodded, pretending I would, but really thinking as if I can remember almost nothing of what he said to me before this exchange. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“I really do love Pa and Ma, but it’s a very different feeling from what I feel for you or Mauve.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

“Not really. But Sherlock Holmes isn’t here, is he? And this wound in Carl’s head is.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

With an almost comfortable distance from the thing itself as it really was, Colin thought about the dork mantra: sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After hearing my last name, he asked, “Really? Riley? Is it really Riley? Really?” Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Is America really ready for a Malcolm X stamp, even if it is thirty-four years after his assassination?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Realizing I didn't even really want to play basketball anymore. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But Rabbi Gold was super supportive, and once Dana started working with me, I really turned the corner. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

“I try, Bryson, I really do, but—” He stopped there and shrugged reflectively, a little helplessly. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

I really have had little to do with them, for I mingle with my peers or no one, and since ! have no peers, I mingle with no one. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like it was really hard for him to get that last part out. The Titan's Curse 2007-05-11T00:00:00Z

It took us a while and I was really tired from all the exertion, but eventually we made our way back to solid ground. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z

All the boys laughed after they discovered that he was really Emenike’s father. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

I told her that I loved to play soccer, and that I really hoped we'd continue to write each other. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.” Pride and Prejudice 1813-01-28T00:00:00Z

“He found his calling. He was really happy.” I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“But really—I almost feel as if I could.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I was happy for her, I really was, but at the same time, I felt like she was leaving me behind. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“I bet it’s really boring here compared to there.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

“I shall get a nice box of Faber’s drawing pencils; I really need them,” said Amy decidedly. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

He gave orders that a damask table-cloth should be draped over the ping-pong table, and in the end it looked really quite elegant after all. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I really don’t know how she did all that, but I guess I’m glad she did, cause that mean she helpin lots of people. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

It was not technically a field—it was more of a lawn, really, and there was a slight grade to it—but that was where Coach Fortes took us to play football/American soccer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Her old school had been kindergarten through eighth grade, and that was back when she and Lauren were inseparable, even dressing alike when they were really young. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“Oh, really, I beg pardon. It’s an uncommonly fine one, isn’t it?” said Tudor, with great presence of mind, and an air of sober interest that did credit to his breeding. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, uh, because the clothes I really want are out of my price range.” A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike her husband, she wasn’t the kind of woman who let people see what she really felt. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

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

This is the kind of question that can really trip a person up. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

I tried really hard to think if there was any other explanation but I couldn’t think of one. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Actually, Sam wanted to go to the after-prom party the school organized, too, but Craig got really angry because he already paid for the hotel suite. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

Is this really happening, or did I hit my head harder than I realized? Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

"That you wouldn't have to explain to your mom . . . Like, I was going to buy you a really nice pen, but then . . ." He was watching her open it, which made her nervous. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Malloy himself told me that he had never really even been out of Brooklyn except for the time he spent in the service. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

—The Marshall Morning News, January 25, 1923 I had never really talked to any other white folks about such things as the Klan and so I watched to gauge Richard’s reaction. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen good, Perry. Because Mr. Duntz is going to tell you where you really were that Saturday night. Where you were and what you were doing.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she rubbed her face with her hands, and he was surprised to see that she was angry, really angry. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

When we lined up our shoes at bedtime, I could see from the way they curled up at the toes that we really did walk the same way. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

"These fliers are really something, the way you attack the Nazis." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

“No, she really doesn’t care, does she? Say ‘foot’ ” “Foot.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The old Antifederalist coalition that Madison had opposed so effectively at the Virginia ratifying convention in 1788 believed with some justification that their cause had never really been defeated, merely outmaneuvered. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Prudence,” she suggested instead, “you could learn to read by yourself if you really wanted to.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

It was late, really late, and I was whispering under my covers again. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her eyes were red and swollen, and she really was heartbroken. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

All I really remember is the pain, the unspeakable pain; it was as though I were yelling up to Heaven and Heaven would not hear me. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z

“I don’t really want to talk about it anymore.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Of course, if we did go back to that way of life, some of us might really enjoy it. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“But what do you and I really have in common, when you get right down to it?” Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

What if she really was gonna use the gun to shoot...? Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

“If you really want to know more about him, you should check out the memorial at Lambert High.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“You said the rule was to take a picture only when I saw a flower I really liked.” The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

It was only my dad, and he didn’t like when I bothered him when he was on his treadmill, but I didn’t really have a choice. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Something really was wrong with McCoy, and if we were the only ones who knew about it, we had to do something. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

My mom grows quiet for what feels like a really long time. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He drew a picture of my henhouse on the stumps, only it wasn’t really realistic, because he drew it walking through the woods, like the stumps were feet, and you know that’s impossible. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Love really cared about Mama, I could tell. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes I do. It’s really pretty. And you know, I actually think it will look perfect once we style your hair. I’m serious.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The truth is I’m not really good at talking to new people. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Hi Brightbill my name is Chitchat and I’m a twelve-and-a-half-week-old squirrel and I’m new around here and your home is really big and round and I don’t understand why smoke sometimes comes out of it...” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I know from memory the colors of the individual letters in his name, but I can’t visualize them together to know what the word would really look like. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really feel anything for the bird. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

My mom turned to Carmen’s dad, Uncle Frank, who was not really my uncle but we called him Uncle because his wife was my mom’s best friend. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“Not really,” I said, because by then I wain ted him to stop drinking and I wanted him to want me. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I really feel it in here, especially late at night, a current going among us, like an invisible needle stitching us together into the glorious, free nation we are becoming. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

We hadn’t really spoken since my total epic fail at the protest. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know,” I say, fighting really hard not to cry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

He did not repeat his doubts about whether the royal government of Elfland would really send help. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

That’s when Joaquin knew that he would never tell Grace and Maya what had really happened: why he had left the Buchanans, why he really wasn't a good person. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But when you came down to it, nothing really frightened him, not storms, not tall ladders, not even the scrael. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Was the fever really keeping the farmers away? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For my part, I try to make some mental record of the other tributes, but like last year, only a few really stick in my head. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Like I really had all that fine potential Mrs. Henry said I did. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we really do that?” asked Fadi, a hope flaring in his chest. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Surely that lady’s husband wouldn’t really lose his job. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lucinda has told her how a girl’s fifteenth birthday is really important in our country. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

Like Reid is known for really being into marine life and the oceans and things like that. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

Daddy said, “Oh. Well. I really know nothing about lacrosse. Isn't that like baseball only with a different kind of bat?” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

But I suppose I’d never let myself really and truly believe it until now. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“But is it serious? Is she really bad? I’ll go at once . . .” “Not in her rooms any more? Where has she been taken?” Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could still hear her, though, it was nasty, it went right through me, her voice really shrill and desperate. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really rough. It’s okay if you need to cry.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

You didn’t believe that you really needed all of the education that we were trying to give. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s sifting through the situation in front of us, throwing out all that is irrelevant while we zero in on what really matters. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“If you were really unconscious that whole time, then who was Raven? Was it Jack?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Dad and I never smiled at each other—not really—but we were still in our magic forty-seven-minute window where the normal rules didn’t apply. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My Yankees cap, its unbroken brim hovering over my forehead, had become totally forgotten, another thing that isn’t really me. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

"It really doesn’t get any better than this if you’re a geologist," Doss says. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Hey, she was working hard too! Sold a bunch of earrings, man. People really like those things. Grandma even bought a pair.” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

“Well, there’s not really any danger,” Jaime said, chewing her chicken nuggets. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She says that last part in a really loud voice. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don’t remember much more than that because I started crying really hard and after a while my dad had my mom take me to my room. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The authors seem to be saying, “I couldn’t think of a more dignified way of putting this, but please don’t think I’m a flibbertigibbet who talks this way; I really am a serious scholar.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

I looked at the dozens of windows and doors, and wondered if Basel and Muhammad were really inside. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Illusions,” explained Alec, “are like mirages,” and, realizing that this didn’t help much, he continued: “And mirages are things that aren’t really there that you can see very clearly.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Absolutely nothing. That’s what I’m going to do for two weeks. Not think. If I start to think, I’m going to think really hard about not thinking until I quit thinking.” The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

When he did notice Park, he looked at him like he wasn't sure he was really there. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

And if I were really free, I thought, lifting my glass, I'd get the hell out of here. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, just before I turn to walk away, I add, “I’m really sorry about cutting off your eyebrows.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my arm and marched me across the lobby and out the door and we kept marching until we weren’t really sure where we were. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I didn't know just what I talked about really. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“She really doesn’t know what she did to me, does she?” Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

The guys were big and cut up, but they weren’t really that good, which surprised me. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

The jacket was warm and old, and it smelled like it hadn’t been washed in a really long time. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, her name’s not really Boots, it’s Margaret, but we call her Boots because in the winter she steals everybody’s boots and runs around in them and because of this musician my dad likes.” Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“How? We don’t have the money to make the trip. Besides, do you really think your sister wants five of us coming to live with her?” Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It really illustrates that even those of us with a lot of attention still have a breaking point.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“But do you really think,” he said, concerned, “that one can call psychology a science?” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

He looks really good, but that car makes my insides feel like a hurricane. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Kennedy has a small tantrum because we don’t have time to wait for a fresh batch, and the whole ride back she whines about how she’s wasting her calories on something she doesn’t really want. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

We’d read online that you didn’t really need a lawyer for the first appointment. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He had shown surprising tact until now, but if he said the wrong thing to Mom, he could really freak her out. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

But with millions of puzzle pieces being tossed up into the air, it really did stand to reason that the occasional one would come down in the right place. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“I’m not really even talking about your height,” she said. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

“That old busboy is really a swordsman,” we whisper when he goes by, “He’s a swordsman who’s killed fifty. He has a tong ax in his closet.” The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

This was a small sketch of a very simple palace—just a square, really, with four thin turrets coming up from each corner. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Even though Mr. Jonathan was a man, he really acted more like an auntie to me. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

But except for a few nods in the hallway and an occasional “hello,” we never really spoke to each other. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

He knows he needs to find out from his parents what’s really going on. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

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

“And you know I’m not really into football. Besides, I’ve already checked—that ball is only valued at two hundred and fifty dollars.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

“If my wife was here neither of us would ever want to go back to London, I reckon. We’re both country folks, really.” The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

“You can’t really believe that I would give in so easily,” he said with a sour edge to his mocking tone. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

His only flaw seems to be linked to being cheap, which really isn’t that bad of a thing. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

But you really can’t treat a chick or even a baby cockatrice like a weapon, just pulling it out when you want to. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Then a really horrible thought popped into my brain. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

And I know you think you know why I don’t want to read Jane Eyre, but it’s not really any of your business, is it? Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

We did some math here, and this could really work. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the first time, I understood that he really might not be coming home. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

His voice is impossible to miss, the one no student ever wants to hear in the cafeteria, or anywhere else, really: grizzly, smoked too much over the years, always a few decibels louder than necessary. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I was cool with the pastor coming, but my mother being on board, that really got me. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

What I’d really like to do is talk with the women, but I see scant chance of that. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I asked Mrs. Donnelly about it, but the subject really seemed to bother her. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

“How can you tell it so well? It’s like we were really there.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But there again, it’s something we don’t really need.” The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

I started apologizing for my behaviour straightaway, said I’d been feeling really down, but that I was pulling myself together, turning over a new leaf. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“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

I think that’s the first time I heard you really speak. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

I said to her, and chewed the carrot really loudly with my mouth open. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard Dad first, with that big, booming voice he uses when he’s really, really mad. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

“It shows you things, like the matches. But this shows you the truth. It shows you the way things really are.” Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

He really knew a good bit about a ship, Nat thought, even though this was his first voyage. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

For a second, I think that we’re passing a pretty convincing caveman, but it turns out to be a really wrecked homeless guy, his beard stringy and dotted with bits of food. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Jack mackerel was not as good as tuna but was better than cat food, which we ate from time to time when things got really tight. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Whites are just beginning to recognize that equality really means they won’t be on top anymore. There’s a deep ravine between our races,” he said. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Percy knew that he’d killed a lot of monsters, but he’d never really thought about it from the monsters’ point of view. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

“I really don’t think the mother superior wants an eejit at the convent,” Emilia said. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mama knows. She didn’t like me coming”—that would be true—“but we didn’t really have a choice.” Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t really pull Axel, but what she does pulls him from the jabbing in his heart, into the comfort of Emmett and George’s fine house. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

It’s as if we’re three kids out after bedtime and we can say whatever is really on our minds but don’t have to. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Because life wasn’t really an ocean, and she wasn’t really a little boat bobbling about on it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

What I really wanted to say was, it wasn’t my fault. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

"Do you really think you have the right man?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I guess I don't really know what that means." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“You really don't want us to know him, do you?” Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Maybe! Also, I’m starving, and I really need some chicken and waffles in my stomach soon.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She says, “It’s better for me here. My mom really can’t handle being a mother.” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

After a while I didn’t think it was a terrible life, no, not really. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fezzik really felt idiotic then because, after months of forgetting, now that he didn’t need to remember any more, he remembered. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“You just seem like the type of guy who would really enjoy them.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

Some people got really ride, and then their families would have to scrape up extra food to feed them with. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s not how it works here,” I say, kinda stern, not really liking this much. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z

I'll say this for Caesar, he really does his best to make the tributes shine. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

We really need to get to work, since we’re going to enter the festival this summer. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess I don’t really like your face. Bet it was once pretty though. Pretty beach boy. I got dumped by too many of those.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

I believe that trust has to come from both sides; I also think that’s the reason why Father and I have never really grown so close. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

But those are not her chickens, not even if she really wants them. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

On the return trip, it really hit me hard: she's right. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

I really hate the green paint on these walls. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Plus I’m really curious to find out what such music might sound like. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mean, what chance did he really have? Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

I patted her absently, but I was too busy to really pay her any mind. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t help laughing, really laughing, for the first time in months. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

“This is really lifting my spirits,” I grumble. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I still couldn’t imagine why he needed all that muriatic acid, but would he keep that much around if he really was the acid thrower? Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

“This is really special to me, and I...I guess I’ve just never really trusted someone else enough to share it.” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Maybe she thought that if she kept every routine the same, then he really would be home in time for strawberries. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

And then what really hurt my heart was when we had the funeral and Derrick went up and saw Eric’s body. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m kinda picking at my food, cause I feel stomach-sick, even though I’m really hungry. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

But you can’t really discern who or what quality information is coming your way without diverting attention. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z